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July 4th weekend!
07.03.06 (7:11 am)   [edit]
My office is closed on Tuesday for the 4th so I took an extra day off to get a 4 day weekend. I was surprised that not very many people were doing this. Many of my friends outside of work were given today off by their office. My car is at Meineke right now. This will be their 2nd attempt to get the right parts for my leaking rear axle. I am growing to hate Meineke. It seems like they can't do anything without it being part of a $500 job. I thought this shop would be different but I have been sorely dissapointed. I am starting to think that their mission is to get $500 per visit out of people.
 
Disturbed
06.23.06 (1:55 pm)   [edit]
I've heard this song on the radio a bit lately. I haven't studied the lyrics but the music really rocks. Just posting them here so I remember to look at them later... You walk on like a woman in suffering Won't even bother now, to tell me why You come alone, letting all of us savor the moment Leaving me broken, another time You come on like a blood stained hurricane Leave me alone, let me be this time You carry on like a holy man pushing redemption I don't want to mention, the reason I know That I am stricken and can't let you go When the heart is cold, there's no hope, and we know That I am crippled by all that you've done Into the abyss, will I run You don't know what your power has done to me I want to know if I'll heal inside I can't go on, with a holocaust about to happen Seeing you laughing, another time You'll never know how your face has haunted me My very soul has to bleed this time Another hole in the wall of my inner defenses Leaving me breathless, the reason I know Into the abyss will I run I can't let you go Yes I am stricken and can't let you go
 
Week #1 of car pooling
06.23.06 (1:20 pm)   [edit]
Well this will conclude my first week of "car pooling". An old friend of mine asked if I wanted to do that with him. When I told him I wanted to think about it for a few days he confessed that he has lost his license for a year due to having too many DUIs. So what he actually meant by car pooling is that I would take him to work and then take him home :) He lives close to my house and his office is close to mine downtown. We used to be very good friends but have drifted apart over the years. On the basis of that old friendship I told him I would try to help him out. I am not an overly social person so we'll just see how this goes....
 
Indy 500 Report
06.02.06 (1:21 pm)   [edit]
Well the 500 race was a really good time. Other than the killer heat the weather was great. We don't go every year but it seemed like there were a lot of wrecks. Three of them happened very close to us. I don't want there to be wrecks but I guess if they happen it may as well be near me so I can see it. Even traffic getting home worked out for us. We parked about a mile from the track. It only took us an hour to get home versus the 3 to 4 hours I've heard from people who parked close to the track. The walking really paid off!
 
Indy 500 Weather
05.26.06 (1:47 pm)   [edit]
Oh yeah here's an interesting one for you. Around race time (Indy 500) the weather people here in town will NEVER say that it is going to rain - even if the chance is 100%. If it supposed to rain on Sunday, it won't really be discussed until Saturday night - they don't want their station to be "anti-Indianapolis" by scaring off anyone who might come for the race. The last time I went (about 10 years ago) the race was rained out 3 days in a row and they had it on the fourth day. The weather reporting was all about hoping for a 3 hour window after the 3rd day. You didn't even need a ticket to see the race by then - walk-ins were welcome!
 
Long weekend!
05.26.06 (1:24 pm)   [edit]
Well I'm ready for the long weekend to start in about 30 minutes. We're going to the Indy 500 on Sunday so that should be fun. Otherwise I am just planning on getting some work done. Too many bills piling up to do otherwise!
 
Chicken and the egg
05.24.06 (7:01 am)   [edit]
I'm guessing that everyone has heard the old question of "Which came first - the chicken or the egg?". I know it's supposed to be a kind of folksy koan or maybe just a metaphor for various kinds of problems. I've always dismissed the question in my own way. The egg obviously came first. If chickens evolved from creatures that came before them, then at some point there had to be an animal that wasn't a chicken whose offspring was a chicken. If the first chicken's parent was not a chicken then the egg came first!
 
Chicken and the egg
05.24.06 (6:40 am)   [edit]
I'm guessing that everyone has heard the old question of "Which came first - the chicken or the egg?". I know it's supposed to be a kind of folksy koan or maybe just a metaphor for various kinds of problems. I've always dismissed the question in my own way. The egg obviously came first. If chickens evolved from creatures that came before them, then at some point there had to be an animal that wasn't a chicken whose offspring was a chicken. If the first chicken's parent was not a chicken then the egg came first!
 
PSAS
05.23.06 (11:45 am)   [edit]
Ok this is kind of making my bulls**t alarm tingle. It's an article about this woman who has PSAS (permanent s*e*x*u*a*l a*r*o*u*s*a*l syndrome) and has random and frequent spontaneous orgasms. I guess its the pictures of her that make me suspicious. She is extremely attractive and pictured in a few provocative poses for the article. I looked PSAS up on Wikipedia (you know, the encyclopedia for C students!). The article claims there is no cure but Wikipedia goes over some treatment and cure options. Weird. http://www.newsoftheworld.co....
 
