I’m just posting this here because I always forget the shortcut keys for XP; and I need it more than ever now.

Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)

Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)

Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)

Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)

Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)

Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)

Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)

CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)

Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)

Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)

Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)

Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)

List of the keyboard shortcuts that are available in Windows XP

Salad dressing is supposed to be a sparsely used flavoring to accentuate a salad’s natural taste. Don’t douse the plate in it, please. Any kind of salad dressing is nasty in large doses. This is what my salad tastes like when the chef applies too much dressing:

Most of my customers are unfamiliar with the library of liquors that I stock behind the basement bar at Brennan’s Speakeasy. I make reccomendations based on what they’ve drank in the past, and what I like the taste of on a given day.

I’m fortunate that I order the liquor for the bar, and I get a chance to bring in ones and twos of rare bottles that most bars don’t carry. Thanks to that, I’m able to taste everything almost as soon as it comes down the pipe. Barring the esoteric niceties that I pick up for tastings; here are a few of my reccomendations on hard liquor. I’ve tried to list things that nicer bars and restaurants will carry.

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My last two weeks have been nothing but resumes, interviews, writing samples, and hours in front of a computer screen. It looks like I have a new side gig that’s going to be pretty interesting. I’ll fill the holes in when it starts rolling, but just know that I’m excited about it.

I’ve also been taking Rita into lab for midnight ninja raids. For those of you who don’t know, my girlfriend Rita is working on a doctorate in molecular cell biology at Wash U. Since most med schools are built in semi dodgy neighborhoods I always escort her to lab if she has to check any experiments late at night.

Spent a couple of hours tonight doing some basic webspace maintenance and blog cleanup. All the red was giving me a headache so we’re shooting for cooler colors again. The new masthead is a blow-out illustration of a 1908 Colt pistol from an old manual. It’s got a nice Phillipe Starck feel to it, I think.