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more craziness in general
Turns out a former colleague of mine has got it into his head that, even though he had once explained to me that if he tried to do any significant exercise his defective heart was guaranteed to fail, and despite a lifetime of inactivity and smoking, he has set a goal for himself to complete the Ironman triathlon a year from now. I can't decide ( Read more... ) -
stranger than fiction
I enjoy the sometimes humorous juxtaposition of news items in Harper's Weekly Review. However, the following excerpt is just too ridiculously bizarre for reality or fiction, with or without cooking....
A SWAT team in Maricopa County, Arizona, served a search warrant on a suspected cockfighter by first flattening his farmhouse gate with a tank. ( Read more... ) -
anecdote re smell and memory
Several times before, I've had a huge swath of memories pop back into my awareness at the notice of a simple smell. Last night I was riding home, perhaps a bit hungry, and the funniest thing triggered it. It was just the smell of a certain flavoring used in the TV dinner version of mexican rice. But with that recollection came the feeling of ( Read more... ) -
wishing for a camera
Today is a good example of one of those days where I wish I had brought a camera. There was this large freighter parked at the grain silo. It was a classic design, from what little I've observed. It looked to be 50 or more years old, but that assessment doesn't do justice. It was so old and rusty, it looked like it might break in half. I mean ( Read more... ) -
lowest magnification
I finally got one of those microscopes with a builtin LCD screen and camera. I thought about making my own, but I can never find the time. Here's a picture of a CD, at the lowest magnification. At first I was ecstatic--I thought somehow I was looking at bits! Well, no, I was looking at the soft underbelly of the silkscreened dot pattern, ( Read more... ) -
some linux software trivia
I note that my favorite image viewer, qiv, is now on display in the main software package selections for Fedora, which is great, congrats to qiv on a step to stardom. qiv is very fast, and that appeals to a certain class of user who doesn't like waiting on the OS.
While I'm making recommendations, I should mention a couple others I noticed ( Read more... ) -
software serendipity
The LyricWiki plugin for audacious. -
favorite foods
I felt the need to indulge myself, virtually if not in actuality. So I sat around for a while dreaming about my favorite foods. Here's my list so far:
- chilled water with essence of chocolate and mint
- cranberry juice
- fresh carrot / celery / white grape juice
- lime essence flavored sparkling water
- pepperment tea
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snowball
It couldn't have been Alan (background). It could have been the nephew (foreground), who looks rather guilty.
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