PolarLava::Blog

So a few months ago Mary Lou and I ordered Chinese food for dinner.  And of course it came with fortune cookies.  Here was her fortune…



So clearly this means she should trust me implicitly and never question any place I may go or anything I may do.

So then I opened mine…



Oh, yeah, I obviously have immunity here because of her fortune.  She needn't be concerning her pretty little head with anything I may be doing or anyone I may be doing it with.

Unfortunately she didn't seem to quite see it this way for some reason.  :)  We did have a very long hearty laugh while discussing all of this though!

I'm a huge fan of PostSecret and read it every week.  Often some very compelling stuff.  Anyhow, apparently he (Frank) also has a PostSecret MySpace page…sorry I've never been there and only to few other MySpace pages when there isn't an alternative.  So much of it is crap.  And now he's learned one of the biggest issues of when you publish your content on a site you don't control: Censorship.  Apparently you can view it if he "friends" you.  Another bullshit concept in my opinion.  If you've got something to say, say it.  If you want feedback, accept it.  And don't make me have to be your "friend".  (I'm looking at you LiveJournal people.)

Today I said goodbye to my old friend, my Schwinn Continental II.  This was my first road bike which I rode extensively in my formative years.  I had been working over the summer on converting it to a commuter bike, but decided it wasn't really going to work out as I had hoped.  So I began looking for something else and then acquired my Centurion Ironman Expert.

So not having a need for it and at my wife's encouragement to get rid of it, I gave it away today.  Hopefully it will see some practical use as I gave it away to a college student who was looking for a cheap bike to get around on.  So now it is gone and I'm moving on with "only" 4 bikes…for now.

Okay, this was resolved yesterday without any further incidents and things should be good to go.  Thus let me know if you find something odd happening.

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So you may have noticed that my site was down from late Monday through yesterday.  That was due to moving from one server to another (better) server by my hosting company.  It's all moved and appears to be faster —which is a good thing, but there's a couple of remaining issues.  At the moment my subdomains (myclient, polarblog, projects and sffl.polarlava.com) are not resolving although the configuration and data all appears to be there.  Also my photo gallery is not longer working and results in 500 server error when you go there.  Thus I have a support ticket open and currently am awaiting for a resolution of these issues.

Been going to do this for a while since seeing Allan's list…

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you've eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

In my case, there's also strike and bold.  That being because some of these things I've eaten, but wouldn't again because I don't eat land animals

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S'mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs' legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

So that's 57/100.  Certainly not extensive, but much better than Allan's 37!  ;)