News: Personal Life

Another Batch #1 Update

2 Sep 2008 at 9:09pm <From the Food & Drinking and Personal Life Departments> After following the suggested 2-2-2 breakdown for Mr. Beer brewing, which dictates two weeks of fermentation, followed by two weeks of carbonating, followed by two weeks of cold-conditioning, I finally cracked open my first bottle... read on »

American Blonde Pale Export Update

30 Jul 2008 at 10:13am <From the Food & Drinking and Personal Life Departments> Yes, so I've decided that my very first brew needs a name. Otherwise, the namelessness of my pioneering attempt of brewmastery will forever be filed in the "I know I did it but I don't... read on »

That Name Again is Mr. Beer

16 Jul 2008 at 10:12pm <From the Food & Drinking and Personal Life Departments> If you've known me for any small length of time, you know that I tend to enjoy the occasional beer. Beer is actually my favorite consumable product created on this planet. It is for this... read on »

Katahdin: The Story

18 Jul 2007 at 2:29pm <From the Personal Life and Travel Departments> Back Story Three years ago, I was fortunate enough (and awesome enough) to be accepted into an elite group of (two) people seeking quite an impressive accomplishment: to hike and summit each of the ten... read on »

Death is Knocking at My Door

14 Jun 2007 at 1:52pm <From the Food & Drinking and Personal Life Departments> Okay, so maybe I'm exaggerating. Two weeks ago I went to a doctor for the first time in probably five years. My solitary goal was to get blood work done, and my solitary reason was... read on »

The Bathroom's Coming Along Fine, Thanks for Asking

11 Jun 2007 at 3:37pm <From the Personal Life Departments> The last update I forced down your throats was that I had gutted my 3' by 5' bathroom, down to the studs wires and pipes. I had installed a new exhaust fan, but that was... read on »

Exhaust Fan. Doit. Doit.

11 May 2007 at 3:03pm <From the Personal Life Departments> There is something about physical labor that excites me. Not in the "look at that hot mexican with his shirt off, dripping wet with sweat all up on my roof" kind of way, but in... read on »

Just Another Reason to Pass on a "Birches at Foxon" Condominium Purchase

19 Apr 2007 at 9:05am <From the Morons and Personal Life Departments> I awoke at 3:27 this morning to the sound of a blaring car alarm. The sound of a horn blasting loudly at half-second intervals can leave you in quite a state of confusion, when roused... read on »

Atkins Update - Middle of Week #2

23 Mar 2007 at 11:26am <From the Food & Drinking and Personal Life Departments> I'm beginning to despise eating. I mentioned in my first status report that meals were no longer habitual indulgences, but rather a means of survival. No, I'm not out in the Amazon, searching for sustenance,... read on »

Atkins Update - End of Week #1

20 Mar 2007 at 9:09am <From the Food & Drinking and Personal Life Departments> Well, I don't have much time for an update, but I promised myself I'd report my status weekly. Last night I weighed myself when I got home, and the scale told me I'm at 197... read on »

Cuttin' it Close

12 Mar 2007 at 11:47am <From the Food & Drinking and Personal Life Departments> My flight to Florida leaves on April 6th, at roughly 6:40 AM. This leaves me with roughly 594.25 hours left to lose as much fat as possible. This is what I find to be the... read on »

Loss of a Friend

8 Jan 2007 at 11:37pm <From the Personal Life Departments> I met my best friend, Balls, in the summer of 1999, after my freshman year of college. Oddly enough, we met in a used car dealership parking lot. You see, Quinnipiac did not allow freshmen... read on »

What I've Learned About Financing a New Vehicle

4 Jan 2007 at 1:35pm <From the Personal Life Departments> When I wrote an entry to this site in early November, I had just initiated the search for a new car. I explained my findings and amazement upon entering a dealership for the first time.... read on »

Yo, Bring Me Some Hoes!

21 Dec 2006 at 2:58pm <From the Humor (take a joke) and Personal Life Departments> "Yo, get your girl to bring her friends. But only her hot, single friends." Anybody heard this before? I have. I think that any guy who's had a girlfriend, like, ever, has heard it. It's... read on »

Talk About Blowing Things Out of Proportion

29 Nov 2006 at 11:17am <From the Personal Life and Web / Technology Departments> Recently, I've taken a liking to popular user-driven sites. Specifically, I've been participating (both actively and passively) in news sites digg.com and reddit.com, which are both sites that allow registered users to submit stories, articles,... read on »

How Not to Hate Your Car Buying Experience

13 Nov 2006 at 12:04pm <From the Culture and Personal Life Departments> I bought my first car, a used 1995 red Jeep Wrangler, in the summer of 1999. At the time, it had 50,000 miles on it, and I paid too much. Seven and a half years,... read on »

Going Going, Back Back...

26 Oct 2006 at 2:03pm <From the Personal Life and Travel Departments> It's been a little while. I have a major release coming up on Friday here at work (what the hell's a release? shut up and forget about it. that's what.), so I've been relatively busy.... read on »

Strong Island Styles

16 Oct 2006 at 1:02pm <From the Culture, Personal Life and Style Departments> This weekend I went home to Long Island to celebrate Nap's birthday. I've completely run out of ideas of what to get him. The guy has everything he could possibly ask for, and develops hobbies... read on »

Putnam County Spelling Bee

6 Oct 2006 at 4:02pm <From the Culture, Food & Drinking and Personal Life Departments> As you may or may not have known, this past weekend Cara and I went to Manhattan for a good old-fashioned dinner-and-a-show date. Nap and Paula had given me hand-made coupons for "two tickets to... read on »

Brokeback Sweet

5 Oct 2006 at 10:24am <From the Culture, Humor (take a joke) and Personal Life Departments> Just a few minutes ago, Erik Sweet asked me whether or not I'd be interested in attending a play with him. Not surprisingly, this immediately set off numerous flags. When dealing with Erik Sweet, there... read on »

Bob's Discount Harassment

2 Oct 2006 at 12:52pm <From the Cynicism / Rants, Morons and Personal Life Departments> On Sunday I accompanied Cara to Bob's Discount Furniture in Southington, CT. If you've never heard of Bob's, you should consider yourself very lucky. His terrible marketing techniques (yet amazingly effective) feature himself as the... read on »

coryarthus.com, version 2.0

28 Sep 2006 at 10:27pm <From the Personal Life and Web / Technology Departments> In case you haven't noticed, there's a slightly-new look to this website. The changes I've made here have been a long time coming, most due to requests or comments from you, my loyal readers. Some... read on »

An Atypical Cory Friday

25 Sep 2006 at 10:10am <From the Personal Life and Sports Departments> The title of this post was suggested by my brother Zack Arthus, in reference and jest towards "A Typical 'Cory Friday'" and "Another Typical Cory Friday." He will be elated that his name is mentioned... read on »

Things Not to Say to Your Waitress

18 Sep 2006 at 1:47pm <From the Food & Drinking, Humor (take a joke) and Personal Life Departments> My original plan was to space these posts out over the span of a couple of days, but my cold is telling me not to work, so I'm writing them all now as a procrastinatory... read on »

The Airport/Airplane Predicament

18 Sep 2006 at 11:08am <From the Cynicism / Rants, Personal Life and Travel Departments> I've complained about probably tens of thousands of different things, however I don't think I've yet touched upon airports and airplanes. In fact, if I have, it wasn't on this site. Searching my site for... read on »