Sunday, August 31, 2008
This American Life: Fear of Sleep
I was listening to this episode in my car (podcast) and I sat in the parking lot of target listening to the end of this guys story: "Mike Birbiglia talks about the sleepwalking that nearly killed him." He's a comedian and it's really funny (as long as it didn't happen to you).
Colbert Report: Better Know a District
This was my favorite segment on the Colbert Report. Then I cancelled my cable. But now I can watch on the internet ;-)
The representatives that agree to be interviewed are a really good sports!
If you're eating I recommend pausing while whating this. I almost spit my food all over my lap trying not to laugh too hard.
This was my favorite segment on the Colbert Report. Then I cancelled my cable. But now I can watch on the internet ;-)I conquered the refrigerator!
I kind of just happened onto it. The cleaning, not the refrigerator itself.
My intention was just to redistribute some stuff on the door, so that I could fit a few things that were sitting on the shelves, onto the door - where they belong. It's not segregation, I just thought the other condiments would be happier with their own kind.
Anyway, I was moving stuff around when I suddenly found myself removing items from the top shelf and reaching for a sponge. Puzzled by my own actions I figured I would just be cleaning one shelf. Surely I wouldn't go any further. That was so far from my mind that I didn't even contemplate it. Which is probably what, in the end, enabled me go through with it.
You see, one thing just kind of led to another. A reprehensible excuse I know. But that's just the way it went down. What can I say now? I'll be more careful next time, I assure you. In my own defense I can say that this is only the 2nd time I've ever cleaned a refrigerator, in almost 32 years. I think that's a pretty good record.
But you see the sponge was dripping gross, dirty refrigerator water onto the items on the shelves below so I quickly removed them. In doing so I unintentionally set the stage for cleaning those shelves as well.
The middle shelf was easy.
The bottom shelf was, unbeknownst to me, a mass grave for a colony of ants (ok, there were probably only 20 carcasses). I'm not really sure when they appeared (several months ago), but they didn't last long. I'm not even sure how they got in there. Or better yet, why? I've never seen ants filing into a refrigerator before.
Naturally I'm assuming they were part of some cult and they choose my refrigerator for their mass suicide. They didn't leave a note so we'll never know. RIP.
This has really been a three step process. For those of you wondering if you will ever be able to accomplish this same feet I'm including a step by step tutorial, with photos, for your benefit.
Step 1: Accept you have a problem.
If you feel up to it you can click on the image for a larger view. Caution is advised.
Step 2: Remove the inedible items.
Tip: things that have an expiration date of over 4 months ago should be throw out ;-)
Step 3: Clean shelves and restock.
Tip: Do not place items that you do not plan to consume back into the the refrigerator. That's not what it's for. There's another receptacle called a "trash can" that can be used for those items. Alternatively you may opt to compost food that is "past fresh". This should not be done in the refrigerator.
My intention was just to redistribute some stuff on the door, so that I could fit a few things that were sitting on the shelves, onto the door - where they belong. It's not segregation, I just thought the other condiments would be happier with their own kind.
Anyway, I was moving stuff around when I suddenly found myself removing items from the top shelf and reaching for a sponge. Puzzled by my own actions I figured I would just be cleaning one shelf. Surely I wouldn't go any further. That was so far from my mind that I didn't even contemplate it. Which is probably what, in the end, enabled me go through with it.
You see, one thing just kind of led to another. A reprehensible excuse I know. But that's just the way it went down. What can I say now? I'll be more careful next time, I assure you. In my own defense I can say that this is only the 2nd time I've ever cleaned a refrigerator, in almost 32 years. I think that's a pretty good record.
But you see the sponge was dripping gross, dirty refrigerator water onto the items on the shelves below so I quickly removed them. In doing so I unintentionally set the stage for cleaning those shelves as well.
The middle shelf was easy.
The bottom shelf was, unbeknownst to me, a mass grave for a colony of ants (ok, there were probably only 20 carcasses). I'm not really sure when they appeared (several months ago), but they didn't last long. I'm not even sure how they got in there. Or better yet, why? I've never seen ants filing into a refrigerator before.
Naturally I'm assuming they were part of some cult and they choose my refrigerator for their mass suicide. They didn't leave a note so we'll never know. RIP.
This has really been a three step process. For those of you wondering if you will ever be able to accomplish this same feet I'm including a step by step tutorial, with photos, for your benefit.
Step 1: Accept you have a problem.
If you feel up to it you can click on the image for a larger view. Caution is advised.
Step 2: Remove the inedible items.
Tip: things that have an expiration date of over 4 months ago should be throw out ;-)
Step 3: Clean shelves and restock.
