mardi, avril 25, 2006

no batteries required

Travel is imminent.....must prepare massive amounts of electronics for trip.....including my ipod:  Here is a site that gives some tips.

lundi, avril 24, 2006

Overflow

Where'd all this dust come from? Oh yeah, sorry, haven't used it in a while....things are a bit busy right now. In three days we are going to Turkey. Hooray! Though I dread the super duper long plane ride....probably stuck between a guy with a sweating problem and an old woman with a bladder infection who has to get up every three minutes. I loathe you United for not allowing me to pick my seat. Fascists.
Anyway, not alot of posts this week probably, maybe more today....if not, I will see y'all in about two weeks. Have fun
Powerpoint Zen - thoughts about powerpoint presentation design
"No doc, you can keep yer pills, I'm going for alternative therapy" The effects of sox on blood pressure
Uh oh...my favoritest notebook company is selling itself...is this the end for moleskine?
"Flint Star" - documentary about Flint, MI's basketball scene; I grew up near there and this movie sounds great, need to get my hands on it.
The equation for a good butt. Way to go science.
Smithsonian's photo contest just closed, can't wait to see the winners
Has anyone seen "Thank You for Smoking"? I really want to...Typographica examines their uses of fonts in their intro...mmm, i love me some fonts...

jeudi, avril 20, 2006

kEaster

The weekend at home was pretty great.  I traumatized my seven year old cousin because I came home with strange facial hair and wearing my work clothes (a tie)(...with pants and a shirt, you filthy bastards).  She started to cry about my goattee (remember, it's like the "V for Vendetta" guy)....it's been giving me trouble but I think it's worth it.  Makes me stronger.  But we practiced reading all weekend and I was reminded about the "New Reader Cadence"....y'know, where any and all punctuation is completely bulldozed with akward pauses in the middle of sentences.... it was really fun.  And I also realized that Amelia Bedelia is a complete moron and I wonder if she shouldn't be seen by a doctor?  Should she be in a child care role?  I remain concerned.  
By the way, Ice Age II was way better than the first movie....and both of them totally suck.  I could not stand it.  My dad, who has not sat through a movie EVER*, decided to come with us because my parents dote on my little cousins (yes, yes, I know, If I were a GOOD son, they'd have grand-kids by now....fuck off).  Within five minutes of the actual movie (granted, there were six previews), my dad started to look at his watch and fidget in his chair.  That man could not sit still the entire time...that is until he fell asleep thirty minutes into it; it was fairly funny.  [*on a side note, the only movie that I have ever seen my dad sit through without falling asleep was "Silence of the Lambs"....man, I love that movie.  Does that say something about my family?  Is it weird that my mom still says "It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose."?....Maybe I shouldn't mention the light cannabalism as a kid.  But I digress] 
Oh yeah, then there was that time on Sunday when I had to talk in front of a group of about a thousand people.....not cool.....did I mention I hate public speaking?  Blech.

mercredi, avril 19, 2006

My pants are indeed on fire

So, you know how whenever I come back from somewhere and say that I have so many things to write about....then I just get way too lazy to write anything coherent.....but nobody really cares cuz they were prolly crappy stories anyway.....WELL, that won't happen this time; no-sirree, I am TOTALLY gonna write something interesting.....maybe next week.

mardi, avril 18, 2006

sad revelation

So, one of the women that works here came in to my office with a look of disdain and said "you know, every day is like Monday around here....you know, like that one movie Groundhog Day....but shitty."  Yeah, that's sad but true, lass.

Winged Migration

Well, I'm back from visiting my folks over the weekend.   Anything exciting happen when I was gone?  The family is doing marvelously and for right now, I've had my fill of taking care of an 8 month old and six year old....both sick...there's only so much poop and puke a wussy boy can take.  All sorts of stupidity for me to write about, but I need to get some work done....I guess that's why they call the building that I'm in right now "work", huh?

jeudi, avril 13, 2006

New Obsession

The new evil empire?  Google has got me once again.  I am now obsessed with their calendar function.  I have used internet calendars before and have been less than pleased, hopefully this one will do better.  Though, with the occasional spottiness of Gmail and google chat, I remain concerned (well, okay, not really "concerned" but I just can't think of the right adjective, okay?).  All morning I have been entering all sorts of data that I'm sure I will ignore.  I even made a scheduled appointment to go to the Aquarium store.  Sweet. 

mardi, avril 11, 2006

stupid contacts

Alright, so I wore glasses up until four years ago when I thought that I would get with the times and wear contacts.  I love my contacts, I think I see a million times better, but over the past few weeks to months, I have been having some major problems....maybe because of this:
HEALTH

Lens solution linked to fungus outbreak

Manufacturer suspends shipments of ReNu, generic solution

Fuck you, ReNu...it just so happens that I use your shitty ass ReNu with MoistureLoc...yeah, that's right, you didn't even need the "K" at the end of "loc"....i thought that was soooo cool.  Fungus.  Not cool, ReNu, not cool. [and where is the warning on your website? asshat] Now I gotta go buy all new solution...and shit, I just went to Sam's and bought two jumbo sized "fungus specials"....I loathe you, ReNu.  Do you know how much I HATE going to Sam's?  That's a rant for a different post.  Dang, now I gotta see a fuckin "doctor".  great.

