Take note: if you eat at Kampai, the local sushi joint not far from O’Hare, THIS IS NOT A CREAM PUFF with CHOCOLATE! It is bean paste with brown bean sauce and white bean sauce! It is a savory masquerading as a dessert! Beware! Via: Flickr Title: 02-02-08_1802.jpg By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 14 Mar ’08, 9.43pm CDT PST
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“Dream stakeout at donut shoppe” The local constabulary is in the habit of parking in the empty lot next to Dunkin Donuts, rather than take up a lot of spaces in their rather small lot. Either that, or they think that nobody will see them if they hide behind the bushes. Via: Flickr Title: 01-07-08_0734.jpg By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 14 Mar ’08, 9.41pm CDT PST Dream stakeout at donut shoppe
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Comfort food place across from the hospital. Actually, the food wasn’t all that good, but there were plenty of nom nom nom good side dishes. Via: Flickr Title: 03-05-08_1921.jpg By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 14 Mar ’08, 9.31pm CDT PST
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God Girl reminded me of the moving poetry and inspiring life of John O’Donohue, who was interviewed by Krista Tippett of Speaking of Faith. I double-dog dare you to read the poem, or listen to the author read it in the video, without choking up. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZfvS2LYbZLQ" width="400" height="326" wmode="transparent" /] Beannacht From John O’Donohue’s Echoes of Memory On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind the grey window and the ghost of loss gets in to you, may a flock of…
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Electronic gadgets latest sources of computer viruses – CNN.com Recent cases reviewed by The Associated Press include some of the most widely used tech devices: Apple iPods, digital picture frames sold by Target and Best Buy stores, and TomTom navigation gear.In most cases, Chinese factories — where many companies have turned to keep prices low — are the source. So far, the virus problem appears to come from lax quality control, perhaps a careless worker plugging an infected music player into a factory computer used for testing, rather than organized sabotage by hackers or the Chinese factories.
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Why blog? Some people have fun and go to big conferences. Many people simply enjoy putting their words up on the net. Others get the word out about specific topics or interests. And for a few people, blogging is a moral imperative, a matter of life and death, because the truth must be told from within the borders of a country gone mad. This is Zimbabwe is such a life-and-death blog. Mostly it chronicles the difficulties of life in a poor country inflicted with government corruption, hyper-inflation, and the uncertainty of how to get through day-to-day life when you never…
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I confess that I’m not a nice, forgiving person. I grumble and swear under my breath at work all the time. The last hour of my day, I am even less forgiving and more grumbly, because I resent anything that slows me down and prevents me from getting done those things that cannot be left undone. There are certain people who are incapable of learning from their mistakes, after repeated ass-saving. I often end up staying late fixing other peoples’ mistakes, partly from a misguided belief on my part that it helps the travelers avoid a bad experience, and partly from…
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 …it’s a good idea to remove the distinctive nametag while committing a blasphemous act of desecration, Elder. I expect a better quality image exists, and that law enforcement has already sharpened it up. The Pueblo Chieftain Online – Church to vote on vandalism charges
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Democrat Foster wins Hastert’s seat — chicagotribune.com In a stunning upset Saturday that could be a harbinger of trouble for the GOP this fall, a little-known Democratic physicist won the special election for a seat drawn to re-elect former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert. David and I were driving back from a visit with our convalescing relation when we heard this on the radio and actually cheered and clapped and high-fived (safely) in the car. We’re not political geeks, it’s just that we’re happy when annoying funnymentalist conservatives get righteously trounced, with an extra generous helping of humiliations galore. They…
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I don’t pay much attention to what goes on around me at work – I have enough to do trying to maintain focus and stay on task without getting into dishing the dirt much about colleagues. But sometimes, a topic just begs to be explored. Yesterday, a co-worker who’s now a kind of tech services/general upgrades and hardware dogsbody was walking around behind me saying “Porkchops, porkchops,” in a sing-songy, “where are you” tone of voice. I responded with “applesauce,” because that’s what immediately leaps to my tiny little mind on instinct. She came to my desk and related the…