This morning, I got to be the 2nd proctor in the room for the Foreign Service exam, given here at Dartmouth. Again, it was a fairly easy morning, although I was not looking forward to waking up early to do the proctoring. It'll be worth it once the check comes in though.
While proctoring, I did finish the 4th Harry Potter book, which was quite good. I'm now on the 5th one, and since there hasn't been a film of that one yet, I'm actually in the dark as to what will happen. Which is a good thing, as I'll enjoy the surprise of it.
So, the other morning, I had a dream with Sue and I in it. We were eating some rolls with butter, and in the course of the dream, Sue asked if I liked the butter. I said something along the lines that it was okay, and then she told me that it was really good butter, because the one stick cost $8500.
I was shocked!
$8500 for a stick of butter? I don't even put that much butter on bread!
Anyway, in the dream, I was quite annoyed about the expenditure, but once I woke up and told Sue about the dream, we both thought it was pretty funny.
NP: King Crimson - The Power To Believe II
08 April 2006
06 April 2006
Pseudocertainty!
Okay, so Joe mentioned below in the comments, about my weekend summary, that I forgot to mention recording a new episode of Pseudocertainty. So, I'm mentioning it now...
For those of you not in the know, Pseudocertainty is an internet radio show that Joe and I do periodically, every few weeks, where we talk about odd news items, alien stuff, cryptozoology, and othe random stuff. One of our great conversations was about foods that neither of us like.
In the past, when we first started this show, I'd go down to Boston and we'd record the shows in person, sitting in the same room. Now, with the wonders of the Interweb, we can use a program called Skype to have me recorded on Joe's computer, while I stay snug up here in New Hampshire. It's allowed us to do more shows in a shorter amount of time, so we might be reaching a critical mass here of material. So far, in this calendar year, we've had over 2000 page downloads, which is almost equal to the total page downloads we had in all of 2005. It helps that we've been podcast now, and also that Joe figured out how to do some Google ads, so we're getting the word out.
Pseudocertainty is an offshoot of our original website, AliensAliensAliens, which started in December 1995, and ended sometime in 2001 or so. I have recently discovered some archived pieces of that old site, so I'll try to put them up on my personal website sometime in the future.
We usually record these shows in the late evening, past 9 or 10pm, as it allows the silliness to come out in each of our personalities. Listen to the shows, and let me know what you think. At some point, we're going to have guests on the show. Joe wants my friend Brian to be our first guest, I'll see if I can convince him to do it... it could be fun!
Coming up in future blogs, we'll talk about my haplogroup results from the National Geographic genographic project, and a dream I had regarding an expensive butter purchase.
NP: David Cross - Inc
For those of you not in the know, Pseudocertainty is an internet radio show that Joe and I do periodically, every few weeks, where we talk about odd news items, alien stuff, cryptozoology, and othe random stuff. One of our great conversations was about foods that neither of us like.
In the past, when we first started this show, I'd go down to Boston and we'd record the shows in person, sitting in the same room. Now, with the wonders of the Interweb, we can use a program called Skype to have me recorded on Joe's computer, while I stay snug up here in New Hampshire. It's allowed us to do more shows in a shorter amount of time, so we might be reaching a critical mass here of material. So far, in this calendar year, we've had over 2000 page downloads, which is almost equal to the total page downloads we had in all of 2005. It helps that we've been podcast now, and also that Joe figured out how to do some Google ads, so we're getting the word out.
Pseudocertainty is an offshoot of our original website, AliensAliensAliens, which started in December 1995, and ended sometime in 2001 or so. I have recently discovered some archived pieces of that old site, so I'll try to put them up on my personal website sometime in the future.
We usually record these shows in the late evening, past 9 or 10pm, as it allows the silliness to come out in each of our personalities. Listen to the shows, and let me know what you think. At some point, we're going to have guests on the show. Joe wants my friend Brian to be our first guest, I'll see if I can convince him to do it... it could be fun!
Coming up in future blogs, we'll talk about my haplogroup results from the National Geographic genographic project, and a dream I had regarding an expensive butter purchase.
NP: David Cross - Inc
04 April 2006
Snow!
