little. yellow. different. A weblog by Ernie Hsiung

So tonight is Gay Day

So tonight is Gay Day at Great America, the local amusement park. (Yeah, I’ll probably check it out. Since it’s, in theory, my day at Great America.) Contrary to popular belief, there isn’t much difference between a “gay day” at Great America and the typical “straight day” at Great America. The [...]

shoulder tapping

There’s only one thing worse than having your corporate badge not work and having to shoulder tap other people to get into the building you work in. Losing your corporate badge all-together. Guess who lost his corporate badge this weekend?
Losing your badge at this company is about as convenient as losing your wallet [...]

who wants to execute a millionaire… only on FOX

Thank God FOX announces its new show line-up in advance. Otherwise, there would be nothing funny to write about.
Fastlane (Wednesday 9 p.m.), which follows two lead-footed cops who take down criminals in Los Angeles. Tiffani Thiessen (90210) and Peter Facinelli (The Scorpion King) wear the badges.

(Script: Baywatch chick runs after some drug dealer [...]

A Phone Conversation at Work

A Phone Conversation at Work

Dan: Hey, everything ok? You just stopped writing on your weblog. No explanation.
Ernie: Yeah, everything is cool, I guess. I’ve got some pretty big family drama going on, and that sucks up my personal energy. A lot of it. Then I work all [...]

While looking at a newsgroup

While looking at a newsgroup posting from an old AT&T ad campaign (via fury.com), I’ve come across this oh-so-familiar piece of not-so-technological technological jargon:

INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY.

*shiver* You remember that phrase? Everyone was riding the fucking information superhighway, and even worse, everyone was using that damn phrase. “Are you plugged in, man? Are [...]