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Friday, September 21st, 2007
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8:04 pm - Whohoo!! An X-Wing fighter in the garage!
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I think they missed the massive burning man stuff storage area, and the seeecret labratory.
Your home is a Futuristic Coder's Ranch Your kitchen consists of dilithium-powered food replicators, manned by obedient robot slaves, who are sure to never, ever rebel. I mean, it's preposterous to even consider it. There's a pantry stocked with beef jerky. Oh, and deer jerky. Your master bedroom has an on-call masseuse and sports therapist. Your study has every language reference book ever written, including now-useless titles like Learn Javascript 2.0! and C++ Programming for Windows 95. (Why are you keeping those?) One of your garages contains a life-sized X-Wing fighter, and KITT. (KITT was a gift from a well-meaning uncle.)
Your home also includes a robot repair bay, where your mechanized servants are routinely fitted with new restraining bolts. (It's just a precaution.) Your guests enjoy your home theater with 37 different sports channels. Outside is your radio telescope, listening constantly for alien transmissions. Especially invaders. They'll come eventually, even if nobody believes you. (Nobody does.)
And, you have a pet -- a taun-taun named "Padme".
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| Sunday, July 29th, 2007
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12:09 am - In 3, 2, 1...
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Happy Birthday To Mee!!!!
Also Happy B-Days to:
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kashira_maho's Derrick and Ian
And
tonyawinter
Damn I know a lot of people with the same b-day as me. Actually I met one more at our local Burning Man event, Critical Massive. Can't remember her name though. We did snuggle in the ball pit though (and the world didn't explode. Good thing her name wasn't Sam... that much coincidence could just cause some sort of paradox).
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| Friday, July 20th, 2007
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1:03 am - Are there any "Burning Buddhists" Out There??
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Hi All sorry for not being very up-datey, but this is what I've been up to.
There's a few Buddhists here, so I thought I'd post this here too.....
Hi
After many years I'm acheiving a goal that I have had for years: Bring Nichiren Buddhism to the Burning Man Festival (http://www.burningman.com). Burning Man is a huge alternative arts festival in the deserts of Northern Nevada where nearly 40,000 people now go yearly to create a temporary community free of commercialism, and absolutely filled with alternative art, and interactive "theme camps". Its definitely a complete 180 from what most of see as "reality" in our daily lives. But there are 2 things about Burning Man that make it a great place to share Buddhsim: 1) Everyone is very open to talk to... you can talk to complete strangers, and it isn't "weird". 2) There are lots of people seeking something sprirtual.
Burning Man has been described as "spritual without meaning", which means it's up to the particpants to fill in the gaps of what people are looking for. That being said, Myself, and few other Seattle based SGI Buddhists are creating a Burning Man theme camp "Buddha Camp @ the Lotus Dome". Our goals for the first year are very simple: We're going to have chanting sessions every morning at 11:00am, open to everyone, and since the theme of Burning Man this year is "The Green Man" (looking at the enviornment), we are going to host a lecture/discussion on esho funi... Oneness of ourselves and our enviornment.
We are also going to have some Buddhist Chant cards, done up Burning Man-style, and tell as many people as we can about Buddhism
It should be noted that while we are SGI Buddhists we realize we are not representing the SGI in any way, and we are making it clear in the material we hand out/use that we are not representing SGI (we will of course have the #s of several SGI-USA centers with us, should they want to call and get more information)
Soo.... It's a little late in the game (Burning Man happens Aug 27th - Sept 3rd... the week before labor day), but we are looking for Buddha Camp Mates! If you have an interest in going to Burning Man, we may be your group.
Please see our website, http://www.buddhacamp.org for a little more information, and you can reply here or email contact@BuddhaCamp.org if you'd like to contact us.
Thanks!!
LightMan
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| Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
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2:57 pm - Memmes!
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| Monday, April 30th, 2007
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11:11 pm
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| Thursday, April 12th, 2007
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8:48 pm - Refi Madness!!
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(I just realized how close the title is to being "Reefer Madness" heh. That will now be the unoffical title of this post :p )
So the last few weeks, I've been in the process of doing a refi on condo. It would seem that any large financial transaction is filled with problems. However, the end result is good. I really dropped down my payments while only raising my debt of the loan about $6,000 (typical closing costs)
( The good )
( The Bad )
In even (mostly) better news, I got the final statement for my car payment today! This month I will also pay off my car!
