Posted in Uncategorized on May 31st, 2007
Somehow during the course of this morning when I was trying to find the difference between ‘alsjullieblieft‘ and ‘alstublieft‘, I ran across an old blog called Downwind of Amsterdam. This guy from the states lived in Naarden, just east of Amsterdam, for a little over a year for work. He gets a bike and extensively […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27th, 2007
I had this incredibly long, drawn out dream last night that my hometown was basically hit by LIT3 during a storm. I was up visiting, we drove back in to town and saw an old house engulfed in flames. We were wondering where the fire department was, went over the hill and saw several more […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23rd, 2007
Well, House Bill 1815 which clarifies it’s legal to transport a handgun in a vehicle for protection without a CHL (provided you’re legal and not a thug, and the gun is hidden), is on its way to Perry. Senate Bill 534, which would have allowed CHL holders to transport and store handguns in their vehicles […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22nd, 2007
PBS/KLRU was piping in a lot of BBC content tonight. One show about Queen Elizabeth II and her travels to the different Commonwealth Nations; one about Walter Cronkite revisiting Europe to see what effects both American and British journalism had on each respective country after WWII; and one about the first trans-atlantic telegraphy cables laid […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21st, 2007
After waking up and coughing so hard it made me throw up (eww) for the third time in eighteen hours, I headed back to the doctor. At first he didn’t think there was much we could do about it other than load up on anti-oxidants, then he examined me and changed his mind. He didn’t […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2007
The good news is, Friday night I was playing Wii with friends until 3 AM. Saturday I went to a wedding reception, met new people, was surrounded by many [taken] attractive girls, had a good amount of fun. The bad news is, I have reason to believe I’m allergic to cigarette smoke. I was almost […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 17th, 2007
Fuck me, have I bitched today at how much I hate fiddly SATA cable connectors and having to talk somebody step-by-step over the phone about how to repair a server?
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16th, 2007
Best quote of the day, from an article about artificial sweetners: “Just because a synthesized molecule is similar to a natural sugar molecule doesn’t make it safe. Just a one- or two-atom change makes a big difference when ingesting water versus hydrogen peroxide, beer versus wood alcohol, or carbon dioxide versus carbon monoxide.”
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16th, 2007
The second best quote of the day was from a conversation I copied on 40 meters at lunch today: “I had to go patch the water line running to my cabin. It’s really rocky here so I can’t bury it, and the coyotes like to chew holes in it every year or two. That’s done, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15th, 2007
pictures – Guadalupe Mountain National Park, including Guadalupe Peak pictures – McDonald Observatory, near Fort Davis, TX pictures – Marfa Lights, Marfa, TX pictures – Motel Bien Venido, Alpine, TX The new hotness is a roadtrip to Cabo San Lucas in Baja California Sur, Mexico. So now I need to learn Spanish, particularly such phrases […]
