GEORGE CARLIN'S
NEW RULES FOR 2008 *
(yes, I know its his 2000 rules edited and amended. still funny though)


I'm especially fond of the last one.

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Date:	2008-06-30 09:54
Subject:	From the home office...
Security:	Public
Mood:	amused

The top 10 ways to know that you might be an islamic terrorist...


10. You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to
beer.

9. You own a $300 machine gun and a $5000 rocket launcher, but you can't
afford shoes.

8. You have more wives than teeth.

7. You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide.

6. You can't think of anyone you HAVEN'T declared jihad against.

5. You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in
your robe.

4. You've ever been asked, "Does this burka make my ass look big?"

3. You were amazed to discover that mobile phones can do more than set
off roadside bombs.

2. You've heard the phrase, "I love what you've done with your cave."

1. And the NUMBER ONE sign you might be a Taliban... You wipe your ass
with your bare hand, but consider bacon unclean.

Date:	2008-05-29 11:18
Subject:	Research!
Security:	Public
Mood:	amused
Music:	Ozzy - Revelation

I have stumbled upon one of the greatest and most important research projects of all time.



On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets:
An Empirical Study

http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/

Date:	2008-05-14 15:59
Subject:	the cake is NOT a lie
Security:	Public
Mood:	amused

This is somewhere between pretty cool and fucking awesome.

Weighted Companion Cube Cake

Date:	2008-05-14 10:38
Subject:	Update - Part 1 - Concerts
Security:	Public
Mood:	complacent
Music:	Pink Floyd - Hey You

So, over the past few weeks I've been to Three Two concerts.

First off, I saw Megadeth (at Verizon wireless theatre). It was quite keen. I hadn't seen them in several years (and not with their present lineup). They played alot of tunes I liked, a couple I didnt know, then the rest of their stuff. The crowd was weird... Graybearded geezers and fresh out of high school kids all in one setting.

Second, I was SUPPOSED to see Rush, but the New Orleans Basketball team made the playoffs, and needed their arena on a certain night, so the Houston and New Orleans shows got switched, and, as fate would have it, I was in New Orleans on the night of the Houston show, and in Houston on the night of the New Orleans show. doh.


Most Recently (10 days ago), I saw Roger Waters. He rocked. The seconds set was the album Dark Side of the Moon, in its entirety. The first set was a quite ecclectic mix of mostly Pink Floyd tunes from all eras, mixed in with a couple of Roger's own. the screen backdrop (video) tied the songs together with a them alot like the Wall, and was wonderful.
The Encore: Another Brick in the Wall (pt 3), Vera, and an 11 minute rendition of Comfortably Numb. mmmmmm


Still got quite a few I'm looking forward to this summer: Iron Maiden, Joe Cocker, STP, etc...

MAY DAY! MAY DAY!








(No, Really. It's May Day.)

Date:	2008-03-17 18:08
Subject:	Happy St. Patrick's Day
Security:	Public
Mood:	jubilant

Rob suited up for the holiday:

Date:	2008-03-11 11:44
Subject:	sleepy
Security:	Public
Mood:	tired

Why is it that when I'm most tired or in need of sleep, it happens to be Kitten Olympics night?


grrr

Date:	2008-02-14 11:32
Subject:	Happy VD-Day!
Security:	Public
Mood:	amused

I am so stealing this from starzz, cause it made me and my entire office laugh:






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Date:	2008-02-12 15:09
Subject:	Bubba and Lent
Security:	Public
Mood:	amused

Each Friday night after work, Bubba would fire up his outdoor grill and
cook a venison steak. But all of Bubba's neighbors were Catholic. And
since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on Friday. The
delicious aroma from the grilled venison steaks was causing such a
problem for the Catholic faithful that they finally talked to their
priest.

The priest came to visit Bubba and suggested that he become a Catholic.
After several classes and much study, Bubba attended Mass. The priest
sprinkled holy water over him and said, "You were born a Baptist, and
raised a Baptist, but now you are a Catholic.


Bubba's neighbors were greatly relieved, until Friday night arrived, and
the wonderful aroma of grilled venison filled the neighborhood. The priest
was called immediately by the neighbors and, as he rushed into
Bubba's yard clutching a rosary and prepared to scold him, he stopped
and watched in amazement.

