January 20, 2005
"C" is for Cookie
I meant to add in my anti-Palm entry an argument my mother has always had: you can't make a sheet of paper disappear. You have to burn or shred or crumple it. Data, on the other hand, are so easily lost that most of us from the information generation take it as an everyday occurence. OS crashing, program hanging, corrupted files, failed hard drives. And the blog entry I just lost when trying to upload a file because I mistakenly hit "create new entry" instead of "show me the html." How about you show me a computer that logs every entry: an 'undo' function for everything. Just to add a little Tao here, that's something Palm can do. It logs every letter instantaneously; there's no saving files.
The reason you're really here, though, is the cookie update. I did in fact follow through on the promise of cookies to the riddle solver, and Doncky Face got his favorite, oatmeal raisin. Except I substituted craisins for raisins and added pecans. I would have a nice rosy picture of the finished product, but it was lost in the Great Memory Wipeout of aught-five. So you'll have to settle for a pic of the package I sent out last week. And Ben will have to tell you if they were any good.
I also extended the riddle prize to my coworkers, though on a vastly shortened timescale: two minutes. Nonetheless, they prevailed, and white chocolate macadamia was had by all. I found the note below today in the empty container. I guess they were pretty good.
if the chicago contingency sends you a bowl with a post-it note that says "please fill", would you? :)
and thank you for recognizing that data ARE easily lost. (vs. "is", although sometimes appropriate)
Posted by: delara at January 21, 2005 12:53 PMWhen did you get to be such a cookie-bakin' guy, G?
Posted by: Lacey at January 21, 2005 01:09 PMDelara gets MONDO cool points for the data 'are' recognition. I was thinking I might get 'corrected' but you guys are thankfully too smart for that. Also: what's your favorite kind, D?
Lay-c: I don't know. Maybe buying a house has domesticized me. Or perhaps it's the beginning of a foray into chefhood. You'll have to tell me if the latter is true when you sample your share.
Posted by: george at January 21, 2005 01:23 PMI too was impressed by the "data...are." I was reading along and thought, that George is one smart cookie. And then you -talked- about cookies. At which point I thought, get in my belly!
Posted by: shokufeh at January 21, 2005 03:16 PMOMG, george, you're freaking amazing. this morning, while shoveling feet of snow, i un-snowed (kinda like unearthed) a mysterious package addressed to lacey and me. buried under the snow on the front steps was a box of white chocolate chip macadamia nuts, handmade by our very own georgie. how cute is that?! we love you george!!!
Posted by: nas at January 22, 2005 02:43 PMI have "virtually" sampled these cookies already and have decided that they are a taste of heaven. When I free my car of the snow and rendevouz with Nas, I will tell you for real how cool you are. Go domesticity!!!
Posted by: lacey at January 22, 2005 07:12 PM*my* favorite kind of cookie? let's see here... considering "cookie" is the second word i learned how to say as a baby, pretty much anything goes! although oatmeal choc-o-chip probably tops the list, *especially* if it has a little coconut in it. YUMM-OOO!
Posted by: delara at January 24, 2005 12:37 PMshoot... but don't go out of your way. i got to sample a cookie from nas - yes, she and lacey shared, wonderful people they are - and it rocked.
Posted by: delara at January 24, 2005 01:50 PM