Entries from October 2006

Are You Nickname-Deprived?

October 31, 2006 · 1 Comment

Never earn your own nickname?

Did you miss your chance by skipping out on the fraternity experience? Forget to pass out at a party and wake-up with a mysterious new appellation? Didn’t play sports or have parents who were fun-loving clowns?

Well, guess what.

You can have your own nickname right now. That’s right, just like buying yourself a wedding ring, adopting your nickname is a way of planting a flag on Planet You.

Simply tell me a few things about yourself or just spin the wheel and let chance be your companion: you will receive your new nickname within 24 hours for only $1.00 and you can use it right away.

What can you do with your new nickname?

  • Put it in “quotes.”
  • Print it on your business card.
  • Sew it on a patch, uniform or saddle.
  • Tattoo it on your arm or better yet, someone else’s!
  • How about a t-shirt, coffee mug or giant button?
  • Never be stuck for words when you’re testing pens.

Don’t wait!

If you dilly-dally, your only nickname just might be your last: the one they carve on your tombstone!
This isn’t one of those cheesy “nickname generators” that simply run a quick algorithm that spits out a stupid Monty Python phrase like “wee pigeon licker.” This is the real deal. I, Sari Gordon, a real life writer, will provide you with a nickname, created directly from my own brain.
For just a buck, you claim your nom de nick, your sobriquet faux, your handle, your wig, your Moniker Lewinsky by clicking the button that might work below.

Be sure to ask about our personalized slogans, baby names, customized curse words, snappy answers to stupid questions, funny Mad Libs© answers and Final Last Words©.

Folks, just a personal note: I was at a party recently to watch the MotoGP race (yes, I watched it and no, I’m not talking about it, except to say one thing: sabotage.) When one of the guests, Clayton, regaled us all with his very own asshole tattoo (email me for a copy, I can’t bear to post it) and other stories of mirth, he told us all about his friend, “Dumpy.”

Sure, they were good stories and we all enjoyed some laughs. But there was something in the air, and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who sensed it. When Clayton would begin a tale with, “Another time, when Dumpy was in Peru,” I glanced around and the looks on people’s faces were, yes, eager with anticipation, but there was a sadness, too. That unnameable je ne sais quoi that clearly said, “Why don’t I have a cool nickname like ‘Dumpy?’”

Folks, that’s why I’m here. My services are discreet. I’ll give you tips about how to use your new nickname and how to gently roll it out to the world as if it were your nickname all along.

And I’m discrete. For an additional fee of only 20 cents, I’ll even guarantee that your new sobriquet is unique among my clients. I can’t guarantee that someone else hasn’t actually earned the same name, but I’ll no one else can claim your Sari Gordon nickname once you’ve secured it with me.

*Folks, I know the heartbreak of going without a handle. Worse, I was once that kid with nicknames I didn’t ask for and didn’t like! So drop me a line and let’s clear up your soiled reputation (or give you one to begin with!)

–Sari “Not Sorry Anymore” Gordon

Categories: Writing · nicknames

Check out this fledgling music player, if only for the excellent graphics

October 27, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Watch the video and I’ll bet you’re on the download button halfway through, even though the new Mozilla-like media player hasn’t even been released.

If you’re like me, though, you’ll be signed up when you see the farting bird logo.

Categories: Blogroll · Music · Songbird · farting · media player · mp3 · wishlist

The best music in the world is free…

October 27, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Free music? No way! That’s insane. Thank god our troops have moved in and installed democracy. DRM is is the hallmark of a free society.

http://iraqimusic.com/

Beautiful.

Categories: Writing

Performancing For Firefox

October 27, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Categories: Firefox · Metrics · Performancing Exper

“Girl Blog from Iraq…”

October 26, 2006 · Leave a Comment

I was reading about photo usage on Flickr and found a discussion about offensive images, specifically ones of corpses in Iraq. The blogger who’d posted the pictures had a link to this woman’s blog. It’s wonderful and sickening. I think we’re seeding a holocaust.

http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/

Categories: Bloggers · Blogroll · Iraqi Bloggers

A little tip for you

October 26, 2006 · Leave a Comment

A broken ankle xray

A broken ankle xray

The reason I haven’t left the house in over a week. Crutches really, really suck.

To do:

Read Twist of The Wrist II, by Keith Code (even though he’s a scientologist).

Categories: Accidents & Tragedies · Alphacorse.com · Broken Ankle · Kooks · Motorcycles · Scientology · Writing · crashes · ducati · god rides a ducati · thoughts from the helmet

What a way to end my season

October 12, 2006 · Leave a Comment

What a way to end the season!

What a way to end the season

 

(At least I didn’t get chumped out of the MotoGP championship by my own teammate. )

 

Categories: Accidents & Tragedies · Blogroll · Broken Ankle · Motorcycles · Wisconsin · crashes · god rides a ducati · old folks · sport bikes · superbikes · t-shirts · thoughts from the helmet