What did the mama buffalo say to her son as he was leaving for school?
Bison!
What did the grape say when the elephant sat on him?
Not much, he just let out a little whine!
Monthly Archive for February, 2006
Dear BBW,
That’s how much I like you guys. I made up a hip abbreviation for your company name. You’ve joined the ranks of the cool companies with TLA (Three Letter Acyonyms) like BMW, IBM, and SAP. With that said, the subject of this email is going to be a little painful.
Today, I noticed that I could no longer dispense any amount of my antibacterial handsoap out of the container. I could clearly see through the clear plastic that there was at least a third of an inch of usable soap at the bottle. But no matter how many times I depressed the nozzle, no soap. Why? Because the pump tube was not efficiently designed. It does not reach the bottom of the container. So in the trash it went, and a new bottle came out to replace it. I can’t keep playing your fancy pants, middle finger to the environment, let’s just throw away products once we use 90% of them games.
I implore you to go back to the drawing boards and come up with a better bottle/pump design so I can maximize my soap usage.
Regards,
David
One of my favorite dishes to order at CPK is Kung Pao Spaghetti with chicken. Ted is the one that turned me on to it. Once, in Glendale, Ronald, Ted and I ordered some Thai appetizers and three orders of Kung Pao Spaghetti. The waiter made fun of us and said that we are so Asian and we should really try American food. The irony didn’t hit us until he pointed it out. I had a good time. I even jokingly asked him for chopsticks which they didn’t have. More recently, we all ordered it again. This time, though, chopsticks.
I went home and decided I want to make it for myself. After all, I am an awesome chef. How hard can it be? Answer: very. Ok, it’s not actually difficult per se. It’s just extremely time consuming and expensive to make. I made everything from scratch. I had to go to three different markets to get all the ingredients. Some of the stranger stuff included dried red Chinese chillis, dry sherry, and unsalted peanuts.
The process takes forever. Seriously, I am not sure if it’s worth it. Next time, I am going use the multiple bottles of Kung Pao sauce we have in our fridge and just add in some fresh ingredients like the scallions and dried chilli and peanuts to make it “fresh”. Making Kung Pao sauce from scratch is a huge hassle.
Oh yeah. Just as I was about to start, my roommate Ryan came home and I said I’ll make him dinner too. He ate most of his plate and said it was good. I hope he wasn’t just being polite. I ate all of my plate (I gave him more) and thought that it was pretty good. I might be tempted to cook it for the ladies, but they would have to be pretty hot. Did I mention how long this whole thing takes? AGES!
United States and Russia are locked in another cold war, this time over a hole in the ice at the bottom of the world in Antarctica. At issue is the Russian plan to continue drilling a hole they began in 1998 until they poke through the ice into a large, long-buried lake known as Vostok.
Nochnoi Dozor – 3 of 5 stars
Oops, I almost forgot one. Earlier today, I wrote about movies I watched this week(end) and I left one out. I heard about this Russian sensation from my good friend Creakhead. He was raving about it after seeing it in the Bay Area last weekend with his girlfriend Colleen. The more I read about it, the more interested I became. It’s the first real blockbuster franchise of post-good days Russia. That’s the term I just made up and it basiscally means the days after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Things haven’t been the same there since and the last thing on their minds is making films. Based on a book, Nochnoi Dozor became the biggest box office seller in 2004. The story revolves around an ancient agreement between the forces of Good and Evil after they realized they were pretty much evenly matched. The Night Watch is an organization by the Good side to keep the bad guys in check. Alternatively, there is a Day Watch that involves the Evil watching over the Good.
The movie is ok. I am not sure what all the hype is about. Night Watch II (Day Watch) came out in January of this year and it’s on track to break Russian box office records too. The third movie, is being financed by 20th Century Fox. They bought the rights to all the movies and currently, they are showing Night Watch in my town, and probably yours too. The story is pretty nifty, some of the effects are cool, but it just didn’t do it for me. I can’t wait to get some working subtitles for Night Watch II. Maybe it’ll clear some things up for me.
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