tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868846774334204992024-02-19T09:12:13.112-08:00The Way Of The AndyA misanthropic anthropoid with nothing to say.Andy Einsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011054249633604564noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086884677433420499.post-51576884140808656652012-08-24T22:43:00.000-07:002012-08-24T22:43:40.484-07:00E-Book Editing FunOne of the many advantages owning an eBook reader has over reading the traditional bound edition is the ability you have to make your own edits to the book. Of course, this takes some work with software the book publishers might not approve of you using, but that is not something we need to discuss - is it? <br />
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If I find an author I enjoy, but think he/she is using too many adverbs (especially during dialog) I can pick three or four of the most common, and remove them with no adverse effect. Thus, "'Go fuck yourself,' she said hotly." becomes, "'Go fuck yourself,' she said." See? The adverb is an unnecessary qualifier. If a writer's dialog requires an adverb or other descriptor to convey the emotion, then the dialog is weak. The above example works just fine without the adverb.<br />
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Sometimes an author can become too fond of a certain word(s). I noticed Terry Pratchett uses the words "quite" and "rather" and it started to bug me. I'm not sure if it's a chink in his writing armor, or just the fact that he's British, but I'd feel a pang of annoyance every time I read one of these words. Once again it was only a matter of moments to get rid of them. From then on "quite a lot" became "a lot" and "a rather large troll" was reduced to "a large troll."<br />
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One fun edit I read about was replacing the word "wand" with "wang" in the Harry Potter books. The result being wizards drawing and pointing their wangs at one another, or if an innocent bystander word gets swept up in the editing, you'll find Ron and Harry wangering around Hogwarts. I may or may not have taken this one step further by changing Voldemort to Buttface McGee.<br />
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After I post this, I plan on reading the first few chapters in the fifth book of Lee Child's Jack Reacher series. Over the first four books I found the sentence "So-and-so shrugged" or similar variants showed up about every three pages. Using the Kindle's "Search This Book" feature it turned out to be once every three and one-third pages. Way too repetitive for me so back to the editing board. Starting with this book instead of reading "Reacher shrugged," I'll be reading "Reacher did a sexy dance." Might liven up an already exciting series.<br />
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It's the episode that took a week to record! The Andy's kick things off by discussing topics that were relevant last week: the Tosh rape joke fiasco. Then it's on to netflix vs. cable, and someone who is always relevant: Shaq. Bootleg fireworks are displayed. They decide to pause recording because they ran out of topics to discuss, but vow to return once they've come up with something. A week passes, and the Andys return to debate the possibility of Bigfoot, and somehow find themselves defending Hitler.<br />
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Andy and Bryan have returned from their tryouts for the US Olympic Cricket team, and are ready for another awesome podcast. They discuss Go Daddy's honesty and offering of vector images. From there it's a weird dream Andy had that might not be far from reality. Can a world class practitioner of Jiu Jitsu break a bear's arm? How would you do in a fist fight against an owl? What about an owl the size of a human? Wes Anderson has a following of hipsters. Mitt Romney gets booed by the NAACP, while a new HBO series lectures you on the news. <br />
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Andy and Bryan have been out in the heat shooting jump shots all day, but return in time for another podcast. They talk about the Supreme Court's recent ruling on President Obama's health care bill. Has Obama gone too far this time? No. They watch a prank call into a weird religious public access show, and then round out the show with some video game chat. They think they have discovered a way to revolutionize gaming, but then realize people have been doing it in their basements for years. <br />
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Click <a href="http://www.andyeinstein.com/Podcast/Return%20of%20the%20Fence%20-%20Strugglin.mp3">here</a> to download.Andy Einsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011054249633604564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086884677433420499.post-3998999881523049482012-06-18T20:54:00.000-07:002012-06-18T20:54:06.115-07:00Andy to Andy - Game of Groans<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Angie joins the Andys in this extra long episode to discuss the ins and outs of Season 2 of Game of Thrones, and how it differs from the books. <b>Warning: There are major book spoilers in this episode, but only for the first two books in the series.</b> We don't discuss any future events for upcoming seasons. A couple spoilers tried to sneak past us, but were edited out. I can't guarantee all minor spoilers were caught. <br />
