tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103003916793778222012-02-16T01:06:36.598-08:00I live in a basement. These are my thoughts.Derichohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16799145301205844419noreply@blogger.comBlogger281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410300391679377822.post-38333509814306923432012-01-02T17:01:00.000-08:002012-02-11T12:04:48.501-08:00

  It's that time of the year again when I analyze my iTunes listening habits of the past year. You probably won't find it nearly as interesting as I do. Here are the results. Top Play Counts of 2011 Song/Artist Play Count 10 Hell Of A Life - Kanye West 70 9 Price Tag - Jessie J 70 8 Seven Nation Army - Kelly Clarkson 71 7 How Great Thou Art -

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  The other week I was in the mood for a salad. I don't usually make salads, mostly because they aren't microwaveable. I didn't have any of the ingredients so I went to the store and bought the following: Macaroni & Cheese Bacon    It was great. I should make salads more often.   It was a large salad, so I had some leftovers the next day. I added some green, non-meat, based product to it.

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  I made this sandwich a while back and was too lazy to upload the picture to my computer. I also don't really care about this blog. The sandwich has wheat bread, barbecue sauce, cheese, bacon (of course), six pieces of five-cheese ravioli, and a big chocolate chip cookie. I can't believe I ate the whole thing.

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  In keeping with my theme to blog about things I eat, I present to you some tater tots I cooked the other night. Tater tots by themselves are somewhat boring, which is why I cooked them in a spiral. You might be thinking that I arranged them in the shape of an Ulam Spiral or a Fibonacci Spiral. If so, you are wrong. It's just a spiral of tater tots to make my otherwise boring existence that much

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  I think I am going to just start blogging about food I eat.   This first entry is a fine cuisine of fried cheese, also known as cheese sticks. It was consumed at the Roadhouse Grill in Ellensburg, WA. The cheese sticks were delicious, as is all fried cheese, but the presentation was amazing. What is that, a sushi plate? Very awesome.  The next delicious item I would like to share with you is a

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I found this picture at an apparel store earlier tonight. Except for the scarf, it has nothing to do with clothing. ("real good" is where bacon comes from.)

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For the Superbowl I opened up my wallet and prepared some super nacho dip. The first ingredient, as in most of my experimental cooking, was a pack of bacon. I weaved it, placed it in a metal bowl, and baked it for a while. Being a man, I didn't time it. I just stuck it in the oven and eyed it every five minutes. While the bacon was baking, I diced up another pack of bacon and cooked it up.

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The other day I was inspired to cook a bacon wrapped steak. Mostly because I occasionally enjoy a serving of bacon. I started by making a bacon weave to wrap the steak in. I then seasoned the steak with a long held secret blend of herbs and spices (it was some store bought steak seasoning) and placed the steak on the bacon.   Next, I swaddled the steak with the bacon and placed it in a foil

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Recently I've been reading a lot of year end blogs describing the amazing adventures and events that shaped your lives in 2010. I wanted to do something similar, but: a.) I'm too lazy to write a year in review b.) Nobody cares c.) I can't remember d.) It wasn't that eventful e.) All of the above The correct answer is "e." So instead, I leave you with these pictures of interesting things I did

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Personally, this is my most interesting blog entry of the year. I analyzed my iTunes and iPod listening habits of the past year in Excel. You probably won't find it nearly as interesting as I did. Here are the results. Top Play Counts of 2010 Song/Artist Play Count 10 Won't Back Down - Eminem 47 9 If I Can't Have You - Kelly Clarkson 48 8 So Bad - Eminem 48 7

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A long time ago, in a twitterverse far away, I tweeted that, "Chuck Norris once had a staring contest with a statue and won." A friend then asked me, "Which statue?" I needed something smart and/or witty to say, so I replied with, "The Colossus of Rhodes." Chuck Norris staring down a statue is funny, but Chuck Norris staring one of the seven wonders of the world into crumbling from fear is just a

