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October 31, 2007
October 30, 2007
fernando
This week is entirely booked. Last nite was judo, picked up Aubrey from swimming club, and attempted to fix the van's window motor, but that's completely hosed.
Tonite is carving pumpkins, and probably doing a lot of thesis work.
Tomorrow is obviously Halloween, which will take most of the nite.
Then I leave for vegas thursday thru sunday.
Tonite is carving pumpkins, and probably doing a lot of thesis work.
Tomorrow is obviously Halloween, which will take most of the nite.
Then I leave for vegas thursday thru sunday.
October 29, 2007
elva
Vega$ in 3 days!
I have a new favorite javascript countdown timer, which is currently doing the vega$ countdown.
Here is the source code.
Throw this in the source page:
<script language="JavaScript">
TargetDate = "11/01/2007 1:00 PM";
BackColor = "white";
ForeColor = "navy";
CountActive = true;
CountStepper = -1;
LeadingZero = true;
DisplayFormat = "%%D%% Days, %%H%% Hours, %%M%% Minutes, %%S%% Seconds until I'm in Vega$!!";
FinishMessage = "I'm in Vega$ baby!";
</script>
<script language="JavaScript" src="countdown.js"></script>
Where countdown.js lives at the same level on the server as the webpage
I got it from this guy
http://www.hashemian.com/
I have a new favorite javascript countdown timer, which is currently doing the vega$ countdown.
Here is the source code.
Throw this in the source page:
<script language="JavaScript">
TargetDate = "11/01/2007 1:00 PM";
BackColor = "white";
ForeColor = "navy";
CountActive = true;
CountStepper = -1;
LeadingZero = true;
DisplayFormat = "%%D%% Days, %%H%% Hours, %%M%% Minutes, %%S%% Seconds until I'm in Vega$!!";
FinishMessage = "I'm in Vega$ baby!";
</script>
<script language="JavaScript" src="countdown.js"></script>
Where countdown.js lives at the same level on the server as the webpage
I got it from this guy
http://www.hashemian.com/
October 27, 2007
big empty
I'm home, and the trip went well.
I managed to get all the tasks expected of me done, and then some. Including asking for a raise, and at least getting past the first hurdle of that little trial.
So I'm excited. We have a new COO who's still got hero syndrome, and is trying to change everything, and for the better in my opinion, so I'm all for it.
I managed to get all the tasks expected of me done, and then some. Including asking for a raise, and at least getting past the first hurdle of that little trial.
So I'm excited. We have a new COO who's still got hero syndrome, and is trying to change everything, and for the better in my opinion, so I'm all for it.
October 25, 2007
violins
I'm in Chicago right now, getting ready for bed, as I am very tired.
Last nite I was up til 2am, and then woke up at 6am and couldn't go back to sleep. So got all of 4 hours of sleep, and now I am hating life.
But things are going pretty well here, and I shouldn't have to stay longer than anticipated, a typical risk.
So I come home tomorrow, and saturday we have a halloween party.
I'm looking forward to that.
Last nite I was up til 2am, and then woke up at 6am and couldn't go back to sleep. So got all of 4 hours of sleep, and now I am hating life.
But things are going pretty well here, and I shouldn't have to stay longer than anticipated, a typical risk.
So I come home tomorrow, and saturday we have a halloween party.
I'm looking forward to that.
October 23, 2007
pull me under
I'm having one of those days.
We have a problem with a customer that won't go away, and there is a lot of talk of sending someone to korea to solve the problem. I'm sure that someone wiil be me, only because I'm the only one who is even legal to travel.
I do not want to go, and am doing everything I can to prevent it.
We have a problem with a customer that won't go away, and there is a lot of talk of sending someone to korea to solve the problem. I'm sure that someone wiil be me, only because I'm the only one who is even legal to travel.
I do not want to go, and am doing everything I can to prevent it.
October 20, 2007
a new hope
So the husker football is absolutely pathetic. The only reason I even mention it is because I have a sadistic side that loves when all the zealots' dreams are crushed, year after year.
Everyone is looking for someone to blame, as it's cannot be possible that our beloved cornhuskers are just not good. They are preordained to win, every year. So if they are not winning, someone's to blame. Someone's screwed up seriously, and needs to be lynched.
That someone was Steve Peterson.
I am no college football expert, and I can envision a couple situations where an athletic director could be at fault for bringing down a football program, but it's not clear to me how that happened here. It looks more to me like everyone just wanted a fall guy.
Not that I care.
The humorous part of this, they need a new athletic director now.
So who's gonna do that? hmmm. Who could do it that has any experience in the nebraska athletics, would be widely accepted by the fans, and have nothing better to do?
