2006 Year in Review

Seth, this is amazing! Are you sure you're in the right profession? :) Happy New Year!

I think I got your number...

Hi Seth! Just thought I'd say hello... nice video!! :) Hope all is well!

I think I got your number...

Excellent multimedia work! At first I was worried that it would be 36MB of the Classic Smandel trick where you pretend to be taking a photo when you're actually filming them with your digital camera.

I think I got your number...

That's fantastic! Seth, can you teach me how to do that? Oh, and Heidi, when are you trying out for the Olympic team?!?

I think I got your number...

Awesome job on the video Seth...you are so creative! I had a great time having everyone in Tahoe and I can't wait for a Summer trip!

I think I got your number...

Fantastic job on the video! The trip was a blast and hopefully we can do it again!

I think I got your number...

Great snow; great weather; great group of friends having a blast. I miss you guys!!! Awesome video, Seth!

Curse you permawrap

May I present the <a href="http://www.myopenx.com/">blister pack (permawrap) opener</a>. The folks at BoingBoing noted that it comes in a blister pack , but it says on the package that it's the last one you'll ever struggle to open. $5 shipped.

Curse you permawrap

The worst is when a pair of scissors comes permawrapped. Grrr

I hate big butts and I cannot lie

i love high waist pants, as high as I can get them the better, sometimes i wish i could get em up almost to my armpits. Joe

Panera Plate Problem

You're goddamn right about that! I always bitch about how Panera has a million different bins for dishes, mugs, bowls, silverware, etc., but my co-workers just give me a blank stare and probably think I'm lazy. The worst part is that it always causes a back-up during lunch rush hour. I've had to wait a minute or 2 just to get to clean up my mess.

Panera Plate Problem

I find a lot of non-chain restaurants in Portland do this as well.

Control-C Anxiety

I'm trying to see if anyone has formally named this syndrome. I found you posting when doing background research for my own post here: http://ncyoung.com/entry/496

Super!

Damn it, Seth, I just read this post, and now the word 'super' is stuck in my head... I have a feeling I'm going to be saying it all day.

You Can Sometimes Get What You Want

my bank tried to pull that direct deposit shit with me, but she told me it had to appear every month, and I couldn't be sure that I'd remember to move 1 penny from paypal every month, so I just made my paycheck go in instead. They also told me I have to do 1 billpay/month, and I was going to just send myself a $1 check each month (with check memo "PNC Bank's Rules are Dumb"), but instead I made it a real payment.

Frequent Flyer Fifteen

Hey, Mr. First Class, don't you get free "healthy" snacks in your preferred section? :-)

Frequent Flyer Fifteen

Why is it fifteen?

You Can Sometimes Get What You Want

You sound like the guy who played J. Peterman in those new insurance commercials where he's a minor celebrity who thinks he's getting first-class treatment. "The people at this hotel love me! They've miniturized an entire bar just for me!" Of course, you're getting much better treatment than J. Peterman cuz I think you deserve it more. :)

FOLLOW-UP: Arrested Development Gets Un-Arrested

I think it is interesting how little this story was picked up. I only happened to come across it because I look at the SJ Mercury News pretty frequently. I did a news.google search for it, and it was only on three other news web sites as of 11:34PM Monday night.

"Is it Ish?" Quiz

Wow, what a great quiz!! (Hmm... is the domain name amiishornot.com registered?) If only we had a wav file of that guy doing The Ish Laugh at Carnival 2004, then it could be an audio quiz as well.

Work friends that are so good...

A clarification on "here's to work friends so good, they're just friends." On the scale of friendship levels (consult Seth if you don't have a friendship scale) "friend" is higher than "work friend." If I call you a "work friend" then that means I don't really socialize with you outside of work. If I call you a "friend" it has nothing to do with the fact that we work together - I would call you a friend even if we didn't. So here's to Seth and all the others that aren't just work friends, they're friends... :0)

The Birthday Problem

This page has an interesting statistical analysis which someone did as a course project: http://math.hope.edu/swanson/statlabs/proj1_sample.html He found that the most children are conceived in the fall through December. This page partly agrees: http://www.sdreader.com/php/ma_show.php?id=031501A saying that the most conceptions occur around the winter holidays.

Where do I enter my username and password?

well, many users have to log on to the internet (more so before always-on broadband), and I assume that's the verb they are borrowing from, since you must first establish your internet connection to get to the website.

Where do I enter my username and password?

Oh how I miss the rants.

Where do I enter my username and password?

Log on:"To establish contact with a computerized information service or other remote computer." (from google definitions) Go back to information systems, you armchiar etymologist.

