Quite pleased with myself- just bought a Herman Miller computer chair that retails for close to a grand for only $350 bucks from a furniture supply store. It was a store model and in pristine condition, but people are weird about used stuff, I guess, so it was super marked down. My ass and I are both very happy.
Also, I am cleaning my home office and I found some memory sticks I am not using anymore and would like to give them to someone who needs them. I have 6 (six) 2 gb DDR3 1600 Corsair strips that I could probably but on ebay or something, but I’d rather give them to someone who needs them. So if your box is running slow, email me and I will send you an addy and you can send me a self addressed padded envelope with the requisite stuffing/sleeves to keep them safe and I will hook you up.
Is Obama still President or did they impeach him yet?
wasabi gasp
I’m jealous of your ass.
Dan
Lets have a picture
Laertes
He was defeated earlier this month. He’s not acting like he’s still President, is he?
satby
Still Pres, to my delight. Something to tweak the crazies with.
I’m making beard oil, my son asked me to custom make him some for Christmas as it’s crazy expensive to buy. And when I looked into it, I think most of the prices are pure gouging, so I just added a beard oil line to my shop. I came up with a nice formula, which is 1/2 the fun of soaping anyway. Chemistry!!
Omnes Omnibus
I have number of very nice pieces of furniture that had been floor models in the store and were significantly marked down as a result. To me, the fact that my buffet was looked at and touched by a few shoppers as opposed sitting in a warehouse really doesn’t matter. The fact that it was 40% off does.
Omnes Omnibus
@satby: Beard oil?
beth
@Omnes Omnibus: that’s one of the things I love about this place – I’m always learning something. Never heard of beard oil, never knew it was needed.
Another Holocene Human
So @srv posted something non bullshitty that intrigues me:
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/dinesh-dsouza-wants-give-obama-spanking
This is the same guy who lost his RWNJ – Reich Wing Edition gig for fornicating and expressed incredulity that that might be actually wrong by Xtian grifter rules. Well, the problem is that he didn’t run around saying his lover was a lying slut seeking attention and a gold digger trying to bring down a great man. THEN it would have been okay.
Not only is D’Souza fucking obsessed with Obama (probably envy eating his heart out big time … I still remember that time you couldn’t get 20 kids to come to your talk at my college in the 1990s … hahahaha … and Barack had a best-seller without paying Newsmax to bulk buy copies … double ha-ha), but now he’s expressing his non-consensual S&M fantasies about him.
The ghost of Jimmy Swaggert is calling.
cckids
@satby:
Oh yay!! The spouse went back to the old-school razor, shaving soap/oil combo this year, and the oil he got at first is just ridiculous. He makes his own now, but some pre-made would be a nice gift. Will be checking your site (after the 1st, gotta get paid first)
Baud
@Omnes Omnibus:
Wait, that oil is for beards?!
Mart
I toured most Herman Miller factories many years ago. State of the art manufacturing. Great products. Just about everything machined and assembled in Michigan. Good team USA jobs. Great people. Wonder if they kept that model or they are in China now…
I Googled, they have staid HERE, bless their souls!
http://www.hermanmiller.com/about-us/press/press-releases/all/herman-millers-commitment-to-us-manufacturing-produces-three-american-made-accolades.html
Another Holocene Human
Ooh, has Dinesh been on a weight loss kick? And why is he dressed like Vivian James?
Tell us more about your fantasies of being held down and spanked, DD.
Another Holocene Human
@Mart: That’s good. I’ve been hearing recently that the furniture factories in the Carolinas are getting absolutely roached by Chinese imports. If I were in the market for solid wood I would not want anything else. WTF people.
(Also, frankly, intercontinental furniture transport is a great way to spread horrible invasive insects, this has been known for years. Way to go.)
chopper
I had the pleasure of an aeron chair in my last rental. Oh god, my back still reminds me of its former rich-dude glory days.
