Paul's Journal

03/01/2009 19:40 #47918

The snow in the south
Category: web

This is what the associated press had to say about the snow storm that hit the south.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A potent March snowstorm blanketed much of Alabama with up to 4 inches of snow Sunday, covering Civil War statues and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of church services.

How did they manage to bring up the civil war in the first sentence of a totally unrelated article about the south? I know its not written by a southerner or they would have said "War of Northern Aggression."

I love how the people try and sled down the grassy mud hill. That grass is going to be trashed.

tinypliny - 03/15/09 18:08
He's going to end up with one pair of dirty jeans. ew.

metalpeter - 03/02/09 19:41
I don't think he has a sled. I have heard if you have the right kind of spray you can use it on your clothes and you can slide but I don't think it would work on Jeans. I think the reason they mentioned the civil war was because to say that there where statues covered in snow wouldn't sound as good or sound kinda vague but you mention Civil War statues everyone knows that you are saying it snowed in the south and that is more dramatic, if that was the only part you heard you would know it snowed in the south.

janelle - 03/01/09 20:42
Is he even sledding on anything?

03/01/2009 12:07 #47913

A tale of two backyards
Category: religion

There is the half that gets sun and the half that is frozen solid because the church next door prevents the sun from reaching the ground. I like
to think of it as a metaphor about organized religion.

If you play where's kitty you can see there is a new grey cat that lives in the yard. It looks like a superfluffy squiddt.

On another note I was up till 5am programming custom eclipse IDE plugins in java. I love eclipse.

Maybe we will get a new couch today as the old one broke from extreme usage. It will not have a drink holder.

tinypliny - 03/15/09 18:09
Hey - that reminds me of a story we used to read when we were kids. Something about tiny jim and the demon who controlled a garden... I don't remember what that story was called...

boxerboi - 03/01/09 15:16
i guess it won't be reclining either. The massage and heating element is out too? sigh

metalpeter - 03/01/09 13:59
interesting picture. Ahw no cup holder, damit who is going to hold my cup now, HA. The main is if you you get a new couch it fits your house and one with a cup holder wouldn't, oh yeah and that it is comfy might be a good idea also, ha.

02/28/2009 22:27 #47912

The Boyscout and the Central Terminal
Category: central terminal

I just saw on Channel 4 news that some boy scout is cleaning up the old offices in the Central Terminal. In the article it says that the train company threw the papers on the floor. If I remember it right from childhood, the papers were in the desk and people going through the desks, in addition to weather, threw them on th floor. I mean some of the stuff used to still be in the desks when we went there as kids.

I really don't understand why individuals care about cleaning up the upstairs of the central terminal. I mean I am not a fan of the building to begin with, but upstairs seems extra unimportant. If any company is ever interested in the building they will have to do that work when remodeling. Its not like its going to be usable? Aren't there so many better things that can be done for a city, other than to clean up a weather wracked, asbestos filled crap hole.

I also don't get why they needed to wear space suits cleaning up other buildings with asbestos but the boyscouts get paper masks. I already wrote about this before (e:paul,31144) when they had the neighborhood kids cleaning it up unprotected a couple years back.

Boy Scout cleans up Central Terminal
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - A Boy Scout from Niagara County has returned to Buffalo to continue his Eagle Scout project.

Christopher Gurnett is cleaning up the fourth floor of the old Central Terminal.

Back in December, he coordinated the first stage of the cleanup with about 30 volunteers taking away mounds of old papers.

Christopher said, "I actually started December 6, and we got over 230 bags out, and today we came back for the second and hopefully the final day, and we removed just about as much as bags, from the last one."

Christopher says a past owner of the terminal took the railroad paperwork from desks and drawers, and dumped them on the floor, so that's what they've been clearing out.

