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Lunch_of_Kong · 2010-05-01T23:15:13.000Z

A friend made me her +1 to backstage access at Edgefest 2010 up in Dallas as guests of the band Phoenix. To thank them, I took Polaroids of the band members with their fans using my antique 1950s camera so they would have souvenirs of the Texas leg of their tour. I think it was the first time someone was signing something for them instead of the other way around.

Omniscia · 2010-05-02T07:12:14.000Z

So, I was driving home from work on Wednesday (4/28/10), and decided to listen to erstwhile Swedish prog band Änglagård’s first album, Hybris, for the first time in months. Maybe even a year. I don’t know why I was thinking of them, all of a sudden, but I then recalled that they were supposed to be reissuing their second album, Epilog, at some point in the future.

So, I decided to check their website yesterday, to see if there was any update on the reissue. Lo and behold, it was released on Thursday (4/29/10). And, at the time I was driving home from work, it was just after midnight on Thursday in Sweden.

Given that I had no reason to think of that band on that day, I’ll chalk this one up as another one of those weird little coincidences.

Acid · 2010-05-02T07:14:16.000Z

Omniscia:

Given that I had no reason to think of that band on that day, I’ll chalk this one up as another one of those weird little coincidences.

Fuckin’ mirac–aw, hell. Never mind. It’s overused.

Gwende · 2010-05-02T15:46:27.000Z

Mine probably seems like a weird thing to get excited about, but it meant a lot to me. Yesterday I had my first hamburger (that I didn’t make at home) in over a year.

I found out that a restaurant down in Coal Harbor not only makes their meat without gluten, but they actually have gluten-free buns. NO ONE does that! The best I can usually hope for is that a restaurant will have a tiny gluten-free menu with a few options like unseasoned chicken or fish and rice, and the folks in back will know how to cook & keep things clean so I don’t get sick. The waiter at the Westin Bayshore not only knew all about Celiac and was incredibly friendly and nice, he also actually brought us out a plate full of different gluten-free breads and some butter before the meal. My husband liked their gluten-free menu so much he ordered from it also, which he doesn’t need to do (though it makes post-meal smooching much safer to be sure).

It was really, really nice to eat an ordinary regular meal like everyone else, while watching the boats and seaplanes come in.

Rimbo · 2010-05-02T17:01:41.000Z

Plus, that is one awesome-looking cheeseburger.

Demon_G_Sides · 2010-05-02T18:10:49.000Z

That burger looks freakin delicious.

JonRowe · 2010-05-02T20:22:35.000Z

Rimbo:

Hmmm. I guess he meant what he said. :)

At least they tested the car after fixing it.

Rimbo · 2010-05-02T20:32:35.000Z

Yeah, it’s a legit shop. Expensive, though. But so far, every time I’ve brought a car there (twice), I got what I paid for.

ChristienMurawski · 2010-05-02T21:45:38.000Z

Rimbo:

Yeah, it’s a legit shop.

Rats. I was hoping we were talking about a Ferris Bueller situation here.

-xtien

“Please don’t say we’re not going to take the car home.”

krayzkrok · 2010-05-03T04:00:04.000Z

Just had a friend’s 11 year old kid up for 10 days. I think we broke it! The kid, I mean. We exposed him to too much awesome. First we did a film shoot with Grimlock, so he ended up swimming in a large dam with a croc. His Facebook profile pic should get some double takes. Then we did an hour-long Jetranger flight up the East Alligator River - about 80 knots at a height of 10 feet through various canyons and over waterfalls. I think his brain exploded from that. Then for his birthday we first took him to the local RC club where they were flying some pretty large helicopters, plus he witnessed a large plane wipe itself out after the radio signal failed and it nose-dived into the ground from 90 feet. Finally we bought him one of those mini RC Twister helicopters, and we had heli duels. Tomorrow he goes back to school suitably motivated. ;)

AndrewMyers · 2010-05-03T05:14:44.000Z

Damn, can I come hang out for a week if I promise to become a zoologist when I grow up? :)

Acid · 2010-05-03T05:25:58.000Z

krayzkrok:

Just had a friend’s 11 year old kid up for 10 days. I think we broke it! The kid, I mean. We exposed him to too much awesome. First we did a film shoot with Grimlock, so he ended up swimming in a large dam with a croc. His Facebook profile pic should get some double takes. Then we did an hour-long Jetranger flight up the East Alligator River - about 80 knots at a height of 10 feet through various canyons and over waterfalls. I think his brain exploded from that. Then for his birthday we first took him to the local RC club where they were flying some pretty large helicopters, plus he witnessed a large plane wipe itself out after the radio signal failed and it nose-dived into the ground from 90 feet. Finally we bought him one of those mini RC Twister helicopters, and we had heli duels. Tomorrow he goes back to school suitably motivated. ;)

Will you be my uncle?

Matt_Bowyer · 2010-05-03T05:33:01.000Z

Can we force an adoption?

Aeroplane · 2010-05-03T07:19:07.000Z

Jon Rowe:

My choir is having their first concert as the Cecelia Singers! (This weekend)

We are singing lots of German, Italian, and some folk songs too. It should be a real treat.

How did it go?

Rimbo · 2010-05-03T14:13:09.000Z

krayzkrok:

Just had a friend’s 11 year old kid up for 10 days. I think we broke it! The kid, I mean. We exposed him to too much awesome. First we did a film shoot with Grimlock, so he ended up swimming in a large dam with a croc. His Facebook profile pic should get some double takes. Then we did an hour-long Jetranger flight up the East Alligator River - about 80 knots at a height of 10 feet through various canyons and over waterfalls. I think his brain exploded from that. Then for his birthday we first took him to the local RC club where they were flying some pretty large helicopters, plus he witnessed a large plane wipe itself out after the radio signal failed and it nose-dived into the ground from 90 feet. Finally we bought him one of those mini RC Twister helicopters, and we had heli duels. Tomorrow he goes back to school suitably motivated. ;)

adopt me

Alan_Dunkin · 2010-05-03T14:45:20.000Z

BaconTastesGood:

Then I realize that the smell is very reminiscent of cinnamon, but like burnt cinnamon.

Then I remember that I had taken a couple cinnamon capsules earlier, which are basically packed with light cinnamon powder.

My nearest guest is that what had happened is that I burped up the cinnamon…somehow. I have no idea how, but that’s all I can think of. Given the alternate theory is that my GI tract was in flames, I got nothing else to go with.

Who the hell ingests cinnamon capsules? What’s the point?

— Alan

Leah_C · 2010-05-03T14:59:27.000Z

Alan Dunkin:

Who the hell ingests cinnamon capsules? What’s the point?

— Alan

Cinnamon helps sensitize your insulin. I take them for an endocrine disorder. They make your burps taste like cinnamon which is kinda awesome.

BrianRubin · 2010-05-03T15:00:28.000Z

Wow, way to be insensitive, Alan. ;)

JoshV · 2010-05-03T15:22:00.000Z

Alan got Cinna-Burned!

JonRowe · 2010-05-03T15:30:09.000Z

Aeroplane:

How did it go?

Very good. We got lots of great feedback, and there was a pretty good turn out. If I can get a hold of the recordings we did, I will definitely share them. We might end up making a CD to sell for donation money. Hooray for starting the first professional choir in Madison.