I just woke up and have decided to liveblog a bit. The sun is shining through the trees right outside my window and it creates a really nice shadow play on the glass. There are children from the school across the street playing and I can hear that. My toes are a little cold.
In international news, large crowds of people are rallying in the street because a teacher was jailed for allowing her students to name a teddy bear 'muhammed'. The reason they are demonstrating is not in protest against the strict religious laws of their government, but because they don't think the sentence (15 days in jail) was harsh enough. Many of them were calling for her to be shot.
In positive news, if you would like to buy into the Purple House Investment Syndicate, please contact Ben or Jim. The syndicate will be pooling money to invest socially responsible specialty and index funds. We are initially hoping to buy into a Calvert Alternative Energy Fund.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Cool Hand Luke is a really great movie. I always forget things about it and then I watch it again and it's just really amazing and sad and kind of perfect. It's also really weird. Like the part with 'Lucille' is so strange but it ends up being perfect.
Weird. Anyways, it's in my room if you want to watch it. Than and I just did. We ate popcorn and watched it and now it is very very late.
Also, in a bit of my-own-horn-tooting news, i have a short story up at monkeybicycle.net. As of this posting, it is on the main page, but it might have moved to the archive by the time anyone reads this post. I think it's a pretty ok story.
Also Also, we showed the house today. I think it went well. I felt kind of weird being a tour guide to the place. I do like us though, so that part(talking about living here) was nice. Plus I got to talk about how sweet the cows are in the backyard.
What else? In sports the Steelers and the Dolphins set the mark for the longest time without scoring in an NFL game since there was a 0-0 tie in overtime in 1944. Steelers' Kicker Jeff Reed hit the winning field goal with 17 seconds left, securing a 3-0 victory. The Dolphins have now lost 6 of their 11 games this season by 3 points each. Given that they are the only team left in the leauge without a win, this is fairly shocking. I mean, they are 18 points total away from being 6-5 and in the middle of the wildcard race.
I think it is time for me to get some sleep.
Goodnight.
Weird. Anyways, it's in my room if you want to watch it. Than and I just did. We ate popcorn and watched it and now it is very very late.
Also, in a bit of my-own-horn-tooting news, i have a short story up at monkeybicycle.net. As of this posting, it is on the main page, but it might have moved to the archive by the time anyone reads this post. I think it's a pretty ok story.
Also Also, we showed the house today. I think it went well. I felt kind of weird being a tour guide to the place. I do like us though, so that part(talking about living here) was nice. Plus I got to talk about how sweet the cows are in the backyard.
What else? In sports the Steelers and the Dolphins set the mark for the longest time without scoring in an NFL game since there was a 0-0 tie in overtime in 1944. Steelers' Kicker Jeff Reed hit the winning field goal with 17 seconds left, securing a 3-0 victory. The Dolphins have now lost 6 of their 11 games this season by 3 points each. Given that they are the only team left in the leauge without a win, this is fairly shocking. I mean, they are 18 points total away from being 6-5 and in the middle of the wildcard race.
I think it is time for me to get some sleep.
Goodnight.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Supreme Court - Second Amendment Debate
From here
"The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it would decide whether the Constitution grants individuals the right to keep guns in their homes for private use, plunging the justices headlong into a divisive and long-running debate over how to interpret the Second Amendment’s guarantee of the 'right of the people to keep and bear arms.'"
Price and I were talking about this, and he stated his support for the Supreme Court deciding for tougher gun laws. I don't consider myself particularly educated on the topic, but I found myself defending gun rights from a sort of civil liberties standpoint. I agree with Price that the original intent of the law has little relevance to today, and that original intent factors into a court decision, but I believe that through a history of court decisions the second amendment has retained relevance and value. There is essentially no threat to us now that would require response from a state militia, but I don't know that this is criteria for the repeal of an amendment.
"The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it would decide whether the Constitution grants individuals the right to keep guns in their homes for private use, plunging the justices headlong into a divisive and long-running debate over how to interpret the Second Amendment’s guarantee of the 'right of the people to keep and bear arms.'"
Price and I were talking about this, and he stated his support for the Supreme Court deciding for tougher gun laws. I don't consider myself particularly educated on the topic, but I found myself defending gun rights from a sort of civil liberties standpoint. I agree with Price that the original intent of the law has little relevance to today, and that original intent factors into a court decision, but I believe that through a history of court decisions the second amendment has retained relevance and value. There is essentially no threat to us now that would require response from a state militia, but I don't know that this is criteria for the repeal of an amendment.
Crap!
Pleasant Street Theater is closing forever!
That really really sucks. I feel like our rent should go down. Honest to G-O-D I do.
Goddamnit, what is next to go? Backyard Birds? Mimo's pizza??? Bueno y Sano?!?!
That really really sucks. I feel like our rent should go down. Honest to G-O-D I do.
Goddamnit, what is next to go? Backyard Birds? Mimo's pizza??? Bueno y Sano?!?!
purple house animal friends
We Have:
-mice
-shrews
-red squirrels
-blue jays
-a big dog
-a little dog
-goats
-sheep
-horses
-llamas
-cute lil piggy
i cant think of any others, but this house is like a congress of mammals.
oh, and the compost is full of wriggly red worms and maggots!
