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If you own a mixer, how much do you like it, how often do you use it, and what is it?
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| Vanilla Ice - Havin A Roni - YTnonvid
This is about the worst song on Vanilla Ice's debut album.
I think I got the CD by looting some BMG or Columbia House package from the dead mail pile back in the mid-90s. jellydonut and I put it on the stereo and laughed at it non-stop on repeat for about ten minutes.
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There's a bit of futureshock in not leaving the house for a few years, and then emerging into the brave new world from time to time.
The most disturbing thing I've noticed is that Austin's sky is a lot browner than it was, and all those shiny new concrete roads and buildings are similarly tinctured, with weeds sprouting in the cracks.
There are more people, in stores and on the roads. Everything approaches NewYork crowded, but with all that stretched out Texas space.
At a gas station sometime back, I saw a machine that let people pick a musical mix, song by song, and burned the discs *right there*. In some ways, it's superfuture and amazing, like a Shadowrun dataterminal. In others, it's already a relic, made obsoles- cent by iTunes and Amazon. (Note that wire- less connectivity made dataterminals a piece of gaming nostalgia, too!)
The other day, in the grocery store, I saw a kiosk where one could stand on some illus- trated footprints, and get shoesole inserts custom made! While this is amazing, it's dichotomous, too, because if there's one thing that health officials have known for the last several decades, it's that bare feet are a breeding ground for infections. So a service that purports to help you with your feet is also helping spread disease. I guess that drives foot powder sales *and* insoles! Genius!
I guess both of these services are really for poor people, who can't afford credit cards for Internet purchases, and can't afford health insurance for a visit to the podiatrist. Or are the creditcards and health insurance the institutions that are becoming obsolete?
Large version of xkcd's recent Movie Timelines - and an actual attempt at a Primer timeline
Cullman Liquidation - real mobile home commercial - (YTvid) behind the scenes here here
The history of birth control
Thugs attack two transvestites... who turn out to be cage fighters - this article is panoptically ominous beneath the humour
The user sketches a desired scene and labels each part of the scene with keywords, then PhotoSketch searches the web for photos and assembles a photographic version of the sketch | comments: 6 comments or Leave a comment  |
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Here I am, windows all open, and the leafblowers start up, filling the house with gasoline fumes, and send- ing me scrambling in my slow turtle way to shut all the windows.
The other day, I set my newly-found ancient clock radio, and woke to what may be the worst song I have ever heard. At first, I thought it was one of those lame morning radio spoofs, but after some Googling, I realise that it is a real song. It is called Just Throw It in the Bag, and I link it here for your horror and edification.
Hip-hop/R&B/mainstream has gone ridiculous, as evidenced by this other song with Yankovickian lyrics, Jasmine Sullivan's 'Bust Your Windows'.
But all is not lost. There is good music on the wind.
New albums out by Project Pitchfork and Assemblage 23. The A23 album is great. The PP album is good. The new album by Rammstein is sounding great, too.
I have yet to acquire the new Claire Voyant album. New albums to come by Covenant and Velvet Acid Christ. New remix album upcoming from Android Lust.
It's a good Autumn to be a listener.
Grapevine Market in Austin is closing soon
German arm wrestler has one giant-ass crab arm
THE GOLDEN AGE OF VIDEO REDUX! - (vid) Gooble gobble!
Japan's high-tech graveyards - Stone-age beliefs in the silicon age. With robotic arms!
Robot pancake stackers are "the Final Solution" - (vid) It disturbs me that the human pancake checkers aren't wearing gloves. | comments: 10 comments or Leave a comment  |
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Mmm, tomatoey faux meatball sub and The Passion of the Christ in HD! It's about as appetising as watching Mechanized Death over and over again in Defensive Driving class while eating breadsticks in marinara sauce.
HDvideo: See more pores and hair than ever before!
