Month: October 2007

If you’re going to spam my MySpace profile with fake friend requests, at least have the common sense to use a different picture for each. Even the most brain-fried will-friend-anybody user is probably going to wonder why all these people with different names (some male, some female) have the same photograph.

Not that you should ever, ever spam my MySpace profile. I’m just saying.

Dear JFK Delta terminal baggage claim,

If there are no longer any restrooms available in this area, you might want to consider removing the signs that continue to direct visitors to said restrooms. On level 1, for instance, there are signs pointing to a locked, “authorized personnel only” door in one corner and a blank wall in the other. Then there are the signs that direct people to an elevator and level 2, where temporary restrooms have supposedly been set up. These signs, however — another of which is on level 2 — point only to a set of glass doors, behind which can clearly be seen security checkpoints for airline passengers, and not restrooms. More importantly, these glass doors are locked, thereby making it impossible to reach said restrooms, if they are in fact not simply figments of your collective imagination.

Waiting around in the airport baggage claim for an hour and a half — in my case, while waiting for my parents’ flight from Seattle last night to finally land — is tedious enough without the added aggravation of being led on a wild goose chase for nonexistent toilets. Obviously, I should have brought a book with me; but I shouldn’t have also needed to bring along a catheter. But, more to the point, if there are no bathrooms, there should be no bathroom signs.

Just a thought. Thanks.

At the top of this list of “the 40 most memorable aliens” (via SF Signal), the Times makes this interesting claim:

Both The Old Testament and the Sanskrit epics describe strange beings coming to Earth in flying machines.

But then doesn’t go on to mention any specific examples. But apparently there are many, including a wheel in the sky seen by the prophet Ezekiel. Who knew?

And here it is, Friday again:

  1. “Swamp” by Talking Heads, guessed by Eric
    Blood is a special substance
  2. “Sinaloa Cowboys” by Bruce Springsteen
    They’d leave you spittin’ up blood in the desert
  3. “Angry Any More” by Ani DiFranco, guessed by marisa
    She taught me how to wage a cold war with quiet charm
  4. “Let it Be” by the Beatles, guessed by Betty
    I wake up to the sound of music
  5. “Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak, guessed by Bryan
    Strange what desire will make foolish people do
  6. “Showdown” by Electric Light Orchestra
    Every dream in her heart was gone
  7. “The Greatest” by Cat Power
    And then came the rush of the flood
  8. “Look at All These Idiots” from The Simpsons, guessed by Kim
    Their blatant thievery wounds me
  9. “Gratitude” by Ani DiFranco, guessed by marisa
    Thank you for the beer and the food
  10. “Pinball Wizard” by the Who, guessed by Betty
    I must have played them all

Feeling nostalgic for last week? Good luck!