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In which I received a letter from Terry Pratchett.
As I mentioned on my Facebook a few weeks ago, I received a personal letter from one of my favorite authors, Terry Pratchett. It wasn't a very long letter, but it was long enough to be clear that he'd read what I wrote (which also wasn't over-long, merely one page), and responded in kind ( Read more... ) -
Untold power in my fingers
Apparently I should shut the hell up about the Padres. Since my little paean to them they've lost 5 games in a row. So, uh, I take it back! They're terrible! They suck! Boo! -
A post about my Padres.
This is about baseball, so please, if you don't enjoy or care about baseball, or if you hate it, by all means skip this. Unless... unless you played some baseball or softball or maybe even some kickball and always had this idea that somehow, some way, there could ever be a team with no huge stars, but just a bunch of guys who were all playing ( Read more... ) -
Ooooooh.
For infrastructure geeks like me, this is manna from heaven. For you, normal people, it might be kinda nifty. Link ganked from derspatchel.
Basically it's a map of the US Interstate system, presented in the style of the London Underground map:http://www. -
It came from #predicate, the SMS edition
Edited to remove extraneous conversation.
Dear god. The local news is currently reporting on the scourge of "textual harassment."
First it was "sexting," now this!
novaheat: soon we'll be onto "texting"
then there's exting, breaking up via text messages
mexting, where mexicans text
Wrexting, where you try to get people to crash their cars?
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Pennysaver Amusement, Vol. 6
As always, all ads reproduced faithfully, typos and all, except when truncated due to length and of course removing phone numbers and such.
OLD ANTIQUE GRIDDLE
Large, size 9, makes perfect burritos.
I am willing to bet that there is a lot more to perfect burrito creation than the right griddle. No matter what size it is.
AIRE CONDICIONADO ( Read more... ) -
Strawberry Festival
So... for all two or three of you people reading this, let me just tell you: Avoid at all costs the "California" Strawberry Festival, held every May in Oxnard ( Read more... ) -
Two Foers
I just finished two books by authors with the last name Foer. It's not a coincidence. While searching the library's catalog for one, I saw the other and thought it sounded interesting.
The random one was How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization by Franklin Foer. It certainly kept my interest, tracing the various ( Read more... ) -
Pennysaver Amusement, Vol 5
As always, all ads reproduced faithfully, typos and all, except when truncated due to length and of course removing phone numbers and such.
(2) BUNNIES
$10 and $15.Why on earth would there be this 33% difference in prices for a bunny? A bunny is pretty much a bunny. What possible disparity in bunny quality could cause one to be worth five dollars ( Read more... ) -
Oh, Canada
Apparently, in Vancouver someone had convinced the local politicians to spend 171 million bucks, with 15 million dollars in annual costs, to stop about 4.5 million dollars in fare evasions ( Read more... )