if any village is missing their idiot...

tell them that she is working at the local Target.

last night, i went to Target to get three things: a digital tire gauge, a Woolrich down throw (which was on sale AND i was armed with a $10 off coupon), and a small, 18", 15-watt fluorescent bulb for the fish tank.

well, the only thing that i came away with was the fish tank bulb; they were out of the other two items and i grabbed a couple rain check forms. one item in the checkout lane...piece o' cake.

got to checkout and even was let into line by a real nice lady who saw my wee, one item. that's cool. we often let people in ahead of us if we have considerably more than they. funny though...i mentioned to her that no good deed goes unpunished. ha!

our checker was a nice gal...35-40...kinda talkative, but not to the point of annoying. anyway, while she was scanning the last few items of the party in front of me, an adjacent line opened up; i told the nice lady to hurry and be the first in that line.

a-ha! so who got the last good deed in? yep, it would be me...thank you very much. and things all went downhill from there. on the last item (a pumpkin), the checker mentioned to the people that it had a rotting stem and perhaps they may want to get another one. nonplussed, they shrugged it off and said that the pumpkin was going to end up rotting in a few days anyway. end of drama.

so i get up there with my measly item and two rain check forms. well, apparently the poor gal had never been trained in rain check distribution; real tough...you scan the forms and the rain checks are printed...voila! worse, she didn't even know what a rain check was...hmmm...check out all those red flags popping up!

actually got the rain checks...okay. now, it was on to the fluorescent bulb (you know, the long kind). she's putting it in the bag and says to me, "You sure you want this one? it's open."

"Uhhh. It's supposed to be that way."

"Oh, okay. Here's your receipt...oh looook, it's a pretty pink one!"

"You know, that means your register tape is running low. You might want to change it (while I run screaming out of this place). Have a good night (you freak)."

nothing against the poor gal, but really...how the hell did she get a job as a checker? i hope she's good with money because Target is standing to lose a lot of it if she's all-around-clueless.

calling all village idiots...the Super Target in Glendale is now hiring. Kmart has blue-light specials...Target just has dim bulbs. Wal-Mart has falling prices...Target has ever falling IQs ;) or maybe the above only applies to management level - doesn't it always?

ugh...

some tired feet today. new rugs came in recently. had to put down two of the three. not much of a problem...with the exception of one thing...a piano.

nothing like trying to move a 400 lb. piano with bad casters and a bum leg. worried that you're going to break the leg and really have a problem or scratch the shit out of the wooden floor. of course, it doesn't help that the two people trying to move the damn thing have bad knees themselves. it was like a piano moving competition of the crippled olympics. picture that.

low carb...

although i would never go on a low carb diet - i'm too much of a wimp (puh-leeze, telling a chinese guy that he can't eat rice...themz fightin' words), my friend has been forced to go on one after suffering a heart attack and undergoing bypass surgery. not a good thing for a 35 year-old.

anyway, he told me recently that he was losing clumps of hair due to this diet. supposedly, this is a common occurence for many people on low carbs... that doesn't sound good either. then again, i guess it's better than keeping the weight and just waiting for a fatal heart attack, eh?

hope the friend is doing well. we go back about ten years. one day, we got talking in lab (washing pot sherds...whoohoo!) and found out that we had a mutual friend and interests. we became partners in crime and best friends until he moved back to New Mexico a couple years later. yeah, we're still best friends, but it's sometimes hard to be good about staying in touch when miles and busy schedules separate people...

been telling stories lately...i got a great one for Halloween. before then though, i think i will blog about the 'Bonampak Death March.' STAY TUNED

and the bidding continues...

been watching some items on eBay for about a week now. lately, i have been looking at some DVDs and camera equipment. luckily, i haven't been a bidding fool. i would though, like to win a couple of 'em; they're almost too cheap to be true. 'course, i won't tell you guys what i'm bidding on because i KNOW you guys would go there and jack it up in a bidding war ;)

then again, instead of spending a bit of time worrying about bids, i should just save my money and spend it at bookcloseouts...

speeding ticket? i need money for that?

hmmmm...

