Better said than I ever could, a fine description of life with the Littermaid robotic cat box.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/news.php3?date=2004-03-15
(It’s in the entry called Torun Jax, Blind Jedi. I suppose you could skip the first sentence about the blind Jedi if that sort of thing bothers you.)
As is my wont, I have installed the latest version of ShapeShifter from Unsanity (if you ever had interface theme fun on Mac OS 9, you’ll remember Kaleidoscope — this is much like that for Mac OS X). They recently had a theme building contest, and I have replaced my PowerBook’s native Aqua theme with […]
I finally got my database straightened out, it looks like, so postings will resume shortly (I certainly have a number of things to catch up on).
If you’d like to know the nitty-gritty of how I fixed it, read the extended entry. Otherwise, just bask in the glow of the return of SitM. 😉
The […]
I got new knives! They’re the “Alton Brown Set” of Shun knives from Kershaw (as AAl asked, “are they named that because of the sound they make when they cut?”). The set included a bread knife, the 8″ chef’s knife, and a paring knife. You probably can’t tell from the picture, but the side of […]
If I recall correctly, I am somehow contractually obligated to use the term “rousing tale” with the phrase “adventure on the high seas.” Fortunately in this case, it’s an apt description. An amazing yarn from beginning to end– though it ends with the hint of another adventure to be had, which is fitting, considering the twenty book series whence it came. The title is an amalgam of two of the book titles actually, but whether the story is as well, I know not. I’m sure I’ll soon be reading these books to find out.
It somehow manages to fit neatly in the “white guys having adventures” genre I so adore (see Mountains of the Moon, et al.), plus it’s great to see Paul Bettany in another meaty role.
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