(not so) random picture of the moment. i mowed my lawn before taking the previous picture, but it doesn't look like it so here is a different angle. i generally have to mow it 2-3 times a week now. 
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Friday, June 17, 2005
Thursday, June 16, 2005
ah ha!
i figured out the whole posting pictures thing. i like how i can have it use a smaller picture but then the larger one.
anyways, as you can see here, TK and i had a little fun with RB this afternoon. (i'd provide a link to the actual post, but i can't, sorry. best i can do)
it was one of those inspired moments of mischief, but we are now both on edge. fortunately, RB is an understanding soul and had a good laugh. i'll get a picture of vader tomorrow.
that was actually what started it. RB has a jar that he'll keep some sort of chocolate confection, and it was empty. so i took his burger king vader (reportedly only 5 per box of 200 toys) and placed it in the jar with a cartoon bubble saying 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOO...'
i'm not sure why it inspired such a gesture, but we had fun and the people who saw it got a kick out of it. well, all but LB who gave me a disaproving look. good thing i have a good working relationship with her.
so at least some of the time at work was productive.
on the way home, NPR mentioned that the government had reached a settlement with BJ's Wholesale Club over their security breach that resulted in thousands of customers information being stolen (credit cards, etc). it isn't so much that an agreement was reached, but all i could think of was that during my dark employment period, it was one of the companies i had applied to. and i would have been working (most likely) at their headquarters where this apparently happened. i certainly would have liked to have been working there (or anywhere at that time) but i'd hate to think what i'd be going thru when it happened.
after stopping by the ho-spice, i saw a car go flying across several lanes in my rearview mirror and the speed at which it moved, looked as tho it was a car out of control flying off the side of the road headed for a major accident. then i realized that they were flying towards the off-ramp to chez target, but for that split second, i thought i'd be a witness to a big accident in my rearview mirror. kinda freaky.
and my final thought of the moment is the whole 'what a difference a day makes'. on monday when i went out to my car to go home, at 7pm (it was a late day) it was still 90 and muggy as hell. at 630pm the following evening (another late night), it was 54 degrees. and that's where it's been since then. altho for a few moments today it was a bit nicer.
a sad day....
i stopped by the ho-spice this evening to drop off a few things and saw the following...
Sunday, June 12, 2005
what good is mining nose gold if i can't share it with the towns people?
blame chris griffin for that one.
family guy was good tonight. but the best moment was when Lois got all riled up and dropped her pants and told Peter to hit her (to demonstrate how passion turns a woman on).
so Brian slaps her ass and screams 'YEAH!'
and then the awkward moment.
that was beautiful.
anyways, i'm watching The Dead Zone (new episodes FINALLY) and USA just did something that always bugs when a tv station does it.
they just ran a promo for next weeks episodes of 4400 and Dead Zone.
show the promo for the 4400, but don't show scenes from Dead Zone. at least not NEW ones...i know that this episode will wrap up and Johnny will be fine, but at this moment in time, he is being chased by the feds and Greg Stilson's goon squad, so why ruin it? it spoiled the moment. there's this background tention that is built and a little spoiler like that just pops the bubble.
i've seen other stations do it as well. at least SciFi seems to keep their ducks lined up. they tend to only run promos for the shows airing that evening and wait until the following day before showing the new promos. and it seems to be less of an issue on the majors.
oh well.
ok, now that i've had a moment to ponder
possibles:
shine on (1-5)
another brick 1/happiest days/another brick 2
wish you were here
money
comfy numb
brain damage/eclipse
that would actually make a decent short set. they could rework the end of comfy numb to do into BD/Ecl pretty easily.
Friday, June 10, 2005
i'll be damned...
for the second time, at the end of moving a couch, i've had help.
tonight on my way home from work after a stop at chez target JJ calls me, which saved me from giving into my urge to get something at burger king for dinner. things have been stressful at work so my will was feeling a little weak tonight, so it was nice to be distracted. anyways, she is in the process of moving (same building, but opposite corner on the 1st floor) and she has a lazy-boy style couch she needed to move. so during our conversation, i decided it would be easier to try and move it in 70's and humid rather than 90's and humid.
so after much man handling, we force it down a set of tight stairs, out the door, around the corder and at the last stretch, to bring it into her new apartment, a kind soul walking by asks if we could use a little help so he and i finish moving it in.
thank you kind sir.
when M&I bought my couch (futon really), a neighbor walking his dog helped us move my newly aquired futon couch upstairs. so you know that i'm now going to expect this the next time i have to move a couch. at least i told JJ i ain't moving that red behemoth again...
work today was better than the rest of the week. at least until 4pm. then it SUCKED. again. one of the weekend people in CI (MW) was having problems with the new phone system. he was getting referral calls when he should only get liasion calls, so he panicked, LJ panicked, DH passed the buck to me (he wanted to get out of there). so i spent 90 mins on the phone trying to sort it out.
fortunately, we were able to figure it out, but what should have taken no more than 5 mins took 90+ mins. at least i know have a much better understanding of the phone system than i did, which is a good thing. esp if i'm going to be the network person in the office. and the phone person. and whatever else i get to be.
whee.
so.
JJ, you're welcome. i'm glad we moved that beast tonight rather than in the middle of a hazy, humid 90+ degree day. and remember, proxy can be a bad thing. bad proxy. bad bad proxy ruining JJ's web surfing.
to the kind sir, thank you.
MW, you're welcome and quit your whining.
i should be able to get a halfway decent night of sleep for a change.
