Today's my last day at my old job. I feel like I'm being freed from the plantation. In fact, I'm going to start referring to my old job as The Plantation. My boss gave this ridiculously insincere card and this gift that obviously came out of her "gift closet." In my exit interview, the woman asked me why I was leaving, and I said, "Well, there just really wasn't any room for career growth here, I tried to stay but I didn't get any of the jobs I interviewed for, so my only real option was to, you know, leave [The Plantation]. So you know, it's been a fun 8 years, but uh, I guess it's time for me to peace out!"
Her eyes bugged out of her head when I said "peace out."
Duringi the Al Green tribute on this year's BET Awards, one of my favorite singers performed one of my favorite songs.
The campaign, in Canada at least, features shoddy, third-rate Michael Jackson and Madonna lookalikes explaining that they, respectively, want the "Jacko" and "Madge" Yahoo Mail addresses under the new domains. Even if you could get past the idea that you're supposed to identify with people who want to adopt the identity of insane 50-year-old pop stars, the worst part is that both "Jacko" and "Madge" are names bestowed upon the singers by the British tabloids, and both epithets are detested by the singers they've been applied to.
It's a win all around, really.
I accepted a new position. I am super excited about it. My last day at my current crummy old job is July 7. I feel like running laps around the building and high-fiving everyone.
I ESCAPED!! I'M FREEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Although almost every day at Six Apart is Take Your Dog to Work Day, Friday was extra special because it was the official Take Your Dog to Work Day! Plus, as lovers of blogs and animals, we think it's great that active blogger and Human Society's President and CEO, Wayne Pacelle, thinks having dogs around the office is a good reminder of "who we're working for."
We realize some people have it ruff and aren't lucky enough to be able to bring their dog to work, but hopefully these pictures taken at Six Apart last Friday will get your tails wagging... And let me tell you, it's harder than it looks to get all the doggies and their fetching owners in one picture.
For those of us in the northern hemisphere, today is the summer solstice. For ancient civilizations, this day was akin to our modern day New Year's Eve and was viewed as a time to reflect and renew. So why not kick off your summer celebration with a new theme?
See all of our themes in the Design Area.
Or choose from one of these brand-new themes. (Available under "New.")
Last night I made such a good dinner that I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to make it once a week until I am sick of it.
Tacos de Carne Asada
I marinated a 2 pound sirloin roast over night in a mixture of:
Worcestershire
Tabasco brand Chipotle sauce
Juice of 1/2 fresh lime
2 Tbsp olive oil
salt & pepper
Then I made some pico de gallo before I started cooking the steak:
two small tomatoes, diced
1/2 a sweet onion, diced
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced
1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped
juice of 1/2 a lime
salt & pepper
I grilled the beef over medium heat about 5 minutes a side, turning twice---check for your desired level of doneness, my steak was very thick. I brought the steak in and let it sit for a minute to seal the juices further, then I thinly sliced the beef against the grain and chopped the slices into half-inch pieces, TACO SIZED! Then I tossed the beef with a little more worcestershire and chipotle sauce.
Warm CORN tortillas. (Flour tortillas are for gringos.) Heat a cast iron skillet and heat corn tortillas on both sides for 10 seconds each side.
Spoon the carne asada into two corn tortillas (one is too tender and will tend to rip)
Liberally top with pico de gallo.
Lose your mind at how delicious it is.
I ate three, which was one too many, but I wanted to eat six more and explode with deliciousness.
My wife has me doing the holy shit 100 pushups thing, which basically ends every other day with doing pushups until you collapse. as a result, my arms are now useless and vestigial, like a tyrannosaurus, and my giant head has only a walnut-sized brain with which to understand why the heck we're doing this.
A couple of months ago, we told you about Blog It powered by TypePad, the first cross-platform blogging application for Facebook the enables you to post to your Vox blog - and ALL your blogs - with a single click.
Within a week, Blog It had nearly 4,000 active users posting tweets and creating blog posts, as well as updating their status messages with the title and link to the published post. Today, Blog It's Facebook application has nearly 10,000 users. But here's the thing: You're not always sitting in front of the computer when the inspiration to blog strikes. And at Six Apart, it is our goal to provide you the tools you need need to blog where you want, and when you want.
Which is why this week we introduced Blog It for iPhone, a free web application just like the one we introduced for Facebook - only now - on your iPhone. Built specifically for iPhone's Safari browser, Blog It for iPhone enables you to post blog entries or status updates from wherever you are to more than a dozen different online services. And just like the original Facebook version, you can choose to share your posts with the people you know across various social networks.
To start blogging with Blog It for iPhone, go to http://blogit.typepad.com with your iPhone's Safari browser and install the Blog It icon onto your mobile desktop. Then, all you have to do is click the Blog It icon and start creating posts!
Whether you're riding the bus to work, cheering on your team courtside, or enjoying a picnic by the lake, now it's easier than ever to Blog It.
So, it's been a week and a half on the probiotics / Tums diet. And so far, so good. I've been RIDICULOUSLY gassy, but I am cautiously optimistic. I have not been as strict about the diet as my father would probably like (dairy and starch are hard for me to avoid) but I have been religious about my supplements and the antacids. I had to quit taking the Fish Oil in the morning because the ungodly fishy burps were making me suicidal, but I just take 2 at night instead. I have also added 2 Fiber Choice tablets twice a day, once between breakfast and lunch, and one between lunch and dinner.
Anyway, Sunday night we went out for Mexican. Usually Mexican is a risky proposition for me, the salt, spice, cheese, all of it is a guaranteed emergency in my future. Sunday I ordered the carnitas tapatias, which were really unreasonably fatty, and I was concerned. But I was OK in the restaurant. And I was OK on the drive home. And I was even OK when we got home. In fact, no emergency at all. I was totally fine. I was still super nervous. But ... I don't know. I'm still nervous. I still am so afraid to trust my stomach with anything after so many years of KNOWING that I was going to have an emergency. But I am cautiously optimistic.
I'm going to continue to take the Rolaids 4x a day for another week, and I'll continue taking the VSL #3 twice a day, and I'll continue taking the leicithin and fish oil at night, and the fiber between meals for a few more weeks. I'll slowly taper most of the supplements off over the next few months and see what changes, if anything, with the removal of the supplements. I might actually keep taking the supplements and VSL until it runs out, and just drop the rolaids for now. I dunno. I haven't decided.
Anyway, that's the update. I have not had emergency poops since I quit the Rifaximin and started the probiotics.
