Paul's Journal

08/22/2010 16:31 #52521

The superflea on walden
Category: shopping

We went to the superflee to get more 72" records. Last time they had a million but we only bought a few because we didn't have the grammophone yet.

When we came back they were all home and (e:matthew) asked what happend to them. Apparently they didn't sell so the salesguy glued them to the wall as decoration. Too bad we didn't come back before.

I also bought a screwdriver from this store where everything was painted red. The saleslady told me the Guy they bought all the stuff from was paranoid about people stealing his stuff so he painted it all red. Sometimes he went a little too far. Check out the knife with half the blade painted.

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It doesn't matter if it is fresh pressed organic flax seed oil if it expired in 2005. They tried to scratch off the expiration date, which is even more ridiculous.

08/22/2010 15:06 #52519

A Little Rat In The Tree At Brunch
Category: food

Right next to (e:Terry)'s head. It was kind of baby and cute but still a rat. I didn't know they climbed in trees. I just hung out there quietly throughout the meal.

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Here you can see a blurry pic that (e:terry) got of it with his phone. Its right in that bush next to his head.

chris - 08/29/10 16:36
looks almost more like a possum.

tinypliny - 08/23/10 20:20
They don't.

All the holes in the kitchen were taken?

08/22/2010 01:25 #52504

Waiting isn't so bad
Category: life

In watching the video heidi posted on (e:heidi,52496) - the author mentions that people hate to wait for things. In the one example, he was saying about how people even hate to wait the one minute for a computer to boot up.

I think that is changing as people start to multitask their wait times. How do you best do that? With a smart phone. (e:enknot) and I were talking about this the other day in the context of red lights. I used to hate waiting at red lights, since I got a smart phone back in 2003 I find myself not dreading it as much and sometimes actually hoping for a red light because I know I can fill the free time checking the weather, my mail, writing a blog, reading google news, seeing if any problems happend at work, text my brother to see if he is hungry, etc. Same with doctor's offices, a line at the store, etc. I know I probably should not mention texting and driving as it is illegal but, on the other hand, you are practically parked at red light.

Anyways, I just don't mind waiting as much anymore. I think the key to happy waiting is having a device that can distract you from the waiting itself. On the other hand it sometimes starts to feel like you have no downtime, but I was never very good at downtime anyways.

heidi - 08/22/10 22:44
I think my droid x makes me more dangerous. I'm obsessed with looking at it/checking it. I finally turned off the gmail notifications because it was just too much!!

tinypliny - 08/22/10 11:25
Good things come to people who wait?

Honestly, I have never felt waiting was a annoyance unless I am dreadfully late for something and the wait is causing even more delay. But then it's squarely my fault to begin with. Somehow it only ever happens in Greyhound terminals when I rush in last minute to get tickets to NYC or Rochester. I have tried to get past this by not taking Greyhound for the last 4 trips. I am then forced to buy tickets online (for Megabus or Amtrak) and then there is no waiting involved.

In most of the other places, I spend the wait time scrutinizing people's dresses, shoes, speech and mannerisms. Sometimes its fun to make people slightly uncomfortable by staring at them too long. :-)

metalpeter - 08/22/10 10:37
In The words of Tom Petty "Waiting is the Hardest part"

Sorry that Red Light is a bad example and it shows a certain type of perception that I'm not sure what it is. Sitting at a Red Light isn't waiting. People sometimes back up by mistake or don't break soon enough or turn into you. Or if it turns green will hit you. Sitting at a red light one should be ready and in the go position it isn't time to check anything other then directions.

Waiting in lines is tough. Ever been to an amusement park when it is busy. You think that you are doing ok then the line moves up and you hit the half hour sign, argh.........

What the video doesn't touch on is that instant gratifaction causes ADD. Yes for some they do have it on there own. But if you get everything right away, then when you have to wait you do something else, you will get used to doing one thing and then another and I do think it does cause ADD. Just like I think watching to much TV or fliping channels can.

Our Society is go go go, and that is good but there are some negatives to that as well.

I don't have a problem waiting. But what I do have trouble with is waiting for longer then things should take. Computer download up load. If it should take 5 minutes that is fine but at about 7 then it is taking to long. Fast food is a great example, I love Burger King, McDonalds and Wendy's but long line or moving slow it is no fun.......

That being said there is some waiting that can be fun (not that I do it). Camping out for tickets (tents and food and beer or what ever) or even ipad or what ever device. In there the fun is the how you wait. Or how about being in line for a concert or Henry Rollins and (he even said this) often the anticapation of how good something will be is better then the event its self.......... At Somepoint you just can't wait anymore and you get jumpy.......

good post though very good post

08/21/2010 20:29 #52493

What the Hay?
Category: buffalo

What was going on down there? All the streets in front of HSBC arena were blocked with bales of hay.

metalpeter - 08/22/10 09:50
(e:MrMike) is correct. They where having some other stuff down there as well. Sometime in Sept they will be doing this again with the Sabres Puck Drop event...

mrmike - 08/22/10 09:08
I think the Sabres were sponsoring a street hockey tourney. The hay divides the courts, catches the wayward shots and acts as a bumper

tinypliny - 08/21/10 21:26
They were preparing for a flood?

08/21/2010 18:53 #52491

Clams at Dug's Dive
Category: food

It was well worth the walk. P.S. the diner in the last journal was an abandoned gas station and not Dug's Dive.

paul - 08/22/10 01:40
Holy crap though, using their online mercury calculator :::link::: , no matter how I spin it I go way over each week - even if I eat only the lowest ones. Maybe I should go get a mercury test.

paul - 08/22/10 01:36
This pocket guide to seafood mercury says clams are in the least mercury group :::link:::

Its usually the bigger fish on the higher end of the food chain.

tinypliny - 08/21/10 21:27
Do clams come into contact with mercury?