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[scottobear]

How sophisticated have video game consoles become? Researchers have linked 70 or so Playstation 2s in series and created a supercomputer.

No, really. Check out the CNet story for the details.

Meme stolen from pilarcruz


If I were a month I would be: October
If I were a day of the week I would be: Thursday
If I were a time of day I would be: Right after waking up
If I were a planet I would be: Neptune
If I were a sea animal I would be: A starfish
If I were a direction I would be: Thataway
If I were a piece of furniture I would be: a fainting couch
If I were a sin I would be: Sloth
If I were a historical figure I would be: Iron Monkey
If I were a liquid I would be: the cleaning fluid of a moist towelette
If I were a stone, I would be: Granite
If I were a tree, I would be: Mangrove
If I were a bird, I would be: A pelican
If I were a tool, I would be: A trowel
If I were a flower/plant, I would be: lavender
If I were a kind of weather, I would be: a soft rain with distant thunder
If I were a mythical creature, I would be: A yeti
If I were a musical instrument, I would be: Tuba
If I were an animal, I would be: A bear
If I were a color, I would be: Forest Green
If I were a vegetable, I would be: Sweet corn
If I were a sound, I would be: a gasp of surprise
If I were an element, I would be: beryllium
If I were a car, I would be: A station wagon
If I were a song, I would be: What I am, by Edie Brikell and the New Bohemians
If I were a movie, I would be directed by: Terry Gilliam
If I were a book, I would be written by: Robert Anton Wilson
If I were a food, I would be: Delicious Tofu
If I were a place, I would be: a broad park with lots of soft grass and trees, with a small brook
If I were a material, I would be: Teflon
If I were a taste, I would be: Bittersweet
If I were a scent, I would be: Baking Bread
If I were a religion, I would be: Unitarianism
If I were a word, I would be: Zoinks!
If I were an object, I would be: an axe handle
If I were a body part I would be: islets of langerhans, or the whole pancreas
If I were a facial expression I would be: Smiling
If I were a subject in school I would be: Mythology of the Modern World
If I were a cartoon character I would be: Norb (of the Angry Beavers)
If I were a shape I would be: recursive
If I were a number I would be: 5


Travel hint for those in Miami, via the hidden city - Coco's

There's a little Cuban restaurant, Coco's Coffee Shop. It's an institution, having been in the same hole in the wall location for over 20 years. As in common in Miami there's a sidewalk window, where you can walk up and get a quick shot of Cuban coffee for 50¢ (including the tip). Inside it's cramped and utilitarian, with cheap plastic tablecloths and silk flowers on the two-person tables, and the ubiquitous Formica counter where the regulars sit and gossip and sip their cortaditos. One wall is dominated by a gigantic painted menu, but I don't think it's been updated in the last ten years. You can always tell when someone new comes in, because they'll spend time looking at the wall for inspiration, and wondering why there aren't any prices listed. It's the only menu in the place.

Coco and her husband will try to help you out if you look confused, but it really isn't a place for tourists. There's a small chalkboard with today's specials listed (en Español, of course), and they'll translate it for you if needed, but beyond that, you're on your own. You can get all the usual Cuban coffee shop fare, so just ask for something you've had before and odds are good you'll be fine.

In exchange for this no-frills dining experience, you get deals it's hard to beat: a large Cuban sandwich—roast pork, ham, cheese, and pickles on crusty Cuban bread, pressed flat and heated through— and a tiny cup of extremely strong, extremely sweet Cuban coffee, for $5 including tax and tip. (Vegetarians my have trouble. vegans even more so. It is Cuban fare, after all... I think that they'd make the napkins of pork, if it were possible and sanitary.)

I love places like Coco's, which will never end up in Zagat's or reviewed in the Miami Herald, but which have character, local flavor, and great food and at really great price.

Any place like that in your neighborhood?

a year ago - Masai give us cows

two years ago - evil news, sui generis, a day in the life, first aid pirates

three years ago - Ben Franklin, fight club still

Comments

oh I do love memes

[peradouro.livejournal.com]

Hi here's a piccie of me! I scanned my new driver's license since it actually looks like me. I haven't had time to do much to the icon though, I'm thinking of doodling with it.

Locally we have a few restaraunts called Ramseys' that are very good. They have a good variety of "American" food choices with great portions. We have another one called Bangkok House that does great asian food that is only slightly Americanized. The most authentic place I think we have here is an extension of a Mexican grocery store that has real honest-to-god Mexican food. The only place I know of in this part of the state you can get menudo fresh off the stove. Unfortunately I don't know anything colorful about the owners or I would share.

If I were a month I would be: October (it's my birth month!)
If I were a day of the week I would be: Monday
If I were a time of day I would be: 5 p.m.
If I were a planet I would be: Jupiter (big 'n' gassy er sassy I mean)
If I were a sea animal I would be: seahorse
If I were a direction I would be: west
If I were a piece of furniture I would be: a huge chest of drawers with secret compartments
If I were a sin I would be: sloth
If I were a historical figure I would be: Hatshepsut
If I were a liquid I would be: carrot juice
If I were a stone, I would be: agate
If I were a tree, I would be: holly
If I were a bird, I would be: roadrunner
If I were a tool, I would be: measuring tape
If I were a flower/plant, I would be: daisy
If I were a kind of weather, I would be: sunny enough day to make warm toe wiggling dirt but with cool shadey puffy clouds
If I were a mythical creature, I would be: quetzalcoatl
If I were a musical instrument, I would be: harp
If I were an animal, I would be: blue tailed lizard
If I were a color, I would be: moss green
If I were a vegetable, I would be: crookneck squash
If I were a sound, I would be: happy sigh
If I were an element, I would be: cobalt
If I were a car, I would be: long wheel base van
If I were a song, I would be: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
If I were a movie, I would be directed by: me
If I were a book, I would be written by: me
If I were a food, I would be: lo mein
If I were a place, I would be: a mossy rock ledge
If I were a material, I would be: mulberry paper
If I were a taste, I would be: sweet and sour
If I were a scent, I would be: unsweetened chocolate w/ cinnamon
If I were a religion, I would be: Unitarianism
If I were a word, I would be: criminy
If I were an object, I would be: a paper weight
If I were a body part I would be: pituitary (sp)
If I were a facial expression I would be: joy
If I were a subject in school I would be: family planning
If I were a cartoon character I would be: the goofy vulture on Looney tunes uuuh nope nope nope hee hee hee
If I were a shape I would be: three dimensional
If I were a number I would be: 3

Re: oh I do love memes

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Neat! Always a pleasure to put a face to the person. :)

The Vulture is Named Cecil, by the way.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

You never know.. little mom & pop places and locals' only popup at the most weird of times!

Re: oh I do love memes

[peradouro.livejournal.com]

ha! thanks! I remember now Bugs called him "Cec". He's always been one of my favorite characters, along with the original Elmer Fudd. Or maybe that was before he was Elmer Fudd... anyway the one where he is a big guy trying to prospect.