Getting Arrested

I think at this point it is unrealistic to think that Fox will bring the show back. Anyone who wants to see the show saved should write to HBO (as I have) and tell them to pick it up.

Getting Arrested

I hope you noticed SAE's Frozen Banana stand this weekend at Carnival.

I don't have a mustache

First off, "got horribly disfigured?" is my new best friend. Second, "I took my team from work, which consists of approximately 15 Indian men." Heh, heh, heh.

Now featuring RSS feed

Cool. One suggestion: you should add pubDate tags so that we know the date the entry was published, and can sort by date. The guid tag might be good too. Check out the NYT feeds if you want a guide: http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml

Now featuring RSS feed

Normally you provide a link to your RSS feed on your home page.

Now featuring RSS feed

Seth's World can now be viewed in LiveJournal by adding "smandel" to your friends list. You're welcome.

Do It Yourself

Seth, you need to add RSS to your site so I'll know when new posts are up. That'd be amazing.

Do It Yourself

Be glad you were'nt at the proctologist!

I should fire myself for even having you around

god I suck, that's honOr

I should fire myself for even having you around

hey seth, nice pics - donald is hot! but we knew that. I thought you'd be interested to know that at my sister's hospital's cafeteria, they served fried chicken and okra on Friday, in honer of MLK day. Maybe you should write them a letter. - adam

No Loss for Floss

Isn't it Brush, Floss, and then Rinse? Or have I been spitting in the face of good dental hygiene for the last 24 years?

No Loss for Floss

Sticking your fingers in your mouth is dirty and gross. I never flossed regularly until I met the Reach Access Daily Flosser. It is too expensive, but I prefer to overpay rather than to have diseased gums. http://www.reachaccess.com/

No Loss for Floss

I saw the commercial, and went out and bought a bottle. I never intended to give up flossing, but thought that flossing and rinsing would be twice as effective. Well, I guess that's not the case. While I am disappointed, I will continue to rinse, floss and brush.

No Loss for Floss

"a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, filed a lawsuit saying that false claims in the advertising campaign that began last June posed an unfair threat against its sales of dental floss."................ well I'm glad they did it for the good of the public. I'd seen the same commercial and was thinking of giving up flossing too. I wonder if they key in this is that it's as effective as flossing for fighting specifically "tooth and gum decay" but maybe not as effective as flossing for OTHER things...

But not really

the blockbuster policy isn't dumb - what's dumb is calling it "no late fees" - what they should really do is change all their due-dates by +7 days, and then call the policy "If you're late, you bought it". Also, although they let you return it (minus the restocking fee), you only get the returned money back as store credit. I'd like to see how much they're charging for the movies, since I think it costs them $80ish to buy each copy

So this is the new year

Naturally, Amber and I left Portland for the "holidays," thus missing you completely.

The (Uncool) Sound of Silence

Try ripping the songs to play on your iPod, that silence is most definately not free. Its MBs of valueable HDD space.

Tennis Balls

I vote Yellow.

The Ties that Bind

i've recently been experimenting with various ways of "tying" lace-up shoes without having to tie and re-tie them. what I've got right now consists of 2 knots that you can slide back and forth to adjust the tightness... seems to work pretty well, but needs a little improvement

Tennis Balls

I think it's a boy thing because they are definitely yellow (as Kreisel and I insisted at dinner the other night). On the Penn website, they sure look yellow to me... http://www.pennracquet.com/sites/usenglish/championship.html

Tennis Balls

I think they are green (though I know most people consider them to be "yellow"). Interesting. I wonder how many other greenies there are out there like us.

Tennis Balls

According to your friends at About.com, tennis balls are the color "optic yellow" which is a greenish-yellow. Not a yellowish-green. Another great use for tennis balls. Take a coffee cup, fill it not all the way up with sand and place a tennis ball in it. Use three or four of these things as a base of anything you want to vibrationally uncouple with the floor.

Hold the Mayo

I guess this product must be pretty popular in hair "dressing" salons. I wonder if you end up with a head of lettuce if you use this stuff.

Just call me "that guy"

Yeah, Seth. Post the clip. Love, Mikey

Just call me "that guy"

Why don't you post the clip so we can hear it?

Hold the Mayo

Heh, I found your discovery so amusing, I looked for more information about hair mayo. Apparently, there is a whole line of food-hair products, including Garlic Shampoo, Mint Julep Shampoo, and Cholestorol Shampoo. How appetizing. I mean, disgusting.

Hold the Mayo

at least it's organic. :)

How was your Thanksgiving?

I feel like after 10am, you shouldn't be allowed to ask the question. I was waiting for the elevator at 11am, and somebody came up to me to ask, and felt slightly weird about it. Also, have you noticed how many people say "Hanging in there" to the question, "How are you?" I mean, there sure are a lot of Americans "hanging in there." Sort of scary.

Put yourself in my shoes

Seth, I'm so glad you have solved this problem that once plagued you. You're hilarious!

BRUUUUCE! KERRRYY! SCIENNCE!

you think you're so cool because you're in a state that the candidates care about. This weekend I threw a baseball at Pedro, and i'm going to the party in copley square where i'm going to have sex with John AND Teresa AND Pedro. So there.

Ithaca is gorges

Hi Seth nice website.

BRUUUUCE! KERRRYY! SCIENNCE!

WOW!! Seth - great story! Teske - great pictures! Thanks for sharing! :)

BRUUUUCE! KERRRYY! SCIENNCE!

My pleasure, Seth! Truly an awesome day. 105.5 has been playing the acoustic No Surrender from Thursday. The first time I heard it, I was almost emotional. Thanks so much for posting all this. You rock. SETH!

This is the Time to Remember

Congrats to Jared and Lori. Mozeltov.

The People Have The Power

They played "People Have The Power" by Patti Smith. It's an incredible song and to hear everyone do it together is amazing. Also amazing is that Springsteen did a show after the finale (in Jersey) and Eddie Vedder showed up. They played No Surrender, Darkness on the Edge of Town, and Betterman together. I got a recording of it and it is incredible.

The People Have The Power

Out of curiousity, what was the closing number? Rockin' in the free world? End of the world as we know it?

The People Have The Power

i drink a full bottle of wine for breakfast, then again at lunch, again at afternoon siesta, at dinner, after dinner, before bed, and anytime somebody chants "Chug, chug" and that doesn't explain anybody.

The People Have The Power

In fairness to Eddie, he does drink a full bottle of wine at his shows. That might explain it.

The People Have The Power

Even though I love his music, I have to say, Eddie Vedder does not understand evolution.

RERUN: Well, gosh, what are the chances?

first off, Redskins games predict presidential election - how's THAT for probability: http://www.snopes.com/sports/football/election.asp Secondly, driver's ed: "90% of accidents occur within 3 miles of your house - because you're careless" - NO, because I spend 90% of my time within 3 miles of my house (well, when I was 16)

RERUN: Well, gosh, what are the chances?

Now I know who I'll go to when I need help with my stats homework!

L'shanah tovah: Yom Kippur Reflections

well, it only makes sense that seth's dad is funny - after all, he's a famous comedian: http://www.howiemandel.com/ (I suggest you check out both the english and italian version) btw, seth happy upcoming birthday, my Libra brother.

L'shanah tovah: Yom Kippur Reflections

Seth - you crack me up! I think that's the best post yet. I'm glad you enjoyed your holiday and am glad I got to help you fill your belly with late night 'za from Casa Bianca (a poor substitute for Ian's, I might add). I love the post from Mom and Dad...very cute!

L'shanah tovah: Yom Kippur Reflections

Very funny post. I always thought it interesting that there were so many people who would come to high holy day services that they needed to rent out the gymnasium at RCC to hold them all.

L'shanah tovah: Yom Kippur Reflections

We know how inspired one can become with adding "eth" to the end of things right around Yom Kippur time. We were originally going to name you "S" but decided to add the "eth".

Clearly I remember pickin' on the boy

We must mount a counter offensive against these little brats. You tell me when and where and I'll be there. I can at least help with the making them cry through words part. No one gets to be mean to one of the nicest people I know...not even bike punks in the wealthy part of town.

Clearly I remember pickin' on the boy

I thought about that. Maybe they did think I had a nice bike. But I decided they didn't. Because I don't have a nice bike. And these were rich spoiled brat kids with fancy bikes themselves. And they laughed after they said it. I've said my fair share of sarcastic wise-ass cracks over the years and that's clearly what this was.

NEW LINK: Not your cats...

to be fair, i've had this blog for two years but just told seth.

Clearly I remember pickin' on the boy

maybe they thought you had a nice bike?

Clearly I remember pickin' on the boy

Assholes don't just become assholes at 18. And if it's any consolation, hillbillies still toss beer cans (sometimes empty, sometimes not) at Lance's head.

Message keeps getting clearer

Law and Order is my ringtone.

