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i have gone and splurged on myself, a tad. i got myself two bottles of good gin. well, one bottle of good gin, and one bottle of really good gin. if you’re not a gin drinker (hi mom!), you will have no clue what the difference between “good gin” and “regular gin” and “really good […]

i’m at starbucks working this evening. i have been here for about an hour and a half so far, and there has been a couple here, apparently breaking up, the entire time. the girl is crying, and the guy is oscillating between being almost on his knees at her chair and sitting back in his. […]

a friend posted in her livejournal recently, and mentioned that she “just wants to feel loved”. this got me thinking about what it is that makes us feel loved. are there some things common to all people that make us feel loved? and i mean loved in a “take it with you sense”, not in […]

this is simply fascinating: Google Press Center: Zeitgeist: It turns out that looking at the aggregation of billions of search queries people type into Google reveals something about our curiosity, our thirst for news, and perhaps even our desires. Considering all that has occurred in 2005, we thought it would be interesting to study just […]

i finally got around to replacing my beloved, but dead, rotring 600 series mechanical pencil. i loved my first one, which i lost, uh, somewhere… i also loved my second one, which sits dead in the desk drawer in front of me. hopefully i’ll have better luck with this third one. 😀 the pencil is […]

of coursethis land is dangerousall of theanimalsare capably murderous Listening to: Of Course from the album “Ritual De Lo Habitual” by Jane’s Addiction

so, i took a quiz that my mom sent to me: Belief-O-Matic — A personality quiz about your religious beliefs and spiritual beliefs – a quiz answering What Religion Am I — Beliefnet.com Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) (link) Liberal Quakers (97%) (link) Bahá’í Faith (91%) (link) Unitarian Universalism (90%) (link) Neo-Pagan (79%) (link) […]

there has been an interesting debate (if we can call it that) in some of the bigger pomo and anti-pomo blogs as of late about the nature of the sabbath, and why and whether we ought to celebrate it. i have long felt that “church on sunday” has become almost an idol in itself, and […]

something that has always been attractive to me is productivity stuff. a site i keep up with, even though i rarely bother implementing any of the ideas is 43 folders, and i’m fond of the idea of improving how stuff gets done to be more efficient and/or less in need of management by a human. […]

knitted gi Listening to: Glorafin from the album “The Mirror Pool” by Lisa Gerrard Technorati Tags: colon, esophagus, gallbladder, gastrointestinal, intestine, knitted, knitting, liver, pancreas, stomach, tongue

Tom Wiebe: when we were kids, getting a 9 volt battery was a highlightKyle Jessup: yeah, those sure were tasty thoughTom Wiebe: not only were they excellent projectiles, but you could also zap your tongue with themChris Corwin: indeedChris Corwin: copperChris Corwin: i used to suck on the electrical connection that ran into the back […]

i’m sitting at starbucks, working and listening to music on my apple in-ear headphones, because i (stupidly) left my bose ones behind. (i keep an extra set of earphones in my bag for just such an occasion: i know me 😉 but, something is wrong, either with my headphones, my computer, or my ears: it’s […]

Pregnant women, or women who plan to become pregnant, should avoid taking PANEXAor handling broken tablets. Or intact tablets. Women considering some day becoming pregnant, who have ever been pregnant, who have had a pregnant friend or pet, or who have seen other pregnant women, naked or otherwise, should also follow these precautions:Do not handle […]

today we went up to seattle for the day some pics: REI flagship store, with it’s climbing wall tricky fell asleep in front of the wonderfully large fireplace at REI crabs at pike’s fish marketwe visited the world’s first starbucks we saw the space needle, but didn’t go up it, cause $13 is too much […]