Another Holocene Human
A San Francisco man is recovering from being stabbed nine times after he asked a man to stop catcalling his girlfriend. According to his GoFundMe page, the victim, Ben Schwartz, was stabbed in the neck, back, face and arms and suffered a punctured lung. His attacker has not been found.
“street harassment are just compliments”
“women should be more open to conversations”
“it’s wrong to compare this to an assault”
Street harassers are like internet trolls. They are exactly who they seem to be.
KS in MA
Good for you re: the Herman Miller chair! I’ve been saving up for one, myself–I hear they’re awesome, and I’m tired of wearing out el-cheapo chairs from Staples (via China).
BillinGlendaleCA
@Another Holocene Human: I saw this guy doing that the other night on my walk. The woman of his desire kept walking and as I passed her and her friend i heard her say “what an asshole”. I couldn’t agree more.
satby
@Omnes Omnibus: @beth: @Baud: Yeah, who knew, right? But the kid has a lumberjack beard and he discovered beard oil which generally retails for about $25 an OUNCE!!! I mean seriously. And the kid swears by it.
satby
@cckids: Cool! Thanks! I was toying with a shaving soap too, I make shampoo bars and that’s the same formula honestly, but the badger hair brushes were too pricey for me to order to make a kit.
BretH
Good chairs are Good :)
http://blog.codinghorror.com/investing-in-a-quality-programming-chair/
Baud
I have major chair issues. Looking at getting a standing desk.
Gin & Tonic
@satby: A good badger hair brush is expensive, but it’s a wonderful thing, and it will last forever. Makes a chore much more pleasurable.
satby
@Gin & Tonic: I have heard that! Just not in a position to source them right now.
Tim in SF
Hey John Cole,
I bought one of these six weeks ago. I’m up to seven miles a day.
http://www.lifespanfitness.com/workplace/treadmill-desks/tr1200-dt7-treadmill-desk
It’s absolutely wonderful for Warcrack. Guilt-free gaming.
srv
You wouldn’t have to worry about a fat ass if you got a standing desk like the rest of the dudebros.
@Tim in SF: Laudable, but you walk 1 MPH or just two hours a day?
satby
@Tim in SF: Before I got laid off, while I still worked 9+ hours a day on the laptop, I was eyeballing one of those. 2 birds, one stone.
Betsy
The Herman Miller Aeron Chair .. now in TRUE BLACK!
Gin & Tonic
@satby: I’ve never understood the shaving oil thing. You smear oil on your face and then — what? You don’t (presumably) run the razor over just that, so you put shaving cream over it, or you use a good brush and a good soap and work up a lather and apply that. But soap dissolves oil, so in step 1 you’re applying it, then in step 2 you’re washing it off, then in step 3 you’re shaving, so why’d you rub on the oil in the first place?
BillinGlendaleCA
@srv: You know who else used(and still may) a standing desk? Rumsfeld.
srv
ARRRGGGHHH! Benghazi, how will I miss thee?
satby
@Gin & Tonic: I think the beard oil is for the non-shavers like my kid, he has the Amish look down. He says it softens his beard and keeps him from getting “beardruff”. Which I also didn’t know was a thing.
I have shaved my legs with oil, you just smooth it on and shave it off, it lubricates your skin as well as any foam from a soap would. I also use an oil as a facial wash occasionally in winter, because it cleans as well as soap but doesn’t dry your skin. Dissolves dirt just as well. These are not greasy oils (yes, there is such a thing, peach kernel, meadowfoam, etc).
Mike E
@satby: Dood, just use a little elbow grease! ;-)
satby
@Mike E: it’s a whole new world… or maybe it’s a throwback to an old one.
Gin & Tonic
@satby: OK, another thing I didn’t know. I assumed “beard oil” was synonymous with “shaving oil”, which I have tried (on my face; I don’t shave my legs.) Back a century or so ago, when I (briefly) had a beard, the last thing I would have thought of doing would be to rub oil into it. That makes no sense at all.