The Other Boleyn Girl was just like a short version of The Tudors, except you know Portman and Johannson aren't going to get naked. It was pretty, but slow and soulless. In fact, I was a bit astounded to realise that Natalie Dormer is a much more charismatic and convincing actress than Natalie Portman, even while I find Dormer's asymmetrical eyes and sleazy portrayal less appealing.
A mosquito got into the house yesterday, and bit me something like 7 times in less than an hour, until I wrapped my- self entirely in a sheet and sweated for the rest of the day. Today, the mosquito has so far scored one, sending me fleeing to the bedroom.
Deuteronomy 23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. - God doesn't want me.
Obama bans clove cigarettes -- once again, for the sake of the children - Why does he hate my <1 a year habit? (thanks towith)
Totally NSFW new Rammstein video for the new Liebe ist für alle da album - thanks jher
Statistical analysis of OKCupid reveals the keywords to use and avoid in first contact messages
Lakeland Florida Police caught playing Wii Bowling during search & seizure - YTvid | comments: 9 comments or Leave a comment  |
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Yesterday, I drank half a cup of coffee, and, as happens about 1/3 of the time, had to nap immediately, even as my heart was racing. I woke with my mouth tasting like someone had pissed in it, and with my balls feeling like skinned knees. Even more lame, I had been dreaming that I was on chat.
Ten Canoes is a fictional tale within a tale that utilises real Australian Aborigines as the stars. It's really quite something, es- pecially when you consider that most of the subjects had never done any acting before. (In fact, judging from the bonus material, most of them hadn't even considered the con- cept of "acting" before!) Ten Canoes is slow and wandering, in the spirit of the Dreamtime, but I found it quite entertaining, poignant, and amusing. Highly recommended as a look at tribal life before the white man came.
Alfa-Matrix Re:Covered - A Tribute to Depeche Mode is really quite surprisingly good. While many tribute albums are throwaway crap, es- pecially the gothicindustrial ones, this is a good album with a lot of good music. Most of the songs are different enough to be new and pleasing, while still close enough to the original source that they instill a sense of nostalgic familiarity.
Austin Proceeds with (second) Light Rail Project Even as Commuter Line Stalls
Texas schools now have mandatory elective Bible classes - thanks blessure
"The nine-story expansion would make the [Sunset Farms] landfill the tallest 'natural' structure in Austin."
Swine flu infected those who went to PAX
The Repuglican carnival of nastiness continues during Obama's address | comments: 16 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Tags: | animals, art, fascism, fish, music, pets, psychoneurology, resident evil, texas, video games, zombies | | Current Music: | LA Guns | | Subject: | Re-Ply | | Time: | 06:00 pm | | Current Mood: | exhausted |
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Pat the gold molly of indeterminate gender is so fat s/he looks like a goldfish. With no more females in the tank, poor Frankie the Fuckfish and scarred Zombiefish keep nuzzling at poor Pat's cloaca.
I watched 5 episodes of Jericho. It was so utterly lame. They kept acting like some- thing dangerous was happening/coming, and then...nothing would happen. No fallout, no radioactive mutant raiders. And why the fuck did the firemen spend time rescuing wet books from the library when they knew there was another blaze on the edge of town? Also, who the fuck has time to cheat on his wife when he's busy deputy-running a town that has no electricity? And who wastes gasoline on keeping the generator at a bar going, while they let the super- market food spoil?
It makes no sense. It felt a lot like 24, without the action-adventure.
I have sent three emails in the last week to which I have gotten no replies. I am re-sending them. If you get one, you are a lucky one.
If you could get one of those newfangled flatscreen televisions, which brand and model would you get?
Bat for Lashes is a pretty darned good folksy female musician. And in a rare twist for the music I like, she seems immensely popular, too.
New Texas laws in effect
Make the Girl Dance: Baby Baby Baby - (YouTube) barely SFW music video of nude women walking a street in Paris
The five reasons Resident Evil 5 isn't very good - I am sad to say that I pretty much agree with this, and made many of the same complaints.
