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Friday, April 22, 2005
what's a bung?
Just to pass the time the other night, I said "beef bung" aloud.
And Reen said "Bung? As in bung hole?"
She was (I think) refering to the usage made popular by an episode of Bevis and Butthead where Beavis loudly announces that "I need TP for my bunghole."
I knew the word because it is mentioned in The Good Book as a vessel for some of the larger sausages. But beyond that I really had no idea what a bung actually was. Not acceptable.
So here's the answer:
I found this informative diagram of the different parts of the pig's GI tract which are used as containers for sausage.
Working from snout to tail we have (1) the stomach, (2) small intestine (or rounds) which we are most familiar with, (3) the "cap", (4) large intestine (middles) (5) the "bung" and (6) the bladder.
So what is this "bung" and how would I get one the next time I slaughter a pig? As it turns out...
"After the bungs (terminal end of large intestines, i.e. the ends of the intestinal tract starting from the anus) are pulled free from their setting, they are stripped under a spray of water which washes away the contents. The bungs are soon afterward slimed, inflated for grading and thoroughly salted." ok. good to know.
So I think the answer to Reen's question is no, because technically speaking the bung is "starting from the anus" rather than "starting with the anus". I'm glad to have that cleared up.
Have a nice weekend! 2 comments
Just to pass the time the other night, I said "beef bung" aloud.
And Reen said "Bung? As in bung hole?"
She was (I think) refering to the usage made popular by an episode of Bevis and Butthead where Beavis loudly announces that "I need TP for my bunghole."
I knew the word because it is mentioned in The Good Book as a vessel for some of the larger sausages. But beyond that I really had no idea what a bung actually was. Not acceptable.
So here's the answer:
I found this informative diagram of the different parts of the pig's GI tract which are used as containers for sausage.
Working from snout to tail we have (1) the stomach, (2) small intestine (or rounds) which we are most familiar with, (3) the "cap", (4) large intestine (middles) (5) the "bung" and (6) the bladder.
So what is this "bung" and how would I get one the next time I slaughter a pig? As it turns out...
"After the bungs (terminal end of large intestines, i.e. the ends of the intestinal tract starting from the anus) are pulled free from their setting, they are stripped under a spray of water which washes away the contents. The bungs are soon afterward slimed, inflated for grading and thoroughly salted." ok. good to know.
So I think the answer to Reen's question is no, because technically speaking the bung is "starting from the anus" rather than "starting with the anus". I'm glad to have that cleared up.
Have a nice weekend! 2 comments
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
i did these things
cleared some spyware/adware off our home PC. This was just a real pain in the ass. I used adaware, hijackthis, ccleaner, Symantec’s utility to remove 180SearchSolution, AVG Free Virus protection and three (3) online virus scans to get rid of it. None of them did the job completely, but they did help me to know which files to look for on my own. The AVG stopped the junk from re-spawning each time I came close to removing it, which was very important. From there I could whittle away at things until it was all gone. I’ve never had to manually delete stuff from the registry before so that was fun. Crossing fingers that it’s actually gone and not just hiding somewhere.
made Italian hot sausage on Monday afternoon. It’s my first time in quite a while making fresh sausage that isn’t breakfast sausage and that doesn’t include any venison. We grilled some that night with Trey and Lindsay. They were yummy, but not quite what you’d expect an Italian sausage to taste like. The one thing that can’t be beat is the texture of the casing on a fresh sausage. I’m telling you, it’s just fantastic. Worth the effort by itself.
