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[26 Jul 2008|02:20am] billazilla [ mood | ecstatic ] http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36201.html 4 comments|post comment

I Am Not At Work [25 Jul 2008|04:28pm] supersniffles [ mood | excited ] I am at home prepping to go out to Martinez his evening and see Evil Dead: The Musical. (Yes, cadhla we have seats in the splatter zone.) I'm planning to wear my Army of Darkness t-shirt. I'm also freshly pink so we'll have to hope I don't distract the cast! post comment

US Trip Roll Call: Part V: A Wide Smear of the Midwest [25 Jul 2008|09:08pm] quaryn_dk [ mood | excited ] Somewhere after the Walnut Valley Festival (Sept. 17-21), we will get the heck out of Winfield, and make our meandering way up to Chicago, and then head to Detroit to stay with my aunt, and visit Cleveland for CWRU's alumni weekend. In order of proximity to Winfield: annamatic: naturally we'll want to head through Lawrence so we can finally meet our honorary nephew! However, it might only be a brief visit; as much as I'm sure I'll love my nephew, I'll love him a lot more once he's no longer an infant (you know me and the whole baybeez thing). It will also depend on what our means of transportation from Winfield to parts northward is; if we're catching a ride with my uncle, it might be the sort of situation where we can hang for a couple hours until he gets tired of waiting, and then have to move along. algor_langeaux: thank you so much for the offer of crash space in Lincoln! I'll definitely let you know if we take you up on it. I don't suppose you happen to recall off the top of your head what time the California Zephyr leaves from Lincoln and/or Omaha? I may want to get over to Omaha, just because my cousin Lauren's friend Lauren has gorgeous ink, and since I'm about ready to lay down my first forays into tattooage myself, I wouldn't mind talking with her tattoo artist, who I believe is in Omaha. Would you remind me roughly what the driving time between Lincoln and Fremont is (that's where my uncle lives)? Chris (if you read this): naturally I wouldn't mind stopping in Burlington so I can finally see my nephew, not to mention my foster-brother and ex-sister-in-law. ;) Chicago area folk: we may, schedule depending, stop in Chi-town for anywhere from one to a few days before heading on to Dee-troit-City. anach, jerusha, pinwiz, pirate_wench_06, geekymary, rupertofhentzau, mostlie_sunnie, and anyone else I'm missing in that area, naturally we'd be happy to see you (fairgoldberry, do NOT let me forget to get ahold of Sam!). Any Cham-bana folks who are inclined to make the trip up would be wonderful to see, especially coeli 'cuz I miss you bunches. Detroit: Umm... I don't think I actually know anyone other than my aunt in the greater Detroit area... although friends within any sort of driving distance of Detroit are probably welcome to visit while we're there. Cleveland: zuptd, I think you may be the only one who actually lives in the area who's LJ-enabled... barring that, I know surakofb5 plans to come up to see us, and naturally we'd love to get together with any alums who might be coming to alumni weekend (jamiam, windchains, I'm looking at you...). arclight, if you and your ladylove are inclined to make the trek, we'd be delighted to meet you guys as well. paulchristensen: given your proximity to Union Station, it'd be awesome if we could stay with you Oct. 6th-7th before we catch our flight back to DK. Thanks so much for the offer! 3 comments|post comment

