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Vlog?

nobody@vox.com(King Ellipsis) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:32:46 -0600

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I am going to glaze right over the part where I haven't been around and use the fact that I am a huge dork, and offer up a solution. Something that is quick for me to do, and satisfying to all of you who love me so much. I am an awesome dork, so lets see what we can come up with. Proceed to video below for more information.

Vlog?

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It is an explanation.

nobody@vox.com(King Ellipsis) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:05:18 -0600

I was going to do a couple of pieces tonight....
   one of them being a breakdown of the "hipster family", the young and wealthy breeding dressing like hipsters and putting their children in ironic t-shirts, but I did'nt get a chance to work that one out verbally with my friend today, and voice mail isn't the place to work out the kinks on that kind of subject.
    so.....
    I figured I would offer an explanation to folks that don't know this about me, and a reminder to those that do know me that may have have let it slip from their memory.

       I RUN RESTAURANTS.
       I RUN MY SELF INTO THE GROUND.
       I TEND TO FORGET ABOUT THE REST OF THE WORLD.
       I WANTED TO CALL YOU BACK... I REALLY DID... BUT I GOT A CALL FROM THE RESTAURANT.
       I WANT TO GO OUT WITH YOU TO TALK ABOUT YOUR BAD BREAKUP, BUT I CAN BARELY MOVE.
       I CAN NOT STOP THINKING "DO WE HAVE ENOUGH SALMON?"
       I RUSH HOME FOR A SHOWER... NOT TO GO OUT, BUT TO NOT SLEEP IN MY OWN FILTH.
       I LOVE MY JOB.
       I LOVE YOU TOO.
       I HAVE LOST TEN POUNDS.
       I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE IN MY 54 CHAIRS EATING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ME EATING.
       I HAVE SEEN YOUR FACEBOOK COMMENTS, YOUR MYSPACE MESSAGES ETC... I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU I AM IN A UNIVERSE THAT OFFERS SO LITTLE SLEEP THAT I AM STARTING TO THINK ABOUT THREAD COUNT.
       I MISS YOU.
       I MISS ME.
       I HAVE TO DO THIS.
       I AM SORRY.

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...and a hot dog inbetween

nobody@vox.com(King Ellipsis) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:21:52 -0600

Well folks here is another dose of food information you didn't want or need, but you have to admit it is always interesting to find out how complex the simple things are.

Ketchup
The word “ketchup” comes from the Chinese “ke-tsiap,” and if you’re wondering why ketchup isn’t used in Chinese food, well, there’s your story. Ke-tsiap wasn’t at all like ketchup. It was a sauce made from pickled fish that frankly wouldn’t taste so great on a burger – or in our opinion on much else. Nonetheless, it was popular enough to catch on in Malaysia, where it was called “kechap,” and Indonesia (“ketjap”), and to be honest it probably wasn’t as bad as it sounds; it’s been compared to soy sauce. When English and Dutch sailors made their way to the Far East in the 17th century, they “discovered” the sauce and brought some back with them. Homemade versions immediately became popular; Elizabeth Smith’s The Compleat Housewife (copyright 1727) called for anchovies, shallots, vinegar, white wine, cloves, ginger, mace, nutmeg, pepper, and lemon peel.

Note the lack of tomatoes in that recipe. In the grand East-meets-West tradition of fusion cuisine, someone thought to add tomatoes to ke-tsiap in the early 1700s. The British counterpart of that person, by the way, went another direction and added mushrooms instead; you can still find mushroom ketchup at a few specialty retailers, and The New Joy of Cooking contains a recipe for the homemade stuff. Anyway, in both nations, the spelling also mutated around the same time; the first reference to “ketchup” appeared in 1711. This, too, caught on, and within 100 years or so ke-tsiap had acquired yet another regional name: tomato soy. Teresa Heinz Kerry’s great-great-great in-laws started selling a thin, salty version of the stuff in as “tomato ketchup” in 1876, and it was such a hit that eventually they just dropped the “tomato.”

Mustard
Mustard, in my opinion, has one of the best linguistic back stories in the English tongue: its name is a contraction of the Latin mustum ardens, meaning “burning wine” – presumably because the seeds are spicy and used to be as valuable as the vintage stuff. (The French used to mix mustard seeds with grape juice, which may also have something to do with the name.) Mustard’s tastier qualities, however, weren’t always appreciated the way they are today. It started out as the ancient equivalent of Neosporin: Pythagoras prescribed it for scorpion stings. His successor, Hippocrates, tried to cure toothaches with it (at least he didn’t use something sugary). Later, the stuff had fans among religious types, too: Pope John XXII was reportedly so enamored of mustard that he established a new Vatican position, grand moutardier du pape, which means “mustard-maker to the pope.” Conveniently, he happened to know the perfect candidate; his nephew was a moutardier.

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nobody@vox.com(King Ellipsis) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:55:50 -0600

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity.

To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300° C.

The Russians used a pencil.

Enjoy paying your taxes.

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Watching Blazing Saddles, and cruising the tubes for you.

nobody@vox.com(King Ellipsis) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:28:12 -0600

Deathstar Cafeteria

and a friendly reminder...

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It would stand to reason...

nobody@vox.com(King Ellipsis) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:19:00 -0600

You would think after such a lengthy "black out" here from the fair and just King Ellipsis that there would be a lot to say... you would think so wouldn't you? It would stand to reason.

