http://thoughtdistillery.com 100% pure ideas, ramblings, and amusements Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:16:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This weekend brought a couple of long-promised projects to completion. First was plumbing up some microirrigation in the greenhouse so that peppers and basil can thrive during upcoming vacation. Later on Saturday, I joined Katie to run in the Mid Summer's Night 5K Run. Katie and crew performed awesomely - ... http://thoughtdistillery.com/2008/07/20/119 At long last, my coffee table is finished. About one and one half years ago this project was started and actually saw really good progress until all the cutting and fitting was completed. For months it sat waiting only for some sanding and finishing. Unfortunately, this is the phase that ... http://thoughtdistillery.com/2008/06/10/118 Some comment spam is so zany you just can't help but share it with everyone. After searching for Aunt Mary's and getting very benevolent results (dog rescue, quilt shop, yarn store, etc), I figured it was safe to share this without advancing the spammer's cause. Get your shoes and socks ... http://thoughtdistillery.com/2008/05/11/117 Today I started reading The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby. Toward the end of the first chapter, I was struck by her quote of Bill Moyers, a journalist whom I hold in the highest regard. Jacoby uses Moyers to back her argument that a disturbing trend of anti-rationalism, ... http://thoughtdistillery.com/2008/03/24/116 Today I took the fixie out for little spin and ended up going farther than I had planned. All turned out well: no flat tyres and I managed to push things to the limit going down Bellfountain Road where I spun out at 32mph. Upon returning, I thought of a ... http://thoughtdistillery.com/2007/05/06/115 All Spam must die. I've been receiving way too much recently from this site's contact form. In an effort to combat this unfortunate trend, I've added a couple of requirements to the form. However, instead of a boring and annoying CAPTCHA solution I instead opted to create a somewhat fun and ... http://thoughtdistillery.com/2007/04/28/114 Bollywood continues. This week we started a trend by going with another Shah Rukh Khan film - Dil Se. Unlike last week's K3G, Dil Se served us some fairly heavy plot over majestic landscape rather than petty family squabbles with too many helpings of billionaire luxury. Sadly there were no ... http://thoughtdistillery.com/2006/11/19/112 This month Katie and I set out to explore the world of Bollywood - the Hindi language film industry of India. Bollywood movies are well known for their musical song and dance numbers which is what enticed me into giving this genre a whirl. Last week we started out out ... http://thoughtdistillery.com/2006/11/19/111 This post is a very delayed response to a few others who were haphazardly throwing lists around a while back. I normally don't partake in such list craziness, but fealt that someone had to step in to throttle back the irresponsible and rampant quadruples. Lest we not all forget: Three ... http://thoughtdistillery.com/2006/07/23/110 Almost a month ago now, I had the honor of making a short weekend trip to Bloomington Indiana to partake in my friend Sandy's wedding. Awesomely, my Mom and brother met me as I flew in late friday night to Indianapolis where we stayed before driving to Bloomington for the ... http://thoughtdistillery.com/2006/07/23/109