Message keeps getting clearer

yeah, custom ringtones are somewhat useful... but the only time my phone isn't on vibrate is when I'm alone anyway (driving, at home). My friend Mike (I think) suggested custom vibrate tones... essentially morse code, or at least if you could have 4 or 5 distinguishable vibrates for different people. ---------------------------- My phone has nothing that's actually a "ring" - I just picked the loudest possible song, and even that isn't loud enough to be heard much of the time. I considered writing a midi file that sounded like a ring, but apparently the midi ringtones are even QUIETER on my phone. --------------------- mp3 and video is useless, but text messaging isn't... you can setup outlook rules to forward certain messages to your cellphone

Message keeps getting clearer

I find ringtones to be of the most use when assigning custom rings to the people on my address book. It is important for me to be able to distinguish calls from my wife from calls from my mother from calls from telemarketers. It is difficult to find enough non-annoying rings, so I turn to songs to fill out my list.

Open All Night

WE go to the Nanuet diner because it is cheaper and so we don't run into people also... if too many people do that, we'll all run into eachother. Seriously, when they had to jack the price of everything to $9.95 to pay for all that neon, wicker, and fake plants they installed, that diner went to shit. _______________________________________________________________________________________ As for the name... you are biased because you're from New City. Instead of reading it as the NewCity Diner, read it as the New CityDiner. Then it makes a little more sense to chain it. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Our good friend Ian N has definitely had a cocktail or 2 at the diner. Might have been nanuet tho. He was feeling depressed and ordered some ridiculous blue girly drink. ____________________________________________________________________________________ cookies are good. ________________________________________________________________________________ IMPLEMENT nl2br() in your damn comments!

Open All Night

If you want to see an active bar at a Diner, go to the State Line Diner in Mahwah, NJ.

Open All Night

they got rid of the free cookies to make up for the loss of money on stocking their bar. either that or to make room for giant ceramic urns. whatever just don't order the marzipancake

I love boats and I love corn!

Seth loves corn. It is delicious. Seth would eat corn all day and all night. But his belly is full and he cannot eat anymore corn. Thanks for sharing in the wonder of the corn fest, in my hometown, for laughing at the freaks with me, and introducing me to the wonder of funnel cake and soda in your pocket. Oh, and for your first vote for John Kerry at the Dane County Republicans table. Fun was had by all.

So it's sorta like...

You're weird. ..."I didnt want to say anything at the time, but..."

So it's sorta like...

My guess is that it's from Heather K. HK, feel free to dispute if I'm wrong.

Wanna know something about greeting cards?

The messages in graduation, Father's/Mother's Day, weddings, and get well cards usually suck. Those occasions have a much smaller market share than birthdays, so more R&D has gone into birthday messages. Therefore, I like to buy the better, funnier birthday cards. Then cross out "birthday" and enter the real occasion.

Wanna know something about greeting cards?

I once brought a card up to the counter for Mother's Day and they told me it was about 5 bucks. I was really torn, because spending five bucks is ridiculous (especially for jews like me) but at the same time, I got a look from the girl at the register like, "Isn't your MOM worth it?" I would feel guilty going back for a cheaper card for the woman who birthed and raised me. So, I was a sucker and spent 5 bucks for a mother's day card. Next time I'll just look for a price on the card first.

It's like riding a bike...

re: "that guy" worse yet are those with the carbon Trek's painted with the latest team colors...

Because I do.

when people start a message in the subject and finish it in the body

It's like riding a bike...

I want to go on rides with you Seth. Can you buy a little basket and attach it to the front so I can ride along too? I get bored living here in New City without you. All the other Cabbage Patch Kids got to go to college and on to the real world with their owners. I miss you, Seth. Love, Mikey.

Because I do.

You're not the only one - http://notmydesk.blogspot.com/2004/07/currency.html

Don't you think it's confusing when people write their entire message in the subject field of an email?

The nice thing to do is to add a little (nt) or -nt- at the end of your subject so people know you have no message body. "EOM" is stupid.

It's like riding a bike...

Once again, for the record, I miss Madison. And bikers rocking USPS jerseys are about on par with 'that guy' at the concert. Note: does not apply to riders actually on the USPS team.

Because I do.

haha. this post was made even funnier because right before i read it, i checked my work email and i had one of the <EOM> emails and it confused me becuase i opened it up and it was blank.

Because I do.

I was hoping there was some sort of subject line so I could enter my whole message there. Alas, that is not the case so I'm forced to enter it here. I just have a birthday note...Gabe is September, not August, and I think he's the 7th. Of course, you can ignore that if you're celebrating a Gabe other than Mr. Koroluk. I love seeing my name on here...I feel so very special. Happy Birthday to me :-)

Because I do.

see last comment.

Don't you think it's confusing when people write their entire message in the subject field of an email?

people should at least write "see subject". "EOM" is stupid.

