tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141498862011-07-07T13:31:17.218-07:00In Xanadu did Kubla Khan<br> A stately pleasure-dome decree:<Br> Where Alph, the sacred river, ran<br> Through caverns measureless to man<br> Down to a sunless sea.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.comBlogger2451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-71275867632424510772010-07-25T00:15:00.001-07:002010-07-28T22:23:46.696-07:00

Inspired by Nikki and Connie's posts on the same topic...Sunshine.Spending 3 hours cooking something and having the first bite taste as divine as I'd been hoping.Biking.Biking on smooth new black road at 30mph.Swords.Good sharp knives, and prepping food with them.Beautiful writing.Funny writing.Clever writing.The first few hours of a vacation, when there's no thoughts of it being over and so much

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-53549182736079275742009-03-16T21:53:00.001-07:002009-03-16T23:36:44.412-07:00

Having just read Strata's post about garden planning, I was inspired to write a post of my own since I've been trying to do the same thing.This year will be my first serious attempt at growing fruits and veggies in this climate. My previous gardening experience only included Hawaii and Tucson, about as opposite as you can find from the cold wet of the Issaquah Alps.In Hawaii, everything grows as

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-92112722896247616002009-02-11T00:51:00.001-08:002009-02-11T00:55:57.700-08:00

What Kind of Reader Are You? Your Result: Dedicated Reader You are always trying to find the time to get back to your book. You are convinced that the world would be a much better place if only everyone read more.Book Snob Obsessive-Compulsive Bookworm Literate Good Citizen Fad Reader Non-Reader What Kind of Reader Are You?Quiz Created on GoToQuizI came out as less obsessive than Wadam, which

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-74735463973342504582009-01-11T14:03:00.000-08:002009-01-11T14:56:42.980-08:00

It's remarkable that by January there hasn't really been anything "going around" yet - it was bound to start eventually, and sure enough, Rainier and Avalon found some germs and brought them home. I've been trying desperately to not get sick, and it was a reminder that I've been meaning to put up a list of all my collected attempts at avoiding colds or making them at least not so bad. Having

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-48726843371074327482008-12-16T23:56:00.001-08:002008-12-17T00:05:56.161-08:00

Like so many people just discovering (or getting back to after a long absence from) Facebook, I'm marveling at the number of people I've gotten back in touch with whom I hadn't talked to in years, and how easy it was. After a long while of bashing all the social networking apps (waste of time, not worthwhile interaction), I must say... wow. You can't always hang out with people in person, and

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-90874881077555815892008-12-12T20:30:00.000-08:002008-12-12T20:30:06.539-08:00

We need torte reform: less cherries; more chocolate.Pesto: the bacon of the veggie world.Me (having just eaten a Cinnabon): Ugh, sugar coma.John: Is that a cinnacoma? Or a comabon?

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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-34616245880084653232008-12-09T21:36:00.000-08:002008-12-09T21:36:00.689-08:00

Do you get a brick of precycling* on your porch every year? Or more like ten? Would you like them to stop? I haven't found all the opt-out mechanisms yet, but here's one that works here (and most of the west coast, I think): <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

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Yes, I'm really that skeptical. I distrust everything by default.Why did I get this way? Well, let's look at a few examples.Take health recommendations. Don't eat butter, because it has too much saturated fat, which is bad and clogs up your arteries; use margarine instead. Oh, wait, don't use margarine - it has trans-fats, which are weird and unnatural - use olive oil instead. Oh, hold on,

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Okay, like that narrows the range of things one could realize about politics....Like so many, I'd found it troubling how much of political advertising is focused on bashing one's opponent. Then it occurred to me: everybody's been saying for a while that it's all about turnout, which seems only natural since only half of people turn out to vote even on a good (i.e., presidential election) year.

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-35415507902871483032008-11-16T02:06:00.000-08:002008-11-16T02:06:00.604-08:00

http://www.failfoods.com/?p=333Wow. Just... wow.

