From the Falmeister himself:
Now, I’m certainly not a scientist. But if one looks past the superficial reporting of the mainstream media and examines the many alternative scientific views on global warming, it is apparent that the earth frequently experiences warming and cooling trends. It appears to me — and I have been intently studying this subject — that we are now in a warming trend.
Oh Jerry.
Way back in 2k4 (was it seriously that long ago?) some cops tried to break up a house show via the ever subtle Pepper Spray Grenade Technique. Nineteen dagum kids where pepper sprayed in the process. The cops where later heard joking “Man, we got to use the pepper spray, that’s always fun.” I remember it being a pretty big deal at the time amongst certain circles.
Well, three years later it turns out that tossing a pepper spray fogger into a small, unventilated, crowded room is not the best course of action:
Richmond Police will pay each of the plaintiffs $2,500 apiece, for a total of $47,500, says Richmond attorney Steven Benjamin, who represented the plaintiffs. Also as part of the settlement, all of the charges against those attending the party will be dropped.
And also, because Richmond is awesome:
As a final statement, most of the 19 people who filed the lawsuit will donate their settlement checks to an undetermined charity.
So I am back on my (culturally insensitive) Star Trek Jihad. As netflixing all seven seasons of Star Trek: Voyager will take literally* six years, I’m asking for your help.
Does anyone have all seasons of ST:VOY for me to borrow? Thx.
*My new pastime is using “literally” when I mean “figuratively.” I love love love when people do this. And by love I mean hate.
RMSZero is currently ridding an internet meme over at Awkward Things I Say to Girls. Check out his post on why geeks make good lovers to see what has tens of thousands of women rushing to their nearest Computer Science department.
Memes are so interesting to me. Especially internet memes. Do you remember you first internet meme? I think the first one I remember is Hello my future girlfriend. Those were the good old days, back when the internet was for making fun of awkward kids. Oh wait.
After reading the recipe for Soul-Warming French Onion Soup on Brandon Eats I decided to give it a whirl. The results were both soul-warming and tastydelicious.
Since everything Brandon ever makes requires the use of a dutch oven — I hear her ancestors actually sailed over from Dutch in a large cast iron skillet — I decided to go pick one up at Target. Twenty-six dollars, a seriously heavy kitchen device, and a bag of onions later I was ready to go. I had a ticket to ride.
Apparently the hardest part of french onion soup is caramelizing a pound and a half of onions — it takes about 20 minutes. I ameliorated this by watching Empire Strikes Back on HBO cranked up so I could hear it over the onions three rooms away. Note to the uninformed: no one ever says “Luke, I am your father.”
I made two judgment calls on the recipe — one delicious and one eh. I couldn’t find Gruyère, even though I’ve seen it at Kroger every other time I’ve been there, so I substituted Smoked Gouda. Delicious. The recipe called for “red wine.” So I bought the cheapest bottle I could find which happened to be a Barefoot Shiraz. Eh. It kind of tasted like grape juice. If I were to do it over again I’d pick something way dry and only use half a cup instead of a whole cup.
Even my notably picky wife — who hates soup (unless Maura made it) — liked it.
Hey, this guy is awesome. He is a quote machine. An awesome racist bigoted quote machine. Plus, seriously, what does that even mean, “in Muhammad we trust?” This guy needs to brush up on his fundamentals of Islam.
I will now watch Virginia Tech basketball. I will now watch Virginia Tech basketball. I will no watch Virginia Tech basketball.
Holy crap what just happened?