November 2009
26 posts
“its too dark to see what we’re eating here..hang on, let me load the flashlight...”
– -nick (via theblackcat)
I also have a flashlight app, but instead of thinking to open it up I just loaded up a cracker and started tasting things blindly. Apparently smart phones don’t actually make you any smarter.
October 2009
24 posts
suprachiasmatic:
Eight rules for writing fiction:
1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
4. Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal character or advance the action.
5. Start as...
No Cash = No Strippers
I had an interesting conversation with a local party store owner about how debit/credit cards make life as a store owner easier than cash transactions. I pointed out that as handy as they are, our society still NEEDS cash money as an option. When he challenged me as to why that may be the case, I pointed out that we can’t do away with cash until strippers find a way to install credit card...
THAT kind of week
Car dealership never called me back to schedule the one repair I agreed to last week. I have to go in tomorrow and demand my $120 deposit for the part back & find somewhere else to have my car fixed.
The broken car situation, paired with the SNOW EVERYWHERE IN OCTOBER situation & being sick for the last week has caused me to cancel my mini vacation to Minneapolis next week.
Electric...
this year's summer went straight to winter, wtf?
(via mareen)
To add insult to injury, summer only lasted about 25 minutes this year. I’m very angry at the seasons. I demand a recount.
Car Update
Dealership quote for repairs: $4300
Kelley Blue Book value: $3740
None of it is really all that serious & obviously the dealer is going to tack on dumb crap it doesn’t really need like (another) trans flush, so realistically it’s not going to cost THAT much to get it back in working order. She needs a new timing belt and appears to be leaking oil from a bunch of shot gaskets,...
“They said that the boomer generation, the vaunted ’60s generation that...”
– From Across the great divide by Cary Tennis, in a Salon series about youth.
That quote really resonates with me. I want my generation and all of the proceeding generations to be better than that.
so...
tsexrex:
michigan law makers have failed once again to reach an agreement on a budget. therefore the government is in a temporary government shutdown. prisons and police will remain running, but services such as the secretary of state, and state parks will close until a budget is passed. they are trying to pass a continuation budget, but everything is different after 12:01am on October 1st. ...