-mice
-shrews
-red squirrels
-blue jays
-a big dog
-a little dog
-goats
-sheep
-horses
-llamas
-cute lil piggy
i cant think of any others, but this house is like a congress of mammals.
oh, and the compost is full of wriggly red worms and maggots!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
anyone want ten bucks?
if so, you should email tara to be in an erp study this saturday. it only takes about an hour, and you get ten bucks, which you can then spend on booze for the show saturday night. or on black beans. whatever. tdf04@hamp
Wow
If you were following the pop-able food debate that went wild on this site over the past 24 hours, you have heard the rumors of a pop-able black bean.
It does indeed exist. It is a subspecies of the common bean called the nuña. It pops and tastes like Peanuts- it was domesticated in the Andes a couple thousand years ago.
Interestingly, it has been "patented" by a large corporation. Natives are upset about this. We all should be. Patenting an organism. I bet Marguerrite is all for that..
Anyways, I most likely will never be able to try nuña.
This weekend I am going to try Amaranth though.
End. live. Blog.
It does indeed exist. It is a subspecies of the common bean called the nuña. It pops and tastes like Peanuts- it was domesticated in the Andes a couple thousand years ago.
Interestingly, it has been "patented" by a large corporation. Natives are upset about this. We all should be. Patenting an organism. I bet Marguerrite is all for that..
Anyways, I most likely will never be able to try nuña.
This weekend I am going to try Amaranth though.
End. live. Blog.
Monday, November 26, 2007
?!
An interesting question about Pakistan came up in the Purple House the other day...
What is the difference if Musharraf steps down as the head of the army? Is he not still the head of the army?
Blank Stares all around...
Well, the man will "Take off the uniform" in a couple days, I have read... but...
Asked if President Musharraf was severing all his professional links with the military, Gen Qureshi pointed out that he would remain supreme commander of the armed forces, as was the case with heads of state in other countries.
bbc.co.uk
We live in a strange stagnant world where things don't really ever change. The human concept of time has to expand or I will die a depressed man.
Now that oldest living animal they found and killed... if it had had a human mind and was not killed for science, it would have had a chance to see actual change.
http://www.physorg.com/news112870855.html
God, i need to stop blogging like I own the place. Back to work.
What is the difference if Musharraf steps down as the head of the army? Is he not still the head of the army?
Blank Stares all around...
Well, the man will "Take off the uniform" in a couple days, I have read... but...
Asked if President Musharraf was severing all his professional links with the military, Gen Qureshi pointed out that he would remain supreme commander of the armed forces, as was the case with heads of state in other countries.
bbc.co.uk
We live in a strange stagnant world where things don't really ever change. The human concept of time has to expand or I will die a depressed man.
Now that oldest living animal they found and killed... if it had had a human mind and was not killed for science, it would have had a chance to see actual change.
http://www.physorg.com/news112870855.html
God, i need to stop blogging like I own the place. Back to work.
More Pop
Popcorn pops because the shell is so hard, that it makes an explosive amount of pressure for moisture to be released. Other corn does not have hard enough outer shells on its kernels to explode. Thats pretty cool I guess... and you can pop certain types of rice- they become rice-crispyish more or less.
Popping rice does not sound exciting, but being more like an Aztec does. So I have decided to seek out the grain "Amaranth" which can be popped and is a miracle food. AKA PIGWEED!
Anyone I know have any idea where I could get this stuff? I don't think the pigweed that grows in our region (siberian east) can be popped.
It is the only other pop-able food worth-a-shit.
Popping rice does not sound exciting, but being more like an Aztec does. So I have decided to seek out the grain "Amaranth" which can be popped and is a miracle food. AKA PIGWEED!
Anyone I know have any idea where I could get this stuff? I don't think the pigweed that grows in our region (siberian east) can be popped.
It is the only other pop-able food worth-a-shit.
Deciphering "Porn"
I showed that Wikipedia segment on Popcorn to some of the physicists here at the lab. We fed it through an enigma machine and poured some liquid nitrogen on it, and apparently this is what it actually meant to say:
Air-popped popcorn is naturally high in fiber, low in calories and fat, contains no sodium, and is sugar free, which makes it an attractive snack unless one is limiting carbohydrates. The actual fat, sugar, and sodium content depends on how the popcorn is prepared though and a naturally healthy snack can quickly become unhealthy.
Popcorn is included on the list of foods that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends not serving to children under four, because of the risk of choking. It is one of the top causes for children choking to death (along with hotdogs and balloons). [15] Special "hulless" popcorn has been developed that offers an alternative for small children and for people with braces or other dental problems who may otherwise need to avoid popcorn.
We all agree that a way should be found to re-cipher text, but we have to finish working on that blasted flux-capacitor.
Air-popped popcorn is naturally high in fiber, low in calories and fat, contains no sodium, and is sugar free, which makes it an attractive snack unless one is limiting carbohydrates. The actual fat, sugar, and sodium content depends on how the popcorn is prepared though and a naturally healthy snack can quickly become unhealthy.
Popcorn is included on the list of foods that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends not serving to children under four, because of the risk of choking. It is one of the top causes for children choking to death (along with hotdogs and balloons). [15] Special "hulless" popcorn has been developed that offers an alternative for small children and for people with braces or other dental problems who may otherwise need to avoid popcorn.
We all agree that a way should be found to re-cipher text, but we have to finish working on that blasted flux-capacitor.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
popporn
I was just poppping corn straight off the cob, from our last week of a farm share. Very good, it popped within seconds! And it is delicious! Truly a versitile and healthy snack (popcorn is a whole grain and is high in fiber!). A while back, a good friend of mine told me that pop corn is just one of several pop-able snacks, so I went online to find out the truth of this...
