http://munashiku.slightofmind.net Revealing the Opacity of Transparency Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:15:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://munashiku.slightofmind.net/20090104/randomosity-part-2 http://munashiku.slightofmind.net/20090104/randomosity-part-2#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:52:21 +0000 Whesley McCabe http://munashiku.slightofmind.net/?p=794 It has been a very long weekend, so I have more stuff to unleash in post fashion for those willing to read.

1. Green somethings are present in Cream Cheese & Chives Lance crackers, however, they do not have chives in the ingredients, nor is there a listing for coloring of any kind. What is the green stuff?
2. Why is payday always one day later than the last debit on your account, which results in a $34 fee from the bank for insufficient funds?
3. I need new shoes. I remember buying these Sketchers a little over a year ago, but they were a size too small and were not comfortable. I didn’t have a choice, because none of the shoe stores around here sell my size. My feet are poking out of the sides of the shoe, now, but what are the odds I will be able to find a shoe that fits me? I wear a US size 13EEEE. My Sketchers are size 12EE. I need new shoes.
4. I’ve been trying out Windows 7, and I have to say I am not impressed. They should just call it what it is: Vista Redux.
5. The end-of-year paperwork and inventory sheet for the theatre has a line for the quantity and condition of “vacume cleaners.”
6. I saw a commercial for Barack Obama Kennedy Half-Dollars, now on sale to the public for $9.95 each. Who has the money to buy money that is worth less money than the money they are spending? Most of the “money” being sold isn’t legal tender in the US anyway. Idiots.
7. My best investment of 2008 was a tea maker that I bought at the beginning of December at Walmart for $15. I’ve discovered that loose tea costs more per serving than bagged tea, and cutting the tea bags and brewing the tea through a coffee filter, much as you could do with loose tea, makes a much better tasting tea. I’ve also discovered that green tea is not easily purchased in bulk, and the number of flavors of green tea makes it very difficult to find plain green tea. It has also become apparent that there is never enough sugar in the house, and you don’t realize this until you have already brewed a full 3-quart pitcher.
8. Walmart bakery bread goes moldy three days after opening the package, but stays mold-free for up to 12 days if you just don’t open it. When you finally open it on day 11, it is fully covered in mold on the morning of day 12.
9. No matter how tired I am, I will always convince myself that I am not too tired to write one more line of code.
10. I just realized that I have not updated the TSE homepage to reflect the changes made in the current version. I should do that now!

]]> http://munashiku.slightofmind.net/20090104/randomosity-part-2/feed 0 http://munashiku.slightofmind.net/20081230/randomosity http://munashiku.slightofmind.net/20081230/randomosity#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:59:46 +0000 Whesley McCabe http://munashiku.slightofmind.net/?p=771 I’ve got a hundred and one things going through my mind right now, and I thought I would loose some of them to ease the burden. It’s totally random, so feel free to read… Or not…

1. I stopped at 7-11 on my way home from work last night and picked up a 24oz. Jolt wild grape. When I got home, I realized the can actually said wild rape. Someone had blacked out the G. Awesome.
2. I got up for work today and put on a black shirt. When I got to work, I noticed that I had cat fur all over me, even though I didn’t even touch my cat before I left. When I got home I picked up Isis (my cat) and when I put her down, I noticed that I had the same amount of fur on my shirt. No more, no less. I need a magic lint roller.
3. I have the TV on in the background, and I just now noticed that the movie Blood & Chocolate is playing. This disgusts me. When we played this movie at the theatre, I labeled it as Blood & Semen, because I likened watching the movie to getting violently raped. It is just that horrible.
4. Johnsonville Chili Cheese Smoked Sausages are fucking delicious.
5. I can’t bring myself to work on the theme I’ve been working on for any more than 10 minutes at a time. I’m really pleased with the way it’s turning out, but I just can’t seem to find my motivation. It’s frustrating, because I really want to have it done and applied.
6. The more trouble I have with working on my WordPress plugin, the less I actually work on it. I’ve been busting my ass trying to code TSE to be compatible with MCEComments, but no dice so far. Since MCEComments doesn’t support external plugins, I would have to add TSE as an internal plugin – which is a different creature all together. If I could bring myself to concede defeat on the MCEComments interface, I would probably get more done to TSE as a whole.
7. I watched The Spirit on Saturday night and it was awesome. I was feeling too lazy to write a review, but now I’m regretting it. I should be more inclined to write a review for a good movie, but oddly it doesn’t work out that way.
8. I need to get a real bed. Right now, I just have a mattress on the floor. A single twin mattress. For those of you who don’t know, a single twin mattress is 39″ x 75″ (99cm x 190cm). I am 5′ 11″ (180cm) tall and I wear a size 13 shoe. This means I have at least five inches of my feet hanging off the end of the bed. Do you have any idea how uncomfortable it is trying to sleep on a mattress that is too small? It’s no wonder that I only sleep three hours a day.
9. I donated money to someone in need and I feel really good about it.
10. I wish I could afford an Asus Eee Netbook. I’m not interested in a full laptop, but I need something a bit bigger than my PocketPC to do the things that I really want to do when I’m out and about.
11. I really need to do laundry. I’m down to my last shirt.
12. I’m ready to test Windows 7 beta. It needs to already be announced and made public. I’m happy with XP, but after installing Vista – which I promptly uninstalled and reinstalled XP – I’ve been left feeling like I’m missing out on something. I’m already itching to try out Kubuntu 8.10 and Ubuntu 8.10, but I just don’t have a spare HDD. Every time I clear some space, I fill it up with another OS. VMware isn’t cutting it anymore, either. I want to really explore what my hardware can do. Does anyone have four or five spare 20GB HDDs lying around?
13. I think I’ll make meatball subs tonight. Or maybe I’ll make them tomorrow. I’ve been craving a meatball sub since I picked up the stuff to make them three days ago.
14. I’m glad I have the next two days off of work. I really need the break.
15. My DVD player crapped out and I don’t know why. It’s an RCA DVD±RW Player/Recorder with DivX playback. It made my life so much better. Now it’s gone. I think I’ll spend today with my electronics kit and see if I can resurrect it. Nothing like the smell of solder!
16. Too many things piss me off. I’m certain that humanity is headed towards Mike Judge’s vision in Idiocracy. There’s still no cure for cancer or AIDS, but the FDA just approved a new drug from Allergan called Latisse which effectively gives users longer and thicker eyelashes! Now all we are missing is the drug that effectively removes and prevents the growth of hair on or around the asshole. I think President Bush would not appreciate being completely bald, though. 
17. Don’t watch the movie Lethal Dose. You’ve been warned.
18. I need a haircut.
19. I think it’s time for bed. At least for a few hours.
20. If you’re reading this, you’ve gone too far.
21. I’ve gone to bed. Stop reading.
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