Stories, tangents, or otherwise experienced.
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the money’s gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground.
It’s been a very liquid two days for me.
Back during WWDC, I wrote a post about Flickr and it’s habit of causing real-world collisions, spurred by a post from Buzz Anderson.
So: I use del.icio.us, a wonderful social bookmarking app. Part of the functionality is that I can subscribe to bookmarks from people I trust or on subjects I’m interested in. Today, while riding the subway, I checked my inbox, and the top link was from Buzz:
Cool Cyber Dude on Flickr - Photo Sharing! *This* guy should win a Macworld Best of Show. Bobby and I have seriously been on the floor laughing for about five minutes after seeing this photo... to macworld photo humor virtualreality by ldandersen ... labeled as Online ... on 2006-01-13 07:56:08
Now, I’ve been to my Apple expos before, and I know the type that ends up in shots like these. And so, just reading this, I can only imagine what I’m in for while my Sidekick tries to load the photo. Certainly this would have to contain more than the standard geek t-shirt and possibly even more than the Apple dyed hair and/or tattoo that’s become commonplace over the last few years. This would have to be a truly unique geek to get someone like Buzz on the floor laughing for five minutes.
It loads. I looked. And then I died – not of laughter, but some weird mortified-and-aware-of-the-collision way.
It was, of course, a picture of my boss.
Adding to further the collision: the picture was taken by Mike Merill – who I’ve been bouncing email with because he works for Panic and was involved in getting me my Katamari shirts.
World! Too! Small!
When we first got the much beloved cat [Buttons](http://www.flickr.com/photos/remydwd/sets/263906/), there was some confusion about whether his name was *Buttons* or *Button*. The tag they etched on his collar was missing the S, but we stuck with it regardless.
When our good friend [Thom](https://vjarmy.com/thom/) first met the cat, he couldn’t remember the cat’s name, so he started guessing B names – including *Brickhouse* and *Bubbles*.
Over the years, we’ve picked up other nicknames for him on our own. *Butt-Butt* is most frequently used, only because it’s very quick and easy to say. *Mr. Kitty* and *Señor Buttones* add a bit of regal charm, while *Baby Kitty* was reserved for serious baby talk. *dj BTNS* emerged after the IIDX thing.
A few months ago, when Suw was visiting, I was amused as she started calling him *Nubbin(s)*, as well as *Mr. Nubbin(s)*. But bizarrely, we had another British houseguest this week, and he – on his own, with no mention of the previous nickname – used the same two nicknames. Is there some secret Buttons-to-Brit connection I’m not aware of?
RELATED: [Cat News](http://www.channel102.net/show.php?show=17) – Smiley Muffin is awesome.