Thursday, June 09, 2005
long days and longer nights....
well, the new phone system is in progress. it does work, and we apparently have most of the offices online. at least to some degree. still have wells to do, but that is waiting on the T1 being lit up and us getting the router back from our outside networky people. then i can go over there and actually try to get everything working the way it sorta is here.
at our little meeting this afternoon, TK-8103 mentioned that a lot of people are referring to the new phones as their 'bat phone'. heh. i was the first person to call it that, and i am rather pleased that a lot of other people are calling it that as well. i've heard other people call it that, but it was nice to hear that it was more widespread than i thought.
in case you were wondering what my bat phone looks like, this is it here: ShoreTel 530
we also have the ShoreTel 210 for most of the office. IS, managers and reception are the primary users of the 530's. i've made a few calls on it and things sound like a phone (i realize that's the whole point, but it really doesn't sound too different from what i can tell). M commented that my voice sounded a little different when i left her VM the other day and it took her a moment to realize who she was listening to, but i'm sure that won't last long. i would be curious to hear what it sounds like.
at lunchtime today i saw something that made my day much to my delight. CD was forced to move cubes (closer to his boss) and he has his beanie baby (chopstix the monkey, with original tag) sitting on the top of his cube in the corner, and the way he has him sitting, his bright red monkey ass and tail are hanging down in the trainwreck's cube. all i could think of was how appropriate it was. the monkey is mooning trainwreck. so rather than scowl as i walk past her desk, i can't help but smirk that she has a view of red monkey ass. i thanked CD and asked him to let the monkey stay where it was. he thought that might be possible.
TK-8103 also mentioned that he liked how CD has been moved as well as you can now see CD's vader poster from clear across the office. (one of the main paths thru the office looks directly into CD's cube)
i think i may have to sneak out early again tonight. i left a whole whopping 10 mins early yesterday which got me stuck in traffic 10 mins sooner, but i did get home 10 mins sooner. M had cooked dinner (chix/broc stirfry) by the time i arrived only to have her proclaim she wanted to eat out. (she's had a rather stressful time dealing with her current client who seems to fail to comprehend that they are paying about 1/3 of what they are actually getting. big client which is why they were cut such a deal, but they don't realize just how BIG a deal they got). so into the fridge went tonights dinner and off we went. we tried this cafe in town that we've walked past a few times, but never gone in because it is on the high end for our dining range, but she picked it and we ate there. (used to be a fancy pizza/more upscale italian place). the food was quite good. she had the monkfish and i had the salmon and we shared a caesar salad. good portion sizes, and all in all a very enjoyable meal. plus we had live music (tuesday and wednesday nights) to dine by. i wouldn't mind going back, but it was a little steep. we even had a visit from the chef/owner who wanted to make sure that everything was ok. (it really was)
hmm...550, i guess i'll post and go. how time flies when you start typing away. maybe i'll post my a/c story later. suffice is to say, power drills and a/c, don't exactly go together...
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
i'm a sheep
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ok....
yesterday, in a word, SUCKED.
i have a bat phone
at least that's what i refer to our new VOIP phones. we've only handed a limited number out to people, but we continue to work on getting the background stuff installed. and today, JD was doing a few things to some of the switches. and the network blew up.
literally, blew up.
died.
crashed and burned.
pushed up daisies.
worm food.
it SUCKED.
and how. our ENTIRE network was down for just over 3 hours. and THEN it had to come down for nearly 2 hours in the evening. at least that time it was a little more expected. we were able to let users know that the network was possibly going to go down. it didn't at first, but then it did.
there are apparently some loops that needed to be addressed, and JD seems to think that our little power-over-ethernet thing that powers the WHOLLY INDEPENDENT access points was causing problems.
i don't think so, but i was getting tired and frustrated so i let it drop for the moment. the good news is we could plug them into the p-o-e switches the phones use, so he did that which seemed to make him happy. unfortunately, the customer (in this case, ME) was not happy. i'll chat with my boss about it.
do we have issues with the wiring at work? hell yeah. and as it will be falling more and more into my domain, i'll do what i can to not only sort it out, but fix it, and document it. that's something we are sorely lacking, so that will be on my list of to-do's.
at least RB was back. altho he stepped in it first thing. he had to image and prepare to deploy by end of day (he was originally told tuesday, but that changed) 10 new PCs. fortunately, the new switches allow him to ghost the PCs pretty quickly, but it's still a pain in the ass. so he stayed late. i didn't leave until nearly 730, but it was nice to get out of there. even if it was overcast, and near dark under some clouds.
Saturday, May 28, 2005
random thought
i think i may have posted something about this a long time ago, or maybe not so long ago, but i know i've talked about it with several people at one point in time or another, but i couldn't help but chuckle at the commercial for Pepsi/Diet Pepsi with Lime.
the question was raised (i don't recall who raised it first) that if the M&M's (you know, red and yellow?) are eating M&Ms in the commercial, wouldn't it be cannibalism?
well, the Pepsi Lime commercial has a pair of limes (pseudo jamacian accents) that question that. one says something to the effect of 'do you think we are drinking someone we know?'
on a related note, i think the diet pepsi with lime is a little too sweet for my tastes. it's ok, but i like the more subtle taste of diet coke with lime.
now if only if they would have the splenda diet coke w/lime. and cherry.
and you would figure that coke would have a site specific to new products rather than a generic site. it's kind of a weak web presence....
Friday, May 27, 2005
i'm confused
i stepped out of my apartment this morning and when i looked up in the sky, there was this white thing that hurt my eyes. all i could do was shrink away for a moment and try not to cry in terror.
i asked RB when i got in, and he reminded me that we worship the rain and when we are bad, it appears. TK-8103 wasn't sure what it was either. he said that CH had a weird experience when he went out for a smoke - there was this thing following him and when he moved his hand, it would move its hand.
i'm not sure what to think, but i think RB is right - we are being punished for something.
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