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“Now that you understand the basics–” “Yeah, I’m gonna stop you right there.”
Ever wonder how orders are communicated from the server to the grill cook and back again at Waffle House? No? Well, that’s OK, you’re still not going to understand it after you watch this training video.
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Marbles and Dominoes
Specifically, 10,000 marbles and 32,000 dominoes.
A vicarious adventure
The Wife and I honeymooned around New England: a couple of days on Cape Cod, a couple of days in Boston, and then we road-tripped through New Hampshire and Vermont on our way home. One thing I wish we’d had … Continue reading
A memory….
Not sure why this popped into my head, but it’s always worth revisiting Mr. Martin’s thoughts about art and commercialism.
Parroting
Parrots being trained to say naughty words is an underused comedy bit, I think. From NYPD Blue: the squad is now under the command of Sergeant Gibson, who is a pretty annoying dude who think he’ll keep his parrot at work. … Continue reading
A random country song for a Wednesday evening
I had a long day at work today (not a bad day at all, but we had a big project today for which I had to be at work a bit early) and my brain is doing its impression of tapioca, so … Continue reading
And now, a backyard train layout.
Here’s something nifty!
Also, this.
Here’s something in the “You learn something new every day!” Department: there is a Chinese reed instrument called the Sheng, which involves several upright pipes in a nifty kind of cross between an oboe and a calliope. Here a sheng … Continue reading
And now, this.
I know you don’t think you need to watch a foul-mouthed Australian guy do a tutorial and how to make a burger with pineapple on it, but really, how good are you at assessing your needs, actually? That’s what I thought. Here’s … Continue reading