http://destructo.org/journal The Destructo Text Warehouse Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:36:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.wfmu.org/365/2007/010.shtml If you don't plan on reading the link above, here's the summary: In the 70's, a company pressed a series of records to be played on repeating turntables, such that when you, owner of said record, left the house, you could first put on this record, which itself contained ... http://destructo.org/journal/?p=53 1) It would have to have some sort of parser to see which words you use the most. 2) It would have to make sure to edit those words unless you're composing the entry between the hours of 8 AM and 5 PM. 3) It would have to parse how much casual ... http://destructo.org/journal/?p=52 I can't tell if there's a real sea change happening w/r/t the way people are throwing their tender, perfect brains onto the internet OR WHAT?? Like do we all assume that the correct Internet-based brain-throwing patterns are those of our former peers?? But like: It sort of seems to me ... http://destructo.org/journal/?p=51 I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but guess what? The internet has merch for any fly-by-night meme you can think of! Wherever you go, see who turns their head and arches an eyebrow at what you're wearing! It's like...the Internet -- meets Meatspace!! But in Real Time. And don't think ... http://destructo.org/journal/?p=50 1) I am dating a woman with whom I am so fiercely and overwhelmingly smitten that the best way, I decide, to keep some mook from charming her away is to beat up literally every male who steps into my field of vision. This takes a while. 2) An unfortunate miscommunication ... http://destructo.org/journal/?p=43 ATTENTION RASCALS: A spot will be opening up in my luxurious Jamaica Plain housepartment on September 1st. If you are looking for a place to live that's within a block of the T (the Stony Brook stop on the Orange line, itself a straight shot to Downtown Crossing and Park ... http://destructo.org/journal/?p=49 Don't forget that I will be in the WINDY CITY from 9:30 AM on Thursday to sometime Monday evening. I'll be at PFork on Friday and in the Tiny Media Empire booth at Flatstock on Saturday and Sunday, and who knows where the rest of the time. I strongly suggest ... http://destructo.org/journal/?p=48 So the Spice Girls are getting back together and doing a tour, which I actually find really refreshing. It hasn't been long enough that they can be accused of cashing in on the tender pulse of nostalgia; you sort of have to assume that they really liked being the Spice ... http://destructo.org/journal/?p=46 I am drafted into the Galactic Army as an Arwing pilot. I fly exactly one mission for them, which is unbelievably dangerous, and which involves risking my life and the lives of others to chase Andross away from whatever nefarious goal, etc etc. Through careful navigation and dexterous piloting, both ... http://destructo.org/journal/?p=44 I sort of expected that what finally did it in would be a lot more awesome, but I somehow managed to wedge a single eyelash into the receiver of my cellphone and now nobody can hear me when I talk. Well they can sort of hear a whooshy fish sound, ... http://destructo.org/journal/?p=45