[PLUG-TALK] Visiting from Tacoma

[Michael Robinson]

On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 15:31 -0800, Andrew Becherer wrote:
> Hi Portland!
> 
> I've been subscribed to the plug lists for a few years now and I
> participate in Taclug (Tacoma Linux Users Group). The fiancée and I
> decided to have a weekend away and rode Amtrak down on Friday. I got a
> heck of a deal on a room at the Nines through Hotwire.
> 
> Today we woke up and had breakfast at The Blossoming Lotus (my fiancée
> is a vegan with raw vegan tendencies). Following that I dragged her to
> the Powell Technical Books store. We are now hanging out at Living
> Room Theatres enjoying some appetizers and free WiFi.
> 
> I brought my new Lenovo Ideapad S10 with me on this trip. It is a Atom
> based netbook with a 10" LED backlit 1024x600 screen. I upgraded the
> RAM to 2 GB and I will be swapping out the Broadcom Mini-PCI Express
> card for a Atheros based one capable of performing packet injection.
> The machine runs Ubuntu well. I am having some trouble with an
> over-active fan (annoying in the quiet hotel room). Also I am having a
> bit of trouble with Skype and the integrated microphone. As I can hear
> the mic through the integrated speakers (when I set the mixer settings
> properly) I know the mic "works." Overall I am quite pleased. It is
> much nicer to carry this machine around instead of my hulking Thinkpad
> t61p with 9 cell battery.
> 
> Regardless, we are enjoying Portland a great deal.
> 

Why is your fiancee a vegetarian?  Are you hanging out 
alone together already?  I hope you aren't ruining your 
honeymoon by not waiting to be in a room alone with your
bride until after the marriage ceremony.  The dress is
generally white for a reason, it signifies purity.

I think vegetarianism is misguided unless you are allergic
to animal products.  God said of the animals, these are to
eat.  I truly do not understand the whole vegan thing.  
Yeah one needs to eat their vegetables, but it is hard
to get all the nutrients one needs from vegetables alone.
Does your bride even eat eggs?