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I'm housesitting, which includes watching three dogs, a turtle, a hamster, and a rabbit. One of the dogs is a seven year old golden retriever, another is a black lab mix, and one of them is a little ugly something that likes to hump pillows. I think it has brain damage. I've never had a turtle or a rabbit before, and I kind of accidentally killed my pet hamster when I was really young. I think

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"I hate the supermarket. I always wind up in the 2000 items or less aisle, behind some ugly lady in a mumu and curlers. And when everything is totalled up, then they go for the checkbook like it never occured to them that they have to pay. And then they always turn around and ask me, "What's the date?" like it matters to me. All they gotta do is look at the date on their milk and add one." -Al

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You may know this about me, and maybe you don't. I really hate crocs. No, not these crocs: I mean these crocs: One of my roommates wears them and I cringe whenever I see them. My boss used to wear a purple pair and it would take every ounce of my will power to not poke fun at him, both for the crocs and the hideous color he chose. And he wore them with socks, which I think is worse than

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Godzilla is badass. How do you improve on a monster that is like a Tyrannosaurus Rex, except 50 meters tall and breathes fire? Mechagodzilla! I just wanted to get that out there.

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My roommates are upstairs playing this ninja game. It involves slapping each others hands or something.They insisted that I play. I refused.I might accidentally chop one of their heads off.

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After the fireside on Sunday, I was in the lobby chatting with two pretty awesome girls. From the corner of my eye, I spotted a strange girl inching her way over towards us. My ninja instincts kicked in and I almost karate chopped her in the neck, but she stopped about six inches from my right side, so she was spared. One more inch and she would look like a pez dispenser. I have no idea who this

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Have you ever heard someone say, "No pun intended."Have you ever heard someone say, "Pun intended."I hate that.Ten times out of ten, the pun isn't funny.

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I found this e-mail humorous.

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Exercise: I've been lazy lately. Today I caught up.200 Sit-upsRan a few milesP90XMusic: I finally updated my iTunes with some new music. How I've been without some of these songs for so long, I have no idea.Katy Perry - Teenage DreamLady Gaga - TelephoneLady Gaga - AlejandroMiley Cyrus - Party In The USATI - Live Your LifeBruno Mars - Just The Way You AreRihanna - Love The Way You Lie (Part 2)

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I weighed myself for the first time in a couple of weeks. To my surprise, I lost some weight. I know a lot of people try crazy weight loss techniques like doing P90X or changing their eating habits. I would like to present my alternative two-week plan to these crazy ideas.1. Be lazy. Go to work and sit for your entire shift. When you go home, don't exercise or do anything strenuous. Sit around in

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Things asked of me at a job interview that I found frustrating:Q: What makes a rocket go high?A: A lot of variables, but I would say the thrust and mass of the rocket are most important.Q: What can make a rocket go higher?A: Well, you could make an engine with more thrust, or use lighter weight materials.Q: So what is it that makes it go high?A: ...the fuel is also important. Different fuels give

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It's late, and I should be sleeping. But something has been bothering me lately. Indie music. Well, not really Indie music, but the annoying hipsters who think they're cool because they listen to Indie rock. Here's how a typical conversation goes:Pretentious Hipster: So what kind of music do you enjoy?Me: I really like Kelly Clarkson and Jack White.Pretentious Hipster: Oh really...that's funny. I

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Here's another song I really like.This is about as artsy-fartsy as I get.I really like "Criminal" too, but watching that video makes me feel like a perv. Actually, I'm going to go watch it right now.

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I don't drink coffee at work, and I try not drink soda. But, I do like to drink these.They cost anywhere between $2.00 and $4.00 depending on which one you get. They start to add up after a week. So today I made my own. A lot of them. Have you ever looked at what's in these? It's mostly stuff you can buy in the produce section.Bananas + O.J. + Apple Juice + Strawberries = homemade Odwalla juice.I

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(Sorry Aims, I'm a guy.)

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A couple of months ago, after a CES fireside, I was inspired to start asking girls if I could walk them home after church. Or walk them to FHE from home. Or walk them home from FHE. If there was a starting point and a destination, I would offer to walk them. But here's what I have come to realize after nine rejections: when it comes to walking places, Mormon girls in Seattle would rather drive to

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