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"Their beans are the best. They’re made from beans and lard and some kind of sauce."

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:15:04 -0500

“Their beans are the best. They’re made from beans and lard and some kind of sauce.”

- Me, talking about the Mexican haunt behind the Hampton at SXSW.

"How did all of the potted meat and sardines end up in my drawer?"

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:27:36 -0500

“How did all of the potted meat and sardines end up in my drawer?”

- We have this thing in the office where we will buy canned meat and fish delicacies and give them to an unsuspecting coworker. Apparently Jenn Lukas is just that coworker.

"Smells like gum in here."

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:43:00 -0500

“Smells like gum in here.”

- Dan Cederholm tweeted this from the post office. Could have been worse. Could have smelled like my friend John’s shower drain when the sewer backed up.

This was at a rice pudding dessert restaurant in SoHo. Only in...

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:38:05 -0500

This was at a rice pudding dessert restaurant in SoHo. Only in New York.

"Just got back from the puppet show."

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:46:01 -0500

“Just got back from the puppet show.”

- Brian Fling from Blue Flavor tweeted this. I know there’s context there, but it’s funnier not knowing what it is.

"I’m looking into clock kits."

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:20:34 -0500

“I’m looking into clock kits.”

- Rob seems to be the sole inspiration for this site. He said this to me after asking what a bushing was. By the way Rob, it’s a replaceable thin tube or sleeve, usually of bronze, mounted in a case or housing as a bearing.

"Oh it’s tongue and cheek alright. Tongue and ass cheek."

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:57:40 -0500

“Oh it’s tongue and cheek alright. Tongue and ass cheek.”

- Another eloquent observation from Rob.

"Do you want some wheat?"

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:09:18 -0500

“Do you want some wheat?”

- Dave DeRuchie, Happy Cog Project Manager, said this to me at lunch while holding up a bag of honey wheat twist pretzel things. I’ve been offered those before, but never simply ‘wheat’.

"The bathroom smelled like crabs - no the pubic kind, the Maryland kind."

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:02:33 -0500

“The bathroom smelled like crabs - no the pubic kind, the Maryland kind.”

- I said this to Heather when leaving the loo at the Standard Tap. Of course the next question was, “What do pubic crabs smell like?” I would imagine like this.

"If I ever got stopped by customs, I want it to be for carrying butter."

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:58:54 -0500

“If I ever got stopped by customs, I want it to be for carrying butter.”

- I said this, and never have before. At dinner last night with colleagues, discussing the benefits of English and Irish butter over the butter here in the US, albeit delicious in it’s own right.

"I have this thing with shippers - they don’t like to ship to me."

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:09:09 -0500

“I have this thing with shippers - they don’t like to ship to me.”

- Robert Jolly said this to me moments ago. I can vouch for this statement, because I have to overhear him verbally berating customer service representatives on the phone. At the end of these calls, I feel like I have done something wrong.

They tell it like it is here in Philly. I was handed this after...

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:16:35 -0500

They tell it like it is here in Philly. I was handed this after I got out of a cab that was indeed a minivan.

I don't need to sit down for a grilled cheese

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:10:33 -0500

Sean Alexander at Club 185 in Columbus when a hot greazy cheese- swirled sammich arrived and I was bogarting the open seat.

I had to wear a rash guard because my nipples were getting chafed.

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:40:03 -0500

My college friend John talking about surfing in Hawaii. Truth Is, he surfs like a shipping palette.

Not much I can say that isn’t obvious.

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:21:06 -0500

Not much I can say that isn’t obvious.

This is like a bun with no hot dog.

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:53:08 -0500

This is like a bun with no hot dog.

"Get with it, beardy."

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:17:03 -0500

“Get with it, beardy.”

- Jason Santa Maria just said this to me at the FOWD conference because I didn’t know ‘DDR’ was short for Dance Dance Revolution.

"I chased a cockroach into my toaster."

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:54:00 -0500

“I chased a cockroach into my toaster.”

- Via Jason Santa Maria, who instant messaged me that tidbit he heard Liz Danzico say. Apparently, a cockroach scampered for shelter in her toaster in a frantic attempt to escape certain death. The only thing that suffered that fate was the toaster, which was promptly discarded.

"Pay no attention to the man near the brownie pan."

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:47:00 -0500

“Pay no attention to the man near the brownie pan.”

- Rob Weychert, at work, whilst burgling the last brownie from the batch Jenn made.

In London, at the Mayor’s Thames Festival in September....

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:57:00 -0400

In London, at the Mayor’s Thames Festival in September. What the hell is the difference? They’re free because the US Dollar is poo?