category archive: fun

cracks in the pavement

It’s really hard to write the next post after something terribly sad happens, but today is a particularly good day to do it, I suppose, since it marks the two-year anniversary of the blog here at greasy elbow. Of course, it was a plain old “personal website” for quite a while before that, but it’s […]

bowled them over!

My bowling team met its fund-raising goal and won the bet we’d made with The Ball Busters, another team from around the office. I rolled a 113 the first game and a 115 the second — pretty consistent, right? Thanks again to those of you who donated!

feeling charitable?

Hey, I know everyone’s all tapped out on charity after making their tsunami relief contributions, but if you can spare an extra buck or two, please consider supporting my team in a bowl-a-thon for Big Brothers Big Sisters. I’ll be participating in this event on 25 February with some great co-workers. There’s a secure online […]

wait… you said free t-shirts AND free beer?!?

Well, I’ve just got to check this out.

8 minutes in the life of a total dweeb

Here’s how I’ve spent (some of) my time this evening: 8:49 pm Going through a pile of stuff on my desk, notice a note that I jotted down in the Portland airport last Monday. It was the title and author of a book I spotted in the airport bookstore that I knew I had to […]

the other kind of golf

Well, it took a while, but I’m finally hip to a big Austin pastime: disc golf. It takes less time to play a round than real golf, it costs next to nothing, and it’s much easier to bring in a score that doesn’t make you absolutely furious. There are plenty of places to play around […]