Oct. 25th, 2006 07:26 pm
food for thought
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toastykittenMark is taking public transportation with me tomorrow. L.A. Man Takes Train! Does! Not! Compute! ^_^
Training people is hard work. Especially on software you think is poorly designed in the first place. And also with people who are just not really computer-literate. I find it frustrating, and I have to keep remembering that I need to keep my mouth shut - I kept wanting to just install Firefox for her, but then I'd have to teach her how to use Firefox and that would take up another day that we don't have. On the other hand, once she masters that, it would really cut down on the work we do.
Amy Sedaris new book "Hospitality Under the Influence" looks hilarious. I flipped through it at the bookstore, and there's this one drawing of a woman bending over with a mirror to look at her vagina. It's so added to my wishlist. (Yes, there are real recipes and advice about hospitality, too.)
I watched episode 1 of Naruto last night, years after everyone finished the 150th episode. I'm not hooked yet, but I probably will be by the end of episode 4.
Aidell's makes really good, really delicious meat. We had their teriyaki chicken meatballs for dinner tonight, and they were awesome. On the plus side, they are also hormone-free and nitrite-free, which I did not know before. We originally got into their artichoke and garlic sausage.
I finished The Best American Short Stories compilation edited by E.L. Doctorow. I forget which year it is, but his selections were great - I loved the genuine diversity - in perspective, in feel, in culture - and loved reading all the contributor notes at the end. It was fun finding out what exactly the authors were inspired by. I think Junot Diaz is my new (to me) favorite discovery this year.
I also re-read I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan. No, I never watched the movie. The most surprising thing about the re-read this time around was that the book takes place in the seventies, and was written in that time period, so there are a lot of references to Nam and demonstrations. It's also a book about totally ordinary people without any extraordinary ambitions who get thrown for a loop by the choices they made. It's surprisingly compelling - I wouldn't call it excellent writing, but it's much more succinct and powerful than I thought it would be.
I Think We Should Start Talking About Starting A Band - I think I know this guy. And the guy he's talking to.
I think the writers of Boston Legal have been reading way too much manga. First it's all the slashiness, and now the incest...
Training people is hard work. Especially on software you think is poorly designed in the first place. And also with people who are just not really computer-literate. I find it frustrating, and I have to keep remembering that I need to keep my mouth shut - I kept wanting to just install Firefox for her, but then I'd have to teach her how to use Firefox and that would take up another day that we don't have. On the other hand, once she masters that, it would really cut down on the work we do.
Amy Sedaris new book "Hospitality Under the Influence" looks hilarious. I flipped through it at the bookstore, and there's this one drawing of a woman bending over with a mirror to look at her vagina. It's so added to my wishlist. (Yes, there are real recipes and advice about hospitality, too.)
I watched episode 1 of Naruto last night, years after everyone finished the 150th episode. I'm not hooked yet, but I probably will be by the end of episode 4.
Aidell's makes really good, really delicious meat. We had their teriyaki chicken meatballs for dinner tonight, and they were awesome. On the plus side, they are also hormone-free and nitrite-free, which I did not know before. We originally got into their artichoke and garlic sausage.
I finished The Best American Short Stories compilation edited by E.L. Doctorow. I forget which year it is, but his selections were great - I loved the genuine diversity - in perspective, in feel, in culture - and loved reading all the contributor notes at the end. It was fun finding out what exactly the authors were inspired by. I think Junot Diaz is my new (to me) favorite discovery this year.
I also re-read I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan. No, I never watched the movie. The most surprising thing about the re-read this time around was that the book takes place in the seventies, and was written in that time period, so there are a lot of references to Nam and demonstrations. It's also a book about totally ordinary people without any extraordinary ambitions who get thrown for a loop by the choices they made. It's surprisingly compelling - I wouldn't call it excellent writing, but it's much more succinct and powerful than I thought it would be.
I Think We Should Start Talking About Starting A Band - I think I know this guy. And the guy he's talking to.
I think the writers of Boston Legal have been reading way too much manga. First it's all the slashiness, and now the incest...
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