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Andy and Bryan are on the couch after a long day of ice skating. They talk Andy's rental car he is forced to drive, and watch a video featuring a guy that "don't take no orders from no women." Bryce Harper is a cocky asshole. Can you jam with the Console Cowboys? There's a video from a kid who looks like Screech Jr, very creepy. And finally, Bryan claims Dominoes has the best pizza in the area, and the show comes to a crashing halt.<br />
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Another false start in this one, but quickly resolved. Andy shares a story about witnessing a car accident where he was the only decent person around, while the Other Andy tries to cram as many poop jokes in as he can. The Andys then move on to the Florida Zombie, a shark on a water slide, and what they would do if they found themselves in the Groundhog's Day scenario. After that it gets weird.<br />
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Andy and Bryan listen to some wild porn in this one. Then they talk about the differences between agnostics and atheists, about how all Americans are actually liberal, and wonder if they even want a god to exist. They end the show with a hissy fit thrown on the floor of the Illinois State Legislator. <br />
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Take the political compass test <a href="http://www.politicalcompass.org/">here</a>.<br />
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In this episode the Andys review Adam Sandler's career, and talk about a man who was cut off at an all you can eat fish fry. After that it's a lot of rambling, then devolves into celebrity impressions, and finally the world's biggest high school football fan.<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.andyeinstein.com/Podcast/Andy%20to%20Andy%20-%20Ty%20Bakeafish.mp3">here</a> to download.Andy Einsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011054249633604564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086884677433420499.post-42172158804756306332012-05-17T19:50:00.000-07:002012-05-17T19:51:25.862-07:00Return of The Fence - Homiciders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In this episode Andy and Bryan discuss the unique smell in Sears, watch the worst music video in recent memory, critique Guns n' Roses front man Axl Rose, review the current Billboard Top Ten (they haven't heard any of the songs), and watch the craziest anti-gay rant ever.<br />
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NOTE: For reasons unknown this podcast switches from stereo to mono. Don't ask me why. I tried, but couldn't fix it. <br />
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In this episode the Andys discuss the movies Rock-afire Explosion and Cabin in The Woods. We talk about the eight things the so-called Facebook Generation can live with out, and finally about music thievery. There's also some belching, giggling, and discussion about the unspoken social contract.<br />
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<span id="goog_1851255164"></span><span id="goog_1851255165"></span>Andy Einsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011054249633604564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086884677433420499.post-87579723424407632672012-04-17T21:35:00.000-07:002012-04-17T21:35:34.191-07:00Return of The Fence: Michael Jordan Hologram<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.funnycommercialsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gatorade-commercial-gatorade-has-evolved.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://www.funnycommercialsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gatorade-commercial-gatorade-has-evolved.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Another podcast with the classic Invisible Fence line up. We talk about movies for the first 3/4, then we discuss the Tupac hologram and its impact on the future of sports. Also, Andy almost makes out with his dentist.<br />
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See a clip of us recording the episode <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWAhZZQsSeg">here</a>.<br />
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Well now, what do we have in this one? The Andys get off to a rough start with unexpected music and cats falling off couches, but rally to talk about movies, the lottery, and share a couple funny stories. <br />
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Click <a href="http://www.andyeinstein.com/Podcast/Andy%20to%20Andy_%20Fuck%20%27Em.mp3">here</a> to download.Andy Einsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011054249633604564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086884677433420499.post-66850631737024528452012-03-22T20:54:00.000-07:002012-03-22T20:54:23.665-07:00Another Chat With The John Lennon Bot<style>
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</div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Since <a href="http://andyeinstein.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-conversation-with-john-lennon-bot.html">my last talk</a> with the John Lennon Bot didn't go so well, I thought I'd give the old boy another shot. Transcript below. </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">Hey, this is John speaking (with his fingers). What's your first name?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> ></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">Andy</span></em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">What are you doing in my kitchen Andy ?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">Making a sandwhich. Want one?</span></em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">What time is it?