I've been going around taking an informal poll to see the first word that comes to people's heads when I say the word "tranny" -- so far, 5 out of 5 people have replied "transmission" -- whereas the first word that pops into my head is "transsexual".

Back story: I saw a plaque on my co-worker's desk a few months back that was apparently the "tranny award" for 2003. I saw it, turned around and went back to my desk where I totally lost my composure. When people asked me what was so funny, I told them about the "tranny award" -- and nobody got it. But I guess that makes sense. A lot of these same people also think the "twinky defense" is something you use when someone tries to mug you with a fruit pie.

Go figure

Church of Bob & elmwoodstrip.com on the iPod

The Church of Bob or The Church of the Subgenius was a fake cult founded almost thirty years ago by a bunch of filmmakers, writers and underground cartoonists from San Francisco and Dallas. Its purpose is basically to celebrate the power of nerds and freaks and to mock the masses (nicknamed "pinks" ). They worship their assassinated savior, J.R. "Bob" Dobbs (see my icon) and claim that they are all descended from Yeti ancestors.

My guess is that Robert Crumb had something to do with this, but I can not prove it. You might want to ask Sister Susie the Floozie (see below)



As far as this site and the iPod, well, I use a great piece of software called pod2go (link can be sporadic), which incorporates, among other things, a reader for RSS feeds. So when I connect to my Mac, the software automatically updates those feeds allowing me to read the latest posts offline (without pictures, or much formatting, unfortunately) -- it's a great thing to have as I can check out what has been written that day as I'm cooling down after a run at Terrie's Workout (on Hertel). At any rate, it's a nerd's paradise isn't it?

There's also a new audio-based form of this called "podcasting", spearheaded by original MTV VJ, Adam Curry (Adam is also well known for registering "MTV.com" back in the early 90's when nobody gave a crap about the internet -- including the fine folks at Viacom ).

Okay, end of lesson 1. By the way, the spellcheck on this site is amazing. Though I noticed that it flagged "elmwoodstrip" as being incorrect.

Marc Almond is in the hospital with severe injuries after being in an accident as a passenger on a motorcycle. The name Marc Almond may not be familiar, but most people know his 80's band, Soft Cell with their "Number 1 hit, Tainted Love" --

I associate Soft Cell with a lesser-known song called "sex dwarf" -- a classic in my book. Not to mention, Marc is a fairly accomplished artist on his own.

Anyway, here's hoping he doesn't emerge a vegetable. This reinforces my feelings that riding around at high speeds on a motorcycle just encourages a world of hurt.

Sex Dwarf
Isn't it nice
Luring disco dollies
To a life of vice

it's funny what brings you comfort -- the little icon in the circle is THIS SITE minimized into my dock -- it's like having a little bit of loveliness wherever I go.

wow -- there are actually more than a few californians [inlink]haikuster,22[/inlink] on this site. hey (e:haikuster) ... what would it take to convince you to send me a case of two-buck-chuck and a bag of jerky from trader joe's? ;) -- okay, truth be told, I go to Cleveland as they have a TJs down there (don't laugh... if you shop there, you probably know it's worth the trip!) --

we need the joe! i love wegmans, but the joe needs to be there to fit the rest of my cravings. even though they can't sell wine in NYS -- blast!