Archive for November 2008
Somebody’s Face in a Book
Not that I’m saying anything new or interesting, but I feel like I need to muse about this out here.
links for 2008-11-26
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I have to put in $20 to buy a $5 geegaw? dammit. but that is exactly what I need for a work project, and I know it'll take me more time than that to recreate it. ::sigh::(tags: flash)
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for me, 18 miles is a long f'ing ride no matter what time of year, but it does tempt me nonetheless. and maybe by then I'll finally have my rainpants?
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I totally want to get some of the "Shepherds" Xmas cards. (apparently they outsell all other holiday cards 5:1!) also, I know a few people who would appreciate the Chanukah card.
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this was actually really easy & kinda fun.(tags: photoshoppery web_dev)
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beautiful photos of Jefferson's bible editing project. I read about it in a book I read over the summer about the founding fathers & religion, which gave me a new appreciation of the complexity of their thought & the religious environment of the Revolutionary Era.
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I tried this a few years ago; the soup I made turned out pretty lousy, but I think that was mostly a poor choice of noodles. (whole wheat. bleh.) Might give it another shot. Comments have some good notes about safer cooling methods.
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The color contrast issues (part 2) were entirely new to me. (Elizabeth, do you find this to be so?) Most of the recommendations in part 3 are pretty straightforward good-readability stuff, IMHO.
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Funny: quick little snippets for arguing either side of the current political debates. Oh so very glad not to be doing the holidays w/Mom's extended family! Also, I'm amused by the 3 options for "Bush Is the Worst President of My Lifetime" — I'm on the cusp of "Dude, heard of Nixon?" and "Yeah, definitely; more pie?"
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IIRC, the first time I ever drank it was Zima, on a college orchestra trip to Portland in '93. (Which is weird: the article says Zima came out in '94, but I would *swear* that was what somebody bought on that trip, which would've had to have been in '93. Anyway.)
links for 2008-11-25
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ye gods. srsly?
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I will probably make a huge fancy dinner…for 2. But I kinda like it that way.
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neat idea, oh plus I'm liking the tracking features for my reps. pretty cool.
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salt rub. I think I still have enough time to actually do this one, and I find it rather tempting. need to pick up some salt today, I think.
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brining. the idea kinda wigged C out, although I hear good things about the results.
links for 2008-11-24
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variants on the glass half-full/half-empty POV.(tags: funny)
links for 2008-11-20
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for Olympia. Just a handful of crimes reported in the last few months, which is nice to know.
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fun (?!) comparison dates. it occurred to me the other day, watching the 1st season of 90210 on Netflix, that (a) now they've got this remake of 90210 and (b) when the original started, there was an updated "Leave It to Beaver" briefly on TV. (disney channel? I don't remember now.) also, saw a kid on the bus last year in a Ramones t-shirt, chuckled internally, then remembered my own fondness for the Doors when I was his age. (my mother, btw, has always loved big band music, which is a bit before her time, and Elvis, but not the Beatles.)
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actually, it reminds me of a house in Portland where one of my college roommates lives before he moved to Tacoma. the room he slept in had a ceiling weirdly like that (only less drastically, and with with colors). wow, that brings back some strange, strange times!
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owners manuals for the machines at work (1150, 3850)
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"And above all, a depression circa 2009 might be a less visible and more isolating experience. With the diminishing price of televisions and the proliferation of channels, it's getting easier and easier to kill time alone, and free time is one thing a 21st-century depression would create in abundance." it reads like an actual psychological depression: hiding out, hunkering down. ::sigh::
this is how I roll
bike gear in late fall.
