http://gimpson.multiply.com/ I am a man who enjoys bacon. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:31:15 -0000 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:05:34 -0000 http://images.gimpson.multiply.com/logo http://gimpson.multiply.com 100 100 I want to give this restaurant a higher review because the Pho was easily the best I have ever had. It's a little family run place in a run-down strip mall out west. They had a nice condiment setup on the tables with all the Hoisin, Sriracha, Fish Sauce and Soy Sauce you'd expect at a Vietnamese restaurant. My Pho was served with an herb tray containing bean sprouts, basil, lime, hot chili slices, and a long dandelion-looking herb that I couldn't identify. (It smelled like cilantro.) The Pho was served with both beef sausage and thinly sliced steak (why choose when you can have both?), and the broth was perfect. Rebecca had the Bun with Imperial Rolls. She assures me it was delicious, but I only had one bite. However, the service was pretty poor. We ordered spring rolls that never came, and spent way too much time waiting for our check, then waiting for our check to be picked up. Kind of frustrating as we were only one of four seated tables in the restaurant. The ... http://gimpson.multiply.com/reviews/item/4 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:05:34 -0000 This was awesome. I think it's the best rice dish we've made so far. (We're still trying to work our way through a twenty pound bag of rice I bought at Costco.) <a href="http://www.saveur.com/article/Food/Thai-Style-Chicken-Biriyani">http://www.saveur.com/article/Food/Thai-Style-Chicken-Biriyani</a> http://gimpson.multiply.com/photos/album/18/Thai_Style_Chicken_Biriyani Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:42:10 -0000 One quotable line, and two and a half hours of moodiness. I truly do not understand how this rates as one of the best movies of last year. And that soundtrack, completely disconnected from anything that is going on in the movie? It had me on edge twenty minutes into the movie and NOTHING WAS HAPPENING. http://gimpson.multiply.com/reviews/item/3 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:16:46 -0000 When we got our Roomba, I had to figure out how we could run it in the office without it getting tangled in the rats nest of cords under my desk. While I was at it, I decided to try to get my desk cleaned up a bit. My solution was to put my power strip, DSL Modem and wireless router in a wire basket and hang it underneath my desk. (They and their tangled mess of cables were in the back right hand corner of my desk.) Rebecca had the great idea to use Velcro to attach the wire basket to the desk. It's great because if I do need to change anything, it'll be easy to remove and reattach. (My original thought was to screw the basket into the desk.) Also, with the extra Velcro I had left over I was able to not just get the cables off the floor, but hold them flush against the underside of the desk, getting to the point that only two power cords are visible. It should still be pretty easy to detach the laptop and its power supply if I want it in the living room. I'm a bit worri... http://gimpson.multiply.com/photos/album/16/Cable_Management_for_Dummies Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:27:41 -0000 Honestly, he puts up with it a lot better than I thought he http://gimpson.multiply.com/video/item/19/Harry_and_the_Roomba Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:09:43 -0000 Anybody else going and want to share a http://gimpson.multiply.com/calendar/item/10003/Vampire_Weekend Mon, 19 May 2008 13:50:48 -0000 http://gimpson.multiply.com/photos/album/4/Emo_coffee_stain_on_the_counter_this_morning Thu, 15 May 2008 15:42:33 -0000 http://gimpson.multiply.com/photos/album/3/Clearly_Hillary_Hasnt_Given_Up_Yet Wed, 14 May 2008 15:53:43 -0000 I wasn't sure if this was a real thing, or if I had just dreamed it.&nbsp; A quick google confirms that yes, you can in fact <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5776880/">inhale your alcohol</a>.&nbsp; The alcohol vaporizers are sold by <a href="http://www.awolmachine.com/">AWOL USA</a>.&nbsp; For the low, low price of $299, you too can inhale any 80 proof liquor.&nbsp; Apparently it takes twenty minutes to inhale a half-shot quantity of liquor.