i will be at the Gaslamp store waiting for the doors to open tomorrow!! It is not on the list of stores holding an event, but I have to give it my best shot!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
i want!!
i will be at the Gaslamp store waiting for the doors to open tomorrow!! It is not on the list of stores holding an event, but I have to give it my best shot!
Come on Dr. Doom, it's just a name.
Ahhhhhh, if only I had a dollar for every time I have been asked, "is that your real name?"
Which got me to thinking about names.
"Maraschino cherries are not a type of cherry but a way of preparation!" But they sure make most everything taste better, including apple juice.
(bonus points for knowing where that quote came from)
And dentists, what's up with their names? Let me give you a little word association game with some actual dentists I have had the pleasure of being a patient with. (and one dentist hopeful)
Dr. Pang = Dr. Pain
Dr. Mingus = Dr. Ming the Merciless aka Flash Gordon's nemesis
Dr. Savage = well Dr. Savage of course
Dr. Touhrian = Dr. Torturing
Dr. Wilde = Dr. Wild
I just did some quick calculating and to answer my first question I should have about $1,924 if I received a dollar each time I was asked that question.
And finally let's not forget the great Cinnamon Cumin Confusion of 2006. If it is 0530 and one is in a hurry, eyes blurry it really should be no surprise someone could confuse on fine ground, dark colored powders sharing the letters c, i, m, and n in their names. Easy mistake right?
A name is sometimes more than a name. Sometimes.
But let me tell you, cumin and cinnamon share nothing flavor wise AT ALL!
Which got me to thinking about names.
"Maraschino cherries are not a type of cherry but a way of preparation!" But they sure make most everything taste better, including apple juice.
(bonus points for knowing where that quote came from)And dentists, what's up with their names? Let me give you a little word association game with some actual dentists I have had the pleasure of being a patient with. (and one dentist hopeful)
Dr. Pang = Dr. Pain
Dr. Mingus = Dr. Ming the Merciless aka Flash Gordon's nemesis
Dr. Savage = well Dr. Savage of course
Dr. Touhrian = Dr. Torturing
Dr. Wilde = Dr. Wild
I just did some quick calculating and to answer my first question I should have about $1,924 if I received a dollar each time I was asked that question.
And finally let's not forget the great Cinnamon Cumin Confusion of 2006. If it is 0530 and one is in a hurry, eyes blurry it really should be no surprise someone could confuse on fine ground, dark colored powders sharing the letters c, i, m, and n in their names. Easy mistake right?
A name is sometimes more than a name. Sometimes.
But let me tell you, cumin and cinnamon share nothing flavor wise AT ALL!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Hmm....
Do you remember what the card catalog was? Well if you don't, when you went to the library and wanted to find something they had basically a huge dresser of tiny drawers. And inside each tiny drawer, filed alphabetically, were little cards about the books in the library according to author, title and subject.
If you wanted a book about say 'plants' you would go to the 'P' drawer and riffle through it until you found the cards for books whose subject had anything to do with plants. Then you wrote down the dewey decimal number and wandered over there to find the book you wanted.
It was kind of like being a detective.
At dinner with a group of people the other week a wife of one guy mentioned she was a librarian and I asked her, "so what did you do with the card catalog?" She told me the big wooden fixture used to hold it was first in storage and then finally sold. The thousands of cards in it are now their eternal source of scratch paper.
VHS tapes, 8-track cassettes, laser disc, tractor feed printers, floppy discs....you've all disappeared. I wonder what I have lying around the house now that will be an anachronism in 15 years. Heck, I'm shocked now whenever I see a CRT TV and I just upgraded less than a year ago.
What in the future will be as funny as thinking about winding a music tape back in with the head of a wooden pencil?
(Personally I can't wait till American Idol and Dancing with the Stars is derided and considered as quaint and frankly stupid as Solid Gold or Incredible People.)
If you wanted a book about say 'plants' you would go to the 'P' drawer and riffle through it until you found the cards for books whose subject had anything to do with plants. Then you wrote down the dewey decimal number and wandered over there to find the book you wanted.
