Tina Marie's Ramblings

Summer updates

2009-07-10T21:59:42Z

Summer's hit in full force here. We've already had a lot of 100+ days. It's too hot to be out, too hot to ride anywhere, too hot to go to the airport.

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skywhisperer @ 2009-06-17T09:46:00

2009-06-17T16:47:21Z

Randomness of the day: Immigration control is DRM for a border, and people respond to it in exactly the same way.

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skywhisperer @ 2009-06-15T20:45:00

2009-06-16T03:45:35Z

There are places where time doesn't exist.

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Unix tutorials, at the airport!

2009-06-15T20:37:03Z

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skywhisperer @ 2009-06-15T14:29:00

2009-06-15T19:31:08Z

Rule of thumb #937:

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skywhisperer @ 2009-06-03T17:18:00

2009-06-03T22:18:55Z

There's probably going to be a new PC in my future, sometime after Windows 7 comes out. I'm tempted by the Shuttle, but just for comparison, I wanted to see what the equivalent Dell would cost. And I found this:

A 56K modem? How...quaint.

skywhisperer @ 2009-05-29T10:28:00

2009-05-29T15:28:53Z

I first saw this in college - on a real piece of paper - but then hadn't seen this in years. It popped up from fortune when I logged in this morning:

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Cleaning up after Shotgun Night...

2009-05-27T02:01:56Z

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skywhisperer @ 2009-05-20T16:00:00

2009-05-20T21:09:42Z

Since January, everyone seems to be running around yelling "OMG! The Democrats are going to take our guns! And our ammo!". Gun prices are way up (someone at the gun show this weekend had a flier with a picture of Obama that said "Best gun salesman ever"). Handgun ammo is increasingly difficult to find, because people are buying it up, so if you walk into Academy, they're likely to be sold out. Then, instead of the two boxes someone would have bought at Academy, they're ordering an entire case online, so now all the online places are running out. People point at that and say, "See! It's starting already! I have to stock up, or I won't be able to buy ammo anymore!", and the cycle repeats. At this point, some places have ammo back-ordered by a month or more.

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Peanuts!

2009-05-17T00:40:52Z

Seen tonight at dinner:

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Writer's Block: BFF

2009-05-15T19:31:49Z

Who was your first friend on LiveJournal? Are they still on your Friends list?

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Tuesdays!

2009-05-13T23:49:03Z

I know, I'm late - been promising a post about this for a while.

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Sunday School Songs...

2009-04-28T19:25:18Z

So we've been getting a ton of rain and flooding, and a discussion on my Facebook page turned into a discussion of arks, which lead to this:

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Warning, WoW geekery ahead.

2009-04-21T16:00:48Z

So everyone knows Heigan is all about the Safety Dance. But last night we did our first guild clear of Obsidian Sanctum, and it turns out Sartharion also has music - Garth Brooks, "Standing Outside The Fire".

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skywhisperer @ 2009-04-19T15:45:00

2009-04-19T20:45:42Z

Maybe "slow roasting" wasn't quite what they should have put on the sign?

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skywhisperer @ 2009-04-18T18:25:00

2009-04-18T23:25:32Z

Have you ever had that problem where you just couldn't eat the Cheese Balls fast enough? Well, here's the answer -a shovel!

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Marketing FTL.

2009-04-16T15:26:34Z

When you send out email with a contact address, like "contact-us@vasco.com", it would behoove you to make sure it isn't bouncing email. Yes, I tried it multiple times.

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Because it was just too nice a day not to.

2009-04-15T19:03:49Z

Easter Egg Nests

2009-04-09T04:29:08Z

Easter Egg Nests
Originally uploaded by SkyWhisperer

Because I know you all won't be able to sleep without an update - yes, the fondant set up. It's not as firm as some I've made, but with a tablespoon of liquid plus zest, I didn't think it would. Will be fine for truffles, but I wasn't getting the chocolate machine out at 11:30pm.

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Cooking tip of the day.

2009-04-08T21:17:27Z

(From SlashFood)

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skywhisperer @ 2009-04-07T10:28:00

2009-04-07T15:29:46Z

You know, you have to give credit to the flight school. They must have taught him well - he steals a plane, violates heaven-only-knows how many FARs and airspaces, including the ADIZ, but darn it, he knew to land while he still had VFR reserves!

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sgillbee, this is mostly for you.

2009-04-03T18:23:16Z

Popcap's finally releasing their much-rumored Tower Defense game, Plants vs Zombies. Looks good, and Popcap doesn't make games that suck. I'm signed up for the pre-release release.

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The cookbook we've all been waiting for!

2009-03-31T03:34:50Z

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Sheep! And LEDs!

2009-03-19T17:30:58Z

You have to watch this:

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skywhisperer @ 2009-03-13T12:07:00

2009-03-13T17:07:12Z

Jessica
Originally uploaded by SkyWhisperer

We bought Rock Band right after Christmas, but after a few bad attempts, and one defective guitar, we pretty much ignored it until last week. But since we had 3 people last week, we got it out to try again.

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