http://blog.watchthosecorners.com "Life, The Universe, And Everything." - Douglas Adams Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:13:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When a doctor says the above words, you don't really believe him. I assumed he was trying to scare me so that the ensuing experience  would seem better in comparison to the nightmarish holocaust of pain my mind inevitably conjured up. Also, being a man, and therefore stupid, I mistakenly ... http://blog.watchthosecorners.com/?p=39 My allegiance to Gang Green goes back to when I was six years old. Growing up in Westchester County, I had two teams to choose from: the NY Football Giants or the NY Jets. I can't really pin down why I chose the Jets but I imaging it had something ... http://blog.watchthosecorners.com/?p=32 Apparently, it is very easy to mistake my cell phone number for someone else's. This has happened to me on multiple occasions. Here's the most recent one: "Call me when you can. Can Jake go to my sister's house tonight with Brian and us? Call me. -Nanc" I don't know anybody named ... http://blog.watchthosecorners.com/?p=15 In college I played club lacrosse and we had this saying, Turf Sniper. We said this whenever someone tripped for no apparent reason. Running down the field, nobody around, all of a sudden you're laying face first in the grass, Turf Sniper. Taking a shot on goal, trip on your ... http://blog.watchthosecorners.com/?p=13 About a year ago I had a depressing realization: I was fat. Not in a you're so disgusting other people see you and don't eat for a week kind of way, but in more of a you just don't look fit kind of way. Except for a brief period in ... http://blog.watchthosecorners.com/?p=12 I was born in New Jersey. My family moved to New York when I was two. I lived there until I was twenty two. That's twenty years spent living in the Empire state, right on the edge of the greatest city in the world. It would be a monumental lie ... http://blog.watchthosecorners.com/?p=11 It should be readily apparent that the title of this post is a corruption of the old axiom, power perceived is power achieved. It is unfortunate though, that my version is also applicable. Whereas the perception of power can translate into actual power (Learned Helplessness, Stanford Prison Experiment), the ... http://blog.watchthosecorners.com/?p=10 "That is a big cat," the vet said. "Big as in, large, or big as in, fat?" I asked. "Both," she replied. "The other one is just as big." "Hmm." It was at that moment that I finally accepted the truth, my cats are gargantuan. The vet's pursed lips and disapproving look said it all. ... http://blog.watchthosecorners.com/?p=9 We used to have Roman shades in our living room. You know what Roman shades are even if you don't know what they're called. Here's a picture to help you out. Basically, a Roman shade is a series of pleats that collapse or expand from the bottom up as you ... http://blog.watchthosecorners.com/?p=8 I've come to the, admittedly, shocking conclusion that I want to be a father, someday. If that statement seems somewhat ambivalent, than it accurately captures how I feel. Five years ago, I would've said, no children...ever. However, I'm known for making definitive statements that typically require a retraction at some ... http://blog.watchthosecorners.com/?p=7