Mostly Harmless

Today is the 2nd Anniversary (so to speak) of my gluten intolerance diagnosis. In other words: "you’re allergic to pizza and donuts, have a nice day."

It is also the 2nd Anniversary of the Dreamcast, which I picked up at the midnight launch festivities on 9/9/99.

I plan on celebrating both of these momentous, ahh, moments, by not eating wheat, and playing "Soul Calibur". Note that I will not be playing "Half-Life", because those fascist rat bastards dropped the Dreamcast port, much like they dropped the Mac port… both of which were essentially complete. Bastards.

My P.O.S. computer chair that I bought far too many moons ago is on its last legs (wheels… whatever). I have added TEN steel mending plates to various structurally significant parts of the chair to keep it from disintegrating.

For future reference, you should avoid chairs that use the (plastic) arms as the means of attaching the back of the chair to the seat, especially if the seat is mainly plywood.

Some of these little "design features" aren’t visible unless you rip off some fabric — which may get you thrown out of the store… so just avoid all the chairs that don’t have lots of visible metal and you should be fine. To save you some time, you can eliminate all the chairs at Office Max and Office Depot, because they all suck.

So, to the internet!

There are many expensive chairs to be had, but I’m not in the mood to spend $500-$1,800 for a chair just yet. Cutting to the chase, I think I’ll end up with an M40 from dmoz.

I was reading "Dr. Atkins Health Revolution" today and decided to do a little bit of online research.

Interestingly, just about every claim that the book makes is debunked at Dean Ornish? At least he’s not listed at QuackWatch.