Mike E
@satby: I just finished digitally scanning all my negatives, photos and slides…some scratches were evident on a few of my ’92 European trip snaps, so I flashed back to high school and repaired’em by applying nose grease. Worked like a charm, and took less effort than Photoshop.
FlipYrWhig
@Gin & Tonic: “He was suave, debonair; he used oil on his hair.”
Jay C
@srv:
Don’t worry, I’m sure the House GOP will pick up the faux-scandal slack with some sort of overheated nonsense or other soon enough:
Gin & Tonic
@Jay C: I like this para from the AP story.
Baud
@Gin & Tonic:
The GOP respects our tax dollars, at least.
D58826
@srv: Well this certainly calls for an investigation into the patriotism and honest of the committee members, esp. the Republican ones who didn’t get the memo from Faux news.
Omnes Omnibus
@Baud: This is some of that new snark stuff, right? I’ve heard good things about it.
D58826
@Gin & Tonic: and a bit more on Huffington
Morzer
@Dan:
Please, not a picture of Cole’s ass. Think of the children reading this site!
Baud
@Omnes Omnibus:
It’s like Boehner is is Oprah.
You get a Benghazi investigation! You get a Benghazi investigation! Everybody gets a Benghazi investigation!
Morzer
@BillinGlendaleCA:
I’ll tell you what works for me and provides a pretty effective standing desk – an old-fashioned chest of drawers that we found here in Korea. Just rest the laptop on it and it’s good to go. Not everyone who thinks a standing desk is a good idea is a dudebro or Rumsfeld. Some of us are really quite nice and haven’t even thought about invading Iraq.
Omnes Omnibus
@Baud: Is it under my seat?
Baud
@Omnes Omnibus:
Right next to Obama’s Kenyan birth certificate.
Morzer
We have a promising entry for Wingnut Moron Du Jour:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rand-paul-barack-obama-executive-order-immigration-japanese-american-internment-camp
Baud
@Morzer:
I agree. Convince your party to pass the damn bill.
chopper
@Morzer:
Oh, FFS. Bless his heart.
Morzer
Ladies and gentlemen, your serious Republican Congress addressing really important national issues in a bipartisan way.
Cephalus Max
@satby: Oooh, I just ran out of my beard oil this week. A reasonably priced alternative would be nice. Where can we find you online?
Cephalus Max
(Never mind — I’m an idiot. Got it. Please, no scorn from the community. Or not too much anyway.)
D58826
@Cephalus Max: Try Amazon. I get an eye ointment there They sell everything but live dinosaurs and I hear they are working on that as well
Howard Beale IV
@Morzer:
Outsourced to Mel Gibson
chopper
@Morzer:
His twitter handle explains it all.
Mnemosyne
@Morzer:
I have a feeling it’s really Executive Order 9981 that Paul is still a little sore about.
Baud
@Mnemosyne:
Nice.
Suzanne
Herman Miller is awesome. I have a colleague who left my company to go work there. Aside from furniture, they have a lot of commercial products that are wonderful.
I have a pair of Knoll bent plywood Eames chairs that I bought from a charity auction. Usually right around a grand apiece, and I paid $500 for the pair. And the money went to help a great cause, and I wrote it off my taxes. And they make my house look classy every day.
“See?!?! We may have toys all over the floor, but WE HAVE EAMES CHAIRS.” Win.
Morzer
@Mnemosyne:
I dunno about beard oil, but I think Rand Paul badly needs some lotion for that easily chapped lilywhite ass of his.
Suzanne
John, is it an Aeron, by chance?
Story about Aeron chairs: So at my last job, we decided to have “Office Olympics” in 2012. One of the events was Aeron chair racing, because everyone had one. So I and one of my colleagues sat in our chairs and raced down this very tight corridor in our building. I tried to cut her off, she ran over my foot, and we broke the caster on one of the chairs. I had SUCH A BRUISE. But I WON. Broke a $1200 chair in the process, but I won.
FYI, if it is an Aeron, you can buy replacement parts. Not cheap, but available.
dance around in your bones
@Baud:
What, like Donnie Rumsfeld?Say it ain’t so, Baud!!!!