Twisted Princesses - very cool evil takes on Disney characters - thanks sterlingspider
A fascinating New Yorker article about itching, perception, phantom limbs, and mirror therapy, that starts with a story about a woman who scratched through her skull and into her brain | comments: 12 comments or Leave a comment  |
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None of the various Angel of Death names ever really caught on for the betta. I have officially dubbed him Belphegor, after the Demon of Sloth, since he a) never ate any mollies, and b) spends all his time lazing around in plant leaves or sulking on the bottom of the tank beneath the plants. Sometimes he just sits in the leaves and eats food as it rains past his mouth.
To be fair, I think he was sick of all the mollies running into his fins, and things are still a bit dangerous, what with the quick- darting rainbowfish and skunk botia. His fins look fine and vibrant and healthy, though, so I don't think anyone's picking on him. He *does* seem to have some recurring prob- lems with Hole-in-the-Head, though. Also, I think perhaps the current in the tank is a bit strong for all his pretty, lacey finnage.
Poodles 'creatively groomed' to look like pandas, horses, and even snails
Footprints on the moon, so many years later
New shake-and-bake method of making meth is cheap, easy, and explosive!
A bit about the Flappers - mentalfloss article
Spanish fish farm works with nature | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment  |
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A short while back, after mraustin had discovered my gay cache of Dead or Alive albums, he asked if I had seen the picture of Pete Burns's balls. I said I had not. Not content to leave it at that, mraustin brought his laptop into the livingroom and Googled it for me.
He showed me this picture:
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Balls sometimes have a musky odour, sometimes a B.O.ey, buttsmelly odour. If they get really messy, they can get that fishy, day-after, rotten- crotch reek. But sometimes, and es- pecially since all my ballproblems (but before that, too), my balls smell like semen. They get that chloriney, grits-like smell to them. It's like all those pent up gametes are just ooooooozing through the skin.
Is this a common smell? How would you describe the smell of balls?
I am 80 posts behind.
"A Dutch park near Amsterdam has installed a series of signs which point out the areas where gay men regularly have sex. Bosses in Slotervaart say it was easier to warn people where the gay sex takes place in the park, than try to stop it."
Despite a threat from Islamists, two Pakistani brothers stealthily manufacture fetish and bondage wear, earning more than $1 million a year from their Western customers. - (video) Two Pakistani brothers stealthily manufacture fetish and bondage wear, earning more than $1 million a year from their Western customers. (thanks explodingbat)
Ella: fetish model and BME enthusiast with burn scars over 1/3 of her body
Worst job in the world: orally stimulating a cow's genitals so she lactates - (maybe nsfw vid) thanks shanmonster
Women with large chins are more likely to cheat | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment  |
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Sometimes, zombiena cleans the litter- boxen late at night, and, since even a closed ziploc bag still reeks like a skunk died, puts the bag on the porch overnight, instead of going outside and putting the bag in the big rubbish bin in the semi-detached garage.
I've argued strongly against this, saying it might cause other cats to spray the porch. Yet it still happens from time to time.
Lastnight, something stole the gallon bag of nasty, reeking catlitter.
Tonight, we heard a big thump outside, and saw a big, fat, raccoon crawling on the back deck.
I guess it makes sense: we use a wheat- based litter...mmm, yummy!
