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It's Wednesday, so tomorrow's another Gossip Girl post in the Intelligencer. Yay! The show itself is completely retarded, but it makes for good blogging.
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
It's Wednesday, so tomorrow's another Gossip Girl post in the Intelligencer. Yay! The show itself is completely retarded, but it makes for good blogging.
Friday, October 05, 2007
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
TSA personnel fail 5 tests out of 7.
In one instance, the testers went through security with a bottle of water and bomb components in their carry-on luggage. The TSA screeners saw the bottle and confiscated it. Didn't see the bomb stuff though...
Says a TSA spokesperson:
In related news, DHS Chief Chertoff said today in Chicago that he has a "gut feeling" that some shit might be going down this summer. I actually have the same feeling - I'm thinking subway attack somewhere. Happy summer indeed...
In one instance, the testers went through security with a bottle of water and bomb components in their carry-on luggage. The TSA screeners saw the bottle and confiscated it. Didn't see the bomb stuff though...
Says a TSA spokesperson:
We don't discuss the results because they tend to paint an inaccurate picture of the competency of our work force. [...] The tests are designed to be incredibly difficult and TSA does anticipate a fair level of failure.Well, that's reassuring... So basically, unless the terrorists are a bunch of retards, we should expect a "fair level" of failure. Hurray.
In related news, DHS Chief Chertoff said today in Chicago that he has a "gut feeling" that some shit might be going down this summer. I actually have the same feeling - I'm thinking subway attack somewhere. Happy summer indeed...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Leaving on an early flight to NY tomorrow for three days. I shall have the pleasure of Mr. Cub and Mr. Fagat on Wednesday evening, but Thursday's all empty. Maybe I should learn trapeze. Or catch up on my blogging, I have all these pics from Pride...
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Friday, June 08, 2007
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
I'm not sure if I have a problem communicating with them or if NY cabbies are just a bit dense, but in 4 days in NY, I had two really awe-inspiring rides:
- Going from 88th and York to 45th and 5th. The dude gets on the FDR going south but doesn't exit until 23rd and then goes further south. Turns out the moron thought I had said 25th. Yeah, 'cause "25th" and "45th" totally sound the same, even when you repeat them three times.
- Getting to la Guardia, I tell the driver I'm flying American. He drops me off in front of the US Airways terminal. "That's US Airways", I say. "Yes, it is" "I want American Airlines" "It's not the same?" "No, dude, it's not" "Are you sure?" "Yup, pretty sure".
[Sigh]
Sunday, May 13, 2007
I don't even have a good excuse for not blogging in ages. Granted, I've been a bit busy with settling into my condo and doing some basic housework, but still, I suck.
So I will tell you a story about how bad I am at housework, even though in my mind I'm Bob Villa. Last week I decided to pimp out my bedroom closet - twelve feet of virgin space, begging for some custom closet goodness. I promptly went to the Home Depot and bought a system from ClosetMaid that involved hanging everything from a bar at the top of the wall. I also purchased wall anchors which looked sturdy enough for the aforementioned bar. You know where this is going, don't you?
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So the horizontal bar from which the whole system is supposed to hang has holes every 8 inches. Thinking it was only clothes, I figured I could skip every other hole. First mistake. Then as I started drilling holes in the wall and placing the anchors into position, I realized they were of really shitty quality. I decided not to heed that omen and proceeded to the set the whole thing up. An hour later I was done and I was as proud of my gleaming closet as a father would of a tree house he just built for his kids.
Cut to 2AM, that night. I woke up to a horrible noise that left me slightly traumatised and the cats clawing everything in sight. It took me a minute to figure out where it had come from. As I opened the closet doors, I realized the extend of my cluelessness: the whole thing, all 12 feet of multiple levels of wire shelving, and the clothes that I had lovingly laid out had come down in one big mangled mess. The part of the wall where the top bar was afixed was riddled with big gaping holes and the bar was laying with the rest of the wreckage.
It took me a good hour to get everything out of the way, another couple hours to properly install the whole thing again and now I am the proud owner of a custom closet system - which conveniently hides a bunch of holes in the wall.
Long story short, I suck with tools. And if that had been a tree house for my kids, Child Services would be having a field day.
So I will tell you a story about how bad I am at housework, even though in my mind I'm Bob Villa. Last week I decided to pimp out my bedroom closet - twelve feet of virgin space, begging for some custom closet goodness. I promptly went to the Home Depot and bought a system from ClosetMaid that involved hanging everything from a bar at the top of the wall. I also purchased wall anchors which looked sturdy enough for the aforementioned bar. You know where this is going, don't you?
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So the horizontal bar from which the whole system is supposed to hang has holes every 8 inches. Thinking it was only clothes, I figured I could skip every other hole. First mistake. Then as I started drilling holes in the wall and placing the anchors into position, I realized they were of really shitty quality. I decided not to heed that omen and proceeded to the set the whole thing up. An hour later I was done and I was as proud of my gleaming closet as a father would of a tree house he just built for his kids.
