Month: August 2003
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Hey, my sister‘s raised over 10% of her marathon fundraising goal! Congrats and keep it up, Aim. Thanks to everyone who’s contributed!
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The Snook and I watched a fascinating documentary on the ABC last night called “The Anti-Fat Pill and the Bushmen”. It’s about the San tribesmen of the Kalahari Desert in Africa and this amazing “Hoodia” cactus they’ve cultivated for centuries. Their hunters would chew a bit before going out after game and they wouldn’t need…
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Check it out! It’s my first computer (the Atari 800XL down at the bottom). Well, it wasn’t technically mine so much as my family’s. We had the cassette tape drive and everything. Can you find yours?
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Co-Worker: Well, that person has obviously entered a fake name on their form. I’ve looked through the White Pages and there’s nobody in there by that name. I looked under “Bill”, and “B”, and “Billy”–Me: Didja try “William”? *rolling eyes*Co-Worker: Oh. *pause* Okay, well, there’s a name there, but that doesn’t mean…
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Ebert answers the question: “Why do good guys in movies and on TV always use Macs, while the bad guys always use PCs?”
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Just as I was starting to think my computer had spontaneously fixed itself, the display died again. I’m going to have to take it into the shop. Oh look, there’s that G5 commercial on TV again. Hmm… Oh yeah, that’d only be three months rent. Sheesh.
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As I know John‘s been looking for a good eggplant recipe, I present to you Dr. Atkins’ Shortcut Moussaka. I’ve made this a couple times for the Snook and he likes it a lot. You don’t have to use ground lamb if you can’t find it; I’ve used plain old hamburger and it turns out…
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The Amazing Race is over and we have seen the end. My self-imposed Internet blackout is now over. Read on for my thoughts on the winners. (Aussies: Don’t read any further unless you want to be spoiled! And try to avoid the “Recent Comments” list over there on the right.)As I said earlier, I didn’t…
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Friday Five: 1. When was the last time you laughed?About an hour ago when I went to the bathroom and realized that the Snook, in preparation for our house inspection today, actually put the toilet paper roll on the little holder. He never does that. It cracked me up. 2. Who was the last person…
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I’m having a terrible day. I’m trying to write some ASP code and I just don’t get it. My problem is that my brain is very literal and I write code the way I would do something, but not necessarily the way a computer would. The frustrating thing is that I know enough now to…