Tablet PCs
Have you played with those new tablet PCs. I am not sure if they will take over the PC industry, but they are pretty cool little machines. If you have no idea what I am talking about, imagine a lap-top folded up, but the screen is facing out. And you can write on the screen with a special pen.
Hook it up to a wireless network and look out.
Uganda
Our friend Jayne just got back from Uganda a few weeks ago, and last night we got to look at her vacation pics. Lions, giraffes, crocodiles, dung beatles, piles of elephant poop, elephants, wart-hogs, water-buffalo, gazelles, british people, motorcycles with tons of dead chickens stacked on them, monitor lizards, and monkeys. I want to go - the photo opportunities are breath taking.
Bad Chicken
I think I had some bad chicken last week. I guess we should all still be careful with our meat preparation. As a recovering vegetarian, cooking and handling meat still freaks me out somewhat.
I am reading Anthony Bourdain's book 'A Cook's Tour' right now, and the first part of the book has him dealing with animals being killed for food - interesting because of his legendary dislike for vegetarians. As modern consumer robots, we are far removed from the source of our food and I suspect that if we had to witness (or participate) in the killing of a cow or pig or chicken, we might approach food differently. I am not saying that we would all run out and become vegetarians, but I would hope maybe we would have a bit more respect (?) for where and how the hamburger we just ordered got to us.
Respect?
Maybe not respect.
Appreciation?
Hopefully.
Poor tasty animals.
Simpsons DVD Box Set Season II
Secret message to person who bought me something off my wish-list: I haven't watched normal TV in weeks because of this thing. I mean, except to watch the new episodes. You know, the director's commentary is rarely that good, though. The Simpsons one is ok, but I can't listen to more than a minute or two of it.
You know what DVD has great commentary on it? Spinal F*cking Tap! Good golly - it's as funny as the movie.
"yea, um, I think he's dead"
"yea, and that other guy is now dead"
"Oh, look. It's that guy. He's dead now."
I would never watch StarWars Phantom Menance again, but I'd like to think that most of the commentary it is George Lucas going, "Now, I have no idea what I was thinking here".
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Lucas being all into it and the other people sitting in doing that "*cough* bullshit" thing the whole time.
GL: "Now you see here, Jar-Jar's connection to the myth of star wars.."
Bob: "*cough* retard"
GL: "I'm sorry, what did you say Bob?"
Bob: "Oh nothing"
Steve: "*cough* Jackass"
GL: "OK, so, Jar-Jar is what the ancient greeks would call..."
Phil: "*cough* douche bag"