not much to say, which is often the norm. looks like the warm weather is on its way out. too bad. that week of 80 degrees was a treat for the fall. tomorrow, we'll be getting more long sleeve, typical-for-late-October weather. sigh.

went by Dy's blog and saw that she was Switzerland in a recent quizilla-type survey. wonder what i'll be...

tired...

haven't gotten much sleep the last two nights. and usually, i blog better if i have had enough sleep...don't wanna force anything and be a blogging disaster.

must go eat. looks like there's time for veggin' too. ooh, 50-cent day at the cheapies! too bad there really isn't anything that i want to see...ah well.

not as bad as i thought...

sure, i got busted for speeding in the school zone yesterday...and $80 is still not chump change. however, after seeing my friend, Jen, yesterday, i don't feel so bad. her husband was pulled over for speeding in a school zone and was fined $300 and issued a six-point ticket! now, THAT sucks!!!

funny, i found an alternate route that's a bit out of the way but two to three minutes faster! yay!

argh...

started out to be a nice morning. sun was up...there was little traffic...little white vans were taking pictures of Chinese guys speeding in school zones...kee-raaap!

too bad i have better uses for that $80 that i just threw out the window :(

what will be in store for me on the drive home? hmmm?

fitting...

i'm a June baby.


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WTF...

sometimes i wonder about how little people really listen. recently, i had been getting calls on my cell for someone named Charles. surprisingly, each time the call has come in, i have not had it on; these people have been getting my voicemail.

wouldn't you think that if you called a number a few times and the voicemail was someone else, you may have the wrong number? i mean, unless Charles is gay and shares a phone with his partner, has a roommate that he didn't inform you (of), or has identity issues...this Spencer guy is not his answering service! the whole fiasco is a bit amusing though. from the messages, i have found out that some gal owes Charles money and that he gets offers of borrowing a van on occasion.

and wouldn't you know it, just days ago the problem was solved in a super long message that was left by two people (an old lady and a man) who were using three way conference calling. did they realize that their whole conversation was recorded on my voicemail? apparently, granny had reversed the last two numbers of Charles' phone and got me instead. damn, lady. to how many people did you pass my number?!?

maybe i should leave a new voicemail:

this is SPEN-CER...NOT Charles...
if you would like to reach Charles, his number ends with 8774...NOT 8747!
SPENCER...the guy with this number...would really appreciate it if you no longer leave granny in charge of phone numbers for the clan. moreover, if this lady is still driving, do everyone a favor and take the keys away - she is not the most lucid of individuals.

ah well, at least the messages had some entertainment value. after all, it coulda been spam. talk about a time waster...

not dead yet...

i will try to keep this blog out of the 'i'm bored enough to read Spencer's' emergency room. maybe Nelle will see it during one of her ambulance joyrides and find the appropriate defibrillator...

of course, i have survived the pissed off black widow too. unfortunately, i haven't found a Lysol shellacked body either. still, i ain't goin' to look for it. hellno. i guess i'm keeping myself alert enough with visions of a crazed spider pouncing on me as i sit, fully incapacitated, on the can. who cares if it was just Lysol. for all i know, that could be the arachnid version of angel dust... oh look, i failed to read the extra fine print at the bottom of the can!

it says, "DO NOT use as a substitute for killing spiders, or you will be in for a long night. you had better leave the state, buddy." great...

the things i do to please you guys...

i had just come down the stairs to blog a masterpiece when i spied a spider that had made its web on a couple drumsticks, hanging out of a box. a possible kill and not an easy one. smashing a spider on a wall just takes a quicker reaction and a helluva big shoe, with a good, flat sole.

however, killing a spider that is hanging in mid-air, not far from other objects takes a little more tact and skill. after all, you don't want to bust up the place trying to get at yer mortal arachnid enemy either. worse, with all that racket, you may inadvertently let it escape; you do not want to do a Porky Pig and shoot up the house, trying in vain to kill a fly that ultimately gets away in classic Looney Tunes fashion.

so, upon further investigation (but without mathematic calculations), i determined that this was not some stupid indoor spider that led the good life. rather, this was a creepy looking, widow type that must've just arrived from outside. GREAT...it's even more imperative that this fucker doesn't get away.