This really pushes my buttons

maybe you should use fishing line? or get The Buttoneer, which is essentially a plastic stapler for buttons: http://www.alltvstuff.com/but1.html - I find that buttons from Old Navy clothes fall off particularly frequently... when I reattach them, there is usually twice as much thread than before.

This really pushes my buttons

I bet you wrote that whole entry just so you could say "Sew buttons."

Hey, remember Cabbage Patch Kids?

Just to make you feel better, I'll let out the secret that Shane had a cabbage patch kid when he was little. It now belongs to his niece Mariah but resides at Shane's parent's house. I think maybe they worked out a joint custody thing...

Hey, remember Cabbage Patch Kids?

I had one. For some reason my mom now thinks it's fun to have it sit on my bed, so every time I come home it's there staring at me.

So...

You rock Seth. Your posts crack me up, and it is too bad the world doesn't have more of you.

Hey, remember Cabbage Patch Kids?

Also, God Bless America. Happy 4th of July.

Hey, remember Cabbage Patch Kids?

I've been living happy in retirement now for like 20 years. And now you people have to start talking about me. Well, I'll have you know Seth and I are both perfectly normal people. He likes to play with dolls, and I like to play with people. Normal. Got it? Good.

Hey, remember Cabbage Patch Kids?

ok. so, I asked around a bit. turns out this really cool kid I knew growing up brought one in for show and tell in 3rd grade. maybe I was a deprived child and am just jealous.

Hey, remember Cabbage Patch Kids?

in nursery school christine wanted to be a cabbage patch kid for halloween. her mom thought there would be too many cabbage patch kids in the parade so instead she dressed her up as a huge cabbage :)

Hey, remember Cabbage Patch Kids?

Don't worry Seth. The Fab 5 is coming next week to give Mikey a makeover.

Hey, remember Cabbage Patch Kids?

I had one. My parents made him. My dad always threatened to turn them into cole slaw kids, which I didn't really get until I was a little older, at which point I thought it was tremendously funny.

Hey, remember Cabbage Patch Kids?

I told Catherine last night that you having a CBK has made you a kinder, gentler Seth. We appreciate that.

So...

You can also add alcoholic or caffeinated beverages to that mix. "Man, I could really go for a ________ (beer/coffee/etc.) right now." Response: "I hear ya." <><><><><><> I have to resort to that every now and then, so I like to use the phrase "cold one" instead of "beer" to mix things up a bit. I still sound like a tool, though.

My brother got himself a fiance

Mazel, Mazel, Good things.

And I got my back to the wall...

They may have done it so you have a nice view out of the windows when you wake up. A place in Austin was set up like this. But it still creeped me out.

Come on and take a free ride

If you feel guilty send me the money. :)

Come on and take a free ride

You should get an EZ-Pass :-)

Who's in the mood for some bacon?

Again, do you travel every weekend?

Shower the people you love with the perfect water temperature

I am turning up the hot water because I want the water to be as hot as I can stand. The temperature that I can comfortably tolerate increases as I shower. Also, I believe Greg is correct.

Picture Pages

do you ever spend a weekend not traveling?

Shower the people you love with the perfect water temperature

Yikes, every time I hit reload on this page, my last post repeats itself. Sorry about that.

Shower the people you love with the perfect water temperature

A co-worker was talking about this showering phenomenon the other day. It is probably one of the best examples of certain thermodyanmic principles. I mean, think about it... standing around naked in a 60 degree room isn't nearly as bad as taking a shower with 60 degree water!** The range of "comfortable" temperature is so much narrower for water than air. If I remember correctly, it's because it takes more thermal energy to raise the temperature of water. And because your skin always tries to match the temperature of its surroundings, it will take much more effort (i.e., heat) for the skin to make you feel warm when you're surrounded by water. --------------------- ** Unless the room is in a public place.

Shower the people you love with the perfect water temperature

A co-worker was talking about this showering phenomenon the other day. It is probably one of the best examples of certain thermodyanmic principles. I mean, think about it... standing around naked in a 60 degree room isn't nearly as bad as taking a shower with 60 degree water!** The range of "comfortable" temperature is so much narrower for water than air. If I remember correctly, it's because it takes more thermal energy to raise the temperature of water. And because your skin always tries to match the temperature of its surroundings, it will take much more effort (i.e., heat) for the skin to make you feel warm when you're surrounded by water. --------------------- ** Unless the room is in a public place.

