May 30, 2004
GAS
I was just cleaning out my husband's email account, and I found a spam that said "$100 worth of FREE GAS for [husband's name]". No thanks. Since he's fighting in the war, I assume we'll get in on the ground floor of the blood-for-oil deals...
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May 14, 2004
DORK
I've gotten lots of questions about
my geek stuff, so here's some explanation.
10. LDS
No, I'm not Mormon. But I had some friends who are Mormon growing up, and I went to several functions at their church, as well as visiting Nauvoo and Carthage. I also did my term paper senior year of high school on Joseph Smith, so I know a whole lot about LDS for not being Mormon.
9. Alias
In itself not geeky, but seeing as I watched the entire first two seasons (42 hours of it) in two weeks is really, really geeky.
8. statistics (the fun stuff like the Monty Hall problem or the Birthday problem)
This predates my current book choices (How to Lie With Statistics and How We Know What Isn't So); my old roommate was a stats grad student and would wow me with stats problems. I can't wait to take stats when it's offered here on post.
7. Yukio Mishima
Found him through the short story "Patriotism" and was absolutely floored by that story. Read two of his biographies in one weekend. Amritas is right; the author is more interesting than his novels, but I own all of them.
6. Armyspeak
I read the Army Officer's Handbook from cover to cover and have tried very hard to learn everything there is to know: MOSs, Army alphabet, vehicle identification, etc.
5. Swedish language
My husband always teases me: "You chose to learn a language that only 9 million people speak, and all of them speak English?"
4. rap music
In itself not geeky, but pretty odd for a white girl college prof to have been to a Snoop Dogg concert.
3. Chief Illiniwek
I really got into this debate at the University of Illinois and have read every transcript and article about the issue.
2. knitting
I finished a project last night during the first 45 minutes of Rocky, and it was really hard for me to sit through the rest of the movie without knitting something.
1. the Karate Kid Trilogy
I know everything about these movies.
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You just get more fascinating. It's details like these that make blogs memorable. I want to know WHO a blogger is, not just WHAT they think about a certain issue. The mix of personal and impersonal separates blogs from journalism proper.
How did you get into rap music? And the Karate Kid trilogy? (I saw the first movie shortly after it came out, but never saw the others.)
Posted by: Amritas at May 15, 2004 12:29 PM (swvuX)
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Geek?
"I can't wait to take stats when it's offered here on post."
Probatum est.
Posted by: Tim at May 15, 2004 12:45 PM (S1/cq)
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another svenskophile with an interesting blog is
humbug.
Posted by: annika at May 15, 2004 03:11 PM (gdGRp)
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Ya know Sarah, your "geek list" got me thinking. I know more about goats (dairy goats in particular) than any one human should. And it's not farm animals in general--just goats. Isn't that weird?
Posted by: Erin at May 18, 2004 07:42 PM (GuA1Z)
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BALM
On the way to work today I found a balm for my frustration with the world: Tenacious D.
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ROCK!
Yes, even my mother gets a kick out of Tenacious D.
Uh...Let's go to the drive-thru.
Posted by: Curtis Moeckel at May 14, 2004 11:30 AM (IDv7N)
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Sarah,
Have you seen School of Rock?
Posted by: Amritas at May 15, 2004 12:21 PM (swvuX)
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May 13, 2004
May 10, 2004
DISCUSSION
Went to the gym and cleaned the entire upstairs, including a much-needed thorough job on the two bathrooms, all before lunch. I rule.
Another thing that's much needed: humor.
DO stick to your principles while still considering what the other person says.
DON'T pile drive the other person into a folding table when you find a topic you vehemently disagree on. Though it would be cool, it's just not civil.
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Go check out FrankJ's rules of civil discourse from last week. HILARIOUS! =*)
(Sorry, don't know how to link.)
Also, VDH has an editorial in today's OpinionJournal.
Two bathrooms? I'm jealous!
Posted by: MargeinMI at May 10, 2004 08:19 AM (93OnM)
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When I first read the post, I thought, what are you doing cleaning the gym's two bathrooms? Do you rule the gym too? Or is that what you meant? I assume you meant you went to the gym and then went home and cleaned the bathrooms there.
