Archive for August, 2008

The Audacity of Hope

Posted by zhx on August 31st, 2008 filed in All, Blog Entries, Computers/Tech

I know the feeling has been bothering me for a while now, but it wasn’t until today that I was finally able to really put it all together in my head:
Probably the most depressing part of my job is the surprising number of people I talk to every day with these really lofty “let’s start [...]

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Werther’s Dirigible

Posted by zhx on August 27th, 2008 filed in All, Randomness

Quite by accident the other night a friend discovered that a White Russian in which you substitute vanilla rum for the vodka tastes exactly like Werther’s Original caramels. I showed the drink to Cameron this afternoon and he dubbed the butterscotchy concoction a Werther’s Dirigible. I like it.
Try it yourself: 1 part vanilla rum, 2 [...]

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Fancy Schmancy

Posted by zhx on August 27th, 2008 filed in All, Blog Entries, Photography

I’m not quite sure how it’s happened, but since moving to Portland I’ve somehow been snookered not once but twice into having drinks at what I like to call “whoopdy-fuckin-doo” bars.
The first time was at a little place called Rocket, where Adam had — for reasons unknown to me — arranged to meet a couple [...]

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Monkey Business

Posted by zhx on August 25th, 2008 filed in All, Randomness

I like the term monkey business a great deal because even if monkeys are conducting what they think is business, it’s just shenanigans by people standards.

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Well,

Posted by zhx on August 13th, 2008 filed in All, Music

I started taking jazz drum lessons today. Is that enough of an update?

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