Miscellany
April 4th, 2011
Cluelessness at Borders
I was wandering by the soon to be closed Borders in Uptown on Friday afternoon when a sign in the window caught my eye. It wasn’t any of the giant Going Out of Business Signs that are in windows in Borders all across the country, though they were lovely signs. Instead, I was drawn to the homemade 8.5″ x 11″ signs that showed how thoroughly at least some people at Borders have no comprehension of why the company is on the way to being completely defunct. You can see the words clearly if you click on the picture, but for those who don’t want to, it reads “NO RESTROOMS. TRY AMAZON.”
Years ago, Borders put local booksellers out of business because it was able to provide a wider selection and, that to volume of product moved, lower prices. Now, Amazon is doing the exact same thing to Borders and apparently some people don’t want to look at their own company’s failure to adapt.
December 15th, 2010
I’M BACK!
After a week, the recovery program I was using to try to get stuff off my old hard drive failed miserably. All of my old documents, pictures, music, internet bookmarks, etc. are all apparently gone forever. I have one more thing to try, but there’s no reason to think it will work.
Dont worry, most Fred pictures were uploaded to a server for Your Daily Phred, so the only pics of him I lost are those that aren’t in that folder or weren’t otherwise posted on this blog separately.
But you should all take some time to back up your computers.
More posts forthcoming.
December 7th, 2010
Zemanation is Coming
Dear All Three Readers of Zemanation:
My computer is almost fixed. Actually my computer is fully functional
and fitted with a new hard drive. It is currently devoted to trying
to see what can be salvaged from my old hard drive.
I expect to be crawl back later in the week and be fully functional next week.
Who’s excited?
November 30th, 2010
The Perfect Storm Has Hit Zemanation
My computer has never previously had problems but the screen has been
blue since last Monday night.
I almost never get sick yet I currently have a cold.
I have a strained muscle in my back.
I have a pain in my leg that I suspect came about from adjusting my
stride due to my injured back.
I have bad gas.
It is quite possible I am near death.
If I do survive, I will resume posting as soon as I get home computer
access back. In the meantime, enjoy daily pictures of my wonderful
dog. Those post automatically.
August 25th, 2010
A Trip to India
Well, to Devon Street, which is close as I might ever get to India. I have no idea what any of this stuff is actually called as I remain fairly ignorant of Indian cuisine. The meal was at Uru-Swati a restaurant that serves no meat.
Indian Nachos
Okra!
Everything Else
After dinner, we hit the Indian grocery store:
Delicious thick mango fruit bar
Pakistani Rose syrup that I haven't tried yet that some dude in line behind me convinced me to buy
August 23rd, 2010
Sad Little Squirrel
Was walking Fred yesterday when we came upon this squirrel.
Fred normally chases squirrels, but he didn’t pay any attention to this one. That may be because he needs them to move before he sees they’re worth running after. My guess is he didn’t make it through the night and that was a little sad. At least it was until I remembered this:
Who’s going to eat the little squirrel? Hopefully a coyote so it’s a quick death and for a worthwhile animal.
August 12th, 2010
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
On Saturday night, I biked home around midnight or 12:30 and check out what I saw at the corner of Lawrence and Wolcott:
Sorry about the picture quality; I didn’t want to stop and stand. My sensitivity did not, however, prevent me from taking Fred and heading over to that Chase to deposit a couple of checks. From what I could overhear, the car on the sidewalk was heading east on Lawrence and turning left onto Wolcott when he was hit by the other car. Judging by the anger level of each driver, the guy on the sidewalk was at fault, though he might have been too woozy to be angry.
Hooray airbags!
August 11th, 2010
Hollywood Might Be Sexist
Here at Zemanation, we like the ladies to feel at home. So sexism is frowned upon here. By that I mean real sexism. Joking sexism might be okay.
Hollywood, on the other hand, might have a bit of a problem. I’m not talking about the obvious obsessions with certain body types, but a deeper perhaps less intentional problem. Check it out: