9-6-08

Party on!

The Omnivore's Hundred is a list of foods the gastronomic Andrew Wheeler thinks everyone should try at least once in their lives ( Read more... )

Proof he is one of us:


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A skill I've picked up over the years working insurance sales is shifting my voice to suit the person I'm speaking with. Different tones and inflections for different sorts. I speak differently to an older lady than I do to a newly retired man, for example. It fits what they expect and respond best to. My shapeshifter gene at work again ( Read more... )

In a recent PCmag article on the top 10 unsung webcomics, I found I'm reading 3 of them. I wonder about this value as a score of my internet hippitude in the narrow arena of webcomics. Considering how resistant I am to seeking out new ones to add to my daily read list, I feel pretty good about it. Am now actively resisting checking out the others I

Yea. Solid. All the way. Don't bring the kids.

If someone excitedly tells you about a work at home business opportunity regarding web portals to popular stores like Circuit City and Barns and Nobles, be warned. Its Amway. The devil has resurfaced under the name of Quixtar ( Read more... )

Saw the new Hellboy. The plot was a bit weak, the romantic plots tedious, but oh the pretty. Oh, the Elf Rage. El Toro's muppety world of unseen gobliny goodness is a wonder to behold. If this guy was on the Star Wars movies there would have been a lot less suck, I'd suspect. He managed to convey visually emotion the dialog was unable to express ( Read more... )

Entered the Settlers of Catan tourney, as usual. Didn't do so well this year ( Read more... )

Home again for the moment. Back from Gaian Mind, about to leave again for Origins. June is way too busy ( Read more... )