My search took me to wikipedia, and I think the entry on the nutritional value of popcorn has shaken my faith in the open-source enclyclopedia we all love. From wikipedia:
Air-pod porn is nally high in fiber, low in calories and fat, contains no sodium, and is see, which mack can quickly become unhealthy.
Porn is included on the lit of foods that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends not serving to children under four, base of the risk of ching. It is one of the top cases for chin chng to death (along with hogs and boons). [15] Special "huss" porn has boped that offers an alternative for small chin and for pole with braces or other deal proms who may otherwise need to avoid porn.
Wow.... what the hell does that mean?
My search took me to wikipedia, and I think the entry on the nutritional value of popcorn has shaken my faith in the open-source enclyclopedia we all love. From wikipedia:
Air-pod porn is nally high in fiber, low in calories and fat, contains no sodium, and is see, which mack can quickly become unhealthy.
Porn is included on the lit of foods that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends not serving to children under four, base of the risk of ching. It is one of the top cases for chin chng to death (along with hogs and boons). [15] Special "huss" porn has boped that offers an alternative for small chin and for pole with braces or other deal proms who may otherwise need to avoid porn.
Wow.... what the hell does that mean?
Emerson
You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is
concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friday, November 23, 2007
Kentucky is cold
my thoughts are with you, jesslyn. the purple house is big. cold. the todrins could be lurking.
I visited the old kentucky capitol with tara. it was awesome. the woman started talking about "free colored" who did the plaster molding. but she continued to refer to the freed slaves as "colored". it was quaint.
boiled custard makes me happy, though it doesn't exist in the north. imagine eggnog, but thicker, richer, sweeter, and better. kentucky in the holidays. and it snowed!
tara is drinking tea. n*sync christmas album playing. good cheer all around.
I visited the old kentucky capitol with tara. it was awesome. the woman started talking about "free colored" who did the plaster molding. but she continued to refer to the freed slaves as "colored". it was quaint.
boiled custard makes me happy, though it doesn't exist in the north. imagine eggnog, but thicker, richer, sweeter, and better. kentucky in the holidays. and it snowed!
tara is drinking tea. n*sync christmas album playing. good cheer all around.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Yin and Yang
Samuel is dead. The cause: a sweet sweet drowning in my honey. I am finally over my grief and guilt on this, but only because another rodent has stolen my heart.
J.F is a new friend I saw on the couch we have on the porch yesterday. At first I though he was a chipmunk, but he was too big and had no stripe. I then assumed he was a normal ol' grey squirrel. But, it turns out he is a Tamiasciurus hudsonicus. An American RED squirrel.
J.F is stealing the couch stuffing to make a nest somewhere. And I could not be happier! An excellent example of how animals adapt to human presence, a topic I study here in Academia. Right on our porch! J.F is adorable. The first red squirrel I have ever seen! Here is a picture of a red squirrel(it is not as adorable as the real thing!):
J.F is a new friend I saw on the couch we have on the porch yesterday. At first I though he was a chipmunk, but he was too big and had no stripe. I then assumed he was a normal ol' grey squirrel. But, it turns out he is a Tamiasciurus hudsonicus. An American RED squirrel.
J.F is stealing the couch stuffing to make a nest somewhere. And I could not be happier! An excellent example of how animals adapt to human presence, a topic I study here in Academia. Right on our porch! J.F is adorable. The first red squirrel I have ever seen! Here is a picture of a red squirrel(it is not as adorable as the real thing!):
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
The house is very quiet. i remember when a friend told me they very creeped out by this house and thought it was haunted, but i'm trying not to think about it. kristin said she was going to be home tonight but never came. Where ever she may be i hope she is having a nice Thanksgiving and i hope everyone else is having a nice thanksgiving too.Tonight my activities included beer drinking, eps watching and the creation of a huge (overflowing) pot of squash/potato/carrot/onion/cabbage stewish thing. It's delicious.
I threw a touchdown pass today. True story.
Well Benny is munching, my eyes are getting heavy, it's time to retire.
Miss you shorties.
I threw a touchdown pass today. True story.
Well Benny is munching, my eyes are getting heavy, it's time to retire.
Miss you shorties.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
oh snow you di'int!
Lots of us are driving today and there's at least an inch on the ground plus clumpy snow flakes falling fast. Be careful!!! I'll miss you guys, I hope everyone has a good break. Post so we can all get a glimpse of what home is like! Also, last night TMNT didn't go down...but a couple episodes of arrested development did. Jesslyn and I had hot laundry for blankets and Than made a comida rico y Emily...came over. venir...vino? Shit my spanish sucks.
gotta go before the ahhhh nooooooo not again!
gotta go before the ahhhh nooooooo not again!
Monday, November 19, 2007
Thxgivin week starts
Price Kristin and Jim are leaving tomorrow. Jesslyn has to work on thanksgiving day. That sucks. Don't know what Ben and Than are doing.
I think Jesslyn is watching TMNT with Kristin. I'm listening to Marcy Playground.
I think Jesslyn is watching TMNT with Kristin. I'm listening to Marcy Playground.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Mornings are awesome!
I can't believe how many people are still asleep at 11 AM. It's going to get dark in five hours!
This morning I found a cabbage in the compost at Hampshire, a fully good, purple cabbage. So I saved it, though am not quite sure what to do with it. I already have so much sauerkraut fermenting at the moment, I suppose it will be cabbage soup or something. Maybe a stir fry. Or I'll just force-feed it to Than.
