Category: Skunch
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My Absence
No, not absinth. That\’s different. Sounds tasty, though. Some of you may have been wondering where I\’ve been. I\’ve been building a fort. (No, really.) Simply put, I\’ve been pretty swamped with work, and have chosen life over internet in my spare time. For now. I suspect things will lighten up soon, and when it…
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i wanna i wanna iwannareallyreallywannazigabigha
sign #4723 that the apocolypse is upon us: (note: the \”music\” category was left unchecked intentionally.)
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Worst House In Edina
The title of this post isn\’t a judgement call, see for yourself. I caught this article in the Strib on the challenges a couple in Edina have been coping with for the past 10 months. (for those readers not familiar with \”Edina\” it is… well, not what is described in that wikipedia entry. it is…
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Austin In The News
As we have written many many many times on this website, why is it that every time Austin Minnesota is mentioned in the news it is always for something not good. Case in point. In case you are coming across this after the link has expired, the short version is that an Austin man was…
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The Five Second Rule: Validation
Every now and then science comes up with something that\’s actually useful. Take this study. Food is dropped on floor for varying amounts of time and studied how quickly bacteria from the floor attaches to the food. Brilliant! The good news is that not only does the five second rule hold true, testing shows that…
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Question Answered
Do you all remember how Wade\’s darling little daughter asked why the Chicago Bulls mascot logo looked so angry? Of course you do. Well, courtesy of a site named Rivalfish, which I found naturally via Deadspin, I think we\’ve found our answer. It\’s because Harrison Ford keeps stealing all his chicks. I\’d be a little…
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dionne warwick: existentialst
as many of you know, i use gmail for web e-mail. it has its limitations, but the spam monsters haven\’t found out about that particular account yet, unlike its hotmail and yahoo mail counterparts. anyways. one of the \”features\” is the ability to select what headline link categories you want to RSS across the top…
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\”So kids, do you think hippos sweat blood?!\”
That\’s the question posed to me the other day at lunch. By my milk carton. Ok, I\’ll grant you that\’s not the exact phrasing, but frankly it was close to that. Who am I to resist the (eventual) exploration of the topic? As it turns out, they don\’t. It\’s an oily red secretion that in…
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Hinky
Two things. One serious; one not. First off, this article on how to best gauge what is, and what isn\’t, a security threat. I\’m pretty much in lockstep with what the author is saying here, but I think my own personal feelings are best summed up in the first comment. Second, I just had the…
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What I Do
Have you ever had to explain what you do for a living, beyond your title, to someone? For seven years after I graduated from college, the answer to that question was, \”I\’m a consultant\”. Well, that doesn\’t tell anyone much, so the follow up question of \”what do you actually do\” quickly followed; and was…