Cut to 2AM, that night. I woke up to a horrible noise that left me slightly traumatised and the cats clawing everything in sight. It took me a minute to figure out where it had come from. As I opened the closet doors, I realized the extend of my cluelessness: the whole thing, all 12 feet of multiple levels of wire shelving, and the clothes that I had lovingly laid out had come down in one big mangled mess. The part of the wall where the top bar was afixed was riddled with big gaping holes and the bar was laying with the rest of the wreckage.
It took me a good hour to get everything out of the way, another couple hours to properly install the whole thing again and now I am the proud owner of a custom closet system - which conveniently hides a bunch of holes in the wall.
Long story short, I suck with tools. And if that had been a tree house for my kids, Child Services would be having a field day.
Monday, April 23, 2007
First order of business today was to replace the deadbolt on my condo's front door. I went to the Home Depot, got the same deadbolt for like 20 bucks, spent maybe 15 minutes installing it (directions were very clear), and voila. I never knew replacing a lock was this easy...Labels: random
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Last weekend was "prom" - my business school's annual black tie thingie. The event was actually loads of fun, even though I still don't know that many people yet. Suffice it to say, lots of Heineken was involved. I ended up at a bar in the meatpacking district (incidentally, a block from my new house) with a few classmates. One of them and I were reminiscing tonight in class about the evening.
Turns out I'm missing a good hour or two of the night. According to my bank statement, I closed my tab at 2:42 (no recollection), and according to the classmate, I lost my coat at the bar. Sure enough, can't find the coat in question in the house. When reminded we had done tequila shots, I could only remember the act itself, but couldn't remember who was there or even where we did it. The bright spot is that: 1) I remembered to get my credit card back, 2) I was supposedly not completely trashy or bumbling. What sucks is that I really like that coat...
Let it be a lesson, kids: don't drink so much that you don't remember anything the next day. Or don't wear a coat when you go out.
Turns out I'm missing a good hour or two of the night. According to my bank statement, I closed my tab at 2:42 (no recollection), and according to the classmate, I lost my coat at the bar. Sure enough, can't find the coat in question in the house. When reminded we had done tequila shots, I could only remember the act itself, but couldn't remember who was there or even where we did it. The bright spot is that: 1) I remembered to get my credit card back, 2) I was supposedly not completely trashy or bumbling. What sucks is that I really like that coat...
Let it be a lesson, kids: don't drink so much that you don't remember anything the next day. Or don't wear a coat when you go out.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Quite simply, Tarte Tatin is the best upside-down apple pie you will ever eat in your life. It's so good you'll cry when you eat the first warm, caramelly bite. Serious.Ingredients:
- 14 Gala Apples
- Premade puff pastry sheet
- 3/4 stick butter, room temperature
- 3/4 C of sugar
- 12 inch cast iron skillet
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Slather the butter at the bottom of the skillet and pour an even layer of sugar over it.
- Peel and quarter all the apple and place them on top of the sugar and butter. You want to cram as many apples as possible, so put them in vertically and in concentric circles. Cut smaller pieces to fill in any hole that may remain. In a 12 inch skillet, you should be able to cram 14 apples.
- Cook over medium-high heat for 20-30 minutes until the juices are bubbly and turn a brown caramel color. Be careful not to burn it, but be sure you can see the brown caramel before moving on to the next stage. Also, be careful, that caramel is wicked hot!
- Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and place a round of pastry dough on top of the apples. You want to tuck the dough in the sides of the skillet, so that when you flip the pie, it has edges. Cut vents in the dough.
- Bake for another 20 minutes and remove from the oven.
- Let rest for 15 minutes and unmold it onto a plate.
- Pour some cream over a nice big slice and commence food orgasm.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
- The weather has been extremely changing lately, it messes with my internal clock and hormones and such - but offers the promise of Oak Street Beach good times in the near future
- I've actually been working rather hard, and working out as well - I'm so ripped right now people actually smoke a cigarette after they cross me in the street
- My parents were in Chicago this past weekend, which was a lot of fun, but required my playing cruise director and translator for three days ("What's that show about, 'the Riches'?" "Oh, it'd take too long to explain")
- Spring quarter stars tomorrow, with a math class (and a BS leadership class on Thursday)
- I walked through my new hood on my way back from work tonight and ran across a container (a cube maybe about 3 feet across) full of raw, ground chicken meat. Thank God it's still cold out. The joy of the "MeatPacking District"...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Coolest web site evah, showing you how to make a bunch of really neat knots. You probably will never need to actually tie those knots to save your life in the wild or anything, but think about the people you'll be able to hit on with phrases such as "I tie a mean Rolling Hitch".
Via Make
Friday, November 17, 2006
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Ingredients:
- 18 oz old-fashioned oats
- 7 oz sweetened coconut flakes
- 3 oz sliced almonds
- 1/2 C honey
- 1/2 C canola oil
Mix everything in a blender for 5 minutes; this will allow some of the oats to be broken down and make for a more homogenous mix.
Spread on a baking sheet and place in a pre-heated 350F oven.
Bake for 45 minutes until browned, spreading granola around the sheet every 15 minutes.
Finish off with your favorite dried fruit an enjoy (pictured here with currants.
Spread on a baking sheet and place in a pre-heated 350F oven.
