Oh, look, what's this pun doing here?

Background

I've been renting an apartment since I moved for work in January. It is technically a condominium because I am renting it from an individual owner, but it used to be part of a managed community and the building is built like a hotel. According to my neighbor, the complex was renovated and converted into condos about five years ago.

Story

There are two fans in my kitchen. One is a recirculating fan built into a range hood, clearly put in when the condo was converted. There is a second fan built into the wall just above the stove that (presumably) exhausts to the outside. It may be a bit older; it's hard to say.

Tonight, as part of an ongoing project to make my apartment stink less, I took the grate off the wall fan to clean it. When I did so, I discovered that it's the same type of fan that I have in my bathroom. It also has the same type of grate and filter, which is to say that the grate has fairly wide slits and there is no filter. I spent an hour and a half trying to clean the grease build-up off the motor, blades, and enclosure; but I don't think I succeeded to any significant extent.

Punchline

I know this seems like an awfully trivial story to have told, but I needed to vent.

(true story, though, sad to say)

King of the Microphone

Yesterday, I received not one, but two articles of junk mail from Chase Bank.

Peace, y'all.

A Definite Trend

All data from IMDb. I don't know if this violates their ToS or not, but I'm claiming fair use.

Ooh ooh ooh

The Prospect Heights Comcast service group has On the Waterfront in its free video on demand lineup right now.

The next time someone says, "I coulda been a contender," I'll actually know what they're talking about.

More than you wanted to know

This morning, I awoke to discover that I was having difficulty hearing out of my left ear. By applying eight drops of carbamide peroxide solution and flushing with warm water, I removed about half a cubic centimeter of wax. Now I am startled by words containing the letter 'S'.

And my parents wonder why I'm still single.

Money triumphs over tradition

I don't like the idea of the nationwide college football shifting dramatically just because the Big Ten got greedy. However, I do like the idea of being able to yell, "Big Tewelve!," and "Pac-0x10!" How do you pronounce hexadecimal numbers, anyway?

I am more concerned about Izzo. He emphasizes playing within a team and within his coaching system. To me, that conflicts with the superstar mentality of the NBA. He might draw interest from the players in his first season just because of the national recognition that he has gained as a coach, but I don't think he'll get away with sitting starters for, "failing to meet obligations to teammates."

Also, I don't know if he realizes that if he leaves MSU, he won't be able to set foot in Ingham County without someone trying to light him on fire. Nick Satan was only here for five years before betraying us and I still have trouble remembering that there's supposed to be a 'b' in his name.

In case it becomes significant later

I accidentally ate a small amount of raw shrimp paste today.

Everything that I have been able to look up after the fact suggests that this was a bad idea.