Wow. Those exceptions really are broad. I don't think the list would have stopped ANY of the calls I got in the last few months... What a lame joke this is going to be.
mechagrue: What you're looking for is "How to Cook Everything" by Mark Bittman. It even comes in a handy offline printout format!
For turnips, I turn to the vegetables chapter, conveniently organized alphabetically. I find turnips, and there are tips for buying (firm, small and undamaged), storing (saran wrapped in veggie bin, keep for weeks), preparing (peel them), best cooking methods (simmering in liquid, or roasting with other vegetables), when is it done (cooked in liquid: tender but not waterlogged, roasted: until very soft). This is followed by two recipes, Turnips in Mustard Sauce and Pureed Turnips. There is also a list of recipes in which you can substitute turnips.
All in all I find it to be a very handy cookbook, nay, a cookcyclopedia if you will.
Oooh, I inspired a post!
Of course that means I felt obligated to brave the original topic's japanese blog to find some pics. I can't say it enough, weird girl....
Funky fingernails!
Weird girl...
And so I give you.... Butt smell!
Share and enjoy.
Wow, that girl sure is weird...
She is so fond of cats that she once took home an abandoned cat she found while filming. At present she keeps four cats as pets. [...] Of these four, she particularly adores Mami, who appears in her blog frequently. Mami's cute looks have attracted many "Mamitasu fans"; she has appeared on television and in magazines, and was the subject of a photobook, "Giza * Mamitasu!!", published in August 2006. Another sign of Nakagawa's adoration for Mami is an act which appears frequently in her blog, called "good smell" (putting one's nose to the rear of a cat and smelling it).
Uhhh... yeah.
Love how the government is so consistent. I live in Hull, QC. I filled out my passport application and walked it in to the office sometime in early February. I was told it should be there earlier than March 15th. I received my passport yesterday.
I don't know what they're doing in this case, but someone sure dropped the ball. I don't really have any advice. I hope they can sort things out for you, I've heard a number of horror stories about passports lately.
43. The spiciness of sauces is measured in Scoville Units.
Considering the scale was invented in 1912, I think the "we" referred to in the article really doesn't represent the average monkey. Or man, for that matter.
And for those of us that prefer go to chess, I present:
Nakano Yasuhiro's Kami no Itte (at 0:52 in).
Something would be lost if all we had was some dry newspaper article... I wonder if there's a similar video of Kramnik?
Oh, okay. You get to start using abbreviations around level 30-40, when you look for groups and don't want to type Razorfen Kraul or Scarlet Monestary a dozen of times within an hour.
ZG = Zul'Gurub
MC = Molten Core
BWL = Blackwing Lair
AQ = Ahn'Qiraj
Naxx = Naxxramas
It's hardcore, yes. And yeah, I'm pretty much out of my league, but I try my best. I wonder if some of these people get paid to game for a living...
Koko? No, I seriously didn't make any of it up. Since you play WoW I assume you know what they mean and that's why you're wondering.
I joined a hardcore guild, although I'm no real hardcore player. I currently run MC with these guys, my first trip out (with the guild, and to MC in general) we cleared the instance in less than 4 hours without a wipe. They do that every week. We downed Nef recently, I think we just downed Skeram in AQ40 this weekend, and people are working on getting attuned to Naxx.
Playing in a hardcore guild is very different from a casual one. Running MC with a guild that has it on farm status is way different than running LBRS with your friends. It was intense. These guys know what they're doing, and the game experience just changes at that level. But you really have to dedicate a lot of your time to it, and because of that I'm not a regular raider with them.
Our schedule is pretty much a full week. Sunday, MC, Monday, AQ40, Tuesday a 20-man (ZG or AQ20), Wednesday BWL, Thursday more BWL, Friday and Saturday 20-man. Onyxia whenever she pops. Every MC is preceded by a head turn-in so we can get the buff. These guys are serious, so much so that they scare me in some cases.
I play WoW on Gorefiend. Our guild (Baelfire) has MC, ZG, AQ20, BWL and Onyxia on farm status, currently progressing in AQ40 and soon in Naxx. I guess we p0wn, although I don't have much to do with that...
caution live frogs, I was actually nerdy enough to consider posting the 100% white and nerdy picture. Those weren't my results, but it's easy enough to figure out how to link the result you want, and doing that is nerdy enough that really, I ought to be a lot more than just 50% white and nerdy.
In fact, considering the extent of my whiteness, I am worried about my nerdness levels if I am really only 50% white and nerdy.
Now I have to go home, listen to some rap and smoke a doobie to wash the white and nerdy stink off of me.
cautionlivefrogs, that's not very good code...
function whiteNerd(){
var self;
if (self.white && self.nerd) {
self = "White and Nerdy";
} else if (self.white) {
self = "White but not Nerdy";
} else if (self.nerd) {
self = "Nerdy but not White";
} else {
self = "Gangsta";
}
alert(self);
}
(More white and Nerdy than you)
Anyone considering this should also be made aware of the fact that this procedure will rollback any and all security updates, patches, etc. that you have installed since the original system setup. The article says "In fact, if all has gone as planned, the only significant change will be that whatever problem your copy of XP was previously experiencing will now be gone!", but this is misleading at best. We are talking about restoring all your system files to their original CD versions, not some magic process that makes problems go away but leaves your system exactly as it started.
