Monthly Archives: October 2008

Space Exploration FTW!

Posted on Thursday, 30 October 2008 by TsuKata

Goodbye, MarsPhoenix!

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Pet Peeve: The “Did you see the e-mail?” e-mail

Posted on Thursday, 30 October 2008 by TsuKata

I see no point to the “Did you see my/her/his e-mail?” e-mail, nor its close cousin, the “Please respond to my/his/her e-mail,” e-mail. It is particularly vexing when received less than 24 hours after the original mail, and it’s downright … Continue reading →

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Productive!

Posted on Wednesday, 29 October 2008 by TsuKata

Last night, I: Prepped and cooked rice in my brand new Sanyo fuzzy logic rice cooker! delicious! Programmed our Logitech Harmony 880 remote to work with the new basement setup Went grocery shopping for soda, rice, and breakfast food for … Continue reading →

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If money and resale weren’t an issue…

Posted on Tuesday, 28 October 2008 by TsuKata

…here are some things I’d do to our house: Merge the two guest bedrooms upstairs into one larger bedroom. Make the guest bathroom larger at the same time and include space for a washer and dryer. Increase the size of … Continue reading →

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WeeM Stuff

Posted on Tuesday, 28 October 2008 by TsuKata

This year’s WeeM was pretty good. The addition of my parents was fun. I think they had a good time, especially being my TSA Agent assistants at the costume contest. I regained an appreciation for Agricola and renewed my hatred … Continue reading →

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Iconic Videos

Posted on Friday, 24 October 2008 by TsuKata

Scott and I were just having a debate about which music videos are pop culture icons. This came up because he had not seen the video for Take On Me until I made him watch the literal version on YouTube. … Continue reading →

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Review: World of Goo (WiiWare, Windows)

Posted on Monday, 20 October 2008 by TsuKata

On Friday night, I downloaded World of Goo from the WiiWare channel. It has consumed most available moments on the 1st floor TV ever since. The quick explanation is that World of Goo is like Lemmings but with Goo. If … Continue reading →

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High School Guy

Posted on Friday, 17 October 2008 by TsuKata

During ThirtyCon, I had all my old yearbooks and such out on display. At one point, between games, I read through them, and it reminded me of a guy I was friends with (casually) in middle and high school…we were … Continue reading →

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Colposcopy

Posted on Thursday, 16 October 2008 by TsuKata

So, in a little more than an hour, the evil doctor people will potentially be snipping away a piece of my dear cervix for testing and such. DO. NOT. WANT. Edited to add at 5:21pmCT: Well, I’m a big ol’ … Continue reading →

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Kitchen Essentials

Posted on Tuesday, 14 October 2008 by TsuKata

The posting of this article over on LifeHacker has led to a healthy flood of comments. First, the article is written very poorly. It is not easy to figure out which items are the good or the bad. You have … Continue reading →

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