God himself, that's who.
You have to be here to appreciate it, but that's all anyone's been talking about here for over a week. All world news events are null and void right now, TO's back! He's come back to save us all!
I'm curious what everyone thinks is going to be different. He's not changing anything, and has said so several times. So the coaching remains the same, the players are the same, I'm not sure how the results can be any different.
Still, it's funny to watch the zealots morale shoot up, it's like watching an experiment with mice. Give them a little cheese and they are much happier, even though they're still in the same cage.
I'm posting this from my new laptop, finally.
It's a nice big 17" dell. It's not the latest and greatest, but it meets my needs, and it's much better than nothing.
Everyone is looking for someone to blame, as it's cannot be possible that our beloved cornhuskers are just not good. They are preordained to win, every year. So if they are not winning, someone's to blame. Someone's screwed up seriously, and needs to be lynched.
That someone was Steve Peterson.
I am no college football expert, and I can envision a couple situations where an athletic director could be at fault for bringing down a football program, but it's not clear to me how that happened here. It looks more to me like everyone just wanted a fall guy.
Not that I care.
The humorous part of this, they need a new athletic director now.
So who's gonna do that? hmmm. Who could do it that has any experience in the nebraska athletics, would be widely accepted by the fans, and have nothing better to do?
God himself, that's who.
You have to be here to appreciate it, but that's all anyone's been talking about here for over a week. All world news events are null and void right now, TO's back! He's come back to save us all!
I'm curious what everyone thinks is going to be different. He's not changing anything, and has said so several times. So the coaching remains the same, the players are the same, I'm not sure how the results can be any different.
Still, it's funny to watch the zealots morale shoot up, it's like watching an experiment with mice. Give them a little cheese and they are much happier, even though they're still in the same cage.
I'm posting this from my new laptop, finally.
It's a nice big 17" dell. It's not the latest and greatest, but it meets my needs, and it's much better than nothing.
October 18, 2007
dare
Brittany was on her deathbed, with her husband Adam at her side.
She kept trying to tell him something, but he kept saying, "Shhhh, don't worry now darling, just rest."
"But honey," she whispered, "I need to make a confession before I die... I slept with your brother, your best friend, and your father."
"Don't worry about it, sweetie," replied Adam as he wiped the tears from Brittany's cheek, "I know. Why do you think I poisoned you?"
October 16, 2007
angry white boy polka
Vegas is in 2 weeks!
Dug is not sure if he's going to make it, and he was the guy in charge of the rooms. So now his great advice was "someone else should reserve some rooms"
There have been zero activity by anyone else in this department, so I was doing some checking on poker room rates.
I was going through my trusted site, allvegaspoker.com for current poker room info, and who has poker room rates still.
I was going through the Binion's page and saw some pictures links on the right side, so I started looking at them, and got this.
Hey, I'm famous!
Sadly, I have total recall of this nite and table. Funny thing was, it was like 3 years, and was taken at about 4am on a saturday nite.
Dug is not sure if he's going to make it, and he was the guy in charge of the rooms. So now his great advice was "someone else should reserve some rooms"
There have been zero activity by anyone else in this department, so I was doing some checking on poker room rates.
I was going through my trusted site, allvegaspoker.com for current poker room info, and who has poker room rates still.
I was going through the Binion's page and saw some pictures links on the right side, so I started looking at them, and got this.
Hey, I'm famous!
Sadly, I have total recall of this nite and table. Funny thing was, it was like 3 years, and was taken at about 4am on a saturday nite.
October 12, 2007
leave the light on
Notice the lack of posts recently?
Yeah, that would be an ego stroke.
I mentioned before how ALL my laptops died at once. I had a total of three to choose from before, now, zero.
My typical day would be work all day, but it consists of so much stupid non-work, like scheduling tasks, conference calls, etc, that very little actual work could get done.
So I would wait for the kids to go to bed, and I would end up doing a fair amount of work in the evenings, sitting at the laptop at the kitchen table while watching tv.
With no laptop to do this with now, I suddenly look incredibly unproductive.
Reason enough right there for work to get me a new laptop, I say. I've been told it's in the works, but I'll believe it when it shows up at my door.
So all this week, all I do is come home, eat, and watch tv. I don't have any large home projects right now. The main things I want to work on require a windows machine, and I don't have have any now that the laptops are dead.
I watched Blades of Glory, and that was an abortion of a movie.
So I've been seeing a lot of promos for the showtime show Dexter, and it looked intriquing. So I downloaded all of last season's shows to check it out.
Dexter is officially my new favorite program. Acting is good, story is beyond great, and the writing is both very good as well.