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-16806001274924548082008-11-13T19:17:00.000-08:002008-11-13T19:17:00.742-08:00

I'd clearly been meaning to write this post for a while, since it's nigh on 2 years now since I've stopped being 25 - and that is part of what reminded me; my birthday is coming up soon. Thus, late being often better than never, I still wanted to record what I still remember wanting to say about the remarkable amount of life change I had at the quarter-century mark:Graduated from college (grad

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-12933150805741189302008-11-11T19:14:00.000-08:002008-11-11T19:14:00.272-08:00

This link is from a forward from my aunt. It's worth spending a little while looking at each one - they're really excellent. The mail about it said, "Nice collection of photos. Except that they’re in color, the style reminds me a lot of David Douglas Duncan. Notice especially the body language in the photo of Obama with the mother in Iowa whose son had been killed in Iraq. They’re the only

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-84572247832176627012008-11-10T14:14:00.001-08:002008-11-10T14:15:38.617-08:00

It was a black bear, not a grizzly. I.e., a bear that's not generally trying to eat people - unlike, say, a polar bear, which will attack a human just for the heck of it.

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-55171952908208986782008-11-09T20:32:00.000-08:002008-11-09T20:35:45.657-08:00

Okay, just one bear. But it was large. Really large. Like, probably 400 lbs, and about John's height. And it was on our back deck. Eating pumpkin seeds out of the squirrel feeder. At about 2:30 in the morning.But still... BEARS!Yeah, we live in the woods.

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-11790684924782495122008-11-09T20:15:00.000-08:002008-11-09T20:15:00.430-08:00

After years of dealing with sugar sensitivity of varying degrees of severity, I'm currently at a point where I figure I should probably just stay off things that change my blood sugar too quickly, whether I have any obvious bad reactions or not, because bad reactions keep popping up that are not immediately obvious.This does nothing to stop my cravings for sweets, particularly fudge lately.

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-14706715800521464582008-11-08T02:25:00.001-08:002008-11-08T02:52:52.875-08:00

My long-time political rant buddy (and bike buddy) Piaw wrote an excellent article on why universal health care makes sense not just from a warm-fuzzy-take-care-of-everybody perspective, but also makes good sound economic sense and will make the whole health care system more effective and efficient. But there was one part I wanted to respond to in more than just a comment:No mandate. Now this is

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WOOOHOOO!!!!That's all for now ;-)

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Wow, neat: http://www.simondale.net/house/index.htm

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-7469893421026768592008-10-21T19:00:00.000-07:002008-10-21T19:00:01.044-07:00

My tea has steeped so long it's almost vertical. (Credit to John)Badgers need better PR. Snakes and mushrooms always have enthusiast societies, but have you ever heard of a badger club? (Also credit to John)Mercer Island: It's Not Just A Rock That Holds Up I-90!The goal of making hash browns is to turn something that needs butter into something that needs ketchup.I hate computers. They get in

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Man, I feel like such a geek for putting this on my blog. This isn't even like writing a post about javascript, which I might have some business doing. But hey, it's what I think about, and maybe somebody will pick up the ideas and use them (well, most the second idea... I don't know if the first idea has any practical application, except maybe to dentists to motivate their patients to take

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-24318397375302680622008-10-14T18:05:00.000-07:002008-10-14T18:17:47.777-07:00

Maybe I'm just biased because I carpool 90-95% of the time, but thing is, if I didn't, I'd be biking or busing, because regularly driving that far through that nasty Bellevue traffic just isn't a sanity-preserving option. And, if not for the HOV lanes on I-405 and I-90, carpooling wouldn't help so much, and I would drive alone more (not just bus or bike all the time). So, if you're a voter in

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-64368556513808231732008-10-12T23:56:00.000-07:002008-10-13T00:58:35.191-07:00

My, I do seem to be doing the multi-part thing lately.Okay, actually it's because I couldn't think of anything better to call this, because it's sort of about writer's block, to the extent that it's about anything at all.I've had a lot of ideas for bloggable things lately. If I had a dictating device with me all the time, I'd probably have put up half a dozen posts since the last. Problem is,

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-18197000483522554462008-09-21T15:12:00.000-07:002008-09-21T16:15:28.194-07:00

Connie made the observation that Nik and I often write about not just what we're doing but what we're thinking. Actually, in my own estimation, I write almost exclusively about what I'm thinking and rarely about what I'm doing (and even then usually in the context of something it made me think of).This was a while ago I thought of this, shortly after reading her post, or maybe even while reading

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-5531842879980062252008-09-21T15:00:00.000-07:002008-09-21T15:00:58.168-07:00

Started 4/14; I finished it up now because I figured I might as well make use of old fragments I started.--This country's attitude toward biking continually frustrates me. The MS facilities people seem determined to make it as hard as possible to get started biking to work, making the lockers convenient only for people who already want to ride in every day; cities have no interest in setting up

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-30020532793937853092008-09-16T15:12:00.000-07:002008-10-31T15:17:11.032-07:00

Wikipedia: Unusual ArticlesI read part of the article on the Principality of Sealand, and it's hilariously bizarre. Some time when I have more time, I'll look at more of them. Thanks to Ron's status message for the link.

