hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha....
JJ was telling me about this last night at dinner, but this is too fucking funny not to share. i actually have a pen that looks like that...
Infidel's Revenge Pen
hooray for bacon!
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
i scored: 53.0572% - Super Geek
Monday, May 08, 2006
Sunday, May 07, 2006
20 miles is quite the hike
well, i managed to do it last year (after being conned into it), and after deciding at the last minute (last monday or tuesday), M & i did the 2006 Walk for Hunger with F. the three of us did it last year, and F was going to do it this year (#9 for her), but M & i waited until late to decide that we were willing to do it, and only if the weather was going to be nice.
to recap: last years weather was rainy, cold and miserable and we were all soaked.
this year: sunny, light breeze, clear skies, ~50 degrees to start, mid-60's when we were done.
score 1 for good weather. it made the walk a whole lot more enjoyable. the other part that made this years more enjoyable was this whole going to the gym thing - while i don't spend a ton of time on the treadmill, i'm in better condition to deal with a walk like this.
plus, it helped having done it last year so i knew where we were going and had a sense of where things were. but we had fun and enjoyed the walk. at the end, we weren't feeling like bow-legged cowboys and the walk back to the car wasn't bad at all. M & i got something to eat in chinatown and walking back to the car after that was harder than it was to get there from boston common. sitting down for a little while tightened us up a little bit, but all in all, we were feeling pretty good at the end.
walking up the stairs to get home wasn't the painful experience it was last year which was nice. the only injury i have is a pair of blisters on my pinky toes, so that's a nice improvement over last year. now i just need to make sure i don't pop them.
so, that's it. like last year, i took pictures of our adventure. so if i get around to it, i may post a few of them.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
brutal
yesterday and today, the mid-afternoon lull has been brutal. it hasn't been helped by the grey and rainy weather we currently have (and according to Cindy Fitzgibbon have desparately needed) which is playing hell with my afternoons.
staring blindly at my laptop, or reading (not overly stimulating material) has been making me feel like a mindless drone. all of this isn't helped by the office being warm so with all of these factors, it is making it hard to stay awake in the mid afternoons. usually, if the weather is warm and sunny, i'll get out for a little while, but on days like this, my butt doesn't move far from my chair and i start to fade out.
Cindy says that it should be nicer tomorrow so hopefully that will help, but for the moment, i'm dragging. hopefully my tea will help.
Monday, May 01, 2006
hahahaha...
not like many people care who read this, but i thought this was funny. i'm looking thru the reviews of Tool's show at Coachella last night (4/30/06) and one person said the quote of the night was the following (not by MJK):
Guard 1: "Look at all this knuckleheads. What band is coming up next anyways?"
Guard 2: "Tool"
Guard 1: "...Oh shit."
hahahahahaha....guard 1 obviously knew what he was in for.
only 3 songs of 10,000 days were played, and initial impressions appear to be positive. so those curious, here's the setlist:
Tool
Coachella
4/30/06
01. Stinkfist
02. The Pot
03. Forty-six & 2
04. Jambi
05. Schism
06. Eon Blue Apocalypse
07. The Patient
08. Sober
09. Lateralus
10. Vicarious
11. Ænema
hey eva - MJK is sporting one hell of a mohawk
Thursday, April 27, 2006
heh
i was complaining on saturday about how much scalpers are charging for tickets on the upcoming Tool mini-tour. the voice of Tool himself posted the following to their board.
THE FOLLOWING IS A MESSAGE FROM MJK
"Many people are complaining about the sold out shows. Relax. We're doing a full on tour at the end of the summer which goes almost everywhere. And in the new year, we'll go almost everywhere else. These are just a handful of warm-up dates. There's nothing much we can do to out wit the scalpers. If you have patience, just don't buy the tickets from them. just wait until August. Screw them. Believe me, if I could design a virus that would leave scalpers totally impotent, mute, and penniless, I would. Same goes for lawyers. (I have a whole different virus in mind for mini vans. More on that later.)"
glad he's not happy about it. i can wait until later this year. i'm sure i'll be listening to a whole bunch of shows shortly, and it won't be long before Coachella (3 days from now).
Sunday, April 23, 2006
linkage
the impatience of drivers
i'm not the most patient driver sometimes, and anyone who has ridden with me when i get irritated knows that a flury swears go flying pretty quickly. (commuting is almost opposite for me, i've found resigning myself to the fact that it's going to be slow has done wonders for my stress levels while going to/from work. plus good music helps, so it's only people who do bonehead things that bug me.)
anyways, per my usual sunday morning ritual, i head out to pick up the paper and my coffee. as i'm waiting my turn to pull into the parking lot, there are 3 cars heading towards me. the first car pulls into the lot. the second car slows down to give the guy room to turn so that he doesn't rear end him. after the first car has pulled into the lot, the second car continues rolling slowly, beginning to speed up.
not fast enuff for car #3 who hits his horn and makes a gesture to get going. i chuckle, but i couldn't help but think that this guy hasn't figured out that it's SUNDAY and on SUNDAY there are these things that drive called SUNDAY DRIVERS. they tend to have slower reactions, drive more slowly, etc, etc. what, are you late for your 3 hour bible-brow beating? jackass. you couldn't wait 3 seconds for car #2 to speed up, sheesh. i might make a comment about how that person is being pokey, but i'm not going to tap my horn...
then, as i'm heading back, paper, coffee and muffin aquired, there's a stretch of straight road that people have a tendancy to zip down (it's a 40mph zone). when it comes to driving around town, i tend to be a little more respectful (laugh if you like, but i prefer not to zip around small towns), especially on quiet sunday mornings. this nitwit decides that he wants to go zipping down (opposite direction of me) towards 93 and not a second after he blows by one of the side streets, do i see the familiar front end of the local police cruiser. he makes a right to follow and barely around the corner the familiar flashing blue lights are on.
so the lesson of the day is this:
sunday + rush = not so good idea
maybe there really is something to being a sunday driver. so relax folks, take a lesson from the sunday drivers - plan ahead, take your time and enjoy driving. sunday is supposed to be a lazy day.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
for shame...
this fucking pisses me off.
greedy pig fucking assholes.
buy tickets only to scalp them. i want to go, i really do. but i wanted to pay my $66.66 for my ticket. (and i was willing to pay for the bend-me-over charges)
but this is a fucking disgrace.
Friday, April 21, 2006
hahahahahahaha....
i really do wish i had IFC...
if that link doesn't work, click here and click on the link for the letter to anne. (field segment)
takes a few moments to load on broadband, but it's worth it.
(thanks CRandall)
follow up question
jennkitty's reply to my question got me thinking about another question or two related to the question i posed last night.
are there some people that you always tell where you are? and why can you be completely honest with one person and not another? what are the rules you use to determine who you WILL tell and who you MAY tell?
and in answer to jennkitty's response, she asks, i say.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
i stopped by b&n tonight and had a thought when i heard a conversation that went something like this:
*phone rings* (stupid mp3 ringer, stupid song)
hi.
(obviously asked where are you?)
i'm stuck in traffic on 95, there's some construction.
(when are you going to be home?)
i'll be home in a little while
instead, she was looking over the scifi section with several books in her arm. it got me thinking, how often when someone calls us, do we tell the person calling the truth about where we are? i know i'm guilty of not admitting where i am at all times, but how often do we do it? or how frequently do we tell the other person where we aren't?
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