http://www.davidgagne.net With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse. Thu, 08 May 2008 21:05:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Partial List of Artists in My iTunes Library That I Cannot Decide How to Properly Name Joan Jett and the Blackhearts or Jett, Joan and the Blackhearts? Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers or Petty, Tom and the Heartbreakers? Rilo Kiley or Kiley, Rilo? Ted Leo & the Pharmacists or Leo, Ted & the ... http://www.davidgagne.net/2008/05/08/the-naming-of-things/ What's in Jimmy Kimmel's pants? http://www.davidgagne.net/2008/05/08/what-is-in-my-pants/ GatorDVG: I didn't know Elton John was gay until like 2002. a.friend: well, i can see that. I mean in the '70s (when I was listening to him) he was considered cool rock and roll a.friend: still kinda is, just the gay thing never came up GatorDVG: I just thought the Donald Duck ... http://www.davidgagne.net/2008/05/07/contentless-content-episode-26-david-bowie/ I'm suffering from a little bout of writer's block these days. When you combine that with the fact that I haven't been cruising the 'net finding new and funny things, it makes for a dearth of new content on this site. I was thinking that it would be ... http://www.davidgagne.net/2008/05/06/displaying-older-posts/ The awe-inspiring Jennifer A. Gagne, my little sister, is en route to Alaska with her friend, Alicia. They are going to work for the Summer as rangers at Denali National Park. How friggin' cool is that? (They've created a website to record their travels, of course.) http://www.davidgagne.net/2008/04/29/heading-for-alaska/ When the barista at Starbucks handed me my coffee this morning, the hole in the lid was directly over the seam in the cup. This, I have come to learn, is a recipe for disaster. If the hole is within a centimeter of the seam you are almost ... http://www.davidgagne.net/2008/04/28/the-seam-and-the-hole/ One of my favorite songs is "Radio", by Alkaline Trio. (mp3, lyrics) My sister got me to start listening to this group a few years ago and I've since collected everything they've recorded. What's really funny is that for the longest time I thought it was a ... http://www.davidgagne.net/2008/04/25/plugged-in-and-ready-to-fall/ Looking for a list of the typical PTO dates for 2008? Yeah, I was, too. Here it is. Tuesday, January 1 - New Year's Day Monday, January 21 - Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday, February 18* - Washington's Birthday Monday, May 26 - Memorial Day Friday, July 4 - Independence Day Monday, ... http://www.davidgagne.net/2008/04/23/2008-pto-calendar/ Seek allows for 'faceted browsing' of email and looks, pretty much, like the coolest thing to hit email since the @ symbol. It's Thunderbird only, though. At this point I don't know if it would be possible for me to abandon Outlook. The email functionality I could ... http://www.davidgagne.net/2008/04/23/faceted-email-browsing/ It's been ages since I posted an mp3 for you. Here's a great one for today » Song of the Moment Yes, I know not always. But some days it would just be nice if you felt like every now and then you could. http://www.davidgagne.net/2008/04/22/let-it-bleed-2/