DaVinci Code
05.19.06 (11:07 am)   [edit]
The DaVinci Code is mostly fake. Ok now talk amongst yourselves :)
 
Hell to pay!
03.25.06 (7:47 pm)   [edit]
Well this week I'll have Hell to pay for the last week. We were on vacation in Vegas so the next week or two will be a sheer delight in playing catch up! It was worth it, though. Came back with my shirt and a new pair of shoes even! Gambling is an amazing exercise though. I can't believe people go out and think they'll get one up on the casinos. Especially when most people are playing the loser games where the house has a guaranteed take. I play them sometimes too just for fun but I don't take them seriously. There are only 2 games you can win at - Poker and Blackjack. Even then you have to be really good or really good at cheating to win. I am neither so I just noodle along and come back a little up usually. Those nice sparkly signs and buildings weren't built on long-term loans though!
 
Nuclear factoids
03.10.06 (1:56 pm)   [edit]
Just a couple of "factoids" for fun. The US has 10,600 nuclear warheads mounted on a variety of delivery platforms today. These delivery platforms include guided smart bombs, intelligent cruise missiles, submarine-based platforms, and of course ballistic delivery systems. There are roughly an additional 10,000 warheads that we have in storage for mounting on "future" delivery platforms. (ie missiles and stuff that we have not invented yet...) There is a slang term the military uses for the warhead that I can't remember now. The weapons-grade materials in most of these warheads decays and a by-product of that decay is Helium. The Helium build-up causes pressure within the sealed warhead housing and thus warps the mechanics of the soccer ball (that's what I call the pattern of exposives around the core material - not quite accurate but I like it :) As the warheads age the warped housing leads to a question of failure rate - since we are not testing these aging devices we cannot be assured that they will activate if we wanted that. The balance and accurate timing of the explosions around the spiral soccer ball are very critical in the functioning of each device. Very large computer systems can simulate these things, but without lighting the occasional fuse it's difficult to know that your firecracker is worth keeping.
 
The week in review...
03.10.06 (1:34 pm)   [edit]
Well the week flew by even quicker than most. Went to the worst Microsoft user's group meeting ever last night. The speaker from Microsoft was terrible and the topic turned out to be different than I expected. Played billiards with a buddy on Wednesday night. When he came over my super-hot neighbor was there talking to my wife. My buddy's eyes almost popped out of his head when he saw her. Pretty cool in a weird way. We can't pick our neighbors but if we could then I guess we might pick super hot ones lol. I was approached through a friend about putting a small software product together. The money would be good but my friend warned me about the buyer being a jerk of sorts so I'm still mulling it over. There are a few advantages to still having my "day job". Oh yeah Wifey and I went and saw that Ultraviolet movie a few days ago. I guess it's based on Japanese animation or something. I really don't get the appeal of that stuff, but I really like Milla Jojovich (sp?) and loved the Resident Evil movies. It was also kind of like the recent Aeon Flux movie but not nearly as well done. I think they intentionally made it look like a live action Japanese anime movie but like I said I just don't get it. Nothing wrong with Milla Jojovich but her role was pretty flat.
 
Dentists
03.09.06 (8:33 am)   [edit]
Dentists and dental hygienists seem to be capable of extreme acts of torture. I wonder if they have dentists at the secret CIA torture sites?
 
Wow long week
03.03.06 (7:24 pm)   [edit]
It was a long busy week. We had a new version of our software to push out in my day job. That's what my deadline was about early in the week. Then last night me and my new business partner signed a contract in regards to our new side venture. It basically formalizes our company for when we get rich lol. We had some beers at a new pub. It was really nice with kind of a sports bar yet old wood look.
 
Silly people ... deadlines are for kids!
02.27.06 (6:35 pm)   [edit]
Well I missed my deadline on that project today but that's ok. There were others involved who missed it too for their part. I hate being back with the crowd, though. I like to get ahead like the speedy hare and then party like a tortoise once I cross the finish line :) I guess that's not how the story goes but it's close enough for government work. Now I have a dentist appointment in the am so I won't get to finish until tomorrow afternoon. That does kind of suck.
 
Busy week indeed
02.26.06 (5:56 pm)   [edit]
Well it's has been a busy week indeed. I had to go out of town all of a sudden for a work "emergency". Not really an emergency except in the minds of our owners :) It really messed up my week though. I am totally behind on everything and I have a big deadline tomorrow. At high noon no less! So I am sitting here on a Sunday night just cranking out the code like the code cranker I am :) At least the weather was nice in Florida. Nice weather and lots of tans. I think tans are infectious down there or something! Those lower back arty tattoos might be contagious too. Saw lots of them also ;)
 
Ok just a pet peeve...
02.15.06 (2:17 pm)   [edit]
Ok this post is just about a pet peeve of mine. In movies and tv shows - usually sci fi shows and movies - they sometimes talk about people who are "more advanced" that use a larger percentage of their brains than we humans do currently. Newsflash: Humans use 100% of their brains! The 10 or 15% thing is an old wives' tale! That "saying" is from a time when the structures of the brain were not as understood. People twisted it into saying that 90% (or so) of the brain is not utilized. Granted, there is room for improvement in the way the parts communicate with eathother and form connections. There are no dark areas on a brain scan - it all gets used.
 