i didn't want to use my sandals, for fear of bumping into something and sabotaging the whole mission altogether. no, i went to look for back up.

upstairs, i couldn't find any bug spray, but i grabbed some Lysol (leftover from those dumpster divers who foolishly tried to rummage through my trash MWUHAHA). my sister, Susie, swears by it as a bug spray substitute. funny, in a house with spiders, you would think that we would have some Raid-type stuff on hand. nah, i prefer to fuckin' squaaash them with the power of the shoe...repent ye sinners or feel the wrath of my Nike!

went back down to face the enemy. sprayed it a few times, watching it fall onto a black (of course) jacket that is now disinfected and linen fresh as well. thinking that it was finished, i went upstairs to get a flashlight so i could spot the body easier and not be surprised if it were still twitching.

got my nubby flashlight that was absolutely fantastic in the jungles of Bolivia. it isn't the best flashlight that i've had (that prize goes to a huge Mag-Lite that i gave to my landlord in Peru), but it's still darn good and it was a heck of a lot cheaper ;)

went back to the spot and GODDAMN... it was gone! with a small bead of sweat on my brow, i carefully shone the light on the immediate area, frantically searching for a sticky, black corpse. nope. no sign. not good.

after a couple seconds of prodding the stuff underneath with one of the drumsticks, i caught a glimpse of some black body...but a very alive one.

it seems that the spider had just landed on the side of a milk crate, just underneath the jacket. argh. a milk crate - not a flat sided box. talk about complicating the whole situation.

wanna know what made everything reeaallyy bad? when i put the light on the spider, it was tapping one of its legs like it was waiting for me to make the next move. talk about a pissed spider... FU-UCK! i am so screwed.

i know that the majority of insects fear humans. after all, we are way bigger than they are...and the confrontation inevitably ends with a quick smack. however, i also know that spiders (and small animals) will bite if cornered or if quarters are tight. i just don't want a vengeful spider. that would not be good.

one of the world's most venemous spiders is the Brazilian wandering spider (Phoneutria nigriventer).

This spider is believed to have the most active neurotoxic venom of any living spider. Its venom is so potent that only 0.006mg (0.00000021oz) is sufficient to kill a mouse. that's 21 millionths of an ounce!!! the minimal chances of survival are compounded by the fact that these spiders like to lurk in shirts and shoes. careless people and (unfortunately) children become fatalities because the spider is aggressive and will bite multiple times.

so, while i know that no Brazilian wandering spiders co-habitate my house, i am not comforted by the thought of an enraged black spider that is gleefully juggling evil machinations of biting the peepee of the chinese guy living upstairs or possibly burrowing in his ear. i am so freaked out right now.

i'm ready though. i'm got my pillow, blanket, coat, hat, and Lysol. i'm gonna go upstairs and SLEEP IN THE CAR. take that you little eight-legged fukker!

just a couple thoughts...

this for all you 'vivor addicts. wanna watch a better reality show with less drama but more blood? try watching those who are running for office in Colombia...

from Yahoo! News...

Suspected leftist guerrillas gunned down two candidates in Colombia's upcoming state and mayoral elections after a campaign meeting in a lawless southwestern province, authorities said.

Police found the bodies of Jairo Gomez, a mayoral contender in the city of Genova, and Julio Cesar Castennanos, who was running for city council, lying in a ditch early Saturday, said Uriel Torres, a police spokesman for the Quindio region.

The two went missing after a campaign stop in a rural area outside Genova late Friday, Torres said. He blamed the attack on Colombia's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which is bent on undermining the Oct. 26 vote.

At least 23 mayoral candidates have been killed and eight others kidnapped in the run-up to the elections. The FARC has been blamed for most of the attacks.

