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God 2006

A nice poem from poetry.com passed along to me by my Uncle Larry:

I once knew a CEO who
Carried a statuette of Ganesh
A foot-and-a-half high, hard and bronze
He lugged it to remember God
It always seemed to me that Tom
Should try to find a plush toy Ganesh
God should not be so cumbersome
I'd greet Tom's comings and goings
From my omniscient position of receptionist
Relaying his messages, as he came in from the parking lot
Often empty-handed, asking if he forgot God

Mary Williams

Copyright ©2005 Mary Williams

Posted on September 30, 2006 at 06:22 PM in Religion | Permalink | Comments (1)

Nemo repente fuit turpissimus.

(No one ever suddenly became depraved)

- Juvenal

Posted on September 24, 2006 at 09:09 PM in quotes | Permalink | Comments (0)

Brevity is the sole of wit. Whew. That's less than 140 characters. 2006

Today I signed up for Twitter as metagrrrl.

[retroactive post written July 16, 2009]

Posted on September 23, 2006 at 12:00 PM in Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

On Vox: Awww, that's so nice 2006



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Here's a heartwarming little story about saving hedgehogs from their sweet tooths.


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Posted on September 23, 2006 at 10:46 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Interesting essay on the truly dangerous fallout of major world events - the arrogance of power combined with extreme nationalism: The Day That Changed Everything Wasn't 9/11 by Ira Chernus

Posted on September 17, 2006 at 08:45 AM in Current Affairs | Permalink | Comments (0)

A warning in Achewood yesterday about the dangers of too much computer knowledge.

Has quite possibly his best image title (seen on mouseover) yet: "You are not a powerful man if you have no power when the power is off."

And here I prove myself not a powerful man because I needed to go look and see if he's using the title or alt attribute of the image tag or both for these tooltips and was pleased to see that of course he's using the title attribute which is proper and correct for standards compliance. Good thing I'm not hoping to pick up any chicks.

Posted on September 16, 2006 at 10:13 AM in linky goodness | Permalink | Comments (0)

Cheese du Jour: Daylesford
tangy and earthy, complex & delightful

Neal's Yard Dairy says:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Made by Joe Schneider on the Daylesford               Estate, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
TYPE OF               CHEESE:
Hard Cows Milk Cheese
RENNET:
Traditional Animal Rennet
MILK:
Unpasteurised Cows Milk
DESCRIPTION:
Long, fruity, nutty flavours. Made               to a cheddar style recipe.

Posted on September 9, 2006 at 08:24 AM in Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (0)

Cheese du jour: Ticklemore
lovely texture and not too skeezy a rind for me to enjoy

Neal's Yard Dairy says:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Made by Robin Congdon & Nick               Trant at Sharpham Barton near Totnes, Devon
TYPE OF               CHEESE:
Hard Goats Milk Cheese
RENNET:
Vegetable Rennet
MILK:
Pasteurised Goats Milk
DESCRIPTION:
A firm textured goats cheese with               a crumbly centre but a softer breakdown just under the rind. It               usually has a gentle, subtle milky flavour. Mild but lots of complexity.

Posted on September 9, 2006 at 08:17 AM in Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (0)

Great column by Jon Carroll on scary & distracting Rumsfeld (thanks for the link, Larry!) which has a surprise tech geek joke in the footer.

Posted on September 8, 2006 at 01:03 AM in linky goodness | Permalink | Comments (0)

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