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| Sunday, March 18th, 2007 | | 2:32 pm |
| | Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 | | 2:03 am |
dearth
nobody on my list except AJR posts or comments regularly anymore, so i guess i'll be taking a hiatus for awhile. | | Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 | | 12:48 pm |
Kevin's Rules; subcategory: interviews
1. Make one mistake during your interview. This will let your interviewer see how you recover from your mistake. It's a good thing to know about the people one hires. This rule has the added benefit of making you appear fallible and, hopefully, likable. A corollary to this rule is: always plan to recover from your mistakes. 2. Say exactly what you think they want to hear. It doesn't matter how you would normally respond to the question. What matters is how your interviewer interprets your response. There are many reasons to follow this rule, the biggest of which are: a) You want to actually get the job. Saying that you value a stable job sounds better than "I'm just killing time until something better comes along." b) Interviewers know that you're going to pull this tactic, but when they get someone who says exactly what the interviewer wanted them to say, it sends the message, "this person can read people well." It's good to hire people who can read people. More to come as the job search continues. | | Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 | | 1:54 am |
Wise words.
"God isn't interested in technology. He knows nothing of the potential of the microchip or the silicon revolution. Look how he spends his time: ... Nipples for men!" - David Warner: Time Bandits I agree. There's only one use I can think of for nipples on men. piercing them. which I did. 2 days ago. they still sting a bit. The other option was removal:  | | Saturday, February 24th, 2007 | | 9:29 am |
| | Friday, February 23rd, 2007 | | 4:30 am |
big number anger.
The Busy Beaver sequence is a crock of shit. The Ackerman sequence gets bigger much faster (spoken with the fervor used by religious zealots who take everything on faith). Also, Graham's number is a cheap knock-off of the Ackerman sequence. If anyone would like to debate this, please do so. | | 2:36 am |
| | Friday, February 16th, 2007 | | 4:03 am |
cooking disasters
apparently, it's really easy to fuck up custard and turn it into a watery scrambled egg with scalded milk disgusting lumpy runny mess. It looked like the waste from a liposuction clinic. and the replacement batch is not setting. I probably didn't cook it long enough out of paranoia. and when you keep cocoa glaze on the heat too long, it becomes all stretchy and chewy. not bad TASTING... but bad texture. sticks to your teeth and you can't enjoy the rest of the cake. Cake got burned, by the way. but it's ok because a tougher texture on the cake is good for boston cream pie. Dee and Ruptbvel and Frisia and TJ. There is an extra cake. When can I bring it over? ;) | | Wednesday, February 14th, 2007 | | 2:12 am |
| | Sunday, February 11th, 2007 | | 5:12 am |
Funny shit
[warning: I've been reading Scott Adams's blog for several hours. this post is bound to be similar to his in flavor. he's really cynical and snarky. you have been warned.] It's really funny when dogs get sprayed by skunks. I mean, it's sorta sad (talon just had a nightmare and I'm pretty sure I know the topic), but damn, it's funny in a very Tom-and-Jerry way. ( and not this kind of tom-and-jerry funny )I mean, look at it this way. You have a dog, a creature with a background in hunting and killing smaller animals. Sure, the dog's been domesticated, but it still chases small, furry things (even when it knows it shouldn't; Talon KNOWS she's in trouble when she's chased a cat). So this hairy killing machine takes off after a skunk, thinking to itself, "all-RIGHT! something small that I can bully and beat up and generally assert myself over!" (I've seen Talon interact with small dogs. i know that's what she's thinking) Only this time, the small creature she thought she could fuck over turns around and laces her with a biological weapon instead. That's some delicious irony. She was all confused and snorting and squinting and blinking. She looked sullen and indignant and confused. it was hillarious. If I could speak Dog, I'd have said, "what the fuck did you expect would happen, going after a strange animal against my orders?" In addition to the spray in the face, she got basically 3 hours of punishment as we tried (unsuccessfully) 4 methods of rinsing that shit from her fur (it was rather fun to douse her in a gallon of tomato juice; that shit is thick and goopy. fun texture). I *hope* that the severity of discomfort she experienced tonight will ward her away from other small creatures, or at least make her hesitate enough to assert my will over her to bring her back in the future. I almost want to track down a porcupine so she can get a double-whammy, but I hear porcupine quills can fuck a dog up. I'd settle for a couple grizzled old cats that won't take any shit from anyone. Or a ninja squirrel. Maybe a mongoose. That would be great. She takes off running after a small furry creature and it turns around and wales