Springlike-Friday Rambly Bits

[gnomi]

-- Staples' coupon for their Ink Sweepstakes made me giggle -- "Buy ink or toner! No purchase necessary!"

-- A minor numismatic Grrr: I've been collecting the 50 State Quarters from the beginning. On Wednesday, I got a couple of Montanas as change. However, I still haven't gotten my hands on a South Dakota.

-- The band Say Anything must have at least one Jewish member. I say this based solely on the lyrics of their current song getting radio play (warning: sexual content in lyrics)

-- I'm pondering heading out to Somerville next Saturday night after Shabbat to see if I can meet people in town for the Jamboree.

-- A fun YouTube link: The Yiddish Alef Bet Song (with Hebrew subtitles)

-- I have recently acquired a cool new toy (well, it's on its way to me, so I shall acquire it Real Soon Now) that will allow me to rip cassettes and vinyl discs to mp3. Since I have a record player and a cassette player and many, many instances of music on either cassette or vinyl, this new gadget will get much use.

-- With thanks to betra, who showed me her copy, I have now acquired a copy of Love and Knishes, a Jewish cookbook that came out in 1956. There is, apparently, an updated version that came out in 1997, but there's something special about an older version.

-- A new-to-me word, introduced to me by my mother: Spoliation. I like this word a lot. It has a good mouth-feel. And extra points to my mother for not laughing at me when I told her that I liked the word because of its mouth-feel.

-- An observation: When I want junk food, eating a clementine, no matter how tasty the clementine, is not going to slake my desire for junk.

Comments

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

It's a great price for what you get. I'm so looking forward to being able to listen to some of the music I've been missing for years.

[kuroshii.livejournal.com]

are you saying your turntable and cassette deck are no longer hooked up? for shame! ;)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Actually, the turntable (which has its own built in tape deck) is in my parents' house. I have a separate tape deck, as well, which is in our place (and which I use for playing "chopping music" when I'm doing large quantities of cooking).

[kuroshii.livejournal.com]

ah. :)

another use for the gadget came to mind. it's got RCA jacks, which means it could also go into my vcr/dvd player...endless supply of dialogue-snippet WAV files for windows-events, anyone?! muahaha...

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

And it comes with all the cables necessary for doing so, too...

Hmmmmmmmm.... :-)

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

GHOSTBUSTERS. LABYRINTH.

Now i need to get Real Genius, too.

years, i'm telling you, YEARS

[kuroshii.livejournal.com]

the wav i've wanted for my windows startup SINCE BEFORE THE MOVIE WAS IN THE THEATER (because the line was used in the commercials):

"mornin', boys!"
"hi, K!"
"that isn't decaf is it?"
"viennese cinnamon."

(this of course is from the first Men In Black movie)

i've actually found several versions online, but they all cut off before the decaf question. which to me is key.

Re: years, i'm telling you, YEARS

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I just want my computer to be able to say "Love me, fear me, do exactly as I say, and I will be your slave."

Re: years, i'm telling you, YEARS

[kuroshii.livejournal.com]

ooo. that's a good one too.