Nearly 160 candidates have pulled out of the race, a third of them citing death threats, according to the nation's registrar's office.

those people on TV are such wannabes...Ahnold? he's a wimp too. make that doubly wimpy since he's a 'publican :P

AND

there's always a lotta talk surrounding the ever increasing identity theft that is on its way to becoming a plague in the United States. one way to try to deter thieving of personal info is to shred documents, receipts, etc.

it is suggested that we vigilant consumers should invest in a cross-cutting paper shredder. apparently, the regular strip-shredders are not sufficient enough in making things tough for the potential thief; they can often just put the strips back together and voilá, yer credit is now shot.

for those who worry about identity theft...but don't want to take the time in tearing everything up...or can't afford buying a fancy cross-cutting paper shredder, here's my piece of advice:

wanna stop those pesky dumpster divers who want all that personal info? this is all you hafta do... throw all yer perishables into one trash bag and the paper stuff into another - keep 'em separate. however, before you tie up that paper document bag, take a HEAVING SHIT into it. think the dumpster divers will ever want to steal yer identity? hell, they'll send you a case of Lysol and beg for forgiveness...

'course, this is only what i did before i saved up for that cross-cuttin' shredder ;)

one circus has just left town...

and another one's tix go on sale today. sure, you gotta join their free club, but it's all part of the game. now, go get yer tix!!!

sigh...

looks like all nine Cub Foods locations in Colorado are going to be shut down by mid-november. Kroger (King Sooper's parent company) is going to buy four of them and slap the royal name on 'em... in fact, the Cub (on Cherry and Leetsdale) by my house is one of those candidates. thing is, there's another King Sooper's a mile further down Leetsdale...that's gonna be strange.

boo hiss...i don't want another King Sooper's. i liked some of the deals that Cub has. besides, Cub has a better marked down/seasonal/discontinued items area...and bigger too. ah well, the big fish are always gonna eat the smaller fish. too bad that they poop bigger as well...

oh yeah, Cub just installed a great ethnic aisle with super Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and Middle Eastern stuff! i guess this means going to separate stores again...grrr. or that just means i have a month to stock up, eh :)

okay...

as usual, Nelle has busted me for neglecting my blog. sometimes, i get all happy about posting more than once in a day and then go and get too lazy to add more. really though, i had been thinking about blogging all week. getting off my ass to do something about it was just a WHOLE 'nother issue...

so, regardless of the brainfartwritersblockblogfuck, here goes...

finally put the bookcase in place that i let sit around while i pondered its future location. yesterday, i was in a "move everything around because i'm tired of looking at it" mood. unfortunately, that means cleaning up the shit that's there and even more cleaning behind/underneath it because it has sat there for so long.

it wasn't a feng shui thing though. i'm sure that a consultant would have a seizure if he/she saw my new arrangement. who cares if this room says death and impotence, it works for me! now get out...you flake ;)

of course, with another bookcase, that means more room for buying. as usual, i hit the bargains at Barnes & Noble and Tattered. and bookcloseouts.com gets my business a few times a year. i haven't perused the nearby Goodwill and ARC though. hopefully, i'll make a trip out to the Salvation Army that Danelle haunts for books, which is a few blocks from my eldest sister's house. still, at $2 a bag, it sounds like a dangerous prospect - i may lose control if i find some goodies!

funny, you guys think i neglect this blog? sheeyit! you should see the stacks of books that i haven't touched in months!

one book, in particular, that i have been trying to finish is: Gaviotas - A Village to Reinvent the World. i gave it to lois a couple years ago and decided to read it myself. the book recounts how a group of scientists and visionaries turned a small Colombian village, Gaviotas, into a model of self-sustaining efficiency.

the village is located in the llanos, which are the desolate grasslands in eastern Colombia. there's no lushness, no rolling plains...just a lotta sky and depressing flatness. think Nevada with less heat and more rain.

anyway, in Gaviotas, which means seagull in Spanish, they use wind turbines that convert breezes into energy, solar collectors that work in the rain, soil-free systems in raising edible and medicinal crops, and ultra-efficient pumps which tap deep aquifiers. in fact, those pumps are so easy to operate that they're ingeniously powered by children's see saws!!!

it's really a fascinating book. it gives us a look into alternative forms of energy and self-sustanence. granted, this model will probably never make it into communities with well-established infrastructures (i.e., metropolitan areas...megalopoli), but it seems like a good fit for areas that are deemed 'uninhabitable' or marginal. i wonder how feasible this is for the more desolate parts of Colorado and New Mexico...

oh yeah, Gaviotas is not a new concept by any stretch of the imagination. the people did their homework, laid the groundwork, and had it all up and running in 1971. now, that's cool.

wow...a third posting!

well, kind of a cop out...but it still gives you something to read ad nauseum heh

Extroverted (E) 52.86% Introverted (I) 47.14%
Sensing (S) 61.43% Intuitive (N) 38.57%
Thinking (T) 65% Feeling (F) 35%
Perceiving (P) 50% Judging (J) 50%

ESTJ - "Administrator". Much in touch with the external environment. Very responsible. Pillar of strength. 13% of the total population.