However the final payment is almost twice the regular payment. I was looking forward to sending a payment out as soon as I got the statement. But now that it's twice as much as normal (this I think is because I asked them suspend my payments for 3 months in 2004 because I had unexpectedly had a loss of employment and didn't know what the hell to do), it might have to wait. Or I could take more money out of savings and be done with it (I'm actually leaning toward this option right now--Be Free!!!).
That is all. Hope everyone is doing well *hugs*
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| Sunday, April 1st, 2007
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6:05 pm
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Hmmm....
For "Sam Weiss"
Now my *real* name is aparently even rarer. Yes my first name is actually Owen. Don't ask... its what my parents decided to do (it is my Grandpas name)
For "Owen Weiss"
Now its your turn ;)
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| Thursday, March 29th, 2007
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11:34 pm - You can't defeat Logic!!
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Stolen from roisnoir
<Extreme Sarcasm>
Now tell me folks does this not make perfect sense
No life in peanut butter validates creationism
Oh yeah the guy really convinced me. Indeed! It all makes total sense that
because there is no life in peanut butter is proof that God, and God alone
created all life in just 7 days! Just throw out all the billions of years
of collected evidence of life evolving. There were no protozoa, no
bacteria, leading to amphibians, reptiles, mammals, etc. The *whole* thing
can be thrown out, just because his jar of peanut butter had no life.
Are you all with me?? Who's a believer now!!!
</Extreme Sarcasm>
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9:26 pm
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| What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Social Nerd You're interested in things such as politics, psychology, child care, and peace. I wouldn't go so far as to call you a hippie, but some of you may be tree-huggers. You're the type of people who are interested in bettering the world. You're possible the least nerdy of them all; unless you participate in other activies that paled your nerdiness compared to your involvement in social activities. Whatever the case, we could still use more of you around. ^_^ | | Gamer/Computer Nerd | | | Science/Math Nerd | | | Anime Nerd | | | Artistic Nerd | | | Drama Nerd | | | Musician | | | Literature Nerd | | What Be Your Nerd Type?
Quizzes for MySpace |
Child Care??? Umm no.
Hippy... yeah.
They didn't have anything related to the "freak nerd". They should have.
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| Saturday, March 17th, 2007
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1:25 am - This is great!
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| Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
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5:50 pm - Learn to write!
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I got my tax return, and now I'm shopping for front loading washer & dryers. I want to stack them, see (which can be done for most of these, from what I hear).
Anyway I'm reading some online reviews here: Hey You wanna buy a washer? And while the washer got great reviews, the reviewers are questionable. One starts like this:
"I got this washer and dryer as a set. I love them. I can put close in and just leave it. there are alot of choices and most of the setting are already set when you turn it on."
Another right below it:
"by far the best washer i have ever had the controls are easy to use my cloths dry faster in the same dryer usually 20 too 30 minutes faster uses less soap, bleach and faberic softner but you do need to use special soap thats says HE on the bottle witch Purex does make that i use i do a double spin though to get it to dry faster no need to spend a lot for one this one is the one to get"
wtf?
This actually looks like a really good washer for the price, but from the pic the door doesn't open the way I'd like. My laundry "closet" is very small, and that could be an issue. The dryer isn't as pretty. Hey You wanna buy a dryer? But the price for both is quite good. $1100! I was expecting to have to pay more. Hopefully I'll get to Home Depot tomorrow to look at them (hope they have them locally in stock. I really just don't want to buy from the pictures)
Delivery and installation might be issues. As mentioned, the laundry closet is small & is right off the bathroom. Currently the washer & dryer are on opposite sides of the door when you enter the "closet". I want to stack them, so I'll probably have to install some sort of extension for the dryer duct so that it goes to above where the new dryer will be. Also the same with the electrical. Can you have a safe (short) 220 extension cord? To complicate matters more, to navigate these new beasts into the laundry room might be interesting. I think the toilet might be in the way, so either the toilet has to move, or some really strong movers will have to lift the things.
I'll try to post some pictures tonight so you all can see what the hell I'm talking about. I doubt this is uncommon... My last laundry room was like this too.
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I've got some ideas ideas for do-it-myself extensions to the laundry duct and the electrical. One of my neighbors did this. I'll have to see if I can have another look at it. Both will be outside the walls, but it's a laundry closet! I'll do it in such a way that I can remove it when I sell it (if the new buyers don't want them). Hmm should be interesting. Bending conduit for fun and profit. lol.
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| Friday, March 2nd, 2007
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12:15 am - A Conspiracy Theory to end all conspiracy theorys!!!
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http://tinyurl.com/3yen6p
Funny as hell, and not serious at all, btw.
bluerose_3, You would really enjoy this.