Tip: Do not place items that you do not plan to consume back into the the refrigerator. That's not what it's for. There's another receptacle called a "trash can" that can be used for those items. Alternatively you may opt to compost food that is "past fresh". This should not be done in the refrigerator.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
What is that?
I went for a drive today. We'll ok, I went for two drives today. Anyway, on the 2nd one I was stopped at a light (by Amazon dog park). I'm in the lotus with both windows just cracked. The music up and I'm off in my own world. There's a guy standing on the right waiting to cross.
I'm sitting there for like a minute when I think maybe I hear someone yelling. I look over my shoulder to the left and there's a guy standing on the center divider (two lanes on my side, one on the other going the opposite direction). I look over at the guy standing on the street corner thinking he was talking to him. At first it looks like he's responding, but then just stands there. I think he just looked cause the guy was yelling. I hit the mute button and hear, "What is that?". Just then a minivan on the other side of the street drives by and this guy hangs his head out the window and yells back at him: "It's a Lotus."
Oh!
I yell back, "Yeah, it's a Lotus." Just then another car comes up on my left and my view is obscured. The light turns green and I'm off.
I'm sitting there for like a minute when I think maybe I hear someone yelling. I look over my shoulder to the left and there's a guy standing on the center divider (two lanes on my side, one on the other going the opposite direction). I look over at the guy standing on the street corner thinking he was talking to him. At first it looks like he's responding, but then just stands there. I think he just looked cause the guy was yelling. I hit the mute button and hear, "What is that?". Just then a minivan on the other side of the street drives by and this guy hangs his head out the window and yells back at him: "It's a Lotus."
Oh!
I yell back, "Yeah, it's a Lotus." Just then another car comes up on my left and my view is obscured. The light turns green and I'm off.
unearthed while weeding
Various treasures found while weeding in front today:
And in the back yard last week I found this...
And in the back yard last week I found this...
I wonder what else is hiding in my yard!
The Daily Show reviews Obama's acceptance speech.
I LOVE this show! And Samantha Bee is hysterical. Watch this episode and see people look serious while sounding really stupid. I found it non-stop funny.
And here's one of my favorite Samantha Bee spots. It's called "Al Jazeera English". I don't know how she keep herself composed during the part where she's coming up with a new theme song for them. And my favorite part is at the end where she creates her own version of the show and gets the woman anchor to introduce herself as... "Peppermint Gomez".
And here's one of my favorite Samantha Bee spots. It's called "Al Jazeera English". I don't know how she keep herself composed during the part where she's coming up with a new theme song for them. And my favorite part is at the end where she creates her own version of the show and gets the woman anchor to introduce herself as... "Peppermint Gomez".
Friday, August 29, 2008
Quantum Cello
The latest from RadioLab involves some great Cello music. Listen here.
I love the sound of the Cello. Hearing this makes me want to go out and get one.
I love the sound of the Cello. Hearing this makes me want to go out and get one.
SciAm: McCain's Veep Pick Palin - Open ANWR to Drilling
"... But it's a big question mark whether they will cotton to Palin's conservative leanings: She is antiabortion and an advocate of drilling offshore as well as in the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)."
"...Oh, by the way, Palin is also in favor of teaching Creationism in schools."
Article here
"...Oh, by the way, Palin is also in favor of teaching Creationism in schools."
Article here
Thursday, August 28, 2008
nice shaped head
A lot of people latey have said I have a nice shaped head. Not a comment you get when you have long hair.That's what the person said who cut my hair today. Honestly I don't think it looks much different than when I cut it myself.
It's hard to tell on your own head though. I'll have to ask Mel. She'll have an opinion.
I kind of like it shorter. Maybe I'll keep it like this for a while.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
lotus of portland
Made the drive to Portland today to get new front tires. The fronts last a lot longer than the backs. I'm on my 4th set of rear tires :-P
I had someone in town change the tires once and they spilled coke in my car which bubbled up the plastic on the side pillar so I'm not sure I'll really trust them again. I didn't go up just for the tires. I also had to get the passenger window adjusted. This adjustment is almost as frequent as the rear tire changes. Also, the rear view mirror fell off in the 100 degree heat the other week. So I thought I'd just get all that taken care of before the warranty ran out, which will probably happen next week since I'm about 200 miles away from 36k.
As per my routine I took the blue line (the train is like two blocks away from the shop) into downtown and watched a movie. The timing was perfect. I dropped off the car, caught the train, found a movie to watch & got a sandwich. I took the sandwich into the theater and sat down just as the previews were starting. It was kind of like I was at home. I was sitting in front of a giant screen but I was the only one in there.
