entombed in the shrine of zeroes and ones

This is all lifeinbeta's fault.

I've written about the horror that is the Flavia Beverage System.  Equinix's facility at Lundy Av also has one of these terrible machines.  I have documented the process for you, with the help of my new Nokia 6102i (which replaced my old Nokia 6102, which broke after i dropped it on thib_gc's kitchen floor while in my cups).

The Iron Maiden.  Note the packets sitting innocently atop the infernal device.


Pick your poison.


It looks sinister, but i assure you only good can come of this.


I select a victim.  No, wait, that's me.  Note the square plastic tip.


The square plastic tip proves that the contraption is armed and ready to deliver its toxic payload.


Almost, but not entirely unlike coffee.  Share and Enjoy.™

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If so, for the love of all that is holy, do not buy her this breakfast cereal.

If you want to buy it for your son, you're on your own.

I'm still reeling from the revelation, via my sister-in-law's boyfriend last night, that the Bee Gees made a "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" movie that included Peter Frampton, Aerosmith, Earth Wind and Fire, and Alice Cooper (all of whom are also on the soundtrack), as well as Steve Martin and Donald Pleasence.

What the fuck?  What the fucking fuck?

JAKARTA, Indonesia — U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell donned a hard hat and tucked a hammer in his belt Friday to perform a version of the Village People's hit "YMCA" at the conclusion of Asia's largest security meeting — which tradition says ends with a night of skit and song.

While Googling to see if i could find the origin of the term "mediot", i found this horror. There are times when i wonder if the whole 'dangerously unbalanced Christian groups' thing is being exaggerated, that perhaps people like John Ashcroft and the loony judge from Alabama are isolated cases... i guess not.

I'm currently freezing my ass off in our cage at the Equinix co-lo facility on Great Oaks. Here they have a Flavia Beverage System, which seems to be the practical result of someone reading about the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation's Nutri-Matic machine and thinking, "Hey, that's a GREAT idea!" The only thing missing is the cheerful attitude.