US Trip Roll Call: Part IV: Atlanta [25 Jul 2008|07:02pm] quaryn_dk [ mood | excited ] In light of the fact that there are a bunch of people residing in the Atlanta area whom I want to meet, and a bunch more I want to see who will just happen to be in Atlanta Labor Day weekend, I have decided to make a long-weekendy trek to Atlanta, logically enough. (Just me, no perial.) The laundry list stands as follows at present: sylvar and turtlebat23: are you guys doing Dragon*Con, or are we just getting together on our own recognizance? I'd be all for hanging out around Jodi's university; for some reason, no matter where I go in the world, I'm always comfortable at a college campus... sheerdark: yeah, whenever I can steal you for an hour or two in amongst all the crazy. I know, working holiday for you, too. Except with a lot more drinking than my working holiday will entail. Let me know if you need a date for one of the FunCom parties; I clean up real nice. Preferably let me know in advance, so I know what to pack. tacit: down for sushi lunch. cunningminx: down for lunch on general principles. Hey, shall we make this a threesome (double entendre optional)? We could even make it a podcasty sort of thing if you like, Minx! (Presuming Franklin's up for it; but it seems to be my general impression of Franklin that he's always up for it... again, double entendre optional.) glucovis: Hey, you're in Florida, I don't suppose you're coming to Dragon*Con, are you? EDIT: Good lord, how could I forget billazilla in this entry?! I definitely want to meet up with you and the wiff for nosh and get-to-know with all due haste after my arrival in Atlanta. Do you know yet what your DC-centric schedule looks like? Other folks in GA and FL: you know who you are; let's make arrangements, shall we? I'll be getting a hotel room somewhere well outside the blast radius con facilities, and am figuring on cabbing it for getting around in the city. 3 comments|post comment

US Trip Roll Call: Part III: Texas and other nether regions of the US [25 Jul 2008|06:42pm] quaryn_dk [ mood | excited ] Somewhere between arriving in Winfield and subsequently departing, we will make a long-weekendy type trip to Austin, TX and Lake Charles, LA. This would, among other things, include seeing fairgoldberry and her parsenome, finally getting to meet mywornoutmasks (yay!), meeting queenofhalves, and any other folks we know in Austin (drawing a blank at the moment, I'm afraid). Will also be doing a campus visit at U of T to check out the linguistics department. Then we meander over to Lake Charles, LA to visit qnonimous and his wife. The dates for this long weekend trip have not yet been established; however, I'm tempted to go for the weekend of the 22nd-24th so I can make it to part of this shindig (queenofhalves, shall we be brave and go together?). That would also be not-unreasonable timing in terms of having enough post-WorldCon downtime, especially considering I'll be going to Atlanta the subsequent weekend. However, we are nothing else if not flexible, and naturally we want to see as many of our friends as possible. All those mentioned above, do you have any major conflicts between Aug. 15 and Sept. 9? The weekend of Sept. 14 is my concert, the weekend after that is WVF, and then I figure we'll head generally northwards, so the period between arriving in Winfield and my concert, sans Labor Day weekend, is pretty much what we've got to work with (how in the hell does a two-month visit end up so goddamn busy???). EDIT: nebulawindphone, I hear you can hook me up with the linguisticky goodness? 7 comments|post comment

US Trip Roll Call: Part II: WorldCon [25 Jul 2008|06:29pm] quaryn_dk [ mood | excited ] WorldCon 2008, aka Denvention3: The first major stop on our US itinerary! We are bunking with samildanach and joyful_storm, though sadly without glad_laks (I hope I manage to get my Divine of the Bastard costume done, even if it ends up being me and not KJ wearing it). djrock3k: still taking me out on a date? When shall we have it, and what shall we do? Also, if you want to do anything in the way of matching costumes for the Masquerade, we're seriously down to the wire now. However, if you manage to put together an outfit that resembles Barrayaran dress greens, you're welcome to be my escort to the Summerfair Ball (note: does not count as date, or at least does not supplant other date). frankwu: you're a very popular and sought-after guy during WorldCon, but I figure we'll run into each other at some point. Do you want to schedule anything specific in terms of a get-together, like a double-date with me and perial and you and spacekatgal? frostfox: will you be at Denvention, or do you only do WorldCons on the east side of the puddle? metafrantic and sandykidd: when shall we get together? What hotel are you guys staying at? I think we're at the Courtyard... Can't wait to meet you guys, and Baz! We four shall have to toast ladyofthemasque in absentia, and give her a big raspberry for not being able to make it. nolly: shall we make specific plans, or figure we just find each other at some point? Anybody else going to WorldCon that I don't know about yet, or have forgotten about? There's talk on a denvention3 post of having an outing to a cocktail bar, and I am so all about that, if only for describing the ginger-chili martini I had to the bartender and seeing if s/he can re-create it (it is seriously the most perfect drink to have with sushi, even better than sake!), so I hope I can bring along a few folks from my contingent of fellow congoers. 7 comments|post comment