It was kind of like being a detective.
At dinner with a group of people the other week a wife of one guy mentioned she was a librarian and I asked her, "so what did you do with the card catalog?" She told me the big wooden fixture used to hold it was first in storage and then finally sold. The thousands of cards in it are now their eternal source of scratch paper.
VHS tapes, 8-track cassettes, laser disc, tractor feed printers, floppy discs....you've all disappeared. I wonder what I have lying around the house now that will be an anachronism in 15 years. Heck, I'm shocked now whenever I see a CRT TV and I just upgraded less than a year ago.
What in the future will be as funny as thinking about winding a music tape back in with the head of a wooden pencil?
(Personally I can't wait till American Idol and Dancing with the Stars is derided and considered as quaint and frankly stupid as Solid Gold or Incredible People.)
Rowdy. Camera. ACTION!
I was much closer than this at times. My cell switched to its international plan, that's how close.
And THAT'S how you spin a perfect donut in gravel!! (notice the perfect small circle?)
And THAT'S how you spin a perfect donut in gravel!! (notice the perfect small circle?)
Dear
Dear scrubs, I am sorry we no longer work together but I do want to thank you for being such great pajamas.
Dear NyQuil, why do you bother to put dosage information on your label? You have a cup on top of your lid. However big that cup is, that is how much I take. Simple. If you want me to take 'half a dose cup' then just make the cup half the size it is currently. Right?
Dear laptop battery, you've changed and I don't like it. You used to run for at least 2 hours for me back in Iraq but now you barely run 20 minutes. What have I done that you can only stand to be with me for 20 minutes?
Dear cold virus, I hate you. And if you mess up my Remicade infusion because of the terrible cough you've given me I will hate you for the rest of my life. We never had to be together before? I used to see you only every two years for just a few days. Why do you like me soo much now? PS-Your buddy phlegm can leave with you too, the sooner the better!!
Dear motorcycle, thank you for always being ready to have fun. You're a little taller than what I'd like but your personality makes up for it.
Dear Hot Tamales candy, you're great. Don't ever change!
Dear NyQuil, why do you bother to put dosage information on your label? You have a cup on top of your lid. However big that cup is, that is how much I take. Simple. If you want me to take 'half a dose cup' then just make the cup half the size it is currently. Right?
Dear laptop battery, you've changed and I don't like it. You used to run for at least 2 hours for me back in Iraq but now you barely run 20 minutes. What have I done that you can only stand to be with me for 20 minutes?
Dear cold virus, I hate you. And if you mess up my Remicade infusion because of the terrible cough you've given me I will hate you for the rest of my life. We never had to be together before? I used to see you only every two years for just a few days. Why do you like me soo much now? PS-Your buddy phlegm can leave with you too, the sooner the better!!
Dear motorcycle, thank you for always being ready to have fun. You're a little taller than what I'd like but your personality makes up for it.
Dear Hot Tamales candy, you're great. Don't ever change!
Monday, January 11, 2010
A completely Rowdy day!
Riding motorcycles with friends: [X] up and over Otay mountain and out 94/Telegraph Canyon
Eating pizza for lunch: [X] 2 slices of Giant Manhattan
Going to the beach and running a few miles: [X] 4.25 miles in 29 minutes
Going to the book store to use xmas gift card: [ ]scheduled for 3pm
Brazilian jiu jitsu open mat: [X] worked on 1/2 guard sweeps
I don't care if I have a horrible cold, I don't care if my body hurts. I needed to get out of the house!!!
Eating pizza for lunch: [X] 2 slices of Giant Manhattan
Going to the beach and running a few miles: [X] 4.25 miles in 29 minutes
Going to the book store to use xmas gift card: [ ]scheduled for 3pm
Brazilian jiu jitsu open mat: [X] worked on 1/2 guard sweeps
I don't care if I have a horrible cold, I don't care if my body hurts. I needed to get out of the house!!!
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