In New York in April?
Do you live in New York or are you going to be in New York during the second week of April? I have a "+1" for a company party. They're fun.
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An Invite to The Met
Work is sponsoring a trip to The Metropolitan Museum of Art; and some fun stuff afterwards. I've got an extra invitation. Anyone want to go?
Where to Move To
My apartment lease here in New York ends in a couple of months and I intend to remain in the area for another year. Following that, however, employment allowing, I intend to move.
In considering possible destinations, I've settled on the following criteria:
Geography
Weather
Mountains
Beaches
People
The Four Most Prolific Things in NYC
Without further ado, the four most prolific things in New York City are:
1. Cockroaches
2. Rats
3. People
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4. Water towers
Didn't see that coming, did you? I noticed this while eating my 3pm orange today. I took a picture from the roof of the building I
Resistentialism
I learned something new today. Resistentialism: a jocular theory in which inanimate objects display hostile desires towards human beings. Read more about it here.
Rubik's Cube Update
I think I've progressed just about as far as I can with the simple by-layers method that I am now well acquainted with. I got it down to seventy-eight seconds once, but I can only reasonably assume that I'll always have it under two minutes. This
TODO for 2008 - Revisited
Things to do in 2008 - revisited:
[-] Rubik's cube in under sixty seconds * down to 78 seconds
[x] Amateur Technician Class license
[] Balloon project * no recent progress
[x] Climb Mt. Rainier
[] Climb Mt. McKinley * May
[] Climb Half Dome * June
[] Learn to do a back flip * post-McKinley
The Deafening Silence (update: now with humor!)
I don't know where I originally heard "the silence is deafening," but I do very much understand it. When I was in Adirondack Park, each night when I retired I could only hear a deafening ringing in my ears. Static almost. There was absolutely no noise
Lackey
So, there I was, riding the train home from work this evening, minding my own business when we stop at Union Square and a guy gets on, sits down beside me, and pulls out a Zune. What did I ever do to him? After I got the urge to vomit
The Long Voyage Home
My MacBook Air just left Shanghai. Expedited shipping apparently means five days. Uggh.