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2:31 AM
Holy Shit:
This is so American, in so many ways.
 
 
5 hours later…
8:02 AM
@Jolenealaska but, but, no one with lots of money can be really bad
 
Here's what gets me...
They're in Atlantic City or Vegas, one of those places...
In an elevator...
there are cameras
So...
Why the hell are we blaming the NFL for not standing up?
Where the hell was law enforcement??
He shouldn't be facing NFL sanctions...
He should be in prison.
 
has there been no legal action?
is it because he's not in the state?
 
Jon alludes to it in the beginning of the video. Apparently the state reacted to the video of him dragging his unconscious fiancee out of the elevator.
 
oh, the whole counselling thing
 
But not to the very shocking video of him punching her lights out. It's as if that didn't exist until it was "leaked".
Give me a break.
On an elevator?
In a gambling town??
In a swank hotel???
5 or 6 people saw it live.
 
8:11 AM
well, you wouldn't want to be seen as the kind of establishment where under-educated spoiled little bastards can't punch their women with impunity would you? bad for business!
 
Exactly.
It pisses me off that he's not in prison.
He's an NFL player...
A punch like that
is a lethal weapon.'
I'm a little sensitive on this subject, I guess.
Stacey was 100lbs soaking wet. (remember that story?)
 
I remember a time when I was hell bent for leather.
"Next time you want to hit a woman, asshole...hit me."
 
quite
I have never hit anyone, man or woman
 
I am eating awesome risotto!
 
8:19 AM
I am a veritable Jain
 
I hit a man once.
 
@Jolenealaska sweet
 
He deserved it. I almost lost my job (and what later became my business) over it...but it felt good
He was nuts.
I was house/pet sitting for a friend.
She was out of the state.
I invited a certain gentleman to spend some time with me at this lovely house.
We were...busy....when suddenly lights appeared out of nowhere
 
<grabs popcorn>
 
Understand...this is Alaska, the nearest neighbor is like a mile away...
 
8:25 AM
sure
 
so headlights appearing out of nowhere was weird.
flash...they were gone...
next day I'm at the bar.
I'm bar-tending, brand new job
In comes the Ex of my friend..
the friend I was house-sitting for.
He's pissed, and is looking for the man I had spent the night with...
because he swears he saw him with my friend....doing unspeakable things...
the only way he could have seen what he thought he saw...
was if he was pressed against the window.
you son of a bitch...*boom*
 
i'm just going to make a note here....
never... cross... jojo...
ok, done
unspeakable eh?
;)
 
I was so pissed...even now I'm just shaking...
To this day one thing that puzzles me...
How the hell could he mistake me for a redhead??
 
was it dark?
 
One light on in the hall...everything else, including outside, totally dark. It was December.
 
8:36 AM
i would think brown(?) hair is pretty hard to distinguish from red in the dark
rods and cones and all that
 
That was a small joke :)
 
oh
<reaches for more coffee>
:)
well, the steak was good last night, especially as it only cost £5
that's about 8 bucks
 
The window was high too. He had to have been on the porch, leaning into the window.
My steak is still marinating :)
 
I have a little trick with pan-fried steak - I mash up a stock cube (bouillon) in with the oil I rub into the meat. Instant beefiness.
Then I do 30 second flips
worked out well
 
Nice :)
 
8:40 AM
I should clarify - i flip the steak every 30 seconds
I do not myself perform 30 second flips
 
heehee
 
the ceiling is too low
ah, so you are doing beef and oyster sauce?
did you put chilli in the marinade? ಠ_ಠ
did you? JOLENE?
 
whew!
Internet gnomes.
My steak is probably going to marinate until dinner tomorrow.
So far, I've followed your recipe exactly.
 
Damn straight
 
I have lost my one and only tablespoon. I have exactly 1 set of cup measures, 1 set os spoons. They match.
They never go in the dishwasher, 'cause they're special.
My tablespoon is AWOL
All is not right with the universe
I feel a disturbance in the force.
Today is the day (it's now 1am) that they announce the amount of the Alaska Permanent Fund (to be direct deposited on 10/3/14) and...I think maybe...the Mezzetta announcement is today. I tried to confirm that, but I can't find the e-mail.
back in a bit.....
 
