Old Nick's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Old Nick2001-04-24T13:38:21ZAllez Cuisine! (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/Old+Nick/writeups/Allez+Cuisine%2521Old Nickhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Old+Nick2001-04-24T13:38:21Z2001-04-24T13:38:21ZThis is what <a href="/title/Chairman+Kaga">Chairman Kaga</a> yells on the <a href="/title/Iron+Chef">Iron Chef</a> TV show to start the battle.<p>
It doesn't really mean anything grammatically intelligible in <a href="/title/French">French</a> because it means "go" and "kichen", but I suppose Kaga thinks it means "Start cooking!"<p>
Of course he provides an interesting pronunciation: <b>"Ayaih queezeen!"</b><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>Was it Love, or Obsession? (person)http://m.everything2.com/user/Old+Nick/writeups/Was+it+Love%252C+or+Obsession%253FOld Nickhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Old+Nick2001-04-22T00:02:18Z2001-04-22T00:02:18ZFive months? God, lad. I was married for seven years. The <a href="/title/world">world</a> revolved around her. Everything about me was defined by her. I liked what she liked because I <a href="/title/love">love</a>d her. I disliked what she disliked because I <a href="/title/love">love</a>d her. We had a <a href="/title/baby">baby</a> so she could feel complete as a woman while I was not so gone on the idea. But if she wanted to be a <a href="/title/mother">mother</a> instead of the person I knew and married and loved, that was all part of it. I was willing to do whatever I could to help her be who she wanted to be. Turned out it wasn't my child. She divorced me, took the daughter (Elayne), cleaned the house out with a moving van while I was at work. Came home. Even most of my own bloody clothes were gone. I got a letter from her <a href="/title/solicitor">solicitor</a> (Who used to be ours).<p>
The terrible terrible thing?<p>
I still love her. Bloody hell.<p>
Is there a difference between <a href="/title/love">love</a> and <a href="/title/obsession">obsession</a>?<p>
I don't know for anyone else.<p>
But I'd say <b>no</b>.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>Don't Shampoo Your Hair (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/Old+Nick/writeups/Don%2527t+Shampoo+Your+HairOld Nickhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Old+Nick2001-04-21T23:52:08Z2001-04-21T23:52:08ZAs a <a href="/title/pharmacist">pharmacist</a> and a human being (the two can co-exist in the same point of space-time), I can only say, "Please please <a href="/title/wash">wash</a> your hair." If you don't want to buy shampoo from my shop, that's fine. Use dishsoap. Anything. Rinsing your hair with water is as close to cleaning it as lighting a match to your cigarette will cook your cutlet. I have seen cases of cradle cap that make me <a href="/title/cringe">cringe</a> at the mere word "cradle" now.<p>
Basically, the human body is designed to smell strongly and badly to help mark <a href="/title/territory">territory</a>. We produce foul oils and nectars that perhaps only our cats and dogs can <a href="/title/decipher">decipher</a> now. They state our age, sexual potency, basic disposition, dietary prefereances et al. But our senses have dulled as we have stood straighter, donned trousers and skirts, and hired <a href="/title/lawyers">lawyers</a>. So now we just smell bad.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>There's a time and a place (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/Old+Nick/writeups/There%2527s+a+time+and+a+placeOld Nickhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Old+Nick2000-07-27T10:10:30Z2000-07-27T10:10:30Z<p>Something <a href="/title/people+say">people say</a> when what <a href="/title/they+actually+mean">they actually mean</a> is "<a href="/title/not+right+now">not right now</a>". They'll never come out and <a href="/title/tell+you">tell you</a> what the time and the place are, though...</p>Sony CMD-Z5 (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/Old+Nick/writeups/Sony+CMD-Z5Old Nickhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Old+Nick2000-07-27T09:25:27Z2000-07-27T09:25:27Z<p>The new <a href="/title/Sony">Sony</a> CMD-Z5 <a href="/title/mobile+phone">mobile phone</a> binds together <a href="/title/advanced+technology">advanced technology</a> and a groovy <a href="/title/design">design</a>. In its size, which is smaller than a <a href="/title/credit+card">credit card</a> (apart from its thickness of course), it <a href="/title/contradicts">contradicts</a> the theory that a reduced size is achieved at the <a href="/title/expense">expense</a> of a <a href="/title/number">number</a> of <a href="/title/functions">functions</a>. It offers WAP services, e-mail (via POP3), a scheduler and a voice recorder. Also, with this telephone, Sony relies on handling with the use the wheel-style "<a href="/title/Jog+Dial">Jog Dial</a>".
<p>All of those who are used to <a href="/title/leaving+their+telephones+lying+about">leaving their telephones lying about</a> wherever possible will certainly <a href="/title/appreciate+this+model">appreciate this model</a>. That is to say, it is equipped with a thick <a href="/title/protective">protective</a> layer <a href="/title/preventing+scratches">preventing scratches</a>. In addition to this, the <a href="/title/display">display</a>, which provides <a href="/title/well-ordered">well-ordered</a> information about <a href="/title/incoming+calls">incoming calls</a>, <a href="/title/messages">messages</a>, <a href="/title/timing">timing</a>, <a href="/title/battery+status">battery status</a> and the <a href="/title/signal">signal</a>, has a <a href="/title/flip+cover">flip cover</a>.
<p>Access to <a href="/title/WAP+services">WAP services</a> has become quite <a href="/title/usual">usual</a> on new models. Also, Sony wants to provide its users with access to the <a href="/title/mobile+Internet">mobile Internet</a> through<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…A year and a day (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/Old+Nick/writeups/A+year+and+a+dayOld Nickhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Old+Nick2000-07-27T08:47:47Z2000-07-27T08:47:47Z<p>A year and a day is exactly the duration of an <a href="/title/old-fashioned">old-fashioned</a> <a href="/title/Celtic">Celtic</a> temporary <a href="/title/marriage">marriage</a>. One was <a href="/title/permitted">permitted</a> one of these <a href="/title/short-term">short-term</a> marriages with any <a href="/title/eligible">eligible</a> other person as a kind of a <a href="/title/trial+period">trial period</a>.
<p>That makes a lot of <a href="/title/sense">sense</a>.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>