I sure hope you have an SP1 or SP2 CD, otherwise I would make sure I was well protected (firewall/patched up) before venturing so far as opening Internet Explorer after this reinstall.
Hockey nicknames are formed in one of two ways: by dropping the last syllable of the player's name, or by adding -er or -ie (sometimes by a combination of the two).
Right, how do you explain Maurice "Rocket" Richard then? Don't think he's quite right with this one.
I'd still agree with most of the rest, but I'm Canadian, eh.
Did you know that the flags were lowered at half-mast at Maurice Richard's death, and that he had a state funeral? Wonder if anything like that was done for a baseball, football or basketball player in the US.
Try to run your pages (one that works and one that doesn't) at http://www.delorie.com/web/headers.html and see what it comes back with. You will have to create a file called delorie.html on your website for the tool to believe you're the webmaster of the site in question (to prevent people from scanning websites not their own).
You'll hopefully see the Last Modified headers and figure it out from there. Perhaps the pages that don't work get sent out without a last modified header, which would apparently get Internet Explorer to spit out today's date (netscape/opera should see january 1st, 1970). Or perhaps the header is there, but because of dynamic content gets set to today's date?
Have fun troubleshooting :)
Wow. Those exceptions really are broad. I don't think the list would have stopped ANY of the calls I got in the last few months... What a lame joke this is going to be.
posted by splice 16 years ago
In "I once loved a woman, a child I'm told / I gave her my heart, but she wanted my soul..."
Or Rotolo, who was 17, fell in love with Dylan, who was 20 when they met.
posted by splice 16 years ago
In "Cook (almost) anything at least once."
mechagrue: What you're looking for is "How to Cook Everything" by Mark Bittman. It even comes in a handy offline printout format! For turnips, I turn to the vegetables chapter, conveniently organized alphabetically. I find turnips, and there are tips for buying (firm, small and undamaged), storing (saran wrapped in veggie bin, keep for weeks), preparing (peel them), best cooking methods (simmering in liquid, or roasting with other vegetables), when is it done (cooked in liquid: tender but not waterlogged, roasted: until very soft). This is followed by two recipes, Turnips in Mustard Sauce and Pureed Turnips. There is also a list of recipes in which you can substitute turnips. All in all I find it to be a very handy cookbook, nay, a cookcyclopedia if you will.
posted by splice 16 years ago
In "FAIL."
Even more at the epic macrochan.
posted by splice 16 years ago
In "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty"
Oooh, I inspired a post! Of course that means I felt obligated to brave the original topic's japanese blog to find some pics. I can't say it enough, weird girl....
Funky fingernails!
Weird girl...
And so I give you.... Butt smell!
Share and enjoy.
posted by splice 17 years ago
In "Top 60 Japanese Buzzwords of 2007."
Wow, that girl sure is weird... She is so fond of cats that she once took home an abandoned cat she found while filming. At present she keeps four cats as pets. [...] Of these four, she particularly adores Mami, who appears in her blog frequently. Mami's cute looks have attracted many "Mamitasu fans"; she has appeared on television and in magazines, and was the subject of a photobook, "Giza * Mamitasu!!", published in August 2006. Another sign of Nakagawa's adoration for Mami is an act which appears frequently in her blog, called "good smell" (putting one's nose to the rear of a cat and smelling it). Uhhh... yeah.
posted by splice 17 years ago
In "Zombie Bruce Lee is coming back to kick somebody's ass."
I've never been much for Harry Potter. Now, Wong Fei Hung and the Deathly Hallows, on the other hand...
posted by splice 17 years ago
In "Curious George: Canadian Passport Panic"
Love how the government is so consistent. I live in Hull, QC. I filled out my passport application and walked it in to the office sometime in early February. I was told it should be there earlier than March 15th. I received my passport yesterday. I don't know what they're doing in this case, but someone sure dropped the ball. I don't really have any advice. I hope they can sort things out for you, I've heard a number of horror stories about passports lately.
posted by splice 17 years ago
In "100 things we didn't know this time last year"
43. The spiciness of sauces is measured in Scoville Units. Considering the scale was invented in 1912, I think the "we" referred to in the article really doesn't represent the average monkey. Or man, for that matter.
posted by splice 18 years ago
In "Vladimir Kramnik"
And for those of us that prefer go to chess, I present: Nakano Yasuhiro's Kami no Itte (at 0:52 in). Something would be lost if all we had was some dry newspaper article... I wonder if there's a similar video of Kramnik?
