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| Thursday, July 17th, 2008 |
rayhawk
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10:52a |
lupus cures aids Here's some news buzzing around the office today. Apparently when the immune system spins out of control because of lupus, one of the abzymes it can produce as a result destroys HIV. Pathologists Believe They Have Pinpointed Achilles Heel Of HIVScraps is just waiting for House to have to admit that this time, it really is lupus. |
| Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 |
ctegan
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9:01p |
Happy Birthday, MortalCoil! Happy Birthday, ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mortalcoil02! :) *leaves birthday cupcakes* |
| Monday, July 14th, 2008 |
ctegan
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6:41p |
from maisfeeka
The Keys to Your Life
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Anything good in your life comes from your ability to play and be free.
The best way for you to solve a problem is to let go of it.
Anything bad in your life comes from sinking to the level of those around you.
Remember to lift people up, and refuse to participate in anything petty.
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rayhawk
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10:31a |
green stuff!  Thanks to Edward's tutelage on the wonders of green stuff, I've started customizing this gnome miniature into a mighty Büttrøck. In the background you can see the rest of the party grappling with some low-level skeletons while this proto-Büttrøck preens for the camera. |
| Sunday, July 13th, 2008 |
mynameismelody
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10:38p |
These hooves weren't made for walking. It's true: I'm a typical centaur. I love traveling and delight in spending my free time in and out of London exploring what England has to offer. Encouraged by my cousin who happens to be working here also, we've hit the following in a little over 24 hours: seeing the backs of tourist's heads at the Changing of the guards, seeing the mosaics at Westminster Cathedral, climbing 355.5' to the top dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, crossing Millenium Bridge on foot to see some original Dali, Monet, & Pollack works, along with other crazy shit at the Tate Modern, and a trip to a Eastbourne beach for some fish and chips on the pier and a game of Petanque. It was all fun and good, but damn my feet hurt!  Paris see you on Thursday. Amsterdam... I'll be there in a few weeks and I'll bring my bike. |
rayhawk
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2:22p |
adding it up Following up electricia's post about how the proportion of birthday checks in your incoming mail changes as you get older, I got a couple of nice surprises yesterday. It turns out that there's a line in the income tax forms where you add together all of your income, and then another line where you add together all your deductions, and then ANOTHER line where you subtract the number on the latter line from the number on the former line and come up with some other number, which is the taxable one. It's all very complicated. I think it would be perfectly understandable if, for instance, someone added together all their incomes, then added together all their deductions, and then was on such a roll that they kept right on adding instead of subtracting at the end. Natasha on the other hand does not think this would be perfectly understandable. The descriptor she would choose, if such a thing were to occur, would be closer to "laughable" or "ridiculous" or "next time you need to use turbo tax." So anyway I not only got a GWB "thanks for letting me fuck everything up" economic stimulus check, but right underneath it a much bigger "you screwed up a line on your taxes" check, so I'm as happy as a clam. In my mind, they're both conflated: when faced with stupid mistakes, the feds respond by sending me back big chunks of my own money. God bless America! |
ctegan
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11:49a |
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| Saturday, July 12th, 2008 |
ctegan
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6:30p |
This Weekend's Been Good I've just returned from a visit with M. & C. in Salem. We took the ferry in to see them. What a nice ride! The visit was too short though. We had enough time for lunch at Captain's & a candy run (chocolates!) before heading back. I kinda wanted to have cheese & bread on their deck, but lunch was good, and the french fries at the restaurant rocked. Got my laptop back. It's working beautifully, but it's strange in away because I haven't been able to use it really since October!! A card was waiting for me from N. today, too, when I got home. That put a smile on my face as well. Yesterday, I visited with my grandmother & Aunt M. Afterwards, back at T.'s house, the Bean showed me how to make Jello. *g* Oh, and Aunt M. reminded us about the Madeira Festiva/ Portuguese Festival/ Feast of the Blessed Sacrament at the end of this month. One of my cousins will be playing there so hopefully we're able to make it this year. I've never been, but I've always wanted to go. This year might be a good one to finally attend. :) On the note so good side, I stepped on the scale at M.'s. I've been indulging through the winter months and not moving around as much as usual, and I knew I'd packed on a few extra pounds (which I would normally shake over the summer as I get out & walk more), but ouch! 15 lbs.! lol Oh well. I've been looking for a reason to motivate me to cut back on my favorite coffee drinks ('cause they're probably bad for me and I could always use that cash for other things) and now I have a reason. lol Whatever. C'est la vie! Current Mood:  pleased |
| Friday, July 11th, 2008 |
pan2
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9:41p |
Count the penises I was cleaning up around the house today and going through some old things on my bookshelf when I ran across this:  I'm sure you've all seen this before. It was once all the rage after its unprecedented twice selection for Oprah's book club. But just in case you missed it, it's a bunch of cardboard illustrations each with a hole through the middle like you (sort of) see in the image above. The idea is that you put your penis through the hole and then, "Oh look, that nice man is holding up a hot dog, but my penis is the meat." Or, "Oh look, that monkey is about to enjoy his banana snack... wait, that's not a banana at all!" Hilarity ensues at the turn of every page. But what I find interesting is the small warning on the back cover of the book which states: "Once purchased, this book may not be returned to the retailer or publisher." It seems reasonable enough at first. They must be thinking, "We don't want to take back a book that you've put your penis in." Who could fault them for that. But if you think about-- stretch your mind and "think outside the penis hole"-- it really doesn't make any sense at all. I mean, I could put my penis in any book and then return it, right? And besides, who is the publisher to dictate what a store can and cannot accept as a return? Someone do me a favor. Next time you go to Barnes and Noble or Border's ask them what their corporate policy is on returning books that I've put my penis in. Because I've got a whole stack of them over here. |
| Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 |
ctegan
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4:38p |
Just a little fyi .. I made an appointment today to cut my hair (for later this month). Chop, chop. :) I was actually offered an appointment for today, but I work late on Wednesdays so .. that's not good. Plus, I wasn't mentally prepared for today. I have to be ready for the scissors, ya know? Okay, I must get back to work now. Somehow a mountain of stuff has invaded my desk. Current Mood:  tired |
ctegan
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1:34p |
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| Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 |
ctegan
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6:32p |
People Are Strange - Some More Than Others Rhetorical question: Why in the world would someone steal my mother's plant off the front porch? Just one plant. The rest are untouched. Just the one plant that was temporarily replacing another that had been replanted elsewhere. I bet the replanted one is now missing as well, but I don't feel like venturing out that way to find out. *sigh* Current Mood:  confused |
ctegan
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3:26p |
Movie Meme! snurched from revolos55Entertainment Weekly's List of 100 Classic Movies of the Past 25 Years. Bold the ones you've seen, underline the ones you own. ( The Movies )I'm including anything (VHS or DVD) in the house whether owned by me, my mom or my sis. I'm also including only those movies that I'm fairly certain I've seen in full from beginning to end. There are a lot on the list I've seen bits & pieces from or that I'm not sure if I've seen all of; those movies I'm ignoring. ;) * edited out the bad tags |
| Monday, July 7th, 2008 |
_wendybird_
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6:13p |
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rayhawk
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5:22p |
longcat is long More photos from the pussy shaving adventure, before and after. Take special note of how removing the excess hair turned it from good to evil.
( before and after )
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_wendybird_
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12:06a |
Yeah, So I Was on TV Last Week… I was interviewed on the local CBS show “Eye on the Bay” (sort of like “PM Magazine” if you’re a San Diegan) last Wednesday. It was for a feature on restaurant reviews on Yelp (where I have amassed a total of 1075 reviews since 2005). Basically Yelp contacted three Yelpers in different parts of the Bay to each pick one of their favorite “cheap eats” and film a segment for “Eye on the Bay” and they chose me. My cheap eat was Gourmet Express, a Palestinian restaurant in the oddest location in Milpitas where a minor street dead-ends at an office park. I love their food – in fact, Mark is often sad that he can’t go there for lunch since they’re only open at lunch on weekdays but then I remind him that he gets all the free food that he wants at Google. Plus, the owner is the sweetest person ever (and she was thrilled about the show) and I thought they could use the business since they’re usually empty when I visit. I was pretty nervous about the whole thing, but as soon as the guys from CBS arrived they made me feel at ease. The British host of the show, Liam, seemed genuinely interested in my restaurant obsession and talked to me about it before and after the cameras were rolling. Then again, he was even nice to the crazy lady who worked there (not the owner) who – totally unsolicited - told us how she gave up her daughter for adoption and then they reunited on “The Sally Jesse Raphael Show”. By the time the camera was on I was pretty comfortable talking– a little too comfortable since I actually scratched my nose on camera. They taped Liam talking to me for about three minutes and only reshot about 15 seconds at the end because Liam jumped up as though to run out the door to visit his next Yelper. As it turns out, he needed to finish the interview at the table. I was surprised to find out that the segment on Gourmet Express was going to be three minutes long since that’s how long the interview lasted! The producer assured me that it would also include Liam entering the restaurant, Liam high-fiving the owner, and “food porn” (the close-ups of the food), but it still seems like that will be an awful lot of unedited footage from our interview. (For those of you familiar with “The Adam Carolla Show” or “Loveline” I’m afraid this will turn into an episode of Huell Howser’s “California’s Gold” with awkward conversation that are desperately in need of editing.) Some of the events from the interview that will hopefully make the cutting room floor: • The aforementioned nose scratch • When asked how often I eat out, I said something like “I used to eat out every night but I stay home weeknights now that I’m old and feeble.” (While saying “old and feeble” I was wishing my mouth would stop.) • I made sure not to look at the camera during the interview but Liam would sometimes mug for the camera and when that happened I didn’t know where to look. Expect me to look like a deer in headlights at those times. • Liam asked me to identify the food in front of us and because I only ever eat one entrée there (the chicken shawarma) I had a little trouble. “This is the roast… (long silence as I try to remember if it’s lamb or beef) beef” • We took a bite of food together at the beginning of the interview and then I kept eating and picking up food throughout. It occurs to me later that Liam didn’t. So hopefully you won’t see me struggling to pick up food with my pita or (worst of all) chewing with my mouth open In case you’re wondering when this sure to be awkward TV classic will air, it will be mid to late July. See? It’s a real show: http://cbs5.com/eyeonthebayGourmet Express: http://falafelland.homestead.com/My Flickr page with more unexciting but exclusive BEHIND THE SCENES pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/snoopysnocone/ |
| Sunday, July 6th, 2008 |
rayhawk
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1:53a |
ouch, I say I am up helping zellandyne shave her pussy and it just scratched the hell out of me. I've got a crazy chicken-foot-shaped welt raising up on my belly now that looks like a branding scar. The brand, I say I say, of someone in the Foghorn Leghorn gang. ( quick photos ) |
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