US Trip Roll Call: Part I [25 Jul 2008|05:19pm] quaryn_dk [ mood | happy ] So, as I have alluded to several times over the last year or so, we'll be taking an extended trip to the US this year. And, ohmyfuckinglord, we leave in like a week and a half! Therefore, I will dedicate the next several posts to communicating our itinerary to folks stateside, and try to make sure you guys know where we'll be when so we don't miss seeing anybody. The general overview (I'll be doing individual rollcalls for each major stop along the way): Aug. 4: Arrive Chicago, stay overnight with our friend Mattox. Probably available for dinnertime meet-up if our flight isn't delayed. Mattox knows where to get really good Korean food. Aug. 5: Head to Union Station, check our luggage, and then toodle around downtown Chicago until the train for Denver leaves (note to self: post meetup announcement in Denvention comm for westbound trains; those Californians are making us Midwesterners look bad!). Free for lunch if anyone wants to meet us. Aug. 6-10: WorldCon! Also free to meet up with anyone in the greater Denver area if they're there. Aug. 11-13: Hitting Boulder to visit U of C's linguistics dept. (note to self: arrange visit!), possibly hitting Colo. Spgs. to visit a childhood friend (note to self: email Ben!), eventually making our way via rental car to Winfield, KS (note to self: either get car keys from Mom & Dad somehow, or get someone in Winfield to caravan to Wichita with us to return rental car). mid-August - late September: hanging in Winfield, with side trip to Austin, TX (note to self: arrange U of T campus visit) and Lake Charles, LA (all one roundabout trip, probably over a long weekend somewhere in mid-late August). Aug. 29-Sept. 2: I head to Atlanta to see Atlanta folks and maybe wander into Dragon*Con for a day. Sept. 14(?): I hold a small voice recital for family and friends. Anyone who can make it to Winfield is welcome to come; I'll post more info on time and place later. Sept. 17-21: Walnut Valley Festival!!!! Yay, four days of bluegrass, folk, country, and general mad fun, all within walking distance of my parents' house! Late Sept.: Begin meandering back towards Chicago; will include a side trip to northern KS to see our honorary nephew and his parents (note to self: can we hitch a ride post-festival to NE with Uncle Rich?), taking the train from either KC or Omaha (note to self: see which looks more feasible), possible stop-off in Burlington, IA to see my slightly-less-honorary-somewhat-more-familial nephew and his parents (note to self: get ahold of Chris), possible stop-off in Chicago for a couple days. Eventually depart Chicago, and then hang out in the greater Detroit area with Aunt Margaret. Duration of visit in Detroit not yet determined, but will include: Oct. 2 or 3 to 5: Alumni Weekend at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. (note to self: reserve lodgings in Cleveburg) Oct. 5: Drive back to Detroit. Oct. 6: Train back to Chicago. May stay with Mattox again; need to check. Oct. 7: Catch flight back to DK, arrive next day. I should note that this trip is a working vacation; except for those times when we are specifically goofing off or visiting friends, Lars is working on job-stuff, and I am working on school-stuff, freelance-editing stuff, and freelance-scholarship stuff. That said, however, there aren't a whole lot of you close to Winfield to distract us. ;) Therefore, our socialization will be largely confined to those specific side trips and high points mentioned above. I'll be posting contact info in a friends-locked post; if you're not LJ-enabled and need to know how to get hold of us, just drop me an email. Wow... two months stateside... in election season... while sharing a residence with my parents. This is gonna be crazy... 13 comments|post comment

Rewiring [25 Jul 2008|04:00am] xkcd_rss http://xkcd.com/454/ 83 comments|post comment

orthoepy [25 Jul 2008|04:15am] wordsmith_daily http://wordsmith.org/words/orthoepy.html 1. Study of the pronunciation of words. 2. Customary pronunciation of a language. post comment