House is looking approximately as clean as it always has, but today I plan on putting up some drapes and perhaps cleaning up a bit.
Answer to a question a while back:
Than has one older brother, Dick (Dick Wood), and at holidays, his father, grandfather, brother and he sit at a table together and talk and they're referred to as the table of Dicks, even though Than is certainly not a Dick.
Decaf coffee makes my spirit animal crest.
This morning I found a cabbage in the compost at Hampshire, a fully good, purple cabbage. So I saved it, though am not quite sure what to do with it. I already have so much sauerkraut fermenting at the moment, I suppose it will be cabbage soup or something. Maybe a stir fry. Or I'll just force-feed it to Than.
House is looking approximately as clean as it always has, but today I plan on putting up some drapes and perhaps cleaning up a bit.
Answer to a question a while back:
Than has one older brother, Dick (Dick Wood), and at holidays, his father, grandfather, brother and he sit at a table together and talk and they're referred to as the table of Dicks, even though Than is certainly not a Dick.
Decaf coffee makes my spirit animal crest.
Friday, November 16, 2007
See Price!
" WASHINGTON - The Senate on Friday blocked a Democratic proposal that would have paid for the Iraq war but required that troops start coming home.
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The 53-45 vote was seven votes short of the 60 needed to advance. It came minutes after the Senate rejected a Republican proposal to pay for the Iraq war with no strings attached."
I took a basic civics class, and I recall that a bill needs 50 votes to pass. This is mysterious and bizarre to me. If anyone can explain why these anti-war bills work on some different formula I would be obliged. War is always.
ADVERTISEMENT
The 53-45 vote was seven votes short of the 60 needed to advance. It came minutes after the Senate rejected a Republican proposal to pay for the Iraq war with no strings attached."
I took a basic civics class, and I recall that a bill needs 50 votes to pass. This is mysterious and bizarre to me. If anyone can explain why these anti-war bills work on some different formula I would be obliged. War is always.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Wow.
In a horrible and ironic twist of fate- Samuel the kitchen Shrew was found drowned to death in a container of my honey this evening.
That is all.
That is all.
Road Trip
When I am done with school, Ben and I are going on a road trip. No sweat.
We need funding though, and I want to go West (YES!) and Ben wants to go South. I told him we would meet our ends like the guys in Easy Rider down there. Far better to get stuck in the Rocky Mountains, and visit my friend in Idaho who Skis and light dynamite (really!) for ski patrol. His name is Matt Ryan, and his JOB is to set off avalanches. Sheesh, I go to school for the wrong things.
End future blog.
We need funding though, and I want to go West (YES!) and Ben wants to go South. I told him we would meet our ends like the guys in Easy Rider down there. Far better to get stuck in the Rocky Mountains, and visit my friend in Idaho who Skis and light dynamite (really!) for ski patrol. His name is Matt Ryan, and his JOB is to set off avalanches. Sheesh, I go to school for the wrong things.
End future blog.
Purple house loves eggs
it's almost 8:30 AM and i'm sitting in the quiet house like i do every morning, with one big difference. I just read that the democratic house passed a war funding bill with a timetable for a pullout, and substantially less funding than Bush had wanted. Maybe things are changing?
Hoping everyone's here for the meeting tonight, haven't seen the whole house together in such a long time. soup and whiskey for everyone involved, i say. it's a thursday night, but who keeps track? Thursday is the new Friday.
I think pornographic comic books are hidden in the walls. But that's just my guess. Completely unfounded in any sort of reality. I swear.
Amazingly, I bought 18 eggs on Monday and by Wednesday they were all gone. all. I would be frustrated, except I'm so astounded at the incredible rate that this house consumes eggs that I can't be. We should totally get a chicken. or four.
EPA
Hoping everyone's here for the meeting tonight, haven't seen the whole house together in such a long time. soup and whiskey for everyone involved, i say. it's a thursday night, but who keeps track? Thursday is the new Friday.
I think pornographic comic books are hidden in the walls. But that's just my guess. Completely unfounded in any sort of reality. I swear.
Amazingly, I bought 18 eggs on Monday and by Wednesday they were all gone. all. I would be frustrated, except I'm so astounded at the incredible rate that this house consumes eggs that I can't be. We should totally get a chicken. or four.
EPA
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
live blog:
i am being wholly unproductive. my feet are cold. the house is quiet.
dear than: you should just have your reception here. we'll all clean everything and set it up nice. fuck sodexho. also, i volunteer jim to personally chauffeur (sp?) your committee to and from the house. sorry jim, but it's for the best that I volunteer you.
trivia: what's buried in the walls of the house?
cars are going by outside, i can hear that. my feet are still cold. maybe it's time for socks.
-bs
i am being wholly unproductive. my feet are cold. the house is quiet.
dear than: you should just have your reception here. we'll all clean everything and set it up nice. fuck sodexho. also, i volunteer jim to personally chauffeur (sp?) your committee to and from the house. sorry jim, but it's for the best that I volunteer you.
trivia: what's buried in the walls of the house?
cars are going by outside, i can hear that. my feet are still cold. maybe it's time for socks.
-bs
soup's on!
Come eat some potato leak stew! it needs salt, but otherwise is awesome.
more sauerkraut on the way.
and that tower of books? oh yeah, you know you want them...
more sauerkraut on the way.
and that tower of books? oh yeah, you know you want them...
Poorly Run Institutions
So, I just found out that at my DIV III show I cannot have alcohol, must pay a student 17$ an hour to monitor it, and can not serve me own food, but must pay sodexho. Also they cannot guarantee that I actually can have the show.