The Future...TODAY!

You know, today, like every day, I decided to google my usual "Sea Creature" + "Mode of Transportation" search [actually from pygmalion].  I decided to use octopus and bicycle, not knowing what magic I would find.  Oh my crap...I totally have to get one of these...BEHOLD: The Funcycle
Yes, you are seeing correctly!  One driver among seven riders!  I bet we could win the Tour de France with it!  Alas, you need seven people...I'm sure I could bribe some homeless dudes for four of the slots....but then I read this line" One Boston Pedal Party Driver steers, while ALL SEVEN RIDERS are FREE TO PEDAL OR NOT"...Free to pedal or not ....damnit.  Stupid lazy "friends".  I know that they would all just sit there ACTING like they're pedaling, meanwhile I'd be stearing and pedaling my nuts off...jerks.  Oh, why have you shown me this, Boston Pedal Party?  I am tortured.

lundi, avril 10, 2006

The Wine and Cheese Set

So, I'm trying to figure out why I'm so cranky.  I have no idea, I'm not even wearing my "need to do laundry" underwear yet.  I think it may have been that I haven't done anything too exciting this past week and the night I did go out I was completely bored.  Yes, yes, I know that it sounds "so eighth grade"; but that's how I roll.  i think part of the problem was that we were hanging out with people that I usually don't talk to.  There's a reason for that.  They spent most of the evening discussing politics (blech! Conservatives! (yes, I know my history...so naive)) and shit they bought/wanna buy.  Ugh.  So, I couldn't take it anymore.....I broke....and I started telling dirty jokes.  I don't think they liked them.  They promptly left.  Whoops.  I guess I don't relate well to "normal" people when I'm cranky.  Whatever.
 
Link-tank:
-Anti war/pro kitty? t-shirt: Drop kittens, not bombs. Or send this cute as hell cat ...poor thing's face is all like "what tha fuck? could this get worse...oh, I guess it can."
-Pretty good Korean breakdancing...again.  We are totally losing the b-boy wars with Korea, yo.
-These "love/hate" baby mittens are ridiculously awesome
-New device will tell if you are being Boring or Annoying....coulda used that this week.  What? Me? Yeah, whatever, you'd get me one and it'll always be silent and you'll be all "Aww, maybe the batteries are dead or somethin" but they ain't; yup, I'm that awesome... for rills.
-Hey, looks like somebody's been watching "The Ring " a little too much in India
-Guess who's obsessed with super rad small pens?  Not me.
-Sycophant doll...head: Doll head on a motorized rail car that follows you around the room giving you complements like "I like your hair!".  So if you a) have low self esteem and b) don't find a robotic head following you around the room creepy...then this is for you!
-THIS is where Research and Development should be going: Oreos to make oblong cookies for dunking.
-Do you spend most of your day thinking about how awesome your shoelaces are?  Yeah, apparently so does this guy.
-Ever want a Mercedes Benz but your Owl poop cleaning practice doesn't allow for it? Get a benz bike and pick up your dates in style.
- I soooo want to try this grass chair....I don't think Noel and Noel would like it, though. 
-New British FBI agency logo looks eerily like somebody's trying to jump on the "Cougars" bandwagon...
-Crazy cool origami
-crapload of free photoshop plugins via digg
-Do you see this goat on a pole?  So I'm not crazy? 
-In Turkey related news, just read that Turkey's first animal rights laws were written in 2001...Turkey thanked by Gillian Anderson. Now, for human ri ghts.
-Way to go EPA!  FINALLY 100 percent of its power consumption at its Washington, D.C. headquarters will be supplied by green, renewable power.  You've caught up to the Air Force, hooray! (and congrats to REI that recently joined the Green Power Partnership, they're up to 20%...it's a start)  I however, did not recycle the cardboard circular thingy from our Digiorno pizza yesterday and I am not sorry.
 
 





 

Open Letter


Crew
Originally uploaded by puma1.
Dear Crew Team,
Hey! How's it going?! Nice to see y'all back...sort of. Um, yeah, I don't know how to say this. I mean, I think you are super awesome cuz you can row a boat and wake up early and all that. But do you really need the megaphone? Seriously, it's friggin super early...do I need to hear the coach yelling at you? He's right there in a motor boat. Don't you think it would be more forceful if he rode over and whispered in your ear? Oooh, that would totally make ME straighten up and fly right. Why don't you try that, 'kay? Hush, hush, keep it down now, voices carry.

