October 2nd, 2008Trouble Knocked on the Door
Stop in for a Virtual Haircut at Noob.us. Sit back, close your eyes and don’t forget your headphones.
Don’t mind Manuel, all he does is grunt.
Guiltlessly lifted from: tshsmom.
September 13th, 2008The Omnivore’s Hundred
I knicked this from Patia since I love food, and love lists. 
Basically, the items in bold are things I have eaten, the things with a line through them are things I wouldn’t eat for a million dollars. Easy Peasy.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (Does Alligator count?)
6. Black pudding (AKA Blood Sausage)
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari (One of my most favourite things to eat!)
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich (I HATE PB&J’s)
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart (Nope, I’m just not that adventurous)
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream (Another of my favourites)
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries (I ate a lot of these this summer while geocaching and hiking)
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters (I cannot tell you how much I love Oysters Florentine!)
29. Baklava (Every time we get Gyros)
30. Bagna cauda (I’m a huge fan of Italian food from the Piedmontese region, especially Piedmontese Onion soup, which is similar to French Onion, but a bit sweeter)
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (Well, I’ve had Clam Chowder, and I’ve had food served in a sourdough bowl, but never the two together)
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float (What’s even better is vanilla ice cream with orange soda)
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (I don’t like either, but I can say that I’ve had Louis XIII Cognac)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O (I’ve had my fair share of Vodka, but never in Jell-O shot form)
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more (The Glenlivet XXV — Yummy!)
46. Fugu (I’m dying to try this! No pun intended)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel (I could eat Onagi all day long)
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut (I’m just not a fan of doughnuts)
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini (I don’t do gin)
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky (I’m munchin’ on Strawberry Pocky right now)
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash (Me lurves Hungarian Goulash)
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa (I’ve had harissa, but not Rose harissa, but it’s now on my list of must-try’s)
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
August 14th, 2008Can You Identify This Bird?
This guy was spotted at Woodland Park here in Kalispell. It appears to be a gull type, but has a somewhat straighter, pointed beak and thinner legs with webbed feet. I thought it might be a tern, but I couldn’t find one that looks like this guy. We’ve never seen this bird before, so we have no idea what it is. It also had a high pitched, short call that was nothing like a seagull. Any ideas?
Click the photos to get a larger version.
I know someone who’s going to get this for Christmas! 
The DVD Rewinder:
Product Features
* Rewinds DVDs, CDs, Game Discs - and more!
* Use default ‘rewind sound’, or create your own!
* Hidden drawer for disc cleaning fluid, paper clips, or pennies.
* Requires one (1x) 9volt battery (not included).
May 6th, 2008Which to Cross and Which to Burn
Yesterday, we spent an hour or so at Dry Bridge Park. We saw about five or six different species of waterfowl, turtles, frogs, Osprey, snakes… It was a great day. I even tried to catch a baby turtle, but he wasn’t having it.
April 17th, 2008Conscience Makes Egotists of Us All
Another silly quiz, just for giggles:
| Greed: | High |
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| Gluttony: | High |
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| Wrath: | Very High |
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| Sloth: | Medium |
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| Envy: | Medium |
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| Lust: | High |
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| Pride: | High |
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April 6th, 2008Selective Ignorance, A Cornerstone of Child Rearing
Check out the Playmobil Security Check Point on Amazon.com. I only wish they were available for purchase.
From the Manufacturer
The woman traveler stops by the security checkpoint. After placing her luggage on the screening machine, the airport employee checks her baggage. The traveler hands her spare change and watch to the security guard and proceeds through the metal detector. With no time to spare, she picks up her luggage and hurries to board her flight!
The reviews are what makes this product page entertaining, but the review from loosenut proves to be the best product review, ever.
I was a little disappointed when I first bought this item, because the functionality is limited. My 5 year old son pointed out that the passenger’s shoes cannot be removed. Then, we placed a deadly fingernail file underneath the passenger’s scarf, and neither the detector doorway nor the security wand picked it up. My son said “that’s the worst security ever!”. But it turned out to be okay, because when the passenger got on the Playmobil B757 and tried to hijack it, she was mobbed by a couple of other heroic passengers, who only sustained minor injuries in the scuffle, which were treated at the Playmobil Hospital.
The best thing about this product is that it teaches kids about the realities of living in a high-surveillence society. My son said he wants the Playmobil Neighborhood Surveillence System set for Christmas. I’ve heard that the CC TV cameras on that thing are pretty worthless in terms of quality and motion detection, so I think I’ll get him the Playmobil Abu-Gharib Interogation Set instead (it comes with a cute little memo from George Bush).
April 5th, 2008Nim’s Island
It was sweet, and cute, and it had Gerard Butler. Worth the matinée price, not the full, post-matinée price. Oh, and it had Gerard Butler!
April 2nd, 2008Thursday Thirteen
1. I think March and April are the worst months for me. The cabin fever is at it’s worst, and I feel more cooped up than ever.
2. We just got a Cue Cat to scan DVD’s and books into our Collectorz programs. It’s kinda cheap and plain, but it gets the job done.
3. I seriously need a drastic change. I’m not sure what that change should be.
4. I really want a new Swingline stapler. You know the one. The red one. 
5. If we don’t find a place to live soon, I’m going to go crazy.
6. I’d really like to join a gym. There are a few here, but they’re either not in Kalispell, or have horrible hours. Seriously, what gym closes at 5pm?
7. I cannot wait until Dan gets home so we can start dinner. Mmmm… Spaghetti with garlic shrimp. 
8. I’m thinking about uninstalling the video and audio comment plug-in. It’s never been used, and it’s kind of pointless anyway. Anyone wanna try it out before I uninstall it?
9. We got 10% off of next months Netflix bill. Cool. 
10. I really, really need to buy new clothes. I used to be quite the clothes horse, but in the last few years, it hasn’t seemed important. Well, unimportant until you don’t have any.
11. There’s no new Lost until April 24??? How will I survive? I’m already in withdrawl.
12. I didn’t want Penn Jillette to get voted off of Dancing with the Stars. I’m a huge Penn & Teller fan. Monica Seles totally deserved to get booted.
13. Just once, I want to be able to eat string cheese in peace. If the bird’s demands don’t drive me insane, the 22 pound cat that takes a flying leap into my lap, will.
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