MOTHER FUCKING CUNT ASSHOLE SHIT HEAD I HATE THIS FUCKING SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!
Fuck them fuck them fuck them assholes.
Time for a class where we dont actually learn anything. Wow, Hampshire is great. Maybe afterwards my committee can ignore me and I can spend my time alone not enjoying life.
Fuck.
MOTHER FUCKING CUNT ASSHOLE SHIT HEAD I HATE THIS FUCKING SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!
Fuck them fuck them fuck them assholes.
Time for a class where we dont actually learn anything. Wow, Hampshire is great. Maybe afterwards my committee can ignore me and I can spend my time alone not enjoying life.
Fuck.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
bummer boring bad day for me. price made good soup though. no thoughts at present, sports related or otherwise. except this one that i am sad that we have to lose people here. i want everyone to stay together forever and be happy, but our house is shifting its composition and it's a little frightening.
anyways, i really love living with you guys.
your housemate,
ben
anyways, i really love living with you guys.
your housemate,
ben
j. anderson
Jim and Jesslyn beat some MauvStin Ass at beer pong (what? beer pong? the purplepeopleeaters play beer pong? Yes, we also drop it like it is hot) So now we're going to see Jason anderson. Jim is in the shower...HURRY UP JIM! Jaassssoooonnnnnnn we're cooommmmmmmiiiiiinnnnnnnggggggggggggg!
Gasoline
Price has the right idea with his bicycle.
From greenuniversity.net:
A gallon of gasoline weighs 6.2 pounds, consisting mostly of carbon, plus a small amount of hydrogen and a few impurities. Through combustion each carbon atom combines with two atoms of heavier oxygen atoms, resulting in 19.8 pounds of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
How much prehistoric plant matter did it take to make that gallon of gas? About 196,000 pounds, or as much as is found in one-acre of wheat. Americans burn up about 131 billion gallons of gas every year, or the equivalent of 25 quadrillion pounds of prehistoric biomass. Since 1751, our species has used the equivalent from all types of fossil fuels of about 13,300 years of biomass production by all plants on earth.
THAT IS INSANE!
From greenuniversity.net:
A gallon of gasoline weighs 6.2 pounds, consisting mostly of carbon, plus a small amount of hydrogen and a few impurities. Through combustion each carbon atom combines with two atoms of heavier oxygen atoms, resulting in 19.8 pounds of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
How much prehistoric plant matter did it take to make that gallon of gas? About 196,000 pounds, or as much as is found in one-acre of wheat. Americans burn up about 131 billion gallons of gas every year, or the equivalent of 25 quadrillion pounds of prehistoric biomass. Since 1751, our species has used the equivalent from all types of fossil fuels of about 13,300 years of biomass production by all plants on earth.
THAT IS INSANE!
Monday, November 12, 2007
basket dunk flip pong
Spontaneous beer pong tournament/flip cup/basketball games occurred tonight. followed by band practice and plenty of laughing. We saw sides of eachother that wouldn't have been revealed without the pressure and competitiveness of chugging. We became a little fratty and Meave and Lauren were good sports, both exposing their natural pong abilities. Than gave himself the cut off point which is commendable and got more shots in than he gives himself credit for, Jim dominated with his height, long arms, strategic staring and encouragement. But I think everyone knows that Jesslyn and I took home the trophy in terms of team dynamic. You wanna go? Meet us on the court.
Ben, it would've been nice for you to stay a little longer as well as Price and Tara....another night....
blendbivelog
Ben, it would've been nice for you to stay a little longer as well as Price and Tara....another night....
blendbivelog
visitors and pumpkins
i'm going to make some sort of pumpkin goodness right now. ben just dropped a terrible hard cider that i brewed onto a glass, breaking the glass and spilling the cider, at which point someone shouted, "Why aren't we blogging this right now??"
I am intrigued that someone actually reads this blog other than people living at or intimately associated with the house. maybe we're getting more publicity than previously thought with this self-gratifying blog.
lots of activity, lots of visitors, and life goes on.
"History is geography in motion."
Friedrich Ratzel
I am intrigued that someone actually reads this blog other than people living at or intimately associated with the house. maybe we're getting more publicity than previously thought with this self-gratifying blog.
lots of activity, lots of visitors, and life goes on.
"History is geography in motion."
Friedrich Ratzel
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Chowing Down
It is sunday night. Everyone is Chowing-d-down.
Jesslyn just had a soy-sausage-egg-tomato-sandwhich, and is making another.
Kristen just ate some casserole, chickpea thing, and an egg. Now she is making a pancake
Jim just had casserole.
I am going to rip into some candy I got from the veterans day parade. Then I am going to have some bread, and maybe some cereal.
E-e-e-e-ggs!
Jesslyn just had a soy-sausage-egg-tomato-sandwhich, and is making another.
Kristen just ate some casserole, chickpea thing, and an egg. Now she is making a pancake
Jim just had casserole.
I am going to rip into some candy I got from the veterans day parade. Then I am going to have some bread, and maybe some cereal.
E-e-e-e-ggs!
charger regained
i found my charger! Jesslyn has a friend over! Tara is reading a magazine!
w00ts all around.
w00ts all around.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
poops
first of all i'ma start this blog out like this
they say i'm 20something and i should be slackin'
but i'm workin' harder than ever and you can call it mackin'.
kristin is pooping
someday i'm going to play guitar, drink a beer, and poop all at the same time and it's going to be amazing.
there's a fire ablazing...where are my homates?
