December 2008
18 posts
Dec 31st
“Simplicity is great if it is coupled with quality household goods, but terrible...”
– 2008: my year of living smaller
Dec 31st
I Win Fantasy Football
Yes, I am #1. But what does that get me? I think nothing, it’s just the end of the season and I was first. Sort of anticlimatic.
Dec 30th
Dec 29th
Dec 27th
Merry Christmas Party People
Dec 25th
Dec 23rd
Dec 23rd
Sometimes I think I may be way too impatient,...
Dec 23rd
Dec 21st
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Iowa in 3 days
Dec 18th
Dec 17th
Scales
Last year, just before I started my weight loss attempt, I went out and replaced my lying scale with a new model. The old scale was a cheap digital that suddenly started claiming I weighed 30 pounds more than I actually did. The new scale fixed that. However, over the past 2 weeks I have lost weight fast enough that I started wondering if my new scale was failing in the same (but opposite) way. I...
Dec 14th
Dec 6th
“Awful atoll— O, incalculable indiscreetness and sorrow! Bawl, bellow:...”
– Joanna Newsom, Only Skin
Dec 5th
Margarita recipe I want to try
The internet claims this is from the Rio Grande, which is a great margarita. If it fails, oh well. 3 parts Cuervo Gold 2 parts Duffy’s lime juice (can be tough to find, but there’s no substitute) 1 part triple sec 1 part clear apple juice This part makes me laugh though: Real lime juice - from a lime - is quite dissimilar to what the Rio uses in their margs. Duffy’s lime...
Dec 2nd
Neil Gaiman on freedom of "icky" speech →
Dec 2nd
The mountains are absolutely UNREAL today
Dec 2nd