2, 4, 6, 8! Don't forget to smash the state!

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:43:53 GMT

Last week I discovered Dropkick Murphys

The highlight of my day

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:28:07 GMT

One of my co-workers, affectionately known as "The Gobbler," was swinging a hanging lamp.

Johnny: That thing's pretty sturdy, but you're tempting fate
Gobble: It's fine, this thing's earthquake-rated
Johnny: Yeah, but it's not asshole-rated

I don't know why, but that made my day. It also spawned a discussion on establishing asshole-rated safety standards.

Later that afternoon, he hit his shaved head on the same lamp.

On the topic of his shaved head, another amusing incident comes to mind:

Johnny: blah blah blah blah blah
(whatever it was, didn't matter)
Gobble: What?
Johnny: I said "Your hair looks nice today."
(as I tend to say when people don't hear me)
Gobble: Oh, thanks, I just shaved it last night and it's all smoooooooth
Johnny: Yeah? Does the rug match the drapes?
Gobble: WHAT?

These are the little things that keep me happy. Along those lines, I highly recommend:

bloodninja's bash.org posts

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:55:32 GMT

THREE MOTHERFUCKING HUNDRED!!!

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:25:31 GMT

Vegas, bitchez!

Thou Shall Not Commit Adulthood

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:18:40 GMT

I just spent $30 on yo-yos. I'm having three delivered to my office, and I bought them online.

I wonder what that says about me.

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:23:24 GMT

I suspect that Anna Nicole's cause of death will ultimately be recorded as: "All used up"

Pabst Loosies

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:19:01 GMT

omfg... the Vons by where I used to live in Pasadena is selling loose cans of Pabst in a bin in the rear... they've all got price stickers stuck to the tabs, so they must be a "manager's special." wtf happened here!

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:19:17 GMT

I don't know if I'll ever get used to my pants dinging when I have E-mail.

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:31:28 GMT

god bless House of Pain for rhyming "John Macenroe" with "smackin' the ho'"

Veg Mode

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:52:42 GMT

Holy shit! I just found out my cable service comes with Adult Swim on demand... FREE.

WTF... why did they not tell me this shit? I found it practically hidden in a sub-menu while checking to see if there were any movies I wanted to order.

The UL 94V-0 rated roof is self-extinguishing

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:29:41 GMT

I was looking at a circuit board tonight and noticed that inconspicuously etched in the corner was "94V-0". I knew that this couldn't be a voltage rating because it's WAY too high for the device, so I looked it up.

This, Lisa, is how I know all these weird things.

It seems that UL 94 is a plastics flamability standard. The UL stands for Underwriters Laboratories, the organization responsible for the standard. The standard has different ratings, one of them being V-0. Since plastic is flammable, all plastics will burn. A V-0 compliant plastic, however, will self-extinguish if removed from the source of ignition. This makes it suitable for electrical applications. So, 94V-0 actually means UL 94, V-0 rated.

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:28:04 GMT

EVIL EVIL MONKEY!!

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:41:30 GMT

I feel good. If the trend keeps, 2007 is going to be a great year. It looks like I'm turning to a new page in my life... things are different now from any time before.

A lot of things have come to close, and (to be cliche) a lot of toys have been put away. stumpeyjoe said something to me last night that put the remainder of my apprehension at rest, and for now I'm enjoying myself. Good times.

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:23:53 GMT

I was two hours late coming into work today, and walked into a meeting just in time to receive a recognition award. They gave me a $100 gift card. My timing was so perfect that as I was sitting down the next frame that popped up on powerpoint was "Recognition".

... and ixtasis gave me an awesome Lucky 13 hoodie yesterday. I guess it's a pretty good week so far!

Dance, little banana! Dance your heart out!

You just wouldn't get it

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:04:06 GMT

I'm thinking of taking some transferrable courses at a junior college. I think I've been running out of things that I can tell ordinary people I'm interested in.

Of course, I think I tend to not give most people enough credit and I skip straight to "nevermind, you just wouldn't get it" a lot sooner than I should.

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:00:38 GMT

I took a spill on my bike this morning on the way to the doctor. There was water in the gutter. When I turned to go up a driveway, my tires got caught on the lip. As I was falling, I pushed away from the bike and hit the ground rolling. Somehow I smashed my big toe and the nail turned blue. I was able to get to the doc and then from the doc to work, but after I got to work it started getting real sore and I'm getting a ride home.

The visit to the doc was short and sweet. They saw me right away and dosed me with sedative. I was awake for the procedure, gagging on the scope over and over as it mercilessly snaked it's way down my neck. I don't know what the sedative was for... I didn't feel it at all until I was in the recovery area. I fell asleep there and woke up because I was snoring. They'll have the results sometime this week.

Someone asked...

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:42:42 GMT

Where are you going for vacation?

