Thursday, January 22, 2004
You people that don't eat fish don't know what you're missing...
One plus about living in Ottawa (and by that I mean Ontario) is that you get to benefit from better than average fresh food. Simply put, the produce and the fish here are really really good. Shake n bake + salmon fillet = really really good supper. I'm still recovering from how good the last one is. If you are one of the above-mentioned people that don't eat fish, for reasons that may even include possible death, then just ignore all that, since it's unlikely that either words will convey the proper sentiment, nor change your mind. Anyways, slightly more fragmented post here, but I don't care.
The last bus post. I promise.
I made a new self-help list today after I got off the bus.
Step 1: Decide to take public transit.
Step 2: Plot out several careful routes that all work on the assumption that light-rail is faster and more reliable than conventional busses.
Step 3: Take said route for almost 2 weeks, and then (on the advice of a co-worker, as well as on a whim), take the real bus along the Transitway (highway for busses).
Step 4: Kick self repeatedly when you get home in half the time.
Bus woes are over.
Links in the middle now, all say RAH!
Check out WIGU today. Possibly one of the more poignant political cartoons I've seen in a while, especially if you keep up on this strip, since it's still quite in context for "Magical Adventures In Space".
Buy this stuff or you'll go to hell. I'm still not even sure if this is a real religious group. Definitely some controversial stuff to wanna wear/endorse. If I weren't against such purchases at random over the internet (*koff* Didn't buy this *koff*) I would probably buy something right now. But I do not wish to have rocks thrown at me for wearing some of the Bible quotes found here, so my Paypal account shall remain dormant.
If the voices in my head had a body, it would be something like the ones here. New one periodically!
(Bonus link!) If you read webcomics, then you'll probably get most of the jokes found here. These guys made a rather amusing story arc out of lampooning every major strip on the 'net. If you don't follow any of them, this probably won't nearly be as funny, but of course you should consider reading lots and lots of comics because they are all so entertaining, even if they are comics.
Drip. Drip. Drip.
So I didn't have any coffee for the first week I was on my own here. That made me rather grumpy, so I ended up picking up a Melitta single-cup coffee filter holder for my mug. This thing makes potentially the best coffee in the world. I say potentially, because you are in direct control of everything in the coffee process. You can control the temperature of the water you pour in, the grind of the beans, the length of the brew, the size of the cup of coffee, everything. This is very good for coffee connoisseurs that know exactly how they like their coffee made, but it is not quite so good if you aren't very good at controlling all these things, like I am. The coffee I'm drinking in the morning is not the greatest coffee I've ever had, mainly because it's so strong. Because it's strong, it's also really bitter, and while this might be good for some people, and it is certainly good at waking you up in the morning, it's also quite unpleasant to taste at first. Maybe I'm using too fine a grind, and maybe I'm using too much coffee for the amount of coffee I'm making. Hopefully I'll be able to rectify this, but without going on a caffeine bender, it may take a while. Until then, I hope I don't run out of sugar.
(I do have an alternative to all of this, and that is to make it with the electric percolator I have, but a) it would be too much hassle for my brain in its puny morning state, and b) it makes coffee for 2-4 people, which is more than just me.)
In a related note, I've found that my consumption of hot drinks has greatly increased since I've moved out. I'm up to about 2 cups of coffee in the morning (one before I leave for work, and one for the morning coffee break), and usually 2 cups of tea later in the day (tea-time after lunch when I'm ready to go comatose, and after dinner when the apartment gets chilly). I don't know if this is too much, but I don't think I'll be changing these shiny new ways right yet. Maybe when my heart explodes from too much stimulant... ¶ 4:34 p.m.
One plus about living in Ottawa (and by that I mean Ontario) is that you get to benefit from better than average fresh food. Simply put, the produce and the fish here are really really good. Shake n bake + salmon fillet = really really good supper. I'm still recovering from how good the last one is. If you are one of the above-mentioned people that don't eat fish, for reasons that may even include possible death, then just ignore all that, since it's unlikely that either words will convey the proper sentiment, nor change your mind. Anyways, slightly more fragmented post here, but I don't care.
The last bus post. I promise.
I made a new self-help list today after I got off the bus.
Step 1: Decide to take public transit.
Step 2: Plot out several careful routes that all work on the assumption that light-rail is faster and more reliable than conventional busses.
Step 3: Take said route for almost 2 weeks, and then (on the advice of a co-worker, as well as on a whim), take the real bus along the Transitway (highway for busses).
Step 4: Kick self repeatedly when you get home in half the time.
Bus woes are over.
Links in the middle now, all say RAH!
Check out WIGU today. Possibly one of the more poignant political cartoons I've seen in a while, especially if you keep up on this strip, since it's still quite in context for "Magical Adventures In Space".
Buy this stuff or you'll go to hell. I'm still not even sure if this is a real religious group. Definitely some controversial stuff to wanna wear/endorse. If I weren't against such purchases at random over the internet (*koff* Didn't buy this *koff*) I would probably buy something right now. But I do not wish to have rocks thrown at me for wearing some of the Bible quotes found here, so my Paypal account shall remain dormant.
If the voices in my head had a body, it would be something like the ones here. New one periodically!
(Bonus link!) If you read webcomics, then you'll probably get most of the jokes found here. These guys made a rather amusing story arc out of lampooning every major strip on the 'net. If you don't follow any of them, this probably won't nearly be as funny, but of course you should consider reading lots and lots of comics because they are all so entertaining, even if they are comics.
Drip. Drip. Drip.
So I didn't have any coffee for the first week I was on my own here. That made me rather grumpy, so I ended up picking up a Melitta single-cup coffee filter holder for my mug. This thing makes potentially the best coffee in the world. I say potentially, because you are in direct control of everything in the coffee process. You can control the temperature of the water you pour in, the grind of the beans, the length of the brew, the size of the cup of coffee, everything. This is very good for coffee connoisseurs that know exactly how they like their coffee made, but it is not quite so good if you aren't very good at controlling all these things, like I am. The coffee I'm drinking in the morning is not the greatest coffee I've ever had, mainly because it's so strong. Because it's strong, it's also really bitter, and while this might be good for some people, and it is certainly good at waking you up in the morning, it's also quite unpleasant to taste at first. Maybe I'm using too fine a grind, and maybe I'm using too much coffee for the amount of coffee I'm making. Hopefully I'll be able to rectify this, but without going on a caffeine bender, it may take a while. Until then, I hope I don't run out of sugar.
(I do have an alternative to all of this, and that is to make it with the electric percolator I have, but a) it would be too much hassle for my brain in its puny morning state, and b) it makes coffee for 2-4 people, which is more than just me.)
In a related note, I've found that my consumption of hot drinks has greatly increased since I've moved out. I'm up to about 2 cups of coffee in the morning (one before I leave for work, and one for the morning coffee break), and usually 2 cups of tea later in the day (tea-time after lunch when I'm ready to go comatose, and after dinner when the apartment gets chilly). I don't know if this is too much, but I don't think I'll be changing these shiny new ways right yet. Maybe when my heart explodes from too much stimulant... ¶ 4:34 p.m.
