Feb
8th
Mon
8th
Feb
6th
Sat
6th
My friend was convinced we should stake out a position inside the fountain (frozen over). Organizers had alluded to a northern and southern faction, but I couldn’t convince her how vulnerable we’d be in what would obviously be a freeforall before the horn went off ten minutes ahead of schedule. Mayhem ensued (as in the video).
After a while, the fountain just got too brutal so we withdraw to the inner bench line, which had the nonpacked fresh snow for “friendly” ammo. But once you’re no longer in the thick of the ice fight, you realize the pattern.
The center was the target of barbarian invasions. People on the outskirts looked on, lobbing indiscriminate snow balls. People from the inner benches gather into ad hoc factions and charged the fountain in disorganized waves. The center antagonizes anyone not in the center.
If your party penetrated the fountain, you became indistuishable, frigidly friendless, and eventually replaced by another generation.
And it just went on and on like a metaphor for the futility of war.
Feb
3rd
Wed
3rd
Feb
2nd
Tue
2nd
Jan
31st
Sun
31st
Jan
14th
Thu
14th
It’s likely that you’ll have to pay for parking more, but in doing so you will pay for what you use, not for what you don’t use. And that will influence your decisions about how you travel and where you live and it’s likely you’ll be better off.
— Some Guy, explaining why parking shouldn’t be free (i.e. subsidized by the government) in an 8-minute video based on Doug Shoup’s The High Cost of Free Parking. The video’s kinda like a Cliff Notes-version and as such it isn’t exactly riveting and/or funny. But it’s not exactly easy explaining how free parking is so counter productive.
Jan
7th
Thu
7th
So, with Ken’s help, I poured soy sauce into my bowl of eggs and scrambled them as usual. The result? Subtly salty and delicious. We didn’t eat them on rice, but they were awesome and I’m dreaming of other possibilities. Topped with scallions? Some sort of Pan-Asian omelet? Or maybe it’s not something to be messed with, as the simplicity is what makes it great.
I love omurice. Image search and get hungry.
Next, will we see a story with a lede like, ‘Parents who prefer not to know about the lead content in toys their children put in their mouths might be frustrated by a new product safety initiative from the Obama administration’?
— David Alpert, at war with lazy, and in this case, quite whiny media. (Good thing he doesn’t read me.)
Dec
29th
Tue
29th
Switch to Mac parody (I think). I miss Macs.
“I’m on a TANDOM FIXIE…64-bit…”
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Dec
28th
Mon
28th
As Vermonters scoop out bowls of Ben and Jerry’s to celebrate their civil unions, out in Utah they’re breeding new conservatives by the minivan load.
— Chris Stirewalt, on the GOP’s apparent demographic boost come 2010.
