Zobar's Journal

05/13/2010 21:57 #51552

shenanigans

(e:dragonlady7) bought me some painter's tape, which was a big hit at the office. Highly recommended for temporary shenanigans, and one roll goes a long way.

Cross-stitch is coming along. Although I don't plan to exhibit this, I looked through the rules for the creative arts show at the county fair. There is a minimum size of 8"x10" [which seems quite large to me] which they are good enough to waive for the disabled, elderly, and men.

I understand the motivation behind it, but I don't know any dudes who wouldn't rather lose on the merits than win on a handicap.

I was just saying to (e:dragonlady7) this morning that we haven't heard much from Carl Palomino lately. I'm disappointed, he got off to a very impressive start. Then I saw this

to Penny Arcade in the chatter next to WNYMedia's coverage of the president's speech. 'You can't send those emails if you want to be governor...!'

- Z

dragonlady7 - 05/13/10 23:37
Alablaster yelled at me at practice in advance for you bringing in doughnuts. "Nothing gets done when he brings doughnuts!!" she said. Apparently she won't be in. I said, "Then you won't see the slacking!" and she said, "But then my shit won't be done on Monday!" and I said "Oh." Then she said, "Z is good! He gets his shit done. But he is an enabler of those who do not get their shit done."
And I looked sorry and said, "I admit it, I was the one who bought him the painter's tape."
And she grinned and said "That shit is hilarious."

tinypliny - 05/13/10 22:28
Wait. Don't you put the carrot BEFORE the donkey's nose?

I think you can enter the Erie County Fair. They don't pay close attention to technicalities... or anything really. (e:metalpeter), (e:vincent) and I closely examined several artistic pieces last summer and unanimously wondered about the artistic merit of many.

05/07/2010 23:19 #51523

one more for the music bin

Easy Star All-Stars: Dub Side of the Moon

It was a reggae album all along! Who knew?

'Any Colour You Like,' one more time - with trombones!

::DOWNLOAD SOUND::

- Z

04/25/2010 21:37 #51452

macrame + etsy = $money

This is my second start on this chart. I had designed it for 18ct natural but I was feeling a little stressed out a couple months ago and I needed something to fidget with and all I had in 18ct was white.. I finally got some natural cloth yesterday and I think it's turning out much better.

I'm sure this is all very boring but if I don't post status updates I'm probably never going to finish it. On the other hand, if I keep posting status updates it'll totally blow the joke before I'm anywhere near done.

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I have a recurring motif in my dreams that I have a loose tooth. It sorta hurts a little bit, and it sorta doesn't line up quite right when I close my mouth, and I'm trying not to lose it while important other things are happening in the rest of my dream. It really freaked me out at first but it became so common that I eventually started ignoring it. But last night I had a dream where they were actually coming out, one by one. After I had lost two I did a thing where I convinced myself I wasn't dreaming. [I don't remember what that thing was, evidently it wasn't very reliable. I probably just asked somebody.] It wasn't until after I'd lost four teeth before I thought maybe I should go see the dentist. When I'd lost six teeth I started thinking what the hell is going on here? and the best thing I could come up with was a gnome in my mouth chiseling them out from the inside. That was too ridiculous for even me to believe so I woke up.

- Z

drew - 04/26/10 15:03
That is my only re-occurring dream and by far the most realistic. Hasn't happened in a while, thankfully.

jenks - 04/26/10 14:14
I think losing teeth is a really common theme in dreams. If you google it, you'll find all sorts of meanings. Either fear of losing control or fear of getting older being at the top of the list. I think. I forget. I looked it up a while ago. I have dreams that my teeth don't line up sometimes- and I think it usually means I'm grinding them.

tinypliny - 04/26/10 07:56
That animal has a hyperextensible neck?

My nightmares always have this background of plumbing problems in my flat. Something or the other starts to leak, get mouldy, fall apart etc. It is extremely real and annnoys the hell out of me because my management always "does something" to fix it but everything stays leaky.

paul - 04/26/10 00:04
(e:terry) has dreams about that a lot.

04/22/2010 12:17 #51437

thank you, new york state

for making my life just a little bit weirder. This is the endorsement on the back of my tax check:

In other news, I wholeheartedly support the Paladino campaign, if only for its entertainment* value.

- Z

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And, possibly, profiteering. We came up with some sweet bumper stickers we could sell to the Tea Party: 'I FUCK HORSES TOO, CARL! PALADINO FOR GOVERNOR.'

zobar - 04/25/10 21:38
Palomino for Governor.. I like it!

- Z

mrmike - 04/22/10 18:55
or Palamino for Gov

uncutsaniflush - 04/22/10 14:36
In this case "without prejudice" means the state does not admit that your taxes are paid in full by accepting payment. It reserves the right to levy additional charges if it deems it necessary.

04/10/2010 23:07 #51365

consulting sucks

I just started doing my taxes, and I just want to say that Form 1040 Schedule SE ["Self-Employment Tax"] is total bullshit. It raised my taxes from $2000, which is reasonable I guess, to $6000, which sucks balls. Don't bother giving me helpful tips for next year, I'm not doing it anymore or ever again. Buy me a drink & I'll tell you how I really feel.

+1 for Orchid Asian Bistro (e:leetee,51352) we went for a sushi lunch this afternoon and gave it a shot. Their spicy tuna rolls are among the best I've had.

Apple/Adobe is a soap opera and I'm trying not to care. Fact is, this isn't the first time I've switched from Mac. Some time after System 8 I got tired of waiting for preemptive multitasking and switched to BeOS R4* which I used until it was basically discontinued. Then I switched to Linux [Yellow Dog?] until Mac OS X v10.1 came out. I don't think I have enough pull with the teeming masses to start an exodus, though, and if I did I like to think I'd make them do something more fun than switching operating systems. Human pyramid, maybe.

(e:tinypliny) - It looks like some guy is already making builds of Chrome OS

from the "Chromium OS" developer project. I have a spare USB drive so I might give that a shot, but I think I'm probably going to stick with Linux in the end.

You can also install Ubuntu and probably other Linuxes [Linuces?] onto a USB flash drive to test it out without taking the plunge. [You can run Ubuntu right off a CD but it's mad slow.]

- Z

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Yes I am one of those guys.

tinypliny - 04/11/10 02:14
The human pyramid has been done before - but you might just win the peace prize for the OS switch. Think about how many person-hours it might save in endless helpdesk/technical phone-line queries and troubleshooting and agony and frustration and whatnots.