Or was until an older gentleman showed up a few minutes into it. About 1/3 of the way into the movie his cell phone rings and he answers it. Thankfully he went out of the auditorium to talk to the person. And then we he got back he asked me if he missed anything, lol.
I got back and it took and extra hour for the car to be ready. So I played games on my iPhone - tetris, solitare and some cannon shooting game. I left at 4 so I wasn't really stuck in traffic although it was a little slow going at first. I utilized my new iPhone accessory to play my iPod over the radio. I found you get better reception if you're touching the part where you set the station. And, as I learned today, it's even clearer if you stick it on your stomach. So I kind of tucked it into the seatbelt for the ride.
I listened to This American Life: You've Got Pegged on the last leg of the trip. It was funny and had me laughing in car which was a nice break from the monotony of interstate 5.
I had someone in town change the tires once and they spilled coke in my car which bubbled up the plastic on the side pillar so I'm not sure I'll really trust them again. I didn't go up just for the tires. I also had to get the passenger window adjusted. This adjustment is almost as frequent as the rear tire changes. Also, the rear view mirror fell off in the 100 degree heat the other week. So I thought I'd just get all that taken care of before the warranty ran out, which will probably happen next week since I'm about 200 miles away from 36k.
As per my routine I took the blue line (the train is like two blocks away from the shop) into downtown and watched a movie. The timing was perfect. I dropped off the car, caught the train, found a movie to watch & got a sandwich. I took the sandwich into the theater and sat down just as the previews were starting. It was kind of like I was at home. I was sitting in front of a giant screen but I was the only one in there.
Or was until an older gentleman showed up a few minutes into it. About 1/3 of the way into the movie his cell phone rings and he answers it. Thankfully he went out of the auditorium to talk to the person. And then we he got back he asked me if he missed anything, lol.
I got back and it took and extra hour for the car to be ready. So I played games on my iPhone - tetris, solitare and some cannon shooting game. I left at 4 so I wasn't really stuck in traffic although it was a little slow going at first. I utilized my new iPhone accessory to play my iPod over the radio. I found you get better reception if you're touching the part where you set the station. And, as I learned today, it's even clearer if you stick it on your stomach. So I kind of tucked it into the seatbelt for the ride.
I listened to This American Life: You've Got Pegged on the last leg of the trip. It was funny and had me laughing in car which was a nice break from the monotony of interstate 5.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
in the ground
Here's what the trees look like in the ground. This was taken a few days ago when it had rained the night before.There's four of them in this pic but the Cherry tree in the corner of the yard is hard to see because the leaves of the Pear tree up front kind of blend together with it. To the right is a plum tree. The one on the left is a Liquidambar.
Blue skies
I got up and had some orange juice for breakfast. I looked outside and the sky was really blue and the temperature was already warm. I decided to mow the lawn before heading to bjj for day 2 of the seminar. The weather was perfect.
Mowing the lawn you cover every inch of the yard, so you get to see it from every different angle. With the trees all around and the big blue sky in the background it was great. There was even a sliver of moon in between a few stretched out white clouds.
The great weather lent itself to a nice bike (motorcycle) ride over to NWMA for the seminar. We did gi and no-gi today. Yesterday the seminar started at 11 and then we took a short break around 1:15 and people got smoothies and such. Then we continued on till 3. But nobody was too excited to put the wet gi's back on after the break. So when the option came up to do some no-gi stuff today almost everyone was on board - just so they wouldn't have to put the sweaty gi's back on after the break.
They did some promotions yesterday. I got another stripe. I can't say that I was comfortable getting the first one so I didn't really think I needed another. But you can't really say no, right? I guess they know better than I do. I just want to have trained harder. I think I've been pretty consistant the last three months though. So that's good. And I guess it has been a year since I got the belt so I guess the pace isn't too bad. It always seems to early to me to get stripes.
A couple guys got their blue belts and the next day when they came in and already had new belts. Stormy said, "Looks like they pre-ordered!" It was kind of funny, but I think they had just ordered it with their gi earlier to save on shipping. It is kind of odd to just have your next belt laying around at your house though. Maybe I should just order myself the next 3 belts so I'm ready to go. Or not.
Went on an extended ride after the seminar was over, the long way home. The sky looked nice so I thought I should ride around and enjoy it.
When I got back I made myself a nice sandwhich when I got back. I was pretty hungry by then.
Mowing the lawn you cover every inch of the yard, so you get to see it from every different angle. With the trees all around and the big blue sky in the background it was great. There was even a sliver of moon in between a few stretched out white clouds.