Shower the people you love with the perfect water temperature

A co-worker was talking about this showering phenomenon the other day. It is probably one of the best examples of certain thermodyanmic principles. I mean, think about it... standing around naked in a 60 degree room isn't nearly as bad as taking a shower with 60 degree water!** The range of "comfortable" temperature is so much narrower for water than air. If I remember correctly, it's because it takes more thermal energy to raise the temperature of water. And because your skin always tries to match the temperature of its surroundings, it will take much more effort (i.e., heat) for the skin to make you feel warm when you're surrounded by water. --------------------- ** Unless the room is in a public place.

Shower the people you love with the perfect water temperature

The question is, are you turning up the hot water because you want the water to be hotter than when you started? Or because the hot water got colder or lower pressure and you need more of it? The thermostat solves the latter.

Shower the people you love with the perfect water temperature

"I don't know about you, but it always takes me some time to get the perfect water temperature in the shower." I don't about you, but when I shower I adjust the water temperature so it is monotonically increasing. By the time I finish, I usually have pinged the hot water knob.

Shower the people you love with the perfect water temperature

I think my dad just installed a digital thermostat valve for his shower at home a week or 2 ago_____________________________________________________________(I do this since you don't support line breaks)_____________________________________________________________In theory it's a good idea, but I think you want different water temperatures depending on the air temperature, and once you're in the shower you may adjust it again.

I packed my bags and I’m heading straight into the storm

Notice how john says go to Brooks brothers. I would say go to campmor or REI and get rain pants that you can wear over your work pants whilst outside.

I packed my bags and I’m heading straight into the storm

You need a raincoat. Go to Brooks Brothers and pick one up for next time. JN

The crackers, Danny. The cheese thing that you have at a party?

I bought some recently and I agree -- they're pretty good. In fact, I really don't know why I should even both with original cheddar anymore. They're just not as fun. I'll have to check out that "flavor blasted" stuff. I also have some "colored" goldfish but I've been too scared to try them. Blue goldfish just doesn't seem right.

And it was all yellow...

Sing with me. "Cinn-a-mon, Tooast Crunch!"

The crackers, Danny. The cheese thing that you have at a party?

Pizza Goldfish rock!!! 'nuff said

The crackers, Danny. The cheese thing that you have at a party?

I've always maintained the position that they're pretty good. But, they best Goldfish flavor is "Flavor Blasted" Cheddar. Your mouth comes alive with the delicious imitation cheese flavor.

And it was all yellow...

Bacon and ham and steak. Oh my.

And it was all yellow...

V-8. Kiwi. Green eggs and ham.

California! Here We Come!

Shit, I didn't know you were going to Coachella! I was there too.

My buddy. My buddy. My buddy and me.

I remember when a certain someone used to number his friends on his speedial. I hope that I've am higher on the IM list than I was on the speedial. Not that that certain someone ever IMs me. I mean its not like I have a webpage where I rant about the stuff going on in my life so people know what I'm upto.

My buddy. My buddy. My buddy and me.

Hum. A little pompous this weekend? You better be careful you aren’t moved to someone’s pompous list. :) Catch you later man. Nahas

What's in your random T-shirt collection?

nono, don't throw out your tshirts!!! What if you need to paint your entire house, you'll NEED all 30 of those garbage tshirts you never wear....................................................................... at least that's the reasoning I come up with every time I try to clean out my drawer.

Random Thoughts

also - as for jokes that nobody gets but you laugh anyway... check out the southpark clip on adamkoniak.com's 4/24/04 post.

Random Thoughts

I use gonna. I also use "lemme know" all the time

Miso Happy to Wok and Roll at the Hard Wok Buffet

You forgot the best Chinese restaurant name! ...if you know what I mean, and I think you do :)

I'm out.

Wow. Someone replaced the box of tissues on my desk when I was out. People really are good after all. Thank you.

New Pictures

These pictures are awesome. I have two corrections: 1) The first picture of me is actually at the Kimia lounge, where short people dance under a short disco ball on a pole (the ball is on the pole, not the people). I hate to be such a stickler, but I noticed fancy orange rind in my drink. I believe Dane bartenders are far too lazy for such an embellishment. 2) The purple team definitely kicked the blue team's arse in the fish bowl race. Why must you spread these lies about a purple team victory?

Birthday Alert System

I think you should get together with the Hallmark guy, and sell him this system. That would be amazing. If you two got together with the handwriting recognition guy, it would be even better. Here's how it would work: 1) I send a writing sample in 2) I submit a list of birthdays to you 3) The Hallmark Company sends out cards a couple days ahead of each person's birthday on my list in my handwriting. Nobody would ever "forget" another birthday again.

Birthday Alert System

"There's no better way of saying I really care about you than with a Perl script that queries a MySQL database." Amen to that!

