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[May. 16th, 2008|09:23 pm] |
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I have been informed that raddidge will be coming to visit me for the weekend. We have not seen each other in a month and a half, maybe more, and she has requested to have my undivided attention. Since I dearly love her and terribly miss her company I will not be in attendance for any gaming activities. Please have fun and don't cancel on my account. There's always Rock Band and other stuff. |
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| aw yeah |
[May. 16th, 2008|04:29 pm] |
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Just ran into my first platypus in NetHack. Just a regular, run-of-the-mill platypus. Not a giant platypus nor a wooly platypus. Either way I am pleased by this development. Unfortunately I died because my deity was displeased and getting double-teamed by a rothe and an elf zombie. |
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[May. 15th, 2008|10:11 pm] |
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I'm pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to add new monsters to NetHack. |
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[May. 11th, 2008|05:16 pm] |
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The collective noun for platypodes is "quibble". |
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| just fyi |
[May. 11th, 2008|12:40 pm] |
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The Phoenix Mars Lander touches down at Mars on May 25th, 2008 which happens to be Towel Day. |
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[May. 11th, 2008|11:31 am] |
I ache all over. Walking is an adventure. Yet I'm still fat.
Dishes need doing, bathroom needs cleaning and I haven't eaten since last night.
Tuesday night I'm going to hit the LBS for my goods. |
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| ten and three quarters of a mile |
[May. 9th, 2008|04:16 pm] |
Spot has insisted that I post my Friday route map.
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[May. 9th, 2008|01:56 pm] |
Work and back, eight miles and change. Actually going down Hancock and taking a few side streets until I get to Dale, cut across the park and over the Uintah pedestrian bridge and up my side street is a lovely and stress free ride.
Since most of this was downhill I didn't do much in the way of pedalling home but I did endeavor to be consistent! Lights coming home weren't as bad as last time tho.
Now I have to go downtown to take care of some business but that can wait a half-hour. |
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[May. 7th, 2008|08:41 pm] |
You are 79% 4chan material. You're an average 4channer - far from being a newfag, with plenty of knowledge of our subculture and various memes, and the potential to be downright hilarious at times. Yet you've managed to keep a few shreds of your sanity, and aren't the out-of-hand Anonymous that makes it to those news reports. In other words, you are the best kind of 4channer.
How 4chan are you?
See All Our Quizzes |
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| exceedingly egregious |
[May. 4th, 2008|03:11 pm] |
This afternoon I went for a brief ride in my car. Like an idiot I left my mp3 player at home and decided to turn on the radio which is perpetually set to 1530 AM KCMN.
Herman Bockelman was doing his show "Europe Today" which usually has decent classical music and stuff that doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of being broadcast in the Republic of the United States of America. I have two complaints about his program. "Europe Today" is on at the same time as the delightful Thomas Jefferson Hour. Bockelman's show is very right-wing like the rest of the non-musical and non-informercial programming on this AM station.
When the music stopped he read a letter from a Tom in Colorado Springs which bemoaned the current state of our Republic's economy. What made me facepalm and wish I had brought something to listen to was the declaration that ever since the Democrats took over Congress things have been going downhill.
Must blame always be assigned to one group or another group? Is it simply more economical to pass the buck and blame everyone rather than rolling up one's sleeves and taking charge of the situation for the greater good? Would I be right in my assessment that politics simply is a way of making the citizens and subjects of a country believe their opinion actually counts for something more than hot air keeping them placid rather than having them face the harsh reality that their vote truly doesn't count and that They, yes "They", will do as they damned well please regardless of the constituency? Right now I believe a fascist dictatorship would be far more honest system of government rather than a democratic republic.
Politics are the opiate of the people and the most frightening aspect is how politics dovetails so nicely with religion. |
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[May. 3rd, 2008|10:42 pm] |
god damn it
the ride back from the birdhouse is usually quite easy. yes, i ate crap i.e. chinese food and had one beer. ONE BEER. halfway home i wanted to dismount and walk the remainder.
seriously what the fucking hell? i wasn't even in a high gear either.
great now my fucking lower back is starting to hurt something fierce |
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| lol wut |
[May. 3rd, 2008|01:25 pm] |
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[May. 2nd, 2008|07:09 pm] |
I will not have phone or internet access at home until sometime on Saturday.
My cycling commute took a bit more than a half hour. I believe I left around 5:30 - 5:35 this morning. When I pulled into the parking lot the public clock across the way said it was 6:07 a.m..
Coming home took a little longer despite it being mostly downhill. About forty minutes. |
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[May. 1st, 2008|06:58 pm] |
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=six-things-ben-stein-doesnt-want-you-to-know
tl;dr
1) Expelled quotes Charles Darwin selectively to connect his ideas to eugenics and the Holocaust.
2) Ben Stein's speech to a crowded auditorium in the film was a setup.
3) Scientists in the film thought they were being interviewed for a different movie.
4) The ID-sympathetic researcher whom the film paints as having lost his job at the Smithsonian Institution was never an employee there.
5) Science does not reject religious or "design-based" explanations because of dogmatic atheism.
6) Many evolutionary biologists are religious and many religious people accept evolution. |
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| Your personal hydration unit is fitted desert fashion. Who told you how to do that? |
[May. 1st, 2008|05:36 pm] |
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My personal hydration unit fits just fine. A bit snug around the waist and I've extended the belts as far as they can go. Nine pounds doesn't feel like much but I'm not riding with this fucker on my back just sitting in front of the computer getting used to it. This is pretty keen plus it does have decent space to carry stuff. I'm expected to bring flour tortillas to work. |
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| first commute |
[May. 1st, 2008|05:12 pm] |
Friday morning I will engage in my first bicycle commute to work. The first time I rode my bike to work was in March of 2004. This was merely a lark and done during work hours. I had been sent home early for the day since things were slow.
If I recall correctly I know that I went to work a shopteacher's handful of times with my bike but most of the journey was on the #5 bus. My day begins at 5:30-ish and I hope to arrive early or on-time at work. Right now I'm preparing by filtering water in my Brita to fill my personal hydration unit. Most of the stuff that I'll need on Friday is already packed in it. |
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[Apr. 27th, 2008|04:03 pm] |
Ten miles in less than two hours.
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[Apr. 27th, 2008|11:17 am] |
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I saw Tuxedo about five minutes ago. ^_^ |
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