Despite all of the things I have going on :

The juvenile crush I have on a bartender at a horrible restaurant, yet continue to go back.

The dramatic "swooping in" I am doing as the Sous Chef at a trendy downtown restaurant.

The stupid drivers I encounter riding my bicycle around the most beautiful city in the country.

Good times out shopping for my friends birthday... and feeling really proud of what I got.

My ex calling me for my veggie lasagna recipe (longest conversation we have had since the ending)

The frustration of looking for a place to live.

How passionate I am about my new job, and how I feel like I did when I was 23 except now my back hurts.

Fish being plucked in the night by Raccoons and the emotional turmoil involved.

Sitting in a bathtub right now, because it's the only place I can get an internet signal without sitting in a coffee shop.

So on and so on...

I'm exhausted... worn out... taking a much needed break...

What have you been up to?

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So porn it is.

nobody@vox.com(King Ellipsis) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:21:04 -0600

Friendly reader "Inspirational Place", a reader who always has something kind to say... suggested a topic out of character for what I imagined her character to be since I don't know this person at all. I suppose that laying down the gauntlet and proclaiming that there was "no taboo" in what I will write about I was bound to be suggested another topic involving in one way shape or form genitalia.
Her suggestion was based on the idea that porn turns men off from the real thing. While I disagree personally, I still went ahead and did some reading on the subject... thinking maybe some sort of research would prove me wrong and I could immediately change my opinion to be in line with the research.
It didn't change my mind.

I read an article by Naomi Wolf entitled The Porn Myth. The basic idea behind the article was that porn did not turn men into sex hungry animals, it had the exact opposite outcome and created lofty ideals about sex and women that 99.99% of the time were not accurate and would promptly disappoint the men and send them running back to their DVD players and internet.

I don't get it.

While pornography in all of its forms is a huge and increasingly main stream business... I don't lend it that type of power and influence.
Today porn is drawing more women than ever before, at least on a public level that is. I don't see Naomi Wolf mentioning that. I have had many conversations with women where they either admit or proclaim their fascination with porn. It's nothing more than a canteen to get them trough the dry times, I think most men, or at least the men I know think of it the same way. Porn is okay, but it is absolutely no substitute for the real thing... and if anything it is giving people ideas on how to have a little more fun during sex not chasing them away from it.

I myself look at porn from time to time. I don't feel any sort of shame associated with it, and it certainly does not tame my libido. Think of it this way... You are tied to a chair facing a television. You have not been fed in three days. The images on the screen are of glorious steaks in all forms, a constant barrage of tasty meat is on the screen for three days while you are starving. Once released... are you going to the salad bar?
Not me.

Naomi Wolf wrote what seems like a researched article on the subject, and wrote it well... but I believe her to be fundamentally wrong.

*on a personal note...
Thank you to everyone who made suggestions. I now have an actual list to work off of the next time I find myself in a pinch, and fret not... every individual gets their credit. I will not pretend that your idea is mine... so keep those suggestions coming. I like a challenge... and by the way watching porn is not a challenge. Try getting a woman to sleep with you when you don't have a job... that is a challenge.

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It's been a little while...

nobody@vox.com(King Ellipsis) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:58:29 -0600

So... I am feeling an onset of laziness as it applies to this "blog" again...

what would you like to see written about?
No subject is taboo... for example... the post How did we get here from there? was user generated... by one of my favorite readers I might add.

or this one... which shows my ability to take any one idea and run it straight into the ground -> Poor Helena

Nothing is impossible or too far fetched or too weird or too silly.
Shoot me a message or leave a comment... I would like to see what your brain makes for me to create.

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television didn't help either.

nobody@vox.com(King Ellipsis) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:59:24 -0600

Is everyone knowing everything going to breed some kind of utopia?

I doubt it.

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Passive aggresive ways to do everything.

nobody@vox.com(King Ellipsis) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:37:07 -0600

1. Have you ever noticed that sun-dried tomatoes and peyote look remarkably similar? Not really suggesting anything here, I am just saying.
2. To get that much sought after promotion at work... subscribe to a bounty of porn magazines with your rivals name and your workplace address.
3. Need to get through the checkout line faster ? Remove things from the cart in front of you and gently point out that they seem to have everything they need for cake... and yet no eggs.
4. Kids keeping you up at night with their "nightmares", just tell them that if they don't close their eyes and be quiet Jesus will die.
5. Tired of being invited to your friends "art openings" at cafe's ? Send out an e-vite for folks to come view what you left in the toilet this morning.
6. Annoying vegetarian friends? Invite them over for dinner and try veggie rumaki: wrap a strip of imitation bacon around a water chestnut, spear with a toothpick, and broil—but instead of imitation bacon use real bacon, and instead of a water chestnut use veal.
7. Ex won't stop calling you? Go ahead and email those nude pictures to their mother.
8. At your friends house and their kids are driving you crazy? Give them caffeine pills and leave. That will teach them to use birth control.
9. Have a friend who drinks too much? Tie them to a chair and drink an entire bottle of whiskey in front of them. Then maybe have sex with their spouse, that's up to you.
10. Is mom giving you grief on the holidays because you are "still single"? Next Thanksgiving, bring a prostitute.

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