So many sad posts
02.14.06 (6:31 am)   [edit]
Wow lots of sad posts out there this Valentine's Day. Mine has started out pretty good. Wifey is still sick with a cold but getting better. Already exchanged our V-day gifts this morning. I like to do that in the morning if I'm not sending flowers so she's not anticipating them all day. I've overdone the flower thing during the holidays so I just went for gifts and a card this time. I don't remember finding V-day so miserable as others when I was single. I never really had a relationship ongoing for V-day that I can remember, so maybe that's why. I think you just have to be comfortable in your own skin.
 
Long time no post!
02.10.06 (1:53 pm)   [edit]
Well it's been a long time since I posted anything. Mostly I've responded to other people's blogs lately again. Easy to get into that mode! Still been working a lot on the day job and night job. Met with a lawyer yesterday to work on getting our new company off the ground. Contract stuff needs done, etc.... Lots of lawyer fees to pay :) Wifey is sick with a really bad cold. Probably just stay home tonight and order pizza or something. Play lots of classic video games I am hooked on now (again!). Dig Dug kicks butt!
 
misc stuff...
01.18.06 (7:17 am)   [edit]
Well my computer is so bogged down right now about the only thing I can add is to do a blog entry! I am slinging data this morning! Still deciding if I like the new tblog or not. I've been staying away while they get the kinks out mostly, so I'm just now starting to play with it I guess. There is a new "categories" drop-down I see and I'm not sure what to pick yet. I never thought to pick a category for my blog. It's just a blank canvas really. Work is interesting this week. Lots of shake-ups and shake-downs. The bad owner is on hiatus working on a special project for a while. A long while I hope! I've been working on my side project a LOT the last few days. Playing with the Ajax/Atlas stuff to see if it will really fly in our web-based version. That user's group meeting last Thursday was really handy and got me some working examples of the beta stuff at least.
 
Angelina Jolie
01.13.06 (3:49 am)   [edit]

Well I haven't entered my own blogs any this week but I responded to lots of entries on other's blogs lol.


I figured instead of continuing to squat on other people's blogs I would stick one of my opinions out here on mine :)


Angelina Jolie rocks and is totally hot. I am happy for her that she is pregnant. I am, however, not happy that my mental image of her must now include the fact that she is pregnant. I was happier before when I could close my eyes and picture her from Tombraider, hackers, etc... Now when I try that all I can see is her glowingly pregnant with whats-his-face standing next to her. Waaaaaaaaaaa!


Ok here are a couple of links to Angelina Jolie pictures. Don't follow them, though... they are for me lol :)


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Ah good times
01.10.06 (3:59 am)   [edit]

Life is good this morning. Got a good night's sleep. Fed the kitties so now they're grooming. I had a troublesome server keeping me up the last couple days due to a bad network card. Finally switched cards yesterday and no peeps out of the pager now. Both of our owners at the day job were out yesterday so productivity was awesome! (Even with the usual Monday troubleshooting crap!)


I've been trying to pick up a new bleeding edge development method the last couple of weeks off and on. It's called Ajax and it's supposed to reduce the amount of posts necessary between the web browser and the web server. I have not found a single example online that actually works, though. Weird little errors out of the Ajax libraries and Googling only returns 1 worthless hit. Microsoft seems to be johnny-come-lately for it even though they *supposedly* invented the standards.


There is a user's group meeting on Thursday night that is supposed to cover the topic. I hope they show me some working examples otherwise I'll have to table this stuff for a few months while they figure it out better.


 
 
Debris
01.08.06 (12:29 pm)   [edit]

Ok when did the world fill up with trash? My family was poor growing up and we lived in a dumpy neighborhood and I was used to having trash blowing around the streets and yards. I live in a nice house now in a good neighborhood but there's still crap blowing around all over the place lately. Plastic bags and mail flyers and newspaper sections etc.... I throw it away and the next day more of it has blown in. It's hard to avoid the debris of other people.


 
 
Guy thoughts
01.06.06 (10:31 am)   [edit]

Ok these are guy thoughts that I would not normally share with anyone of the female persuasion, so stop reading if you don't like guy thoughts lol.


I had my weekly meeting with my business partner last evening and we met at Hooters since he was close to my office. The meeting was good but the waitress was better. I just have to say that her breasts were glorious. My wife is sexy but she has normal sized breasts. She also does not errr ... package them the way they do at Hooters lol. I would say they were a solid D cup. I am confident of that because we could clearly see the evidence.


The Hooters waitresses are well-trained to get into the customers heads. She actually had a real conversation with us about computer geek stuff. Turns out she has an interest in it. Aside from the awkwardness of trying not to stare at her outfit it was a cool conversation.


Then I got home and my wife arrived a little later. She got a speeding ticket and was upset. She was talking about fighting it but I don't think she stands much of a chance. She'll calm down about it in a couple days and I'll recommend she just pay it. Small town speed trap. Those guys always show up for court.