Tinder, Flint, & Steel

How to run errands without a car.

2011-10-28T20:17:07Z

Sunday morning starting at 9:30 am

Start from Proteus Bike shop in College Park, go out to the Greenbelt Farmer's Market, and then back. 10 easy little miles, and afterwards you can feel a teensy bit less guilty about all the candy you're about to eat!

http://www.proteusbicycles.com/events/

LOL Zombie - sorry I'm late...

2011-05-22T23:54:54Z

IF you believe in Santa

2010-11-26T16:24:41Z

And even if you don't, then do something nice for someone else:
- let the woman with the tired child trying to buy batteries at the Black Friday sale in front of you in line.
- point to where you're parked so that next person can take your space when you leave.
- let your roommate have that last slice of pumpkin pie from yesterday.
- be patient with the clerk at the register, the tech at the cable/internet company... and with yourself and your laptop or cell phone.

They're little things, but they add up to a big difference.

text message spam - how to STOP it

2010-11-22T03:46:26Z

For text message spam sent via e-mail, an iPhone option vs. e-mail spam is
http://mymessages.wireless.att.com/
NOTE: This will disable things like text messages from friends through LJ or FB, but there are ways to make aliases if you're really that addicted.

And in case that doesn't work and they're still bugging you, this is why texting STOP to 313-131 or other spammers works:

http://www.eztexting.com/sms-faq.html
under the section
"Q: Are there rules for how I can promote my Keyword online or in print?"

It's a standard cell phone carrier clause as well as an FCC regulation that opt out instructions be sent, but it's only required in the first message.
(Read the first message carefully, it may be in text-speak like "2end STOP")

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/canspam.html

Good luck, and good night.

Voting in MD - now, later, but not too late

2010-10-26T14:03:36Z

Here's how to find out IF you're registered to vote in MD, and WHERE to vote either with early voting or on E-day itself.

mdelections.umd.edu

LOLZombies Meme!

2010-10-20T01:09:12Z

EVERYONE STOP! Look to your right! Whatever object is there is your designated weapon in the upcoming zombie apocalypse! Comment and tell me what it is! (gacked from Petrona)

In the meantime, whimmydiddle (who, btw, happened to be to my right when I saw this meme) wins the cookout caption entry by virtue of being the only captionee. Wake up and smell the freshly churned topsoil or you'll miss out!

42... Even in analog it's kinda cool.

2010-10-10T14:10:08Z

Happy 42 at 42... 10:10:10 am on 10-10-10

Web-Swinger, heh.

2010-05-17T20:45:23Z

R-post from bitemetechie, I would have had Spidey even doing more of the aerials, but that's me, and it's still pretty cool.

There are many things that start with D.

2010-05-17T00:08:30Z

Dude! Dio's dead? Dang.

(*adds Tenacious "D" and the Pick of "Destiny" to Netflix queue*)

my sitcom continues

2010-05-07T16:02:18Z

Snagged some of the strawberries from the fridge this morning and stuck them in the same bag with the baby carrots.

Guess what the carrots taste like now.

Also... NOT the tabby next door. (He was really trying to give me a profile shot last night but I spent too long futzing with the iPhone.)

MS Ride 2010 - 3 weeks!

2010-04-28T16:16:13Z

We're trying a couple new saddles, replaced an old tire tube, and the roof rack is ready to go.

All I have to now between here and then is raise a bit more cash. If I don't make $300, no worries, the ride and the cause is worth is to me to make up the difference. This, OTOH, is your chance to help out.

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/seustis2010

This might seem crass on Tax Day, but...

2010-04-15T16:03:02Z

While you've got your checkbook out you might be thinking "If only I'd donated to more charities last year."

*cough* 37 days to go before the ride! *cough*

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/seustis2010

MS Ride 2010 - 2 months to go!

2010-03-18T22:09:29Z

ZOMG, only 65 days left!

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/seustis2010

Limmerick Time!

2010-03-17T18:05:05Z

There once was a kid from Woodlawn
You probably know him as Sean
Toss and turning all night
He just couldn't sleep right
So he'll end this one off with a yawn...

(Comment and I'll try to make one out of your name!)

DST and smoke alarums.

2010-03-14T20:45:10Z

Lose an hour, save your own life.

Off to change the batteries in the smoke detectors.

MS Ride 2010... Bike-apolypse?

2010-03-02T15:08:35Z

Whee! Time to start fundraising for the MS Ride again!
Whee! Time to start training!
Whee! It's 3 weeks earlier this year...!?!?!

Um, what?

Previous years it's been mid-June or therabouts, this year it's been re-scheduled for mid-May. Which means (Whee!) y'all are getting hit with the begging posts a bit earlier this year.

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/seustis2010

Thanks in advance, I can really use the help.
Whee!

Slingers Sizzle Reel - CLICK!

2010-02-23T14:35:46Z

Mike Sizemore has a concept.
Mike Sizemore gets a production team together to make 3 minutes of sheer awesome.

Mike Sizemore has not actually filmed any episodes.

Wanker. :-)

You gotta love any show-that-hasn't-happened-yet that includes a handgun as one of the characters. It's like Blake's 7 with a budget, only much better.

More details at his blog:
http://www.sizemore.co.uk/category/slingers/

And, no, you haven't seen anything this cool since Firefly.

Carn-I-Valle Bling!

2010-02-16T23:40:41Z

Carn-I-Valle Bling! (Happy Mardi Gras... get stuffed!)

I have no joke here... oh wait, yes I do.

2010-02-10T19:40:28Z

IHNJH, IJLS...

SHPADOINKLE!

(Both parts, one clip!)

In case you were debating...

2010-02-08T14:57:10Z

(Not mine, obviously.)

It's not worth it. Stay home.

LOL Zombies - Snowpocalypse, Prince SnOMG the 2nd

2010-02-06T18:10:07Z

I wonder how long until "snowpocalypse" actually becomes a dictionary word like "woot!" or "pwned".

I know what I was thinking of when I took the picture, and it wasn't "brrrrr"...

and then, they throw tomatoes...

2010-02-05T15:36:39Z

Snow on the ground!
Snow on the ground!
Actin' like a FOOL when there's snow on the ground!

(Planes on the ground,
planes on the ground.
Sleepin' in a chair 'cause your plane's on the ground...)

Riddle me this, LJ...

2010-02-02T18:20:19Z

If ground beef is "ham"burger, then what do you call ground hog?

And in 3... 2.. 1...

2010-01-29T13:04:17Z

108 hours.

(Yeah, I'm a LOSTie.)

Cup of Brown Joy

2010-01-17T17:48:28Z

Slept until Noon today. Woke up, saw this, thought of ednoria...