FreshDirect!

FreshDirect just let me sign up with my address.

Hooray for getting food delivered to my place after ordering over the web!

Another One Bites The Dust

As of this week, I have finished watching all 12 seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel.

And yes, it was all worth it.

He was pronounced dead at a hospital until transferred to a better hospital where doctors upgraded his condition to alive.

That was my Simposonian half hour at the dentist.

I went in expecting to get a cavity filled. I was told that my
dentist had left to start her own practice. The new dentist said she
was more conservative, looked at my teeth, pronounced that I didn't
have cavities after all, and sent me on my merry way with a minor
prescription.

And I saved $300.

Public Service Announcement

The occasion of a roommate heading to the airport to fly should be accompanied by one taking the opportunity to read this TSA.gov PSA to them in a hackneyed PA voice before they leave:

Over Head PA Announcement

Effective immediately by order of the Transportation Security Administration: If you plan to travel with liquids, gels or aerosols in your carry-on bag remember 3-1-1. All liquids, gels and aerosols must be in a 3 ounce or less sized containers. Containers must be placed in a 1 quart-size, clear, plastic, zip-top bag. Only one bag is permitted per traveler. It must be removed from your carry-on and placed in the security bin for x-ray screening. Remember 3-1-1 to speed your screening process.

The NPT is dead.

It is like OSU vs UofM, except nuclear, and with, um, religious connotations.

HAHA

So as it turns out, a calorie restricted diet increases your lifespan by 15%.

They have now discovered that lowering average body temperature by .5 degrees C does the same thing for mice, without any decrease in caloric consumption.

And guess what?

A calorie restricted diet also lowers your body temperature.

Now if only people were researching links between SIR2 & Temperature...

Defining Roles

Has anybody noticed that after watching Studio 60 on the Sunset Trip,
you tend to see Matt Albie in any role that Matthew Perry plays?

I was watching a Friends rerun last night, and I just didn't see
Chandler Bing any more.

I suppose this is a good thing, which will also make me bitter if the
swirling rumors of the cancellation of Studio 60 pan out.

More Vernors

More Vernors
Originally uploaded by satmandu.

Courtesy of a Michigan trip of Laura's.



Mmmmmm.

Snuggly Wuggly Relatives and Yum

More on Jane Goodall...

The final part of her talk was devoted to developing this argument, laying out her reasons for not losing hope. She cited two examples of animals in China being saved from the brink of extinction: the Milu deer, which is about to be reintroduced into captivity after a rather extraordinary history where repeated attempts to breed up populations of the animal were thwarted by its being so very very tasty...

...

After studying chimpanzees for over ten years and coming to see them as peaceful and benevolent animals with a bit of a temper, Goodall witnessed a four-year chimpanzee war of extermination, and discovered a mother-daughter pair who liked to kill and eat babies.

2nd Ave Deli van spotted on St. Nicholas Ave & 126th St

2nd Ave Deli van spotted on St. Nicholas Ave & 126th St
Originally uploaded by satmandu.

The inquiring reader might wonder if in fact the 2nd Ave Deli is back.



Sadly, no. I asked the driver, who noted that "everyone asks me that". As it turns out, the van is used to deliver bagels for a related company, and no effort has been made to change the signage.



Que sera, sera.

Old Subway Maps

http://www.onnyturf.com/subway/ is a subway map/google map mashup that
newly lists subway station layouts.

You'll note in this map of the 125th St ABCD IND station the existence
of a southwest exit at the corner of 124th st & Hancock Pl.

subway stuff

This exit does not exist any longer.

You can however, make out the outlines of a previous staircase opening
in the ceiling of both the southern parts of the north and southbound
subway platforms.

That entrance would have been in a now dark block, and from the large
police presence on 125th st, I can see the security justifications of
removing that entrance.

One can wonder if the that block was blighted before the removal of
that entrance, and if that block would be considered further blighted
after the removal of the entrance.

subway odors

The person behind me smells like maple syrup.

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on orhan pamuk's nobel.

Some have intimated that with the clash of civilations talk with islam these days, and pamuk's antagonism of the turkish government with his talk of the armenian genocide, that pamuk has been positioning himself to be a nobel candidate these past two years.

Boo.

Booyah.

"Don't hate the player, hate the game."

My Name is Red is a fantastic book.
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One of my fans is dead

Thanks to the smc management program that got put on the web today, I
discovered that one of my fans on my mac book pro has died.

Not good.

Sigh. Time to send it in.

Mac-Book-Pro:/Volumes/smc/smc-0.01 satadru$ ./smc -f
Total fans in system: 2

Fan #0:
Actual speed : 5994
Minimum speed: 1000
Maximum speed: 6000
Safe speed : 1200
Target speed : 6000
Mode : auto

Fan #1:
Actual speed : 0
Minimum speed: 1000
Maximum speed: 6000
Safe speed : 1200
Target speed : 6000
Mode : auto

[From Google Reader] Enterprise sells for 1/2 million dollars

I knew I should have sold out during the dot com era...

damn damn damn...

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Enterprise sells for 1/2 million dollars

David Pescovitz: A 78-inch-long model of the Starship Enterprise-D,
featured in the title sequence of Star Trek: The Next Generation and
used in other episodes, sold for $576,000 today at Christie's "40
Years of Star Trek" auction. The estimate on it was $25,000 - $35,000.
From the Associated Press:

Other top sellers on Saturday's action included a replica of Capt.
James T. Kirk's command chair from the bridge of the Enterprise-A on
the original "Star Trek" series.

The painted wood chair was only a re-creation for a 1996 episode of
"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" that mixed action from that newer series
with old footage, but it still sold for $62,400.
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BBQ in Prospect Park

BBQ in Prospect Park
Originally uploaded by satmandu.

Becky invited us to a bbq in Prospect Park today. It rained, got sunny, and then got cloudy and cold. The bbq turned into a wood fire to keep us warm, and we huddled around it.

My Right Shoe Just Died

My Right Shoe Just Died
Originally uploaded by satmandu.

Kenneth Cole, I hate you. Where should I get new ones?



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Fantastic Discussion on Mozilla & Debian Trademarks & Copyright

here

My favorite bit so far:

> Are the Debian logos and trademarks free?

No, the Debian logos are not free. This is considered a bug.

mmmm.

Everybody knows that kid is thinking "BACON".

Purportedly Via Cute Overload:

Mmmmm, snoutlicioussss: "

This is complete and total snout overload. How much is that pig LOL-ing? I bet that pig snorts when he laughs, too.

Holy bacon bits, Jennifer H.!

"

The Last Jenga Move

The Last Jenga Move
Originally uploaded by satmandu.

At Josh Karton's place.



Tony failed moments afterward...