Thought Distillery

One of the biggest reasons why I object to automobiles is that they cut off the drivers and passengers from the rest of the world. Hurtling down the road, they are locked in their own little world and suddenly other drivers instantly become jerks and pedestrians become nuisance obstacles. Cruising down the road at high [...]

This just in, hot off The Onion presses:
U.S. Changes Motto To ‘America… We’re Gonna Make Ya Smile’
WASHINGTON, DC—After a focus group determined “In God We Trust” to be “boring,” the U.S. introduced a new motto Monday: “America… We’re Gonna Make Ya Smile.” “We feel the new motto projects a more playful image for the nation,” [...]

Well, here is an interesting project. Come one, come all and be assimilated by the… er I mean JOIN the social grid. You too can become yet another hunk of data flying around Google’s servers. Whee!

Continuing on this weeks unplanned “fun with words” theme, I thought I’d do a bit of anagramming. Lo and behold, our friendly wordsmith site just so happens to have an anagram finding tool! Lets see what clever treasures we can dig up, shall we?
Thought Distillery: (see the title of this entry)
Wise Fool: “Owes Foil” (payup, [...]

A few months ago, I was reminiscing with a friend about classic board games. Scrabble was brought up and later my mind started wondering how the game could be toned down in competitiveness and perhaps tuned up in zaniness. It was at that point that Storytime Scrabble was born.
The idea is simple - no longer [...]

Ok - I admit it: I am a procrastinator. Commitments to others are almost always finished at the last minute. Worse yet, commitments to my self are sometimes started and then shelved indefinitely. Some of you may know what I’m talking about - those piles of unfinished projects, half-baked ideas, and unrealized goals speak volumes. [...]

As posted by my arch nemesis, the Urban Locust, a certain long distance game of Battleship has been waged over the last 2+ years. Well, dear readers, I regretfully say that this is the end of your heroic captain for I have met my doom at last! As you can see on my previously classified [...]

On Friday the financial markets were nice to me, and closed to honor the Big Gipper. (anyone remember the song “Ronnie’s Rap” from 1987?) Though bummed because I wouldn’t be able to lose more money, I decided to make the best of the situation and take a bicycle ride. Setting out on my folding Pocket [...]

Sometimes words either come too difficultly or just don’t seem quite appropriate. So without another peep, I present the visual version of more recent thoughts…

Update
I guess a picture just wasn’t good enough on its own. Check out the comments for a few answers.

Ah motivation! Can we ever have too much? Well maybe if for ill deeds. But what I’m mainly refering to is motivation to add more (mindless) words to this website. So what motivates me this evening one might ask? Well, for starters I am completely humbled by other bloggers who seem to be much more [...]