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-27674385141608422452008-09-12T14:50:00.000-07:002008-10-31T15:17:11.034-07:00

I had to post this, because it's just too weird... and Japanese:http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2008/02/23/serious-men-rocks-japanese-car-parking-gameshow/

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-60869118504731648922008-09-05T13:11:00.000-07:002008-09-05T13:21:44.407-07:00

In the most literal sense. The new chain of stores called "Marketside" that's starting up is a rebranding attempt by Walmart, but they'll be run the same way by the same people.As a friend of mine put it, for most companies, whether their public image is good or bad, when you take a deeper look at them, you find a lot of the image isn't true, and the real story is a lot more mixed. For WalMart,

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-46348042412573516092008-09-04T22:11:00.000-07:002008-09-05T11:59:48.774-07:00

(to the tune of Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel)I've come to scrub with you againBecause a fungus softly-ee fluffingLeft its spore while I wa-as trav'lingAnd the fuzzies, that were planted in my fridgeStill remainWith them the smell of rottingThanks to Nik for the idea, and for getting the song stuck in my head so I kept putting words to it. Maybe if I get ambitious, I'll fill out the

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Written 8/24/08, 4:45pm EDTNew York is like one of those experiments where they put mice in a box and give them plenty of food and water but no more space until they get so overcrowded they start eating their young, except that New Yorkers have cars and know cusswords.On my dad's recommendation, one of our first touristy outings was to go to The Cloisters, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum ("

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-72317774930661038662008-08-23T18:15:00.000-07:002008-08-24T15:27:52.948-07:00

Written 8/22/08I hate jellyfish. I mean, I really fucking hate fucking jellyfish. Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck. Death to cnidarians. Just say no to nematocytes.Also, I have discovered my first allergy.As I was finishing my last post, my arms had started to itch. The tiny dots that remained from my jellyfish stings, all but vanished since an hour after the incident, had started to puff back up again.

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Day 2 (written the same time as day 1; see note at end of previous post)The first thing we did was turn off the alarm instead of hitting snooze. If not for Connie calling, I’m not sure when we would have woken up. The plan for the morning was diving, which meant being at the pier at 8:30. We’d set our alarm for 7:00, and needed to leave by about 8:10. Connie called at 8:00, so after several

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-36571966688301471472008-08-21T21:38:00.000-07:002008-08-22T07:56:34.131-07:00

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After several years of walking down the path of keeping my house cleaner and cleaner, I have to say, "Can I turn around?" But nay, the way back is filled with those tire-poking things, and probably some dragons for good measure.It used to be, when I was in school, that I was always the messy one in a house, and other people would nag at me to clean. Slowly, over time, I started keeping places

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-16412001905705815882008-06-18T23:25:00.000-07:002008-06-19T00:55:24.508-07:00

It's mid-June, and I've made all of three posts this year, all in a clump after getting back from Hawaii. Nik manages to do much better - even with masses of travel and teaching and people visiting, she still manages to write several posts a month and never more than about a month between. Why so behind with me? Well, partly I'm distracted (in a good way), and partly, I think I've just taken

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-35227688276819770952008-03-12T18:48:00.000-07:002008-03-12T18:53:06.610-07:00

Good lord - it's March of 2008!! Not that the month or year has any great significance on its own, but sometimes time passes surprisingly quickly (a phenomenon I rigorously try to avoid), and it's a bit shocking to actually look at the numbers. But, since it is 2008: Where's my army of robot servants? And my flying car? And my vat-grown organs?(Credit to John, with slight variation, for that

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-8414192423818473182008-03-12T18:42:00.000-07:002008-03-12T18:43:46.162-07:00

My box of Shredded Oats has a panel headed "Dietary Features." That seems to imply there also exist Dietary Bugs.

