Category Archives: Just Plain Weird

Don’t read this. No, DON’T. SERIOUSLY.

Hello internets! Today I would like to codify, for posterity, the best April Fool’s tweet I’ve ever heard: RT @CERN OH FUCK RUN   (link)  The brilliance of this tweet may not be apparent at first glance. Let me break it down for … Continue reading

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Geek Life

This is for all my geeky techy friends out there.  You know how it is, being the most tech savvy one in your circle of friends and family.  You know.  You know the frustration and agony of wanting to send … Continue reading

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Internet Famous

Something fabulous happened last night, my dear internets. It was so strange and surreal and well… Here. Read. I’m at the Bagdad Theatre last night, watching Word to the Wise(men), a festive storytelling event full of scantily clad elves, cupcakes … Continue reading

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Silly shoes, social media, porn, and a Dave Chappelle FAIL.

Internets, it has been a NIGHT.  Let me tell you.  I mean…I don’t even know what I mean, that’s what a night it’s been.  See, this blog post was originally going to be about those silly shoes I’ve seen cropping … Continue reading

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Google me this…

Google me this, interwebs. One of my favorite things about website stats tracking are the search terms that people use which somehow leads them to wind up on my blog.  Is it fate that guides your little optical mouse to … Continue reading

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I LAUGH in the face of pollen. Ha Ha Ha Hachoo!

There’s an ugly rumour going around that I have allergies. Pshaw, I say.  Poppycock.  Rubbish!  Slander, even!! Ok, I used to have allergies.  I used to be terribly allergic to dogs growing up. And yet…my entire childhood, we always had … Continue reading

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Do you know what happens when you leave a fish too long in an elevator?

You don’t?? Well here’s a clue: Fish is biodegradable. That means it rots! Ah, the Jazz Butcher.  Love that band. Seriously, though, do you know what happens when you leave a cell phone too long in a fish?  Apparently nothing! … Continue reading

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Gauntlet+Lint= Lintlet

Strange things happen on Twitter.  Well, strange conversations at least. And even stranger, in my particular tweet stream, many of them seem to involve @StephStricklen. Yep, our very own KGW Live @ 7 anchor.  She seems to attract strange conversations … Continue reading

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How to survive hanging, or catering to my readers

Ok. Ok ok ok ok, fine. So, I have this friend, see.  She’s living here for a couple years, but she’s originally from Israel.  Haifa.  She’s had a couple of friends fly out to visit, and when they do, she … Continue reading

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Sept Choses

aka Seven Things.  aka Confess! 1. I’m a card carrying SCA fighter.  I haven’t fought in about a year, but I have every intention of returning this spring.  (Wearing armour in the cold and wet sucks.  What sucks even more … Continue reading

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