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?
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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.
Company Party
Company parties have themes like live music, free food, cool venues, etc., but one theme that pervades them all is free alcohol. And at The Knitting Factory this evening they had amazing Scotch. Amazing Scotch. And I had an empty stomach. And they had no food. It takes a surprising