Compound Interest - it's Black and White
1. Wear sunscreen
2. The Cake is a Lie
3. COMPOUND INTEREST
Compound Interest - it's Black and White
1. Wear sunscreen
2. The Cake is a Lie
3. COMPOUND INTEREST
home with free electricity
Me? I would spend every minute worrying about how long before the power comes back. Our power lines are underground, I don't think we have had 12 hours of total combined blackouts in the past 13 years. Add to that PJ, who simply can't understand why the lights and everything but the laptops and the phones won't work.
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School bus
My English teacher in 8th grade, hands down the worst teacher I have ever had. Runner ups: some university professors I ran into that didn't give a shit about teaching, they were simply punching their ticket for whatever reason.
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My favorite is Cafe X-Press (http://www.cafe-xpress.com) in Bethesda, MD.
All of their sandwiches are incredible, they are very affordable and the staff is very fast. Even when it is very crowded you can expect to be in and out of there in just a few minutes.
My favorite is the Manhattan, Hot pastrami & corned beef topped with cole slaw, melted Swiss cheese and Russian dressing on a sub roll. It is frickin awesome, and one of the things I miss the most about Bethesda.
Love Coffee
My evil mother started me on coffee when I was around 6 years old. And no, I don't want to quit, coffee is DELICIOUS.
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Uhm, duh x 2.
12 pounds of vaseline
I'll always coat myself in vaseline, so nobody can grab me.
Maruchan Instant Lunch
Back in the early 90's I had a college buddy that was always looking for the ultimate cheap meal. He introduced me to ramen noodles, which were not only delicious, but could be bought 5 packs for a dollar, sometimes even cheaper. You could add a hot dog or Vienna sausages and a can of corn and it was an instant meal.
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Because that's the song that I used to actually break the speakers on my first CD boom box many years ago. That's no joke, I broke the damn speakers.
Because it's my favorite song in Guitar Hero II, and I actually had to work hard at it to be able to play it semi-decently.
Because its probably the loudest Beatles song ever recorded, I want kids to remember that what they think of "rocking" has nothing to do with what real "rocking" actually sounds like.
dark side of the moon take 2 - pink floyd
I listen to some of my favorite Pink Floyd, usually Dark Side of the Moon, Meddle, Animals, Atom Heart Mother or Live from Pompeii. I also have a rule that I only listen to these albums as a whole, not piecemeal.
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FERRARI 250 GTO and 275 GTB
Ferrari 250 GTO, 1962-1964. I don't know why, it just has driven me crazy since I was a kid.
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I want to be the Mouse that Roared.
Live in Tokyo
I hear Tokyo is electronic gadgets heaven, and I want to find out.
Learn Chinese
I already speak English and Spanish. Learning Chinese would allow me to reach a LOT of people. More practical than learning German or Japanese.
Start a film production company
The world has an infinite thirst for crappy movies, I just want to do my part.
UTZ potato chips
Self-explanatory if you live in the mid Atlantic area.
Senseo dark roast coffee pods
Hard as hell to find if the ARTIST forgets to bring his own supply.
Hard pillows
The ARTIST takes power naps at regular intervals, plus reads from an Amazon Kindle 2.
Multiple ramen noodle packs, in multiples of twos
PJ eats a ton of these, and always two packs at a time.
Deer Park bottled water, chilled
Five dollar foot long sandwiches
These must come from Subway, and must cost no less than $5/linear foot. Quizno's subs will NOT BE TOLERATED. Chips must be UTZ, as described on item 1.
Coca Cola, chilled
No substitutes. Only Coca Cola and Diet Coke are allowed.
Wireless internet connection and access to one ethernet port
The ARTIST will provide a broadband switch for wired connectivity.
Alex Lifeson's guitar riffs sound just like a race car
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coffee break
My vice is caffeine. My mother was a teacher for many years (never in my school, that honor went to my kid brother) and she preferred to do things very early in the morning. She would be up before 5, doing things around the house, then when that was done, she would grade papers and tests, usually cursing at the stupidity of some of her students (this happened a lot).
She would wake us up right around that time to help with our homework, and quickly figured out that the way to keep us alert so early was to get us addicted to coffee. She brewed locally grown (Puerto Rico) coffee in the turkish style, which has the texture of a drip brew but is bitter and strong like espresso. She (and dad) drank it black or with steamed milk, both my brother and myself only drank it with the steamed milk.
The addiction has lasted into my late 30s. Coffee kept me awake in school, college, military service and through many years in the private industry.
As for quitting, I tried once: I had withdrawal headaches for over a week or so, then was clean and sober for a few days after that. Then I realized that there was no reason for me to quit all caffeinated beverages, only sugar-laden sodas so I went right back to the coffee mug and here I am today.
And yeah, I am drinking coffee right now.