&nbsp; The company claims the additional oxygen mixed with the liquor reduces the incidence of hangover. Apparently there are <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/01/25/machine_makes_it_easy_to_inhale_hard_liquor/">drawbacks</a>: <blockquote>And some say the technology fizzles. A New Jersey bar owner who bought one of the first machines sold in this country sent his back, saying it made it too hard to get drunk.</blockquote>That hasn't stopped at least <a href="http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2006/17-states-have-banned-alcohol.html">17 states from banning the inhalers</a>.&nbsp; (Including Florida.&nbsp; Sorry.) <br><br>I think I'll stick with my usual delivery method:&nbsp; A glass and ice.<br> http://gimpson.multiply.com/journal/item/3/Alcohol_Without_Liquid Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:09:19 -0000 http://gimpson.multiply.com/calendar/item/10002/Radiohead Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:29:49 -0000 http://gimpson.multiply.com/calendar/item/10001/The_Cure Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:27:40 -0000 My one previous trip to the state of Florida before moving here recently was through Miami when I went on a cruise about ten years ago. My girlfriend at the time and I ate at a restaurant that I remember as being South American, but in retrospect I assume was probably Cuban. At that place I had a skirt steak served with plantains and some sort of awesome herby-garlic sauce. Then I went on my cruise, flew back to Houston, then moved to the geographic center of our great nation, a place with apparently no Cuban food whatsoever. So when I moved to Florida, I was definitely looking forward to finding some Cuban restaurants. We took our first foray into Cuban food last Saturday for lunch at Caribbean Grill in Boca Raton. I ordered what sounded like the dish I had had in Miami a decade ago, the Skirt Steak with Chimichurri sauce. Awesome. The beef was tender and flavorfull, the sauce had plenty of herbs and garlic and when mixed with the steak and the plantains on the side was wond... http://gimpson.multiply.com/reviews/item/2 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:40:39 -0000 Woah!&nbsp; I just noticed <a href="http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/the_kids_in_the_hall">an interview</a> with the <a href="http://www.kithfan.org/">Kids In The Hall</a> over at The Onion.&nbsp; They're back together and on tour with new material.&nbsp; I went down to Dallas to see them when they did their first round of post-breakup live shows sometime around 2000.&nbsp; Those shows were pretty much live productions of sketches from the TV show, but were still pretty funny.&nbsp; <br><br>It sounds like this tour is going to be all new material, and they're coming to Florida.&nbsp; (Orlando Thursday, 5/22 and Clearwater Friday, 5/23)&nbsp; Both are a bit of a drive, but I think I may have to head up to Tampa for the Friday night show.&nbsp; http://gimpson.multiply.com/journal/item/1/Kids_In_The_Hall_On_Tour_Now Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:38:32 -0000 Our trip to Green Bay for the NFC Championship, Brett Favre's last http://gimpson.multiply.com/photos/album/2/NFC_Championship_2008 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:32:16 -0000 When I moved to South Florida, one of the things I was most looking forward to was ready access to good bagels and lox. I read reviews of Flakowitz Bagel Inn, and it was high on my list of places to try. Bex and I went for breakfast last Saturday. I ordered the Mini Nova plate with an onion bagel, and Bex had the corned beef hash. The bagel itself was pretty good. It was easily the softest bagel I've ever had. My only complaint was that the mini nova platter was a bit skimpy on the portions. It wasn't even enough salmon to cover both halves of the bagel it came with. (I couldn't bring myself to order the full nova or lox platters, which started at $15, as I recall.) Bex's corned beef hash was not my favorite, either. The hash itself was chopped very fine, and ended up sitting on the plate in a single blob. The potatoes it was served with were soft and uninteresting. I'm willing to give Flakowitz another shot, but will probably return for lunch or dinner. I've def... http://gimpson.multiply.com/reviews/item/1 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 07:40:16 -0000 Not in any http://gimpson.multiply.com/photos/album/1/Not_in_any_photoset Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:24:34 -0000