Hey, Thanks! [24 Jul 2008|02:13am] supersniffles [ mood | relieved ] I found a message on my answering machine from my bank telling me that they wanted to verify a recent debit card transaction. They left a toll-free 24 hour number so I called. Since my debit card has been cloned twice in the last couple of years, I appreciate their diligence. I am slightly annoyed that they put a block on my debit card and I'm going to have to call another number tomorrow, but I'd rather have my card blocked than have someone steal my money again. And I have plenty of cash, that's why they got nervous. I took out a lot of cash at 1230am. Of course I did it at the bank's ATM and they have a security camera. Cloners usually use free-standing mini-mart ATMs. 4 comments|post comment

Best. Spam Subject. Ever. [24 Jul 2008|04:40am] 8waystosunday http://www.adammessinger.com/2008/07/23/best-spam-subject-ever Caught by my spam filter today: “Bush Averts Albanian Uprising by Invading Alabama” Seems the spammers stole the headline from this satirical “news” article, but it still made me giggle. Tags: Albania, Alabama, George W. Bush, spam, politics, war post comment

lingua franca [24 Jul 2008|04:04am] wordsmith_daily http://wordsmith.org/words/lingua_franca.html A language that is widely used by speakers of different languages to communicate with one another. post comment

Not Again. [23 Jul 2008|07:01pm] supersniffles [ mood | weird ] At least this time whoever psychically called my name did it in a more quizzical tone of voice and they waited til 1130am. But still! It's very strange to wake up in an empty house because you just heard someone call your name. I wasn't sleeping well anyway which was annoying because I had to be in at 2pm today for a meeting. And tomorrow I get to come in at 2pm to cover for the meeting. But Friday, Friday I'm going to see Evil Dead: The Musical with firestrike and childe_dirk and M~ (Who is Firestrike's sister and Dirk's fiance and refuses to get an LJ.) 1 comment|post comment

[23 Jul 2008|04:13pm] billazilla [ mood | packing ] The good news is that Ravenwood has an open apartment directly across from Tim & Brantley's place. Bad news is they aren't sure when it will be open, but that they will know Friday. That does kind of cut things close, since we have to be out of here by the end of the month. Not like we can't be ready to move by then, just that we would prefer to have at least one day to actually do the move before Hunt Club tries to kick us out on our asses. I personally am about through with the unstoppable tide of cockroaches of all sizes that have suddenly appeared this year. Last night, I went to change laundry, and glanced at the kitty food bowls. They were crawling with roaches. Literally eight or ten bugs per bowl, and more tooling around on the wall and floor nearby. There's no saving this place for us. The pre-packing continues. Danielle loves her new job. The analogy best used to describe her time there is that of a 4-star general in the midst of a clumsy JROTC crew. The sheer scale reduction of space, duty and product amounts make her a giant among the people there, going on her previous bookstore experience. I dropped off an application there myself. Couldn't hurt, and they are opening two new locations before the year is out, and since both she and Tim work there, I have heard there's a number of openings, particularly in management. Witty and Alex are... well, I won't say not getting along. What is happening is that Alex is pouncing Witty nearly every time they are in the same room together. This is, naturally, pissing Witty the fuck off. So far, though, he hasn't destroyed the little kitten, only thrown him down and repeatedly mauled him. Alex, however, thinks the whole thing is absolutely smashing and once he's subdued, typically gets up and pounces Witty immediately again. Eventually Witty either runs off or pummels Alex so hard he gets distracted by something else. (Yes, you read that right.) Alex also seems to be one of those rare kitties that likes water... absolutely peculiar, this little guy is. We also suspect he will grow up to be huge, perhaps even larger than Witty, though probably not as stocky. Tim's D&D game goes fairly well, even though I am one of only two persons besides Tim who has made it to every game. I am playing my role as Mighty (1st level) Wizard pretty well. A lot better than the eldritch Warlock wielding arcane energies and curses and such, who generally gets beaten within an inch of his life nearly every encounter. He also got peed on. By me. Yeah, it's nice and wacky. 2 comments|post comment

