Archive for November, 2008

November 29th, 2008

Thanksgiving

I am currently in PA with the family for the holiday.
well, currrently I am sitting in my parent’s living room next to the big cast iron wood stove that is nice and toasty while watching TV.
Dexter is with Kevin @ his parent’s house where he gets to play with their wire haired doxen Fritz.  They [...]

November 24th, 2008

Dexter

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Guess whose doggie that is?!  Its ours!
We saw him at lollypop farm on thursday and after playing with him we decided that we wanted to take him home.  Since he was a stray that animal control picked up I had to go get him licensed at the town hall before [...]

November 23rd, 2008

HTTP Conversation Codes

HTTP Conversation Codes | Seldo.Com Blog
304 - Not Modified - It’s the same as it was when you asked me 5 minutes ago
101 - Switching Protocols - Let’s take this offline
400 - Bad request - Whaaa?

Totally need to start using these in coversation

November 22nd, 2008

efficiency

My right mouse button wasn’t clicking right so I took my mouse apart to clean it.  A spring fell out that I can’t figure out where it was supposed to go so I put the mouse back together without it and as far as I can tell it still works perfectly.
That simply means I am [...]

November 20th, 2008

Ulcer Free

I had an upper GI endoscopy on Monday and they did not find any signs of ulcer or stomach distress.
The shoulder pain I had last week was probably just from working out hard at the gym, and some minor indigestion.
So I am back to drinking regular coffee instead of decaf, and I even started drinking [...]

November 20th, 2008

Spinning Hot Grease!

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The Lean Mean™ Fryer features our new, patented Smart Spin™ technology that knocks out up to 55% of fat absorbed in the frying process. During a special SPIN cycle [...]

November 20th, 2008

Binary Birthday

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - Binary Birthday
One of the places that we do (almost) always use the unary system is on birthday cakes, where a birthday cake has one candle per year. This is fine for small numbers, but positioning, lighting and blowing out candles becomes impractical past a certain point.

Super nerdy way to achieve [...]

November 18th, 2008

Ham and Bean Soup and Ham and Potato Stir Fry

stir fry with a twist
food on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Last week I made a ham and bean soup (sorry, no pics), and then with the leftover ham I made Ham and Potato Stir Fry 2 nights ago.
Ham and Bean Soup:

1 bag Cannellini beans
1 bag Great Northern beans
—Soak beans over night
1 onion, diced
1/2 lb shoe string [...]

November 16th, 2008

The Dark Knight

Movie Showtimes - Google Search
The Dark Knight
2hr 30min - Rated PG-13 - Action/Adventure
1:00 1:30 4:15 4:45 7:30 9:25pm
I still haven’t seen The Dark Knight, I’m trying to get together a trip to the dollar theater.  Or it might just be a date, I’m not sure; but either way I wanna [...]

November 13th, 2008

Top Ten Most Irritating Phrases

Joe. My. God.: Top Ten Most Irritating Phrases
Oxford University has issued a list of what they consider to be the top ten most irritating phrases.
1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It’s a nightmare
8 [...]

November 11th, 2008

Special Comment on Proposition 8

Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment on Proposition 8 - Towleroad, More than gay news for more gay men

If you voted for this Proposition or support those who did or the sentiment they expressed, I have some questions, because, truly, I do not… understand. Why does this matter to you? What is it to you? In a [...]

November 10th, 2008

Proposition Hate

NoFo: Proposition Hate

In addition to “every child deserves a mother and a father,” these self-professed “Christians” use meaningless, grotesquely misleading catchphrases like “sacred institution” and “threat” and “protect” and “redefine” and, when they don’t get their way, “activist judges” to further their loathsome agenda to vilify gay people and teach the nation to hate and [...]

November 9th, 2008

Adding to the gang

Lollypop Farm
Kevin and I went to lollypop farm to look at the dogs.  We all want a dog around the house, we just aren’t sure how ready the house is for a dog.

November 7th, 2008

sick

My stomach feels like shit and my left shoudler hurts.  I am going home sick and will probably end up at the ER eventually.
The fun never ends.

November 7th, 2008

Tax Exempt Status

Strip the Mormon Church of its Tax Exempt Status - Towleroad, More than gay news for more gay men
“Section 501(c)(3) describes corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literacy, or educational purposes, or to foster national or international amateur sports competition (but [...]