davidgagne.net — The personal weblog of David Vincent Gagne

Whenever someone asks me to define love, I usually think for a minute, then I spin around and pin the guy’s arm behind his back. Now who’s asking the questions?
from Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey

Stay Together for the Kids

Stay Together for the Kids – blink 182 another great track from the Take Off Your Pants and Jacket cd … as far as I know, only one person ever visits this page, so let me know if you get sick of the blink songs – although I’m ripping a bunch of mixed compilation cds

Gators

Gators

National Champs.Net has an aggregate of all the major college football polls which ranks the Gators as the overwhelming preseason #1.

A.I.

Rebecca’s Pocket has an excellent and terse review of A.I.: “[*1/2— ] Disney does Blade Runner. Skip it.” There’s a longer, very well-written review, albeit with major spoilers, at unHip.

Radio Morning

Y’know how sometimes you’ll drive somewhere and not know it? You get to your destination and realize you haven’t been paying attention and all of a sudden you’re there, but you don’t remember the drive, passing places or things, making the turns. I got to work this morning and realized that I had accidentally hit

Hey Jude

Hey Jude – Beatles This song is now, and always has been, one of my favorites. I know I’m not alone. But when was the last time you really listened to the lyrics? Every few months I’ll hear them and it’s just like I’m hearing them for the first time. God. I love Paul.

Let It Bleed

Let It Bleed – Rolling Stones This song has such amazing lyrics: It’s so simple.

GPS Revisited

So. Remember the story about the Connecticut man who got busted for speeding in his rental car by the GPS the rental company had installed? Apparently he sued Acme Rent-a-Car and they dropped the fees on the grounds that – although it was clearly stated in the contract – he hadn’t thoroughly read the contract

For the past decade, the Eastern Division has been a two-team race to the SEC Championship Game between Florida and Tennessee. They have had absolutely no competition from the rest of the division. This year will be no exception.

If Tennessee quarterback Casey Clausen was a little more seasoned and the game wasn’t being played in Gainesville, I might give the Vols a chance in this game. But he isn’t and they aren’t, so the Volunteers will have to settle for second.
Terry Bowden on the SEC

2024-01-21: Broken links in this post have been removed and/or updated.

Height

In this article, Why Have Americans Stopped Growing Taller?, Wilt Chamberlain is noted as having said, “Nobody roots for Goliath.” I like that. [link via NextDraft]

What Is This?

davidgagne.net is the personal weblog of me, David Vincent Gagne. I've been publishing here since 1999, which makes this one of the oldest continuously-updated websites on the Internet.

bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.