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01/20/2008 02:13 #42959

Dinner At Fuji Grill
Category: food
So I have been eating more and more new stuff to see how I feel and so far, so good. Still never went back to eating any milk products.

We went to dinner with (e:jim) and (e:james) at fuji grill. I ate lots of yummy sushi and decided I definately like Mackerel the best and not the bland spanish one but the silvery, really fatty one.

I ate live scallops. Not sure how much more alive they were as the normal dead ones in sashimi- I mean they didn't move.
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I ordered a lot of flavors that all tasted great. I really liked the real crab rolls. The mackerel on the front of this plate was the Spanish kind and it was so very bland compared to the other kind I got on the second round that was so delicious.
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I am sure that the surf clam was also one of my favorites. It was the sweetest, yummiest one for me.
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So I eat way more fish than anyone I know. Like maybe its unreasonable to eat fish everyday, multiple times, or is it?

I guess there are some of them I should avoid.

Here is a good chart to help you make healthy and environmentally sound choices about your seafood, although I am still convinced I should try skate someday.

Okay, this picture is not from Fuji grill but I looks so good.
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paul - 01/20/08 20:10
I bet you'd never expect me to hate something from the sea but I freakin' hate disgusting sea urchin. It is so gross.
jenks - 01/20/08 19:28
yuck! mackerel and surf clam are my two LEAST favorite I think.

I had tuna cheek there though- it was good. I guess it's usually not on the menu but most places have it if you ask.

And I had sea urchin- supposed to be a big delicacy... personally I thought it was kinda gross... it's the gonads you eat and they're orange and mushy.
YUM!
empireoflight - 01/20/08 19:17
Funny to hear how much you like mackerel-I grew up eating it at least once a month as the south shore of Long Island was loaded with it...I always thought it was way fishy, oily, dark, and generally gross but maybe it was the way we prepared it. In any case I never order it off the sushi menu but maybe I'll give it another shot
james - 01/20/08 10:00
Thank you for having us.

01/19/2008 16:10 #42954

Bye, bye OLPC - Sold
Category: technology
Well that was quick, I sold the OLPC (e:paul,42673)

I can't believe someone bought it for "buy it now" $300 on ebay in like 10 minutes after I put it up. Clearly, I underestimated the value. Considering we spend $400 for both and one was for charity, making $300 back on it was an insane deal. We also got a free year of tmobile hot spots out of it.

Well that pays for the nokia n810 which I think is a much better linux based internet device for me.

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paul - 01/20/08 02:17
That's the pic that sold it. Do you think having the sexy macbook pro in the pic is like having a sexy lady in a car ad?
mrdeadlier - 01/19/08 18:41
I can't stop thinking about a not-phone. Hm, maybe a tax return expenditure?

01/19/2008 15:08 #42953

Happy Birthday To Me - the Nokia N810
Category: mobile
I have purchased myself yet another linux internet tablet for myself for my birthday. This time it has a freakin' keyboard.

Hopefully, it will make me feel like the old one did (e:paul,38513)

I lied, after checking my own journal it appears I bought my current one last march which means it must have arrived the night of some other party, not my birthday party, hm - maybe I just have a problem.

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I don't agree that this make steh iphone feel old but this article has some good pics

here is the developer site

The nice thing about there is unlike a real phone they have no monthly service fee or anything.

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metalpeter - 01/19/08 16:58
I think that sometimes the best Birthday is to buy your self something you really want, hope this turns out to be one of those and hope You have a great Birthday.
jenks - 01/19/08 15:24
enjoy your new toy!

01/18/2008 23:41 #42946

SnapShots
Category: food
I bought and ate the Ocean Perch from the coop the other day. It is quite a delicious fish, even in gluten-free flour. The only problem is that there were like 100 mini, sharp, pin like bones.
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I braved it and for the first time ate out for lunch at a non-sushi place - India Gate with (e:jim), (e:james), (e:enknot), jon, and megan. So far so good I haven't been sick to my stomach although I wish I hadn't followed it with some lemonheads and chocolate. I think that was a bad idea although so far no pain.

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Finally, they came and took the cancer mattress away. I am glad. I just wish it didn't cost me like $400 after all was said and done. I figure it prob save son future medical bills.

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Speaking of which, just my CT scan alone was ~$2000. The medicine is like $400 for the bottle I got and the scope proabbly cost a fortune too. Who knows about the blood test and the other doctor visits. I guess altogether, so far it has cost around $4000. Thank god I have health insurance.

I saw the BUffalo flag in action today on the John Deer Truck.

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lilho - 01/19/08 13:11
yay! food! i would like to try some of that fish...
fellyconnelly - 01/19/08 07:46
congrats on the (so far) pain free eating!
That food looks delicious - i'm glad you got to enjoy it

01/18/2008 23:31 #42945

The best geek toy ever
Category: technology
I know, the best geek toy ever would really just be the parts but considering I have a soldering iron, a basic stamp, a GPS chip and a bunch of other CMOS chips, etc and none of them are doing anything - i wouldn't mind having this partially finished box of parts with a Linux system and an eclipse based Java SDK

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If only it had GSM I could just make my own phone!

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