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Pete on April 2nd, 2009

Today I walked down the street to Quiznos (They have a pepper bar) for lunch. This is a pretty happenin’ place most days. Lots of business folks, bums, college students, etc. The line can be long, but it tends to move pretty quickly. Today the line did not move as quickly as it should. This [...]

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Pete on October 30th, 2008

I don’t mean it as a general proposition, even though it may be true). I’m talking about Halloween here. I realize this helpful announcement is coming a bit late, but there’s still time to salvage what’s left of your dignity. What follows is a brief (and non-exhaustive) list of costumes which are not clever:

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Pete on April 14th, 2008

Indiana Code Section 15-2.1-21-13(b): A person who dyes, stains, or otherwise alters the natural coloring of a bird or rabbit commits a Class B misdemeanor. Ladies and gentlemen, keep your festive colors off of those chicks and rabbits.

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Pete on August 3rd, 2006

Social Networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have become all the rage. They’re a pretty big deal. People will spend hours deliberating over what to use as their facebook picture… or so I’ve heard. But despite all of the posturing, one thing is true: you can tell a lot about someone by the facebook picture [...]

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Pete on June 19th, 2006

You don’t buy beer, you just rent it. ~Archie Bunker It’s a crap shoot around here, isn’t it? I mean, sometimes you’ll fire up your browser window, navigate on over here, and find the most boring drivel you can think of. Sometimes I’m trying to be funny, sometimes serious, and other times not even I know [...]

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Pete on June 10th, 2006

Any time there’s a link posted at FARK about someone on a cell phone, the cell phone nazis come out. I hate cell phone Nazis. I’m not talking about the people who would like it if you didn’t scream into the phone… I’m talking about the idiots who seem to have some sort of vendetta [...]

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Pete on June 6th, 2006

Gentlemen, this post is not for you. You should still read it, though, because odds are good that you know someone who needs to read this. Ladies1, this post is not comprehensive. I promise that there are lots of other chances for you to royally screw up your life aside from these. Now pay attention, [...]

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Pete on May 29th, 2006

I’ve always had a tremendous respect for our armed forces and this country’s amazing military. That respect was instilled in me by my father, a Marine who was wounded in Vietnam. The most serious of his injuries, however, weren’t inflicted by guns, bombs, or bayonets but by the hell and atrocity of war itself. He struggled [...]

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Pete on January 24th, 2006

Some students at Indiana University — Bloomington School of Law are going to be their spring break helping hurricane victims. This post is coming in two parts… an announcement and a request: 1. Announcement: (For IU Law Students) Jen, Butcher, and others are working with the IU Student Hurricane Network to organize a trip to New Orleans [...]

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Pete on June 24th, 2005

Some of you may know that I have a bit of an infatuation with Katie Holmes. Well… had a bit of an infatuation with Katie Holmes. I mean, when the rumors were going around about the herpes I ignored it… just paparazzi nonsense… whatever. This whole Tom Cruise thing? I can deal with that. Girl’s [...]

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