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flerd_trandle

I am here for Friends

About Me

Educated as a physicist. Working as a programmer. Card carrying slacker. I like stating alternatives as much as I like alternative states.

My Interests

music, hockey, cooking, gaming.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who is willing to share something interesting with me whether it is music, art, food, an opinion, a camping spot, facts about the Peloponnesian War...Spelling is optional.

Music:

Zappa, Ween, Primus, The Pixies, Mr. Bungle, Estradasphere, Secret Chiefs Three, Sonic Youth, Butthole Surfers, Wellwater Conspiracy, Monster Magnet, Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Nebula, Tool, Tomahawk, Orange Goblin, Slayer, Mastodon, High on Fire, Frank Black, Charlie Hunter, Marc Ribot, Alex Skolnick.

Movies:

Anything by Terry Gilliam or the Cohen Brothers

Television:

Cartoons, cartoons, cartoons, and sports.

Books:

Anything by Kurt Vonnegut, William Gibson, or Orsen Scott Card

Heroes:

R. P. Feynman

My Blog

Bad business idea

I'd like to add this to the list of bad business ideas, wherever that list is kept.  Perhaps it is more an error in judgment, timing, or planning than an actual bad business idea.  Regardles...
Posted by flerd_trandle on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:11:00 PST

Tech/Tech

I scored tickets to tonight's Tech/Tech game.  The last two times I've gone to see Tech (that's GT, not VT) they've lost.  Either they're due for a win or I'm bad luck.  We'll find out ...
Posted by flerd_trandle on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:30:00 PST

Halloween story II: the not so nice one.

I bought the old house on the hill, just outside of town, for less than I had expected.  It was huge, but not particularly modern.  It had electricity, of course, but had never been fitted w...
Posted by flerd_trandle on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:43:00 PST

Marcelle v Ory: ween 07

"I refuse to perform in front of ghosts.  They boo everything."The crowd emitted a clearly audible groan."This is absolutely the worst comedian I have ever heard.""That's what we get for going to...
Posted by flerd_trandle on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:13:00 PST

R.I.P. Gravity Pub

Apparently, last Friday night was the last night for East Atlanta's Gravity Pub.  Couple that with my friends moving out of the compound and it signals the end of an era.For nearly a decade I've ...
Posted by flerd_trandle on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:41:00 PST

Richard and John

"I wonder how many human eggs it would take to make an omelet.""What?!?""You know I like three-egg omelets, but those are chicken eggs.  I'm sure if I used ostrich eggs, I wouldn't need three.&nb...
Posted by flerd_trandle on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:32:00 PST

Free Rice

Yes, that's right, free rice.It's a vocabulary game.  But, for each word you get correct, ten grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World Food Program.  This will give you an oppo...
Posted by flerd_trandle on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:14:00 PST

Petition

To whom it may concern:I'd like to petition for a do-over of this past weekend.  I seem to have come down with some affliction and was unable to enjoy the weekend to it's fullest extent.I felt it...
Posted by flerd_trandle on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:05:00 PST

Pancho’s

There's a place on Buford Highway called Pancho's.  It's not the Pancho's I grew up with, but it is pretty standard "el taco para gringo" Mexican fare.  I haven't been there since college, b...
Posted by flerd_trandle on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:03:00 PST

Hartley Fired

I still recall when Bob Hartley was hired as the Thrashers coach.  There was an air of optimism around the franchise.  When he addressed the media you got a sense, from the way he spoke, tha...
Posted by flerd_trandle on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:53:00 PST