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-91618302192242395772008-03-10T01:36:00.000-07:002008-03-10T02:02:18.341-07:00

That's "Hawaii Trip 4", not getting a needle in the arm - thankfully, as this trip (in contrast with some others) did not involve any trips to the emergency room.You know how when you get a long, detailed letter or email, you don't get around to replying because you know you're going to write a long, detailed reply, and thus you never feel like you have time to get started? In the interest of

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-22258841868050936832007-12-11T14:38:00.000-08:002007-12-11T14:57:27.293-08:00

Seattle's Rain Doesn't Compare to KaneoheRecord days of rain:Seattle: 33Centralia: 55 (it was actually under water a few days ago; 20 miles of I-5 was closed for 4 days)Otis, OR: 79Kaneohe Ranch, Oahu: 247Despite my whining about the whining (meta whining), I'm actually in favor of keeping up the Seattle rain myth... keeps people from overrunning our beautiful city ;-) Before I thought it was

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-86079460368816311952007-12-10T23:43:00.000-08:002007-12-10T23:45:33.247-08:00

[Written 2007.11.18]Yes, those are my Thanksgiving plans. Aestivate: technically, this means to sleep for the summer (parallel to hibernate). I’m twisting the meaning to just enjoying the summer-like climate of Tucson in November. Desiccate: because, man, it’s really dry here. I got out of the shower this morning, dried off, and my skin made a sucking noise as it pulled taut against the meat

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-18506931566679194012007-12-10T23:37:00.000-08:002007-12-11T14:46:38.737-08:00

Wow, my 'long time no post' entry has a delay note... now I'm meta-late :-)I wrote this over Thanksgiving... I'll add more, but hey, at least this is something ;-)--Goodness, it’s been a while since I’ve written in here. And goodness, have I done a lot in the meanwhile.Also, be warned this entry is lousy with superlatives. Sometimes I’m exaggerating. You guess which ones.And lest you think

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-57903634119435739082007-08-21T13:37:00.000-07:002007-08-21T13:38:25.968-07:00

Actual conversation with brain: Me: Hmm, maybe I should try to do some real work.Brain: Bleh.Me: How about just that really trivial change of moving that button to a different div and restyling it...Brain: WAAAAAAAH!! NOOOOOOO!Me: Okay then. That was on Friday after 3 hours of sleep. A mug of hot, steaming punchiness? Mulled punchiness? Hot spiced punchiness? Spicy punchy head?

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-72962909982025070932007-07-29T17:02:00.000-07:002007-07-29T17:03:02.130-07:00

I meant to post this around the time of my last posts... and then I barely looked at my blog the past two months. But, um, yeah... no bad plastics in Seattle!Plastic foam, grocery bags could end up on Seattle hit list

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-72591790225008633052007-07-29T16:45:00.000-07:002007-07-29T17:03:36.931-07:00

Subtly-wrong complaints, particularly applying complaints to things to which they don't quite fit:"I don't like this street. I want a different street.""Today sucks. I want my money back." Or, "Being female sucks. I want my money back." (Not as a reference to a sex-change operation; just in general.)Judgmental descriptions:"Macadamia nut pie is like pecan pie, but with better nuts." Not

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-13184037876350820082007-06-06T21:20:00.000-07:002007-06-06T21:23:14.341-07:00

Or rather, 'viva' to their plan about it. Peter Steinbrueck, the Vice-Chair of the city council's Transportation Committee, said "The replacement of the viaduct is a fantastic opportunity to begin the creation of a 21st century transportation system. The car can no longer rule all our decisions. There’s got to be a better way." At least those nutcases I just ranted about are losing.

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-22048891626447904072007-06-06T19:43:00.000-07:002007-06-06T21:10:58.110-07:00

I just had to rant somewhere.This page called Truth About Traffic displays some of the most disgusting bending of statistics I've seen in a while.They're going over the top to make themselves look non-partisan and community oriented. Their name, their dot-org URL, and their mission statement are all trying to scream "look how neutral we are!" Yet if you look at the organizations they link to (

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-58012967640524383532007-06-06T18:18:00.000-07:002007-06-06T18:31:34.415-07:00

Q: What fraction of King County’s bus riders also has cars?A: 79%So it's far from being just people who can't afford cars.I forgot to mention in my earlier post on transportation that one of the key realizations was that using other forms of transportation didn't need to replace having a car - I could take the bus and still keep my car for when I needed it, and yes, it's still cheaper than purely