Newcastle is good.
END.
they say i'm 20something and i should be slackin'
but i'm workin' harder than ever and you can call it mackin'.
kristin is pooping
someday i'm going to play guitar, drink a beer, and poop all at the same time and it's going to be amazing.
there's a fire ablazing...where are my homates?
Newcastle is good.
END.
than one-upped me
i told a great story about a cow getting inseminated. a dude stuck his hand up the cow's butt and then pulled out all this manure and, from the colon, grabbed the cervix and injected semen directly onto it, thus increasing chances of insemination.
then than told a better story about inseminating an elephant.
peee-yew!
then than told a better story about inseminating an elephant.
peee-yew!
big news
Price is a huge hippie, and is mad because Eddie Izzard wasn't as funny as he used to be. Tara is giggling, price is doubled over, and Than and Jim are gonna drink warm scotch with honey. Stay tuned.
eddie izzard transgressed
I would like to point out two things:
if we had the gold standard, we would need no federal reserve. this is because the finite amoutn of gold in circulation would inherently cap inflation, which is the purpose of monetary policy set by the Fed.
also, there woudl be little use for the IRS if there were a flat tax rate of, say, 10%
I only write this because Ron Paul, the topic of the previous post, is in favor of these seemingly anachronistic ideas. though, perhaps, they have more utility than we give them credit.
mice are pests. we kill flies and pathogenic bacteria without a second thought... why are mice different? because they're "cute"?
Than just said we should get too personal in our back and forth in the blog. i would like to go on record that he smells like a woman in dire need of vagisil.
eddie izzard is hilarious, and we stopped it prematurely. just like the weimar republic.
that's just the way it is, things will never be the same. that's just the way it is, oh yeah.
if we had the gold standard, we would need no federal reserve. this is because the finite amoutn of gold in circulation would inherently cap inflation, which is the purpose of monetary policy set by the Fed.
also, there woudl be little use for the IRS if there were a flat tax rate of, say, 10%
I only write this because Ron Paul, the topic of the previous post, is in favor of these seemingly anachronistic ideas. though, perhaps, they have more utility than we give them credit.
mice are pests. we kill flies and pathogenic bacteria without a second thought... why are mice different? because they're "cute"?
Than just said we should get too personal in our back and forth in the blog. i would like to go on record that he smells like a woman in dire need of vagisil.
eddie izzard is hilarious, and we stopped it prematurely. just like the weimar republic.
that's just the way it is, things will never be the same. that's just the way it is, oh yeah.
Ron Paul
Ron Paul is a big hit in this house.
I saw someone holding a door open at Thornes and when people said "Thank You", he would say "Vote For Ron Paul".
That is a genius way to get elected. Please vote for the man. A door holding campaign.... fantastic...
I saw someone holding a door open at Thornes and when people said "Thank You", he would say "Vote For Ron Paul".
That is a genius way to get elected. Please vote for the man. A door holding campaign.... fantastic...
Hello,
I apologize for my absence, I've been in without internet for 30 hrs! (so basically death).
In that time the blog has exploded. It's awesome. I'm so happy about it. Also I totally just got 2 bingos in a row on scrabulous. So yeah, internet plus bingos, plus our blog = sweet.
Sports Thought of the Day:
Boston area sports are too good and they're riding for a fall. BC football already had their stumble this season (of course, they were the only local team I could stand), but the Patriots are going to blow it in the playoffs, and the Bruins being good can't really be for real. But the interesting case is the Celtics. They might actually be good, and might actually be fun to watch. We should take a house trip up to Boston for a game. I'd like to see them play the Suns.
Trivia: What is Than's favorite book? What is did Jim share with the residents of Green Bay? What century would Jesslyn most want to be born in? What is Price's military rank? What does Kristin think the mouse should be called? What am wearing right now?
Yours Sincerely,
Ben
I apologize for my absence, I've been in without internet for 30 hrs! (so basically death).
In that time the blog has exploded. It's awesome. I'm so happy about it. Also I totally just got 2 bingos in a row on scrabulous. So yeah, internet plus bingos, plus our blog = sweet.
Sports Thought of the Day:
Boston area sports are too good and they're riding for a fall. BC football already had their stumble this season (of course, they were the only local team I could stand), but the Patriots are going to blow it in the playoffs, and the Bruins being good can't really be for real. But the interesting case is the Celtics. They might actually be good, and might actually be fun to watch. We should take a house trip up to Boston for a game. I'd like to see them play the Suns.
Trivia: What is Than's favorite book? What is did Jim share with the residents of Green Bay? What century would Jesslyn most want to be born in? What is Price's military rank? What does Kristin think the mouse should be called? What am wearing right now?
Yours Sincerely,
Ben
Friday, November 9, 2007
q&a
Trivia: What town was Jesslyn born in?
What is Price's middle name??
How old is Ben?
Who is Than's favorite author?
How tall is Jim?
At what pizza shop did Kristin work for the past year?
Benny has a yeast infection. IN HIS EARS!
We're starting a band. Practice is on Monday nights, bring your own beer.
And chord progressions.
What is Price's middle name??
How old is Ben?
Who is Than's favorite author?
How tall is Jim?
At what pizza shop did Kristin work for the past year?
Benny has a yeast infection. IN HIS EARS!
We're starting a band. Practice is on Monday nights, bring your own beer.
And chord progressions.
Defense! Defense! Defense!
Watching a bad movie in mod 100, it has that guy from "The Core" who was the nerd computer genius.