(I should credit allyn for this wonderful piece of conspiracy.)
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I suppose I should mention to you all....
I found out several weeks ago that I'm type II diabetic. The good news is that probably some pills will straighten me out, and I won't need insulin. The bad news is getting my meds right has been... weird.
( More about my diabetic life! )
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| Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
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11:05 pm - More Snow....
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| Monday, February 26th, 2007
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8:30 pm - Disturbing...
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| Friday, February 16th, 2007
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10:46 pm - Dating explained for geeks!
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http://www.bitquabit.com/2007/02/14/smart-guys-date-in-parallel/
Pretty hilarious if you ask me. I like some of the comments below, stating what happens if the girls are hooked into other "circuits" with different power sources.
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FYI:
My Mom went to the Cardiologist. He seems to think it was all caused by a very persistent sinus infection my Mom has. Part of that is its been dripping crap down into her throat, and messing up her breathing. She doesn't quite beleive that (and neither do I), but getting rid of the sinus infection would be a relief! He says her heart and lungs are fine.
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| Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
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10:06 pm - Mom is now much better, and HOME!
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Thanks everyone
What a weird 36 hours. She obviously responded to treatment, which is basically to give her drugs to make her pee until her lungs cleared, which happened sometime this morning.
After many tests, including an angiogram, they couldn't find out why this happened to her, but weird things happen to my Mom for unknown reasons (several years ago the Dr. Office did a blood test, and discovered she was anemic, and needed a blood transfusion. They never found the cause, but it hasn't happened since). But she is now aware of the symptoms of this happening again, and with that knowledge can get meds to stop it, and keep her out of the ER.
That is all for now. I just got home after taking her home (My Aunt is looking after her now), and going to go eat.
Oh and Happy Valentines day everyone. (grumble grumble. lol)
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| Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
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11:44 pm - In other news...
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Did I talk about this? Not sure....
Last Nov, at the local Burning Man decompression party (SeaCompression), I happened to run into a whole bunch of Buddhists (or rather, they ran into me... I didn't recognize any of them at first). It was very very strange hearing "Buddhist Speak" at a Burning Man party... that has never happened before. Many of them were at the Burn this year, and they definitely want to return. (and they are convincing their friends to go, though I've gotten that far myself, only to have it fizzle out)
Anyway, talks are now underway to create a Buddhist oriented theme camp! This has been a goal of mine for years, and in fact one that I had given up on. I never thought I'd be able to convince enough Buddhists to go to Burning Man. Very cool that this has surfaced again. And at a time when I have otherwise been not so interested in returning to Burning Man. But... making one of my longtime dreams come true... that's awesome!
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Now... all I need to do is find a wife!
eHarmony hasn't helped much so far*. But who knows what the future brings. I feel like I'm very close! Grrr. Frustrating.
*I have been talking to a few very interesting women, but most of them have been very far away. Something's got to give.
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11:35 pm - Porn for Pyros!
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Very work safe, though you might be labled a terrorist!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdCsbZf1_Ng&eurl=
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You know... the discovery channel has a show called "Future Weapons", which shows the military's latest and greatest ways of destroying things. I can't stand to watch the show, because I know the weapons will be used to kill people.
However!!! This kind of thing... Wanton destruction that hurts no one... Oh yeah. I can dig it (I know I know... these "stunts" could surely take someone out accidentally. I'm assuming these folks aren't stupid)
Edit: One more. Holy Crap!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNaFWq4JzS8&mode=related&search=
I didn't understand a word said, but I can understand BOOM!
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| Thursday, January 11th, 2007
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8:51 am - Holy Crap!
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We got snow!
Looks like I will have more pictures to post soon. We got a lot! But I need to try and get myself to work. If I can get out of the driveway, I'll be able to do the rest no problem (well providing no one hits me, and I don't wind up in a ditch! Whoohoo. Never thought life on the edge would be driving to work).
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| Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
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8:23 pm - Dear weather gods... obviously I was mistaken
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Yep. I called your snow "snot" last night. If it will help (which it won't) I duely apologies. We got slammed again, during evening commute. I even left early (4:30), and it took a while to get home. Aparently everyone left as soon as the whole thing started (which was with about 1/2 hour of *hail*). Instant gridlock!
Thank goodness I stopped and spent an hour in a pub drinking a drink called "Irish Mint". I know I was in a pub and not drinking beer, but the Irish Mint was hot and yummy.
Gah! I really don't want one of those horrific commutes again! It really takes the fun out of the snow!
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