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-49365372675661913152007-06-06T18:05:00.000-07:002007-06-06T18:16:10.291-07:00

Which big, loud, multi-DJ, themed, random-circus-type-entertainment party shall I go to?Master Kundalini yoga class or show at Triple Door by an electric-Euro-rock band?My hands are dry because I've spent so much time playing with the silly putty my manager gave out last week.How shall I get to work, beautiful road bike ride in the golden Northwestern sunlight, or drive the BMW?My bread goes bad

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-31908324790484063352007-06-04T13:55:00.000-07:002007-06-04T13:56:40.315-07:00

Indigo Girls, Herbie Hancock, Brandi Carlile, and others. All at a park full of wild bunnies :-)Woodland Park Zoo Tunes

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C'mon, it's Mel Brooks - you know you want to.Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein, the Musical

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-48365108978189255582007-06-01T15:24:00.000-07:002007-06-02T00:51:18.418-07:00

Now That's CreativeSnail Painting--Scary, Just ScaryBig Brother May Be Riding Shotgut

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-58513914704156444482007-05-30T22:58:00.000-07:002007-05-30T23:48:24.622-07:00

At some point, I just snapped. I decided I could no longer stand parking in the city.Actually, it wasn't "some" point. I know when it was. It was driving around the International District for over half an hour, looking for a spot, and even being willing to pay, but not having the right cash, and then finally finding a tiny spot, barely big enough, and squeezing into it with Shauna outside the

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Imagine a really bad piece of code. Not just little stupid things (like 'if (x == true) return true; else return false;'), but big design problems that prevent it from being changed to work in the ways that you need it to work now, that has a tangled web of dependencies and versioning and redundancy problems, and that is arcane and fragile and different parts are built on totally different

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-42163073094719654712007-05-23T15:50:00.000-07:002007-05-23T16:30:39.062-07:00

You'd think giving people a choice would be a good thing. If you have complete freedom of choices, you should be able to get exactly what you want, right? Somehow, this never works out, and I've been thinking lately about why.I've seen a lot of this problem lately. First, I discovered it with scheduling (parties or anything else involving a bunch of people): never ask people when they want to

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-73982873706892960732007-05-20T21:42:00.000-07:002007-05-31T14:10:32.782-07:00

Hall of ShameUnsurpringly, full of phone companies. And Bank of America.Customer Service Hall of Shame--Washington Cell Phone Driving LawTakes effect 1 Jan 2008:$101 Fine For Handheld Cell While DrivingOne interesting caveat:But it will be considered a secondary infraction, meaning drivers can be cited only if they are pulled over for another offense, such as speeding or reckless driving.--Go

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I spend time wondering about things I know I shouldn't wonder about. Like, if you blow your nose on a piece of toilet paper, is it more ecologically friendly to throw it in the trash or flush it? I decided it's probably the former (maybe just because I've been around a lot of old fragile plumbing), but it probably doesn't make much difference.Or, if I bike to work, I have to wash an extra set

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-91703880632285819272007-05-20T19:57:00.000-07:002007-05-20T20:01:02.508-07:00

This is the artist who does "Destination" and "Can't Keep It A Secret". I may go even if I have to go by myself.Jacinta, PURR Night Club, Jun 22, 2007, 10:00 PM

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-7349139203795707152007-05-07T00:55:00.000-07:002007-05-07T01:07:07.947-07:00

I decided my blog sidebar was as good a place as any to compile a list of things to do around Seattle. In the process I made a few minor tweaks to my blog template, like making the title of a post also be a permalink to the post.Can you see a theme? Live theatre, live music, and electronica.

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Quite a bunch I found lately....Edward Scissorhands, thru May 13, 5th Ave Theatre, $22-73Loreena McKennitt! Seattle (May 14) and Bellingham (May 15) are probably the only feasible shows. Sold out; look on craigslist (expect $50+ per ticket).Rent, May 8-12, Paramount Theatre, $21-55West Side Story, June, 5th Avenue Theatre, May 26 - June 17, $20-62Russell Peters, just played in Seattle, but in

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-44603795219377752542007-05-05T23:37:00.000-07:002007-05-05T23:39:57.821-07:00

It's an error message on an error message. A meta-error. Yes, I got this at work.

