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Gummi Chicken feet. They're tasty and disturbing.

I neglected to mention the taste sensation that BHK and I enjoyed throughout last night's movie. (Amy chose to stick with M&Ms.)

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Gummi Chicken feet.

Pretty dang good, actually. right thickness and texture for a good gummy candy - fruit flavored. Grotesque to look at, but still nifty. (ours weren't in this cool packaging, but rather just a big plastic bag, which is all the more cool, as far as I'm concerned.

Who thought that it was a good idea?

Who hired a sculptor to carve chicken foot molds for candy?

I wish that I'd counted them before eating - I wonder now if there were an even number to account for 2-per chicken, or if one of the Gummi-creatures was a pegleg.

via evandorkin -
A plan to sell classic novellas in retro cigarette packs via cigarette vending machines after a U.K smoking ban in enclosed public places goes into effect. At least I think they're going to (try to?) sell these in actual vending machines. Whatever the case, they're called Tankbooks, and are being produced by Tank, a think tank, creative agency and publishing outfit. Dunno if this is a P.R. stunt, an art project, an honest effort to sell books in an interesting manner, or all of the above. Nifty-looking packages, whatever the case.
I think that decks of cards would be cool, too. Standard Decks of 52, or even some Fluxx flavors, maybe? Possibly a Barfly version of Munchkin ? Speaking of which, BHK won at Munchkin Bites tonight.


For future reference, as I think it's pretty generally known right now:

LiveJournal was unavailable between approximately 2pm and 9:30pm PDT on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. Apparently, they weren't the only ones with a power outage issue. Sites that are affected include CNET, Craigstlist, Technorati, Yelp and all Six Apart properties, TypePad, LiveJournal and Vox. I didn't even notice, as I was at work and at the movies - I wonder how many people too the opportunity to breathe a little fresh air and feel sunlight on their skin?

See what happens when you don't have geographically split clusters? I wonder how hard it would be to back up all of those guys... there's got to be a monster amount of data there.

I find myself looking forward to being snowed in at home, with BHK, the kitties and me all playing card or board games in the living room. I think that maybe we can call a "virtual snow day" at the house sometime where we can just do that very thing, without waiting for a total power outage.

Netflix must think we're insane. "We've received Apocalypto - and have sent out your copy of My Super Sweet 16: The Movie"

Adam's off to his missionary work in Guatamala -A quick summary of his itinerary:

6:30 PM tonight - he arrives at the Hope of Life Mission Center.
Tomorrow
- Sr. Center, plant flowers and trees, painting
Friday
- mostly off-site construction
Saturday
- visit orphans
Sunday
- Boat Trip
Monday
- More construction, painting, etc.
Tuesday- Food Distribution/Evangelism
Wednesday- more painting, hand out meals
Thursday-
arrive home


For work, I'm doing a distillation of a few hundred pages of documentation into bite size bullet-point chunks for next week... Tricky, but not impossible.

Farewell, Weekly World News. I'm glad you lasted for as long as you could. I hope that the website will at least continue for a bit.

1 year ago - break in dream, barometric pressure?, ogden nash, wtc movie, I'm a lucky, lucky boy, no danny, cost of being poor, hide the navstrip, food delivery, paintbot, times are changing

2 years ago - secret agent dream, teachers, dan reads wee free men, humor-type, vnc2swf, magic, don ho shock the monkey mp3, v for vendetta trailer, blood cholesterol, travel journal gig, net times journalist trouble, survey, scary villain picture

3 years ago - candy, incense, my mental room, cannibals, ka-boom, CoH

4 years ago - viking on newtcam, hulk adds my graphic to his journal, starmark, poop, Chinese food, mage knight

5 years ago - ISS, bear-lynching, beauty, Conroy books

6 years ago - bro's breakup, cej, exhort, more majestic, mailing tardiness, news, Dr. Ernest Freaky Bootygrabber, Radio, time for life poll

7 years ago - Friends assessment, Spiritual Beliefs Geotarget

Re: Old Cigarette Vending Machines

Date: 2007-07-31 12:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
very groovy... I'd forgotten about that!

Is there an art-o-mat near you?

Re: Old Cigarette Vending Machines

Date: 2007-08-01 01:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ameliarose.livejournal.com
There is one in Cincinnati, which is where I work everyday, but it would be about an extra half hour drive and into downtown. I'd like to stop by it sometime, but I'm not sure when I'll get the chance. I think it would be nifty to be a contributor to it though.

Re: Old Cigarette Vending Machines

Date: 2007-08-01 09:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
I want ot hit the ones in DC, VA and maybe Philly. :D

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