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it is hot as balls out
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Jul. 19th, 2008 @ 03:33 pm
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i woke up with a massive hangover and no functioning form of transportation since i had left my bike downtown last night, and my car is no so much working. so after an envigorating meal of scrapple, eggs, and toast, i decided to hoof it to the nearest bus stop (not very near on saturday's schedule), and go downtown to get my bike. the weather channel was forecasting a pleasant 91 degrees.
the weather channel consists entirely of lying bastards. it's 98 out right now, which is just the kind of ostentatious hot which proves that nature has no real class or subtlety. i did a hike and a bunch of hiking around town to shop before finally getting back home and running to the pool because i could barely breathe from the heat. also running because i forgot to wear sandals and, who knew? asphalt burns feet quite well when it is 98 degrees out.
in short i want to complain in the strongest possible terms about this heat. otoh, i think the hangover has been boiled out of me. mostly. i think i'm going to have a beer. |
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because i am too lazy to type this twice
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Jul. 14th, 2008 @ 03:56 pm
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<gambrinus> gah
<gambrinus> i knew people were coming to drop off furniture
<gambrinus> and i knew the cat was going to flee as soon as he heard a knock
+at the door
<gambrinus> but he needed to be locked into the bathroom so the people could
+move the furniture
<gambrinus> so i let him sleep on my lap with the intent to grab him as soon
+as someone knocked
<gambrinus> ...it turned out to be a very flawed plan
<gambrinus> because, somehow, when he wants to, he has claws in every single
+possible direction
<gambrinus> i think it's a variation on the barbarian from diablo ii's
+whirlwind attack
The cat is, incidentally, very excited about the new furniture, and is diligently pursuing the question of whether there's any way he can break it. |
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Mondo 2000
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Jul. 7th, 2008 @ 08:56 pm
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Something today reminded me of Mondo 2000. I don't remember what. I think it was a reference to Rudy Rucker I saw somewhere. (and yes, it would take me awhile to explain that link)
No, wait, it was a reference to Re:boot! ("They call lamers a dipswitch!")
Anywho!
Mondo 2000 was kinda what you would get if Wired was edited by Robert Anton Wilson, William Gibson, Aleister Crowley, and one of those homeless guys who screams random profanities at no one in particular. I remember I used to pick it up occasionally when I needed convinced that there were people out there crazier than me.
I remember one article in particular I read from it where they were talking about the police developing non-lethal weapons. Now, some tech sources might have presented this as "now the police won't have to kill people in conflicts." Some might have foreseen that non-lethal force might make the police far too willing to employ said weapons regardless of how much of a struggle someone is putting up. (see: tasers)
Mondo, instead, chose to tell their article in narrative form. The narration involved the military storming shopping malls and arresting citizens so that they could roll out their new totalitarian dictatorship. This was kind of reserved for them.
Every once in awhile, I catch a brief tidbit on the news about a new non-lethal weapon being rolled out to the police. Almost every time, it's one that was featured in this article. Sometimes, I have to wonder...
BONUS LINK: this book is pretty hilarious if you get the joke. A few of the reviewers apparently didn't... |
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impressions
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Jun. 18th, 2008 @ 11:57 pm
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<gambrinus> ok!
<gambrinus> firefox 3
<gambrinus> i love how the new default mac theme tries to shamelessly rip off
+safari's look
<gambrinus> because if there's one thing i goddamn know it's that open source
+types can design something every bit as pretty as apple! i mean, just look
+at every gtk app ever! |
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Jun. 16th, 2008 @ 06:13 pm
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this
i have to say...i find that a little ridiculous. |
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Sudoku
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Jun. 10th, 2008 @ 10:34 am
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My mother introduced me to Sudoku awhile back. I initially regarded it as a waste of time. Then I had an epiphany that wasting time is exactly what I want to do at work. So anyone know any good online Sudoku sites? The local newspaper site has online Sudoku but only provides a hard puzzle about once a week (and even those aren't that hard).
Edit: Hey nice supporting html markup on your web interface, lj! ...cocksuckers. |
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discovery!
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Jun. 8th, 2008 @ 12:56 am
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so i was taking out the trash to the dumpster when i noticed someone was getting rid of a very old computer. i look at the keyboard sitting on top of it, and realize...it's an ibm model m. (more specifically it appears to be an IBM M2, part # 1395300) pretty neat! |
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this commercial may just be evil
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Jun. 2nd, 2008 @ 10:31 pm
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ADT Commercial:
"The fire broke out...my dog was all alone! If not for ADT...the dog...my god...
Are you going to give us money? You don't...hate dogs do you? Do you want to murder your dog?"
