Thursday, July 07, 2005
random picture of the moment (2): i was looking thru "One Last LIttle Peak" when i ran across this one.
random picture of the moment (1): the true definition of Ice Coffee. shameful me put it in the freezer before taking a shower sunday morning. i removed it monday evening.
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
kinda nice
woke up this morning to find that my a/c wasn't cooling things. i've discovered that if my bedroom is cooler than the temperature i've set, it actually shuts itself off. not completely as if it warms up, it kicks on, but i thought that was kinda neat. the first time i discovered it i thought something was broken but quickly realized what happened. very cool. litterally.
and right now outside, i'm hearing this sound i haven't heard in what seems like a long time - rain. i've managed to miss (BOO! HISS!) most of the thunderstorms so i haven't heard the sound of rain recently. it's kinda nice and relaxing. i'm hopeful i can keep this feeling thru at least the morning.
coward!
normally i wouldn't say anything about the dumbass monkey who is the "leader of the free world" but last night on my way home, i was listening to NPR and i couldn't help but laugh at his cowardice.
as many of us are aware, the G8 are meeting (starting today if i recall) and when dumbass monkey was asked what he wasn't looking forward to doing while in scotland, he apparently indicated 2 things.
1) haggis - he wants no part of it.
2) wearing a kilt - he wants no part of it.
my reaction: COWARD!
let's think about this for a moment. the idea of haggis doesn't particularly agree with me, but if i'm someone who is supposedly so powerful, wouldn't you think that whoever they get to make the haggis for me just might use the best possible bits and pieces of whatever? even i would be willing to try it. esp if some gourmet chef is cooking it for me. i may not go for a lot of it, but i certainly would be willing to try it. as my grandmother used to call it, a 'no thank you' portion. basically a small serving, no more than a few bites, but enuff to say that i did indeed try it.
now, if i was asked to wear a kilt, my only reaction would be the following: make sure it belongs to my clan. technically, my grandfather was the last of my family who could wear our tartan, but that's the one i'd want to wear. and i'd wear it with pride. i've never worn a kilt, but i'd certainly be willing to wear one if i was going to some important meeting and was asked if i'd like to. hell, if i had a kilt and an opportunity to wear one for some reason, i'd be willing to. i'll just be sure to wear a pair of boxers. (sorry, i'll wear it, i won't wear it in the traditional manner, so brand me a coward if you must, but at least i'll wear it and try haggis)
now, this morning i've got the fox25 morning news on, and they just did a little story on how OJ Simpson is in the news (he and a friend were helping his ex when she went nuts. friend called cops as she "was on drugs" and attacked them) and when the story was over, Gene Lavanchy quipped "and the search for the real killer continues"
ouch...
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Saturday, July 02, 2005
jesus. fucking. christ.
please god or whoever the hell is up there, don't let this be a one time thing.
Speak To Me
Breathe ->
Breathe (reprise)
Money
Wish You Were Here
Comfortably Numb
i've heard a fair number of Comfy Numbs in my life. it's the song that really hooked me into Pink Floyd, and what i just watched was incredible.
best.
version.
ever.
i never in my wildest dreams thought i'd get a chance to see Pink Floyd as a 4 piece. and today, prayers were answered.
and it wasn't good.
it was fucking phenomenal.
and to top it off, Roger was having fun. plus a quick shout out to Syd. i couldn't help but chuckle at that.
all i know is two thing:
1) if Roger and Dave can really bury the hatchet, whatever potential Pink Floyd album or tour (or both) would be fucking incredible.
2) if Dave decides that Pink Floyd is truly over, it really did end on a very high note, and for that i am thankful.
Thank You.
the great molius coke challenge (part 1)
well, i had been hoping to do this last weekend, but getting screwed by work postponed things. i would have liked to have done this sooner, but i've only just now been able to it.
the challengers:
- coke classic
- diet coke
- diet coke with splenda
- coke zero
- c2
in between tastings, i would eat a little pita to cleanse the taste buds.
coke classic: this is what i grew up on. i have no other way to describe it other than it's 'coke'. what i expected, and what i remember. the baseline for my taste test. i've always liked it, i probably always will.
diet coke: suprisingly, the intial taste in my mouth was the flavor of coke classic. i wasn't expecting that, but then it changed and that's when the aspertame kicks in and the taste changes, and gives you that aftertaste that we associate with many diet sodas.
diet coke with splenda: quite good. this tasted more like coke classic than diet coke. in the later tastings, the only real difference i found between diet coke w/splenda and coke classic, is that coke classic has a more sugary texture to it. no suprise there, that would be the corn syrup, but i can now say with confidence that diet coke w/splenda really does taste more like coke classic than diet coke.
coke zero: the new one. a wildcard as it just sorta appeared and i didn't know what to make of it. well, it's an interesting suprise. looking at it, one would expect it to be like diet coke, but the pleasant suprise it that while it uses aspertame as its sweetener, it doesn't leave that diet coke aftertaste. i also felt that the flavor was smoother than diet, which seems somewhat sharp. when i compared it to diet coke w/splenda, i thought the flavors were similar, but that coke zero was a drier flavor (reminded me of a dry white wine).
