Friday night I went to see a charity screening of Serenity with Charles and Janet. We had dinner with Elizabeth ahead of time, then carpooled to downtown and found parking. We had drinks at the Gypsy, which was donating 10% of all food sales to Equality Now. The screening and raffle tickets proceedings were donated… Continue reading Browncoats and heat!
Tag: Personal
Congratulations, Beavers!
The Oregon State Beavers shut out the #2 Rice Owls for two games straight to advance to the championship round of the College World Series. After losing game 1 11-1 to the Miami Hurricanes, the Beavs came back to beat the Canes, then the Owls twice to double eliminate them and move on. Now they… Continue reading Congratulations, Beavers!
The Princess Bride – 2006 Edition
yes my favorite movie, The Princess Bride, has been re-re-released. This marks the fourth time I have purchased it. Laserdisc, DVD, not-as-crappy Special Edition DVD, very nice DVD. This new edition comes in two box covers, The Dread Pirate edition and The Princess Buttercup edition. I bought the latter because the art depicts them face… Continue reading The Princess Bride – 2006 Edition
My latest port triggering iChat/Vonage saga
Sigh. I hate iChat. Damn reliance on routers. Anyway, had Vonage move to port 5061 (they said they were at 10,000? no, they are clueless, was probably 5060) and then changed router to use these settings: We’ll see.
Google Video test with YMCA
I uploaded my YMCA video to Google as a test. Wow the quality is cruddy, but at least it is not my bandwidth!
New Weird Al song – You’re Pitiful!
Yay! As a gift because the new album is late, my hero Weird Al has released a spoof of “You’re Beauitful” on his web site for free!
I’m in a Haunted Mansion book!
My mom bought Chef Mayhem’s “The Secrets of Disney’s Haunted Mansion” from Doombuggies.com. How cool is this to find the fan section and see myself! Can you spot me? (I gave a huge clue in the comments hehe)
Chip, are you just happy to see me?
Someone in charge of the artwork for the Disneyland Grand Californian Hotel’s penny press machine took a little freedom in designing the package, so to speak. Have a look if you are not offended by rodent genitalia.
GeoCaching
Elizabeth bought a Garmin eTrix Legend GPS unit and we did our first GeoCache tonight. GeoCaching is a fun adventure where people hide stuff and then post the GPS coordinates. When you find the cache, you put the date, time and any other note in the log book, look through the goodies and if you… Continue reading GeoCaching
Amazing Lego Carrier
Just have to see
Creative loses MP3 wars, sues Apple
How Creative is that? Welcome to the SCO scum pond, Creative Labs. Yes, Apple ripped off your user interface. That is why people love the Apple UI and hate your piece of crap design.
Be sure to vote!
Tomorrow is primary election day, as well as tax initiatives here in Washington County. Be sure to vote!
Ryan vs. Dorkman
An excellent homemade lightsabre battle! Ryan vs. Dorkman
Evolution of Dance
Thanks to Carren for this hilarious link! Evolution of Dance!
Things you can’t live without if trapped in a mine
Two Australian miners were trapped for 2 weeks. For 5 days they survived on one cereal bar and licked water seeping in. Then they were found by thermal imaging 3,000 feet down and rescuers drilled enough to get them items to live on until they could clear the blockage, some 9 days later. The items… Continue reading Things you can’t live without if trapped in a mine
Game Consoles are a dying breed
With Sony announcing a $599 price for a HD ready PS 3, and MS charging upwards of $500 for theirs, I’m sorry, games are officially too expensive.
Meet the bride
The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland has a new bride. Her name is Constance and Chef Mayhem has a blog post about her and the actress here!
Ah! My Shredder is alive!
Twice today my shredder started shredding. I’ve had it for 4 1/2 years, so this is surely new behavior. It turns out that with the move, the recent sun and the new location of said shredder, the sunlight hits the sensor just right to trick it into thinking the sensor is blocked and thus it… Continue reading Ah! My Shredder is alive!
Hello from Canada!
Just a quick hello to say I’ve been in Canada all week. The weather has been gorgeous up until today. I have been working and fighting a cold – I think the cold won, but I feel rejuvenated now for this final push. The cross of brands between countries is interesting here – I can… Continue reading Hello from Canada!
Getting healthy
So its no new news that I have been working on my issues for a long time – Productivity, lack of sleep, self-judgementalism, etc, etc. I have a new therapist who is great and in a while, I’ll even have a nutritionist who will work on foods for what my body needs and exercise. So,… Continue reading Getting healthy