Nick's Fascinating Updates

May 24, 2008 Nick remains disappointed in Crate & Barrel, largely because it doesn't sell crates and barrels.
April 3, 2008 Nick tries to figure out whether still using a VCR makes him sound old or poor.
April 2, 2008 Mostly asleep, Nick thinks he hears a phone ringing... until he realizes it is his nose whistling.
February 19, 2008 Nick thinks he is getting shorter, but then realizes he bought the wrong size of pants.
February 13, 2008 Nick forgets to have lunch, forgets to go home, forgets to have dinner, forgets to go to bed, and then forgets to stay in bed.
February 12, 2008 Nick tries to decide if he should vote his race, his gender, or his party preference, but ends up not stuck in traffic instead.
January 2, 2008 Nick remembers that Bisquick can also be used to make biscuits.
December 29, 2006 That pigeon was following me.
July 30, 2006 You know there's something wrong when you get excited about leaving work at 7:45pm on a Sunday.
December 21, 2005 Nick realizes that while the rest of the world gains a second this year, his post-graduation move made 2005 three hours shorter.
November 26, 2005 Nick was disappointed to learn that the oval sticker code for Austria is "A" and not "ÖST".
November 23, 2005 Hockey really is the whitest sport on the planet.
November 17, 2005 The cat is looking at me.
October 27, 2005 Nick realizes that this will be the first Autumn since 1999 that he'll make it through without doorbelling.
August 20, 2005 Nick appoints the cat "Fuzzmaster General." Then, the Fuzzmaster General sneezes on Nick. Later, Nick sneezes on the Fuzzmaster General.
August 18, 2005 The cat tries to climb up the refrigerator, but instead slides down six feet, possibly using up one of his lives.
August 13, 2005 Nick sees a beaver in a stormwater pond, thinking at first that it was an alligator. (See also August 2, 2002)
July 14, 2005 If Nick can survive driving on the Beltway, the Bar Exam should be a piece of cake... although he doesn't know how to make cake. (See March 24th)
July 12, 2005 After traveling across country twice within a year, Nick finally gets his bison-burger - in Alexandria, Virginia.
June 23, 2005 Nick almost gets run over by two different cars at once, but is proud that he was close enough and quick enough to knock on one of them.
June 4, 2005 A friendly Minnesotan notices Nick's Corn Palace shirt at a Metro Station and talks to him. Nick appreciates it, but April, who was traveling with him, is frightened by the incident.
June 1, 2005 And so it begins...
May 7, 2005 Nick was surrounded by marmots...
May 1, 2005 Nick finds and eats what was likely an eight year old candy heart.
April 23, 2005 7 years after moving to Spokane and 5 years after registering to vote there, Nick gets jury duty to begin 6 weeks after he leaves the state to seek fame, fortune, and to save the world.
March 30, 2005 Quote of the Day: “Who is George Burns?”
 - April Rodda, Census Bureau Analyst
March 24, 2005 Burnt Angel Food Cake is not a good smell for an apartment.
February 10, 2005 Today's most fascinating email, from April:
“there was a cucumber in my laptop so it would not shut and it kind of freaked me out.”
January 1, 2005 Snow makes Nick irrationally happy.

Merry New Year!
November 27, 2004 Yes, Nick actually finished Diplomacy (and he highly recommends it).
November 23, 2004 There was a talking dog on Letterman!!!
November 12, 2004 Egyptian terrorist Yasser Arafat was buried today. He will not be missed, except by Jacques Chirac.
September 11, 2004 Yay!!! My bumper works!!!
September 4, 2004 No Melanie, the mail tray is not going to grow legs and wings and attack the cars that drive by it.
August 22, 2004 So apparently Jesus went to my high school.
August 15, 2004 Nick now watches the Olympics for the music. Noticed in the last few days, themes from Jurassic Park, Braveheart, and Pirates of the Caribbean.
August 12, 2004 Nick is excited to learn that Jerry Doyle (Garibaldi from Babylon 5) ran for Congress as a Republican and now hosts a radio talk show... until he realizes that he doesn't know anybody anymore that knows who the hell that is.
July 15, 2004 An Eastern Washington University government professor considers 650 grams of cocaine (that's over 1.4 pounds for Americans) to be a "relatively small amount." Perhaps someone should look into what goes on at the faculty Christmas parties.
June 1, 2004 Road Trip Across America begins...
May 12, 2004 Nick actually has many things to do this summer... Stay tuned for more information.
April 30, 2004 Admission to the National Zoo is FREE!!!
April 24, 2004 Apparently the GOP has its own version of the Kucinich delegate.
April 14, 2004 There's a Peep in my hot chocolate!!!
March 28, 2004 So Nick skinned his knee... what is he, 10?
March 20, 2004 One would think that Nick would have noticed that the Final Four is in San Antonio...
March 14, 2004 With voting completed, Spain may have set the record for the fastest surrender to terrorists: 3 days.

Oh, and apparently Nick does fit in his car trunk.
March 11, 2004 Ok folks, how long has Nick been secretly obsessed with boats?
February 28, 2004 Why can't the leap day actually be an extra day? This year we could have Saturday, Leap Day, and then Sunday. Nick would very much appreciate the extra day.
January 21, 2004 Washington Mutual preapproves Nick for a home equity line of credit - and sends the letter to his apartment.
December 27, 2003 McDonald's does have the best Cokes...
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