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01/10/2009 13:09 #47345

Korean vegtable?
Category: food
We ate at Korea house the other day and had the Korean barbaque. It's so awesome, you sit around the grill while the matronly Korean lady cooks your food. Then you get letuce leaves and rice along with a
multitude of side dishes from kimchee to radish and fish cakes. You take all the side dish things and put them on the rice with the meat and then wrap it all in a lettuce leaf, kind of like a lettuce taco.

God, it is so tasty. Anyhow, this time they had something she refered to ask Kohare. At least I think so. It was a delicious vegtables that resembled some sort of plant stem. Does anyone know about it? I want more.
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tinypliny - 01/11/09 10:00
Lotus stem? Just guessing... Were they hexagonal and had 6-7 holes on transverse section?
lilho - 01/10/09 16:35
seriously so delish and counting the days until i can go back!

01/09/2009 12:55 #47340

A Virus On The Prowl
Category: computers
Remember when I wrote about my feeling concerning getting rid of windows in government organizations (e:paul,47052) - well nothing could underscore it more than a computer virus outbreak at the hospital yesterday. Its something virus makers probably don't even think about - what hapens when their stupid programs hit life or death kind of places.

Its such a disaster waiting to happen. Vendor software is not always compatible with system updates, systems don't get patched, worm comes and bam! It just seems like such a bad idea to have everything depend on windows and then worse to run an outdated OS from 5 years ago with IE6, a stone age browser. Especially considering those two in combo are the biggest and weakest attack vector. Its just asking for trouble.

The worm was getting people accounts locked out and slowing down the network. Imagine if you were at the hospital for some serious treatment/appointment and the computers were "on the fritz" because of unsafe computing, argh.

I made this image for a journal about bluetooth cell phone virus's back in 2004 (e:paul,31005) but I think it still gives a similar feeling for the drama.

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tinypliny - 01/11/09 10:03
Did it affect Roswell's departmental office computers as well? My network access is always dead slow. I can hum the first stanza of the national anthem of India before anything loads.
james - 01/09/09 13:01
BOOOOO!

That is what I say to our government and IE6

01/07/2009 11:22 #47318

Tossed aside like trash

It's the tragic story of every Christnas tree. Bought on a street
corner, decked out like a tramp on chipewa and then tossed out limp
and lifeless with the trash.
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tinypliny - 01/11/09 10:05
I feel depressed seeing the trees out there. In some way, it reflects how little we value anything that brings us joy. :/
lilho - 01/10/09 11:19
lmfao! i think this is one of the most hilarious things you have ever posted!
mike - 01/09/09 18:50
i love this post
kara - 01/08/09 18:23
Hi Paul - I tried to email you about an opportunity to speak locally about how awesome you are (seriously). It hasn't been delivered in two days and I'm bummed. Could you email me with the best way to contact you?
karamariek@gmail.com
metalpeter - 01/07/09 19:38
I wonder does a garbage truck pick that up or do they recycle it, or since it will break down and some day go back into the earth is there a way to put it in a compost pile some place?
mrmike - 01/07/09 13:14
Yeah, but she had a helluva weekend in between
james - 01/07/09 12:10
wow, when you put it like that christmas is hot
matthew - 01/07/09 11:40
That bitch was so sappy, I'm glad to see her in the gutter where she belongs.

01/05/2009 15:13 #47289

Presidential Inaugural Gala

Looks like you can go to the Buffalo Convention Center for the
Presidential Inaugural Gala. $20 advance/$30 at the door.
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ajay - 01/05/09 16:25
The Lance Diamond Quartet?? I'm there!

01/04/2009 12:20 #47275

Butcher, Baker and Candlestick Maker
Category: men
Ever since I first heard that nursery rhyme about the three men in a tub I was hooked on the dynamics of a three person male relationship. I am not saying any of these pictures of are men in "romantic relationships" but they are obviously close friends. One book that (e:matthew) had said that men were much closer in general before homosexuality was clinically defined at the turn of the century. Supposedly, it strained regular male relationships because they did not want to be seen as gay.

Anyways, I was going through this website with vintage pictures of men posing together and found these ones interesting.

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The one in the tighty whities would surely be (e:terry)
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And then this one, because he reminds of (e:james)
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theecarey - 01/05/09 18:01
These are fantastic old pics.
james - 01/04/09 22:18
dude, that guy is hanging around in his undies with shoes and socks on. The man is ready for some serious walking around in next to nothing.

god, the past is so fuckable sometimes.