Posted by: Amritas at May 10, 2004 11:24 AM (BeaMw)
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OK, now I'm totally confused. Which is it Sarah, do you have two bathrooms in your house, (in which case I'm jealous 'cause I have only one to share, not necessarily that I'm jealous that I want two to clean) or is it two bathrooms at the gym that you had to clean (I'm assuming if so that you get a break on your membership or something for helping out, or that you are a OCD neat freak that seeks help)? If it's the prior, it's a waste since you're living there yourself and have your choice.
Not getting down on you for unclear writing, just wishing I could take care of business without someone else urgently knocking on the door (10 seconds after I close it). ;-(
I know....TMI. Sorry. Still love your socks. I can only knit square things.
Posted by: MargeinMI at May 10, 2004 07:10 PM (sDKSN)
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May 08, 2004
OUCH
Yes, I know
this feeling:
It's the feeling I get every time I encounter an idiotarian.
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/idiotarian hat on
"Don't blame US for those Halliburton-made nails! They and the gun that spewed them into that poor proletarian are products of Waste-rn capitalist 'culture'! How dare you use such evil items to refer to us in a metaphor! If we returned to the ways of Mother Earth, we wouldn't need nails - just caves! And we wouldn't need your 'doctors' which removed the nails. On the contrary, we welcome injury and death. It keeps our numbers low. Gaia doesn't like it when too many of us trample upon Her soil."
/idiotarian hat won't come off - it's nailed on!
Posted by: Amritas at May 08, 2004 08:17 AM (i2TJK)
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May 05, 2004
DISEASE
As an ESL teacher, I love when a non-native speaker incorrectly uses an English expression. These instances can range from lewd to cute, but they're always good excuses for language learning and laughter.
Today a German man who works in my building came in our office and was asking my co-worker about baby lotion. He asked me about it, and I told him that I don't know anything about babies. He responded, "I don't either, but my sister just came down with one. Wait, that's not the expression..." Hysterical. Indeed, after eating dinner last week with my neighbors' three year old, one year old, ten month old, and six month old, I would not be too content if I came down with a child right now either!
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Heh, yep--this is the reason why I try to avoid saying French expressions among my French friends. My speech might lack a bit of color, but at least I don't feel like a fool. Heh. I have, however, bought books on the subject.
Posted by: Jeremiah at May 05, 2004 05:17 PM (CU9hs)
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I'm married to an English woman. It happens to us at times. After all, America and England are two countries divided by a single language.
You know the phrases, "I'll ring you up tomorrow." Or "I think I'll chat her up."
I just about died when I heard a young English woman mention that she was going to "knock up" a friend the next day.
Posted by: NightHawk at May 05, 2004 08:10 PM (fbuNj)
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A ten month old and a six month old? What part of Utah do you live in?
Sarah...do you remember the show Major Dad? Some years ago I served on a staff where we had our own version of the female NCO...even though Army we called her "Gunny". She was socially inept to say the least.
One day one of the Majors was in a hurry, seeking a stapler so he could hand the boss a report. "Where is the stapler? Where is the stapler?"
Gunny pointed out it was sitting right on his desk. Proud to have contributed...she then said
"Sir...if it had been a blind man, it would have bit you!"
Say what???
By the way, my darling wife gets these wrong all the time too...we call them Pattisms. I keep them posted on the fridge...I'll share some with you once I go back and look them up.
Thanks for the laugh...I needed it on a day when only the freakin' prison and Michael Moore can seem to get on my TV set.
Posted by: Tim at May 06, 2004 04:33 AM (asDJU)
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May 02, 2004
FAIR
Apparently
Muslims in California are mad that Gov. Schwarzenegger is on a trip to Israel. Here's what one has to say:
“It’s his prerogative to visit, but he should be fair to all races and religions,” said Mohammed Abdullah, 46, a Palestinian-American who works as a butcher in Anaheim.
That's mighty funny, considering Islam is most certainly not fair in terms of race or religion. I'm filing this one under "Humor".
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He has no such legal obligation, and any such non-legal obligation wouldn't come in to play until the Palis stop trying to pick up where the Third Reich left off.
My $0.02.
Posted by: James Sloan at May 02, 2004 04:27 AM (sVtvN)
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I saw a more subtle joke. He's a BUTCHER!!
Posted by: Oda Mae at May 02, 2004 10:15 AM (epDMW)
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Ahnold's response? "Hasta la bite me!"
Posted by: Claire at May 06, 2004 10:19 PM (l1oyw)
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hi guys , cool blog and great site
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