No Revs game this weekend. They play at DC next weekend in the first game between the two teams since last year’s semi-final matchup in the playoffs. That game is considered one of the best games in the history of the league. I have a copy of this game on DVD if you would like to watch it. 2 comments
cleared some spyware/adware off our home PC. This was just a real pain in the ass. I used adaware, hijackthis, ccleaner, Symantec’s utility to remove 180SearchSolution, AVG Free Virus protection and three (3) online virus scans to get rid of it. None of them did the job completely, but they did help me to know which files to look for on my own. The AVG stopped the junk from re-spawning each time I came close to removing it, which was very important. From there I could whittle away at things until it was all gone. I’ve never had to manually delete stuff from the registry before so that was fun. Crossing fingers that it’s actually gone and not just hiding somewhere.
made Italian hot sausage on Monday afternoon. It’s my first time in quite a while making fresh sausage that isn’t breakfast sausage and that doesn’t include any venison. We grilled some that night with Trey and Lindsay. They were yummy, but not quite what you’d expect an Italian sausage to taste like. The one thing that can’t be beat is the texture of the casing on a fresh sausage. I’m telling you, it’s just fantastic. Worth the effort by itself.
No Revs game this weekend. They play at DC next weekend in the first game between the two teams since last year’s semi-final matchup in the playoffs. That game is considered one of the best games in the history of the league. I have a copy of this game on DVD if you would like to watch it. 2 comments
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
a day in the life
Last Thursday saw me up at 3am to head to New Bedford [nu-BEH-feh(d)] for an ADCP survey. ADCP stands for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler and the instrument looks like this. We essentially mount this thing in the water over the side of the boat. It “looks” down through the water and can measure how fast the water is moving from top to bottom. If you drive the boat across the flow, you can get a reasonable cross-section of velocity.
Here’s an aerial photo of New Bedford harbor.
You’ll notice the thin strip of land at the bottom center which has a small gap in it. This is the hurricane barrier which was built after the hurricane of 1938. The 150-foot gap in the middle can be closed to prevent flooding from hurricanes and coastal storms.
We were driving back and forth across the gap every half-hour for about 14 hours. The output from the ADCP for one of these runs looks like this
You can see that the higher velocities (blue colors) are only near the bottom. This is partly because the wind was blowing steadily from the north all day. So when the tide was flooding (going into the harbor from the south) you see the water on the bottom moving but the water at the top is being slowed down/stopped by the wind blowing against it. Later on the currents overcame the wind and you could see the tide moving from the bottom to the top.
Once the tide switches direction and starts to ebb, you see that the flow is located only over the top of the water column.
Just as the tide changes direction, there is normally very little flow at all, but here you see the surface of the water being pushed out due to the wind blowing on it. Again, once the tide got moving, water was flowing throughout the water column.
So that's what I did at work last Thursday. Later on when I'm trying to model the flow in and out of New Bedford Harbor, I can use this data to make sure I'm getting it right. 0 comments
Last Thursday saw me up at 3am to head to New Bedford [nu-BEH-feh(d)] for an ADCP survey. ADCP stands for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler and the instrument looks like this. We essentially mount this thing in the water over the side of the boat. It “looks” down through the water and can measure how fast the water is moving from top to bottom. If you drive the boat across the flow, you can get a reasonable cross-section of velocity.
Here’s an aerial photo of New Bedford harbor.
You’ll notice the thin strip of land at the bottom center which has a small gap in it. This is the hurricane barrier which was built after the hurricane of 1938. The 150-foot gap in the middle can be closed to prevent flooding from hurricanes and coastal storms.
We were driving back and forth across the gap every half-hour for about 14 hours. The output from the ADCP for one of these runs looks like this
You can see that the higher velocities (blue colors) are only near the bottom. This is partly because the wind was blowing steadily from the north all day. So when the tide was flooding (going into the harbor from the south) you see the water on the bottom moving but the water at the top is being slowed down/stopped by the wind blowing against it. Later on the currents overcame the wind and you could see the tide moving from the bottom to the top.
Once the tide switches direction and starts to ebb, you see that the flow is located only over the top of the water column.
Just as the tide changes direction, there is normally very little flow at all, but here you see the surface of the water being pushed out due to the wind blowing on it. Again, once the tide got moving, water was flowing throughout the water column.
