Lipstick on the Pig

Idea file: small back yard patio

May 1, 2007
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Oh, this photo.

I keep it around because I like the color scheme -- all that lush green and the pale, bleached pinky-orange of the flagstones and patio. One of the things upon which Phil and I agree is the importance of a flagstone path that winds around our yard, leading people around trees and to places where you can sit and just chill.

Now all I need is the free time in which to found this club

Sep 20, 2006
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The inspiration hit this weekend: PIE FIGHT CLUB.

The first rule of pie fight club is that nobody can talk about their diets at pie fight club.

The second rule of pie fight club is that pies are only thrown into our mouths.

Seriously -- it is my new dream to gather together a small group of people and conduct blind taste tests of pies from Marie Callender, Coco's and Nation's. It would be like wine tasting -- we'd say things like "this crust has a rich, buttery finish, with overtones of vanilla" -- only with pies. And we'd have pie fight club once a month. Perhaps we'd take a month off in the summer to debate which ideological ice cream is better: Ben & Jerry's or Star-Spangled Ice Cream.

I have got to work on this.

QotD: Can't Get You Out of My Head

Aug 31, 2006
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What song or lyrics are stuck in your head at the moment? What album is it from?
Submitted by Lox Ly.

I have no idea what album it's from, but for some reason, I have "Rosanna" by Toto stuck in my head. It just spontaneously arose. Here I was, minding my business and waiting for my e-mail to download, when all of a sudden I was singing under my breath:

All I wanna do is TAKE and never ever have to COM-PRO-MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISE

Rosanna, Rosanna

I didn't KNOW you were looking for more than I could ever GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE

I opened the browser and lo! This question appeared. And then the soundtrack shifted down into the bridge, all quiet ...

Not quite a year since you went away (Or is it?)

Rosanna, yeah

Now she's gone and I have to say

(tinkly piano portion)

Meet you all the way! Yeah-hah, girl. Rosanna. Yeah.

QotD: Home Sweet Home

Aug 29, 2006
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What is your browser's default home page set to?
Submitted by Kelev T. Cat.

At work, it's set to news.yahoo.com. Yeah, it's boring, but there are VERY GOOD REASONS for this:

1. I can get to the comics easily.

2. I can get to the odd news section easily.

3. If I am actually looking at another, more amusing site and I hear the pitter-patter of little coworkers' feet, I can quickly CTRL-N and bring up a respectable-looking window. (NB: alt-tab does not have the same effect.)

At home, it's set to news.google.com. I have no idea why.

I generally dislike setting my home page to anything other than a news-type site. Setting it on my own weblog feels egomaniacal, and setting it on someone else's takes away the fun of visiting them later. I have maybe 15 blogs I like to read, and I save them all as incentives for getting through boring bits of work.