posted by splice 18 years ago
In "Curious George: Do you p0wn"
Oh, okay. You get to start using abbreviations around level 30-40, when you look for groups and don't want to type Razorfen Kraul or Scarlet Monestary a dozen of times within an hour. ZG = Zul'Gurub MC = Molten Core BWL = Blackwing Lair AQ = Ahn'Qiraj Naxx = Naxxramas It's hardcore, yes. And yeah, I'm pretty much out of my league, but I try my best. I wonder if some of these people get paid to game for a living...
posted by splice 18 years ago
Koko? No, I seriously didn't make any of it up. Since you play WoW I assume you know what they mean and that's why you're wondering. I joined a hardcore guild, although I'm no real hardcore player. I currently run MC with these guys, my first trip out (with the guild, and to MC in general) we cleared the instance in less than 4 hours without a wipe. They do that every week. We downed Nef recently, I think we just downed Skeram in AQ40 this weekend, and people are working on getting attuned to Naxx. Playing in a hardcore guild is very different from a casual one. Running MC with a guild that has it on farm status is way different than running LBRS with your friends. It was intense. These guys know what they're doing, and the game experience just changes at that level. But you really have to dedicate a lot of your time to it, and because of that I'm not a regular raider with them. Our schedule is pretty much a full week. Sunday, MC, Monday, AQ40, Tuesday a 20-man (ZG or AQ20), Wednesday BWL, Thursday more BWL, Friday and Saturday 20-man. Onyxia whenever she pops. Every MC is preceded by a head turn-in so we can get the buff. These guys are serious, so much so that they scare me in some cases.
posted by splice 18 years ago
I play WoW on Gorefiend. Our guild (Baelfire) has MC, ZG, AQ20, BWL and Onyxia on farm status, currently progressing in AQ40 and soon in Naxx. I guess we p0wn, although I don't have much to do with that...
posted by splice 18 years ago
In "How White and Nerdy are you?"
caution live frogs, I was actually nerdy enough to consider posting the 100% white and nerdy picture. Those weren't my results, but it's easy enough to figure out how to link the result you want, and doing that is nerdy enough that really, I ought to be a lot more than just 50% white and nerdy. In fact, considering the extent of my whiteness, I am worried about my nerdness levels if I am really only 50% white and nerdy. Now I have to go home, listen to some rap and smoke a doobie to wash the white and nerdy stink off of me.
posted by splice 18 years ago
cautionlivefrogs, that's not very good code...
function whiteNerd(){ var self; if (self.white && self.nerd) { self = "White and Nerdy"; } else if (self.white) { self = "White but not Nerdy"; } else if (self.nerd) { self = "Nerdy but not White"; } else { self = "Gangsta"; } alert(self); }(More white and Nerdy than you)posted by splice 18 years ago
In " a novel user interface that goes into your face"
Participants suck on lollipops embedded with sensors to control robotic babies in a race That is just surreal. I just don't know what to make of that.
posted by splice 18 years ago
In "Don't date him Girl"
I'm pretty damn sure this is not real. A Korean wouldn't be caught dead saying "gaijin", a Japanese term. They have their own language, you know :)
posted by splice 18 years ago
In "XP's No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total-Rebuild Option"
Anyone considering this should also be made aware of the fact that this procedure will rollback any and all security updates, patches, etc. that you have installed since the original system setup. The article says "In fact, if all has gone as planned, the only significant change will be that whatever problem your copy of XP was previously experiencing will now be gone!", but this is misleading at best. We are talking about restoring all your system files to their original CD versions, not some magic process that makes problems go away but leaves your system exactly as it started. I sure hope you have an SP1 or SP2 CD, otherwise I would make sure I was well protected (firewall/patched up) before venturing so far as opening Internet Explorer after this reinstall.
posted by splice 18 years ago
In "Hockey is the greatest sport of all, "
Hockey nicknames are formed in one of two ways: by dropping the last syllable of the player's name, or by adding -er or -ie (sometimes by a combination of the two). Right, how do you explain Maurice "Rocket" Richard then? Don't think he's quite right with this one. I'd still agree with most of the rest, but I'm Canadian, eh. Did you know that the flags were lowered at half-mast at Maurice Richard's death, and that he had a state funeral? Wonder if anything like that was done for a baseball, football or basketball player in the US.
posted by splice 18 years ago
In "Curious George: not geeky enough."
Try to run your pages (one that works and one that doesn't) at http://www.delorie.com/web/headers.html and see what it comes back with. You will have to create a file called delorie.html on your website for the tool to believe you're the webmaster of the site in question (to prevent people from scanning websites not their own). You'll hopefully see the Last Modified headers and figure it out from there. Perhaps the pages that don't work get sent out without a last modified header, which would apparently get Internet Explorer to spit out today's date (netscape/opera should see january 1st, 1970). Or perhaps the header is there, but because of dynamic content gets set to today's date? Have fun troubleshooting :)
posted by splice 18 years ago
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