Dusty Chalk

No...this was more the image I was trying to conjure:

Just watched the "The Work Outing" episode. Fabulous! Brilliant! (pew pew pew pew pew!) 5 stars!

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. -- oh, look, it's Edward James Olmos.

Mommy squid: I thought squid fell under the cephalopod banner, not fish. "Invertebrate and proud." Oh, and for the record? That is not what I am eating right now, right now I am eating rabbit food (salad from Chop't).

And one for guitarists:

Apparently The Thick of It is on Hulu; I've been meaning to watch this since I saw In the Loop way back when it came out.

Yeah, organic >> ED-209, those things might shoot your foot off if the rest of you keeps still.

An ED-209?

That's their "Blast!" internet service, $78.95/month, second from the top tier. I need to buy my own modem, though, with the modem rental it works out to about $10 more. I forget what the promised data rates are, but I think this is faster.

Fram.

(squints) That's a little bit too consistent.

Also, it's still fucking Comcast.

I'm pretty sure I'm legally required to watch them all, I'm surprised no-one (neither online nor in-real-life) has called me on that.

Mmm...Nigiri...

Actually, I've never seen The IT Crowd other than bits and clips that Graim posts, so started watching it. Brilliant. "You two are used to being social piranhas."

Happy birthday, Tyler! (Chinese party favour noise)

Very cool. I've loved her since...the second album, I think? Legs to Make Us Longer...but I've never seen her live.

Orange chicken -- Soy Vay (yes, really look it up -- it started out with two friends, a Jewish boy and a Chinese girl and their mutual love for food) Hoisin Garlic marinade mixed 50/50 with orange juice, marinade for two days (only meant to do one, but got lazy yesterday), added water chestnuts and bamboo shoots (yes, again), and stir fried the lot I have a feeling this would be good over some cabbage and cauliflower "rice" substitute, I have enough left over that I'm going to try that tomorrow. This stuff is superlative. It's not perfect -- the veggies could be a bit more done, it could be a touch spicier, and a bit less rich, but I'm happier with this than most restaurants' orange chicken. Other than Ricky's Rice Bowl.

You make it sound so reasonable, but I'm pretty sure that's a left hand holding a skull in a drum major's cap...and why the jester's cap...so many questions...

I don't know what's happening in this pic:

Yeah, but I don't, and I'm pretty sure they've done the same thing to me. (I get weird network problems on several of my machines, and the symptoms sound familiar.) Heck, I don't even have a bit-torrent client. They few times I've used it, I've immediately uninstalled it afterwards.

Quickly got a little too poppy for my tastes, but that may have just been the mood I was in. (I have listened to much poppier -- Zoot Woman, Snow Patrol, etc.)

Because they're fucking Comcast -- they're fucking retarded.

I made some green curry the other day, and it's just a tad too hot for me (adding my favourite Huy Fong Sambal Oelek actually tasted cool in comparison), so I added a can of green pea soup and a can of coconut milk, and now I want to fill it out with vegetables, but I don't want to take the time to salt some eggplant (I've already added some water chestnuts and bamboo shoots) -- suggestions? Green beans? Okra? Those little mushrooms and baby corn?