January 2011
98 posts
Nothing like a 5.5hr, 20mi commute to drop your...
Cats in REM-state with their eyes partially open...
"Herpetologist" doesn't sound like someone whose...
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Milestones of Aging
I dunno why, but, tonight, it suddenly occurred to me, “people born in 1990 will be legal to drink this year”. It was a realization that made me feel old. It made me feel old, in part, because it means that, in just shy of one year, there will be kids in the US taking their first legal drinks who weren’t even born, yet, when I took my first legal drink. There’s a lot of...
Maybe GV transcription would improve if they let...
Now that we have the Winter Classic, does the NHL...
Left a cold, dark house to go see Black Swan and...
w00t! Flyers with their 1000th home win: first...
I'd pay good money to see PK Subban get crippled...
So, when the Canadiens are recruiting, is the...
Dunno which is more repeatably watchable:...
Seeing my sandwich's "custom sandwich" price...
With NewDawg, when there's arguments, there's now...
Only Puckett would use his dork-cone like a damned...
It's a bum-sickle kind of night, out.
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Side Effects
Over my life, I’ve been on a number of medications - primarily for my epilepsy. I’ve also been on medications for arthritis, migraines, depression and high blood pressure. Each has its upsides and down sides.
The arthritis medications tend to jack with my blood pressure. It was this side-effect that made it so I had to go on high blood pressure medications earlier than genetics might...
Keppra plus condoms creates a sensation akin to...
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Kinect: One Man's (First) Experience
A long-time friend of mine gave me a Kinect controller for my Xbox as a late Christmas/early birthday present. I didn’t get a chance to start playing with it the first day. I guess I have to turn my geek-card in, since I didn’t drop my “life” to start messing with it. Then again, having a “life” probably made me forfeit my geek-card long ago. At any rate, it...
Watching The Dark Knight is an exercise in anger:...
One thing Mike Green's good for: making you...
One wonders what the Flyers' record might be like...
Some workdays are so frustrating you want to go...
The problem with wisdom and perspective is that...
Just realized: I've had the same email address...
Yesterday's pork vindaloo was awesome, but thirty...
Either Donna didn't make enough eclairs or she...
Tell me again why Starbucks' introduction of a...
It's just one of those mornings where you wake up...
Which is bigger: a shitload or a fuckload? A...
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Wasted Weekend Redeemed?
Ok, so, this weekend has been an utter waste. I mean, two days into a three day weekend and all I’ve accomplished is sawing a lotta wood (figurative). At least Donna was able to do something constructive in the form of tonight’s dinner: a pan-seared pork tenderloin that was then liberally sprinkled with Penzies Bavarian seasoning and then slow-roasted and served with a nice pan-sauce...
I would not shed a single tear if I were to...
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I Hate Long Weekends
To be honest, I hate long “holiday” weekends. I particularly hate the ones that aren’t purpose-specific (such as Thanksgiving weekends are). That yawning expanse of unstructured time feels like something must be done with it. However, absent an organizing-theme, I invariably end up just sitting around doing nothing. When I was younger, a “wasted weekend” was one...
One of the things that bugged me about Star Wars...
One of the things that bugged me about Star Wars...
Earthstorm's (movie on SyFy) SFX are laughably...
I'm a geezer: I remember when you used to only...
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Fuck You, FDA
I dunno whether it’s a manifestation of good intentions or the result of behind-the-scenes lobbying, but recent FDA actions has led to a number of effective medications being taken off the market. The FDA has only really been certifying the effectiveness and safety of all medications since the early sixties. Prior to that point in time, medications could be certified, but they...
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Fuck You, FDA
I dunno whether it’s a manifestation of good intentions or the result of behind-the-scenes lobbying, but recent FDA actions has led to a number of effective medications being taken off the market. The FDA has only really been certifying the effectiveness and safety of all medications since the early sixties. Prior to that point in time, medications could be certified, but they...
Manifestation of modern brain-fade: clicking in...
Why do the Atlanta Thrashers even have an upper...
Awesome: a migraine med that worked for me has...
If I've already pressed TWICE to stay in the call...
Whose brilliant idea is it to make the bash...
If anyone ever offers you a rum&OJ made with...
Is Tim Thomas's melon really that ginormous or is...
Nothing like a week with a vendor-supplied...
Financial whiplash is exemplified by getting your...
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But It's Not Even Monday!
So, this morning, my alarm goes off at its appointed time. Today, that was 0700 (ish: I’m one of those weirdos who sets my clock ahead anywhere from 10-15 minutes, so, looking at my alarm clock’s time is only an approximation). In my sleep haze, my arm shot out, blindly, to silence the ringing of my clock - the key word here is “blindly”. I was attempting to snooze my...
Glad I don't work in murder-county any more (12...
Does anyone ever really "borrow" a tampon? Who the...