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*tap* *tap* This thing still on?
Who's still out there? -
10 year reunion
I'm really tempted to skip my 10-year HS reunion. I've been on the fence about going for so long that airfare has started to get expensive; $800 for Elise and I. I've only really stayed in touch with one person from my class; all of my friends from HS graduated a year ahead of me. Still, there's that nagging feeling that I'll somehow regret not ( Read more... ) -
Safe & sound in Beijing
Sitting at the hotel now. Sure enough, the very first site I tried to access on the internet (Livejournal!) appears to be great-firewalled.
Whatever will I do now? ;) -
Presented without comment
(The links below, in clickable form:)
http://www.texasteaparties.com/press/?p=265
http://www.texasteaparties.com/press/?p=259
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Pretzels!
Got around to making Alton Brown's soft pretzel recipe. The results were spectacular, with only one genetically-deformed exception:
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Yes we can!
...commit tax fraud!
Welcome to the new administration, same as the old administration. -
Classic moments in post-capitalism, #143
From a press conference with the chairman of the SEC, Christopher Cox:
Reporter: "Can investors be confident that there aren't any other Madoff schemes out there in operation?"
Cox: "We say that a rising tide lifts all boats. When the economic tide goes out, some of the skeletons that wash up on shore are Ponzi schemes such as this one. So one of ( Read more... ) -
Oh hell
The Dark Knight might be the movie that makes me give in and buy a Bluray player. -
On turtlenecks, Goodwill, and cult leaders
This black turtleneck I picked up at Goodwill for $10 to complete my Halloween costume (one of the guys from an iPod commercial) is surprisingly comfortable.
It is, however, ironic to currently be dressed like Steve Jobs with clothing that came from Goodwill.
