High Res Chlorophyll I just got back from travel late last night, so I guess it's time to start posting a bit again. I'll try to post some ComFest pictures (via other people's cameras) later. For now, enjoy the garden in late June. Beware clicking on the photos, because a couple of them are ridiculously large, due to the fact that I just bought a new camera. 
The green pepper is looking like a green pepper. 
And the snozberries taste like snozberries! No, wait, that's the cilantro I just started in a pot. Link to this article Posted at 09:08:43 AM EST by copus
Fatherhood What do you do with a 19 day old baby? Bring her to BW3 to show her off to your coworkers! 
It really is a family place. I think the mother is only mildly amused. Link to this article Posted at 07:05:02 AM EST by copus
Best Game Show Ever Why do Asians do game shows *so* much better than we do? I think I see a new game show that Bob Barker could host in retirement..... Link to this article Posted at 07:02:11 AM EST by copus
Expensive Man Made Astronomical Events Last night Dave and I got to watch both the space shuttle and the International Space Station visible together in the night sky. There was about a 2 minute window where two relatively bright objects flew across the sky in sync. You can catch the same thing again tonight, at 10:53pm if you live in Ohio. Judging from the approach and departure angles tonight versus last night, it might not be quite as obvious as last night, but it should still be pretty cool if the sky is clear. Link to this article Posted at 07:15:14 AM EST by copus
Faygo Arrival A month an a half after the infamous Faygo de Mayo extravaganza, the new Centennial Soda has arrived. The media blitz has swept up poor Jodi. Baker thinks this is an excellent time to lead into a post about " Mt. Blanchard's contributions to society." Sorry, Baker, I got nothin' past 1997 on the photo tour. Link to this article Posted at 07:40:28 AM EST by copus
Hail Hail the Gang's All Here This is one of those rants I wrote awhile ago but never bothered to actually POST. We had a heck of a hailstorm a couple weeks ago. Big hail. Like, up to 4" diameter hail. Luckily, none of it hit my house. A lot of it hit my car at work, though. I didn't lose any windows, unlike a lot of my unluckier coworkers. The damage to my car was still estimated at around $4000. I just got a check from my insurance company to fix the car. My car is only worth around $6000 or so. It's so tempting to just use the check to help pay off the rest of the car and just drive it around as-is for the next few years. I mean, driving a car that looks like a dimpled golf ball isn't *that* noticeable, right? Link to this article Posted at 06:48:01 AM EST by copus
Stakeout I took photos of the garden last week, but never posted them. Since yesterday Amy helped me put up cages around the tomatoes and terraces for the peppers, I thought I'd just post today's photo update:  You can also see that my cherry tomatoes are growing like gangbusters, and that banana pepper might be ready to pick within a few weeks. All my tomato plants have at least one tiny green tomato growing now. I don't remember things growing this quickly when I was a kid. Of course, I don't remember doing all that much to help with the garden when I was a kid, either. Link to this article Posted at 04:01:27 PM EST by copus
Amok I've got a backlog of posts regarding my garden and future fencinations, new coworkers, and punny bumper stickers. But tonight I'm lazy, so here's an IM conversation that gives you an idea of how free association can get... weird. It's not the most insightful conversation I've ever had, but for some reason it struck me as representative of most of my communications. Matt says: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/china_dinosaurs_dc Matt says: awesome name Matt says: TREMBLE BEFORE GIGANTORAPTOR!!!!! James says: I think he fought Godzilkla James says: err... Godzilla James says: or Mothra Matt says: mecha-gigantoraptor James says: Godzilkla is the cheap eastern european knockoff of Godzilla Matt says: is it bad that i read it as "Godz Killa" Matt says: a new jewish gansta rap group James says: awesome James says: free association run amock Matt says: i like that word, amock amock amock Matt says: what's that from? James says: amock time? Matt says: there's a movie, where someone says "amock, amock, amock" James says: amok is the proper term, maybe Matt says: Etymology: Malay amok : a murderous frenzy that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture Matt says: really? malaysia? James says: huh, who woulda thunk? James says: seems like more of a cambodian thing to me Matt says: ah, its from Hocus Pocus Matt says: which is my all time favorite movie James says: i don't think i've seen it Matt says: i'm not sure i have either James says: at least you can quote it Matt says: Winifred Sanderson: Don't you see? All Hallow's Eve has turned into a night of frollick where children dress up in costumes and run amuck! Sarah: Amuck! [dances around] Sarah: Amuck, amuck, amuck, amuck, amuck... [Winnifred punches Sarah in the stomach] Sarah: Ugh! Matt says: so at least Sara Jessica Parker gets punched James says: if only that happened in every movie Matt says: and every episode of Sex and the City James says: "help me escape nasa and fly the alien spacecraft or i'll punch you" Matt says: ooh, flight of the navigator reference, i like it Link to this article Posted at 08:28:39 PM EST by copus
Dupper or Sinner Growing up, I always thought of mealtimes as being breakfast, lunch, and dinner (although my parents would refer to one of them as "supper" sometimes). When I went to college, my roommate, who grew up on a farm, referred to the three meals of the day as breakfast, dinner, and supper. I found (via an old Boing Boing entry) a fascinating history and evolution of meal times. The shift from an agrarian to an industrial society with artificial lighting caused a change in meal designations, and sizes, at least in English-derived cultures. There were three things I reflected on after reading this article: 1) I really prefer the Mexican siesta, complete with post meal nap. 2) I want to start eating the "Nuntion" meal described between dinner and supper. 3) Thank God Taco Bell gave us Fourth Meal to encourage Americans to add on the pounds. Link to this article Posted at 07:48:46 AM EST by copus
Honored Dead Brian posted this before and after movie of the sign outside the hotel where Bu's reception was held: That probably sums it all up.... Link to this article Posted at 07:15:15 AM EST by copus
El Jardin Here's a little status update for Week 3 of my garden.  The yard critters have only managed to destroy three of the 15 original plants, and all of those were ones I started as seedlings in my garage. I still have three cayenne (I think) plants just starting to grow from those seeds.  The tomato plants are all starting to flower, and the first of the pepper plants is flowering, too.  So, it looks like the cayennes will harvest really late in the season, if at all. Link to this article Posted at 09:02:11 AM EST by copus
God in the Machine A guy at work sent this to me today: Gates vs. Jobs. The only part I really really like is when Jobs says, "....We're in the iWorld, Bill... and I am a GOD here!" Well, I liked the Finder guy, too. Link to this article Posted at 09:19:23 PM EST by copus
Corporate Whoredom We had an all-hands meeting at work today. A human resources guy gave me a slip of paper with a question on it and asked me to ask the question during the question and answer session, to help keep the meeting "flowing" or something. The more I thought about it, the more ridiculous I felt at the thought of asking some B.S. question in front of all my coworkers, and I said this to a few of my coworkers. When the meeting arrived, the questions were coming in pretty quickly. I don't know exactly which ones were seeded and which ones were "genuine." Toward the end, one of the administrative assistants that was about ten rows behind me started taunting me quietly, "ask it, ask it." Finally, there was time for "just one more question." There was a huge pause in the room, and nobody asked a question. I sighed, put my head down, and shot my hand up. I did my duty for the day as a tool of The Man. On a related note, a few weeks ago the same HR guy invited me to a really expensive dinner with some corporate VPs that were in town. It was probably the most expensive meal I've ever had. A manager in my department joked that, "Hey, he bought you dinner and now you have to put out." I'm such a corporate whore. Link to this article Posted at 08:09:42 PM EST by copus
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