Print Story I've had a few bad ideas
Security
By gzt (Sun Jul 06, 2008 at 04:27:19 PM EST) gzt, bad decisions, bad ideas, the tick, crystal lake, friggin' intense (all tags)
And I've made some bad decisions. I think we'd all be a bit better off if I worked to reverse some of them and not continue on my way towards destruction. I can't guarantee I'll fix them all and I won't promise to be perfect, but I'll make a start and work on the big ones.

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Print Story I am a veritable captain of industry
Politics
By gzt (Fri Jul 04, 2008 at 09:32:02 PM EST) gzt, friggin' intense, awesome, old portero, modern moonlight, steak (all tags)
I purchased a steak and made it to my specifications. I AM A VERITABLE CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY.

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Print Story Dum dwee! Dum dum dum dwee dow!
Breakups
By gzt (Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 02:43:35 PM EST) gzt, i am a rock, i am an island, the tick, friggin' intense (all tags)
Guess who's getting season one of THE TICK in the mail from Netflix today? Guess who's watching it all in one sitting (well, he may pause to make blueberry margaritas)? Guess who may do a second run through even if it takes all night?

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Law
By gzt (Mon Jun 30, 2008 at 04:50:35 PM EST) gzt, justice, creamy, smooth, friggin' intense (all tags)
Quarterly reporting starts tomorrow. Woo. Meeting to discuss division of labor tomorrow first thing.

So one of my coworkers needed access to a certain system and the process with the sending of forms etc was not quite working right, so the team had the idea of going directly to the desk of the guy in charge of that.


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Part One of "Shopping With MNS: The Dapper Kaffir's Guide to Style", a work-in-progress which, if taken to heart, will enable the dear reader to dress in a manner which is at least 1/10th as awesome as I do.


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Print Story More boring stuff.
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By gzt (Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 12:13:27 PM EST) gzt, friggin' intense, chess (all tags)
I wore a suit today because I have lunch with $CHIEF_SUCH_AND_SUCH_OFFICER and because I sometimes like to feel pretty. Honestly, it's no more or less comfortable than what I always wear to work, the only difference is that now I have a tie to worry about getting into soup.

Incidentally, I tied it in a Pratt knot. I feel degenerate.


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Print Story d'oh! Back on the d20.
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By gzt (Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 10:51:49 AM EST) gzt, career suicide, friggin' intense, tactics, chess (all tags)
I did poorly on my chess tactics quiz last night. I took another and did worse. So I took a step back and ran through a large amount of easier problems and did decent. I think I should take a day off today. But it's a travel day. Frig, what am I supposed to do in the car if not play chess? Actually, I'm tired of tactical puzzles, perhaps I should have grabbed Ray Cheng's problem book instead.

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Diary
By gzt (Thu Apr 10, 2008 at 12:08:36 PM EST) chess, hooky, gzt, friggin' intense, a lot of chess, 64 squares, red-hot sin-loving soul (all tags)
So I told this girl I was going to be a full-time rickroller and therefore would probably be too busy to ever see her again took it well. She tried to engineer chillin' and drinkin' or something anyway, but I was able to dodge it.

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Print Story Too many Russian novels
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By gzt (Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 11:39:54 AM EST) friggin' intense, gzt, chess, rolling, being awesome (all tags)
I feel like I'm a character in some Russian novel, one of those young educated roustabouts of decent birth in some irrelevant position as a functionary in the civil service which really has no bearing on who I am and how I think of myself or even my prospects; everything else is just dissipated in drink and cards or chess. Not quite, really, just the feeling of being a stupid functionary in the civil service and its being irrelevant to pretty much everything.

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Print Story BFC I: NANOSHAMO Wrap up
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By gzt (Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 08:55:08 PM EST) beards, beard of justice, friggin' intense, rockstar, gzt, winsome (all tags)
I, alas, don't have a working camera at the moment. But, today is the last day of No Shave November, or NaNoShaMo, the HuSi Beard Fun Challenge.

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Print Story BFC I: NO SHAVE NOVEMBER
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By gzt (Thu Nov 01, 2007 at 10:01:30 AM EST) beard of justice, beard, gzt, friggin' intense, awesome, gnarly (all tags)
Husi Beard Fun Challenge I!

A reminder to all who wish to participate, posted in the glory of... well, what's the area that's not The Hole or Whine Cellar called? We need a catchy name.

No worries if you accidentally shaved this morning and wish to participate, I suppose we can have a grace day!


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Print Story I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER

Then again, it's usually more memorable when a plan falls apart.


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Print Story I trust my fingers.

Inside, bitching about wounds, but rejoicing in unpacked-ness. You may or may not want to bother with this one, dudes. It's arty, though. I'll give it that.


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Print Story Non Developmental Motivic Cells ... THIS DICK.

Ether This, Ether That, Eat This Sandwich
Sing the hook, whooooayyyyohhhh.


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Print Story I DO NOT RECALL JANGLING YOUR CHAIN...

WHY IS IT, THEN, THAT YOU SEEM TO THINK IT IS OK FOR YOU TO KEEP BARKING TO ME, LIKE I'M PAYING ATTENTION?

Inside: Rarities, monstrosities, and nostalgia. Sort of. As much as I am capable of.


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Print Story I miss Arby's Roast Beef sandwiches.

They're here, but they're not convenient, nahmean?

Poll: Select the best Krautrock band, win a prize! The prize is knowing that you have excellent selection skills.


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Print Story Tell me more about DISAGREE?
Good times. Met some new folks yesterday, saw some old folks, quite connected but I don't particularly care. Sane about it, which is good.

Monday: an interview. Also: meeting with a potential new client. Wish I had an idea about both what sort they were. ie, just making sure I've got the goods I claimed to have or weighing against a half-dozen others.


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Print Story ask Husi: how to not get pWnz0r3d
So I bought a Windows computer for my wife to use. I need to know how to get it online (using cable and my own router) so that I manage not to get it infected with every bit the filth and crap on the Internets. I've been using Macs for years, or else PCs that I don't administer, so you can see that this is virgin territory for me.

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Print Story I don't speak any Spanish, but...
Furries
By MohammedNiyalSayeed (Thu Aug 31, 2006 at 11:27:24 AM EST) makin' poops, friggin' intense (all tags)

I also say "Mair-un", so it all balances out.


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