happy new years

attention everyone still in 2009: happy new years, but do not enter 2010. giant robots with nerve gas have taken over the earth. we sent a man back into the past and hope he can head off the robot attack before you reach the next decade.

p.s. the robots are repulsed by bananas. stock up while there's still time. (and if the time traveling hero succeeds, at least bananas are good for your health).

UPDATE: As of Jan 2nd, everything is back to normal. The time traveler succeeded!

new and improved men's health

the new and expanded men's health, featuring 50% more variety:
now you can lose your gut AND get six-pack abs

new jobs

when you get a new job, you feel obligated to work.
when job cuts are around the bend, you feel obligated to work.
when you are raised in the midwest, you feel obligated to work.

but none of those conditions apply to my readers.
so why do i punish(?) you with a lack of posting?

generation bob fires up for a glorious february run this friday.

mystery

i lost my writer's notebook again, which also contains a travel log of my trip. i've recreated most of my life, but still can't remember what i did on July 7th or July 4th. tasha was sick that week and amerika was celebrating her independence. any information you may have about those two days would be greatly appreciated.

final call

this weekend is final weekend to mail me letters that can safely arrive before i return.

place to stay

if anyone needs a place to rent, i know of a great flat in wellington "someone" is trying to get rid of...

autopilot

this week i'll be testing blogger's "scheduled post" feature. what will google steal from other blog sites next.

project tedium is dully noted

project tedium is in full swing.

see for yourself at DullyNoted.blogspot.com.

please send me your google username if you want to post entries. google allows up to 100 authors.

thanks to everyone who has posted entry.

announcement :: project tedium

first june week :: new project
codename :: project tedium
real name :: released as soon as i think of a blog name that's not taken

rationale :: experimentation in group blogging
participation :: mandatory if you have a google account

project details :: in the vein of my recent entry,boring log [post-sneeze], i want a collection of very simple blog entries articulating how you opened a door, switched off a light, turned your stereo down or opened your yogurt carton.

blogs are criticized for their mundane-ness. i want to take this to an absurd level.

this weekend you will be invited to join the blog.

electronic renaissance

the next few weeks will be an electronic renaissance.
new projects are almost ready to be announced.
--which is why i also want to examine this blog.

i write blogs because i like the komments. i generally consider my friends ["major fan base"] to be creative and intelligent, or at least interesting. it's fun to hear from you.

so...
what sort of postings do you like to komment on?
why don't you komment?
what would encourage you to komment?

my goal [not always achieved] is to have new posts most work days. i know consistent posts are important and i've averaged 21.25 posts/month since NZ.

please add to the discussion [anonymous komments accepted] and take the poll [to the left] about the posts you like and don't care for.

i'm not going to pander, but if everyone seems to hate certain posts [food posts] i'll stop.... after just one more....

NOTICE OF REDUCED POSTING

***** MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT *****
effect until april 28 :: 2008

generationbob.com will contain minimal new material

i am on vacation, enjoying mountains.
***** /MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT *****

URGENT :: DREAMPOSTCARDS

***** URGENT HELP REQUEST ******

i love postsecret.com [a place where people anonymously send their deepest, darkest secrets].

i want to make a version [positive] of that webpage where people mail me their secret dreams and ambitions: what they would love to do with their life if there were no restrictions--their biggest dreams.

to start: i will "hide" postcards with my address, postage and instructions around new zealand. but hopefully i'll get unsolicited cards once the word gets around.

FROME YOU, i need a good name....

things like secretdream and dreampost.com are taken.... but what do you think about dreampostcards.com ??? it's available.

* do you have a better name?

* can you improve upon this project somehow?

i hope to start hiding postcards within 48 hours.

***** /URGENT HELP REQUEST ******

the gift of math

it's a fact [known] that i own math superhero costumes and wear them on occasion.
it's a fact [known, sad] that i have very little art on my NZ walls.

announcement :: tasha's sister painted murals of me fighting dinosaurs [easy] with math.

internet startup :: lockhorns aloud

a friend of mine has begun lockhorns aloud, a droll retelling of each day's lockhorn's comic.

if you can't get enough of their constantly hilarious bickering, you now have one more addictive venue.

announcement :: happy easter

***** MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT *****
happy easter to all
***** END ANNOUNCEMENT *****

i'm taking a digital break for the weekend.... but i'll probably end up eating way too many cadbury eggs at a peep show... you know me...

announcement :: video week

next week's theme :: videos
quality :: can only to improve from this
daily video length :: 90 seconds max

all created by generationbob

comedy :: endorsed

endorsed :: garfield minus garfield
not endorsed :: gb minus gb

procured :: girlfriend [real]

my girlfriend [real, pictured :: right]
is a lounge singer
and works at this general store.

we met cleaning rubbish from the cinema.

when she asked if i wrestled black bears in MN, i became smitten. [yes, i do wrestle them if you are called for verifyability]

she also writes musicals about imaginary lands.

contest :: pre-won

i entered my first screenwriting competition, thus pre-winning it.

results to be made official this august.

"sanctuary on red alert"

when i arrived six months ago, i submitted an application to volunteer at a nature sanctuary.... i figured i could give something back to the community, learn about local fauna/flora, and maybe meet some interesting people.

instead, i get bi-weekly letters, updates, magazines, etc.... and my attempt to give to the sanctuary, has actually cost them a lot in postage.

i also love to marvel at what makes big news in new zealand....

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SANCTUARY ON RED ALERT: SECURITY BREACH

We have had a sighting of either a stoat or weasel at the Sanctuary. An occasional bio-security breach is not unexpected and we are well prepared. The Conservation team immediately went in to action and 180 traps and tracking tunnels were installed. A partial paw print in one such tunnel has confirmed we have a large weasel or small stoat in the Sanctuary.

I do ask that you continue to be vigilant when in the Sanctuary, and obviously please advise a Conservation staff member if you think you see the pest whilst working in the Sanctuary.

We are issuing a press release to the media this afternoon. A copy of this is attached for your reference. Raewyn Empson, our Conservation Scientist is our media spokesperson.

Thank you everyone for your co-operation.
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