Archive for October, 2006
The habit of leaving so-called “courtesy tabs” at the ends of rolls and strips of tape is rarely practiced. I’d like to change that. It’s not a tricky maneuver: Just fold a little bit of tape back on itself before you apply it (or let it fall back on the roll). I’ve documented the “triangular* fold” in case you want to see how the pros (and semi-pros) do it. (Sorry for the meager visual aid; I had a Post-It™ on my desk, and that was about it. I’ll complain to the propmaster.)
* Chris informs me that the proper theatrical fold, which helps when you’ve got a ragged edge (from tearing gaffer’s tape with your teeth, say), is actually straight across. Example.
Democratic leaders and financial donors dodged his calls. The news media cast him as an underfunded also-ran. By his own admission, Bell was almost ready to give up in late June. Steen said the fight to keep hope alive was bitter.
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Then Bell made an impressive showing in the only gubernatorial debate of the fall, followed by a $1 million campaign donation from Houston trial lawyer John O’Quinn with a promise of more. Bell’s campaign got a new burst of life with television advertising that moved beyond cable.
Redditors: Go do your civic duty and upvote a few non-spam articles right now. Don’t let a decent article die because a misanthrope or spambot automatically downvoted it!
E has taken a break from grading papers to grading TV shows, and notes that The Class has room for improvement. TV comedy writers (including ninja experts and former receptionists), take heed.
Step two would be to please GOD let the Kat and Ethan relationship remain platonic. Men and women can be friends, really they can! We don’t need the When Harry Met Sally replay.
Sadly, the rebuttal is natural:
Harry: Doesn’t matter, because the sex thing is already out there so the friendship is ultimately doomed and that is the end of the story.
The recipe said “keep the steaks warm after cooking.” So we placed a casserole on top of an extremely low flame, ready for the meat when it came out of the pan.
A few minutes later we were greeted with an impossibly loud BANG, and several hundred tiny blocks of blue Pyrex™ scattered around the kitchen. The casserole dish had diced itself from the heat.
Our entire kitchen—the floors, countertops, mixing cups—looked a bit like the bottom half-inch of an aquarium, filled with decorative blue glass pellets. (Sorry, no photos of that; we had to clean quickly to avoid spoiling the meal.)
Our SIRIUS radio’s been saying Updating… for a few weeks. We took it in to the dealer last week, and they determined that, uh, they didn’t know what was wrong, and we’d need a new “black box” (the whole satellite receiver component, between the antenna and the head unit).
Today, the update from the dealer is that SIRIUS will also need to replace part of the head unit (oy), and the update directly from SIRIUS is the following email:
Dear SIRIUS Satellite Radio Subscriber:
Thank you for your continued patience as we work with Mazda to correct
the problem that has interrupted service to some SIRIUS subscribers.
We have determined that the problem is not related to the SIRIUS
broadcast system; however, Mazda and SIRIUS technical experts have
isolated the issue, which is related to select radios on the following
vehicles:
Mazda 3
Mazda 5
MX-5
CX-7
We have identified a solution, which we expect to implement no later
than next week, that should allow you to resume your Sirius service.
Once more, we apologize for this inconvenience, and we will update you
again early next week. Ensuring affected customers are satisfied will
remain our top priority.
