Procrastination
Slate.com has some articles up on procrastination. I’ll read them a bit later.
Add comment May 15th, 2008
Daily Proverb
You can measure how free a society is by how the weirdos are treated.
Add comment May 14th, 2008
Parallax
Tried out Parallax in Tremont on Saturday with M_ (the spouse) and M_2 (the colleague). The website is the same as all the Cleveland area trendy restaurant websites, with too much flash stuff going on. Despite all their carefully designed looks, they all have a kind of sameness. Despite this, the food at the place is worth the visit. We mostly sampled sushi from their clipboard menus - all these places just have to have a unique menu, don’t they? Like a kid at school dyeing their hair aqua to be different, then hanging out with the other hair-dye crowd near the school doors, smoking and attempting to look like album covers.
I don’t understand interior design so I can’t say much about the interior, but it’s unobtrusive and modern. The salad was nice - M_ was fond of the roasted tomatoes. The flavour of the sushi came alive and slapped us around a bit, pleased though we were to be on the receiving end of the carefully prepared plates. The Rainbow rolls and tuna and yellowfin rolls were delish, and the many pieces of tempura I stole off of M_’s plate were well worth the theft. M_2 pronouced it some of the best sushi she’s had, including many places in New York. M_ and I both agreed. The Banana Napoleon was my fave on the dessert menu, and bucking the trendy dining place trend, the deserts and the sushi too were not the typical tiny amount of delicate food, but quite huge portions. So no need to order too much. It ran around $44 a person, including salads, entrés with extra sushi pieces and two desserts. We did not partake, but there is a long wine list to choose from. They also have a large number of non-sushi items which we may try another time.
The place was jumping Saturday, and the bar looked busy as well - so reservations, have them. We discussed life, the State of Ohio, and how for some reason everyone is living in Arizona these days. I also confused an arboreal instructor with a prison guard, but given the similarities in both fields I cannot be the only one.
Add comment May 12th, 2008
Daily Proverb
If your house is ever flooded by a storm, accept any offered plane loads of aid.
Add comment May 12th, 2008
Daily Proverb
Do not sing in places from which you audience cannot escape.
Add comment May 9th, 2008
Daily Proverb
If confronted on the street by thugs, keep them amused them with the etymology of the word thug.
Add comment May 8th, 2008
President
I am an average bowler.
The minister I had at the church I used to attend never said anything that the average person would find crazy.
I have eaten fried foods.
Were I only a US citizen, this is 90% of what I would need to be president.
Add comment May 1st, 2008
Daily Proverb
Learn to cook better than your partner - or learn to wash dishes better.
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Daily Proverb
Tha advantage of your train breaking down is that you do not have to arrange to have it towed.
Add comment April 28th, 2008
Corrections
(not the actual Stonehenge)
I used to dwell on how things happened in the past, considering if I could move the great, heavy stones of resentment. Now I’ve become a n A Plus positive fellow, complete with a series of books on tapes on how You Can Remake Your Life.
No, that’s not it.
As I grow older I think less about the past, and am less concerned with remaking it than living in the now. You’ve got to examine the current items in life holy cow what was that noise - almost a car crash look at the way the light in this cubicle is so synthetic it hurts my eyes wonder where I will eat tonight and when my bike will be fixed who’s tapping a pen…
That doesn’t seem right either.
Oh yes, in 1988 or 89 I was too nihilistic and made Lois mad, sorry about that. Her husband had a kick-ass R&B band and got me interested in records by Tower of Power. Sometimes you can look to the past and find mistakes, regrets, good bands, or interestingly arranged old rocks.
Add comment April 23rd, 2008
