Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Im thankful for a lot this year. I’m thankful for Emily. She’s my angel, and has done me more good than I desirve. The squad of insufferable asshats that i work with, that allow me to work without a filter. Matt, jay, and all the friends that put up with me in a regular basis. My family that i wish i could visit more. And the internet that lets me keep in touch with the world, and the friends that i dont see nearly enough (lookin at you Brian, i’ll be bothering you soon). Eat too much and drink too much, everyone. You’re all pretty awesome.
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The voodoo section of the supermarket creeps me the fuck out. I’m nit even talking about Agatha’s Creepy Corner Market, I’m talking Stop and Shop. This is the part of the meat section with all the crazy random animal parts that one would have an easier time finding an application for in black magic than in food preparation. A sampling of what was there today next to my beloved bacon: pig tails, split pig feet, beef marrow chunks, chicken feet, cow tongue (yes, really), pig spinal cord (nerves, not bones), etc. I guess one could argue that stuff like this is perfectly fine if you’re brewing up a stock or something… but I think my stock can do without chicken feet and pig tails, I’ll add a dash more chipotle powder to mask the delicate missing flavors. Besides, I don’t want to go snapping up all the ingredients for someone’s love potion or effigy dolls and have them use yucky chicken breast or filet mignon instead. No pics for this post, you’re welcome.
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The turkeys are back at work. Careful guys, thanksgiving is getting pretty close
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Who needs a lucky clover when you have bullets? Maybe she just waned Starbucks to know that she meant it when she said “splenda not sugar”. For the record she had a badge on her belt too but I couldn’t get a discrete shot of it.
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As sort of an update to yesterday’s post and a followup on an earlier idea… When satellite radio came out I noticed there were no stations I’d really listen to. Maybe one or two tops. But I listened to internet radio all the time. I was tickled when I figured out how I could get my PDA at the time to get internet radio over bluetooth, so I could listen to it uninterrupted when I had to use the bathroom. This was before PDAs had wifi (and people even used PDAs). I always said if there’s a way I could get internet radio in my car, I’d jump on it so fast. I’d even pay for it. And everyone that knows me knows how much I love free shit. I’ve been listening to my favorite internet radio streams and even Pandora in the car through my iphone, and it’s everything I thought it could be.
Unlimited data… who’s bright idea was that? You really want to take a guy like me who almost literally lives online, and stamp a free all access pass on my hand? I like mobile internet, and I do a LOT of driving/walking/errand-running. 10 out of 10 for style, minus several million for good thinking. But hey, you offered it up and I’m more than willing to make use of the 30 bucks a month a pay for unlimited internet, IM, SSH/VNC, and internet radio… which, as I always said, I’m more than happy to do. Here’s to you, internet.
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My stupid red slider phone was showing signs of aging and abuse, and I was starting to outgrow it. It was pro at using the internet 120×120 pixels at a time, texting, and streaming internet to my laptops via bluetooth (still a favorite trick of mine). But the signs of aging and abuse were starting to show… the chassis was made of cheap plastic and was getting beat (the battery cover didn’t really “stay on” so much anymore), and the battery life was standing up well to time, but still degrading. And there may or may not have been a rapid deceleration incident involving my hand and some asphalt. The phone was a trooper no doubt, but my 2 years was up and I had the opportunity to look around.
There was a buzz about my workplace when the new iPhone 3GS came out. The regular iPhone 3G was getting cheaper, and my company is in bed with AT&T. When the new 3GS came out, the price for an 8 gig 3G dropped to 50 bucks for employees here, along with a discounted rate plan including enterprise unlimited this-and-that. That put it into “I’d be stupid not to” territory. So 50 bucks later and a few clicks on a web form, and I have myself an iPhone. Don’t get me wrong, I hate Apple as a company. I think they have terrible business practices when dealing with other companies, and their dedication to customer lock-in is worse than Microsoft. But They have some really good hardware. My boss put it best, “I had so many reasons to hate the iPhone before I got it, but now it’s probably the coolest thing I own”. Gonna have to agree with him there. I still hate the company, but this is an awesome little piece of hardware.
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