Tag Archives: adventures with Stick

Bad Girlfriend

“Hey Stick, the psych student from the electric shock test called. He says they won’t be able to use any of your survey because it fell too far outside the normal parameters. You were way too positive about our relationship, … Continue reading

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Mind Games

The other day*, I got paid to electric-shock Stick! We agreed to be part of a behavior experiment that wanted couples to play an electric shock game, partly because I heard “game” and “electric shock” and I thought it would … Continue reading

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Monday

Stick said something about his NDA and official release dates, so I didn’t post about it when he came home with it. But the guys from Penny Arcade are not the only ones with Gears of War 2.

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Geek Jack-O-Lanterns

This Weburbanist list of geek pumpkins includes a Death Star jack-o-lantern, Mario, and ends with Stick and my classics pumpkins from 2004!!!  The photos of really artistic carvings make my Minoan octopus and Stick’s Greek helmet look not-so-good, but we … Continue reading

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Goldfish

“Have you seen my phone?” Stick asked me as we were getting ready to leave this morning. “I can’t find it anywhere.” “No.” I said. We looked around the apartment, while Stick mumbled incoherently about having it just a moment … Continue reading

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Swedish Fish

According to Stick, it’s ok to eat all the Halloween candy if he says “Trick or treat” while doing so. I wonder if I should buy a second bag so our real trick-or-treaters can have some.

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Sabado Gigante

Hey, anyone want to see Stick proposing to me on Spanish TV?

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Things I Love About The South, Part 1

1) Hushpuppies 2) Biscuits 3) If you turn on the radio, you can always find Creedence Clearwater Revival playing on one station or another.

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More Unpacking

Something else I found while unpacking. Stick won this at the Cyberlore party a few years ago for reading more Playboys than anybody else, I mean, successfully answering Playboy trivia questions.

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Unpacking

Most of our boxes look something like this: …or this: But some times Stick was a bit more honest in his labeling:

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