Timewaster's Guide Archive

So there are some books in the Hotel's Lost and Found that I might just acquire for myself. They were left there about 4 or 5 months ago.

The books are:
Attraction: Forecasting Battle Casualties and Equipment Losses in MOdern War
Army Officer's Guide 45th ed.
Soldier's Manual of Common Tasks: Skill Level 1
English for Military Leaders

So worthwhile reference material or shelf warmers?

I've decided I hate working for tightwads. Mostly, this would be the potential customers who call me.

I can understand people having a budget that they have to work with, but tightwads are something else.

Tightwads for some arrogant reason think they know what everything should cost. Not what is does cost, but what in their delusional minds what things should cost, no matter what the item or service is. This includes some mystical, unknown understanding of inflation, labor costs and material costs. And surprisingly, almost everything is higher than what they think it should cost. So they harass poor customer service workers and managers to get the price they think something should cost and not what the people who produce the product or service say it costs.

I think I will petition for the tightwad complex to be punishable.

So when is someone else going to be put in the corner?

Stacer has been there for a long time now.
I'll nominate myself to go in the corner. I need a place to start building my doomsday device.

Now this could be considered an abuse of the eco-system, right?

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/16/peru.cocaine.reut/index.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6494941/?GT1=5809

The squid was probably jsut an innocent by-stander. The beavers have to be co-conspirators.

Maybe because the holidays are coming, but I find myself thinking about food more.

Course, my budget and actual time to cook is limited. So present the "What you wish you were eating" thread.

feel free to post recipes, pics of food, or just reminence about food gone by.

For me, I've been craving a good sandwich lately.
I've been missing eating a good Francesinha (http://www.petiscos.com/receita.php4?recid=591&catid=6). And I want to try a cuban (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_11911,00.html) and a muffulatta (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_26449,00.html).

And I'm dying for some good bacalhau com natas (http://www.petiscos.com/receita.php4?recid=256&catid=10).

So I just saw a preview for this. It's one of dreamworks next animated projects.

Just one thing to say: HOMICIDAL PENGUINS!

So one of the panels I walked into at MileHiCon was about mental illness and art. The panel had like ten panel members and the room was full.

All of the panel members suffered from depression or some sort of mental illness. All also were successful writers or artists working full-time.

So the panel's conclusion about mental illness and writing--if you don't have a mental illness than your writing must be subpar at best. Also if you are happy, then your writing is lacking.

I left the discussion early because I thought it wasn't worth listening to their whining.

So what is everyone's ideas on this?

Well, I just finished my Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars party, part one. It was cool.

Like all of Farscape it was wierd, demented, slightly disturbing, and perfect for people with ADHD. Can't wait for part two in 22 hours.