Permanent link to: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.chrisboylan.com/blog/archives/000250.php">New Tires</a>

<p>On Tuesday, I finally got around to doing what I had been planning on doing for a few weeks now, changing my oil. Well, not so much me doing it, as my car is a Nissan Altima and has a ground clearance of about 8 inches, but instead the fine folks at my local quickie oil place. I say "fine folks" in a mocking way, however, because ...

Permanent link to: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.chrisboylan.com/blog/archives/000249.php">The Darkness</a>

<p>On Sunday night, I was witness to true Rock Incarnate! The Darkness came to Clutch Cargo's and rocked the house down as only a band like themselves could. For some cool pictures, check out <a href="http://www.whatevs.org/2004_03_28_whatevs_archive.html">whatevs.org</a>. Go to the bottom of the page, and you'll see a small review with a picture of Justin taken by <a href="http://www.geocities.com/mattcaruana/">Big Matt</a>, my friend who was standing about two feet ...

Permanent link to: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.chrisboylan.com/blog/archives/000248.php">O TiVo, why must you vex me so!</a>

<p>Just when I think I've got a handle on this TiVo thing, it goes and bites me in the ass. I've been attempting to extract two shows for a few days now, to no avail. The worst part about this is that the information on how to do this is readily available. For all those who are interested, the site to ...

Chris-
Came across your website and just wanted to say hi. Remember me, Sara, I interned at the showgram with you back in the day...but I was there first. I love that you guys are all together in MI. I miss hearing Rocky and Blain's voices her in NYC. Please say hi to everyone for me and tell Al I owe him and email. Since I did the big cross over to TV, I've been ...

Permanent link to: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.chrisboylan.com/blog/archives/000247.php">Ugh</a>

<p>Being largely unemployed can lead to long sections of nothing important happening in your life. So it has been for a few weeks. When you throw in a little March Madness, specifically the orgy of games from the first round this past weekend giving you no reason to leave the house, you can end up with seven days passing and not one definable thing actually happening. This appears ...

Permanent link to: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.chrisboylan.com/blog/archives/000246.php">Amber Pillowcases</a>

<p>I think that by this point, we're all aware that my girlfriend, <a href="http://www.amberkmiller.com">Amber</a>, is completely crazy. She suffers from some kind of modified OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) whereby everything that possibly involves me has to be clean, but anything involving just her - not so much. (See similar stories of crazy over at <a href="http://www.ronrunsthecity.com">Ron's site</a>, hosted on this server.)</p>

<p>For instance, if I make the bathroom/bedroom/kitchen ...

Permanent link to: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.chrisboylan.com/blog/archives/000245.php">Television, not Amber</a>

<p>Remember - there's a special new episode of "Arrested Development" tonight at 9:30 on FOX! Make sure you catch this show as it is absolutely hilarious. Jason Bateman is a wildly underrated comic actor and the show is suberbly written. I don't have enough space here to properly describe how funny this show is, but suffice to say, you can hear me laughing from the parking ...

Permanent link to: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.chrisboylan.com/blog/archives/000244.php">New Computer</a>

<p>I finally got my new computer! And yes, Greg, this is not an anecdote. (I was going to post a pillowcase story mocking Amber, but she was in rough shape today - so I felt bad about kicking a dead horse in the mouth. I love mixing metaphors. Tomorrow, she will rebound, and I will mock anew.)</p>

<p>So, on Thursday, after three solid years of work from ...

Im doing a major cleaning of my room. I found a box of audio tapes that have various things on it, such as myself singing kareoke to Counting Crows. I've found one from the Showgram on Broadway, another with the South Park Titanic song, another with different characters from the Simpsons saying goodbye. Im guessing you used it as a close a few times.

Do you want any of these tapes?

I also found a ...

While watching Imus on MSNBC this morning, I caught a few Dubya for President commercials. One of them caught my eye, or actually my ear. I'll reproduce to the best of my ability the transcript of the last few sentences of the spot...

"Together, we're moving America forward, and George W. Bush and I approve this message."

Now, this would make sense if this commercial was being narrated by, say Dick Cheney, as it refers ...