Vibrator Use Common, Linked To Sexual Health
The Russian 'Night Witches' of the Eastern Front
What did Jesus NOT do? - (YouTube) thanks imautobot
Female leather dragon armour - from http://princearmory.com/, in Texas
"Recreational water illnesses have been on the rise for the past two decades, according to the CDC." - with all *kinds* of tasty factoids | comments: 10 comments or Leave a comment  |
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Dollhouse, after the first few episodes -- which have a bit of a more mainstream, 24y feeling -- is pretty good. It's got a lot to say, very subtly, about identity and potential abuse of tech. Even stranger, the 13th episode, available only on DVD, is set 10 years in the future, and feels a lot like Firefly, compleat with Brown- coats and Reavers. With all the body and identity swapping happening, the actors don't always hit their marks, but when they do, they're fantastic. And some of the storylines are just poignant. I am looking forward to the second season, es- pecially after watching the apocalyptic 13th episode. Apparently there was a lot of trouble with the original pilot, and the direction Fox wanted Whedon to take, but in this case, after watching the un- aired pilot, I like the new direction and pace the show took.
I find myself wondering, with a snicker, what the woman who wrote about Joss Whedon's Universe of Rape would make of Dollhouse. And then I think about how Whedon is a lot like an abused spouse, always crawling back to Fox and expec- ting different treatment, while appar- ently being unable to find anywhere else to go.
The Colour of Magic was not as good as Hogfather, but it still preserved the heart of Terry Pratchett's Disc- world books.
Tim Curry plays himself chewing the scenery.
David Jason does a remarkable job of channeling Rowan Atkinson's Blackadder, and does a fair job of portraying Rincewind, too, but he's a bit too sedate, and about 20 years too old for the part of a middle-aged ne'erdowizard. To be fair, though, he apparently an- nounced some 15 years ago that the role he most desired was that of Rincewind.
Sean Astin reprises his role as Samwise Gamgee, even saying "po-ta-toes" at one point, and I didn't feel too comfortable with him in the role. Also, I really was not too comfortable with the wardrobe choice.
Brian Cox plays himself reading a bed- time story as the Narrator, and he's a bit too poncy for the part, as well as short on breath.
Jeremy Irons does a fair job as the Patrician, but with a strange speech impediment.
David Bradley, who plays Cohen the Bar- barian, is *excellent*, and pretty much singlehandedly saves the entire three hour show, illuminating the biggest prob- lem of the movie, which is that he is not in the first half of it.
I only hope they make the other tales of Rincewind and Cohen the Barbarian quickly, before these guys die!
Until very recently, I had no idea that Jane's Addiction had released a new album, Strays, in 2003. It's pretty good, although decidedly more mainstream than their previous works. A lot of the songs have a more...rock n' roll, or modern alternative, feel to them than the 90s style alternative that made them famous, but I'm okay with that. It's a little crunch- ier and funkier than the previous albums, but in a way that mirrors some of my favourite parts of Nothing's Shocking. It's not as noisy and clanky as Ritual de lo Habitual, which I consider a plus. That album always made my ears ring.
US woman kills elephant with bow for a bet in Zimbabwe
Past research has shown that the body emits visible light, 1,000 times less intense than the levels to which our naked eyes are sensitive - thanks prolixe
Air Pollution Endangering Lives Of 6 In 10 Americans - State of the Air site, search by ZIP code here
Swedish man attacked, molested by tattooed girl gang
Rodney Orpheus: Copying is not stealing, mmmkay? - thanks mraustin | comments: 15 comments or Leave a comment  |
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I've been offline the past few days, because I detected a small surge of current running through the new waterbed, noticeable whether the heater was running or not. If I were lying on the bed, and zombiena were standing, or vice-versa, I could detect a weird ripple feeling if I ran my fingers along her skin. After checking the outlets, and doing a little bit of research, I'm under the impression that this is not that uncommon, and is safe enough. Tesla would've said it is safe, surely.
He also thought x-rays were really safe and good for one's health, too.
Frankie the Fuckfish has begun to dance again.
After the removal of all the mature female mollies about a month ago, Frankie's giant sailfin drooped, and he contented himself with listlessly chasing his reflection, occasionaly nuzzling at the cloacae of his daughters and granddaughters and nieces to see if any of them were ripe enough yet.
