lemon bar obtained for wife
ginger pear scone for myself
eggs obtained
wifeykins got eggs also
but neither of us got TP
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Friday, March 03, 2006
stuff that checkCard firmly up your ass, thank you.
for whatever reason (I supect co-marketing and kickbacks) banks send out "Visa CheckCard"s or "Gold MasterMoney" cards instead of regular ATM cards.
this is a bad thing. as in This is a giant fucking security risk. so if someone gets your card info, they can use it like a regular credit card, but you don't get any of the protections of a regular credit card. Instead, your account immediately getd debited. It is then up to you to (a) cover the disputed amount, and (b) sufficiently dispute the amount.
Wifeykins is currently experiencing this discomfort with Smells Margo (okay. Wells Fargo. if someone wants to google for Wells Fargo, they deserve the chance to see my rant on the 500th page of google results.)
this is a bad thing. as in This is a giant fucking security risk. so if someone gets your card info, they can use it like a regular credit card, but you don't get any of the protections of a regular credit card. Instead, your account immediately getd debited. It is then up to you to (a) cover the disputed amount, and (b) sufficiently dispute the amount.
Wifeykins is currently experiencing this discomfort with Smells Margo (okay. Wells Fargo. if someone wants to google for Wells Fargo, they deserve the chance to see my rant on the 500th page of google results.)
energy crisis averted
we will provide the world with limitless power by attaching a generator to orwell's spinning corpse.
sectarian violence isn't quite newspeak for civil war, but you'll notice that the closer Iraq gets to civil war, the more the media uses the term. wifeykins claims to have not heard the term until this week.
today's remedial term: Salvadoran Option, which (imo) is the root of this.
sectarian violence isn't quite newspeak for civil war, but you'll notice that the closer Iraq gets to civil war, the more the media uses the term. wifeykins claims to have not heard the term until this week.
today's remedial term: Salvadoran Option, which (imo) is the root of this.
coffee on empty stomach = bad
oof. not enjoying the feeling of whatever-it-is-that-coffe-does-to-an-empty-stomach. Felt okay for a while, but now I'm queasy and lightheaded.
Toast to the rescue!
Toast to the rescue!
Testify!
supporting the replacement-shoe-hypothesis:
I have about 15 pairs of black shoes alone. I think the majority of mine are "dress" shoes I never wear. Some acquired for work. Others acquired to replace the uncomfortable shoes acquired for work. -- zombiegrrl
I have about 15 pairs of black shoes alone. I think the majority of mine are "dress" shoes I never wear. Some acquired for work. Others acquired to replace the uncomfortable shoes acquired for work. -- zombiegrrl
WFH day
werkin from home.
I will accomplish many good things codewise today. And then I will run errands. And then I will once again code frantically.
what? you want insight? ranting? oh. it will happen. just not yet.
p.s: Spin has resurfaced. I will write him an email soon.
I will accomplish many good things codewise today. And then I will run errands. And then I will once again code frantically.
what? you want insight? ranting? oh. it will happen. just not yet.
p.s: Spin has resurfaced. I will write him an email soon.
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
yahoo dashboard sucks
I understand that it's closer to the 'original' confabulator... but it's so not quite as cool as Apple's dashboard.
For whatever reason, the widgets for Apple's dashboard are "better" -- or rather, the official Google/Blogger widget just isn't available on yahoo dashboard.
*sigh*
For whatever reason, the widgets for Apple's dashboard are "better" -- or rather, the official Google/Blogger widget just isn't available on yahoo dashboard.
*sigh*
Sunday, February 26, 2006
puttered out
*sigh*
momentum has been lost. hunger has set in.
puttering will cease until .. whenever. or something or other.
momentum has been lost. hunger has set in.
puttering will cease until .. whenever. or something or other.
last night's settler's binge results
scott: 1laura: 2
tim: 2
barbara: 0
+ I'm guessing 2 or 3 hangovers
tim: 2
barbara: 0
+ I'm guessing 2 or 3 hangovers
Saturday, February 25, 2006
off on the mission!
wifeykins says: it's the beginning of the end!
he's telling his blog things.
(hey.. .this does look a bit like ichat with this fancy widget and shit)
today: smog, bank, tap-plastics
he's telling his blog things.
(hey.. .this does look a bit like ichat with this fancy widget and shit)
today: smog, bank, tap-plastics
43 things --> 43 places
lazy saturday
brought to you by an unhappy knee and the supercool google-blogger dashboard widget.
oh yes. hit f13, and then spew directly onto free storage and hosting. woot.
between being tired and having the excuse of a knee that's still unhappy from hiking wednesday, I am skipping my usual saturday morning Aikido class to putter and prepare for the running of errands.
for the 'home stuff' list -- one notch above the 'kinda want' list: good tripod, flat file
oh yes. hit f13, and then spew directly onto free storage and hosting. woot.
between being tired and having the excuse of a knee that's still unhappy from hiking wednesday, I am skipping my usual saturday morning Aikido class to putter and prepare for the running of errands.
