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 […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 6th, 2007
Hoooome! What a trip! I took Thursday and Friday off from work and headed out west. I left Austin at 11 AM after some last-minute-last-minute shopping and arrived at the Guadalupe Mountain visitor center around 8:30 PM. Along the way I discovered all bottled tea is complete ass, the sweetened kind being the worst. “Lipton […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2007
n the op-ed section of the Statesman today (or maybe it was the Dallas or Houston paper), there was a blurb by somebody for the disclosure of people with concealed handgun licenses. Paraphased, they said something like, “As a parent, I have the right to know when my little girl is going to be around […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 1st, 2007
Rick “nice hair” Perry is so awesome. He came out yesterday to say that Texans with concealed carry licenses should be able to carry guns anywhere, including churches, bars, courthouses, and universities. Houston Chronicle has an article about it. Nobody is introducing legislature to make any changes to the laws though, but it’s great that […]
