Archive for June, 2006

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Ugh.

Update!
I found the source of the problem, I hadn’t upgraded my “comment spam” plugin to the latest version. A quick update of the database, and voila, you can see all the wonderful comments you’ve been leaving. Thanks for the feedback, people. I feel loved.
Now to actually change the banner of [...]

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Thursday, June 29th, 2006

I have No Sense of Taste

Yesterday I took my first wine-tasting course over at SCCC.  It was a fun experience – a very interesting mix of people, I’d say easily 25 people were there.  The stories were pretty interesting:

a father and daughter wanted some more information about wine before they went to Italy. 
A couple transplanted from MN who wanted [...]

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Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

I have officially sold out.

Yesterday I enrolled in my 401B plan (the non-profit equivalant to the 401K).  I also priced hybrid cars after driving my friend’s Honda Civic Hybrid on the weekend.  And I’ve been pricing condos (which is a laugh, really, when they all start around $220K on Cap Hill). 
And the icing on the cake is that [...]

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Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

This week’s blast from the past

Look, it’s Okayama’s Naked Man Festival.  Here they are, purifying themselves in just-above freezing temperature durin g their three hour ordeal.

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Friday, June 23rd, 2006

Mmm, Futurama

Futurama Renewed for 13 New Episodes
And there was much rejoicing!  Futurama got me through both of my stints in Japan. 

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Monday, June 19th, 2006

Feed the Horse!

Feed the Horse!

Originally uploaded by jazzytrev.

Well, ID was a great jaunt. The weather was delightful, mid to high 70’s and very sunny. I have plenty of pics up on Flickr, so cruise on over there and check them out.
This photo has [...]

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Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

Idaho and other musings

I opened up an old appointment to refresh myself of the particulars of a meeting, and Outlook told me something surprisingly philosophical:
This appointment occurs in the past.
The statement made me feel like a time traveller.  Perhaps Outlook views the passage of time in a peculiar fashion, like the Aymara people of South America.
Anywho, I’m [...]

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Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

Turbo Teen

Does anyone else remember Turbo Teen in their youth? It had been bugging me for the better part of a couple of years. I remembered the guy transforming into a car, but that’s it. Well, I finally found a link to the show:
Turbo Teen!
Intro on YouTube.

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