I made the mistake of teaching a PE class Monday. And while it's fun, the big problem was the day after. Having to set up and put away a bunch of heavy equipment had left my legs and ass in considerable discomfort. So now I make old man noises whenever I get up or sit down. Actually I try to do as little transitioning between the 2 as possible. But ( Read more... )

Happy 2010 to everyone!

I just realized tonight that I'll now have officially lived in parts of 5 different decades (having been born in the summer of '79). Crazy.

Here's some guy's 7-part review/criticism of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. Most of it is about how the story makes no sense and how inferior everything is to the original films, but I love it. I know the guy sounds borderline retarded, but then it becomes obvious that he's pretty much right about everything. Which makes it funny to me ( Read more... )

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Happy Thanksgiving to all
And to all a good night.

That's how it goes, right?

No, really, I'm alive! I still read this here thing. Just been working a lot lately (that's good!) but that has the tendency to make me quite tired and lethargic when I'm off the clock (that's bad.) But you get your choice of a free frogurt (that's good!)

Anyway...I promise I'll get a proper update up. Sometime soon.

Tonight's bit of minutae: the proper term for a hole in one on a par-5 hole in golf is a "condor", though "triple eagle" and "double albatross" are also sometimes used. Furthermore, the feat has been accomplished at least 4 times, usually on severe doglegs, but once on a 500+ yard drive in--you guessed it--the mile-high air of Denver, CO ( Read more... )

It was only a few months ago while turning off one of the document cameras at school that I finally made a connection on something that's been stumping me for ages. Namely this thing:

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yourradiogeek 's posting of Dynamite Hack's "Boyz in the Hood" (awesone song) reminds me of something I've been meaning to post for a week or so. So in that vein, here's...a thing.

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Yes, I like this guy's stuff. His name's Jonathan Coulton and he does a lot of music in the They Might Be Giants style of quirky-humorous. He seems to be very popular among the ( Read more... )

Watching TV tonight, during a commercial for a current NBC drama:

Dad: This is what they call a steak show.
Me: A steak show?
Dad: Yeah. I rarely watch Medium because it's never well-done.

What can you say to that?