The Isolated Blurt Thread VII: 7th Heaven

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Radio Shack is still indispensable. Eight years ago, I bought a digital stopwatch. I dunno what it cost. I was actually looking for a good old mechanical stopwatch to time my running but I couldn't find one so I had to settle for the goddamn digital POS.

Predictably (or unpredictably), two months ago the battery died. I started looking at runners watches. The fuckers want $50/$100 for 'em. It's a fucking ginormous ripoff. I'll be goddamned if I was going to pay that kind of money for one. I started trying to get the battery compartment of my digital stopwatch open. It's a tiny, tiny Phillips screw. I couldn't find a Phillips screwdriver that small and I didn't want to strip the goddamn thing.

Enter Radio Shack.

I walked in the store, explained the problem and in two shakes of a lamb's tail, the clerk produces the right tool, opens the battery compartment and produces the correct replacement battery. I finish the job while standing at the counter.

Elapsed time: 10 minutes
Total cost: $6.38


Problem solved.





you're fucking weird.
 


I make bargains with myself all the time.


If I want to eat some "bad" food, I'll make a deal:
  • okay, you can have that popcorn/onion dip/sausage provided that you run four miles and swim fifteen laps.
  • okay, you can have those Cheetos but only if you ride 50 miles on your bicycle.
  • you can have a cheeseburger and fries but only after you play three sets of singles tennis.


 
Byron.

What about when there is a reason?

Like this dude for example:

He's clearly fucked up and posted all of ^ that in the wrong thread.

Do I hate him more because there's a reason, or do I hate him the same as I hate everyone else?

I guess what I'm asking is, should I use two mad faces or just the one?

:mad:

or

:mad: :mad:
Ezra Pound: Canto XIII

Kung walked
_____ by the dynastic temple
and into the cedar grove,
_____ and then out by the lower river,
And with him Khieu, Tchi
_____ and Tian the low speaking
And "we are unknown," said Kung,
"You will take up charioteering?
_____ Then you will become known,
"Or perhaps I should take up charioteering, or archery?
"Or the practice of public speaking?"
And Tseu-lou said, "I would put the defences in order,"
And Khieu said, "If I were lord of a province
"I would put it in better order than this is."
And Tchi said, "I would prefer a small mountain temple,
"With order in the observances,
_____ with a suitable performance of the ritual,"
And Tian said, with his hand on the strings of his lute
The low sounds continuing
_____ after his hand left the strings,
And the sound went up like smoke, under the leaves,
And he looked after the sound:
_____ "The old swimming hole,
"And the boys flopping off the planks,
"Or sitting in the underbrush playing mandolins."
_____ And Kung smiled upon all of them equally.
And Thseng-sie desired to know:
_____ "Which had answered correctly?"
And Kung said, "They have all answered correctly,
"That is to say, each in his nature."
And Kung raised his cane against Yuan Jang,
_____ Yuan Jang being his elder,
For Yuan Jang sat by the roadside pretending to
_____ be receiving wisdom.
And Kung said
_____ "You old fool, come out of it,
"Get up and do something useful."
_____ And Kung said
"Respect a child's faculties
"From the moment it inhales the clear air,
"But a man of fifty who knows nothing
_____ Is worthy of no respect."
And "When the prince has gathered about him
"All the savants and artists, his riches will be fully employed."
And Kung said, and wrote on the bo leaves:
_____ If a man have not order within him
He can not spread order about him;
And if a man have not order within him
His family will not act with due order;
_____ And if the prince have not order within him
He can not put order in his dominions.
And Kung gave the words "order"
and "brotherly deference"
And said nothing of the "life after death."
And he said
_____ "Anyone can run to excesses,
"It is easy to shoot past the mark,
"It is hard to stand firm in the middle."

And they said: If a man commit murder
_____ Should his father protect him, and hide him?
And Kung said:
_____ He should hide him.

And Kung gave his daughter to Kong-Tchang
_____ Although Kong-Tchang was in prison.
And he gave his niece to Nan-Young
_____ although Nan-Young was out of office.
And Kung said "Wan ruled with moderation,
_____ In his day the State was well kept,
"And even I can remember
"A day when the historians left blanks in their writings,
"I mean, for things they didn't know,
"But that time seems to be passing."
And Kung said, "Without character you will
_____ be unable to play on that instrument
"Or to execute the music fit for the Odes.
"The blossoms of the apricot
_____ blow from the east to the west,
"And I have tried to keep them from falling."
 
okay, you can have those Cheetos but only if you ride 50 miles on your bicycle.
You're going to ride 50 miles for some Cheetos?

Tell you what: I'll give you a cheeseburger, fries, sausages, and Cheetos — all the Cheetos you can eat in one sitting — if you paint my house.
 
You're going to ride 50 miles for some Cheetos?

Tell you what: I'll give you a cheeseburger, fries, sausages, and Cheetos — all the Cheetos you can eat in one sitting — if you paint my house.


Almost everybody and everything has a price.



Hint: you're not close.



 
I see your :heart::heart: and raise you with

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black pepper chicken fingers with greek yogurt ranch

ooooh yasss THAT'S summer right thurr
 
I see your :heart::heart: and raise you with

tumblr_n5fdffkPo61rt05ero1_500.jpg


black pepper chicken fingers with greek yogurt ranch

ooooh yasss THAT'S summer right thurr

Yum! That definitely looks worth trying.

I'm grilling a ribeye tonight (I haven't had a steak in about 6 months), along with a baked potato, creamed spinach, and roasted cherry tomatoes w/rosemary.
 
Yum! That definitely looks worth trying.

I'm grilling a ribeye tonight (I haven't had a steak in about 6 months), along with a baked potato, creamed spinach, and roasted cherry tomatoes w/rosemary.

I wanna come to dinner now.
 
Bah!

His fancy-schmanzy Far Rock gots NOTHING on the scenic man-made riverway of Brooklyn's beloved Gowanus Canal!...

Bah. Take the B or Q to Brighton Beach. Loveliest beach in NYC and plenty of cute Russian girls to oggle.
 
Bah. Take the B or Q to Brighton Beach. Loveliest beach in NYC and plenty of cute Russian girls to oggle.

Mmmmm. Tend to forget about Brighton Beach. Thanks for reminding me, if it's good weather this week, might break out there early on the day off for a bit o' beachside strolling n' knee-deep wading on the surf.
 
I see your :heart::heart: and raise you with

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black pepper chicken fingers with greek yogurt ranch

ooooh yasss THAT'S summer right thurr


I can tell by the look of the breading those chicken fingers were outstanding. I'm not suffering though, My Sister dropped by this afternoon bringing with her a large baking pan of eggplant parm and some crusty bread. Yum.
 
I can tell by the look of the breading those chicken fingers were outstanding. I'm not suffering though, My Sister dropped by this afternoon bringing with her a large baking pan of eggplant parm and some crusty bread. Yum.

Oh, man! I wish I had planted an eggplant this year. I wonder if it's too late...yeah, probably.
 
Oh, man! I wish I had planted an eggplant this year. I wonder if it's too late...yeah, probably.

You've nothing to lose. It's been hot and more than likely will remain hot extending the growing season a few weeks. Help it along with water n manure.
 
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