FlasshePoint

Life, Minutiae, Toys, Irrational Phobias, Peeves, Fiber

Is Green Arrow a Republican Now?

There’s an intersection in my neighborhood with a stoplight that has something I’ve never seen anywhere else, a green arrow for turning right. Here’s a photo of the intersection as seen from the side with the green arrow. If you look closely, you can see it there on the right. For a [...]

L’America

If I’m reading her comments correctly, this is how to tell if you’re not living in Sarah Palin’s “Real America”:

You don’t have to grow your own food.
You and your kids play football or baseball instead of hockey or soccer.
You wear a business suit or khakis instead of a uniform.
You live in a big city.
You have [...]

Whip Smart

Videogame(s) Played Yesterday: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (Nintendo DS). And I finished it finally! But are you ever really done with a video game?
Since the next DS Castlevania game, Order of Ecclesia (love those names) is coming out today, I decided it was time to go ahead and finish off the previous game. [...]

The inPhonite Migration: iPray, youPray

There’s plenty of decent prayer applications for the Palm platform, but I was worried that when migrating to an iPhone, I’d have to give them up. Not to worry! There’s an iPhone application called Pray in the iTunes app store that should do everything I require of a prayer app.
Okay, I’m kidding. [...]

Ev-a, Phone Home

Return of the Movie Review Sunday!
This week, the girlfriend took me to see Wall-E, which is still playing at the second run theaters. We’ve been meaning to see it for awhile. N hasn’t had much experience with Pixar films, though she really loved Ratatouille and wanted to experience more. I myself have been [...]

Host Infection

Pet Peeve of the Day: Mystery blog option updates.
Okay, this is getting kind of ridiculous. Someone or something really doesn’t want people posting comments on my blog, and I don’t think it’s me.
First, an entry I posted had “allow comments” unchecked. I can believe this is a problem with WordPress 2.6, since it’s [...]

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