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Strange Things People Say About Me (to my face)
Recently, I've been at the center of a trend. That trend is complete strangers asking me "Are you ____?" A quick summary.
For example:
Are you Jewish
The Event: While walking to my bus stop, I saw two lost-looking Orthodox Jews standing on the sidewalk. They stopped me and asked if I was Jewish.
My Theory: I have a big schnoz and was wearing a ( Read more... ) -
Bob Morlang
When I was working at Tri-Mount, we had these camp trucks. They were army surplus, and while they could take a beating, they only sort of worked. And they took lots of beatings. Never in a million years could they have passed a roadway inspection, but they could haul a tent platform from one side of the mountain to the other. When they ran, anyway ( Read more... ) -
About Computer Programming
I'm trying to run a short, informal survey. What are some things that come to mind when you think about computer programming? What do you think it involves? What do you think it's like? If you have programming experience, feel free to reply anyway, but please note that. -
pwd or "where am I?"
Apples pointed out I hadn't updated my LJ in a looong time. I do read my friends page, and I do comment routinely, but I haven't done much posting.
But I'm not dead. In fact, I've been active writing and posting in a variety of places. So here's a "where's Remy" list:- Buzz -- sometimes updates, as I'm interested
- Remy's Awesome Thing of the Day - ( Read more... )
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Dear Pittsburgh
Dear Pittsburgh,
You may or may not know this, but your city is in the Northeast. Yes, the "Northeast" includes New England, and the "Mid-Atlantic" states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Now, one little known fact about the Northeast is that, during the winter, the skies will shit snow like they just ate Satan's chili ( Read more... ) -
Is this what the users want?
"Remy," they say, "we've got an application for you to design. Here's the specs ( Read more... ) -
Neologism: Unomatopeia
As we all know, onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like what it represents. "Boom", "Bang", etc. Unomatopeia is when a word sounds like what it represents if only what it represented had a soundFor example: "The cute little sparrow poinged around the sidewalk looking for breadcrumbs." A sparrow hopping makes absolutely no noise, yet "poing" is ( Read more... ) -
House: Gotten
We have keys and garage door opener. Paperwork is signed, and a gigantic check has been handed over. This evening, after dinner, we marked our territory by bringing over some boxes and pissing in the corner. Well, okay, we only did one of those. Point is: ours. Yoink. Snagged ( Read more... ) -
Literacy
I'm in training for two days this week (which is annoying, to an extent, because I have 2 days of work that needs done this week, and only one day in which to do it before going on vacation, which means I'm likely going to need to work on Friday, not that this has anything to do with anything). The training is focused on applying "Lean" principles ( Read more... )