A Bad Combination
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
I’m not wearing green today — because I’m a dog. Don’t try to pinch me or I’ll bite you.
— Lightning 
Twitter: 2010-03-15
- The soul of man is a far country, which cannot be approached or explored. — Heraclitus #
Twitter: 2010-03-13
- RT @margaretcho: Remember gomer pyle was a good cook and had a beautiful singing voice? I'm a lot like him. #
Less Like Waiters
Software professionals need to behave more like doctors and less like waiters. Stop taking orders and start helping.
How to Speak Dog
This is how to say “step away from the bone”: GRRRRRRRR!
OK, enough academics! Here’s a cartoon I really like:
— Lightning
Twitter: 2010-03-12
- How to Stay Stressed http://goo.gl/RW1D #
Twitter: 2010-03-11
- C. L. Max Nikias Named 11th President of USC: http://bit.ly/9qgs5c #
Ode to a Nightingale
Already with thee! tender is the night . . .
. . . But here there is no light,
Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown
Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.
Hockey Practice Will Never Be Cancelled
Under no circumstances will hockey practice ever be cancelled. Ever. Even on days when school is cancelled, practice is still on. A game may be cancelled due to inclement weather because of travel concerns for the visiting team, but it would have to rain razor blades and bocce balls to cancel hockey practice at your local rink. It’s good karma to respect the game.
Retirement Planning
Pig in a Poke
Pig-in-a-poke is an idiom that refers to a confidence trick originating in the Late Middle Ages, when meat was scarce but cats were not.
The scheme entailed the sale of a suckling pig in a poke (bag). The wriggling bag would actually contain a cat (not particularly prized as a source of meat) that was sold to the victim in an unopened bag.
A common colloquial expression in the English language, to buy a pig in a poke is to make a risky purchase without inspecting the item beforehand. The phrase can also be applied to accepting an idea or plan without a full understanding of its basis.
Nancy Pelosi: “But we have to pass the [health care] bill so that you can find out what is in it.”
Twitter: 2010-03-10
- RT @eddiepepitone: Zagat's guide: best mental institution is Creedmore. Their chicken a la king will drive you nuts-great game room as well. #
Twitter: 2010-03-09
- RT @Aimee_B_Loved: Katherine Bigelow really needs to end her speech with "SUCK IT, JAMES CAMERON!" #
- RT @letwits: CBSNews
"Hollywood Sees a Bright Future in 3D"
Sure they do. They can remake everything all over again. #
KO
You’re my worst case scenario for my career in 12 yrs: a pious, unlikable blowhard who lives alone.
EppsNet at the Movies: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
There are two kinds of people in the world — those with loaded guns and those who dig.
Let others spend the weekend catching up on Oscar nominees. We (re-)watched Sergio Leone fill the screen with boots, eyes and fingers in this classic Western.
Although Netflix listed it as the 161-min version, the DVD they sent was actually the full-length (175-min) Italian version, so that makes 14 minutes of action I was seeing for the first time!
By the way, did you know that Eli Wallach is still alive at age 94?!
Best Picture
(well, it might be that people see so many movies
that when they finally see one not
so bad as the others, they think it’s
great. an Academy Award means that you don’t stink
quite as much as your cousin.)
There are 10 nominees now for Best Picture?! I had no idea.
The best movie of the year was Up. The other nine I didn’t see. If any of them were better than Up, then why didn’t I see them? Answer that one for me.
It’s a Big Day in America
Harry Reid: “Today is a big day in America. Only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really good.”
Converting to Dog-Time
Because I’m pressed for time, I take the dog for a short walk this evening, just long enough to take care of the essentials.
My wife is concerned that five minutes isn’t enough exercise for the little guy, but isn’t a five-minute walk equivalent to a 35-minute walk for dogs?
Cooking Tips (Given the Unidirectional Nature of Time)
“How long would you microwave this for?” my son asks, holding a bowl of refried beans and chopped chicken.
“I’d start out with a minute,” I say.
“A minute?!”
“Yeah. Is that too much?”
“It’s too little.”
“Well, I’d rather start out by undercooking the food a little bit because I can always cook it some more, whereas once I’ve fried it into a flaming gob, I don’t have any recourse.”
“You’re weak,” he says.
“Okay, do it your way, Volcano Joe.”