mobileCategory: food
10/23/08 07:32 - 48ºF - ID#46285
what the fuck is this?
1. Why a shaker top? What kind of deranged individual shakes whole black peppercorns onto their food? I can think of two recipes* that call for whole black peppercorns, and when I make them I usually just pour them out of the top of the pepper grinder.
2. The copy on the label which is probably too blurry to read, says
These are the highly regarded Tellicherry peppercorns from India...
You don't mean the highly regarded Tellicherry peppercorns from India?! You mean the ones everyone has been talking about down at the Pepper Club? You mean the ones that won Pepper Spectator's most prestigious "Highly Regarded" award in 2003 and 2004? Wow, that must be some pepper.
- Z
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- Corned beef, and poached salmon.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: food
10/21/08 11:17 - 36ºF - ID#46242
bulletin!
- Z
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: a series of tubes
10/20/08 09:19 - ID#46217
youtube roundup
There's actually a lot of pretty cool stuff on YouTube. But how come when I'm bored all I can find is Japanese gameshows?
First we've got some Scottish dude with a pianozookelele singing Europe's 'The Final Countdown.'
Which led me to these Latvian dudes rocking out with their cellos out. [Yes I've heard of Apocalyptica.]
Here's some other Latvian dudes for whom walking is just too boring. [fast forward two minutes]
And then I spent like a couple hours watching Flight of the Conchords videos.
This guy over here isn't on YouTube but he listened to 'Dancing Queen' on Repeat One for an entire four-hour road trip -- and then got stuck in traffic for another hour. I don't know why.
- Z
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You wanted Japanese gameshows? Like for reals? Fine, here's Marshmallow Eater, What a Cool We Are, Silent Library, cat weightlifting, Door Runner, and Brain Wall keeping the treadmill and ice water industries in business. I can only imagine what kind of poor life decisions turn you into a recurring character on these shows.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
10/19/08 11:36 - 43ºF - ID#46204
why don't i hate vista?
Installation was much less painful than xp. In particular, that first software update after a fresh install was a hundred times easier- only had to update & reboot once rather than a half dozen times.
Graphics performance: I've got a totally weak Intel 945 'integrated graphics chipset.' I'm running the full Aero interface and, weirdly enough, it hasn't exploded yet.
Memory consumption: I've got 1GB, the minimum recommended. Memory usage is pretty high but it seems roughly comparable to Mac OS X. If I were doing more than testing websites I'd probably be more concerned.
This is a weird one: it keeps 'asking for permission.' When you click 'more details' all it shows is a UUID. I know from context what it's doing, but seriously people. In general, though, I've noticed much fewer weird geeky error messages than xp.
Graphics design: one thumb up for improved controls and icons, one thumb down for the over-the-top window decorations. I like how the folder icons are stuffed with the actual icons of the folder's contents.
Graphics technology: much improved over xp. Text is super-crisp, and that frosted glass effect, while annoying, is pretty impressive.
Screen savers: What happened to the series of tubes?
- Z
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: not politics
10/12/08 09:09 - 66ºF - ID#46079
yeah i'm a dork
Apparently 217 other people do, too. I guess it attracts the kind of person who would have the tenacity to look through sixty four pages of themes but then totally just give up.Last night, it was potatoes. Tonight, my nonpartisan campaign coverage hits musical endorsements. At the event where John McCain brought out Daddy Yankee to announce his endorsement, somebody asked Mr Yankee what his song 'Gasolina' is about. His answer: 'energy independence.'
Meanwhile Barack Obama's got Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z, and, depending on your interpretation of this runaway inflatable pig, Roger Waters.
But now that we've finally got a black guy from Chicago on the ticket, where's all the blues singers?
Wow, I wish I hadn't seen that. He's got Al Gore rhythm.
- Z
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: not politics
10/10/08 06:37 - 63ºF - ID#46049
mccain '08!
are on rotation at the Boston Globe This ad campaign is so great, they've even got puns about Oven Mitt Romney. I wish I'd thought of it first.
- Z
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Location: Buffalo, NY
10/09/08 04:24 - 65ºF - ID#46021 
public service announcement
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You didn't do it, did you? Today was the second time my MacBook's drive failed in the 2 1/2 years I've owned it. They said it was a known issue and the replacement was free, warranty or no, but my last backup was Friday so I'm out a week. Could have been worse.
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Now that you're back from actually backing up your drive, here's some other MacBook problems that are covered out-of-warranty:
1) when your power cord shorts, melts the insulator, and starts shooting sparks
2) when the outer edge of your top case cracks and falls off
3) the repair for 2) will also replace your touchpad and mouse button, which may have become unreliable in their age.
- Z
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: food
10/07/08 05:05 - 62ºF - ID#45981
there's no accounting for blasdell
but the place is a bit small and I'm feeling a bit cooped-up already, so. There's always Fat Bob's and although their sides are excellent I'm not a fan of their ...um... ribs. We'd gone to BW's once but my memory of it faded behind my memory of driving the hell around Blasdell trying to find it. So BW's it is.In an effort to avoid getting lost again I looked up the turnoff from Rt 5 on Street View. On one side: an unmarked garage; on the other: an unmarked factory. Great. I backed up the street a little: A sign that says mumblemumble ... POGS? Zoomed in. Sure enough, ALL ADULT POGS.
What is the deal with Blasdell.
- Z
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ps. Yeah I know, it says 'All About Dogs,' but you can't stop me from believing there's an entire store devoted to selling fifteen-year-old porn-pogs.
pps. BW's ribs are cooked perfectly but KY Greg still wins on sauce.
ppps. All About Doug definitely looks like the kind of place that sells porn-pogs.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: geeky
09/29/08 11:47 - 55ºF - ID#45855
not a schrodinger joke
- Z
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: booze
09/28/08 03:53 - 65ºF - ID#45826
prepared to take a drink on day one
1. If John McCain doesn't fire Sarah Palin, take a drink.
2. If Sarah Palin is 'allowed to resign,' take a drink.
3. If the campaign cites sexism as a contributing factor to her departure, take a drink.
4. If the campaign cites liberal bias in the mainstream media as a contributing factor to her departure, take a drink.
5. If campaign spokesperson Tucker Bounds names the New York Times specifically as a contributing factor to her departure, take two drinks.
6a. If Thursday's debate is cancelled because the campaign has not yet appointed a new vice presidential nominee, take a drink.
6b. Alternatively, if Palin hasn't mercifully dropped out by the debate, drink heavily throughout.
7. If the campaign replaces Sarah Palin with Rudy Giuliani, take three drinks - you'll need them.
- Z
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Z had to come get me to pry the shaker top off so he could pour it into his pepper grinder, because I have fingernails and he doesn't.
2. Grind up half of the peppercorns in that bottle. Sprinkle it all on top of 2 fried eggs, over hard. Add a little bit of salt. Make a sammich. That's how I eat my fried eggs every day.
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Hehehehe, I got another one. 8-D
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But yeah, Thalassery is famous for its spices in Kerala. It's about 70 - 80 miles (I think) away from where I am originally from. :)