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I've gone from saying "so people don't think I'm insane" to "so fewer people notice I'm insane."--Written Wednesday:Last night I was at Jazz Alley (great venue, BTW), and I couldn't help but notice the loops on the ceiling fans looked just like handles. We were sitting on these perch seats right below the ceiling, so we were actually looking down at the fans. I kept thinking how fun it would

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-2702227022197389912007-04-30T16:44:00.000-07:002007-04-30T16:48:27.378-07:00

If you're in favor of higher standards for food safety, you may be interested in some of the petitions on this site:Natural Solutions FoundationDirect link to campaigns: Democracy in Action - this link goes directly to a petition concerning categorizing supplements as drugs, which would therefore make nearly all supplements banned. There are numerous others I'd say are worth supporting, but look

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-90905541152518631352007-04-26T20:18:00.000-07:002007-04-26T20:21:05.329-07:00

My machine at work is named Haste (in keeping with my Berkeley Street Names Theme). That means that while I'm waiting for a webpage to load from my machine, the status bar says "Waiting for haste...". That could be an observation about life, and the futility and counterproductivity of hurrying. But mostly it's a neat coincidence.--Webolution: However tempting it might be, with the Web 2.0

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What can I do to hasten the Rapture?Invest in a coal-burning toaster.-Daily ShowDaily Show: Apocalypse How?

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La Boheme, Fridays May 11 and 18, best seats in the house for $91 (usu. $120). Shauna got a group discount; it may be possible to get cheaper seats at discount as well.

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-86239914179554963272007-04-21T13:29:00.000-07:002007-04-21T13:33:44.878-07:00

David Sedaris, Monday April 30, 8:00pm, $30-36.I saw him talk when he came to UA, and he was great. I've read two of his books and just picked up a third.

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-46372755356941088552007-04-16T20:30:00.000-07:002007-04-16T20:48:44.192-07:00

Sometimes, it just takes a few words to make you look at the world differently: a few good statistics, a few important points. This article, for instance:What a Real, Living, Durable Economy Looks Like, by Bill McKibben(Linked from the Virtual Earth Blog, of all things)This was a funny article to find the day I get back from my first trip to Portland. It was Shauna, Nikki, Steve and I tooling

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-61000633241346263262007-04-14T16:11:00.000-07:002007-04-14T16:17:15.162-07:00

Written a few weeks ago:Sometimes, it's the smallest things. Perhaps it's some consolation that, even though it's the tiny things that can ruin your day, they can also make it too.For months, I have been coveting a particular coworker's chair - I'll refer to him as Mike B. It had almost become a running joke, that this was one of my activities that I was known for - you know, fix stylesheets,

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Pacific and Carmina Burana, today and TOMORROW, $18 - $150 (orch front are waaay cheaper than everything else left, and I like sitting in the front...)Celebrate Seattle Festival (PNB), April 17-22, various shows (classical, modern, European, Indian), $20-80

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-58760250438708027192007-04-14T15:48:00.000-07:002007-04-14T15:53:30.667-07:00

Mileage NutsI do find I can get 10-20% better mileage by driving very carefully, and I don't have (and have never had) a hybrid. It's not hard to get into the habit of upshifting early, coasting and not hitting the gas when you know you have to stop, and (if you have a stick) pushing the clutch in when you're rolling. And, the least change in habit of all... put enough air in your tires. That

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-61263385118187043682007-04-14T15:45:00.000-07:002007-04-14T15:48:27.299-07:00

Traffic laws:Seattle: Well, if the speed limit is 50, that means you shouldn't go over 50.California: They're more like guidelines than actual rules.Tucson: Huh?Earthquakes, hurricanes, and volcanoes:Hawaii: Whee! (It's just part of the weather.)Seattle: Eeeek!Midwest: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *gasp* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Celtic Woman, Saturday 12 May, $53-65I think Shauna's already in for it...

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-47074327345465088192007-04-14T15:24:00.000-07:002007-04-14T15:26:42.273-07:00

Be RationalSeminar Bingo (I gotta make Meeting Bingo - the free one at the center would be "Meeting starts at least five minutes late")

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-85836664388028872252007-04-10T00:38:00.000-07:002007-04-10T00:42:39.648-07:00

It often happens that I think of something during the day that I'd like to blog about. But, since I'd rather not log into my blog at work, I'll usually just jot down a few notes in my email drafts and then actually post it later.The problem with writing is that you are, well, writing, and not doing anything else. Mostly I think of things I'd like to say about the world while I'm out interacting

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-56046580375758223942007-04-10T00:35:00.000-07:002007-04-10T00:38:39.929-07:00

Rent, May 8, $21-50George Lopez, Sept 15, $45-75Cirque Dreams, April 28, $29-49Also, I'm always game for the Comedy Underground, most any live music, any good trance DJ's...