9:18 AM
PFD...As per usual, it's already spent :)
 
damn it jolene
when will you fulfil your lifelong dream of becoming a food photographer?
not to mention visiting the storied and beautiful British Isles?
 
what???
is my connection screwed again??
Are you reading me?
 
last thing I got was 'it's already spent'
 
Arrghh...
Maybe I'll know today that I'm $25,000 richer, not just the measly $1800 the PFD is expected to be.
I'm eating dinner. Ya know what??
I'm a damn good cook! :)
 
so you say
:P
 
9:30 AM
My jeans are feeling a bit tight :(
 
so you say
:D
 
I've been experimenting a lot lately.
 
oh yes? nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more
well, winter is coming, a little extra insulation can't hurt
 
hee! ;) Yep, that's the typical Alaskan line.
And if I fall down my outside stairs, maybe I'll bounce.
 
it's not fat, it's a Dual-Purpose Insulo-Impact Protection Layer
 
9:39 AM
Damn it to hell that you're already married, 15 years too young for me, and 4500 miles away!!! "Dual-Purpose Insulo-Impact Protection Layer"!! !! I love it! :)
 
hey, 15 years is nothing these days
already married and 4500 miles away is something of a deal-breaker though :)
 
Yep :(
ha!
 
we'd need to come up with a better acronym than DPIIPL before we market it
Protective Heat And Trauma layer
or PHAT
 
PHAT!! Hahahahah
 
In order to develop your PHAT layer, you need high quality nutrients. That's why we've developed our patented Biphasic Ultra-Tech Alimentation product. We call it BUTA for short
 
9:52 AM
Bless you sweetie! You have managed to lower my stress level over snug jeans in September! :) That's awesome!
 
<bows>
 
Yes :)
 
we're here for a good time not a long time, tight jeans aren't worth worrying about
 
it's a good thing :)
Do you know of Masterchef USA, with Gordon Ramsey?
 
i know of masterchef uk, because it started here
I am aware that it has gone all over the world
 
9:57 AM
Ooh, I need to watch the original then. I knew of the Australian version, I didn't know it was UK too.
The 5th season ended this week.
I'm watching the finale now.
(US)
 
it was originally made back in the nineties, and it was just a weekly competition between 3 people, cooking a 3 course meal
then it went off the air
then it came back in its present format
there are two judges, an Aussie chef called John Torode, who is a dick, and a Londoner called Gregg Wallace, who's just some foodie they've pulled off the street, also a dick.
 
Of course the US version is incredibly staged, artificial, commercial and addictive like sugary cereal.
Strangely, I kind of like Gordon Ramsey.
He's such an unapologetic ass.
And, I enjoyed the UK version of Kitchen Nightmares.
 
if you watch programmes where the point is not him shouting at people, he's a good presenter
 
I wanted to slap the people silly! "Yes! He's an ass! He also knows what the hell he is talking about! Do what he says and you might save your restaurant!"
If not, you're doomed!
 
right
 
10:05 AM
slap! slap!
 
it's the same with Simon Cowell
yes, he's an arrogant dickhole
however, he is also a multimillionaire businessman due to his knowledge of the music business
he knows what's he's talking about and gives his honest opinion
 
Yep...and what is Ramsey's net worth these days??
 
Plus...holy crap..the man can cook :)
 
though not as much as Jamie Oliver's, I would think
are you aware of Jamie Oliver over there?
he is the best selling author in Britain
not just the best selling cookery author, the best selling author, period
from selling recipe books
 
10:07 AM
Not as much, but yes...I take him a bit more seriously than I do Ramsey.
Above JK Rowling??
 
yup
he does good, tasty, imaginative, easy food
 
wow...I didn't know that was possible.
 
his current book/series is comfort food
 
Outselling JK that is.
 
christ, he did osso buco the other night
on saffron risotto
 
10:11 AM
oh God no!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have spent my grocery budget this month!
 
