Month: February 2006

A broken tooth has me surfing on a wave of codeine, hence the flood of postings today. Fortunately, I only used one of the hydrocodone tabs I got in my bike disaster of last spring so I have some way of managing the pain. Doesn’t it figure something like this would happen over a weekend?

The tooth in question a molar (#3, for those of you who know them by numbers), and it’s broken as a result of a massive filling overwhelming the tooth’s structure. I have a few more of those lying in wait for me . . .

Continue reading “better living through opiates”

My zeitgeist page lists a few variations on searches for me:

This is just over the past 10 days. I don’t know of any creditors who would go this route . . .

Now playing: Three To Get Ready by The Dave Brubeck Quartet from the album “Time Out” | Get it

If I use the drop-down menu in Cacti’s UI to select colors, FireFox can show the colors on the menu:

Neither Safari, DeerPark (the CPU-optimized FireFox variant), or Camino can do it.

I won’t ask how hard it is — I’m sure it’s beyond my limited grasp — but perhaps the FireFox crew won’t mind sharing?

Now playing: Too Bad by Let’s Active from the album “Every Dog Has His Day” | Get it

Like something out of a pulp thriller . . . one of the gang makes a stupid mistake and the rest of them hang him out to dry.

Jason Leopold | White House ‘Discovers’ 250 Emails Related to Plame Leak:

The White House turned over last week 250 pages of emails from Vice President Dick Cheney’s office. Senior aides had sent the emails in the spring of 2003 related to the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald revealed during a federal court hearing Friday.
    The emails are said to be explosive, and may prove that Cheney played an active role in the effort to discredit Plame Wilson’s husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, a vocal critic of the Bush administration’s prewar Iraq intelligence, sources close to the investigation said.
    Sources close to the probe said the White House “discovered” the emails two weeks ago and turned them over to Fitzgerald last week. The sources added that the emails could prove that Cheney lied to FBI investigators when he was interviewed about the leak in early 2004. Cheney said that he was unaware of any effort to discredit Wilson or unmask his wife’s undercover status to reporters.

This is one case where the “scare quotes” are all too appropriate.

So what next? Do we see the “President Rice” strategy come to pass? Cheney is removed, replaced by Rice, then Bush exits, and Rice moves into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. And the GOP claims bragging rights for the first African American and first woman as VP or President (not that she would have won enough primaries to make it to the nominating convention, if she had run as a candidate).

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Now playing: Panic by The Smiths from the album “Louder Than Bombs” | Get it

<update> feh. this was a spoof, laid out for the gullible, and I didn’t click through to catch the disclaimer.

What’s this all about? It pays to listen in on conversations at nearby tables . . . . .

Mac Geekery – Exclusive: Apple’s Tuesday Release:

So I’m there having lunch with a friend (the stewed pork burrito, if you must know) when some guys walk in talking iPods and dangling little Apple badges from their hips. Sweet. So I just sit there at my table near the door, chewing a little quieter as they guys just lay it out in their discussion what’s coming on Tuesday. I mean, they’re being quiet and all, but they still lay it out as they talk to each other. I didn’t have a way to record it while I was there, but here’s some tidbits my friend and I could remember afterwards. The words may be a little different but the ideas are the same. If we couldn’t remember, we didn’t dictate it.

Now playing: Happy Ending by Randy Newman & others from the album “Randy Newman’s Faust” | Get it

Anyone have any recommendations for hot water dispensers, those faucets that supply near-boiling water? I just had my second InSinkErator unit crap out, this one just outside the warranty period. The unit it replaced lasted 5 years or thereabouts: call me unimpressed.

The ISE H770 should be avoided. There was a recall on it a few years back, after the tank leaked and caused a short circuit, and at least one fire. This image doesn’t make it clear, but the power lead comes out the bottom of the unit: so if there is a leak, the water will naturally pool where the wiring is. In my case, it was running down the power cable.

This one of mine leaked in the same way and I don’t see the insulation that the recall was supposed to include. Again, I am underwhelmed.
So now to find a replacement unit with a better reputation: ISE makes a lot of the ones you buy under other names, so it pays to look closely.
This design makes more sense: the power cable comes out near the top, and the thermostat and wiring will be behind that nameplate/inspection cover.

This has been a public service announcement.

Funny stuff: I think I’d mash them up (Taoist Reggae is choice, but I could do without Ear Duct) and take the best of both. I like Naval Ode, since that was my starting point in my work day: the fact that it made both versions is interesting.

Letters to the World » And I procrastinated to work on this?:

And I’ve finished the anagrammed MARTA map.

GRABBINGSAND » Blog Archive » It’s Not MARTA:

So check it out. Maybe with these odd little names, you’ll actually be inspired to use our transit system for more than just the Rap Trio.

Maybe my kids will giggle at the Seattle version of this in 20 years or so <sigh>