Bake for 45 minutes until browned, spreading granola around the sheet every 15 minutes.
Finish off with your favorite dried fruit an enjoy (pictured here with currants.
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Monday, October 23, 2006
Buy the "explicit" one (iTunes link), because the lyrics are just precious. Plus, any song that has Amanda Lepore in its video is just a guilty pleasure waiting to happen.
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Sunday, September 24, 2006
Haven't been in a blogging mood lately. Dunno why, I guess I' just too busy with my applications and all that... Plus nobody uses Friendster anymore, and that makes me sad.
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Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
After the Barefoot Contessa drinking game, the Barefoot Contessa stalking game. I have to admit, I am a wee bit obsessed with the woman and really don't see why I couldn't be part of her fabulous gay posse, right?
So anyway, to the left is her Paris apartment, to the right her East Hampton house. I'm actually surprised that her yard doesn't seem that big. Plus, can you believe she doesn't have a pool? Pfff.
So anyway, to the left is her Paris apartment, to the right her East Hampton house. I'm actually surprised that her yard doesn't seem that big. Plus, can you believe she doesn't have a pool? Pfff.
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Sunday, August 06, 2006
At the beach yesterday, a poor seagull was flopping around the sand, its wing broken. When I tried to give it food, the other seagulls stole it from her. Broke my heart. Hopefully it'll soon be on its way to Seagull Heaven, a wonderful place full of statues you can shit on.
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Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Sunday, June 25, 2006
So the little Paris Hilton single is actually quite cute. Engaging, pop-y, fun, and she sounds like Gwen Stefani, so very disturbing.
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Sunday, June 04, 2006
After a few tries, I think I now have the best Guacamole. Ever.
You'll need:
Add the lime juice.
Remove the pulp from the tomato, cube it, and add to the avocado mix.
Finely dice half of the onion and add to the mix.
Add 1 cup of of chopped cilantro, 6 to 12 dashes of Tabasco, 3/4 of a teaspoon of kosher salt and 15 grinds of pepper.
Done!
You'll need:
- 4 ripe Haas avocados
- 1 tomato
- juice of 1 lime
- 1 small red onion
- cliantro
- Tabasco
- salt
- pepper
Add the lime juice.
Remove the pulp from the tomato, cube it, and add to the avocado mix.
Finely dice half of the onion and add to the mix.
Add 1 cup of of chopped cilantro, 6 to 12 dashes of Tabasco, 3/4 of a teaspoon of kosher salt and 15 grinds of pepper.
Done!
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Sunday, April 09, 2006
The new XK from Jaguar. Gorgeous.
Yes, I have not blogged forever. I've actually been, imagine that, very busy with work.
Yes, I have not blogged forever. I've actually been, imagine that, very busy with work.
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Thursday, March 30, 2006
You know those 5-liter boxes of Franzia, with the "tap" spout? I saw someone at the grocery tonight buying two of the "Chablis" one... And here I thought they were some sort of joke. Yuk.
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Thursday, March 23, 2006
Car: Bugatti Veyron
Top Speed: 250mph
0-60mph: 2.5s
0-125mph: 7.3s
0-250mph: 55.6s
Horsepower: 1001
Engine: 8L, 16-cylinder W
Price: $1.2M
'nuff said?
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Saturday, March 18, 2006
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
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Somehow now that I work for a Wall Street firm I get more "Ins1der Tr@ding" emails.. This one is for a company called Leatt. They apparently manufacture some kind of neck brace. Trading at 11 cents right now. In the words of the email, IMAGINE if it went to 40 or even 50 cents! OK, let's dig some more.
Leatt Corporation is a "Las Vegas corporation" headquartered in South Africa. Bad sign. It's also on the Pink Sheets, which is where you trade stock when you don't want to report any financials to anyone, basically the dirty, unsafe alley of stock exchanges. But come on, the email tells me to buy, it must be a sure thing!
Let's look at the small print to be sure.
Information within this report contains forward looking statementsNothing special here, standard wording.
Today's company has disclosable material items you need to know to make an informed and intelligent decision. These items include: a nominal cash position and nominal revenue in its most recent quarterUh oh, so they make no money and have $7.51 in the bank.
It is an operating company but has limited operating historySo.. they just created the company so they could put up some shares on the Pink Sheets and make a quick buck?
They [company officers] have stock positions they intend to sell now, which could cause the stock to go down, resulting in losses for youOh OK, so that's what this is about.
We have in the past received five thousand dollars and have received fifty thousand dollars more currently for our services on this stockDayum, pays well to spam "financial alerts"!
Tsk, tsk. Where is this world going if you can't trust financial advice given by unsollicited spam mail...
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Sunday, March 12, 2006
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
I am not going to do an actual review of the album: I have neither the talent nor the time, and it's been done much better elsewhere. Just one thing: this may be her best album yet. Every single track is awesome. Nothing too involved, but damn solid tunes!
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The monumentally important free "newspaper" RedEye promises we'll never again be faced with too many cute, manicured, martini-sipping straight guys. Will the phrase "too cute to be straight" finally regain some of its meaning?
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Saturday, October 29, 2005
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