Had a bit of snow today, but nothing that's stuck on the ground, for now. We're supposed to get a bit more tomorrow, but we'll see what actually happens.
This weekend was fairly relaxing. Friday night, Sue and I just hung around, watching more "Firefly." Saturday, I went with some co-workers to Koto, a local Japanese steakhouse, where we had the Hibachi style food, where the chef cooks right in front of you at the table. It was a bit pricey, but you get a *lot* of food, and the cooking is kind of a show, so it's worth it.
I got the teryaki (sp?) chicken, which consisted of rice, vegetables, and THREE breasts of chicken. I had enough left over for dinner the next day. The food was quite tasty, and the company was good. Not a place I'd go to regularly, due to the price, but fun as a periodic event.
On Sunday, Sue and I went to go see "Inside Man" at the local Hanover theater. Quite a good film, about a bank robbery which is not quite what it appears to be. Part of the plot revolves around the bank owner having started his fortune by working with the Nazis in pre-WWII timeframe (played by Christopher Plummer, in an ironic casting choice). We're getting into the time now, though, where modern movies aren't going to be able to use the Nazis as the regular foil for some of these plot turns, as the people who were alive then won't be around anymore. Of course, it doesn't mean that they can't be used historically, in movies set before the present day. I'm sure we'll see more films along those lines.
Unfortunately, I missed the Sci-Fi movie that Brian recommended in one of the comments below in a previous post. I'm sure I'll be able to catch it in the future, as Sci-Fi is known for repeats.
Reading the 4th Harry Potter book now. I started it on Sunday, and I'm already 388 pages into it, so it'll be a quick read. I have the 5th book on my bookshelf, so I'll probably jump straight into that once this book is finished. The Potter books are enjoyable, but I still think I prefer the Philip Pullman "His Dark Materials" trilogy for novels of that young adult fantasy genre.
And, of course, the tape transfer to MP3's continue. I think I'm about 30%-35% percent done, it is a long, tedious job. But, it is actually fun to listen to some of these old tapes again, and now I'll have easier access to the music, so it is (I hope) worth it.
NP: Robert Fripp - On Awe
This weekend was fairly relaxing. Friday night, Sue and I just hung around, watching more "Firefly." Saturday, I went with some co-workers to Koto, a local Japanese steakhouse, where we had the Hibachi style food, where the chef cooks right in front of you at the table. It was a bit pricey, but you get a *lot* of food, and the cooking is kind of a show, so it's worth it.
I got the teryaki (sp?) chicken, which consisted of rice, vegetables, and THREE breasts of chicken. I had enough left over for dinner the next day. The food was quite tasty, and the company was good. Not a place I'd go to regularly, due to the price, but fun as a periodic event.
On Sunday, Sue and I went to go see "Inside Man" at the local Hanover theater. Quite a good film, about a bank robbery which is not quite what it appears to be. Part of the plot revolves around the bank owner having started his fortune by working with the Nazis in pre-WWII timeframe (played by Christopher Plummer, in an ironic casting choice). We're getting into the time now, though, where modern movies aren't going to be able to use the Nazis as the regular foil for some of these plot turns, as the people who were alive then won't be around anymore. Of course, it doesn't mean that they can't be used historically, in movies set before the present day. I'm sure we'll see more films along those lines.
Unfortunately, I missed the Sci-Fi movie that Brian recommended in one of the comments below in a previous post. I'm sure I'll be able to catch it in the future, as Sci-Fi is known for repeats.
Reading the 4th Harry Potter book now. I started it on Sunday, and I'm already 388 pages into it, so it'll be a quick read. I have the 5th book on my bookshelf, so I'll probably jump straight into that once this book is finished. The Potter books are enjoyable, but I still think I prefer the Philip Pullman "His Dark Materials" trilogy for novels of that young adult fantasy genre.
And, of course, the tape transfer to MP3's continue. I think I'm about 30%-35% percent done, it is a long, tedious job. But, it is actually fun to listen to some of these old tapes again, and now I'll have easier access to the music, so it is (I hope) worth it.
NP: Robert Fripp - On Awe
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