Ok, back to Eddie and the musicians who make me so fucking HAWT.
Baud
@dance around in your bones:
You go through life with the back you have, not the back you wish you had.
Gravenstone
@srv: It’s not going away. Do you think the mouth breathers out in “real America” will believe anything the evil government claims? More importantly, do you think the professional grifter class will set aside a guaranteed applause line to rile up their marks?
Omnes Omnibus
@Baud: If it makes you feel any better, Otto von Bismark and Ernest Hemingway (among others) were fans of the standing desk.
Baud
@Omnes Omnibus:
Didn’t Hemmingway kill himself?
Ah well, still better than sitting in an awful chair.
Omnes Omnibus
@Baud:
Yeah, but that was at the end of his life.
Gin & Tonic
@Omnes Omnibus: So was Ivan Boesky, IIRC.
Baud
@Omnes Omnibus:
Timing is everything.
Chris T.
@Omnes Omnibus: Yes, if you don’t clean and oil your beard, it can rust, especially if you live in an area where salt is common (sea water, salt on the roads in winter, and the like). And a rusty beard just won’t help you administer your Second Amendment Remedies!
/bizarre
Morzer
I don’t know if this fits into the dessert category, but:
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) is available on Steam at 10% off. It looks like a pretty cool game and is based on Inuit folklore (I nearly said Alaskan folklore, but that conjures up a drunken brawl of Palins which is rather less appealing IMHO):
http://store.steampowered.com/app/295790/
Morzer
@Chris T.:
Did you pay the iron price for your beard?
satby
@Gin & Tonic: OK, went to dinner, and I don’t have a beard, but my kid (who is a mechanic and not a fussy, high maintenence guy) swears that his face and beard feel better, and he doesn’t get dry skin under his beard.
@D58826: hey now! My nym links to my website.
Morzer
@satby:
I guess we should call you satnav, rather than satby.
dance around in your bones
Ok, does the beard oil work on yer bush? Cuz I’d be down with that.
delk
I had my choice of 25 -35 Aeron chairs “0” “00” or “000” size at an office liquidation store. Lots of filing cabinets, desks, and bookcases available as well.
Morzer
@dance around in your bones:
I really should have known that was coming.
WaterGirl
@dance around in your bones: I read that just as I was answering the phone just now. The caller wondered what I was laughing about.
Gin & Tonic
@dance around in your bones: Only one way to know for sure.
NJDave
AS TO JOHN’S QUESTION:
Try Freecycle. I offloaded a Netgear ReadyNas Duo to an IT guy from New Zealand who’d just moved here.
You never know who’s interested.
Morzer
@Gin & Tonic:
Pictures or it didn’t happen! Time-lapse pictures even!
Omnes Omnibus
@Morzer: Oh dear.
dance around in your bones
@Baud: Oh, sweetheart….I know. My fucking fractured hip hurts like a son o f a bitch.,
Nobody understands, unless they have had a similar injury.
dance around in your bones
@WaterGirl:
@Morzer:
Y’all make life worth living.. So me and my bush thank ya :) Beard oil and all :)
dance around in your bones
@Gin & Tonic:
Shall I let ya know? Like, when I do the experiment with my new cream of sum yung guy if he EVER fucking comes back from Portland???!! Where the hell is he??!!
I can’t ask the housemates, then they’ll know we bumped the uglies – no bueno.
Morzer
@dance around in your bones:
So that’s the secret sauce for beard oil!
dance around in your bones
@Morzer: Ya got it!
Just rub it right in, it t’ain’t no sin, if you dance around in yer bones :)
Morzer
@dance around in your bones:
I do declare this salacious discussion done caused Omnes an attack of the vapors.
satby
@dance around in your bones: Bush oil, beard oil: you say potato….