Just cruisin'

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Just cruisin'

<BR>1990s: "All You CARE To Eat" (Highlander, CMU) <BR>2000s: "All You NEED To Eat"

Shaved the beard, huh?

Better yet, tell them you are undergoing chemotherapy and radiation, and then shave the rest of your head next week.

Shaved the beard, huh?

When they go "Shaved the beard, huh?" you should say "no." That would be a much better awkward silence

To the or not to the

Funny, I was going to mention the Bronks farm thing too, but the source was so unreliable, I figured I wouldn't bother. So, just to reiterate, I've heard that story as well. And to add to it, there were groups of the Bronks family, some in the north, some in the south part of the area, hence North Bronks, and South Bronks.

Shaved the beard, huh?

You always seem to be going on vacation, or taking weekend trips. What do you do for a living?

To the or not to the

I seem to remeber hearing somewhere that the Bronx is derivative from "Bronk's farm" named after...get this, a farmer named Bronk who had all that land back in the day when "the country" was above 70th St. As for the "the" part, maybe people were like "we're going over to the Bronks'" like the Mandels' you know... or maybe somethings that are cool enough get a The. Or maybe they are all french teas.

To the or not to the

In Los Angeles they have "The 210" "The 110". Also, there is a street called "Bowery" here, but they call it "The Bowery".

To the or not to the

There's a similar phenomenon with roads. Back home, we hop on 304 and 59, but where I am now, there's THE 290 and THE 198, etc. Does this happen elsewhere?

To the or not to the

what about "The Calculus" and "The Cancer"? I remember we had a big discussion in spanish class about which countries got it and which didn't - the teacher basically said we had to memorize.

To the or not to the

So this answers the question about Ukraine: http://www.infoukes.com/faq/the_ukraine/ Brilliant stuff. I found it in a Ukraine FAQ. The article also explains why The Czech Republic also has the article. Personally, I think it's all the Dutch's fault. Think about it: THE Netherlands, THE Hague, and even THE Bronx, which I think came from the Dutch when NYC was called (The) New Amsterdam. I wouldn't be suprised if members from the band The The were Dutch. Like Nigel Powers once said, there are 2 things I can't stand in this world: intolerance of other peoples' cultures, and The Dutch.

To the or not to the

I think it works in google if you typed in something like "the + bronx" though i typed that in "why + is + it + called + the + bronx?" and that really didn't do anything. But I was thinking, you have "The Czech Republic". Maybe "The Ukraine" was something like that? "The Bronx"? Maybe Bronx is plural?

"I should have flown Spirit!"

Thanks for the Shea Stadium photo! Again, it's too bad it's the only photo I could find, literally.

Excuse You!

Ah, Seth, apparently the bad mood has gotten worse? I hope you don't get tasered on the way to Park City. Hope it was fun!

You'll be hearing from my lawyer, Vinny Gambini

In 2007, I'll be your lawyer.

Too cool for school

this reminds me of those lucky kids with the cruches. they got of class early AND were given the special key that activated the elevator. ah, cruches...never did I have the pleasure.

Too cool for school

I remember having something similar. Mine didn't have quite as much freedom (I did have to be there for at least four periods and it was only from Rippa, the AP) but I also remember Norris giving me a blank parking sticker that could be used anywhere. On top of that, I had a few of those pass books. And there was always the power of waving an eraser to let you pass. You could do anything if you held an eraser, go into the teacher's lounge and take someone's food. "It's okay . . . I have an ERASER!!"

Control-C Anxiety

I can't stand that multiple clipboard thing either... I don't understand how it works or why it works or anything. Often I hit ctrl-C about 4 times in a row to make sure stuff copied... for some reason, it doesn't always.

I hate big butts and I cannot lie

"...[the waitress] sat another couple to the rear of the assman." EW!

I hate big butts and I cannot lie

not only was this man's ass extremely large, it was also about 2 feet from our table. and it was hairy.

Non-verbal interactive salutation restrictions in effect

That's like Donald Trump (aka "The Donald").

Holy flaming ketchup shots!

"Hello? Ish's blog... where are youuuuuuuuu?"

The next time you hear that beep...

Ever play the Dollar Store Challenge? This is where you go to a dollar store with someone (usually a gf to make it more fun) Give yourselves 5 minutes, and you both go looking for the funniest item you can find. Usually the loser has to buy the item for the winner, but at that point, it's more about the hunt than anything else. You get some weird looks from people in the store who actually shop there for stuff, but again, they're actually SHOPPING there for stuff.