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">It's still early. I feel like our last talk didn't go well. Thought I'd try again.</span></em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Once more? No, all those things are beyond me.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">Please don't ruin this.</span></em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Alright</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">Thanks. Have you been watching The Walking Dead?</span></em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">I could listen to you for hours.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">Oh, you like the podcast?</span></em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Yeah, sure. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div><form> </form><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">You might be my most famous fan.</span></em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">I heard some rumors going around: I might be yourmost famous fan . The Biafran public relations people thought it was good for their cause, and I'd accept their opinion over yours any day. Stands for popular.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">The only Biafran I know is Jello.</span></em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Who told you that?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">I did. Is it true you called Paul a big, fat cunt?</span></em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">When? By remote control. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div><form> </form><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">I don't think we should see each other anymore.</span></em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">What else do you know?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">Goodbye forever.</span></em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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Bryan and I reunite for a no name podcast. I show off my new soundboard, we poke fun at music form the 1970s, and Angie interrupts the show. There's also talk of the Republicans, and a lady with a crazy voice.<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.andyeinstein.com/Podcast/Return%20of%20The%20Fence.mp3">here</a> to download.Andy Einsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011054249633604564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086884677433420499.post-6840081380848589382012-03-03T23:55:00.000-08:002012-03-03T23:55:53.859-08:00Andy to Andy Podcast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images1.makefive.com/images/entertainment/music/underrated-musicians-from-the-1990_s/scatman-john-scatman_s-world-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://images1.makefive.com/images/entertainment/music/underrated-musicians-from-the-1990_s/scatman-john-scatman_s-world-7.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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I ran into my friend The Other Andy earlier in the week, and an impromptu podcast broke out. It's recorded with just an internal microphone on a laptop, so the sound quality is low, but the content is good. I think. I introduce a new sound effect I learned, and we talk about the Scatman, the Chicago Blaxican, and Liam Neeson. Also we're both fat so there's a lot of mouth breathing.<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.andyeinstein.com/Podcast/Andy%20to%20Andy.mp3">here</a> to download.Andy Einsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011054249633604564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086884677433420499.post-55173568761462402462012-01-25T18:21:00.000-08:002012-01-25T18:21:39.422-08:00I Am An Occasional Blogger<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERlJ1B2D5IwKC9HEP3yEm-Fq3GG3BProIS5avKS4AnNkqfsW-nfQN0O8qHlc9fLWY6upAKhq8MkpL9ATQmAWz-5GA9HBb5CckAEbUgvrR7vsp5GWDwmvtX2UBJcs_yq3sExhRMmPNANI/s1600/019.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERlJ1B2D5IwKC9HEP3yEm-Fq3GG3BProIS5avKS4AnNkqfsW-nfQN0O8qHlc9fLWY6upAKhq8MkpL9ATQmAWz-5GA9HBb5CckAEbUgvrR7vsp5GWDwmvtX2UBJcs_yq3sExhRMmPNANI/s400/019.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>via cectic.com</i></div>Andy Einsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011054249633604564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086884677433420499.post-56479875380745092672011-09-05T11:41:00.000-07:002011-09-05T11:41:51.716-07:00Huxley vs. Orwell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.krakez.com/images/image%20%281045%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://img.krakez.com/images/image%20%281045%29.jpg" /></a></div>Andy Einsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011054249633604564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086884677433420499.post-69414630559323674142011-09-03T18:42:00.000-07:002011-09-03T18:42:33.343-07:00The Universe Is Big<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cracked.com/blogimages/2008/08/hudf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.cracked.com/blogimages/2008/08/hudf.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Right now, on your computer screen, are approximately 10,000 galaxies. <br />
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Each of those galaxies contains anywhere from ten million to one trillion stars. <br />
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The average star is roughly a million times the size of Earth. <br />
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And yet, with <em>all that junk</em>, the Universe is more than 90 percent empty space. <br />