C2: a cross between coke classic and diet using splenda. to be fair, the drink by date on it was 7/11/05, so it was nearing the end of life. and it did remind me of coke that is past its prime. so it's hard to really compare it to the others, but before the past prime flavor kicks in, it does taste like a cross between coke classic and diet coke. when i tried it a while back, that was my reaction then as well. it didn't do anything for me.
so, where does that leave us? well, i still prefer coke classic over all, but with that cutting back on sugar thing i've been doing for some time, here are my results:
- Coke Classic
- Diet Coke w/Splenda
- Coke Zero
- Diet Coke
- C2
looks like all in all, of the diet/lower sugar varieties of coke, Diet Coke w/Splenda is the clear victor. it tastes more like Coke Classic, has a full flavor, but isn't as sticky/sugary as Coke Classic. Coke Zero is a good alternative and i think this is what Diet Coke should have been way back when it was introduced. i like how it doesn't have the aftertaste of diet coke.
so, there you go. initial impressions. tomorrow i'll repeat the test, and with help from M, we may even do a blind taste test to see which we like the best. more results shortly. Read More......
i wonder
i had a thought last saturday that had i not been embroiled in network issues at work, i would have posed to you kind souls, but this morning i remembered it so i'll pose it while i'm thinking about it.
i like watching The Batman (on WB) and it never starts exactly at 1030am because of Pokemon running over a minute or two. so i usually end up hearing a little bit of the wrap up as everyone walks away from the recent battle in happy bliss. i usually don't pay attention to it, mostly because i can't really stand Pokemon (and that ilk) but one of the characters said something that i happened to hear that made me wonder the following:
do people (parents mostly, kids see a cartoon) realize that shows like Pokemon are nothing more than dog fighting or cock fighting in cartoon form? followed by the happy moral of 'teamwork wins the day' or 'it's ok to not win everytie' type message.
i presume that no one ever dies, and everything is good in the end, but they fight each other, beating the crap out of each other until someone loses. however they determine a loss. but it really does seem like it's nothing more than cartoon animal fighting.
Friday, July 01, 2005
random braindroppings
credit goes to george carlin for the word 'braindroppings'. i'm currently watching biography on A&E on george carlin and it's pretty interesting.
anyways, during a commercial break, sargento had a thing for their new deli slices, and i thought it was rather odd that you could buy a package of their sliced swiss cheese that contains 12 slices.
yet, their cheddar slices come in a package of 11 slices.
huh?
is it really that much of a price difference to only have 11 slices of cheddar? 11 doesn't divide particularly well. it's like hotdog rolls. they come in packages of 8. yet you buy 10 hotdog buns.
what if you are having a BBQ (or in the case of RB, a Draft BBQ) and there are 12 burgers, 12 people and they all want cheddar cheese on their burgers? and you only have 1 package of sargento's sliced deli cheddar cheese. and no one wants to say 'hey, i'll have swiss please'. what are you to do?
now, A&E just had a little trivia bit on wayne gretsky. they asked how many shots did he have during his career. stay tuned to find out. only when they tell you, they tell you how many goals (894 if i recall, not gonna look it up) and the total assists, but no mention of how many shots he took.
i'm sure it's recorded somewhere, but that didn't answer the question that they posed.
looking forward to seeing Pink Floyd tomorrow. going a little nuts trying to work out the whole time zone thing, but i think i've figured it out. so long as MTV doesn't fuck it up.
we'll see. at least the weather is changing for the better.
Thursday, June 30, 2005
random picture of the moment: i love that new puppy smell.
(cosmo (left, blue) and nellie (right, red), 8 weeks old (dob: 5/5/05))
Read More......Wednesday, June 29, 2005
random picture of the moment: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Please observe a moment of silence for the bottles we have lost on this day.
just as a sad aside, there was wine and other spirits on the truck that were lost as well, not just beer.
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
random picture of the moment: the all important. mr. moo and mr. e seem to be eyeing it. mr. m is taking a nap. 
random trivia
THINGS YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW, BUT HAVE FORGOTTEN
- Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
- The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
- The dot over the letter i is called a "tittle".
- A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
- Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
- 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
- 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
- The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino.
- On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.
- Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
- Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
- Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
- Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
- Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
- Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
- Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.
- Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time .. hence, multi-tasking was invented.
- Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
- There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
- The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before!
- There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!
- Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
- A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
- The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
- If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar (good to know.)
- By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.)
- The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb (sign of a true civilized society ... not.)
- The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
- Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples! (Guess what I'm buying on my next trip to the grocery store?)
- Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
- The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher
- Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
- Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it
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