No Abdication
Monday, January 31st, 2005 Posted in Family | 1 Comment »I've never much understood Christians who want to pull their kids out of public school. It seems like such a cop out to think schools are so far gone you have to pull your kids out. If every Christian family ...
The SpongeBob Smackdown
Monday, January 31st, 2005 Posted in Society | 2 Comments »The whole SpongeBob vs. James Dobson thing keeps getting funnier. Currently MSNBC's Keith Olbermann is giving Focus on the Family what for. While I sympathasize with Dobson for the media misconstruing his statements, they get what they deserve from Olbermann. What ...
It Must Be Bunnies
Sunday, January 30th, 2005 Posted in Friends | 1 Comment »The other night we headed out to Chan (as the locals call Chanhassen) to hang with some new friends. They introduced us to the card game Killer Bunnies. It kind of has a D&D feel, with a bit of Pokemon ...
A Bit Less Blogging
Sunday, January 30th, 2005 Posted in Blogging | No Comments »Well, I'm not quite as schizophrenic as I used to be. I decided to cut back the Monkey Outta Nowhere blog--not so much cutting it back as diverting the entries from there to here. More importantly the Monkey Outta Nowhere ...
Spammers Suck
Sunday, January 30th, 2005 Posted in Internet | 1 Comment »I've been especially annoyed at Spammers lately. Not just e-mail spam, but the irritating assortment of higher tech spam like content spam and referral spam. Since installing MTBlacklist sometime last year I've stopped over 18,000 content spams. That's a lot ...
Site Revamp
Sunday, January 30th, 2005 Posted in Site Updates | No Comments »The Monkey Outta Nowhere site has been scaled back, revamped and improved. Rather than running the blog at full speed to cover every quasi-interesting update, we'll focus on official Monkey Outta Nowhere business only. The random time-wasting content will be ...
Portrait of the Self-Employed
Friday, January 28th, 2005 Posted in Style & Fashion | 3 Comments »Hair cut: ? Overdue. Old Navy orange hoodie: $7 You can never have too many hoodies. Monkey Outta Nowhere t-shirt: $17.99 Expensive, but self-promotional. Levi's jeans: $5 They're too long, but at that price who cares? Vintage Vans (c. mid 1990s): $40 Most comfortable pair of shoes I own, ...
Self-Promotional Day
Friday, January 28th, 2005 Posted in Company News | No Comments »Today all Monkey Outta Nowhere employees were encouraged to wear Monkey Outta Nowhere apparel instead of following the usual dress code. The increased options seemed to boost morale. Company executives are considering adopting a company-wide casual Friday. Monkey Outta Nowhere T-shirt: $17.99 Monkey ...
I’m a Schizophrenic Blogger and So Am I
Thursday, January 27th, 2005 Posted in Blogging | 3 Comments »I do lots of blogging. I've been doing it since 1998, though as many have noticed, the way I blog has changed a lot since then. While I used to be a lot more introspective (often to the point of ...
Minnesota Blog of the Day
Thursday, January 27th, 2005 Posted in Company News | 2 Comments »On January 12, 2005 the Twin Cities Babelogue (the blog community of the City Pages) declared Monkey Outta Nowhere the Minnesota Blog of the Day. Thanks.