And finally, One-Eyed Wilhelmina was old enough. Frankie started dancing again last week, jigging and jiggling in front of her, his giant fin upthrust. He'd dart and cut in front of her, blocking the sight of her one eye, while she tried to veer away, but only to her right, where her good eye is, and he'd be there at her side, rolling her over in the water and shoving that gonadopodium of his into her ladybits. She's pregnant now. So are a couple of the other 47 or so mollies in the tank.
This has to end.
Hopefully we can sell all of them this week, maybe today. If we can get a fishbuck per fish, we'll be lucky, as many of them are very tiny. But they have to go. They won't stop breeding! And they start breeding before they're of a decent size for selling.
On another note, one of the tiny mollies was picking at an ichy rainbowfish. I have a strict no-cannibalism rule, es- pecially when you're a fish that's not worth a dollar, and you're eating the skin of a fourteen dollar fish. Said cannibalistic tiny mollie is now float- ing in a glass vase on a pedestal in the spare bedroom, awaiting Transportation.
Chicago PD considering major policy change that would allow police officers to shoot at fleeing vehicles if the driver or passengers are suspected of committing a felony
UK budgets £400million to put 20,000 "problem families" under 24-hour CCTV super-vision in their own homes, to ensure that children attend school, go to bed on time and eat proper meals
SINless in China - promising people have had their futures sold for as little as $1500 (thanks mraustin)
Nubrella: the umbrella of the future!
Divorced or widowed people have 23 percent more mobility limitations, 20 percent more chronic health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes or cancer than married people | comments: 7 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Tags: | amy's ice cream, birthday, cannibalism, dentist, food, gay, history, house, my personal afflictions, obama, our corporate masters, politics, star wars, technology, video games | | Current Music: | David Gahan - Hourglass | | Subject: | Week of Whoah | | Time: | 01:06 am | | Current Mood: | exhausted |
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The last week and more has been crazy ass. Birthdays, doctors, food, furniture, in- sects, and socialising. I'm so tired and sore.
I've had trouble with my ears being blocked by wax for the past couple of weeks. I pour- ed a solution of hydrogen peroxide and water into it several times, to no avail. Monday, I went to the doctor, and a medtech squirted lukewarm water into my ears with a syringe, and suddenly everything sounded all crisp and crackly on my left side.
The PA said my blood pressure is actually better than it was two years ago. 126/95 is still not great, though.
After nearly a year of toothpain, I went back to the original dentist from last year, and not the one from this year who stabbed me in the lip and told me I almost certainly needed a crown. So the dentist I saw this week said he thinks one of my fillings is touching my lower teeth, and that's prob- ably the source of the pain. He shaved down the filling a bit, and the tooth is already giving me less trouble. He said to give it a couple of weeks, and the pain should go away.
I am hopeful. Because a crown would cost me $1000.
Last week, I got some mango pistachio rose ice cream from Amy's Ice Cream. It's pretty awesome. It's kind of like eating a very good, very cold Indian mango lassi with a spoon.
The beginning of Star Wars: The Force Un- leashed is pretty awesome. I think I could be happy if the whole game were about walk- ing around as Darth Vader, killing Wookies. The rest of the game is pretty neat, too, and very beautiful. It gets a bit diffi- cult near the end, though. I also think the storyline is fairly decent.
I am interested in the game Assassin's Creed. However, there is a Platinum Hits edition for Xbox 360, and a Director's Cut edition for PC? What's the difference? Wikipedia tells me nothing.
US Marshals seize Clarcon sanitizer for bacteria problems - thanks originalkitsune
Ten incidents of cannibalism - many of them on a large scale or by sects
The American Psychological Association concluded that there is little evidence that efforts to change a person's sexual orientation from gay or lesbian to heterosexual are effective - CNN article on the same topic here
Repuglican Birthers gonzo interviewed on Capitol Hill - YouTube vid
Bluetooth headset as jewelry | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment  |
|  In preparation for Season 5 of Angel, I *finally* watched Season 7 of Buffy. Over- all, I enjoyed Season 7 *much* more than Season 6, and also much more than Seasons 3 & 4 of Angel (which went from dramedy to soap opera). However, I had some issues with the last episode, wherein Buffy leads the Fellowship into the spawning pits of Isengard, and Willow turns into Gandalf the White for a bit.
