| Cat boarding? |
[Jul. 7th, 2008|02:21 pm] |
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Co_Springs, where would you board your kitties for 1-2 weeks if you had to? We're arriving in August, and although we found a hotel that will let us keep our three furballs with us, it's the kind of place where the door to our room is the door directly out of doors, and it seems to be next to a largish road. As much as I'd love to have them with us even while we're house hunting, they are going to be super freaked out, and I have terrible visions of one of them darting out the door and never seeing them again.
Can anyone recommend a good place for them to stay until we get settled? They're adult males, neutered, UTD on shots, and will have international health certificates from flying into country. If possible, I would love to have them at a place where they will get a little love and affection, they're all big lap funguses and I know they're going to be sad to be all alone. :(
I didn't see this in memories or in any recent posts, forgive any stress-induced blindness.
Thanks in advance! :) |
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| Why waste venom? Let's reassign the serpent to a role fitting its talents. |
[Jul. 7th, 2008|01:00 am] |
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Terrific Now the Voices(tm) are telling me that Loki was waterboarded. |
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[Jul. 6th, 2008|10:59 pm] |
So I found out today that my new co-worker is a beholder. I meet him tomorrow, I'm told.
I asked my boss about it.
"Ted, he's the best candidate," my boss said, "He has fluent knowledge of Swahili and Minoan Linear-B, a beautiful humming voice, and thorough knowledge of the history of medicinal plants."
"Okay," I said, "I can see how that'll help us all do our job better, but what if we walk in on Monday and he zaps us with eye number 7, fear? Or, heck forfend, eye number 10, death ray? I have read in the Monster Manual that they're all Lawful Evil."
"Monster Manual? Isn't that from some sort of game? Look, he was the best candidate, he has great references, and he went through the whole interview without a single use of even eye number 1, charm person. If justice means anything, it means judging others based on their behavior instead of your expectations."
And our office is all about justice! It's necessary in our line of work. |
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| First and foremost... |
[Jul. 6th, 2008|08:11 pm] |
The marathon is kind of a secondary thing to training for the marathon. The thing is that when I run in San Fran in little less than a month, I'm going to have immediate and clear feedback... either I prepared enough, or I didn't.
I don't know much about running; I've been doing this catch-as-catch-can. I look on the internet or talk to people I know who've done it, and see what worked for them. Two big points of agreement:
1) The key is the long runs.
2) You have to have at least one long run of at least 20 miles.
Well, today I ran 20 miles. I have four weeks to go. I need to figure out what's next, but this milestone was huge. |
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| Community Supported Agriculture |
[Jul. 6th, 2008|12:39 pm] |
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Does anyone know if there is any community supported agriculture that have available shares still for sale? We really want to sign up for one but I have found one that is still available. Thanks |
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| Mechanic needed! |
[Jul. 5th, 2008|10:46 pm] |
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So my car freaked out on Friday and overheated and stopped running. Anybody know a mechanic/garage near the West side that won't take advantage of the fact that I don't know a damn thing about cars? |
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| Don't Forget! |
[Jul. 5th, 2008|09:35 pm] |
Picklewater Free CIruc s Festival tomorrow, Starring PI and the San Francisco Circus!
Union Square Park
2 pm
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pickle water flyers
flyers for pickle water free circus festival |
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pickle water festival flyer
flyer for festival back |
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[Jul. 5th, 2008|08:39 pm] |
Soldiers and scientists didn't help. Tanks and airplanes didn't do it either.
The monster just stood in the middle of the city, slinging cars around, shooting radiation from its eyes.
Then the lawyers came out in droves, in ties and powersuits or in short skirts and long jackets, all marching in perfect angry formation. Each had a briefcase in one hand and an affadavit in the other. The monster shot some down with radiation but they kept coming, demanding justice. They had cease and desist orders from Hollywood and Tokyo. They said the existence of the monster violated copyright and they demanded that it end.
I never liked the MPAA or the RIAA or the DMCA or any of those four-letter words, but giant rubbery monsters make strange bedfellows.
