| Road Trip! |
[Sep. 29th, 2009|09:32 am] |
Going to visit the brothers in Hendrum, MN, will be in the area of the
Cities this weekend. Hoping to hit the MN Ren Fest on Sunday, and needing
to get a Lucy... but should it be Juicy or Jucy?!? (5-8 or Matt's?) or
are there other, more delicious options? |
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| Unrelated thoughts |
[Jul. 22nd, 2009|08:55 am] |
Thought the first - when did rationing become a dirty word in this country?
I swear, the vaunted 50s were much more socialist than the GOP would like
to believe, as people were still coming off of victory gardens and
tightening one's belt for the "good of the nation."
Thought the second - a kinesthetics study of the various medieval combat
games/sports would amuse me. It'd be nice to see the force of a sufficient
hit codified in each system, so that I could finally min/max the ideal
weight of the hitting sticks (since Force (F) is equal to mass (m) times
acceleration (a), therefore if you know the force you need to strike with
and the acceleration you are on average capable of generating you can figure
out the ideal mass of your weapon for optimal striking). Amtgard would
appear easy, since if you feel it touch you it counts, but then the problem
of adrenaline, garb, and armor come into play, so you'd really just need to
get a really big sample group, wire 'em all up, and get lots and lots of
data points then do the proper regression and find the averages.
Now where do I find the right grad student to lob this idea at? :P |
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| Good news/Bad news, automotive edition |
[Jul. 13th, 2009|08:58 am] |
Well, I finally dragged my car in to the shop for its oil change and tire
rotation. The good news is that they techs couldn't even tell it was in a
front-end collision. Collier's Automotive in Litchfield, IL did some good
work, near as anyone can tell. The bad news is at ~33k miles all four tires
are shot, and they were really super expensive (like ~$400 for TWO tires)
50k mile rated Pirellis. Needless to say I'm not getting that brand, and am
instead going for the ~$100 per tire Hankooks. Also the shop was telling me
I should get a transmission flush for warranty purposes. I've never had to
get one of those before, and I'm less than 3k miles from driving out from
under my warranty, so unless I find some compelling evidence to support the
procedure I'm gonna keep that $155 in my pocket. |
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| Observation: |
[Jul. 12th, 2009|11:09 am] |
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Functional sewing machine causes a marked increase in the utilization of NetFlix (instant queue). |
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| New sewing machine |
[Jul. 7th, 2009|10:00 am] |
Well, the upper tension unit is shot on the Free-Westinghouse, and it was
gonna run at least $80 to fix the POS early 80s Singer. So... I'm getting a
new machine - http://www.fabricsandfriendships.com/sewing_denim.html Its a
discontinued line, so I'm getting it for half off. Should hopefully do what
I need for the rest of my life *crosses fingers* Metal gears, a variety of
warranties. Still gonna try to fix the Free-Westinghouse. |
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| Odd dreams... |
[Jun. 23rd, 2009|10:30 am] |
Last night I had a distressing dream that I was one of two Jr. Project
Managers helping to oversee the remediation and reclamation of a
long-abandoned military train depot that still had munitions at it.
Apparently I was tardy, too nice, and not assertive enough. I had just
moseyed into the office of the head of finances and management to use his
personal date stamp (breezing past the secretaries and security) when the
cat clawed me awake in his quest for pettings and food. Possibly a
generalized anxiety dream :P |
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| In that I am a dork |
[Jun. 1st, 2009|01:58 pm] |
More photographic evidence of my continued failure
to successfully masquerade as a normal human.
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| You know... |
[Jun. 1st, 2009|08:56 am] |
Even knowing that I could get a steal of a deal on a Chrysler about now...
I still wouldn't buy one.
As much as it might suck for the workers, companies that make crap cars that
routinely rate in the bottom half (or less) of the Consumer Reports should go
out of business.
That being said, I know grumpiness over the Ford Fusion Hybrid. Even though
dad has been making good use of the Vue I kinda wish I had held on to it
long enough to get the Fusion Hybrid. Probably just as well, though.
Three-year rule and all. Even if someone has to be an early adopter on
cars, it can be people who can afford to replace them every 3 years :P |
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| I have the internet back |
[May. 13th, 2009|01:34 pm] |
assuming, of course, that the new little mesocyclone/macrodownburst heading
our way doesn't knock it out again. |
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| Wheee! |
[May. 12th, 2009|12:14 pm] |
I missed a heck of a storm this weekend. Happily my dwelling was unaffected
(though I lost everything in the freezer), but man everything else is a
right mess. Good thing my car wasn't down here or it likely would have been
back in the body shop. ~106 mph winds! Wheee! |
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| ramblings |
[Apr. 28th, 2009|09:14 am] |
Went to the bodyshop yesterday. Looks good so far. Might have lucked out
and fallen into a decent one.
Also, Activision can choke on a goat phallus and die.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero_Smash_Hits Please note this has
only 48 tracks, compared to the 86 in Guitar Hero World Tour, and the 58 in
Rockband and 84 in Rockband 2 (not counting the fact you can add 55 of the
RB songs to RB 2...) Really, I am sick and tired of those clowns releasing
effectively half a game (and its almost always RECYCLED code) for the cost
of the full game. Booo. Poor form, chaps, poor form. Guess what I'm not
buying new. Now, once its on the used rack for <$20... then it'll be worth
my time, though I'd rather RB add those songs as DLC. |
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[Apr. 21st, 2009|05:14 pm] |
42 minutes door to door. 17 mph wind, gusting to 24, in my face the entire time. I'm gonna sleep like a dead thing tonight.
I miss my car. |
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| Posted using LJ Talk... |
[Apr. 21st, 2009|08:42 am] |
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I am covetous of any of the men's bikes at L.L. Bean Well, except for the folding bikes. <http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/categorydisplay?categoryid=5480&nav=pp-bc&storeid=1&catalogid=1&langid=-1> Too bad I'm poor until June. Stupid deductible :P |
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