( Spoiling questions... )
Also, Xander is Samwise Gamgee.
I am really, really enjoying the first sev- eral episodes of Angel Season 5, too. I laugh, I cheer, I am *entertained*. I think the writers really got a refreshing break when they shifted the show's format from detective agency to magic company.
This all makes me want to read the comics, wherein Dawn turns into a giant (I've seen it) and a centaur.
Compare this to True Blood, which went from shitty to barely tolerable by the end of the season.
Speaking of revisiting vampire-themed enter- tainment, I am replaying Vampire: Bloodlines, thanks to a Steamy gift from explodingbat. This is really the last of the true RPGs, with multiple paths and solutions. It's def- initely the descendant of Fallout, with its talking heads and dependent dialogue options. True, it's got a dearth of polygons, and a few bugs, and it can be a tiny bit cheesey, but I really enjoy it. You can be a stealthy Nosferatu, a fast-talking Toreador, or a ripping and tearing Gangrel. It's got re- play value, even, and a plot worthy of The Masquerade.
I think my re-patration to silverchat has really reduced my tendencies to post on LJ. I can drivel inanely there all day long, instead of having to step through the LJ interface and proofread myself. What a loss to the world.
I have finally worked my way through 15 discs, or 1.5 gigs, of Chopin. He's really kind of tinkly, and I don't find a lot of his work to really be noticeable, although I do enjoy his orchestral stuff and his nocturnes.
Earlier this year, defiant Illinois state governors declared that Pluto had been unfairly demoted by the International Astronomical Union
Scale image of Jupiter, Earth, and the impact crater
19 Arrested In Canary-Fighting Investigation, 150 birds seized
Bill Maher: Democrats are the New Republicans - (vid) bonus New Rule: Not Everything in America Has to Make a Profit (text) - thanks jblaque
Austin PD entraps good Samaritans by parking bait car near their house - austincommunity commentary here | comments: 12 comments or Leave a comment  |
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Since Avant Browser has gotten slowly less and less manageable, and my browser tabs have gotten slowly more and more unman- ageable, I'm attempting to switch to Safari, at mraustin's suggestion.
This means copying and pasting something like 150 tabs -- mostly LiveJournal posts to which I hope to someday post a valid comment -- from Avant to Safari. So if some of you notice me replying to posts of yours from, say, half a year ago, that means I'm finally getting around to clear- ing out my tabs. I'm slow, but I try to give a lot of thought to everything I post. And SOME OF YOU go and close off entries before I can ever get around to replying to them. Shame! Shame!
Avant was consistently using about 1 gig of RAM to keep all those tabs open, and was even starting to give me trouble when I tried to close the browser; it was failing to end the process after half an hour. Safari seems to hog a lot fewer resources, although it's a lot less user friendly than Avant. Tab manage- ment kind of sucks, UI customisation is pretty nonexistent, and I miss my mouse gestures. :(
Also, all those people who are moving to Facebook suck ass. But apparently that's the only way to know these days what some of my RealLife friends are doing. I was told the other night that one of my friends only reads LJ now for communities, RSS feeds, and me.
This waterbed and my computer are not compatible.
Police hunting two drag queens after midget wrestlers murdered
Man who doused self with gasoline TASERed, bursts into flames - and this is not the first time this sort of thing has happened!
Mystery impact leaves Earth-sized mark on Jupiter
Some cat and dog flea collars leave chemicals on fur that are hazardous to the pets and their owners - Good ol' Hartz
Charles Stross on the UK's new paedophile prevention process | comments: 22 comments or Leave a comment  |
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