Archive for July, 2004

Hope for online publishers

Hey, MSNBC.com finally stemmed the red ink and expects to be profitable for the full year. It’s not a huge profit, but still it’s a good sign.
Maybe there is hope for online media companies. Which is a good thing since some of us work for an online media company.

That old Kentucky rain

One thing I like about the Kentucky rain is that it doesn’t mess around. There’s no wimpy little showers or sprinkles–when it rains here it just absolutely pours down. Like Niagara Falls magically started pouring right on top of everything.
I was caught at the Best Buy on Saturday by a big storm that came […]

Mega-bruise from liposuction

Wow, I have a really nice huge bruise on my lower abdomen from the liposuction. I know they went over this during the pre-op but it’s still amazing to see. It stretches across the entire lower ab area, like Barry Bonds took a bat and hit me square across that region.
It […]

Quentin Tarantino is over-rated

Kill Bill, Vol 2 finally made it to the dollar cinema this past weekend so I saw it on Friday. And unfortunately it didn’t live up to Vol 1. While that first movie had such a frenetic energy and reveled in the bloodshed, Vol. 2 spends a lot of time talking about stuff.
There’s […]

Liposuction is painful

If I knew then what I know now, I’m not sure I would have gone thru with the liposuction surgery. I had it on Friday, and for the first day they gave me these absorbent pads that I taped to my abdomen, to soak up all the leakage.
Yes, leakage–basically the surgery involes poking holes […]