Comments for In One; Out The Other

Comment on Live Tech “Support” from Gateway by Bob

Bob — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:17:14 +0000

Dell and Gateway must be outsourcing to the same company. My chat logs with Dell are about as obtuce as yours.

Comment on Brave New World; Disappointing Dystopia by Bob

Bob — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:05:03 +0000

For a good utopian novel try Plato’s The Republic.

Comment on Fun Times with Schrödinger’s Cat & HTML by Doug

Doug — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:28:22 +0000

I love that! It made my day better.

Comment on A Million Little Pieces; A Giant Waste of Time by IndigoBridge

IndigoBridge — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:41:08 +0000

Dearest Chet,

Per your request, I am leaving my thoughts here for you to enjoy. I found the backbone of Frey’s story to be made up of him scintillating the masses with the depths his drug addiction took him down. Generally in a story like this one is drawn to the emotional roller coaster knowing that he eventually emotionally matures and birds sing a happy ending. All we got were illicit drug experiences, some shady friends, and then a post-read discovery that things were not exactly as promised. Which wouldn’t have bothered me except that in perpetrating his lies he popularized a BIG misconception.

He claims to have not only gotten over drug addiction without a support structure but almost as though it were despite that structure being in place. I’m not saying people need religion, or to follow a specific doctrine, only that having some system in place to help you through the hard times is needed. Human contact is needed to stay sane at the best of times. The more this concept is viewed as normal the worse it is for people fighting to get out of addictions. They feel like a failure because supposedly it is possible to just quit. With that framing, his claim is irresponsible at best and, given his track record, an outright lie at worst.

So, disappointing on all fronts, really. Chuck Palahniuk, though, is a solid win. I LOVED Diary.

Comment on Mindless Self Indulgence by ChetG

ChetG — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:26:47 +0000

Nicole, if you show up at home with one of these I may just have to marry you again; just sayin’.

Comment on Mindless Self Indulgence by Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:11:00 +0000

I feel that we need one in our home, just in case.

Comment on An Open Letter to Sen. John Cornyn (R)-TX by Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:00:16 +0000

yay!!!

Comment on The Power of Books by Doug

Doug — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:31:55 +0000

I believe that information should be freely available to ANYONE who want it. Schools and Libraries should not pull a book off of the shelves because it isn’t suited to people of a particular age group. Censorship belongs in the hands of parents, not that I necessarily agree with that even.

On a side note, I don’t understand why the To Kill a Mockingbird is on the list. Because it might offend black people. History shouldn’t be offensive. If it is, then you are thinking about it the wrong way.

OH, and The Bunny Suicides is on the list you linked to! I love that book and recently found The Kitty Suicides. Not quite as good, but still amusing.

Comment on Groceries by ChetG

ChetG — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:16:28 +0000

You are very correct that chili is tasty and fun to make, but even for someone like me who loves made from scratch foods, there is just something awesomly satisfying about opening a can if wolf brand and doing a quick heat.

Comment on Groceries by bob

bob — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:37:29 +0000

Wolf Brand Chilli indeed!! Chilli is a very simple meal to make and you can change the receipe to make it your own:
3 lbs hamburger
3 cups onions, chopped
3 cups green peppers, chopped
8 tablespoons butter (1 stick)
2 quarts (2×28 oz. + 1×14 oz.) canned chopped tomatoes
5 tsp chili powder
2 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 to 1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp ground cumin
2 40-oz. dark red kidney beans

Brown hamburger in skillet, remove from grease and place into 4 qt saucepan. Cook onions & green peppers in leftover grease. Remove from grease and add to cooked hamburger.

Add tomatoes and spices. Cook on low-medium heat for about 45 minutes. Add kidney beans with juice from cans.

Cook for another 15 minutes, or just until beans start to split op