Charlie’s tips for long-haul travel
Charles Stross is a brilliant science fiction writer. As it happens, he has a weblog, too. Here are his tips for long-haul travel: Charlie’s Diary: Arrive Alive (Charlie’s tips for long-haul travel) I found the following quote, however, laugh-out-loud (or “lol”) funny: Few things are as soul-crushing as trying to make sense of the public [...]
Fall TV roundup
I watched Chuck last night (TiVo) and found it “over-done” but quite entertaining at the same time. I think it’s typical pilot weirdness. Haven’t watched Heroes yet (it’s TiVo’d), and am not planning on getting into any other new series except maybe Journeyman. So my TV viewing schedule will be: Chuck (I like that it [...]
Shipped
The following items have been shipped to you by Amazon.com: ——————————————————————— Qty Item Price Shipped Subtotal ——————————————————————— Amazon.com items (Sold by Amazon.com, LLC): 1 Halo 3 $59.99 1 $59.99 Shipped via UPS Ground (estimated arrival date: 25-September-2007).
Parity
When I was dating Sherri, I loved going to Canada and taking advantage of the exchange rate. Back then, 1 Canadian dollar was worth about 75¢ US. It felt like I was carrying around a “25% off!” discount card everywhere I went. Even for Golden Tee. No longer. Today the Canadian dollar achieved parity with [...]
Google Presentations
Google Presentations is now live on docs.google.com. I’m a heavy user of their word processing and spreadsheet web-based software, so I look forward to becoming more familiar with this product over the next few weeks.
Joke
A man walked into a bar, sat down, and ordered a beer. As he sipped the beer, he heard a voice say, “Nice tie.” Looking around, he saw that the bar was empty except for him and the bartender. A few sips later, another voice said, “Beautiful shirt.” At this, the man calls the bartender [...]
Emmy award winners
I’ve very happy about some of the Emmy award winners: Comedy: “30 Rock,” NBC. Variety, Music or Comedy Series: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central. Reality-Competition Program: “The Amazing Race,” CBS. Actor, Comedy Series: Steve Carell, “The Office,” NBC. Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Jeremy Piven, “Entourage,” HBO. Writing, Comedy Series: “The Office: Gay [...]
Payola
What record company promotes Nickelback? Wonder how much they’re paying XM Satellite Radio to play their crappy songs on an endless loop on XM HitList and XM Flight 26. Argh. Maybe they’re playing different songs each time, but it sure as shit sounds like the same song over and over to me.
Video piece
I encourage you to view this insightful video that covers many of today’s hot topics — war in Iraq, the terrorism threat, the economic divide between rich and poor, locusts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
Japanese label from our dashi liquid
Japanese label from our dashi liquid Originally uploaded by bbhart Sooooo… can anyone within the sound of my voice tell me what these ratios mean? These appear on a bottle of dashi sauce. Dashi is a soup stock used in many Japanese dishes. Our interest lies in the making of miso soup.