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-61863457419045730092007-04-10T00:28:00.000-07:002007-04-10T00:46:40.993-07:00

I parsed this as, "A Child's Mind: On Sale Now for $5.00":

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-2047055561516331242007-04-10T00:12:00.000-07:002007-04-10T00:14:08.934-07:00

This should make you feel nice and comfortable driving across our (almost) unique floating bridges:Bridge Collapse SimulationsWhen a bridge fails, it does not just retake the class.The wind one is particularly troubling since we had a windstorm almost that bad this past December.

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Tonight I sent off my Vanbulance to a new owner. After months of tow notices, abandoned vehicle complaints, and (the final straw) the nasty note from my condo association, I finally decided the thing couldn't live with me anymore. I might have fought back, except that I never actually liked the thing. I have fond memories and associations with it, and I am sad at parting with it. But I never

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After several months of pestering people to go to live theatre with me, I've gotten rather disheartened, to the point where I didn't even bother when I saw that Weird Al is playing here in the fall. But, I figure a blog is the perfect sort of pull-content for seeing if anybody wants to go to shows, so here's what's playing soon that I'd like to go to:Weird Al, Sept 12, $20Leo Kottke, Apr 22, $35

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ASP: Don't worry, it doesn't byte.Greyhound: Now with 50% more mildew on the sign!(I'd really like to find a picture of the Seattle Greyhound station to put with this one)The Letter H: Because there's a big difference between "airless" and "hairless."You didn't think letters needed advertising, did you?

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Your Inner European is Italian!Passionate and colorful.You show the world what culture really is.Who's Your Inner European?Funny, I'm making a grilled caprese sandwich right now, complete with balsamic vinegar.

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Funny what things do and don't change when you get more money. Dumpster diving, for instance. You'd think I make enough that I wouldn't be interested in this, but hey, it's still free stuff that just needs a little washing. Yesterday afternoon I took the trash out, and I saw an Army duffel bag full of clothes sitting in the dumpster. Of course, I couldn't resist the urge to climb up and try

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Happy Pi Day! I missed 1:59, both of them. Oh well. I missed 12:34:56 7/8/90 too. I don't think it made any difference. I had a good day today anyway :-)--There is no good amount of email, i.e., nothing between "Nobody loves me!" and "Ack, leave me alone, people!"--Plants in Hawaii go about life differently from plants on the mainland. Here, they grow a little, think about it, then maybe

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-74142888982519774092007-03-15T00:06:00.000-07:002007-03-15T00:07:48.649-07:00

Are my savings of daylight FDIC insured? Can I collect interest on them? Is there a daylight 401(k)? Or maybe 401(d)? Do I have to pay luminosity gains tax? Can I spend any of the savings in December, when I really need them? Or do I just get more light after I retire? Is that what the light at the end of the tunnel is, all that daylight you saved throughout your life?

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-36441329869058881792007-03-02T23:42:00.000-08:002007-03-02T23:56:58.109-08:00

If you're in the tech field, chances are you've heard the statistic that industry programmers average 3 lines of code per day. If you're in school, you don't believe it. But, let me tell you, in school, I had no trouble cracking out a thousand lines of code in one day, like many CS students. Now, I work at Microsoft, and yeah, I probably average 3 lines of code per day. I got to thinking

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Neal Stephenson: You Just Picked Up 900 Pages of CrackSeattle-Tacoma International Airport: Your Flight Only Costs Three Times As Much As Your Parking!Yogurt: It's Milk That Went Bad In A Different Way Than Cheese Did--I'm not kidding about the SeaTac parking: for going to both San Francisco and Hawaii, the parking did (or would have) cost the same as, or a bit less than, a third the airfare.

