All Night Diner » blah blah http://micropipes.com/blog because at 3am anything sounds good Mon, 03 May 2010 17:34:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Kids these days http://micropipes.com/blog/2008/12/19/kids-these-days/ http://micropipes.com/blog/2008/12/19/kids-these-days/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:06:17 +0000 Wil Clouser http://micropipes.com/blog/?p=67 It’s that time of year again. Severe weather warnings. Iced over bridges. Rolling power outages. Bad weather and worse drivers.

Back in my day kids would be wishing for woolen mittens or firewood or hot potatoes they could stuff in their pockets. Nowadays all you hear about are these interactive video games and this music television and how kids want smaller cellular phones with bigger speakers; less buttons and more flashing lights.

So what’s the top request this year? A late night gimmick that’s 2-for-1 by the time you get to the end of the spiel? A fancy shirt that cools you when it’s hot and warms you when it’s cold? A stuffed bear with electronic guts so it can turn it’s head and speak but it breaks after two weeks so instead of squeaking out “Let’s Play” in it’s flinty voice it only produces a constant dull hum?

Not this year. This year it’s less tangible, some say nigh impossible, a desire, a yearning. The want to be like Ken Kovash.

Merry Christmas.

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I sat down at my computer, checked my email, read the latest rants from Reed on IRC, cheered that IE8 was passing the acid2 test, and got down to fixing some bugs. The chanting drowned out my keystrokes and it was hard to concentrate.

Then, as if a haze had cleared, I understood the chanting:

Ken Kovash. Ken Kovash. Ken Kovash.

Oh wait. That wasn’t a dream. That was everyone else celebrating Ken Kovash Day.

]]> http://micropipes.com/blog/2007/12/19/dreams-and-reality-mix/feed/ 1 Today, I clean my house beer-style http://micropipes.com/blog/2007/09/01/today-i-clean-my-house-beer-style/ http://micropipes.com/blog/2007/09/01/today-i-clean-my-house-beer-style/#comments Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:06:18 +0000 Wil Clouser http://micropipes.com/blog/2007/09/01/today-i-clean-my-house-beer-style/ I’m pretty sure I coined a new phrase in a dream last night. In my dream, I was talking to some people about multitasking several projects that I had to do, and I said:

“Nah, I’m going to do these projects beer-style.”

In the dream I specifically remember it meaning “I’m going to finish one before starting another,” and I think everyone I was talking to understood that. I’m sure that was merely a consequence of my dream, but I’m going to try to weasel it into a real conversation soon and see if anyone notices. If nothing else, I’ll see if anyone is listening to me. :)

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