Archive for the 'Joe' category
On online dating
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
…online dating sites assume that people are easy to describe on searchable attributes. They think that we’re like digital cameras, that you can describe somebody by their height and weight and political affiliation and so on. But it turns out people are much more like wine. That when you taste the wine, you [...]
[world cup] Updated Classic
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
On playing more chess
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
So, I’ve been playing a lot more chess lately. Now that I’m playing more, I’m more comfortable taking risks, and I’m losing more, and I’m winning more too.
Mt. St. Helens Anniversary Online Poll: Which natural disaster would you most rather have kill you?
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Mt. St. Helens blew up 30 years ago today. I remember putting a bandana over my face and sweeping ash from the sidewalk of my parents’ Portland home.
Would you rather die in a volcano eruption, a tsunami, an earthquake, a flood, a hurricane or a tornado?
Mt. St. Helens blew up 30 years ago today. [...]
The impromptu Avett Brothers haiku ticket contest I launched on craigslist
Monday, April 26th, 2010
I had a ticket to Wednesday’s Avett Brothers show at the Boulder Theater. I couldn’t go, and so I went to craigslist to sell the ticket.
I didn’t want to sell it to the first person to email me … that’s boring. So I wrote this in the post: “If you want the ticket, send [...]
My Tim Tebow Broncos Jersey
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
If I had a Tim Tebow Broncos Jersey, man, now would be the time to sell it on ebay.
Things you should not tell other people
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
Colorado License Plate of the Day
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
Saw this car parked in front of Denver’s city/county building. Plus one bajillion clever points.