So that's what I did at work last Thursday. Later on when I'm trying to model the flow in and out of New Bedford Harbor, I can use this data to make sure I'm getting it right. 0 comments
Monday, April 11, 2005
loverly weekend
Visited Chappy beach on Saturday and cruised along Shore Road and Falmouth Heights on Sunday. Both days were just beautiful. At Falmouth Heights, we got the binoculars out and saw the Cape Pogue lighthouse. Can’t wait to visit in person.
We also saw two kayakers and one sailboat out on the sound. Another sign that Spring is here.
Saw no herring at Oyster Pond, although we did see two little disembodied fish heads. No wonder the others don’t want to hang out there.
Had lunch with Mom and Dad on Sunday. We brought left over cassoulet and some bread and salad. We also watched the Masters with Mom and Dad which was fun, especially when Dad had a kinipshin fit after Tiger sunk his incredible put on the back 9.
I watched 2 soccer games on TV Saturday and then went to the home opener at Gillette where the Revs spanked the Crew 3-0. Oh happy day.
P.S. The amazing circus halftime show was an immense bore. The emcee spent 7 minutes having people introduce that it was halftime. And then 2 men in leotards took turns tossing their associate around in the air. It’s a safe bet that there are 9,727 people who are now off the fence as to whether or not they are going to see the Big Apple Circus’s show while it’s here in town. 3 comments
Visited Chappy beach on Saturday and cruised along Shore Road and Falmouth Heights on Sunday. Both days were just beautiful. At Falmouth Heights, we got the binoculars out and saw the Cape Pogue lighthouse. Can’t wait to visit in person.
We also saw two kayakers and one sailboat out on the sound. Another sign that Spring is here.
Saw no herring at Oyster Pond, although we did see two little disembodied fish heads. No wonder the others don’t want to hang out there.
Had lunch with Mom and Dad on Sunday. We brought left over cassoulet and some bread and salad. We also watched the Masters with Mom and Dad which was fun, especially when Dad had a kinipshin fit after Tiger sunk his incredible put on the back 9.
I watched 2 soccer games on TV Saturday and then went to the home opener at Gillette where the Revs spanked the Crew 3-0. Oh happy day.
P.S. The amazing circus halftime show was an immense bore. The emcee spent 7 minutes having people introduce that it was halftime. And then 2 men in leotards took turns tossing their associate around in the air. It’s a safe bet that there are 9,727 people who are now off the fence as to whether or not they are going to see the Big Apple Circus’s show while it’s here in town. 3 comments
Thursday, April 07, 2005
barley clowns
While searching around to figure out how a peck relates to a quart relates to a bushel, I found the lovely Barley-mow song. I liked the blurb at the bottom of the page describing the traditional call and response at the end of the harvest. I think Maureen and I should take up this tradition, but since we don't have much barley around I propose we do it when putting the dishes away.
I got a kick out of the start of this interview with Katsuhiro Otomo (who made Akira) which I read in The Onion online. These are the first two questions:
The Onion: Your films and your short pieces tend to take place in a very chaotic world. There's a sense that everything is decaying, that there is no moral center or stability, and things are falling apart. Does this in any way reflect your own philosophy?
Katsuhiro Otomo: In my opinion, there is no sense that everything is decaying, nor that there is no moral center or stability, and things aren't falling apart.
TO: Steamboy centers on two violent and powerful creators, each arguing that they know what's best for humanity, and using their powers against each other while unthinkingly hurting a lot of people around them. This seems like an allegory that could be read a number of ways for world politics. Do you mean for viewers to interpret the film allegorically?
KO: It is entirely up to one's interpretation. That could be your opinion, which might differ from one audience to another.
Not a smooth start.
So we're heading to the soccer game on Saturday right, well there will actually be a halftime act in recognition of the home opener in the 10th year of MLS. We will be treated to the visual spectacular that is The Big Apple Circus' show Picturesque! which features the antics of clown star Barry Lubin as 'Grandma,' the Mongolian Angels female duo trapeze artists; the 13-person Kovgar Troupe on the teeterboard; ceramic jar juggling by Guiming Meng and more juggling by Picaso, Jr; and hand balancing soloist Chy Meiling.
