Archive for March, 2007
I am a silly man
I decided to pop out of my self-imposed blogging hiatus to address a recent comment on my site. It seems that a long-time reader of my blog, Shouting Thomas, has taken a bit of umbrage with, well, I guess my entire site — text and graphics included. According to Shouting Thomas, I am a “very silly young man.”
In order to fully comprehend Shouting Thomas’ comment, I feel that it is necessary to re-write his words as translated by my inner monologue.
For your reference and convenience, I am including the original comment sans inner monologue translations…
Addictive Games
If you are addicted to the internet, please read no further…
The following games are extremely addictive. As a public service announcement, I am informing my readers that Red and Desktop Tower Defense will erode your productivity faster than an Oregon downpour.
UPDATE: Desktop Tower Defense has been updated. It’s even more addictive now! via Kottke
Random Post 3/23/07
The blogosphere is pulsating with ferocity this morning. I have about 50 potential posts floating around in the soup that makes up my consciousness…
Random Item number 1: This isn’t a link but I really want to post that I am super excited, happy, giddy, etc. that this Sunday, the 25th of March will be the 2 year anniversary for me and Wendy!
Random Item number 2: I just signed up to be the host for the Erase Racism Carnival in November of 2007. I am very excited, nervous, and exuberant about this opportunity.
Random Item number 3: I have cable creep that resembles the vine-laden jungles of Costa Rica. Fortunately, Macinstruct has a great tutorial on managing cable creep.
Erase Racism Carnival #10
The 10th Erase Racism Carnival is over at Racialicious.
This month’s carnival posts are grouped by:
* Race and Racism in the Media and Pop Culture
* Race, Racism and Parenting
* Alliance-Building in Fighting Racism
* Oppression and Discrimination
* White Supremacy and White Privilege
The Erase Racism Blog Carnival is dedicated to ending racism, white supremacy, and unearned privilege.
Aluminum recycling in Corvallis
The Allied Waste newsletter arrived in the mail today. The folks at Allied Waste put together a concise and easy to read mailing called “At Your Disposal.” I was reading the “Curbside Recycling Update” section when I read about the blurb on aluminum recycling.
Aluminum goes to ALCOA on the east coast and is made into aluminum cans again.
I think it is great that aluminum cans from Corvallis, Oregon are being recycled. However, what is the environmental cost for transporting west coast cans to the east coast for processing? The process seems a little counter intuitive to me. I wonder if environmentally conscious recycling / post-consumer recycling processes need to be analyzed…
What do you think?
I need a new chair
Does anyone have any recommendations for a desk chair? I’m 6 ft. 4 in. / 200 lbs. so I need something that will fit my frame… My current chair’s seat cushion is worn out and I’m ready for an upgrade.
Any suggestions, recommendations, thoughts, etc.?
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Buzzfeed
BuzzFeed distinguishes what is actually interesting from what is merely hyped. We only feature movies, music, fashion, ideas, technology, and culture that are on the rise and worth your time.
My post on Gender Neutral Bathrooms was just buzzed!
I wonder why my post was chosen? I found out about Safe2Pee from a post at vegankid’s.
Grandma Katie
My phone rang this morning at 8 A.M. The ring tone was the “circus” music that I have reserved for my parents. My grandmother died this morning. She was 82. According to my mom, Grandma Katie died peacefully.
A memorial service has been planned for April 21st. My mom asked me if I wanted to say anything at the service. I’ve been thinking about what I would say at my grandma’s funeral for a week or so. Her health had been failing due to complications after a stroke and we all knew that she would not live for much longer.
I feel a certain amount of responsibility to say something insightful at the service. My brother, Shaun, posted on his blog that he will miss the cookies and milk that used to always be available at grandma’s house. Homemade chocolate chip cookies were always in a Tupperware container on top of the refrigerator. Standard operating procedure at grandma’s house was to enter the house, say hello, hug, and then get cookies, pour milk into the little plastic blue cups that were perfect for dunking, and then eat scrumptious cookies while sitting at the kitchen table.
Grandma Katie introduced me to my first soap opera. General Hospital was a mainstay in the afternoon. She would ride her bike to the mailbox and place the mail in the basket at the front of her bike.
Send Me a Voice Message
E-mail, voicemail, instant messaging, and postal mail are just a few of the ways that I can be contacted. Next week I plan on implementing a solar-powered carrier pigeon system…
Recently, I came across the ODEO “Send a message” service which allows blog visitors to record an audio voice message that is then emailed to the blogger.
