Once More... a farce in many parts. A comedy in others.

Sickeningly

on March 8th, 2009

It is sickeningly gorgeous outside. My plans include not getting out of this deck chair until the sun goes down, and then, possibly, a nap.

Old

on March 1st, 2009

I can’t remember the last time somebody under the age of 30 said something that didn’t make me want to slap them. This means I’m old, yes?

Dames

on March 1st, 2009

Judging by the weather, somewhere a dame with great pins is stumbling into the office of a down & out private dick, bawling her eyes out.

“Are you making money yet?”

on February 28th, 2009

“Are you making money yet?” @biz looks left, looks right, then @ev answers from off camera. Hmm. #nightline

The 21st century: FAQ

on February 28th, 2009

The human race is within 2 generations of extinction. Leave a beautiful corpse!

Been looking for a cheap, low-power NAS/print server since I bricked my NSLU2 because I'm an idiot. With economies of scale and all that, this may soon get down to where I wouldn't have to have A Conversation with the husband if I bought it.

Make Firefox Remember Passwords

on February 16th, 2009

On my distro, the file they talk about modifying is in /usr/lib/xulrunner/components, but everything else remains the same. Useful.

The System 150

on February 11th, 2009

Comic

Egor, bring me more poultry.

on February 6th, 2009

No idea what this “Super Bowl” nonsense is about, but how fucking sad, tragic, and wrong is it that one quarter of all the chicken wings sold in America came from one company? Honestly I can’t get the image of a million chickens in a warehouse, in a general chicken/feed/poop/antibiotics slurry, out of my head. [shudder]

Proud Nature

on January 26th, 2009

tarsier.jpg

on January 26th, 2009

Get to know these people. They'll be the ones fucking this up for all of us.

Plan W21537DR

on January 24th, 2009

Or maybe this one. What I like about both this and the previous: 1) two bed/two bath cottage with 2) space for an office and 3) five-piece bath where 4) the front door lets you out pretty much *into* the kitchen.

Yes, I have been watching a lot of HGTV while laid up in bed this week.

Well, that's decided. This is my house. So now I just have to save for 8 years to get a down payment, and pray that the credit market doesn't, you know, disappear.