Rey's A Point

Category: sweet nothings

  • The Beauty of Caller I.D.

    "It’s another telemarketer; don’t bother picking up." "Are you kidding? This is the topic of my dreams." clears throat. "Hello?" "Yes, can I speak to Rey Reynoso?" "Sorry there’s no one here by that name. I’m Gozer." "Pardon?" "Gozer the Gozerian, Gozer the Destructor, Volguus Zildrohar?" "Are you the Homeowner?" "I’m a traveler and a…

  • Poem: The One Hoss Shay

    The Deacon’s Masterpiece or, the Wonderful “One-hoss Shay”: A Logical Story by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) Have you heard of the wonderful one-hoss shay, That was built in such a logical way It ran a hundred years to a day, And then, of a sudden, it — ah, but stay, I’ll tell you what happened…

  • How Does Diarrhea (or Constipation) Happen?

    “Pull over dad: I think we’ve probably reached one of the nastiest post ever!” I know what you’re thinking: Rey’s gone nuts. There’s just some things you don’t talk about, either in the private intimacy of ear friends or in the public arena of the web: especially when you’re using your real name. But no…

  • New Math 2008?

    I’ve peripherally heard of some New Math that’s being taught in schools for the last couple of years that is different from the way I learned. When I do math I start with the right side and work my way over to the left but the New Math apparently works over from the right to…

  • That’s Just Nonsense

    You all know the poem: it’s pretty darn famous. Lewis Carrol’s The Jabberwock showed up in “Through the Looking Glass” and it became embedded in our literal (heh) culture ever since.  I also wanted to include my own nonsense poem but alas, I can’t find it.

  • …At the Diner On The Corner

    “You’ve been here two years and you haven’t eaten there yet?” How could I answer? I’m a stay-at-home art director who works off-site for ESPN. I can easily take an hour lunch at the restaurant up the block: I just haven’t felt motivated to. While driving, one witnesses Minivan Caravans canvassing miles of rural-dential property…

  • Rock Monster

    It was a fun movie but the HT for finding the video online goes to Brian.

  • Survival Tips: Zombies

    We have trained. We have learned. We have been exposed to enough zombie movies to understand how life will be when the Dead become Undead but even so, watching all these films, we note that people make the same stupid mistakes. Therefore, this post is written for you folk during a zombie situation and have…

  • Foxy Luck

    “What do you think you hit?

  • The Kaijo

    Normally I’m tired when waking up 4:30am, but not that Sunday. I was excited about the passage I was preaching on. Normally, I don