Answer:

"Someplace that’s not here. Most likely I’ll veg at home and do daytime chores that are hard to get done on weekends, like go to the DMV. Probably going to take care of the Mighty Hooptie once and for all. Etc. etc. etc. Mostly, I’m taking some time off as a pre-emptive first strike against burnout. Because burnout is the leading cause of terrorism, and terrorists hate freedom.

God bless America."

Auto

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:55:59 GMT

So, it's finally time to get rid of the Lincoln. I failed smog. Not by much, but I failed. My neighbor just bought a Mercedes diesel and she's going to run it on vegetable oil. I'm letting her store the fueling station in my car port. She's trying to talk me into getting a diesel myself and doing the same thing, but I don't really have $5k to spend on a car.

I told my dad about the situation and the alternative and wanted to get his advice on it. He's been trying to get me to buy his car off of him, but I know he'd charge me more money than it's worth... he's like that. Finally he just said he'd give me the car. He's like that too. Either he'll be completely unfair, or he'll break down and pay for everything.

Actually, he offered to either give me his car or my aunt's car. He said she has a Toyota. I don't know anything more about it... just that it's a Toyota.

Now, the Lincoln isn't dead. It's dirty... one turn signal assembly is held on with drywall screws. The other turn signal's lens is louvered panes of plexiglass, also held on with drywall screws. Very mad max. The car hasn't been washed in a year. I was going to wash it and get it looking all nice again. It didn't fail smog by much, and the tech said if I get a full tank of high octane and run it with that for a while, I might pass. The transmission slips in the morning when I'm doing my four-point turn to get out of my apartment parking lot, but I think that has to do with a problem building pressure in the transmission system and not anything terribly expensive.

I'll miss the Lincoln, but with the offer of a free car I'd be stupid to run that gas guzzler. We'll see how this all turns out. Those leather seats are so fucking comfy.

WAY cheaper than iTunes!

Sat, 07 Oct 2006 18:35:59 GMT

I was reading an article on TechDirt about a Russian company that has a site selling MP3s. It's on the up-and-up, but the RIAA apparently has some problem with them because they're selling everything so much cheaper than comperable US sites.

The site is allofmp3.com, and most of their albums cost $3 and under. Songs are pocket change. Compared to the iTunes $.99/song, $9.99/album, that's a LOT better. Plus, the songs come in MP3 format, not iTunes format. This means you don't have to worry about losing the song you paid for just because you copied the wrong way and your player no longer recognizes it as paid for. You also don't need a special player... anything that plays MP3s will do. Finally, you don't need the iTunes client software to download your MP3s. Also, you can immediately share with your friends if you choose.

I haven't bought music in years, but now that I found a site cheap enough I'll buy if I can't find what I want on a torrent.

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:22:50 GMT

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:55:02 GMT

god hates turkeys... that's why he made them so yummy

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:38:02 GMT

I would like to think that the tambourine I hear from my neighbor's apartment every day when I get home is some sort of new Playstation game. I can't hear whatever he/she is playing along to, or even really figure out which apartment it's coming from. They call it "Tambourine Hero".

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:12:27 GMT

I had a pretty rough weekend. My head just isn't clear, and I'm in a pretty negative space right now. No, nobody needs to check up on me and make sure I'm OK. I mean no, I'm not OK right now, but I guess I just need to not be OK for a while.

I got another E-mail today from the hosting company I used to work at. They want to talk to me again about a "possible opportunity". They wanted me to come back as a developer, and then as a manager. I turned both positions down, but then things started turning upside down where I'm working. I found out the manager they hired was unhappy and was going to resign, so I let them know if his job opened up again that I wouldn't turn it down a second time. I wonder if this is the opportunity they want to talk about.

There are many pros and cons here... the same old pros and cons I dealt with last time they made me an offer. I wish this were happening at a time when my head wasn't so spun around by other things.

Mugging?

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:01:59 GMT

Some asshole tried mugging me for my lunch today. He got up in my face, blocking my way and told me to give him my hot dog I'd just bought. He had several other guys with him a few feet away watching. We stayed in eachother's faces shouting at eachother,. Not screaming, but just pretty much insulting eachother firmly. One of those exchanges where you're close enough to feel the other guy's breath. I think he was trying to get me to hit him and be the agressor so his friends could grab me without other people getting involved. This was on 7th between Flower and Hope, and it was 12:30. In the heart of the downtown offices and in the middle of lunch time. There were a lot of people, and everyone was looking at the ground or off to the sides as they walked on by.

Coincidentally, I was coming back from picking up my antibiotics. My doctor tells me that I have a strep infection and that I'm contagious. I'm working from home for the rest of the week. The asshole was in my face long enough that there's a good chance I passed on my strep.

Dinner

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:24:14 GMT

When I get home I think I'll have chicken fried pork chops covered in mozzerella, portugese sausage, and baked potato smothered in sour cream. The sausage is similar to the firm spanish-style chorizo, and is very rich.

Does that count as a suicidal gesture?