Free(k) Weekend

Though not by choice, I had a fairly long Internet free weekend.  I spent most of the weekend at work or sleeping....living the dream, essentially.  Now, my RSS reader is brimming (yes, brimming) with oodles (yes, oodles) of useless information that it can't wait to tell me in a breathless, rapid-fire manner.  You make me feel loved, internet.  Anyway, I haven't written in a few days and need to get back into the swing of things; perhaps I have blog depression, as described in this spot-on pamphlet.  Anyway, I haven't posted a bunch of useless links in a while, so maybe I'll do that before I start work.  And maybe I'll finish that half assed post from last friday...maybe.  How's that for fresh, hard hitting content, yo?

jeudi, avril 06, 2006

A Tale of Two Grocers

So, I went to the grocery store yesterday....actually, two grocery stores.  One was a local chain, the other was whole foods.  There is a whole heirarchy of grocery stores in this town, and I'm sure every town.  Each one has its own flavor, each one has its own unique clientele.  And I learned the hard way that I wish we had grocery delivery in this town:
Interaction #1 in large soulless corporate grocery store:
Bank employee....correction, Grocery Store Branch Bank Employee: "Excuse me sir, can I interest you in....hey, do you go to UW[isconsin]? I recognize you from somewhere."  Me: "Ummm, nope" GSBBE: "Really? you look really familiar."  And then a three minute conversation ensued and the next thing I know, I'm writing my cell phone number on the back of HIS card.  What the hell?!?!  Either I'm in for a big surprise or I'll have a low interest loan in the near future....either way, I lose. 
Interaction #2 in large soulless hippy grocery store:
I'm minding my own business in the cookies and cracker aisle.  I had finally found the organic fig bars [....don't even ask....] and was pushing my cart down the aisle.  This guy with an armload of groceries is looking high and low for something.  I push my cart forward and he tries to look through my cart anxiously.  So I ask cheerily "Can I help you find something?".  He looks at me at says almost instantly "I'm not gay."  Awesome.  Silence.  I stare...I blink...then openly laugh at him and walk away.  God, bless the idiots most of all.
[however, I do realize that I just gave my phone number out to a guy at the previous store....maybe I'm sending crossed signals?  Gotta stop wearing the "I love cock" t-shirt]
[editor's note: I was going to name the post "Brokeback Grocers" but I'm tired of reference to that movie.  Also, what the hell is Wal Mart's problem that they refuse to sell that movie?  Their idiocy makes me weary]
 
Links:
Though I know it's unlikely that we are going to Bodrum, my dad (happy birthday!) sent me this article about this Turkish coastal town.  Also, articles about Istanbul and Istanbul and Istanbul.  This not only means that my dad has figured out how to log-in to the nytimes archives, but he can cut and paste now, too!  Way to go.  Soon he'll have a blog, probably named "My asshole son: You're so vain, I'll bet you think this blog is about you, don't you?"   [He likes Anne Murray, it used to kill us on road trips....just torture]

mercredi, avril 05, 2006

Obesity surgeries compared


blossoms 8million
Originally uploaded by puma1.
So I don't know if I can explain the title, however I accidentally typed the letter "O" and this is what popped up in the automatic fill in. Fair enough; it's as good a title as any...though slightly misleading. If you really want to know about the surgeries, I can talk about that, too..okay?
The cherry blossoms in DC this weekend were beautiful and I had such a good time. It's been really hard to get back to work, though. Especially since everybody thought I went to Turkey last week instead of DC. So they come up to me slowly and ask if everything is okay. I think they think that I was deported...y'know all "Midnight Run" style sorta (you haven't seen it? you should.)
Oops, gotta go. I hope everyone is doing swell.

mardi, avril 04, 2006

Two more things

1) did you know that Goldfish crackers are not just "snack crackers" but are "soup crackers"?  Yeah, me neither, it blew my mind.
2) Have you heard of Pre-Breakfast?  Yup, it's super awesome, all the cool kids are doing it.

lundi, avril 03, 2006

Survived!

Pshew!!  I'm back from a great weekend....I'm sure you all totally noticed.  What's that?  What was I doing this weekend?  Well, I did one of two things:
1) Had a marvelous time in Washington D of C: I visited the (in)famous and fantabulous "Science Ho" herself and we had a great time watching the cherry blossoms, visiting the Jefferson Memorial, cleaning grit outta my ear, going to a rad Birthday party, NOT getting trashed, doing Sudoku, looking at wonderful photography (ATGET!), looking for polio, sticking arms into Iron lungs, getting halfway to the Lincoln Memorial and wearing polarized sunglasses.  Pretty awesome, huh?  TOTALLY Tibzax, yo.
Or was it?  Maybe I was....
2) Saving the world from the flesh eating horde of Zombies that befell our cities and resort communities....Don't believe me?  Well, I got this shirt to prove it.   Still don't believe me?  Well...what about all those zombie posts from the weekend?
Like these:
 
Look, all I know, is either way it was an awesome time....you can thank me for saving humanity later.