Like everyone else in the blogoverse, I find the statistics of my own page weirdly diverting and entertaining. Also, it’s free blogfodder, so there nyaaaah. And here is my first poem. ::clearing throat:: “Why Moon is Better than Mars” why moon is better than mars: cabinet war room dance. winning an argument for kids… elecia battle guilty verdict. Well, that probably didn’t cause anyone to drop dead, so here’s another one: “signs of frozen pipes toilet” Signs of frozen pipes toilet, frozen pipe to toilet. Frozen pipe stories, frozen pipes in garage picture. Frozen vinyl tube plumbing – what to…
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Conventions are dangerous, exciting places. Sometimes you meet someone special, as described by The Redhead. Conventions – specifically, fan or hobby conventions, bring together people with mutual interests (and no, they're not all a bunch of online weirdos with no lives). People who enjoy sharing their love for a hobby or an obsession with others love getting together for a good time – and afterwards, they've got connections that they didn't have before. And this is a good basis for starting something – anything – between people. All this reminds me of how David and I met. It was at…
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Oh, forget the tropical colors. They’re too wimpy. Here I am back at the webpaint store, but the redecorating is almost done. VACCC — VisiBone Anglo-Centric Color Code Oh, I don’t know, too many choices, maybe I’d better keep shopping. There’s still a bit more tinkering with fonts. I love the look of Garamond font for the posts, but need a more readable italic. It is to sigh. Guess I’ll trudge back to the default standbys – Georgia and Palatino. I managed somehow to install Blogroll on my own but it looks crappy. Hey, guys, it’s not as simple as…
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Speaking of travel, which we weren’t except for Amazing Race, so there nyahhh… The first entry from my travel journal of last fall’s trip to Britain has been posted, and basically the journal will be the entire month of September. There are a lot of photos and links to add for each entry, and it will take a bit of time getting photos cropped and saved in the proper format and positioned and whatnot. I hope to get the all-important “first day in London” entry up this weekend. In the meantime, why don’t you slip down to the local and…
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I stopped by Television Without Pity to see if there was any news about the next season of The Amazing Race and found there were rumors flying in the “Spoilers” thread. The race is on!! Or is it? One rumor seemed really credible at first – people spotted running around in very TAR-like style in Vancouver, BC – but it there’s a chance that the sighting actually a fall event that has an “Amazing Race” theme. Apparently there’s a company that runs task-based adventure/racing activities as team building exercises there. In the meantime, Canadians aren’t eligible to enter the Race…
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…rogue web designers did not bust in and redecorate the place, though I wish they had. It seems that we’re not done with the incessant color switching here, but I have the makings of a cunning plan, my lord. I’m going to go over towards the Mac side, by way of island style. I think. And now I’m looking at color swatches, and it’s almost as bad as standing at the paint counter at Home Despot again.
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We watched the new Enterprise episode “Proving Ground” the other night, and I have to say it was quite enjoyable, entertaining, and definitely not boring. Our old friend Shran showed up (you know, the guy that used to be Weyoun) and got to do a little roleplaying on the bridge of his own ship. Shran obviously enjoyed pretending to be a goofy space prospector representing a fake mining company, and delivered the best line in the episode when he was sent packing by the Xindi ships: “The Andorian Mining Consortium runs from no one.” Heh. It seems the Enterprise has…
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Validate WWW Pages Hi!!! Welcome to (no suggestions) NASA Rash Rasp! At least, that’s what the fine folks at Codeflux’s webpage validator thinks this blog should be called. (we interrupt this blog entry for a message from Ronco) “Oh, no! what’s that on your face? a birthmark? Acne? The heartbreak of psoriasis? But dermabrasion is so expensive! What to do?” “Now with the power of no suggestions NASA Rash Rasp! you can safely and inexpensively remove blemishes at the subdermal level and beyond!” “This space-based technology, used by NASA to rid space stations of unwanted biological pests, uses the power…
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Hmm – bitter cold, dark, and icy. Seems like a good night to blow off choir practice. Why do I keep pissing and moaning about this? Oh, I don’t know… something about it just makes us all happy and contented (not to mention covered with a significant fraction of the beach). imgbrk Gosh, that was fun. If only Steve had stayed buried. We’d still be there. 😉 UPDATE 12/02/04: some slight upgrades. It’s only taken me a year to learn how do deal with images ‘n shit.
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Cooks.com | Recipe | STIR FRY BEEF AND VEGETABLES Went home last night with the vague intention of stopping off at Dominick’s (acually, a former Byerly’s location) to pick up something for stir fry. There’s often solid entertainment value to be had at a large grocery store, but usually it’s to do with parents behaving badly, or head-on collisions between those toddler-friendly grocery carts tricked out to look like little cars. Nope, last night it was a woman in a mink coat and her controlling boyfriend – they were either the poster couple for adult ADD, or a pair of…