Journal Journal: Chronicle: Sample Merchandise Sale (2)
After last year's Sample Sale i was very excited to go to this year's. It was $10 promptly asked for at the door, and no real $1 table.
I got:
Journal Journal: Chronicle: New glasses and contacts (2)
I have tried two more brands of contacts, both hydrogel and toric, with little success. The first pair had the right eye not so bad, but the left was blurry. Ultimately, my appointment was for Sunday, and when i was late i received a phone call. Oops! I guess i've been relying on those reminder calls a bit too much.
Comment My favorite part (Score 1) 79
Did Guistra get the contracts?
Duh.
Comment Re:And when capped internet comes then people will (Score 1) 286
And then when you got past the nipples you stopped the download because there wasn't a point any longer.
By then, I'd usually lost patience and just turned to my vast collection of ASCII porn stored on a tape drive.
Those were the days......
Comment Re:This is not good... (Score 1) 256
The 'normal' level of vitamin D has also crept upwards over the years.
Journal Journal: Rant: Bring your Daughter/Child(ren)/Son To Work Day 2
Okay, first came Take Our Daughters To Work Day, which was implemented as Take a Child to Work Day, now "officially", Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, but personally i consider it Take Our Cuties To Show Off Day.
Comment Re:I actually prefer bn.com (Score 1) 2
I don't mind e-books. But i refuse to pay so much for something that is not legally absolutely and completely mine. Even then, it's always a question if i want to pay for something not tangible.
And, books don't run out of power, can easily be flipped, and so on.
Journal Journal: Chronicle: Off to the bookstore for a book! 2
I love books. Well, i love reading them. There are people who do love books, such as an erstwhile coworker that told me she cried when they were lost or damaged, or something like that. She convincingly conveyed to me that she was emotionally attached to her books. She also no longer works here.
Comment Sad no one mentioned the French TGV (Score 2) 189
- Has been operating on conventional rail (cost $ vs. $$$ for maglev) since 1981.
- Is holding the world record of 574,8 km/h on conventioanl rail since 2007.
- Is linking all major cities in France and some abroad (Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, UK).
- Has commercial speeds of 280km/h for the oldest ones, to 320km/h for the current generation.
- Costs a fraction of the price of the maglev.
- Is holding the world record of 574,8 km/h on conventioanl rail since 2007.
- Is linking all major cities in France and some abroad (Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, UK).
- Has commercial speeds of 280km/h for the oldest ones, to 320km/h for the current generation.
- Costs a fraction of the price of the maglev.
But, YMMV. And by all means go Japan !
Comment Re:Waiting for regular news to catch this one (Score 1) 18
I'm sure you had the same level of skepticism towards an article published in Rolling Stone last fall.
Comment Re:solutions (Score 1) 67
If you can't find a picture of me online with 30 seconds on the googles, you need to stop eating the paintchips.
Comment solutions (Score 0) 67
Can somebody buy that guy some clippers or tweezers to solve his problem of having only a single eyebrow?
Comment Re:Success breeds success (Score 1) 118
no, but mitt romney does?
No, but he can become one in the afterlife if he has enough wives on Earth prior to his death.
Comment hosts file (Score 3, Funny) 390
I would switch, but then I'd have to rewrite my hosts files.
Comment Re:Any other examples that anyone's spotted? (Score 1) 186
But how many of the entries on that page are hoaxes about being hoaxes?
Much like the turtles, it's hoaxes all the way down.
