Wednesday, January 31, 2007
new job
I like my new job, all the people are happy, and its fun,
people like to make things complex.
I am so glad the job will last 3 months, all the politics will never get to me.
then I will find something new to be a part of,
on second thought they will likely trap me and I will work there forever.
people like to make things complex.
I am so glad the job will last 3 months, all the politics will never get to me.
then I will find something new to be a part of,
on second thought they will likely trap me and I will work there forever.
Friday, January 26, 2007
job
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
pronunciations of a south amarican grain
have you ever been at a restraunt and asked for the Quinoa on the menu, and
the waiter gets upset because you did not say Kañiwa.
people are always putting themselves in situations that will annoy them.
so in the tradition of annoying themselves someone decided to call the plant
"Chenopodium quinoa" Quinoa if you wright it down and pronounce it by the name Kañiwa
but the problem is that Kañiwa is another plant "Chenopodium pallidicaule"
the 2 plants are easy to tell apart as one of them has a toxic seed coating of saponins, and the other has no toxic seed coating and can not be commercially grown.
Chenopodium quinoa (Quinoa): has toxic seed coating, can be commercially grown, sold at trader joes.
Chenopodium pallidicaule (Kañiwa): has no toxic seed coating, can not be commercially grown, sold nowhere I have ever seen.
this entry from Wikipedia does not add to the confusion, and might even clear it up some.
"Kañiwa is a species of goosefoot, similar in character and uses to the closely related quinoa. It has important beneficial characteristics including tolerance of high mountain conditions and the grain's high protein content and lack of the saponins which complicate quinoa use, but its domestication is not complete and non-uniformity of grain ripening is a limitation."
the description from the back of the box at trader joes just makes things worse in the first line.
I just think the whole thing is strange,
I am not very picky about launguage, but
I do get kind of annoyed when someone corrects me for saying something that should be very normal.
I rarely go to this much work to prove that someone is annoying,
but you know that something is really wrong when the waiter corrects you for anything.
why would anyone wright it down correctly, then pronounce it another way ? especially when the pronunciation is of another thing entirely.
anyone know the history behind this ?
all I know is that "quinoa" was sometimes historicly used to describe "Chenopodium pallidicaule" and "Chenopodium quinoa", but the name Kañiwa was never historicly used to describe "Chenopodium quinoa"
I will entirely forget about this until I next check my blog comments.
the waiter gets upset because you did not say Kañiwa.
people are always putting themselves in situations that will annoy them.
so in the tradition of annoying themselves someone decided to call the plant
"Chenopodium quinoa" Quinoa if you wright it down and pronounce it by the name Kañiwa
but the problem is that Kañiwa is another plant "Chenopodium pallidicaule"
the 2 plants are easy to tell apart as one of them has a toxic seed coating of saponins, and the other has no toxic seed coating and can not be commercially grown.
Chenopodium quinoa (Quinoa): has toxic seed coating, can be commercially grown, sold at trader joes.
Chenopodium pallidicaule (Kañiwa): has no toxic seed coating, can not be commercially grown, sold nowhere I have ever seen.
this entry from Wikipedia does not add to the confusion, and might even clear it up some.
"Kañiwa is a species of goosefoot, similar in character and uses to the closely related quinoa. It has important beneficial characteristics including tolerance of high mountain conditions and the grain's high protein content and lack of the saponins which complicate quinoa use, but its domestication is not complete and non-uniformity of grain ripening is a limitation."
the description from the back of the box at trader joes just makes things worse in the first line.
I just think the whole thing is strange,
I am not very picky about launguage, but
I do get kind of annoyed when someone corrects me for saying something that should be very normal.
I rarely go to this much work to prove that someone is annoying,
but you know that something is really wrong when the waiter corrects you for anything.
why would anyone wright it down correctly, then pronounce it another way ? especially when the pronunciation is of another thing entirely.
anyone know the history behind this ?
all I know is that "quinoa" was sometimes historicly used to describe "Chenopodium pallidicaule" and "Chenopodium quinoa", but the name Kañiwa was never historicly used to describe "Chenopodium quinoa"
I will entirely forget about this until I next check my blog comments.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
a dream I had this morning or last night.
my dream
Jan. 23rd, 2007 | 10:05 am
I has a dream last night,
it was a little odd,
it started with me being part of a company that was moving.
some of the people went to the wrong address, so now there were 2 parts of the company.
for some reason I knew about the 2 parts and no one else seemed to notice.
I had a job at 2 places, at one I was a manager, at the other I was doing projects.
so, I got my people at the one place to do the projects for the other, I felt a little bad for doing that, but how else was I to keep 2 jobs in my dream?
after work people were sitting around and talking and visiting,
I was telling a few people about a new management system I had thought of
the new management style
it assumes that all decisions are motivated my basic need.
you take any disputes and you set up sports events to decide the outcome.
examples
"I said that the office supplies should be over there and now they have scheduled me for a wrestling match at 4pm to decide if we move them."