The story is almost like a moral in the Aesop's fable's vein. If I could edit it somehow to exclude the most gory scenes, and the swearing, I would have my kids watch it as a moral training tool.
Dexter is the vengence/revenge movies of Schwarzenegger (Raw Deal), or Mel Gibson (Payback) taken to the next level. Those movies were very brute force, chugging forward in their over-the-top violence like a freight train. They are fun to watch, but wholly unbelievable. Dexter is slicker, more thoughtful, and uncomfortably believable.
I highly suggest checking it out.
Yeah, that would be an ego stroke.
I mentioned before how ALL my laptops died at once. I had a total of three to choose from before, now, zero.
My typical day would be work all day, but it consists of so much stupid non-work, like scheduling tasks, conference calls, etc, that very little actual work could get done.
So I would wait for the kids to go to bed, and I would end up doing a fair amount of work in the evenings, sitting at the laptop at the kitchen table while watching tv.
With no laptop to do this with now, I suddenly look incredibly unproductive.
Reason enough right there for work to get me a new laptop, I say. I've been told it's in the works, but I'll believe it when it shows up at my door.
So all this week, all I do is come home, eat, and watch tv. I don't have any large home projects right now. The main things I want to work on require a windows machine, and I don't have have any now that the laptops are dead.
I watched Blades of Glory, and that was an abortion of a movie.
So I've been seeing a lot of promos for the showtime show Dexter, and it looked intriquing. So I downloaded all of last season's shows to check it out.
Dexter is officially my new favorite program. Acting is good, story is beyond great, and the writing is both very good as well.
The story is almost like a moral in the Aesop's fable's vein. If I could edit it somehow to exclude the most gory scenes, and the swearing, I would have my kids watch it as a moral training tool.
Dexter is the vengence/revenge movies of Schwarzenegger (Raw Deal), or Mel Gibson (Payback) taken to the next level. Those movies were very brute force, chugging forward in their over-the-top violence like a freight train. They are fun to watch, but wholly unbelievable. Dexter is slicker, more thoughtful, and uncomfortably believable.
I highly suggest checking it out.
October 10, 2007
vanishing cream
Well, I'm back to driving my old nissan pickup now. I already am spoiled and not used to it.
I have done no work today, just browsing through car sales sites and making judo videos of myself for the judo club.
I have done no work today, just browsing through car sales sites and making judo videos of myself for the judo club.
October 9, 2007
make me lose control
Well, that was fast.
I put the Sport Trac in craigslist and it sold in like 2 weeks.
I am now without a modern vehicle. No bike, no truck. Only the nissan truck I've had all along.
Time to look for something else again.
I put the Sport Trac in craigslist and it sold in like 2 weeks.
I am now without a modern vehicle. No bike, no truck. Only the nissan truck I've had all along.
Time to look for something else again.
October 8, 2007
killing joke
An engineer dies and reports to the pearly gates. St. Peter checks his dossier and says, "Ah, you're an engineer -- you're in the wrong place."
So, the engineer reports to the gates of hell and is let in. Pretty soon, the engineer gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell, and starts designing and building improvements. After awhile, they've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and the engineer is a pretty popular guy.
One day, God calls Satan up on the telephone and says with a sneer, "So, how's it going down there in hell?"
Satan replies, "Hey, things are going great. We've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and there's no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next."
God replies, "What??? You've got an engineer? That's a mistake -- he should never have gotten down there; send him up here."
Satan says, "No way. I like having an engineer on the staff, and I'm keeping him."
God says, "Send him back up here or I'll sue."
Satan laughs uproariously and answers, "Yeah, right. And just where are YOU going to get a lawyer?"
October 5, 2007
my hero
So david had a post about Henry Rollins, a guy I like very much.
Henry has led a very storied and exciting life, and I have actually read his semi-auto-biography book, Get in the Van.
It was an ok read, but it did detail some nasty things he did, specifically how he would get into fights. But apart from that, he was fairly clean cut, especially compared to others of fame by standards of the day or even now.
I need to perfect this look
I cannot find the list anymore, but VH1 used to run a series of shows, "100 Greatest ..."
They had lists of best songs of the 80s, 90s, rock ballads, etc.
They then started doing things like 'shocking moments', 'hottest hotties', and then came 'baddest asses'
That was the only one I watched, I expected names like rollins and danzig to top the list. Maybe some ozzy, too.
I think they both made the list in the 90s, which upset me so much, thinking "who exactly is going to be a bigger bad ass than them?"
Turns out, they thought axl rose, rio james dio, and Sebastian Bach were.