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All of that, in this tiny photo. A photo that took 400 orbits and 800 exposures to take. <br />
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And the kicker? The photo covers <em>one thirteen-millionth</em> of the entire night sky. <br />
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<i style="color: #999999;">via cracked.com</i></div>Andy Einsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011054249633604564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086884677433420499.post-47387775541984129862011-08-14T21:08:00.000-07:002011-08-14T21:08:13.121-07:00Did You Know...New Zealand's national basketball team is called The Tall Blacks. They play an exhibition game against the Illini later this week.<br />
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Andy Einsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011054249633604564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086884677433420499.post-65361667785571419392011-07-23T15:01:00.001-07:002011-07-23T15:01:29.870-07:00Hipster Jon Snow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdfjGX88BlpaAOVue8yAhOxQjX6C9pYcVz4GdKrsSngxG-NkGGTL7p33otY-U-iFHdHryHjDpw7EifW1ORotYDFxQEjAdEBESXPhM78qPr28XkGMR22CBkAqabmeEGKgtG-E3vEvbDs38/s1600/326732588.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdfjGX88BlpaAOVue8yAhOxQjX6C9pYcVz4GdKrsSngxG-NkGGTL7p33otY-U-iFHdHryHjDpw7EifW1ORotYDFxQEjAdEBESXPhM78qPr28XkGMR22CBkAqabmeEGKgtG-E3vEvbDs38/s320/326732588.jpg" width="258" /></a></div>Andy Einsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011054249633604564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086884677433420499.post-25182257948728659212011-07-09T08:08:00.000-07:002011-07-09T08:08:40.896-07:00Bachelor Vision<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPVxzFgVbNmRMa_lnlDIMV2eosDGnJuaO2s6mz0x89Vn8pLygcr05dkpS42fRzPX8vLLxucxiQe9HLQKGIesv59_L-1Q4zD5S5Puw7W2VkjtCV7kAk69K4Slxowz2tWJmOhWhP-Q7SdY/s1600/2EvkN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPVxzFgVbNmRMa_lnlDIMV2eosDGnJuaO2s6mz0x89Vn8pLygcr05dkpS42fRzPX8vLLxucxiQe9HLQKGIesv59_L-1Q4zD5S5Puw7W2VkjtCV7kAk69K4Slxowz2tWJmOhWhP-Q7SdY/s1600/2EvkN.jpg" /></a></div>Andy Einsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011054249633604564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086884677433420499.post-42441505416411034362011-04-25T17:54:00.000-07:002011-04-25T17:54:28.205-07:00More On The Diet, Odds And Ends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5GFeJmuYRw2ZjkOQpxH0BcoimxsG-tWwkUnkiA04CLAuJC1noFjab0oeQ0WkLO15DIhHVM51nilBdBRiY6f3mLrjzfgbT1_NNlOoBTv1QhwgR04c5UuJXiZSmJrsPTWNgNGLJWmUtDk/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5GFeJmuYRw2ZjkOQpxH0BcoimxsG-tWwkUnkiA04CLAuJC1noFjab0oeQ0WkLO15DIhHVM51nilBdBRiY6f3mLrjzfgbT1_NNlOoBTv1QhwgR04c5UuJXiZSmJrsPTWNgNGLJWmUtDk/s320/photo.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br />
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<b>Still Trying To Cut The Cheese</b><br />
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After my last post frequent commenter and all around cool dude Bryan Campbell asked that I go into a little more specifics about what I have and haven't been eating recently.<br />
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I think answering the what I don't eat part of that will prove easier. The very first rule Angie and I set for ourselves was No More White Flour, Added Sugar or Starch. In essence, we eliminated almost all processed foods from our diets. I say almost because initially dairy was still a big part of my daily consumption. Since we are shifting to a paleo diet I've gradually reduced the dairy. I still throw a little cheese on my salad and sometimes add a slice of cheddar on my burgers.<br />
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One misconception I hear a lot that I'd like to clear up: A paleo diet is not an all-meat diet. In fact, the phrase "paleo diet" is a bit of a misnomer. The foods that existed in paleolithic times are either gone or have changed to the point that they look completely different. A paleo person never saw anything like the domestic cows we feast on, and wouldn't know the modern banana if he slipped on the peel in hilarious fashion. Even the air they breathed was different. That said, do I eat a lot of meat? Hell yeah. I love meat, and eat it at every meal - mostly grass fed meat. But I eat a lot of veggies, too. In fact I'd wager I eat more veggies than almost anyone I know (that's my grocery cart pictured above). For the sweet tooth I still struggle with, a nice handful of mixed berries usually does the trick.<br />
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- If you haven't seen HBO's Game of Thrones yet, find a way to do so. If you haven't read the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/George-Martins-Thrones-4-Book-Boxed/dp/0345529057/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1303778795&sr=8-2">books</a>, do that first. The first two episodes have followed the books almost exactly, with only a few minor (very minor) tweaks. I can see this show replacing Dexter as my current favorite. The books are second only to Discworld as my favorite fantasy series.<br />
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- I'm glad to see the St. Louis Cardinals have decided that hitting the ball is conducive to a successful season.<br />