And next
 
watch the trailer at the bottom of this page, but put a towel on your keyboard first to catch the drool
 
yeah, elendil's first law and all that
 
10:16 AM
Shit...now I am very curious, and I have almost none of the ingredients....And remember that jeans thing!? Bite Me!
 
@Jolenealaska he does a lot of healthy recipes too!
he has been the main driver in greatly improving school meals here
he tried it in the states too but the parents got all 'If my kid wants 3 slices of pizza for lunch that's what they get' :/
 
You sound like a pretty solid fan!
 
he does good food and is generous with his time and money
what's not to like?
 
That's weird...before Michelle Obama? Or after?..
 
10:19 AM
Too bad Michelle really screwed it up.
Oh crap...a YouTube ad has caught me...
this could be bad...
watch my back,I'
m going in
 
eek
I'm British, I have no means with which to cover you
I shall give anyone who takes a pop a jolly good tutting, at least
 
Holy crap but this video....
WTF????
where was I...
Oh Yeah....
This is the most bizarre load of crap...
I'm just kind of...
tilt
 
'a good place to start is with Thomas Aquinas, a 13th century theologian' - eeeerk, incorrect. If you're starting with a 13th century priest, you may as well give the fuck up now
ah yes, the old first mover argument.
everything requires a mover apart from the first mover. Why does the first mover get away with it?
because you say so? fuckity bye!
 
But, he looks smart and he's wearing a tie! and and...if you squint just right he almost sounds like he makes sense...if you're drunk!
 
10:35 AM
he sounds like he's having trouble staying awake
 
'cause it only could start if someone really smart started it.
"cause
well
just 'cause
How the hell did I get there looking for a topical Michelle Obama school lunch thing?
And how the hell does Amazon know I have big feet?
THESE are questions to ponder.
 
I told them, sorry
I'm part of the 'Snitch for Amazon' program
I get free one day shipping, don't judge me!
 
LOL!
I'm actually looking forward to this philosophy class I'm starting at the end of the month. I've reached a point, and it's been so long, that I just don't get it any more.
How can you walk upright and, you know, pay your car insurance, and believe in this stuff?
It's headshaking...
and...
I'm told, we're in the minority!
 
the level of cognative dissonance is amazing
Mark Twain summed it up brilliantly: “The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.”
 
NICE!
How have I not heard that before?!
I like that!!
 
10:49 AM
These people laugh at African tribes that believe in witches and vampires, but are perfectly fine with eating the flesh of a 2000 year old Jewish zombie
 
Exactly...it makes no sense, yet many of these people manage to walk upright, feed themselves and pay rent.
I JUST DON'T GET IT!!!
And I can't possibly be the moral, honest, compassionate person I think I am.
'Cause I have no moral compass.
 
damn straight
if you're not afraid of eternal punishment, you can't be good
 
Isn't that just the most bizarre thing???
It's like my evil step-mother used to say, "You're not sorry you did it; you're just sorry you got caught!!" Yeah, well, I'm eight. Fucking sue me.
 
indeed
have you heard 'Storm' by Tim Minchin?
it's not so much anti-religion as anti-bullshit in general, but it's brilliant
 
Maybe no??
 
11:05 AM
 
I've go pause for just a minute.
It's work to not miss a thing with an accent so different from my own...\
Or something like that! HA!
I love this guy! :)
 
"Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved"
bam
 
BAM! :)
 
11:20 AM
> "Take physics and bin it! Water has memory! And whilst its memory of a long lost drop of onion juice seems infinite, it somehow forgets all the poo it's had in it."
genius
 
That was awesome!! I'm gunna watch it again. Right Now. 'Cause I can! :)
 
and so you can work out what he's saying?
:P
 
I listened really hard the first time, so I think I got it all, but oddly, maybe didn't enjoy it as much as I could have, because I was working so hard.
so now, I can sit back and ejoy.
 
yeah, it can take a minute to get into the rhythm
 
Whew, I have to pause again. My mother, who died a few years ago, had a significant other, named John. John has the IQ of the risotto I had for dinner.
 
