So yesterday, I mentioned I wasn’t going to be able to make it to Corflu. This caused a chain reaction in the universe which led to a rather good stroke of fortune which means I’ll be able to go after all. I am completely and absolutely stunned at this turn of events. (Or, as I’ve […]
Or anyway, no Corflu for me. Despite the fact it’s in San Jose, which is in driving distance, my finances just won’t allow it. I could probably get there, but I couldn’t afford to buy a con membership nor have somewhere to sleep, so I’m going to have to bow out. *sigh* I was so […]
So I got a new hard drive for Christmas. It astounds me that something smaller than a standard paperback novel holds 1 terabyte of data. Even more astounding, it cost less than half of the six gigabyte drive I bought in 1998. The future is now, and it’s truly awesome.
No kid should ever have to write a letter like this to Santa Claus. Never. (Seen in local postal annex.)
[Yet another post in my occasional series “Tales from the Commute”] The commute was ugly today. It looked like this most of the way: It was fun fighting that, when you couldn’t read signs until you were almost on top of them, and people disappeared into the fog way too easily. But at the bottom […]
So I’ve been trying to be more interested in nutrition labels to get a better idea of what calorie counts and other stuff are in my food. This has now become a game, in which I attempt to find the most egregious and/or crazy entries on the nutritional label. Today brings us two entries in […]
I found this in the grocery store last night. Me: I’m afraid to look at how many calories that has. Jill: (flipping package over): Servings per package: 12. Calories: 200. Calories from fat: 90. Me: Yeesh! That’s one-sixth of one cup per serving. So I guess if you really like Reese’s, this might be worth […]
Caught this shot of a bunch of what appeared to be pigeons on top of a light pole. With the clouds, it made for a beautiful shot.
A display in the Walmart near the house. My sister said, “I don’t remember the first one.” I said, “I’m sorry, Mario, but our princess is in another castle.”
See the humble banana. Bright yellow, with a bit of green at the tip. As a kid, I would put the sticker on my forehead And wear it there all day. I am an adult now; I must put up my childish ways. My sticker will go with the peel. But a banana Handy fruit […]
In this case, it’s a shiny new pair of shoes to replace the beat up pair that has suffered catastrophic loss of sole integrity just in time for the rainy season. I’m going to do my best not to trash the aglets on this pair. Yes, I’m aware that I get stupidly happy about strange […]
Today, I turned: 100000 (in binary) 200 (in base 4) 40 (in octal) But only 20 in hexadecimal. Or, in regular numbers normal people use, today I turned 32. I’ll have more to say when I’m not typing the post on the phone.