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SunshineSeattle: Quick, grab gear for an extreme sport and let's get going!Tucson: Eeeeeewwww.FishTexas: We can deep fry that, right? We can deep fry anything.Seattle: Salmon? Which kind of salmon would you like? We have coho, and Alaskan King (watch out; that one hurts when you get it in the face), chinook.... oh, and how many shots would you like in your espresso?Hilo: You wan for catch um,

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I don't think people ever do things they really don't like, at least not for more than short periods of time. But, you say, I do it all the time! Work, maybe, or school. But you must like something about it, at least the results, enough to keep you going. Or maybe you, unlike me, have that mystical thing called "willpower." Although I think Scott Adams was right in saying that people don't

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Never let it be said that I let little things keep me from trying new adventures. Little things like, oh, FEAR OF IMPENDING, HORRIBLE DEATH.Last year when I was snorkeling in Hawaii, I kept kicking off the snorkel, holding my breath, and getting down with the fish. I decided right then that I absolutely must learn scuba diving.Thus it came to pass that I signed up for scuba lessons. Now, while

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Funny how when you're learning something out of school, you kind of learn it backwards.Take javascript, for instance. Since I had learned nothing whatever about web technologies while I was in school, I had to learn javascript on the fly. Now, when you go to look for tutorials or educational materials about javascript online, what you get a lot of pointers toward is either really, really basic

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I had no idea that last post was going to be so popular... I don't know if that says as much about my writing as about the names of places in our fair Evergreen State. Anyway, if you like the post, read the comments, because they're at least as good.

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Washington has a town named Burien. This so sounds like a Redneck Word. As in, "We're Burien the bodies after sundown."There's another called Cle Elum. This should be the name of Cletus The Slack-Jawed Yokel's cousin.Snoqualmie? Snoquala-you, too.--If it's been a while since I've posted, I feel a sort of obligation to write something profound. That was not profound, but whatever. I'm feeling

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-44652474300742413122006-12-14T15:23:00.001-08:002006-12-14T15:32:36.595-08:00

Our little release of two days ago seems to be getting a lot of good press (or maybe I'm just noticing more because nothing is going on so I have more time to read such things). Check out this, written by a guy I work with:New Bird's Eye Interface Details From StchurHere's another:Hey - Runners, Cyclists, Hikers, Bikers... New VE features especially for youI really liked the stuff mentioned in

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Our little release of two days ago seems to be getting a lot of good press (or maybe I'm just noticing more because nothing is going on so I have more time to read such things). Check out this, written by a guy I work with:New Bird's Eye Interface Details From StchurHere's another:Hey - Runners, Cyclists, Hikers, Bikers... New VE features especially for youI really liked the stuff mentioned in

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I'm sure there are other people who've said that DRM is pointless, but I really like the way this article puts it, particularly this phrase/link: "DRM only punishes honest consumers." I've spent a fair amount of money buying music from iTunes, despite having (and wanting) no iPod, which was probably pretty foolish. Given a way to buy music legally that I can use in a flexible way (like, say,

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In case you were wondering... several of those last post were old ones I'd started earlier and just wanted to put the finishing touches on before actually putting up.I'm really enjoying these few minutes where nothing is happening at work.

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-49558024468931059442006-12-13T13:40:00.000-08:002006-12-13T13:40:41.452-08:00

-You periodically get asked, "So, hey, would you mind being a subject for this experiment I'm doing?"-Every few months you have an email exchange that makes you go read the labels on all the food in your cupboards.-"You wanna do something this weekend?" "Sorry, I'll be in another country."-The word "thesis" makes everyone in the room shudder.-"Remember that little rubber gasket thing that was

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404543561137090808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14149886.post-1163493674067355012006-12-13T13:30:00.000-08:002006-12-13T13:30:42.654-08:00

San Francisco: We've Got Shit You've Heard Of, Like, You Know, AlcatrazNasal Irrigation: It's Like An Enema For Your SinusesNew Green Tea Flavored 7-Up: made from the highest grade tea, monkey-picked oolong. Drink The Monkey!

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I'm feeling very actualized:Microsoft Virtual Earth Birds Eye View Greatly ImprovedI did a lot of the minimap and worked with the guy who did the pseudo-panning.

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That is all.Actually, I should at least give credit for that phrase, at least where I heard it: Robin Blume-Kohout, the TA for the first-semester physics class I had Berkeley.Why am I posting in the middle of a weekday? Because it's lunch break from a class I'm taking, and, well, I just feel like it. Actually, I feel like screaming, but this is a reasonable approximation that doesn't make too

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