pseydtonne

How to make a sport of out getting out of debt, part one

pseydtonne Jun 03, 2013 00:54

It's not that I don't have a lot to say. I've just been talking about different topics and spending more time in Reddit and Hubski. I like Hubski in particular because it's a much smaller community built in reaction to the dominant snark of news aggregate sites. This forces me to toss my first two thoughts, take questions seriously, and really say ( Read more... )

Back from Europe and my honeymoon

pseydtonne Apr 27, 2013 12:35

It's been so long since I posted on LJ that my reply to someone got marked as spam. Pourriel, mon ciel ! Thus, here is a fast post so that I actually post it ( Read more... )

duke's beer and que, haggerston, cantillon, bruxelles, cultural imperialism, rotterdam, geueze, pays-bas, amsterdam, cheese, moulin, honeymoon, hopi masks, netherlands, leiden, lune de miel, london, breukelen, alkmaar

What happens in Vegas gets stuck in traffic well before Barstow

pseydtonne Nov 08, 2012 20:26

The wife and I were reviewing our options for Thanksgiving. Should we have an adult orphan dinner, where we get friends that are not going home or otherwise had no plans and put together a dinner ( Read more... )

fresh bread is tasty DIY

pseydtonne Oct 31, 2012 16:05

I have made two loaves with the new bread maker. It's the same brand as my old one, but I had new variables that did not exist in the mid-Nineties ( Read more... )

More from the classic rivalry of the eastern seaboard

pseydtonne Oct 29, 2012 09:30

I am assuming everyone back east is keeping safe from the Frankenstorm. My New York friends have stocked up on liquor and my Boston friends have stocked up on condoms.

Meanwhile I'd like to compare emergency contingency planning by major transit agencies:

NYC (MTA) -- announced on Sunday afternoon (well before the morning commute) that subway and ( Read more... )

Five days into marriage

pseydtonne Oct 25, 2012 12:44

I have some quick observations:

It's great to click my wedding band against things to listen for resonance. Hollow things that have few truss points, such as a Jacuzzi in a honeymoon suite (which I assume is made from fiberglass), sound great. As a result, I've also learned...
Wedding bands scuff easily. I had always heard that gold is a soft ( Read more... )

Got married yesterday!

pseydtonne Oct 21, 2012 11:57

ceruleanbluegal and I got married in her home town of Conway, New Hampshire, on Saturday 20 October 2012. No one had a fight or anything creepy! We also now have several pounds of almond paste cookies and the box set of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ( Read more... )

Upon trying to watch five minutes of the town hall debate

pseydtonne Oct 16, 2012 18:30

I would like to thank my former governor for the Two Minutes Hate. I would also like to thank the President for saying he's wrong, having the full answers, and otherwise being cool ( Read more... )

Those roly-poly kitties between the Golden Gate and the Donner Pass

pseydtonne Sep 28, 2012 23:02

This is my first major election as a California resident. This state has a fetish for ballot propositions. However it doesn't seem to matter whether an ad is in favor or against a proposition: it only matters how harshly the announcer says "the fat cats in Sacramento ( Read more... )

My first earthquake! We're fine.

pseydtonne Sep 07, 2012 00:19

We just had a fast earthquake. My server rack swayed and of course the floor moved but otherwise it was less than ten seconds. It was a magnitude 3.5 according to the all-news station ( Read more... )