Updated: Saturday, 28 Feb 2009, 7:42 PM EST
Published : Saturday, 28 Feb 2009, 6:21 PM EST

* Written by: Brian Tabor Posted by: Emily Lenihan

tinypliny - 03/15/09 18:10
What a waste of effort? I am sure it can be channelled into more useful pursuits.

metalpeter - 03/01/09 11:16
Ok I get that you don't like the central terminal. I myself like it but wouldn't go over into that Nieghboorhood by myself. In terms of can it be fixed and used by someone else or for more stuff Maybe not really sure. In terms of esbestos I'm no expert but my understanding is that when it just sits there it isn't dangerous. It is that when it is removed it flakes and goes into the air and does all kinds of damage. The people who wear the suites are removing it. The masks the kid wears is just for all the dirt and dust.

james - 02/28/09 23:00
Well, it will be that much easier when they demo the place.

02/28/2009 19:34 #47911

Spanish casettes

So I love this store called Tuesday morning or something over on
maple. They have a lot of discount random stuff but a lot of it is
pretty cool. The one thing I thought was overpriced was these Spanish
learning tapes for $14.99. Who buys cassettes still? I would have
thought the retail value of cassettes is about $0.10.

tinypliny - 03/15/09 18:11
Do these pimsleur tapes even work? I really want to learn Spanish. I think I started with Pimsleur and gave up because a) I am lazy and b) they were monotonous!

mike - 03/01/09 13:51
i love tuesday morning! and wow that is one overpriced cassette tape!

metalpeter - 03/01/09 11:28
But see Tapes aren't out of date. Yes they are older but most places where you go to buy a stero still sell them with casette playes. In fact there are some new players that have a Radio, CD, record player, and casette and some of the companies who make those make a high line model that you can record your records I think onto CD. Oh yeah bye the way Records are trying to make a comback. I will admit that tapes can become warped and have some problems with them but they aren't dead yet. With out being a media studdy person I think one of the problems with a CD is that it was designed to be listened to by one person. A CD is something I listen to or maybe with some of my buddies. But see a record was more about a bunch of people listening. I have heard CDs have better sound quality. But music purests say that isn't true that music has more depth on a record. I will admit I can't tell the differance myself but my hearing is somewhat damaged from loud music, concerts, yelling and Monster Trucks. On a side note there was something that never really caught on that a friend of mine had it was called A digital Audio Tape. I guess the way it worked was it was a tape but it was recorded digitaly like a cd so it was small and you could jump around like on a CD they used to sell them at Record Theatre across from Canisius. On another side note the best way to learn spanish is to find some spanish little hottie to teach it to you, HA. On a serious note learning spanish won't do anyone anygood unless you have someone to speak it with like daily. I don't think any tape will teach you conversational spanish.

gardenmama - 02/28/09 22:00
I agree - that's too much for cassetts - they're way too out of date. I bought a cool little pocket "Conversational Spanish for Dummies" book recently at Target for $.99. I believe there's also some free website for learning Spanish on-line.

james - 02/28/09 20:01
Those things are always such a racket. For a dictionary, a few cassetts of someone speaking in an outrageous accent, and some sort of instruction book you pay $50 retail.

02/28/2009 18:27 #47910

Drink holders in furniture

I'm sorry if this offends anyone but I think drink holders in
furniture is the tackiest thing I have ever seen, no matter what
material the rim is made out of.

metalpeter - 03/01/09 11:06
Well the way that one is made it looks wierd. But when it is done right they are pretty cool. What I mean is that in the center piece the holders are covered and you can't see them. The only way you know they are there is by flipping that cushion or what ever it is up. Some couchs also have that built in reclying stuff and those if made right are pretty cool to. Sometimes the cup things are on the ends instead of the middle. Sometimes when you buy sectionals they will come with that piece and you can either use it or not. All that being said that looks preety comfy. If you are serious about the cord I wonder if that is so that hot drinks can stay hot?

james - 03/01/09 00:05
oh dear god that offends me!

paul - 02/28/09 23:21
There really was something electronic, because there was a electricity cord coming out of that part. I thought maybe its an ice box?

james - 02/28/09 19:53
Under that center cushion is a microwave.