My vote is also that Jim had a rat tail when he first came to Hampshire. Either that or a major in physics. possibly both.
also, Jim was only 4'8" when he got to hampshire. and Cambodian. isn't that also embarrassing?
trivia: How many siblings does Kristin have?
summer people need to pay jim. if they don't, i think we should start sending them one email a day. from each of us. significant others included. that would be over ten emails a day about paying the stupid electric bill.
peace
My vote is also that Jim had a rat tail when he first came to Hampshire. Either that or a major in physics. possibly both.
also, Jim was only 4'8" when he got to hampshire. and Cambodian. isn't that also embarrassing?
trivia: How many siblings does Kristin have?
summer people need to pay jim. if they don't, i think we should start sending them one email a day. from each of us. significant others included. that would be over ten emails a day about paying the stupid electric bill.
peace
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Honey
Ok. Honey for sale, prices under Bens advice.
Small Jars are 6. Large jars are 12. Medium Jars? I don't know.
No Deals, except if I owe you money.
THE MOUSE IS OUT!
I CAN SEE HIM!
HE IS SO CUTE!!
Small Jars are 6. Large jars are 12. Medium Jars? I don't know.
No Deals, except if I owe you money.
THE MOUSE IS OUT!
I CAN SEE HIM!
HE IS SO CUTE!!
blah-ging
i want to come home.
stuck in the library at hampshire in sterile white walled noiseless empty academia staring at a huge sign that even blind people could see...'main office'. well, maybe not blind people...more like near sighted people without their correctional lenses.
i'd like to come home and see jesslyn and personally thank her for letting me use her car to putter to boston (no not putter...zoom zoom is more like it). i stalled a couple of times on hills and intersections. i will pay for a new transmission though i didn't grind any gears.
other things i'd like to do while at home....roll around my spacious floor, an activity i like to do every so often, just because there's so much space! i'd like to fall asleep to laughter or murmurs from the living room, sink into the couch...literally...i think we need more cushions for that thing. smell a jar of honey just because there are so many, tell Than to save me some...again. and again. Save me some. I'll pay big money!
i didn't know jim went to penn state. i'm guessing he was ashamed of owning....a crack pipe? nooo....maybe something a bit more innocuous...a full yankee's wardrobe...hat, jacket, wrist band, jersey...no no...a toby keith CD??
40 minutes and I'll get to walk through that door to greet that wonderful bear dog and all of my homies
TKO
stuck in the library at hampshire in sterile white walled noiseless empty academia staring at a huge sign that even blind people could see...'main office'. well, maybe not blind people...more like near sighted people without their correctional lenses.
i'd like to come home and see jesslyn and personally thank her for letting me use her car to putter to boston (no not putter...zoom zoom is more like it). i stalled a couple of times on hills and intersections. i will pay for a new transmission though i didn't grind any gears.
other things i'd like to do while at home....roll around my spacious floor, an activity i like to do every so often, just because there's so much space! i'd like to fall asleep to laughter or murmurs from the living room, sink into the couch...literally...i think we need more cushions for that thing. smell a jar of honey just because there are so many, tell Than to save me some...again. and again. Save me some. I'll pay big money!
i didn't know jim went to penn state. i'm guessing he was ashamed of owning....a crack pipe? nooo....maybe something a bit more innocuous...a full yankee's wardrobe...hat, jacket, wrist band, jersey...no no...a toby keith CD??
40 minutes and I'll get to walk through that door to greet that wonderful bear dog and all of my homies
TKO
What kind of math?
Jim just put money in the money jar. He also got dish-soap and paper towels. Also Jim is owed so much money from the summer people that I've been forced to write this note: Dear summer, If you haven't paid, we're going to start leaving awkward comments on your social networking accounts.
Most likely incorrect answer to quiz: Maybe he regrets paper towels?
We should all put money in the money jar more often.
Than got a package. It's little jars for honey. He's going to place honey in the jars and then they will be honey jars. He will then sell them for money at his DIv III. They're gourmet. Than is a gormet food-maker.
Jesslyn has returned. Still no Benny. At least Dubin is here, sleeping, trundling around the house, giving very human looks. Do dogs like honey?
As for me, of couse nothing to report. Another weekend, another ba(r/t) mitzvah. Winter (including most of fall) is a season of inertia.
I'm also introducing a new feature, the Sports Thought of the Day.
Sports Thought of the Day #1:
Why isn't Kansas getting more respect? They're 9-0 and they play in the Big 12, but everyone acts like they're an afterthought, as if Oregon St. and LSU are the only real options for the #2 spot. Let's be realistic though, Kansas is the only team besides Ohio State that still controls their own fate. If Kansas wins out, I can't see how anyone could keep them out of the national championship game. Obvious conclusion: BCS needs to be replaced with a playoff, just like every other sport ever.
Jim just put money in the money jar. He also got dish-soap and paper towels. Also Jim is owed so much money from the summer people that I've been forced to write this note: Dear summer, If you haven't paid, we're going to start leaving awkward comments on your social networking accounts.
Most likely incorrect answer to quiz: Maybe he regrets paper towels?
We should all put money in the money jar more often.
Than got a package. It's little jars for honey. He's going to place honey in the jars and then they will be honey jars. He will then sell them for money at his DIv III. They're gourmet. Than is a gormet food-maker.
Jesslyn has returned. Still no Benny. At least Dubin is here, sleeping, trundling around the house, giving very human looks. Do dogs like honey?