Pets [23 Jul 2008|09:55am] dwarf74 So, finally, things are getting back to normal around the homestead. :) ( Rambling stuff about our sickly kitty ) So yeah. He's been well for over a week now, which is encouraging. For the first time in about 2 months, he's even acting like himself. He and Euclid are playing... or fighting... or play-fighting. I dunno. :) I think Euclid is playing, but I think Octavius may be a little more serious. Regardless, they're acting nice around one another, laying down near one another, and letting me pet both of them at once. So that's good news. Speaking of Euclid, he's warmed up to me and Kelly. He's playing with us now. In fact, we can't stop him from playing sometimes. :) He plays fetch with us, tug-of-war, and responds well to us. When we won't play fetch with him, he plays fetch with himself - throwing his toys up in the air and catching them. He's such a good dog, it's tough to believe. He knows how to sit. He knows how to "go lay down." He'll drop stuff in his mouth if we tell him to. He does not "stay" very well, and he certainly doesn't "heel" as of yet. He's amazingly friendly and sociable, and wants to meet every single dog or person in the world. So far, he's pretty quiet, too - it's pretty cool. :) I enjoy being a dog-owner. 2 comments|post comment

Big Big Love & Zaftig for a Good Cause [23 Jul 2008|07:29am] misia Hey y'all -- For those who might've missed it yesterday, I am selling off the last of my stockpile of the out-of-print but much-in-demand Big Big Love and the not-out-of-print Zaftig: Well Rounded Erotica to raise money for a very good cause. I was selling copies of my other books too, but they're all gone now. But you can still get copies of Big Big Love from me for half of what they're going for on Amazon Sellers's Used and New listings. And guys? I'm down to my own shelf copies after this. I won't be selling any more. So if you want one, or know anyone who does, now's the time. See the sale post for ordering info. 4 comments|post comment

Upcoming Hurricanes [23 Jul 2008|04:00am] xkcd_rss http://xkcd.com/453/ 175 comments|post comment

Stollen [22 Jul 2008|08:42pm] breadmaking [lumpyone]  I originally stumbled upon this recipe from doing some research on German food recipes and traditions for the wife who was learning German and a bit of research into my own German heritage.  The first recipe I saw was in The Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhart, but I never made that specific recipe, instead I took that one and a few others I discovered and put together the recipe at the end of this post.   Well, this year I got encouraged by friends and family to enter my stollen into the local county fair.  I honestly never expected much, mostly having just done it for fun (oh, and the free ticket into the fair which was only the $1 cost of the entry!) ;)  Found out tonight that I had placed 3rd in my first competition!  I'm pretty excited, to the point that I'm already considering how to improve the recipe. lol.  There is an entry this Friday where I'm going to enter the Stollen into a "ethnic" category, but its a different recipe which is more authentic.   One thing I did realize I did wrong was misread my recipe and without thinking just added a 1/2 tablespon of salt instead of a 1/2 teaspoon!  It didn't hurt the flavor but I think it may have hindered my rise and kept it a little dense. Not bad for a bread like this, but denser than I expected. Got some pics and if anyone tries this recipe I'd love to hear any suggestions/comments. ( Pictures ) ( The Recipe... ) 8 comments|post comment

parapraxis [23 Jul 2008|04:21am] wordsmith_daily http://wordsmith.org/words/parapraxis.html A slip of the tongue (or pen) that reveals the unconscious mind. post comment

Tedium [22 Jul 2008|03:29pm] only_taciturn The plants (Nasturtiums, morning glories, various native California plants, a couple grasses and two types of Basil) and a cat on the sidewalk (was very friendly). - Saw Valley Girl at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery with Bobby and Leslie (they project it on a giant mausoleum); Went to an art space music show with Kieffer; caught a cricket and fed it a tomato; A shot of the bar at Saints & Sinners. - Boys drinking whiskey from straws; Dave & Jose's Picnic Club. - I don't go outside so much lately, it helps me save money. Looking for a job is the most stressful boredom. Image and thumbnails link to galleries. post comment

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