Many died but more marched over the bodies, presenting evidence and arguments. Ontology and legality clashed and finally the monster disappeared in a wincing puff of intellectual property.
I'm kind of wistful now. |
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| dechlorinated |
[Jul. 5th, 2008|02:34 pm] |
In other news, I am very happy with the shower water filter I purchased a few weeks ago.
The water at my place is absurdly chlorine-heavy - it positively reeks. I purchased a countertop water filter (the thermos-sized thingy) immediately after moving in and have been perfectly happy with it.
I'd avoided getting a similar filter for the shower by the "Crystalline Quartz Technology for an Energized Shower Experience!" crap on the label - yeah, I'm not paying $XX just to get my water "energized".
Anyhow, I ended up doing a bit more research and discovered that in spite of the quartz, the KDF filter material actually does work.
And it seems to work quite well. There's no noticeable chlorine odor in the shower any more, and my skin and hair and scalp all seem much happier now - skin is less dry, hair is softer, scalp is less itchy & dandruffy.
I give it a thumbs up.
-tanjent |
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| how to live cheap. |
[Jul. 5th, 2008|02:09 pm] |
![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) tylik's post on cooking rice and lentils in a pressure cooker reminds me of being a broke college student.
For many months meals were almost always rice, lentils, and homemade bread. On the weekends i would "splurge" on some frozen tortellini.
People would wonder how on earth I could survive on ~$20 worth of groceries a month - bulk rice, bulk lentils, bulk flour, bulk yeast, packets of store-brand taco seasoning (so the lentils didn't taste like crap), and I managed to find multivitamins on clearance (they were labeled 'senior formula' or somesuch) so I didn't die of malnutrition.
I still think everyone should go broke at least once.
That way they can truly appreciate the joy of not eating rice and lentils. :)
-tanjent |
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[Jul. 5th, 2008|12:56 pm] |
This is totally random and not necessarily directed at anyone, but I felt like saying it...
If you drink so much at a party/event/whatever that you can't remember parts of it the next day THEN YOU DRANK TOO FUCKING MUCH. Seriously. I do not understand people that have to get that shit faced to have fun. I mean, in my opinion, it's not fun if you can't remember it the next day. Don't get me wrong, I like to drink, it's pleasant and relaxing and it can be all kinds of fun, but I have a hard time respecting people that don't know their own limit or repeatedly, frequently and knowingly drink past that limit. |
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| My random thoughts for the day |
[Jul. 5th, 2008|12:07 pm] |
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[Jul. 4th, 2008|07:17 pm] |
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anyone know somewhere in town that has mario kart for the wii in stock? the couple places i've tried aren't getting another shipment until like august. |
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| Economics Lesson: The Market |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|11:12 pm] |
I always get a chuckle when I see people's misconceptions of what "the market" is. Let me define it for you simply: the market exists wherever there is an exchange. An exchange takes place wherever there was a choice and an opportunity cost and a person acted (made a choice -- chose an alternative). Since all goal-oriented human action involves choice (all resources are finite; think: the time which constitutes your lifespan), the market is omnipervasive.
The "Free Market" exists when people make choices while being free from threat or coercion by other people.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. |
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[Jul. 4th, 2008|02:00 pm] |
I was on IRC this morning with a bathypelagic fish who was very unhappy. He had followed the glowing lure of an anglerfish's tongue and almost got eaten.
"It's not the danger," he told me. "I mean, of course I don't like almost getting eaten, but I'm a tiny fish. I get used to that. It's just, well, there's no justice in it. All the other deep sea creatures are interesting and exotic. They have glowing tongue, or weird spines, or they're alien and enormous, or luminous and full of venom, or a furry albino lobster-thing. And here I am, bottom of the food chain, and the worst part is, I'm not exotic at all! I'm just a tiny fish! You'd think, it's hard enough being at risk of being eaten, I could at least be translucent or spiny or glowy or creepy or something, but no. I'm predated and jejune. It sucks!"
Cheer up, little guy! At least we have the Internet. |
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