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but...i must have lied somewhere because i am not the administrative type. ah well.

now the enneagrams are (sadly) more accurate ;)

Conscious self	Overall self

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not a good sign...

when you're out with yer friends who have yellow fever. no, i'm not talking about the disease transmitted by mosquitoes either. i'm talkin' about guys who lust over Asian women. kinda like 'jungle fever' but at the other end of the color spectrum.

these three guys were totally in love with our Chinese server. no big deal. she was cute. however, i am not one to tell someone that he/she is utterly HOT unless i know that person...or i'm blitzed (which is rare because i'm way too scared of the consequences of a DUI). and yet, these guys have NO problem whatsoever telling (with lustful drool and spastic adam's apple) a server that she is really beautiful. somehow, that comes across (to me) as being creepy. who knows though, maybe some people like to be openly complimented like that. nevertheless, i know that most men are pigs who ogle luscious desserts, only to find out later that these so-called sweets are loaded with artificial flavoring or ultimately rancid. am i being metaphoric enough? or is it the Bud and hot wings talking?

if you haven't already guessed, we went to Hooters. and yes, i just go there for the wings. really. my eyes are brown for another reason...

all good though...

one of the drinking buddies was my boss, who owed me a few hundred dollars for the two day survey that we conducted at the end of august. he even paid me in cash! yay!

now i'm gonna buy a couple things that i've been cheap about. you ebay buyers ever have that string of 'items to watch' that you really want...but don't need? hell, most of the things on eBay are things that we don't need anyway...

well, i just won a Margaret Cho concert CD that was just released not too long ago. i was outbid, but decided to put out a little extra money for it. really, i was gonna run it up another dollar just to spite the person who outbid me...but it backfired. ah well, i'm still getting it for a coupla dollars less (including shipping) than if i were to get it through Amazon.com; i can't complain. and besides, she's totally worth it. she is one comic who can make my day. some of my other favorites:

George Carlin...Louie Anderson...Rita Rudner...Judy Tenuta...Bill Cosby...Lily Tomlin.

btw, Margaret Cho is still out on her Revolution tour. unfortunately, it already passed through Denver in March. and where was i? out of town...grrr. it was the second tour of hers that i had missed. she was in Denver a couple years ago. again...i was out of town. uncanny. is there a pattern here? oh, wondering when Margaret Cho is passing through town again? well, lemme check MY itinerary. it is rumored that Miz Cho will not tour Denver unless that lunatic chinese guy is out of town...

surprisingly, i did catch her " I'm The One That I Want "tour the two times it hit Denver in '99 and '00. it was one of two tours that have been made available on VHS/DVD. the other was Notorious C.H.O., which wasn't as funny - good material though, even thought provoking.

in addition to the Margaret Cho CD, i've been eyeing some books on bookcloseouts.com too. in fact, i've had about a dozen books in my cart for a couple months now. i just was always talking myself out of buying them, saying that i didn't need more books. true...but such a hard reality to face.

so, as a compromise, i'm going to just get seven of the twelve. it'll save me some bookcase space and maybe $20 that can go towards something else. maybe even something useful...nah.

quite interesting...

got this from Nelle, who is probably just emerging from her nitrous oxide stupor...but with an oh-so-clean dental feeling ;)

The Big Five Personality Test

Extroverted	||||||||||||||||||	72%
Introverted	||||||	28%
Friendly	||||||||||||||||||	80%
Aggressive	||||	20%
Orderly	||||||||||||	50%
Disorderly	||||||||||||	50%
Relaxed	||||||||||||||||	68%
Emotional	||||||||||	32%
Intellectual	||||||||||||||||||||	84%
Practical	||||	16%

Take Free Big 5 Personality Test

and the analysis:

Extroversion results were high which suggests you are very talkative, optimistic, sociable and affectionate but possibly not very reflective.