As for me, of couse nothing to report. Another weekend, another ba(r/t) mitzvah. Winter (including most of fall) is a season of inertia.
I'm also introducing a new feature, the Sports Thought of the Day.
Sports Thought of the Day #1:
Why isn't Kansas getting more respect? They're 9-0 and they play in the Big 12, but everyone acts like they're an afterthought, as if Oregon St. and LSU are the only real options for the #2 spot. Let's be realistic though, Kansas is the only team besides Ohio State that still controls their own fate. If Kansas wins out, I can't see how anyone could keep them out of the national championship game. Obvious conclusion: BCS needs to be replaced with a playoff, just like every other sport ever.
Some Thoughts of Thans
Answer to quiz below:
He was a commuter at Penn State. My grandfather taught math there.
What accessory did Jim have, which he regrets, when he first began attending Hampshire?
No cheating.
I am eating a lot of dumpstered cookies. This is a nice article on freeganism:
http://www.eatingliberally.org/tags/freegans
The swine is screaming, my feet are cold, and I am almost done with school (time wise, not work wise). The house is funny when it is empty. I open all the windows and turn the heat all the way up. As you all know, I am a hypocrite in my effort to reduce my carbon footprint.
I also leave the hot water running, and fill the upper toilet tanks with my gallons of honey, just so I can shit in honey.
These Are Just Some Examples of My Dualistic Nature!
I think people should sign contracts on their point of view before beginning an argument. People keep flipping the script on me. I am better off fucking a mud puddle than debating anything that actually matters to me.
END LIVE BLOG
He was a commuter at Penn State. My grandfather taught math there.
What accessory did Jim have, which he regrets, when he first began attending Hampshire?
No cheating.
I am eating a lot of dumpstered cookies. This is a nice article on freeganism:
http://www.eatingliberally.org/tags/freegans
The swine is screaming, my feet are cold, and I am almost done with school (time wise, not work wise). The house is funny when it is empty. I open all the windows and turn the heat all the way up. As you all know, I am a hypocrite in my effort to reduce my carbon footprint.
I also leave the hot water running, and fill the upper toilet tanks with my gallons of honey, just so I can shit in honey.
These Are Just Some Examples of My Dualistic Nature!
I think people should sign contracts on their point of view before beginning an argument. People keep flipping the script on me. I am better off fucking a mud puddle than debating anything that actually matters to me.
END LIVE BLOG
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
wrote an email in German, Than was surprised to find out that I speak German
Then I brought home some food from work, and Kristin was surprised that I don't work in a legal office, which she thought for some reason that I did.
I was surprised to find out that Jesslyn has been in California for quite some time. the conspicuous lack of Bennie for some reason wasn't conspicuous enough, that being the usual evidence of Jesslyn's work-all-day presence in Northampton.
Shockingly, we seem to know so little about obvious things. we ought to do what they did on an episode of friends and design a trivia game about each other, i presume in the style of trivial pursuit.
Question one: what college did Jim attend before Hampshire?
if i could write the answer upside down at the bottom of this post, i would.
Then I brought home some food from work, and Kristin was surprised that I don't work in a legal office, which she thought for some reason that I did.
I was surprised to find out that Jesslyn has been in California for quite some time. the conspicuous lack of Bennie for some reason wasn't conspicuous enough, that being the usual evidence of Jesslyn's work-all-day presence in Northampton.
Shockingly, we seem to know so little about obvious things. we ought to do what they did on an episode of friends and design a trivia game about each other, i presume in the style of trivial pursuit.
Question one: what college did Jim attend before Hampshire?
if i could write the answer upside down at the bottom of this post, i would.
I'm being harassed about my chore. there is no justice in this world.
also, our compost pile is generating heat, which is good news.
and i just learned that flum gum is disgusting, but useful for attractive wild hives.
also also, we just got blogged about: http://thesosoglob.blogspot.com/2007/11/country-clubs-of-higher-learning.html
thanks guys. come back soon.
also, our compost pile is generating heat, which is good news.
and i just learned that flum gum is disgusting, but useful for attractive wild hives.
also also, we just got blogged about: http://thesosoglob.blogspot.com/2007/11/country-clubs-of-higher-learning.html
thanks guys. come back soon.
(mostly) past blog
the house has been quite busy and our blogging has fallen behind. or my blogging. whatever.
at this moment, than is doing more honey work. that's been a big part of the house, giant buckets of honey, our kitchen a small-scale factory for separating it from the combs.
another major recent event is the discovery of a large stash of vintage comic books and magazines including the quite vulgar 'young lust' and several issues of high times from before we were born.
we were visited by a lovely band of (mostly) brothers. actually, one of them is aliza's brother and the other three are brothers of themselves. they are called the so so glos. listen to them. my favorite of their songs kind of reminds me of the constantines.
jim refuses to accept that don was figuratively run over by a train. this is because he is too busy worshipping at the altar of science.
the house has been quite busy and our blogging has fallen behind. or my blogging. whatever.
at this moment, than is doing more honey work. that's been a big part of the house, giant buckets of honey, our kitchen a small-scale factory for separating it from the combs.
another major recent event is the discovery of a large stash of vintage comic books and magazines including the quite vulgar 'young lust' and several issues of high times from before we were born.
we were visited by a lovely band of (mostly) brothers. actually, one of them is aliza's brother and the other three are brothers of themselves. they are called the so so glos. listen to them. my favorite of their songs kind of reminds me of the constantines.
jim refuses to accept that don was figuratively run over by a train. this is because he is too busy worshipping at the altar of science.
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