FlyingRhenquest

I got out of building my own computers for a while, but I'm leaning toward doing that again. It's more of a bother, but I get exactly what I want and a pretty decent price. I usually just install Linux on my machines, which is fine as long as you're not looking to play a lot of games. There is actually some selection of games on Steam for Linux now, which is a lot more than you got the last time I was really into Linux. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I had a pizza stone when I was living down in Lafayette that the entire time I lived there. I just left it in the oven most of the time. I don't do a whole lot of baking, though, so I really didn't use it enough to justify having one. They're also supposed to absorb the heat and smooth out your oven's on-off cycles, but I never noticed a huge difference whether it was in or not. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

It was amazingly good! The whole house smelled great while it was cooking and when I took a bite I realized I'd be adding this recipe to my usual rotation. Two habeneros gave it a nice little burn without being too hot. I think three would be decently fiery. I have a pretty high threshold for such things though -- my room mate complains about stuff being too hot when I can't even taste the spicy. I was fairly conservative with the broiler but it still came out nicely crispy. I served it over some nice white rice I have. I posted a couple of pictures on Google+ here. Edit: I'm totally going to try this sauce and broiling trick with pork short ribs, too! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Yup. They've been installing it on their laptops apparently since around 2010. Whenever you buy a new computer through consumer channels you can pretty much assume it's coming loaded with a bunch of crapware that you don't want at best and is actively harmful at worst. You have to do your own operating system install, which consumers typically don't want to get involved in. The manufacturer is the last and most prominent actor in a large web of trust that goes into the construction of your computer (phone handset et al,) that the average consumer never puts any thought into. If you pay attention to the news this week, one of the headlines was about someone finding virusses in hard drive firmware recently, presumably put there by someone with three-letter-initials. If I wanted to spy on everybody, I'd target drive firmware, computer BIOS and network cards. Any compromise in any of those areas would be damn-near undetectable and extremely useful to have in place. Any of those manufacturers would also quite happily fuck you for a large enough briefcase full of cash. Or in some cases, a bag of M&Ms. That's what happened in the story you cited. You can vote with your wallet to some extent, but good luck finding a corporation that has what you'd consider to be "Integrity." Their only obligations are to their shareholders. Corporations seem to feel that they're obliged to break the law if they think they can get away with it and it will be profitable enough. Until we start consistently sending CEOs and CFOs and directors to jail when that happens, this isn't gong to change. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Someone posted this in a crockpot forum I subscribe to on Google+ http://africanbites.com/?p=11521 I made the marinade tonight and my chicken's soaking in it over night. I'll start it up tomorrow around noon and see how it comes out! If this works, the sky's the limit! I could jerk pork! I could jerk beef! There's literally no meat I would not be able to jerk! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I was a damn lemming out of a skyvan in Eloy and landed out with half the load. Still kind of embarrassed about that. Every time I don't check my spot I get burned. You'd think I'd learn... I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

And not that "blow job" you got in Eloy? ;-) Mine was just off AFF and having a brain fart about landing with the arrow, and doing a downwind landing. Nice face-plant on that one. We get back to the loading area and JVH yells at me "WHAT THE HELL BRUCE?! I DIDN'T TEACH YOU THAT!" So I had to go demonstrate a PLF for his AFF class that day. Heh heh heh. Haven't screwed up on the arrow since then, although there have been a few times where it's done a 180 about the time I turn onto final. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Welcome to skydiving. No fatties. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Nope, but I don't think using a parachute to try to stop that would end well. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Huh. Do you hang on to the hula hoop at pull time? I took a 7 gallon keg of Sawtooth for my 100th. The DZ drank about a gallon of it. I did a pretty good job of finishing it off over the next week, mostly by making a lot of beer cheese soup. Sawtooth is just a little too hoppy for beer cheese soup. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I'm pretty sure they're burning PTO, just like I am. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Casa Bonita requires you to order a full meal in order to gain entrance anymore. I've heard you really want to not eat the food there. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