Friendliness results were high which suggests you are very good natured, trusting, and helpful but possibly too much of a follower

Orderliness results were medium which suggests you are moderately organized, reliable, neat, and ambitious.

Emotional Stabilityresults were high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, unemotional and possibly too unobservant of your feelings.

Intellectualness results were high which suggests you are very creative, original, curious, imaginative but possibly not very practical.

Overall, you scored highest on Intellectualness and lowest on Orderliness.

you never know...

what you'll see in the middle of the night.

started a new v-ball league in Thornton for my friend, Barb, whose teams i have played for (on and off) seven or eight years. we played two matches tonight and only won two out of six games. ah well. it was still an okay result since half the team had never played with one another. next week, we will KICK ASS...right ;)

anyway, the thing that i saw which opened my eyes tonight happened while i was on my way home. i had stopped at the nearby drive-thru for some eeevil chili dogs. as i pulled away from the window and out into the parking lot, i saw butt...a fish belly-white one...like the full moon that will be upon us in a couple days.

there was a gal who was just getting up from a squat, bare-bottomed and all. she was being helped up by a guy standing in front (of her). i guess she REAALLYY had to go. maybe he was just shielding her from the passing cars on the street. too bad he left her exposed to the drive thru customers. who knows, maybe they were drunk. heck, for me to be brave enough to pee near a busy street and in the corner of a well-lit parking lot, i know i would hafta be shitfaced.

i'm not casting stones because i'm sure we've all been in situations like that. there's nothing wrong with having a weak-willed, bursting bladder moment. it just sucks when you discover an uninvited audience ;)

and from the 'thank God no one busted me files'...

lois and i were at Calakmul in 1997. Calakmul is a Maya site in the state of Campeche, Mexico that was at its peak in the seventh century. as many as 50,000 people may have inhabited the city...pretty good for 1300 years ago! only in the last 20 years has major reconstruction been carried out at this huge site. since then, archaeologists have located and mapped over 6000 buildings!!!

anyway, we were climbing Structure XIII...enjoying the view...when my bladder decided to play a cruel joke on me. of course, it started talking to me right when i reached the top! thing is, you can't just run down a 100' pyramid to take care of business. besides, i knew i couldn't make it in time anyway. so...i let 'er rip!

luckily, Calakmul is not a well-known site - even now. six years ago, it might've averaged fewer than 100 visitors a week...nothing compared to hugely popular Mesoamerican sites such as Chichén Itzá or Teotihuacán, which may see a couple thousand visitors every day. so we were in little danger of other people watching the crazed chinese guy take a whiz off a pyramid. and luck had it that the guards weren't in the area and the majority of the workers were busily trying to raise a massive 10' stela in front of Structure II that day. or was everyone just at the chili dog stand at that precise moment...heh

all this talk about teeth...

has me squirmy. i'm not one who fears going to the dentist; i have had my share of dental work done in my life (braces, gum surgery, root canals, crowns). in fact, i had to have all but two of my baby teeth pulled by the dentist because of my extremely long roots. the last root canal i had done, my dentist said that molar root almost ate the drill he was using; he only had about 2 mm. extra to hold (onto).

still, you guys are talking about losing permanent teeth...which scares me to death. i shudder at the thought of having implants or missing teeth. it's not the cosmetic aspect of it, just the potential problems later in life (i.e., tooth shifting, bone loss).

i'm glad that you're all taking care of it though. tooth pain and icky tastes in my mouth due to dental problems are no fun :(

speaking of Ethiopia...

after reading the article about the man in Addis Ababa whose wife crushed his family jewels, i thought of another Ethiopian man...this one a hero though, not a chump.

his name was Abebe Bikila.

in 1960, at the Summer Olympics (in Rome), this humble, Imperial Guard of the Ethiopian Army, was a surprise winner of the Men's Marathon. he was so unknown that he was the underdog of underdogs...

this race made headlines because this soon-to-be national hero:

won the first Olympic gold medal for Ethiopia
broke the world record with his time of 2 hrs. 16 min. 12 sec.
he ran the entire 26.2 miles...BAREFOOT!

he even repeated the victory at the next Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan...but with shoes! i wonder if they slowed him down ;)

not oddly enough...just plain strange

here are a couple headlines that are more interesting than some of the journalistic drivel that we have to contend with on a daily basis...