for the 'home stuff' list -- one notch above the 'kinda want' list: good tripod, flat file
Friday, February 24, 2006
fuck fedex
today is a WFH day for me. It's been reasonably productive work-wise... well, aside from waiting for the build. finding the build didn't work. doing a full build, doing a full sync, start a build... rinse repeat.
but the big disappointment of the day is that fedex is supposed to come today. I was expecting them around 10 am. That's what time they'd show up if I tried to run an errand in the morning. but NOOO, I had to stay home today so that I wouldn't miss them, and it is now 3:15 on a friday fucking afternoon, far too late to effectively run any errands without getting stuck in heineious traffic.
fuck fedex.
but the big disappointment of the day is that fedex is supposed to come today. I was expecting them around 10 am. That's what time they'd show up if I tried to run an errand in the morning. but NOOO, I had to stay home today so that I wouldn't miss them, and it is now 3:15 on a friday fucking afternoon, far too late to effectively run any errands without getting stuck in heineious traffic.
fuck fedex.
extra organic milk
the milk went bad. that's not news.
What's funky is that organic milk seems to go bad in a different way than chemical milk does. Oh. It is so much worse. Not sour as much as unacceptably savory.
One part of my tiny mind asks how that could be. But, if I accept that "organic milk tastes like milk used to taste when you were a kid", which I do, then I can also accept that when it goes bad, it goes bad differently.
Oh. And the KitchenAid™ garbage disposal is stuck and full of Cheerios™ and spoiled Organics™(by Safeway™) milk.
What's funky is that organic milk seems to go bad in a different way than chemical milk does. Oh. It is so much worse. Not sour as much as unacceptably savory.
One part of my tiny mind asks how that could be. But, if I accept that "organic milk tastes like milk used to taste when you were a kid", which I do, then I can also accept that when it goes bad, it goes bad differently.
Oh. And the KitchenAid™ garbage disposal is stuck and full of Cheerios™ and spoiled Organics™(by Safeway™) milk.
orwell hates mixologists
cosmetologist : barber :: mixologist : bartender ?
or is it more like
cosmopolitan : gin & tonic :: mixologist : person with liquor cabinet
yes. the second is more apt, as the first would be disparaging of those who make their living by working with hair and skin
or is it more like
cosmopolitan : gin & tonic :: mixologist : person with liquor cabinet
yes. the second is more apt, as the first would be disparaging of those who make their living by working with hair and skin
the big shoe collection hypothesis
(if this gets crossposted by anyone I know, they will pay)
------ the big women's shoes hypothesis ----
(narrative omitted to protect unnamed co-conspirators)
Why do they buy so many damned shoes?
Revised: Why do people (clearly not all women, and clearly not 100% of women) that buy a lot of shoes do so?
The inspiration was when the question was paraphrased to: Why do they need so many shoes, while we have maybe four pair?
We (those without a shoe habit) have maybe one pair for each utilitarian category (N shoes). They (gender-neutral but with a monkey on their back, or foot, or each foot) have shoes for each style (M styles) , possibly duplicated for each utilitarian category (N uses) --> (M times N shoes).
But wait, there's more. Why have four pair of seemingly identical shoes?
1) Because they're the best shoe ever, but was discontinued.
2) Because I needed a pair of shoes that looked like this, but they aren't comfy, so I had to buy this other pair because they look almost the same but I can actually wear them.
3) They're not the same. You just don't get the difference.
----
*sigh* I have the fear. the fear of catching flack . the fear of coming across as inarticulate. the fear of being crushed under a mountain of seemingly identical shoes.
maybe its time for breakfast.
------ the big women's shoes hypothesis ----
(narrative omitted to protect unnamed co-conspirators)
Why do they buy so many damned shoes?
Revised: Why do people (clearly not all women, and clearly not 100% of women) that buy a lot of shoes do so?
The inspiration was when the question was paraphrased to: Why do they need so many shoes, while we have maybe four pair?
We (those without a shoe habit) have maybe one pair for each utilitarian category (N shoes). They (gender-neutral but with a monkey on their back, or foot, or each foot) have shoes for each style (M styles) , possibly duplicated for each utilitarian category (N uses) --> (M times N shoes).
But wait, there's more. Why have four pair of seemingly identical shoes?
1) Because they're the best shoe ever, but was discontinued.
2) Because I needed a pair of shoes that looked like this, but they aren't comfy, so I had to buy this other pair because they look almost the same but I can actually wear them.
3) They're not the same. You just don't get the difference.
----
*sigh* I have the fear. the fear of catching flack . the fear of coming across as inarticulate. the fear of being crushed under a mountain of seemingly identical shoes.
maybe its time for breakfast.
company and product names
why is it that blogger types l33t-sp33k all the product names?
what? they don't want someone accidentally finding out that they're talking about flickr, amazon, and clerasil?
what? they don't want someone accidentally finding out that they're talking about flickr, amazon, and clerasil?
woot -- widgets
oh yes. I now have the google widget, which will hopefully fucking work. to spew directly onto the interweb.
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