+++ATH0The disconnected musings of a surreal life by Dan Kalowsky.Ethnic Foods- December 21, 2006 For at least the past year, I've had an on-going disagreement with a coworker of mine over what is a kolachi. Today, I believe I won the fight. What we agree on, the bread. It's a more yeast styled, soft bread. Clearly not a pastry bread. What we don't agree on, the shape and fillings. In my northeastern US world, the filling is a poppyseed roll, while his Texas roots claims it can be fruits as well. Thanks to the US Postal service and my parents, a shipment of kolachi arrived last...http://www.deadmime.org/~dank/blog/archives/2006/12/ethnic_foods.html Mountain Life- December 17, 2006 I spent Sat on Mt Hood enjoying the snow. The reason for mentioning this is of course the on going search for 3 climbers who seem to be lost. The huge amount of effort being put forth by the rescue teams is one that is hard to describe. The C-130 circling overhead, the Blackhawk helicopters, and the Chinnok mae quite a presence. It's interesting how mis-information gets spread though. On the mountain the rumor was two of the climbers had been found alive. Getting down we discover one helo.http://www.deadmime.org/~dank/blog/archives/2006/12/mountain_life.html Very very zune- December 16, 2006 I saw my first Zune in the wild today. It was on the train ride home, a black one. I talked to the owner and had a chance to check it out personally. Not too impressive. Felt rather clunky to me, and I own an iPod Photo. I think the owner was slightly embarrassed about owning it too that or Microsoft really skimped on some features for it. He was using the trademark white earbuds from an iPod with the system, and I know that's not because they're comfortable. I asked if he's...http://www.deadmime.org/~dank/blog/archives/2006/12/very_very_zune.html Santa Con 2006- December 11, 2006 It's that time of year again; Santa Con. This year was another excellent year with a only minor amounts of chaos included. No firecrackers that I know of, and all bars were able to handle the entire crowd of Santa's (from what I could tell). Highlights for the day's events included the reindeer games, the botched Santa takes a Christmas boat journey (only a few got on the boats), and the disorganized chaos that came later. A couple of infidels tried to subvert the route, creating...http://www.deadmime.org/~dank/blog/archives/2006/12/santa_con_2006.html |