An overcast day, mostly still with just a hint of onshore breeze. The tide is high and a south swell buffets the pilings. The sound is like small marbles rolling along a glass-bottomed box. From nowhere, a . . . → Read More: The Conversation]]> http://www.randompress.net/words/2010/07/21/the-conversation/ My brother’s going to love this one.

You’d think a company in the throes of unleashing the most coveted and technologically advanced handheld device the world has ever seen would work out the glitches before releasing said item.

Doesn’t Apple have people to test things? Things as simple as voicemail, updates to free software, and phone calls?

I suppose . . . → Read More: The iPhone 4]]> http://www.randompress.net/words/2010/06/30/the-iphone-4/ Jesus and baby feeling the love on the new iPad Universal wi-fi.

Prior to Barnes and Noble and Borders, people got their books from the library—buying books was for students and lonely housewives (pre Fabio). Then along came Starbucks and iTunes, and sitting at a crusty counter drinking mere coffee in an oft-used cup was no . . . → Read More: Libraries and Ebooks]]> http://www.randompress.net/words/2010/06/18/libraries-and-ebooks/ Helga loves you.

GMCs (genetically modified creatures) are less known than GMOs, but are quietly becoming a reality.

You may recall a news feed blurb a few whiles back, which claimed that a calf born with snakelike skin died only three days after birth. The death was apparently due to lack of mother’s milk, not because it . . . → Read More: Cambodian Reptile Cow]]> http://www.randompress.net/words/2010/06/14/cambodian-reptile-cow/ Usually, if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.

There are exceptions, like getting a sweet deal on Craigslist, or when a waitress stokes you out with a free orange juice, but when a product,

Please make a talk!

say, anything made by Apple, shows up on a website at prices you can’t even get . . . → Read More: Cheap Apples]]> http://www.randompress.net/words/2010/05/14/cheap-apples/ The book that says it all, or at least what has been said before.

I must warn you to beware when a guitar-playing Jesus shows up at your “office” and asks if things are great. (And yes, he says it like that.)

He then sets a book down on your desk. It is self-published and entitled “Pay . . . → Read More: Bananas]]> http://www.randompress.net/words/2010/04/08/bananas/ The majestic Alabama Hills, as depicted by Ansel Adams.

The surreality of golfing is enough to warrant that nothing more needs to be said—unless you end up in Lone Pine.

Lone Pine as a concept should have dissolved into a wispy ghost town decades ago, but it survives by the graces of curious Los Angeles travelers in . . . → Read More: Golfing]]> http://www.randompress.net/words/2010/04/04/golfing/ Separated at Birth?

While Obama and his many pens may have been a big fucking deal, scientists continue to blow their own minds by creating replica bones made from stem cells.

From the NY Times:

Tissue-engineered bones have many implications, according to a leading figure in the field, Dr. Charles A. Vacanti, director of the laboratories for tissue . . . → Read More: Obama’s Health Care]]> http://www.randompress.net/words/2010/03/30/obamas-health-care/

[Note: I wrote this over a year ago, then sat on it because it seemed trivial. However, since this blog has been incredibly glitchy for quite some time and I can't find the fricken code I need to contact my host, you'll just have to read a belated review, sans pictures, because hey, that's part . . . → Read More: Pineapple Express]]> http://www.randompress.net/words/2010/01/06/pineapple-express/ In the foothills northeast of Santa Barbara sits a posh, gated community, where if you happen to be working within, you must first sign a contract, the small print of which states you must not even look at the pool once you’re on the property you’ve been assigned to. Dogs aren’t even allowed in your vehicle, . . . → Read More: The BBQ Puker]]> http://www.randompress.net/words/2009/10/15/the-bbq-puker/