on her ass. I want a nice, cowed animal. (speaking of dogs and fights, i've had a little exposure to Talon's blood since we've had her; she's gotten thorns in her paws and she bled a little when we played too hard. It was very thick. twice or thrice as viscous as human blood. it welled up into large drops and it also beaded up strangely on her fur. strange.) I've also thought about getting one of those electric dog-collars that give a powerful zap, and remote controlling it so it goes off not when she barks, but when I press a trigger. That would be the BEST way to instant-voice train her. And it wouldn't stink up the place like skunk spray. *talon runs after a cat* "come!" *zap*. That would definitely get her attention more than just "come!", and dogs definitely respond more to physical interaction, but when she's 15 feet away, i can't just touch her head. I've thrown her leash at her and that works to get her attention, but i don't always have it handy. I imagine the smell on her is not as bad as it was, but I can still smell it a bit, and it made my fresh-baked cookies taste vaguely skunk-y, which was NOT welcome. I wonder if the skunk scent has the added benefit of dulling the target's sense of smell to make it harder for it to hunt until it wears off? That would be beneficial for the skunk community: "if you spray a wolf, not only will it go away, but it won't be able to track worth shit for 3 or 4 days!" | | 4:48 am |
stolen blog
everything behind the cut is from a Scott Adams blog (if you don't know who he is, don't ask me. I'm not interested in your heathen questions). Many funny things are in his blog (such as the comment about steroid bodybuilders being able to eat cars and then poop them 5 miles into mountains) but since I have a special relationship with spam, I felt that this post was funny enough to steal and post here. ( Read more... ) | | Friday, February 9th, 2007 | | 12:59 am |
Things Women Don't Know
The first in a series of interesting tidbits that most men know, that most women don't. * The pinkie finger is very good at lifting the scrotum up to allow rinsing of the soap during a shower. | | Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 | | 6:56 pm |
a great idea!!!
I got a great idea for a way to subvert christianity. The bible is in the public domain, yes? Thus, any derivative works can be freely copyrighted.... We need a group of rabid atheists to publish bibles with misleading gospel. It looks and reads just like a bible, but all the shitty parts are removed and replaced with useful messages. Possible roadblocks: 1. The bibles might look slightly different from other bibles. The content is public domain, but what about the trade dress of the publishing? 2. Paper trails would probably make it easy to be tracked down and exposed, invalidating any particular edition that's published, once attention is drawn to it. 3. Most Christians don't even read the bible anyway; they just believe what others tell them to believe. 4. Christians like to kill people they don't agree with. sooo... maybe not so great of an idea. but it would be funny. this post was influenced by His Noodliness. | | Monday, February 5th, 2007 | | 3:00 pm |
| | Friday, February 2nd, 2007 | | 8:38 pm |
Hot asian chickie
allllrighty, just got back from a TFCD pron shoot for a super hot asian grrlie ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) ajr51594 used to hang out with. She never told me this girl was so HAWT. Anyway, "Terra's" going to start subbing (being a sub, not substituting) at some dungeon in berkeley, and she needed shots of herself to go on her profile. I needed shots with good lighting to go in my portfolio (i mean have you SEEN some of the crap i've got in there?). So, a bargain was struck (as was her ass; she needed a red butt for one of the shots). Some hot pics were made. More in the future, no doubt, plus she and her friends want to do some fashion pics, which I would be interested in helping out with, as that gets you one step closer to commercial work. [EDIT} ( A couple thumbnails behind the cut (NOT work-safe) ) Current Mood: productive | | 1:35 am |
timewaster
funny things happen when you replace "wand" with "wang" in the harry potter books, as some guy's blog was kind enough to point out. ( Read more... ) Current Mood:  amused | | Thursday, January 25th, 2007 | | 2:56 pm |
| | Monday, January 8th, 2007 | | 4:08 pm |
Dexter 12: Best. Dexter. Ever.
Almost makes me sorry that we didn't subscribe to showtime for it, but I wouldn't want to watch them out of order. Possible must-purchase on DVD (as opposed to Day Break, which is a definite must-purchase on DVD) | | Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007 | | 7:23 am |
Cigars smell like dogshit
Was in SF last night for New Years. Walked by a table of 2 couples smoking cigars outside at a restaraunt. Held breath. Got some smoke anyway. bleh. Tonight, walking talon. She poos. I pick it up - get a whif. My brain says "smells just like those cigars!" I think Fidel Castro is having a good laugh at the fact that his sweatshop workers roll dogshit into every cigar Cuba exports. | | Sunday, December 24th, 2006 | | 12:33 pm |
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