Quote of the Day [6.11.12]
"It is upon the Trunk that a gentleman works."
Confucius
Link and Quote of the Day [6.07.12]
"No other object has been misidentified as a flying saucer more often than the planet Venus. Even the former leader of your United States of America, James Earl Carter, Jr., thought he saw a UFO once, but it's been proven he only saw the planet Venus.
Venus was at its peak brilliance last night. You probably thought you saw something up in the sky other than Venus, but I assure you: it was Venus."
Man In Black (Jesse "The Body" Ventura), The X-Files, "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'"
NASA's gallery of the transit of Venus across the Sun from the the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Whoa! Breathtaking.
On The Road Again
Broke out the Gios this past weekend, because it was a very cool Saturday. I only went a few miles, but I did go out both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, I went out in the afternoon for a quick jaunt around the neighborhood. It was only a fifteen minute ride that was about 3+ miles. On Sunday, I went out early, felt good, but also did a quick jaunt around the neighborhood. It was twenty-five minutes and 5+ miles. It looks like I’m averaging 12 MPH. Back to the beginning.
I also recompiled my bike logs since 2005. I rode the most 2007: 663 miles and 45 hours 22 minutes of saddle time. I did well in 2008 logging 517 miles. It was shaping up to be a banner year in 2009, until I stopped riding in July. I had logged 497 miles by then, and would’ve surpassed 600 if I only kept riding. I fell off the cliff in 2010 and 2011 riding only 21 and 34 mile respectively.
I just have keep going. Anyone up for a ride on the flat Eastern Shore?
Out of Breath
HomuHomu taking a break after smashing that trash can. O, moe, so very, very moe. Where’s that nendoroid? When’s it coming?
(Fun gif courtesy of wiki.Puella-Magi.net)
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There’s supposedly a party today. It’s gonna be a swim party at my mom’s. What better way to have summer fun than drinking, eating, and swimming? And what drink? Rum punch!
So I made a pitcher of it following this recipe. I wouldn’t have to use a recipe if I can remember this old West Indies mnemonic, “One of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak.” The ingredients to this rum punch is one parts lime juice, two parts simple syrup, three parts rum and four parts orange juice. That’s it mix it all together and garnish with fruit.
The interesting part came when creating the simple syrup. I don’t have granulated white sugar in my house only sugar cubes. I do have dark brown sugar which is what I used to make the simple syrup. One cup dark brown sugar to one and half cups of water. Take this to a roiling boil and then simmer for ten minutes. It should reduce down to about one and quarter cup about 12 ounces.
For the lime juice, I squeezed 5 limes. I’ve got a sweet juicer that makes it easy. There’s a sixth lime, but that’s for the garnish.
For the rum, I used 1 part Malibu and the 2 parts the Captain.
Since it was dark brown sugar, the rum punch is a dark brown. It almost looks like an ice tea! Maybe Long Island ice teas next time!
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Bill Nighy channelling Crispin Glover and a really old and looney, bigoted Maggie Smith are a few of the sights to see in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Too bad that’s all there is to this movie. It’s good enough for the old folks to watch to skip out on the bang-bang, pow-pow of the blockbuster summer movies. It’s just not good enough for anyone younger than 55.
I’m giving it a decent rating as I didn’t hate it. I didn’t love it either. I’m writing this a week after watching so I can’t remember too much. Maybe you might.
3 of 5 stars
The Perfect Beginning
Bagel. Bagel. Tomato. Tomato. Let’s call the whole thing off.
We have a consultant working for us who’s from NYC. He brings pretzels and bagels with him whenever he shows up at the office. Bagels are awesome. The pretzels? Not so much.
Put A Bird On It
Sweet goodness! This is awesome. Orioles are rocking the best record in the American League, and seem to have started getting the city to start buying in. If they play like this for the rest of the summer, it’s going to be a lot of fun. But not as fun as putting birds on things.
The return of the cartoon bird and the Orioles playing good. Coincidence?
Link of the Day [5.25.12]
I believe it’s a free stream. Now. Start watching!
Link of the Day [5.24.12]
This one’s for my good friend, Akeshia, who’s been reminding me of fun times at the U. We watched a few movies together when we were undergrads. Perhaps, my belief that Start Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is the best of all Star Treks stems from catching it with her on a packed opening night at the AMC in South Miami. No not the one across the street, the other cinema!