The great weather lent itself to a nice bike (motorcycle) ride over to NWMA for the seminar. We did gi and no-gi today. Yesterday the seminar started at 11 and then we took a short break around 1:15 and people got smoothies and such. Then we continued on till 3. But nobody was too excited to put the wet gi's back on after the break. So when the option came up to do some no-gi stuff today almost everyone was on board - just so they wouldn't have to put the sweaty gi's back on after the break.
They did some promotions yesterday. I got another stripe. I can't say that I was comfortable getting the first one so I didn't really think I needed another. But you can't really say no, right? I guess they know better than I do. I just want to have trained harder. I think I've been pretty consistant the last three months though. So that's good. And I guess it has been a year since I got the belt so I guess the pace isn't too bad. It always seems to early to me to get stripes.
A couple guys got their blue belts and the next day when they came in and already had new belts. Stormy said, "Looks like they pre-ordered!" It was kind of funny, but I think they had just ordered it with their gi earlier to save on shipping. It is kind of odd to just have your next belt laying around at your house though. Maybe I should just order myself the next 3 belts so I'm ready to go. Or not.
Went on an extended ride after the seminar was over, the long way home. The sky looked nice so I thought I should ride around and enjoy it.
When I got back I made myself a nice sandwhich when I got back. I was pretty hungry by then.
Flying Pigeon
There was a piece on the Flying Pigeon bicyle on the Olympics coverage today. It was pretty funny. I was laughing out loud as they compared them to the $10k olympic indoor racing bikes.
"The Flying Pigeon was the single most popular mechanized vehicle on the planet."
"The Flying Pigeon was the single most popular mechanized vehicle on the planet."
Saturday, August 23, 2008
people
Fun interactions I've had with people today:
- Stormy at the bjj seminar
- The two ladies in front of me at baskin robins
- Several people staring at my car when I went for a drive
Decided to go for a short drive. Realized it was pretty warm. Pulled over to take the top off the car. I'm never going to get tired of that. Love the wind blowing around. Especially when my hair isn't getting in my eyes ;-)
The bjj seminar was really good. We went over a couple take downs and then some koala guard and half guard stuff. I like when people explain when a good time to use a move would be. And also when there's several different options that work together. We had both of those today. Tomorrow we're going to do some Gi and some No-Gi.
Friday, August 22, 2008
good review
It's always nice to get an unsolicted good review from your clients...
Thank you for all this info and for continually responding to our needs. I’m always grateful for the way you handle yourself and have expressed this again to John. You have integrity, work hard, make no pretenses. I just want you know how much I appreciate that.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
august things
- 2003 yosemite trip (really, really great trip, took like 300 pictures)
- 2004 bought yamaha scooter (fun, but now replaced by honda rebel)
- 2005 trip to oregon (to find a house for my mom)
- 2006 ny/canada trip (first time to east coast!)
- 2007 worlds bjj trip (Jill and I won our division and got blue belts!)
- 2008 ... cut hair & planted trees? I'm having a good month.
bad losers
Team USA loses bid for fourth straight softball gold medal
I saw this on my start page and clicked on it because I remember hearing about how the team hadn't lost since 2000. Personally I found myself laughing as I read it. These players do not know how to lose. It's kind of embarassing. They're all crying and saying it wasn't supposed to happen like this. But, OMG, they won for how long and they have ONE loss and they freak out. Whatever.
On the other hand I'm pretty excited for Yukiko Ueno of Japan who the day before "had pitched 21 innings -- the equivalent of three complete games -- to get her team to the gold-medal match." ... "Though it's rare for a pitcher at this level to work consecutive days, Ueno's performance can stand with any in these games. Not only was it physically demanding in China's thick air, but she couldn't afford a misstep in two matchups with the U.S. or against the free-swinging Aussies, who won bronze." Now that's exciting.
But the US team crying about a silver and saying that's not how it was supposed to be? That's embarassing.
I saw this on my start page and clicked on it because I remember hearing about how the team hadn't lost since 2000. Personally I found myself laughing as I read it. These players do not know how to lose. It's kind of embarassing. They're all crying and saying it wasn't supposed to happen like this. But, OMG, they won for how long and they have ONE loss and they freak out. Whatever.
On the other hand I'm pretty excited for Yukiko Ueno of Japan who the day before "had pitched 21 innings -- the equivalent of three complete games -- to get her team to the gold-medal match." ... "Though it's rare for a pitcher at this level to work consecutive days, Ueno's performance can stand with any in these games. Not only was it physically demanding in China's thick air, but she couldn't afford a misstep in two matchups with the U.S. or against the free-swinging Aussies, who won bronze." Now that's exciting.
But the US team crying about a silver and saying that's not how it was supposed to be? That's embarassing.
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