So I went to my local farmers market a while ago to get some fresh beef. I had a hankering for ribs, and they had stuff that was local and dead less than a week ( Read more... )

... That it is mid-high 50's this whole week, and sunny. Not beautiful, nor shorts-and-T-shirt, but I comparatively won the lottery, when it comes to local weather.

Edit- I forgot to do an LJ cut. I haven't posted for too long.

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As one of your favorite Syrian-Israeli liberal gay atheists, I suppose I should write something on the election. Yay Obama. Boo AZ- but I expected that. CA, FL, I'm disappointed in you two ( Read more... )

So I apparently logged out about 4, 5 days ago, but kept looking at my Friends page. I didn't notice I was logged out, so I just assumed no-one was posting. This was wrong. People were merely posting privately.

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Did you know they make off-brand Everclear? Did you know you should double-check to make sure the flaming shot actually blew out before you drink it, especially if you're drinking almost pure flammable substance? My old roommate Mike learned both of these as set his face on fire this weekend. Also my arm, a guitar, and the table, but the first ( Read more... )

It's nice to be reminded every now and then, but how does it affect your readiness to drive to know that exactly 38% of highway fatalities are caused by drunk driving ( Read more... )

So I finally moved down to Raleigh on the second of the month. I've got a car I love ('04 Accord with heated leather seats and all parts under warranty for the next 58K miles), a temporary job (15/hr sporadic but sufficient IT work) while I interview for real jobs (favorite proposition- .NET programmer for this place 2.5 miles from home, where the ( Read more... )

( General Update, dull )

I'm trying to keep folk more updated on my life now that I'm away from y'all. So I'm trying to LJ more often. But other than coming back to Pitt for the weekend*, achieving perfect enlightenment, applying for jobs every single day, and reading books/playing games, most of which are very boring to talk about, there's nothing going on lately. My ( Read more... )