Yeah, that's right, Sebastian Bach. 104 pound Sebastian Bach.
They went into detail of the all the trouble he would get into, but none of it involved him kicking anybody's ass.
That said, who knows, right?
There are some crazy tough scrappy, scrawny guys in the UFC, and it turns out, Danzig's not as tough I imagined. He's big all right, but apparently not much of a fighter.
Henry has led a very storied and exciting life, and I have actually read his semi-auto-biography book, Get in the Van.
It was an ok read, but it did detail some nasty things he did, specifically how he would get into fights. But apart from that, he was fairly clean cut, especially compared to others of fame by standards of the day or even now.
I need to perfect this look
I cannot find the list anymore, but VH1 used to run a series of shows, "100 Greatest ..."
They had lists of best songs of the 80s, 90s, rock ballads, etc.
They then started doing things like 'shocking moments', 'hottest hotties', and then came 'baddest asses'
That was the only one I watched, I expected names like rollins and danzig to top the list. Maybe some ozzy, too.
I think they both made the list in the 90s, which upset me so much, thinking "who exactly is going to be a bigger bad ass than them?"
Turns out, they thought axl rose, rio james dio, and Sebastian Bach were.
Yeah, that's right, Sebastian Bach. 104 pound Sebastian Bach.
They went into detail of the all the trouble he would get into, but none of it involved him kicking anybody's ass.
That said, who knows, right?
There are some crazy tough scrappy, scrawny guys in the UFC, and it turns out, Danzig's not as tough I imagined. He's big all right, but apparently not much of a fighter.
October 4, 2007
paralyzer
Holy crap!
My BMW has been for sale for almost 3 months now, and I've had lots of inqueries about it, but no one even showing up to look at it yet.
Yesterday I got a call from a guy who's 'very interested' in it.
Yeah, so have at least 2 others.
But before the day was over, we had cut a deal, and he's only seen pictures of it.
He first said it would probably be 1-2 weeks before he could drive out from Greeley to pick it up.
Fine, it will give me some time to comes to terms with really selling it.
He sent a deposit that arrived this morning, so I was happy.
Then he called this morning, and said "how about I come out there to get it today?"
Ummm, yeah, not really ready.
So now I have to go home and get it all cleaned up and find all the spare parts and otherwise get it ready to go.
That happened much faster than I expected.
My BMW has been for sale for almost 3 months now, and I've had lots of inqueries about it, but no one even showing up to look at it yet.
Yesterday I got a call from a guy who's 'very interested' in it.
Yeah, so have at least 2 others.
But before the day was over, we had cut a deal, and he's only seen pictures of it.
He first said it would probably be 1-2 weeks before he could drive out from Greeley to pick it up.
Fine, it will give me some time to comes to terms with really selling it.
He sent a deposit that arrived this morning, so I was happy.
Then he called this morning, and said "how about I come out there to get it today?"
Ummm, yeah, not really ready.
So now I have to go home and get it all cleaned up and find all the spare parts and otherwise get it ready to go.
That happened much faster than I expected.
October 3, 2007
surprise! you're dead
Well, that didn't take long. I go check on it again 15 minutes later, and the screen can barely stay on. I think it's all but officially dead now. Good news!
big trouble
oh boy. My long used laptop is showing some serious signs of dying as I'm using it here. This is not going to be pretty if this thing croaks. I'm sitting here watching the screen flicker and bounce all over. I cannot imagine that this lcd is going to last much longer.
I love buying big expensive new things unplanned. I need to create a reason for work to buy me w new one....
I love buying big expensive new things unplanned. I need to create a reason for work to buy me w new one....
October 2, 2007
mr richard smoker
went to my first judo practice of the semester tonite. It was pretty good. It could have been bad, as I am very out of shape, but I enjoyed it.
It looks like they are going to to be looking to me to be the primary coach, so that could be fun, but I don't know what kind of time I have available for that. We'll see.
I'm just happy to have a place to work out, and maybe in the future I can go to some competitions.
Gotta so something to get in shape, racquetball by itself ain't cutting it.
It looks like they are going to to be looking to me to be the primary coach, so that could be fun, but I don't know what kind of time I have available for that. We'll see.
I'm just happy to have a place to work out, and maybe in the future I can go to some competitions.
Gotta so something to get in shape, racquetball by itself ain't cutting it.
October 1, 2007
next year
My dad only has four chemo treatments left. He seems to be getting through them all ok. He says they have minor annoyances like being very tired and sometimes sores, but nothing intolerable.
Hopefully after 2 more months, this whole ordeal can be over.
Hopefully after 2 more months, this whole ordeal can be over.