Archive for September, 2006

Aimee Mann & Medieval Madness

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Early on in our exponentially expanding pinball hobby, I learned that Williams’ Medieval Madness (1997) is generally considered among the “best” and most sought-after of all pinball machines. It’s generally priced accordingly, so you don’t tend to see many around, even in collectors’ homes. I’ve seen two in homes, but they were both […]

Five-in-One: The Consolidated Blog Entry

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

I’ve had five blog entries cooking in TextMate for a couple weeks now, and seeing as how I’m not making much progress on wrapping them up (perhaps the fragments will appear in my upcoming 1128 Outtakes book), I’ll just consolidate them into this one entry: I finally watched The Office Christmas Special, and it was great. […]

Thursday’s Flickr Adds

Friday, September 15th, 2006

Open Letter to the Screaming Fifth Grade Girls Two Rows Behind Us At The American Idols Live Concert

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

Dear Screaming Fifth Grade Girls Two Rows Behind Us At The American Idols Live Concert,     I understand that you like Chris Daughtry. My wife likes him too. In fact, he is her favorite of the 2006 American Idols. You’re curious about how I know that you like Chris Daughtry? Well, while I […]

New Creature High Score!

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

I’m sure you all are going to be very happy for me when I tell you that I scored 330 Million on Creature from the Black Lagoon tonight. Applause. I tell you this in part because it’s my all-time best score on that machine (amongst a recent sea of embarrassing scores). I […]