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Month: May 2002

  • Fun With Food – A Quotable Moment

    I have to thank Emily for providing me with some hearty laughter for my Monday:

    With a brief glance at my order pad, I tossed two wheat rolls and a breadstick in my bread basket and set off towards the table that asked for them. Halfway there I glanced into the basket, and well. The bread was not arranged in an aesthetically pleasing way. I mean, I had two round things and a stick thing in my bread basket. Yeah. It was an enriched-wheat phallus.

    That there is a Google search if ever I saw one.
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  • Oils Show At The Roseland II

    And this time I can write about it in my own journal instead of leeching off of AMV.org…

    Last night Wendi and I took in a bit of a show. Midnight Oil came back again, this time in support of the Capricornia album. I had to suffer through two passable opening acts, then the real fun started. The Oils played a bit more varied of a set than in the December show, focusing on tracks from Capricornia, Earth And Sun And Moon, Redneck Wonderland (they played Blot! Yeah!) and Blue Sky Mining as well as a couple from 10,9.8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 (my first audio CD purchase, way back when). I never thought I’d hear Tin Legs And Tin Mines played live!

    Having survived a number of shows at the Roseland, I can state with some authority that it’s too damned loud there. I don’t know who they’re trying to impress, but no matter who’s playing you can hardly hear the music for the noise. I came to see a concert, not be subjected to a sonic barrage. Grr. When Jethro Tull can split your eardrums, you know that someone’s not really thinking about how to properly fill the venue with an appropriate level of sound. Oh well. Louder is better, right?

    Earsplitting sound levels aside, this was a fantastic Oils performance. Given a different venue I’d see them again and again if I could. Marvelous.

  • When the gods play badminton

    I found this in my email, courtesy of Gray Haertig.

    What happens to us mortals when the gods play badminton.

  • Ranma Humor

    From the geekily-amusing Zany Video Game Quotes website comes this telling statement. Poor guy. Really.

  • Microsoft v. The Public Schools

    Via Slashdot, this report about the aftermath of Microsoft’s ultimatum to Pacific Northwest school districts. There’s some background, a link or two and some very excellent positive ideas on where to go from here.

  • All Suicide Bombers Should See This

    Thanks once again to Captain Rooba, a refresher course on how the whole thing works.

    I’d make a snarky comment about getting the joke, but it’s not goddamned funny. Not really.

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