"I told joe that that heat sink needed to be bigger, and now there is a duel at noon"
so back to the story,
people were laughing at my funny ideas when I was giving the examples, then the power failed, I kept talking after the lights went out and everyone else stopped talking, so I stopped talking, then we felt a rumble beneath us, we thought it was an earthquake and ran outside.
the shaking did not continue,
I went up on a small dirt bank to get better perspective on what else was happening around us, and I saw that no one else in the city had power, and nothing else looked odd, so I told everyone what I had seen, we quickly decided to get back inside because it might be safer indoors.
I woke up as we ran inside.
it was a little odd,
it started with me being part of a company that was moving.
some of the people went to the wrong address, so now there were 2 parts of the company.
for some reason I knew about the 2 parts and no one else seemed to notice.
I had a job at 2 places, at one I was a manager, at the other I was doing projects.
so, I got my people at the one place to do the projects for the other, I felt a little bad for doing that, but how else was I to keep 2 jobs in my dream?
after work people were sitting around and talking and visiting,
I was telling a few people about a new management system I had thought of
the new management style
it assumes that all decisions are motivated my basic need.
you take any disputes and you set up sports events to decide the outcome.
examples
"I said that the office supplies should be over there and now they have scheduled me for a wrestling match at 4pm to decide if we move them."
"I told joe that that heat sink needed to be bigger, and now there is a duel at noon"
so back to the story,
people were laughing at my funny ideas when I was giving the examples, then the power failed, I kept talking after the lights went out and everyone else stopped talking, so I stopped talking, then we felt a rumble beneath us, we thought it was an earthquake and ran outside.
the shaking did not continue,
I went up on a small dirt bank to get better perspective on what else was happening around us, and I saw that no one else in the city had power, and nothing else looked odd, so I told everyone what I had seen, we quickly decided to get back inside because it might be safer indoors.
I woke up as we ran inside.
Monday, January 22, 2007
evil
evil: taking the ability of someone to thrive away from them.
Friday, January 19, 2007
bankruptcy
my case is finally done, I am clear of my debts.
I don't know how to say how happy I am.
now I just need to find a job.
I don't know how to say how happy I am.
now I just need to find a job.
Sunday, January 14, 2007
junk DNA
it turns out the "junk DNA" in humans is not from earth, we were modified by extraterrestrial humans.
read about it here.
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2007/01/08/01288.html
read about it here.
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2007/01/08/01288.html
Friday, January 12, 2007
I made it to david pogue's vedio diarry.
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/
I made it to david pogue's vedio diarry.
I am about 3/4 the way to the end claiming that we will see if the new iphone will crash.
will this link work when he updates his page next week ?
http://video.on.nytimes.com/ifr_main.jsp?nsid=a-4e06e22f:11017c2e7db:19b8&st=1168631945484&mp=FLV&cpf=false&fvn=9&fr=011207_025903_w4e06e22fx11017c2e7dbx19b9&rdm=537309.4677528684
I made it to david pogue's vedio diarry.
I am about 3/4 the way to the end claiming that we will see if the new iphone will crash.
will this link work when he updates his page next week ?
http://video.on.nytimes.com/ifr_main.jsp?nsid=a-4e06e22f:11017c2e7db:19b8&st=1168631945484&mp=FLV&cpf=false&fvn=9&fr=011207_025903_w4e06e22fx11017c2e7dbx19b9&rdm=537309.4677528684
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
mac world 2007
I went to mac world today.
things I found might be of use to others.
batteries to increase laptop run time or cell phone run time or charge your phone, ect...
http://www.batterygeek.net/
I am tired of typing now, all the other things were boring anyway.
things I found might be of use to others.
batteries to increase laptop run time or cell phone run time or charge your phone, ect...
http://www.batterygeek.net/
I am tired of typing now, all the other things were boring anyway.
Monday, January 08, 2007
dreamland
anyone listen to this show ?
Dreamland
I just listened to it for the first time in 10 years
they have a podcast, quite fun.
Dreamland
I just listened to it for the first time in 10 years
they have a podcast, quite fun.
Saturday, January 06, 2007
dreams
I have been dreaming of earthquakes, not bad ones, but they felt worry some.
there were some other dreams, mostly they were really happy.
happy saturday !
there were some other dreams, mostly they were really happy.
happy saturday !
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
white gold
I was looking up what is in white gold.
I found that it is ment to look like platinum, but for less money.
the white gold has a few formulas, but
the places that sell the jewelry do not tell you what they put in there version.
so if your trying to avoid allergies then white gold is an unknown, and
pure gold is not sold very often because it is very soft and might not look good for very long.
platinum looks like a better investment anyway.
I found that it is ment to look like platinum, but for less money.
the white gold has a few formulas, but
the places that sell the jewelry do not tell you what they put in there version.
so if your trying to avoid allergies then white gold is an unknown, and
pure gold is not sold very often because it is very soft and might not look good for very long.
platinum looks like a better investment anyway.
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
the 2nd
what a bright cheery day.
I like my heater, it really helps make the day nice.
its time to wright the rent check.
I feel all clean, like a shiny new penny.
I wish everyone a happy cheery day.
I like my heater, it really helps make the day nice.
its time to wright the rent check.
I feel all clean, like a shiny new penny.
I wish everyone a happy cheery day.
Monday, January 01, 2007
happy new year
