Steel White Table

I haven’t posted about books I’ve read or purchased in a long time, and I know you all (i.e. Tommyboy) are wondering about it, so here you go:
I purchased the following last night because they were over 80% off their original price, and they’re all excellent books, I think.

Talk to the Hand by Lynne Truss. [...]

I have no idea what a “Gucci” is, but the technique described in How to Turn Cheap “Choice” Steaks into Gucci “Prime” Steaks works on the cheap steaks I’ve tried it with.
Massively salt your steaks 15 min - 1 hour before grilling.
That’s it. It should look like this (image from that website):

Don’t use table [...]

Tags: cooking, salt, steak

I’m at home today with nothing better to do than post stuff like this. I found a WordPerfect file on — get this — a floppy disk I found buried in a box full of computer cables. The file is dated February 1999. I was probably writing an undergraduate philosophy paper. Here’s the [...]

I found my paperback of Papa Hemingway, by A.E. Hotchner, behind my couch today. I don’t remember ever reading this book. A found a bookmark between pages 74 and 75. On page 75 it reads:
Hotcher: Mr. William Faulkner [said]… that you never crawl out on a limb. Said you had no courage, [...]

Christopher Moore, author of Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal and other amusing novels, posted An Old Child’s Letter to Santa, listing what he wants for Christmas this year. Some of his items:
- Immediately strike dumb and deaf any stupid motherfucker who thinks that by wanting to keep the troops from [...]

I learned a new word today while watching an online review for the film Gone Baby Gone:
Histrionic — 1) of or pertaining to actors or acting. 2) deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behaviour or speech.
There’s a word I’ll never use in a sentence. (And I disagree with it as a [...]

Be careful what you post on a chat page. There are some deranged people out there who are liable to post it on their blog because, well, they’re deranged. For instance, I just read the following from Jim Kloss on the Whole Wheat Radio chat page:
Programming note: - The Rant-N-Ravin’ News is making a comeback [...]

I dare ya to end every non-professional email with “Hugs and kisses, [your name]” for a day. I did it for the first time today to a person I’ve known a long time but have never hugged or kissed (that I can remember).
Go on, try it.
Hugs and kisses,
jody

I’m getting paid to teach myself C#. Here’s my first program:
using System;
namespace HelloWorld
{
class SpitItOut
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine(”Hello world.”);
[...]

What do you think is the worst Star Trek movie?

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

The Wrath of Khan

The Search for Spock

The Voyage Home

The Final Frontier

The Undiscovered Country

Generations

First Contact

Insurrection

Nemesis

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Here they are in chronological order with links to DVD Talk: 1) Star Trek: The Motion Picture; [...]

What is your favourite Star Trek movie?

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

The Wrath of Khan

The Search for Spock

The Voyage Home

The Final Frontier

The Undiscovered Country

Generations

First Contact

Insurrection

Nemesis

View Results

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Here they are with links to DVD Talk reviews: 1) Star Trek: The Motion Picture; 2) The Wrath of Khan; [...]

I haven’t recycled a post for awhile. How about this one?
So I go up to the kitchen with my four-year-old niece to make lunch. Normally, I don’t take care of small children on my own. In fact, I don’t know if I’ve ever done it. But here I am.
I look in the cupboards for something [...]

Tags: jam, kids, peanut butter, sandwiches

4,200,000 search results for “dumbledore gay“.
Why did the author, Rowling, proclaim this? Because she wasn’t in the news enough lately? Why is this item so popular?
Really, who gives a fuck?

I just read the news that Lucky Dube was shot and killed in South Africa. He was a reggae artist who I began listening to at a time when I was deep into everything reggae. I remember his 1987 Slave album fondly. I didn’t follow his career much after that, but his music was always [...]

Here’s a story written by Josh Olson about falling in love over the internet. It’s a somewhat lengthy article, but it’s a good read. You’ll want to stay with it to the end.
And they fall in love. They’ve never met. Just e-mails, pictures, and long, meaningful conversations on the phone. But it’s real. I mean, [...]