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November 11th, 2009
01:25 pm - TV pitch
There should be a TV show where each episode takes a famous TV show and replaces the main character with a celebrity with the same name.
"I Love Lucy" starring Lucy Liu
"Chuck" starring Chuck Norris
"Alice" starring Alice Cooper
Etc.
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November 1st, 2009
06:37 pm - Happy Labor Day!
I got this Friday off since I worked through Labor Day and put it to good use. ( boring list )
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October 26th, 2009
12:17 am - cornMaze
Today was a good day, I went to a corn maze with some friends and their kids. I took my GPS for fun and it marked our trail -- 1.2 miles in 48 minutes. It was fun and being outside was nice. And for dinner: corn!
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October 14th, 2009
04:44 pm - Accordion
What is it with Russians and amaizing accordion music?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Bn4m6dQbI
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October 12th, 2009
05:00 pm - 'Golden Age of Video'
A song with lyrics made from popular media:
NSFW if light swearing is a problem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFM140rju4k
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September 27th, 2009
03:21 pm - What?
My spam filter was holding a message with subject "Liza Simpson naked!" I almost released it just to see how else it was confused.
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September 21st, 2009
10:47 pm - Darwin on creationism (and also Ichneumonidae)
Interesting that he wasn't absolutist on this:
"I cannot see as plainly as others do, and as I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all sides of us. There seems to me too much misery in the world. I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars, or that a cat should play with mice. . . .
On the other hand, I cannot anyhow be contented to view this wonderful universe, and especially the nature of man, and to conclude that everything is the result of brute force. I am inclined to look at everything as resulting from designed laws, with the details, whether good or bad, left to the working out of what we may call chance. Not that this notion at /all/ satisfies me. I feel most deeply that the whole subject is too profound for the human intellect. A dog might as well speculate on the mind of Newton. Let each man hope and believe what he can."
Side note: I've gone to talks be exobiologists (studying what it would take to have life on other planets), how long until we have exocreationists making the rounds?
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September 14th, 2009
03:22 pm - Mashup
Hilarious! (For those who know the original.) Just what I needed.
http://www.bobbymartini.co.uk/Get_Lucky_and_Complicated_kvr.mp3
Bobby Martini – Get Lucky and Complicated (Klass Vaki Remix) (Dragonette vs Avril Lavigne)
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September 7th, 2009
08:07 pm - It's true.
There really are Obama Chia Pets. o_O
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03:24 pm - Labor Day
I seem to need to work on Labor Day every year. Bah! At least it's from home.
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September 4th, 2009
06:26 pm - house value
Last year my Property Value Notice said my house increased in value, which was irritating since it obviously didn't and I'd have to pay more property tax. I just got this year's notice and it says the value declined by $55,000 (to $267,000). That's a lot. So... yay?
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August 9th, 2009
08:32 pm - Vacation
Vacation
Originally uploaded by vespid_interest
-Ben
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August 7th, 2009
06:34 pm - Vacation
Off to Newport, Oregon w/ family.
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July 10th, 2009
01:08 pm - Baha'is on trial in Iran
This weekend a group of Baha'is in Iran are going on trial for basically not being Muslim. I wonder if international pressure will have any impact on their situation.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/10/iran.bahais.jail.trial/
I know a lot of Iranian Baha'is who have become US citizens under the refugee system, they are definitely not given ""all the facilities offered to other Iranian citizens" -- unless you count the facilities offered to the "green" protestors.
Incidentally, as a non-partisans the Bahai's are not supposed to become involved with political matters like the current protests in Iran, except to address human rights issues. This can be really hard for some. I've certainly said comments about past US presidents that were partisan, even though I know I'm not supposed to.
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July 7th, 2009
10:40 pm - Mary Poppins
A friend of mine was taking down a patio table umbrella and I told her she reminded me of Mary Poppins, flying off in the wind. She had never seen that movie and didn't know what I was talking about. (She *did* grow up in Iran, but still -- it's Disney. Ok, I'm joking about that.)
Has anyone here not seen Mary Poppins?
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July 1st, 2009
11:01 pm - for your information
I discovered that the abbreviation "FYI" sounds ok but if you abbreviate it to "F your I" it sounds kind of mean. Theoretically they should be equivalent.
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June 28th, 2009
09:55 pm - bulbous
A couple weeks ago I'd go outside for five minutes to water the tomatoes and I'd be sneezing for the next half-hour. Truly. This week is much better, I was able to plant bulbs all day. SO MANY BULBS. And still a few more to plant. But I have several beds of them now and I have accomplished something.
Allergies did finally catch up to me though, right now my nose is just for show. It'll get better though.
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June 24th, 2009
02:25 pm - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Whoa, you can listen to their whole album online:
http://www.robertplantalisonkrauss.com/site.php
(link at the top left)
Why haven't they put out a second one?
Current Music: Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson
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June 23rd, 2009
10:37 pm - Is it like excavated?
The word "extirpated" comes to mind but I don't know what it means. And I don't care.
No wait, now I care. Merriam Webster says:
1 a: to destroy completely : wipe out
b: to pull up by the root
2: to cut out by surgery
Ok, that's a pretty good one.
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May 30th, 2009
11:21 pm - Raveonettes - Dead Sound
I can't stop listening to this song. Their other songs online wash right past me but I seem to resonate at the same frequency as this song. This week at least.
http://www.vicerecords.com/raveonettes/Raveonettes-Dead_Sound-edit.mov
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