Common sense is not so common.

I visited my dermatologist again today, only 5 days after my last visit with her. Going to the group appointments is a lot easier than waiting for an opening or scheduling an emergency visit in any medical facility I would think, so I opted for the convenient and less personal route today.

Upon walking to the little room to get injections, she asks, “Oh how are things? Didn’t I see you last week?”.

I shamefully said yes and divulged my whereabouts starting the day after we last talked.

“Wow, sounds like some stress!”.

Yes, it was stressful but moreover I feel like I should be working.

“I get the same feeling after doing all my work, like empty right? It’s a pace that you’re not used to but it’s good for you to have a change once in awhile. It is also completely normal to feel the way you do.”

I was forced to digest this as she was shooting me up with cortisone (I couldn’t talk anyway) and some where in those minutes it started to sink in. I enjoy challenges and preferably at a steady pace everyday. Sometimes it’s less challenging but at a super fast pace, or more challenging and slow. It didn’t matter as long as there was an obstacle and it was my job to get over it.

She didn’t give me the answer, but instead gave me reassurance and a thread. The rest of the rope is up to me.

p.s. if you want the contact to my dr, just comment and i’ll give you the info. She’s a really great dermo (too)!

One day my VM ran out of memory! I know I’m a number cruncher and that takes up lots of space but come on! Got to the bottom of this with a little du -sk and found that a stupid file called ibdata hogging up all the space. I did it the WRONG way by just deleting the culprit right then and there, but here’s the way you SHOULD do it:

1. dump dbs
2. shutdown mysql with sudo service mysqld stop
3. delete the /var/lib/mysql/ ibdata file
(if you don’t do this next step you can’t get the mysqld back up!)
4.delete the ib_logfile1 ib_logfile0 files
5. go thru each database directory in /var/lib/mysql and delete any .frm and .ibd files
* you can use sudo -s to get into shell mode since sudo cd table_name/ may not work
if you don’t do this step you’ll get http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=15319 the ERROR 1051 (42S02): Unknown table ‘t1′ error where the data will be gone (from ibdata1) but the schema will still be there (.frm and .ibd files)
6.turn on mysqld start
7. reload dbs

/etc/my.conf has all the table settings including the one that will put one innodb database PER FILE instead of everything in one file.

go to /var/log/ mysqld.log to check for mysql error msgs – checking is goood….

Look deeply into my eyes:

I am so manly I can wear pink!

My buddy Chuckles:

his friend Nosey:

Nosey’s classmates:

My angry coworkers at the local watering hole:

the captioning is adorable.

via cuteoverload

Courtesy of Bertc’s Scrabble Art:

THE PUBLIC ART GALLERIES When you rearrange the letters:
LARGE PICTURE HALLS, I BET

MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER

PRESIDENT CLINTON OF THE USA: When you rearrange the letters (With no letters left over and using each letter only once):
TO COPULATE HE FINDS INTERNS

Courtsey of xkcd

Let me tell you a story about this page. Blue Ribbon stays up notoriously late to cater to the needs of NYC’s chefs. It’s low key and has a friendly atmosphere, great food and bar, and doesn’t get started till 1am, when the chefs are off from work. Below the reviews is a way to GET to Blue Ribbon on the famous “chinatown bus”, courtesy of adsense. The chinatown buses is the best known secret to get to NYC from all 2nd tier cities on the eastern seaboard for CHEAP (like fitty-dolla). Just about any of these bus companies serve from your local chinatown to chinatown.NYC.

In case you are from NYC and visiting DC, adsense put a DC restaurant ad next to the chinatown bus ad, where the bus will take you there too!

String ads together are as easy as string words into sentences!

Jeopardy music…

What is Omakase?

That is correct!

Finish reading my review in the “P.S.” section.

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Aside from what I order at Sushi of Gari (WEST SIDE, because the east side one maybe better but I can live without my fellow patrons’ head-sized-snot-bubbles ), Amazon has Omakase ad placement! I’d like to shake the hand of the person that came up with that terminology, because it’s way more fun than the word “Adsense”.

P.S. Here is the rest of the restaurant review as promised from the link “Sushi of Gari” above:

“Is the tuna platter bad?” you ask? Hell no, it’s just that I’ve made friends with the lovely chefs at the sushi bar and I order Omakase. Now that you know what “omakase” means, I can tell you that if you respect the chefs at the bar, you will get stuff that one can only dream of. Combinations of different and delicious foams, sauces, degrees of seared-ness, uni, salmon roe, squid, cooked toppings, raw toppings, I can go on and on. Just TELL THEM what you want and don’t want and they will whip up a match that is surprisingly tasty and you won’t get it anywhere else. If you are super nice to them, you can even make some requests for special pieces that you’ve got to have – like my salmon and roasted tomato or the foie gras sushi. Yes, they have foie gras sushi and it’s marvelous.

Ok you’re feeling light headed with all the possibilities. In summary, when you go to Gari (preferrably with reservation) ask for a seat at the bar and let the chef whisk you away to the sushi disco heaven. If you’re going with someone who won’t touch raw fish, sit at a table and order some cooked food. It won’t be as amazing as the omakase, but Gari deals with those folks pretty well.

p.s.s thanks jason miller. we miss you & pat.

Say it with me: Prostate Acupuncture!

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