May 2003 – Page 4 – Andrew Grumet's Weblog

TAL

Tonight we went to see This American Life, live at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston. We loved the show despite taking it in through the haze of a Vinny Testa’s induced food coma. Our favorite parts…well, they were all really good. Here are a few notes

Jonathan Goldstein retold the story of his quest to lose his virginity
There was a segment about two men who risked everything for their love of Louis Sullivan (one, two, three) buildings
Ira Glass gave high praise to Chris Ware‘s book “Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth”
Sarah Vowell recounted the tortuous history of the Battle Hymn of the Republic
Davey educated us about found art
David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day) told a dark tale about a strip poker match

Supertasters

New word: supertaster. First heard listening to NO! by They Might Be Giants with my 19 month old daughter.

No respect

The Qwest DSL people called again. They’re having a promotion where the first month is free. After that it’s$140/month for their cheapest grade of month-to-month service. I told the salesman that I am able to meet my business needs with a $40/month cable modem. He said, “Aren’t you interested in the promotion?”. C’mon Qwest, insulting us is not the way to get new business.