Despite my having watched Bravo's riveting Finding the Next Koko, I still think the phrase "clown star" is an oxymoron. 0 comments
While searching around to figure out how a peck relates to a quart relates to a bushel, I found the lovely Barley-mow song. I liked the blurb at the bottom of the page describing the traditional call and response at the end of the harvest. I think Maureen and I should take up this tradition, but since we don't have much barley around I propose we do it when putting the dishes away.
I got a kick out of the start of this interview with Katsuhiro Otomo (who made Akira) which I read in The Onion online. These are the first two questions:
The Onion: Your films and your short pieces tend to take place in a very chaotic world. There's a sense that everything is decaying, that there is no moral center or stability, and things are falling apart. Does this in any way reflect your own philosophy?
Katsuhiro Otomo: In my opinion, there is no sense that everything is decaying, nor that there is no moral center or stability, and things aren't falling apart.
TO: Steamboy centers on two violent and powerful creators, each arguing that they know what's best for humanity, and using their powers against each other while unthinkingly hurting a lot of people around them. This seems like an allegory that could be read a number of ways for world politics. Do you mean for viewers to interpret the film allegorically?
KO: It is entirely up to one's interpretation. That could be your opinion, which might differ from one audience to another.
Not a smooth start.
So we're heading to the soccer game on Saturday right, well there will actually be a halftime act in recognition of the home opener in the 10th year of MLS. We will be treated to the visual spectacular that is The Big Apple Circus' show Picturesque! which features the antics of clown star Barry Lubin as 'Grandma,' the Mongolian Angels female duo trapeze artists; the 13-person Kovgar Troupe on the teeterboard; ceramic jar juggling by Guiming Meng and more juggling by Picaso, Jr; and hand balancing soloist Chy Meiling.
Despite my having watched Bravo's riveting Finding the Next Koko, I still think the phrase "clown star" is an oxymoron. 0 comments
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
hotwheels
Reen and I bought a car this weekend. Reen put some lovely pictures up for all to see. I like it and it's way comfy to drive. And just for the record I never liked HotWheels, I was always a Matchbox guy.
I bought some waders for fishing/clamming and general watery merriment. No pictures of those. Sorry.
The Revs came back from 2-0 down, to tie San Jose 2-2 in the season opener this past Saturday. They looked very solid in the 2nd half. Looking forward to opening day at Gillette this weekend.
Speaking of the internet, I came across the phrase '1337 5p33k' for the first time. Thanks to the wonderful resource which is Wikipedia, I was able to learn a little something about leet speak. Really cool from the point of view of seeing language/communication evolve so quickly. The blurb on 'x0r' and the separate entry on 'pwned' were especially interesting. I am glad that I'm not a big enough nerd to know any of this already, but the nerd in me feels like such a n00b.
watch out for the sharks! 2 comments
Reen and I bought a car this weekend. Reen put some lovely pictures up for all to see. I like it and it's way comfy to drive. And just for the record I never liked HotWheels, I was always a Matchbox guy.
I bought some waders for fishing/clamming and general watery merriment. No pictures of those. Sorry.
The Revs came back from 2-0 down, to tie San Jose 2-2 in the season opener this past Saturday. They looked very solid in the 2nd half. Looking forward to opening day at Gillette this weekend.
Speaking of the internet, I came across the phrase '1337 5p33k' for the first time. Thanks to the wonderful resource which is Wikipedia, I was able to learn a little something about leet speak. Really cool from the point of view of seeing language/communication evolve so quickly. The blurb on 'x0r' and the separate entry on 'pwned' were especially interesting. I am glad that I'm not a big enough nerd to know any of this already, but the nerd in me feels like such a n00b.
watch out for the sharks! 2 comments