11:32 AM
lol
that smart?
 
Every single time he reads of some new snake oil on the internet proven to cure MS, he calls me.
"You know what they call alternative medicine that works?"
Ok:) Break over!
Thank you for that!
I'm watching another of his bits next.
 
11:53 AM
@Jolenealaska it's nearly your bedtime, remember
 
Yes...I'm really enjoying Tim.
 
tim will still be there when you wake up
 
I have to wrap my brain around, "...to explain the existence of feet in the absence of knowledge of the existence of Tony..." Once I totally get that, I will go to bed.
 
?
link please!
if you click share under the youtube video, you can tick the box to share the video from a specific timepoint
 
It's about 8:30.
How does that work??
Share?
 
12:05 PM
There's a Share button under the video
a textbox appears with the link in it, and next to that is a checkbox and a box for the time
 
ticking that box adds the time to the url as a parameter
 
hover over mine and yours and note the difference in the URLs that appear bottom left
 
12:09 PM
that's the one
a new skill learned :)
 
Mine seems to really, really want to show me an Alaskan senatorial race ad.
Actually, you should start at 8:00
 
lol
we need to find the first mention of TOny
 
Ok, 6:20
 
damn it
now I have work to do
I will leave you to fathom it out
go to bed
that's an order
 
Oh yeah???
 
12:14 PM
don't make me put you over my knee!
 
Not until I get Tony!!!
 
Helllloww
 
The very, very end of that video is a hoot!
Hi Gigili!
 
Long time no see, no hear, no etcetera
 
@Gigili hi there
 
12:19 PM
I was just thinking of you.
 
Did you win the competition at last?
 
Puff pastry just came up on main.
Maybe! I might find out today.
 
Oh, I am a puff pastry lover
@Jolenealaska I really hope so, you deserve it
 
Aww:) I hope so too!
 
12:36 PM
I've got to go to bed. I'm at peace with Tony...have a very good evening, you two!
 
@Jolenealaska night hon
sleep well
wake up 25 large richer!
 
Good night
 
@Gigili how're things with you ?
 
12:55 PM
Good
And you?
 
not bad, not bad
what culinary delights have you been cooking lately?
 
Nothing!
I had a few days off cooking
 
what did you eat?
:)
 
We were on a trip
Mainly junk food! Nothing to be proud of, but anyway =)
 
everything in moderation, including moderation!
 
1:06 PM
~Prof. Tall
 
at your service
 
 
9 hours later…
10:04 PM
Holy crap: Watch the very beginning of this video.
@ElendilTheTall
@Cerberus
I'm not entirely sure, but I think that's him.
The jerk I hate so much and is such a stain on the fabric of Alaska??
 
Hi.
Is it the preacherman?
What video?
 
That huge ugly building that's probably the biggest building in Alaska?!
 
Right.
 
Hi Cerby:
 
I don't' think I would recognise him, though.
 
10:08 PM
Watch the first minute of this:
It's Illegal to possess a Bald Eagle Feather!!
But this ass can do that...
 
So is that his "church"?
 
I think so...
It looks right...
 
Aren't bald eagles protected or something?
 
it sounds like him
YES!!
 
Can't someone report them?
 
10:12 PM
To who??
 
The police?
 
He's like the president here
 
Corruption?
 
Anybody else would go to jail for that shit.
 
Won't the police enjoy a prominent target?
I have to go now for a bit.
I'm sure this guy will go down in flames over some scandal some day.
 
10:15 PM
I am sure he got some kind of special permit...and I'm sure the eagle was born in captivity somewhere ...but shit
my blood is boiling ...I'm so mad!
Have a good day, sweetie...
Don't think of asshole politician, corrupt eagle abusing so-called ministers in the weird city in the middle of nowhere
 
10:49 PM
Or perhaps he doesn't...
 
I bet you would enjoy the videos Tall and I posted last night.
 
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