My name is Seth and I'm a pulsating driver and a loud walker

"...battle the weather from Chicago or Milwaukee while they sleep in the back" Thanks for this...again. Even though you're a pulsating driver, you're a fantastic guy who passes semis at 90 MPH in the pouring rain. Even though we were concerned for our safety, I think I can speak for Smartin when I say that we're glad you were behind the wheel...kinda.

Just rolled out of bed... 2 hours ago

ethan need rss feed to survive!!!!! feeds!!!!!

Just rolled out of bed... 2 hours ago

right... so no velour jumpsuit at the airport friday night? how about polypropylene

Well, it's certainly growing on me

a few weeks ago I had the chance to grow a beard (i.e. 5 days of pathetic stubble) while I had the flu. I was pretty sure that when I finally shaved, my face would be disgusting due to the trapped dirt and oil, and the fact that I had been wallowing in my own sweat for a number of days. To my surprise, when I finally did shave, I discovered that my complexion was clearer than usual. From this I conclude that even if you don't shower and you sleep in dirty sheets, acne is really caused by shaving. goddamn shaving. ps - "goddamn" was initially a much stronger expletive, but then I remembered whose page this is.

Well, it's certainly growing on me

I just looked at your New Years pictures. Please shave before you make it to D.C. Your beard looks worse than Greg's way too long side burns.

Well, it's certainly growing on me

"I look pretty smart when I stroke it" Context . . .

... but I do work and I am Jewish

I went to the denist the other day. My teeth feel nice and clean. I like the dentist.

Comment Away, Comment Away, Comment Away With Me

Thanks for the suggestion, Adam. I've changed my code to make it work like that.

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hopefully your commenting systems emails you with new comments, as this post is way old but I'm just getting around to reading it. FINALLY you have comments, took you long enough. Anyway, check out what MoveableType does for email addressses - specifically encoding the "@" in the mailto links with it's ascii number. Amazingly, the spam harvesters haven't caught on to this one yet, because even though I use all these spam-sethmandel@dumbengineer.com email addresses, they never seem to generate any spam. or maybe the spammers don't bother emailing to addresses with the word "spam" in them...

I am not a student

Props to kones, for the buzz-word comment. Took the words out of my mouth. Seth, I think you should start wearing T-shirts that say crazy things in foreign languages and see what kind of conversation crops up.

I am not a student

"I'm solving complex business challenges, bringing value-added solutions to my client's enterprise, and formulating a global strategy for a major paradigm shift." Gee, that there's an awful lot of buzzwords . . .

I am not a student

If I saw you reviewing work papers, I'd ask if you knew where intern orientation was taking place.

Why bother cleaning?

I prefer the make shift shoes method of organizing.

Our teresting language

the english language is your "forte"

Why bother cleaning?

the best part is that i mess it all up again after about 10 minutes. sorry i pack so much shit :)

Feel bad for me... I'm sick

You just like hearing about your haircut so that when you get asked "Did you get a haircut" you can respond with "No, I got them all cut!"

Feel bad for me... I'm sick

keep it up... it makes people feel important when they think they are helping, even though many times they are not. well, they are helping in the sense that they are showering you with a brief moment of endearing attention...which we all like. it's like when someone comments on your haircut. is your haircut really worth commenting on? if you are a guy - probably not. if you are a girl, the only time you will get a comment on your haircut from a guy is if you color it (drastically), cut it by 4 or more inches, or if you are an SO that has told your SO about the upcoming haircut within the past 2-3 days. anyway, it's nice to hear, isn't it?

This literally drives me crazy

the mis-use of "basically" is almost just as bad. Everytime you hear someone start a sentance with "Basically", replace that with "What I am about to say is bullshit, because I don't know if what I am saying is actually correct". It's another ironic truth. Ironic because the person, when they say this, is actually trying to help you understand something that they themselves do not understand.

Why bother cleaning?

you should get the shirt folder. like they use at department stores to fold t-shirts perfectly. i think you can get them on tv, or maybe bbby.

This literally drives me crazy

So this was my chance to learn that what goes around comes around. You see, this is funny because what Kones posted here is exactly what I posted on his site yesterday after he lost one of my comments. What are the chances?!

This literally drives me crazy

I can't believe you lost my comment! Just kidding, that's OK. I'll just be sure to keep a backup of anything I post here ;-)

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Don't listen to velcro shoes, Seth. Your website is just fine...FAQs or none. I will continue to enjoy seeing terrible pictures of me doing ridiculous things flash randomly at those who visit!

Feel bad for me... I'm sick

Yeah, I've been sick for 5 days.

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Comments, Comments, and more Comments.

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You mean ANYONE can comment? I'm confused. Perhaps you need a FAQ or something. Nice job.

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