Hey triple overtime. Also I got a PS3. |
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Linguine con Gamberetti (Linguine with Small Shrimp and Pureed Onions)
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May. 29th, 2008 @ 08:00 pm
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I don't get it at all, but this pasta is just amazing. It must be tried to be believed. Recipe is from "La Cucina Siciliana di Gangivecchio" by...well, I don't know, but I'm sure you can look it up.
1 large onion, coarsely chopped
3/4 cup olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup freshly chopped italian parsley (I omitted this)
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1 1/4 pounds small shrimp, shelled and deveined
1 pound linguine
Puree the onion in a food processor until creamy. Put the onion, olive oil, garlic, and 3/4 cup water into a large, deep-sided frying pan. Cook over medium-low heat for 30 minutes, until the water has almost evaporated, stirring often.
Add the parsley and salt and pepper to taste. Stir in the shrimp and simmer for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, bring 4 quarts of water to a rolling boil in a large pot. Stir in 1 1/2 tablespoons of salt and add the linguine. Cook until al dente, or just tender, stirring often.
Reserve 1 cup of the pasta water. Drain the pasta and put into the frying pan and toss well. Let it cook over low heat for 1 minute. Add a little hot pasta water, if a thinner sauce is desired. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve immediately. |
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yergh.
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May. 9th, 2008 @ 05:56 pm
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biking to work is hard. i am out of shape. |
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Word.
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May. 7th, 2008 @ 10:44 am
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A cursory googling revealed nothing on this, so I'll ask you, since it's driving me crazy.
For some reason, my copy of Word at work has decided that if I highlight a bunch of text and start typing, it will not overwrite the highlighted words anymore. I have to explicitly press delete to get rid of them. This is completely retarded and I can't figure out a preference to change it. Anyone run into this before? |
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I find myself wondering, for some reason...
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May. 6th, 2008 @ 12:11 am
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In the course of my lifetime, if I combined every book I'd ever read, how many pages would it amount to? 100,000? A million? More? |
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I normally hate memes, but...
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Apr. 29th, 2008 @ 09:20 pm
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What the hell.
What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you've read, underline the ones you read for school, italicize the ones you started but didn't finish.
( more ) |
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i made banana bread.
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Apr. 28th, 2008 @ 08:31 pm
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This banana bread specifically.
I think this may become a regular habit.
Also, that blog is pretty awesome. |
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gah.
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Apr. 27th, 2008 @ 08:21 pm
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I've somehow managed to make way the hell too much food this weekend. I generally try to make enough to keep myself covered for lunches throughout the work week, but I think I have enough to stop those food riots I keep hearing about.
For some reason, I was fixated on being unusually active this weekend. I took an extended (for me) bike ride on Saturday, and went on a fairly lengthy (for me) hike today. Of course, for some reason, I also bought a whole case of Hazed and Infused, thus negating any potential health benefit.
Between the beer and the food, my refridgerator is having to work overtime and is probably quite angry with me. I think it is trying to kill me with its mind. Too bad it doesn't have a mind. Stupid refridgerator!music: See Sawing - Breakestra |
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Email filtering
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Apr. 2nd, 2008 @ 11:45 am
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I've never understood: why have so many email filtering systems decided .zip files are unsafe attachments? Is compression somehow inherently dangerous?
This comes up a lot at work. It really pisses me off for many reasons. |
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idgi either.
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Mar. 24th, 2008 @ 10:39 pm
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But it's hypnotizing.
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For anyone else playing brawl
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Mar. 22nd, 2008 @ 08:13 pm
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Feb. 23rd, 2008 @ 03:19 pm
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I was drinking with coworkers that were notably younger than me. One of them mentioned that he wanted to dump his girlfriend and date her roommate. I mentioned something along the lines of, "Well, there's always the menage-a-trois..." and...not a single person got the reference. Is it really possible to date yourself by referencing Seinfeld? Or are they just failures at life for not having seen it? |
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Primaries
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Feb. 11th, 2008 @ 11:46 pm
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I don't really follow the primaries all that closely, but it's hard not to be a little sucked in when everything is so unusually wide open. It's not a lock yet, but it seems like the pundits are beginning to say Obama is the most likely winner. If it indeed comes down to Obama vs. McCain, I have to say I'll be pleasantly surprised. There were a lot of candidates that I was strongly opposed to early on (Romney, Clinton, Guiliani, Huckabee...but god, especially Romney), and I would've been quite nervous to see get to a general election. I don't have a big problem with either McCain or Obama, so I'm quite relieved. That's not to say I don't have any issues with the two of them, because that's certainly untrue. They're just...less scary than the alternatives. |
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