There are some fantastic Asian restaurants around the intersection of Federal and Alameda. If you're into that sort of thing, the New Saigon for Vietnamese or the Empress for Chinese are both freaking amazing. There's that iFly tunnel in South Denver near the Park Meadows mall. Are you going to be visiting us at Mile Hi tomorrow? I can do another drive-by where I wave as I get off the plane (heh heh.) There's also go-karts and mini golf on the west side of Boulder on 36th, (Apparently) several ice skating rinks in the area, the butterfly pavilion on 36 between Denver and Boulder, several casinos up in Blackhawk (You can buy into a poker tournament for as little as $40,) the Rocky Mountain national park and about 500 miles of trails around. There's also that big amusment park in the middle of town, though I can never actually figure out if they're in business or not. Or you could go see 50 shades of gray at the IMAX theater. Now that I think about it, there really is kind of a lot of stuff to do here... I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Funnily enough I suspect the time machine post may still be involved in some way. God, 512MB? How did we do anything with so little memory? You can't even open a window in under 8 gigabytes anymore... I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

https://bouldercolorado.gov/pages/blotter-feb-6-2016-to-feb-8-2015/ I know, I know, wrong site... I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

It's all downhill from there man. I remember turning 27, feeling physically like crap and feeling nostalgic for when I was 25. I'm 45 now and it takes like twice as long to pee, you get like no warning when you have to go to the bathroom and I look hideous. I have a picture of a handsome guy in my basement... I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I feel your pain, brah. The first time my current main exploded, it took them months to get it back to me. Fortunately a buddy of mine had purchased a... um... "Frankenrig" from a guy... um... here, I think. It came with an old F11 Raider 2 that he was afraid to jump. Funnily enough he's afraid to jump the canopy but not the rig, while I'd have been afraid to jump the rig but happily installed the canopy in my rig for a few dozen jumps until my main came back. Never did stand one up on that goddamn thing, no flare to speak of, but it got me on the ground! Other than it not having any flare and steering like a cow, it was actually a pretty decent canopy, and packed up REAL nice! Fortunately the next time my current main exploded, they were a lot faster on it, and slapped a big-ass slider on it when they sent it back which seems to be doing a pretty good job of keeping it from exploding again. Plus my deploys look like they're happening in slow motion in my videos now! Bonus! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Hah. Actually the way it's blowing out there right now I'm on the ground happy I'm not in the air. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Well shit. According to the NOAA KLMO Weather Station it's been gusting into the mid 40s since 7AM. Guess I'm going back to bed I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Awesome! My wingsuit jumps are getting smoother! I'd like to work closer to the dropzone, but I'm trying to weasel my way into a place that would be within walking distance of there. Then I just need to get to work on whoring myself out to every woman in Longmont to pay for jump tickets and wind tunnel time! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Yeah, that's one of the reasons I ended up getting my stuff new. As long as I didn't mind the lead time, I could get new gear for about 10-20% more than what people were asking for stuff with a thousand jumps on it. And a new rig custom-ordered would fit me a lot better than the used stuff. Might be worth considering a new rig and an old Sabre 1, though. There's just something about those old Sabres that really make you not mind so much the bruises you get every time the damn things open... I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

haha yep. You're going to be snorting lines of canopy dust off the packing room floor in no time! Have fun! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I had my parachute card all ready, but the TSA guys at both airports I took it through already knew the deal with the whole thing. Both airports swabbed it for explosives, but I still made it through security faster than my buddy who was traveling with a laptop. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

*Looks at First One* Those aren't supposed to be VTOL! Oh! Pilot's going around! He's all like hell with that shit I'm gonna put my landing gear up and go somewhere else! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I think Disney has done a couple generations of women a huge disservice by feeding them a line that some "Prince Charming" is going to come along and sweep them off their feet and crap daisies and unicorns forever after. Fact of the matter is, no two people are going to get along 100% of the time. A relationship is a series of compromises and good communication. If you're holding out for Prince Charming, you're going to have a long wait. Really Disney needs to be a bit more realistic. More like "And they lived for nearly a year before she felt compelled to stab him in the face!" Or maybe "They lived happily until he turned 53 and died of prostate cancer because he never thought getting a doctor's finger up his butt was a great idea. Then when she turned 67 she filed for social security benefits which were entirely based on his earnings since her job never payed more than a quarter of what being a prince did." I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?