"Doctoral Student Finds Why Cookie Crumbles"

...that's nice. still, if good research money is going towards something this bizarre, i want to be funded for a study on "why i don't give a rat's ass" or "who the fuck cares?" geez.

"Man Dies After Wife Crushes Testicles"

now, that's a good one. read the story and repeat after me...

"He deserved it. Embarrassed?!? Just go...get treated...and lie through yer teeth ya dumbshit!" So death is less embarassing than a case of twisted hangers, ri-iiight.

what's really scary about this is that they may try to pin something on the wife. howzabout some reverse domestic violence? mebbe the female should get away with something. after all, a lot of males get off scot-free and return to the household to kill his wife/girlfriend... where's the justice in that?

i just hope this doesn't end up like the case of the Nigerian woman, (who was) recently acquitted for having a child out of wedlock. if convicted, she would have been put to death by stoning (not via cannabis either); they would have buried her up to her neck and thrown rocks at her until she gasped her last breath. why is it her fault that she got pregnant? do you think it would have happened if her little boyfriend kept his microscopic pecker in his pants?

damn!

no pork in India...

that's fer sure.

saw that Dy, Mark, and Nelle went to an Indian buffet for dinner. is the Taj Mahal (in Golden) related to the Taj Mahal that was on 17th and Clarkson in the late 90's?

we had Indian too! there's a newish Indian restaurant Grill & Tandoor in SE Denver (just east of the Continental 6 Theatres) that we had visited a couple times. originally, it had started out as an Indian buffet, but i guess the demographics weren't right for this situation; they must have been throwing away a lot of food at closing. so, they now sport a menu that's quite similar to Little India. in fact, one of the Nepalese bussers who worked at Little India has defected to this place (he's a server here though) - surprised that we recognized him ;)

anyway, the food was quite good. the papadums and the accompanying chutneys had very fresh, bright flavors. the kabli naan (our favorite) had some succulent cherries and raisins. the paneer masala i ordered, super tasty. however, i would have liked a bit more sauce...needed to be a bit more 'stewy.' lois ordered chicken vindaloo since they didn't have any Madras dishes, which are usually spicier. not as hot as we like it, but still good with very complex flavors; the ginger and cilantro really stood out. they were chintzy with the potato though. vindaloo should have more than one racquetball-sized potato. come on, if we're paying $10.99 for this dish, they can certainly afford to put another lousy ten-cent spud in there...

ah well, they made up for my idiosyncratic dining mood by not charging us for our chai...ohyeah ;) we'll be back. service (especially refills) was better than Little India AND there's actually sufficient parking at Grill & Tandoori! unless you go on a weekday night, it can be hell finding a parking space at Little India...

other Indian restaurants that Lois and I patronize...

Masalaa...the only strictly vegetarian Indian restaurant in the area! our Nepalese friend, Simrika, swooned over this place. she said that it's truly 'authentic' Indian cuisine.

Royal India is good too. their channa masala is stellar! the prices are a wee bit steep, but the portions are generous. at least they don't nickel and dime you to death (like Little India) when it comes to getting more rice. i just wish the service were better; their servers just plain disappear sometimes.

used to go to Delhi Darbar, now called India House. will have to head downtown...although another Little India has opened on 15th and Champa. AND they have had 2 fer 1 coupons in Westword lately :) maybe India House will have to wait heh.

urk..urk!

just bought a new bookcase at Target...cherry finish...only $28...and FREAKIN' heavy! i was not expecting it to be so heavy!!! after all, it was so cheap... it was almost as heavy as my big bookcase, which cost $150. i'm kinda suspicious...is it a concrete bookcase with a cherry finish? deceiving...

can't wait to put it up in the morning. i've got two smaller bookcases that could easily be consolidated into this one - wotta roomsaver! still, if i wanted to make more room, i could always start by simplifying and throwin' away stuff. hah! right... are those flying pigs perchance? porcine aviators?

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