It’s really pretty simple.

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What foods are so good that you always end up burning your mouth on them?

Yeah, it kind of feels like that.

Yeah, it kind of feels like that.

The impetus for this question came to me while brushing my teeth this morning and being reminded that I had burned the roof of my mouth on the left side the night before by digging into my wife’s homemade chicken noodle soup before giving it time to cool. . . . → Read More: What foods are so good that you always end up burning your mouth on them?

I sometimes think I suffer from Anti-Social Media personality disorder.

How could humanity survive without such vital information?

I am terrible at updating my social media statuses over the weekends. I blame this on not having a smart phone. During the week I’m sitting at a computer most of the time so I can spout off when I think about it without too much effort, but during the weekend there are actually large . . . → Read More: I sometimes think I suffer from Anti-Social Media personality disorder.

Am I the only person…

Pic of coffee with a creamer nebula.

Coffee and Cream Nebula by Flick'r user kchbrown.

… who often finds beauty in entropy? There’s a small bit of entropy that occurs for me every morning when I get my first cup of coffee. I’m one of those wussies who can’t drink it black so I keep a supply of flavored creamer handy . . . → Read More: Am I the only person…

SEB Random Thought of the Moment.

Pic of spinning stars.

Here’s something to stretch your noodle with: When you go to bed tonight, assuming you sleep for a full 8 hours, you will have traveled roughly 536,496 miles through space. That’s how far the Earth moves in its orbit around the Sun in a mere night’s rest. In case you’re curious that’s roughly 67,062 miles . . . → Read More: SEB Random Thought of the Moment.

Nothing so yummy as a heaping helping of Textured Vegetable Protein Product!

What the fuck is Textured Vegetable Protein?

Anyone who has spent any amount of time barely making ends meet, like me and my wife currently are, knows that sometimes when shopping for food you have no choice but to go with the cheap stuff. Which is how I came to be eating a can of Southgate Beef Stew this evening. That’s a . . . → Read More: Nothing so yummy as a heaping helping of Textured Vegetable Protein Product!

Damn, is it August already?

Not only is it already August but I’m 4 days into it without having posted anything. So here’s a traditional random crap post to fill the gap until I’m inspired to write something substantial.

The good news is that starting next week I will be employed. The bad news is that it’ll be for . . . → Read More: Damn, is it August already?

Episode 3 of the SEB Podcast is now online!

After listening through the whole thing and doing a couple of minor edits here and there, this episode has been uploaded to the server and is ready for listeners. Despite a distinct lack of topics this time out we still managed to talk for a grand total of 2 hours and not-quite 12 minutes. We . . . → Read More: Episode 3 of the SEB Podcast is now online!

The third SEB Podcast is in the can!

Just a quick note to let you guys know that the third attempt at a podcast is done and will be up on the site as soon as I do a little editing on it. Probably in the next day or so. ***Dave and I were joined by my wonderful mother and we managed to . . . → Read More: The third SEB Podcast is in the can!

Google’s inclusion of Twitter in searches is stunningly fast.

Google has added a number of new features over the past few months that I’m just starting to play with. Two of them are integration of real-time tweets from Twitter into search results and the ability to sort search results by how recent they are. Sure, I had heard that Google was going to be . . . → Read More: Google’s inclusion of Twitter in searches is stunningly fast.