Archive for January, 2007

PAgent’s Inferno

Posted in January 30th, 2007
by PAgent in Humor

When Dante Alighieri wrote Inferno, the first cantica in his Divine Comedy, he gave himself the most egotistical privilege ever, and allowed himself to decide who to put in Hell for all eternity. Who’s to say I can’t do the same thing? Only, where Dante concerned himself with the petty sins of sloth, gluttony, wrath, [...]

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One Step Back…

Posted in January 29th, 2007
by PAgent in FYI

So, you know what happens when your nifty high-tech prolactin agonist gets linked to heart valve disease?
You get put on a previous generation drug. Now, there are generally reasons that previous generation drugs become previous generation drugs, and not all of them have to do with going off patent. In this case I will be [...]

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Hate

Posted in January 25th, 2007
by PAgent in FYI

I had a bad day yesterday.
For one thing, it is a distinct possibility that I may have to travel to Japan this summer, on business. This has filled me with irrational dread. For one thing, I hate to fly. For another, I’m deeply insecure about not knowing the language. For yet a third, the responsibility [...]

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How to tell you’ve been playing too much Zelda:

Posted in January 25th, 2007
by PAgent in Games

When you’re driving home from work, and you see a patch of ivy growing on a highway overpass, and you think to yourself “I wonder if there’s a treasure chest up there?”

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Two Cool Things

Posted in January 23rd, 2007
by PAgent in Flotsam

By which I mean, of course, things that I think are cool.
Thing One:
“The Yakuza” is now available on DVD.

A Man Never Forgets. A Man Pays His Debts.
For reasons I have trouble articulating, I love this movie. If you can get past the freaking WIDE lapels and overall groovy ’70s sensibilities, you get a pretty [...]

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Bringing Harmony to the Household, Indeed

Posted in January 22nd, 2007
by PAgent in FYI, Technology

We are happy with our home entertainment setup. We have a Ginormous HD Television, 5.1 stereo surround sound, a decent DVD player, a Digital Video Recorder, a decent VCR, and a couple of game consoles. Watching movies on our TV is a better experience than going out to a theater, in almost every sense. Certainly [...]

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