It's like 10,000 spoons when what you need is a knife.

Backed up past the Ft. Bend county line. The guy in the truck next to me is reading "sports illustrated " with two hands. Nice, right? At least he's not blogging from his cell phone.

I even faint at the site of virtual blood.

I thought, "hey, I'm taking health law... why not perform some Virtual Knee Surgery?"

Yikes. The most disturbing part is that even after he stops talking, the orthopedic surgen appears to keep mumbling to himself.

Oh! You need sticks for the string!

Although much of the writing for the Times is good, many of the editorial choices for photographs show why the paper is "Times New Roman" bad. Check this out. So I totally forgot to read the article because the picture was so distracting.

My thought process:

I had one of those as a kid, but it never worked. Oh! You need sticks for the string. Why are there ying-yangs on the toy? Is this part of the secret agenda of the Times to portray ordinary Muslims as being multi-cultural. Why is Karima's age a secret?

But did you see the moonwalking bear?

Glasses again

So I went to the optometrist last week and he told me that he saw that my left eye was blurry

(eye eye captain)

Andy Chen! This one is for you....

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Not to overstate, but this is typical of the difference between the English and the Americans. Are the English smarter or more sophisticated? It may seem that way, but I don' think that's quite right. It's more about a difference in style.

Must stop! Can't Stop! (Picking Duke)

I've mentioned this previously but I seem to have a pathological need to pick Duke in my Final Four. It must be fondness for Bobby Hurley. He's a hot prospect, y'know. He's, what, a sophmore?

Panda Express

Panda Express - chineseque fast food. So fast, its a blur!

WMLI City viewer

Look over on the left... it's a blog widget! Pretty cool, eh?

To quote some fake latin: Gratuitas technolocontendre

Anyhow, if you see the unemployment getting above 6%, please click on the the lightning blot. That will open up a factory. Mmmmmm factory

Ocean's One Hundred Eleven

Ocean's One Hundred Eleven. Each character gets one minute screen time

You too can be part of a corporate-sponsored viral video craze

So the gray lady wrote this silly article about the hyping of the 25th aniversary of thriller. To be honest, I didn't see that many things on YouTube worth noting. But I did find this highly useful instructional video:

Not only does this video give a pretty accurate rendering of what you (yes you) will look like doing the dance, but it also captures the contemporary ethos. Dancin' Kim is nothing, if not totally rad.

Watching this a second time makes me think of John Ellis' lecture about Roberto Rosellini's made-for-tv movie Blaise Pascal. This movie begins with people chewing leaves and spitting into a bowl. We eventually come to understand that they are making some sort of salve for an injured leg. Rosellini's idea, says Ellis, was that the subjective experience by contemporaries of the past is extremely different from the subjective experience of the present; so different as to be totally alien. In Dancin' Kim's case its, like TOTALLY alien, omigawd!

I've basically followed this train of thought to its logical conclusion with my rad-awesome post about how the past is overrated. I remember writing that post, boy those were the days. Mint. Wicked.

Visit exotic http://pajsanpolis.myminicity.com/ in the Phillipines!

Why do people enjoy this mini-simulators so much? Its the oppurtunity to mis-apply macro-economic and sociology concepts.

I think I used to describe cluttery areas of my dorm room as "having become a social services crisis requiring renewal and reinvestment."

Right now, I am cleaning up toys in the play room. Amongst them are Jason's train set. There are bits everywhere. Like Amtrak, poor governance and a general lack of a clear mission has hindered actualization of this resources potential.

Ok... back to cleaning the house.

Speilberg: Please do not ruin Indiana Jones

And to all of those in the universe who think Harrison Ford is to old to place a prominent archeologist. Dude: He's the same age as Donald Johanson.

The Tropic of Ninja:

The Tropic of Ninja: Whenever global warming gets to the point that Japan becomes a different scott baiome, I hope it'll be so named.

In Memoriam: Gary Gygax (July 27, 1938 - March 4, 2008)

Gary Gygax's corporeal form transcended this plane following a failed savings throw against his fortitude. Through his great advantures, Gygax achieved the highest level legendary prestige class. He is best know for conjuring Advanced Dungeons and Dragons from the depth of his wisdom. Under the magical spell of AD&D, all classes and races throughout many realms and for what seems like countless ages were both charmed and entranced. Although he lost a great fortune in the 1980's due to an encounter with with thieves, some of whom where treacherous members of his party, he somehow managed to safely teleport himself away, right before the collapse of TSR destroyed those rouges. And having gained much experience and fame, he returned triumphant in later decades.

Alas, all good things must come to an end: for heroes to become legends they must pass from this place.

Gygax is survived by his maidenfair, Gail, thirteen progeny, and legion kinsmen.

A humble suggestion from a hungry man

Dear Swanson,

Not to contradict your test kitchen but I disagree that the best result is to cook the whole meal part of the way and then remove the fully cooked brownie. This lets the brownie get cold and ends up with two different serving dishes.

I found it was much better to pull the frozen dough out of the dish, cook the rest of the meal for the "difference" amount, then put the brownie in and cook the whole thing together.

Cooking good!


Best Regards,


William Li

Studying

Studying: a process by which one runs words past a nose in the desperate hope of sniffing out the exam. -legal beagal