« supperfluous: (adjective) A meal, usually evening meal, where overly generous portions of food are served that no one can finish. Usage: The dinners at that restaurant are supperfluous. »
—addictionary via Serious Eats
[N.B. Doesn’t it really refer not to portion size but to the serving of one too many dishes, or even courses, during a meal?]
My Year in Twitter, from the creator of such terms as "steakation."
@austonianb: Glad you liked it! #
In an 1868 case, state authorities faced federal mail obstruction charges when they arrested a mailman indicted for murder. Wtf? #
"Mail matter" is the worst defined term in federal law. I had to say it aloud before reaching this conclusion, however. #
AIM
- mazirian Oh, and don’t dress up as a mailman for Halloween: “Whoever, not being connected with the letter-carrier branch of the Postal Service, wears the uniform or badge which may be prescribed by the Postal Service to be worn by letter carriers, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.”
- eclipsic You need a hobby.
- mazirian This is my job.
- eclipsic You need a hobby to remind you that your job is absurd.
- mazirian lol
Bacon-Oatmeal Cookie Sandwiches! Oh man, those sound so good.
Friday seems far far far away ... #
« I have a modest goal: write some fiction. Instead of actually working toward accomplishing that goal, I’m going to obsess about the toolchain and other externalities used to support this endeavor. »
It is unfortunate that many of us depend on fragile electronic devices that are so costly for us and for the environment. #
42.times { print "detach!" } like Rodant Kapoor. #
e-blog.el blogs your blogger blog in emacs!
Restaurant week is coming to Portland, Maine
(Rated: -4, Too Horrible for Words) Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind is a book produced by the author when he digested Ayn Rand and then sprinted to the toilet to void his bowels into his word processor stopping only to wipe his ass with pages of, say, David Eddings books. The resulting pile of excrement is composed at the molecular level of only the most hackneyed phrases of better written—but still bad—fantasy novels. The book is about a boy with super powers who is given a magic sword by an old wizard who trains him for a mission to kill a tyrannical evil dude with super powers who, alas, turns out to be the boy’s father. And yet, in spite of the obvious parallels to Star Wars, the book is so morally broken that it seems to bear almost no resemblance to that movie when you read it. There is a famous medieval illustration of a man being tortured by having his intestines pulled from his abdomen and wound around a stick as the man watches. Reading this book is like that. Final recommendation: avoid like an anal fisting from a yeti.
Ingrid
The Recently Deflowered Girl: because everyone is linking to it today (thanks Damian).
Dallas Clayton has an awesome book about an awesome world.
I just declared RSS bankruptcy! #