Omnes Omnibus
@Morzer: Vapors? No. Blush a bit? Maybe.
dance around in your bones
@Omnes Omnibus: Omnes, I LIVE to make you blush a little bit :)
@satby: And I say bush potatoh :)
@Morzer: I think Omnes is a bit hard to make blush – I mean, he sits in a courtroom all fucking day long, right? You must hear some salacious details in there. I could be wrong, it wouldn’t be the first time I was fucking clueless.
Violet
@dance around in your bones: That made me laugh out loud! Go ahead and give it a try. Maybe satby would send you a sample and you can write a review.
Morzer
@dance around in your bones:
Omnes sits fucking in a courtroom all day long?
Damn, lawyers must have more fun than I ever imagined!
wasabi gasp
An hour a go I had images of oily bush dancing in my head. That innocent time is long gone.
dance around in your bones
@Morzer: I do believe he was just appointed to a judgeship.
Omnes, tell me to fuck off if I have spilled too many beans – we all now how THAT comes out!!! Think of the cowboy;s farting in the Near Sheriff movie! (Let me whip this out!!)
Omnes Omnibus
All y’all can bite me. Deal with that.
dance around in your bones
@Omnes Omnibus: Ok, I’ll bite, And I haven’t even watched the video yet :)
Omnes Omnibus
@dance around in your bones: I am heading into a dark hole of yé-yé.
Tim in SF
@srv: @Tim in SF:
I walk at 2 mph for most of it. I’ll walk for an hour, take a short break, back on for a couple hours, break, eat, etc., back on for a couple hours.
On days when I game, I can get up to around 12 miles. On days where I just work (or don’t work much), it can be as low as three miles. But, it’s NEVER zero like it has been every day for years and years.
Tim in SF
@satby:
I had been researching treadmill desks since 2007, ever since I heard about the study in an office where the average participant lost 40 pounds over the course of the study. I haven’t lost any weight yet but my metabolism is up and I feel much better.
wasabi gasp
Andre Williams – Let Me Put It In
dance around in your bones
@Omnes Omnibus: Ok, that video of Jacques Brel immediately made me think of this
Hahahahahha!! “He’s NOT the Messiah, he’s a naughty boy!!!”
Tim in SF
@Baud:
I built myself a standing desk a couple years ago. It gave me plantar fasciitis. My doctor said it was because I had all this extra weight on my poor feet.
That was awful – it’s only gone away in the last few months.
Maybe you’ll have better luck.
Omnes Omnibus
@dance around in your bones: That was an unexpected connection. But for you salacious types, I can offer this french gem from the general period. Yes, 1960s French pop is my theme of the night. I saw “Breathless” earlier this evening with some friends.
Violet
@Tim in SF: I had plantar fasciitis quite a few years ago now. It’s really painful. Got all sorts of treatments for it–injections, specially fit orthotics, foot x-ray to check for bone spurs, special stretching exercises. Finally I discovered after about a year that I’d been overstretching it. Seriously, the exact thing they’d told me to do was the thing aggravating it.
Recently I’ve been to a physical therapy type of treatment and the doctor told me that he sees lots of patients with “plantar fasciitis” that is actually a tendon in the calf that is inflamed. It attaches in the foot and that’s the part that hurts so people think it’s plantar fasciitis, but it’s not. He treats the injurty in the calf and the “plantar fasciitis” magically goes away. I was getting twinges of it and he treated my calf and it vanished.
Just something to keep in mind as yours is healing. I used a foam roller for my calf and that made a huge difference. Lots of vidoes and instructiosn online for how to do foam rollng if you’re interested. Good luck with it. I know how painful it is. I hope it goes away soon.
dance around in your bones
@Omnes Omnibus: Ok, that’s sexy as hell.
Of course, anything said in French generally is. Kinda goes with the language :)
(P.S. I like the heavy breathing :)
P.P.S LOOK at that guy’s eye’s! I’d fuck those eyes!!
Oh hell, just spilled the beans again.
Omnes Omnibus
@dance around in your bones: It was for you. Enjoy.
Anne Laurie
@Omnes Omnibus: If You Go Away…
Tim in SF
@Violet: Thanks, violet.