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another office dialog
me: every time I see Octar Wolfkiller's name, I think of that old Firesign Theater bit, where Porgy Tirebiter says, "Gee, Dad, no Irishman's gonna stop you from being elected dogkiller this year!"
sigivald: well, except for... John MacMickerson.
me: really? that was the most Irish name you could think of? "John MacMickerson"?
sigivald: um. "Paddy MacO ( Read more... ) -
original droid phone plus gingerbread roms = good
Background: I have an original (OG) Motorola droid phone (the A855), bought on launch day two years ago. These came with Android 2.0 on them, and over-the-air updates were pushed out by Google / Motorola / Verizon for over a year. Now, new versions of the Android OS are available, and not being pushed to the phones. This post is about installing ( Read more... ) -
cigar notes part 2
the outstanding:
Man O' War - Armada - (6.5 x 56) - brilliant from one end to the other. I literally would take a puff, and think, damn I'm glad I smoke cigars. I got 3 of these from cigar.com, packed in with the rest of my 'cigar of the month' order. I liked it so well I immediately got online to see about ordering more, and was shocked to find ( Read more... ) -
basic rider training
friday evening - at pcc sylvania for Team Oregon Basic Rider Training. This first session is 2 hours of classroom time, going over things like what to expect from this course, the parts of the motorcycle, starting procedure, &c ( Read more... ) -
cigars
I quit cigarettes a few years back. I had tried cigars several times over my 20 year smoking career, but I couldn't figure out how to NOT inhale. This does not provide the ideal cigar experience. Since quitting cigarettes, I'd been offered cigars by friends and family, and declined on the grounds that I didn't want to trigger the desire for a ( Read more... ) -
young adult fiction
So, the WSJ puts up an article about young adult fiction (YA). Money quote: “kidnapping and pederasty and incest and brutal beatings are now just part of the run of things in novels directed… at children from the ages of 12 to 18.” Summary: everything in this genre is now bleak and horrible and full of darkness and abuse.
My totally unnecessary ( Read more... ) -
bodymore should be a kingdom in westeros
In the HBO series The Wire, junkies and cops and drug dealers and union dockworkers and journalists fight and die. Omar Little says (I believe to Wee-Bey) "you come at the king, you best not miss". Omar is fearless, and strolls down the worst streets in Baltimore wearing body armor and carrying a shotgun, whistling "farmer in the dell", and small ( Read more... ) -
autoloading shotguns tend to jam
I take no credit for the following - I got it from here: http://www.chuckhawks.com/god_create_autoloading_shotguns.htm . If you shoot shotguns, or think you might someday, you should read pretty much everything here: http://www.chuckhawks.com/index2c.shotguns.htm
A devoutly religious hunter found himself deep in the swamp, with alligators ( Read more... ) -
weekend, random
friday - box up all N's books / random stuff on floor ( Read more... )