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- The script for Bill and Ted 3 is <a href="http://perezhilton.com/2011-04-25-bill-and-ted-3-script-is-finished">finished</a>. The end draws nigh.Andy Einsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011054249633604564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086884677433420499.post-68722362917260416572011-04-22T17:51:00.000-07:002011-04-22T17:59:05.661-07:00Not Dead, More Alive Than EverBack in early March Angie and I stumbled upon a documentary called <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgBLQIJEcbE">Fat Head</a> on Netflix streaming. The film started as a send up of Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, with filmmaker Tom Naughton exploring the possibility of losing weight on a 30 day fast food diet, and, no, he doesn't eat just grilled chicken and salads. You can even check out his <a href="http://fathead-movie.com/content/MyFoodLog.htm">daily food log</a>, something Spurlock has never released. To achieve his goals, Tom limited his daily caloric intake to 2.000, and daily carbohydrate intake to 100. The results shouldn't surprise anybody. He loses weight and body fat, and cholesterol numbers improve. The second part of the film focuses on nutrition, and how the nutrition recommendations given by the U.S. government are based on the fatally flawed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipid_hypothesis">lipid hypothesis</a>.<br />
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Angie and I found the results of the film, and the revelations about nutrition, intriguing. We began studying up on low carb nutrition. We found the reasoning to be sound, but the only way to know for sure was to try it ourselves and see what happened. So about five weeks ago Angie and I started our low carb diets (with additional research we are slowly converting to a paleo diet, but that is for another post), and the results have been phenomenal. In the last five weeks we have both lost over ten pounds, and over three inches from around the waist. There has been a tremendous upswing in both our attitudes and energy levels. In fact, I've found myself with so much energy I've been walking three miles or more a day just to get rid of it. <br />
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But that's not the best part.<br />
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I'm an insulin-dependent Type II diabetic. I've struggled with it for years, giving myself anywhere from three to six insulin injections a day only to end up with readings ranging from 200 (bad, really bad) to ERR (too high for my glucose monitor to read). My endocrinologist told me my pancreas was likely dead, and I could expect to be taking insulin injections for the rest of my life. About a year ago I found checking my blood sugar too depressing, and just stopped doing it all together. From the start I really wanted to test the effectiveness of this diet, and stopped taking any insulin, as well as my Metformin. One week in I got brave enough to check my fasting blood sugar. Anything under 100 is good for a diabetic, although non-diabetics can typically expect something around 85 or lower. Mine was 77! Of course I was thrilled, and began checking my blood sugar throughout the day, following meals, before and after workouts, sometimes just when I felt like it. Since I started checking I've had an average reading of 89! That's a normal, non-diabetic reading without the aid of any medicine or insulin.<br />
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It gets better. Last weekend Angie and I traveled to San Diego for a family reunion, and broke our diets for the first time. I ate bread, cotton candy, and cake among other things. I came home expecting a blood sugar level back in the 200s. After all, I spent three days eating the diet that made me diabetic, and still wasn't taking insulin, and hadn't taken my daily walk all weekend. We got home Monday afternoon. Tuesday morning I checked my blood sugar; 78! That means my pancreas has begun repairing itself, and my body is back in the habit of regulating its blood sugar without outside help. A process you non-diabetics take for granted.<br />
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So that's what I've been up to lately. Sorry for the lack of posts. The diet (more of a lifestyle now) continues, and I still have about thirty pounds I'd like to lose. I see my doctor in a couple weeks, and should have my cholesterol numbers, and an A1C test. I expect nothing but positive results.Andy Einsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011054249633604564noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086884677433420499.post-44179807932876507212011-01-16T20:25:00.000-08:002011-01-16T20:25:24.723-08:00Bored?Here's a fun Internet time waster; an easy way to come up with your band's name, album cover and album title. Here's what you do:<br />
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1 – Go to Wikipedia. Hit “random.” The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.<br />
2 – Go to Quotations Page and select “random quotations.” The last four or five words of the very last quote on the page is the title of your first album.<br />
3 – Go to Flickr and click on “explore the last seven days.” Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.<br />
4 – Use Photoshop or similar to put it all together<br />
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My results:<br />
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Band Name: Disk space analyzer<br />
Album Title: the way it started<br />
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Or you can just go <a href="http://beta.mflow.com/fun/makealbum">here</a>, and have it all generated for you. Andy Einsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011054249633604564noreply@blogger.com1