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Jordan Mills

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Contract Bum

Location

Pearland, TX

Interests

exercise nutrition canoeing paddling swimming diesel cooking culinary arts philosophy history local history hot babes

I live in a suburb of Houston. My life can't decide if I'm a city kid or country boy, so I am waiting to let it make up its own mind.

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Items for trade

Items for trade, on craigslist et al.


Yugo SKS Yugo SKS, wood stock with bayonet, 10 round and 30 round mags, and about 200 rounds of ammo. $400

Jennings Model 48 Jennings/bryco Model 48 380 ACP handgun, six round magazine.

Propane grill Propane grill, side burner, some rust.

16' Sailboat and trailer 16' sailboat, needs fiberglass work (gelcoat refinish and a couple of patches), tiller, daggerboard, and sails. Has mast and hardware. Trailer works fine, carried the boat from Seguin to Houston.

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November 04

Windows live sync has been annoying me lately.

It’s been too long since the last substantial update, and they’re still missing some important bug fixes and necessary additions.

Bug fixes:
WLS loses my saved sign in information when it encounters any connectivity issue.

Necessary features:
Eliminate the 20k file limit: I had more than 20k pictures when you first increased the limit. Get it started at near 100k, work up from there.
Programmatic folder addition: I have to manually set up every folder every time I reimage a computer. BS. There needs to be a way to do this with at least a registry edit, if not a command line option.
Common folder sync options: in the options dialog, there should be a tab with check boxes for “pictures”, “music”, “favorites”, “documents” etc. Check the box, it syncs that folder in your profile with the corresponding folder on skydrive (or at least with every other WLS client).
Skydrive sync support: I know it’s coming, but I want to stop hearing excuses or a total lack of communication. Just get it done.

Fin rant.

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November 02

On Alleged Violence in Boys

Violence has been demonized by polite society to the extent that the schoolyard dustup which to some extent defines how a boy defines himself in conflict has been nearly abolished. There is a vast range of behavior on the continuum between harsh words and gunfire. By denying boys the right to fight, the unintended consequence of an increase in gun violence has been noted.

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September 25

And now, a joke.

There's a group of scientists, and they have developed theories that explain the most basic rules of the universe. God appears to the lead scientist and asks that science not forget him.
So the scientist looks at god and says "God, if I can demonstrate that I have all your power, will you acknowledge me as your equal?"
God says "Fair enough. If you can equal my accomplishments I will bow before you."
So the lead scientist grabs a handful of dirt, looks at God and says "Just as you did, I too will take this pile of dirt and create life. Will that be satisfactory?"
God says "Sure. But first make your own dirt."

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September 23

Makin’ Bacon Part 2

Part one got dropped. I’ll repost it some time, but it was just brining the pork belly and frying up a small salted slice. It had the taste and texture of a pork chop. Not at all like bacon, not at all crispy, and it had a fairly grey color without much browning.

I took a slice from the experiment brine bag, the one with the liquid smoke added. I made sure to vary the thickness so I could see how different thicknesses cooked. After one day of brining, I noticed a significant difference in texture and taste. It actually had some of the crispiness to the fat that you’d expect, even in the thicker sections. It seems that after even one day of brining, it improved tremendously.

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