There stood Bubba, clutching a small bottle of holy water which he
carefully sprinkled over the grilling meat and chanted: You wuz born a
deer, you wuz raised a deer, but now you a catfish.!

Date:	2008-01-16 14:28
Subject:	This was just said...
Security:	Public
Mood:	cynical

Having an issue with errant results in SRS (irrelevent to this story though):

me to user: "About how long did the report take to return?"
user to me: "I don't know, about 4 iTunes songs"

Date:	2007-12-11 00:23
Subject:	looky!
Security:	Public
Mood:	excited

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for those of you keeping score at home(or work), you already know I've got a house (well bathroom) full of kittens.

I noticed friday that one of them (the runt, aka "the shy one") was lethargic and not interacting with the others. Saturday morning, she was even worse, and when I got her standing up she puked, and then passed out, so off to the vet we go.

The vet is unsure exactly what's wrong with her, but when I explained their brief history his best 2 theories are either Hypothermia, or a fall where she hit her head (and if you've seen a kitten jump, you can see this one). (my bet is hypothermia, base on her behavior now).

Anyway, 1 kitten IV (they put the liquid below the skin and let it soak in), 1 shot, about 3 syringes in the mouth, and a nifty vet bill later, Kitten #1 got sent home. (and I then was ordered to bring in Kitten #2 and #3, as one of the syringes was for some parasitic coccsomthingorother).
my instructions were: "Meds twice a day and make sure she's drinking liquids, even if you have to force them down" (she also got a not great prognosis).

Well, she wouldnt even stand up saturday, and when I'd stand her up, she'd be VERY wobbly, and fall over almost immediatly.
I shoved KittenMilk and water down her when I could (she won't open her mouth for the eyedropper, so I shove it in the side of her mouth and squirt a bit in til she starts "chewing" at it, then I empty the damn thing).

Anyway, about 9 I was late for a bday party, so I put her on a clean rag (old tshirt) and put her in the bathroom with the other kittens, fully expecting to be burying a kitten when I got home.

When I got home, she was still on the rag, but had shifted positions. I sat on the floor of the bathroom and gave her the medicines and a few more droppers of milk then went to bed with no better outlook that above.

Sunday morning (well about noon) when I got up, she was sitting up and was somewhat responsive (Sat evening she didnt even look around when I clapped over her head). I scooped her up and sat watching football, playing around on the computer, and feeding her a dropper now and then. Most of the day she'd just sit on the towel on the desk, but she was pretty responsive to everything (except the food laden droppers, dammit, she still fights those).

Sunday evening she decided she was a parrot. she spend a large portion of the evening climbing from the desk onto my shoulder. over and over again.

Anyway, when I got up to feed her this morning she was bushy tailed and running around playing with the other 2 (who are both about double her weight/size). Hopefully she'll learn to eat on her own (I need to isolate her again to see for sure).

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Anyway, glad I'm at work for a change, I needed the R&R!

Edit:
Oh! I almost forgot. Obviously with me having the kitten with me all over the house, Taz has had a bit of interaction.
Normally Taz gets close, smells the kitten, sniffs around a bit, growls and hisses a few times then either I walk away, or he does.
Yesterday afternoon I was carrying the kitten into the kitchen (I needed a drink), taz was there, I held the kitten in a position taz could get a sniff/look at her (trying to acclimate them together to see how that works), anyway, taz sniffes/looks/hisses/growls/snarls/hisses again, the kitten lets out this weak "Hiss" (and I use that term liberally) at Taz and he RAN for cover, I didn't see him come back out for at least an hour. (and I laughed my ass off).

edit: added a couple more
again, its 2 scared/mad ones, and the one that doesnt give a damn. :)

So, I was weed eating the garden last weekend to make it easier to till when I get around to it (and make it so it isnt so obvious that it was overrun with weeds this year), and I saw some movement in the back of the garden.
I killed the weedeater, and went back to investigate.

Here's what I found (Taken that night, I don't weedeat in the dark):



Their mom is "occasionally" around, most of their time is spent in a box with some towels in it I put on the back porch, but sometimes they're in the garden here, (or in a little chute in the fence behind this spot), and sometimes they're under the jasmine on the complete other side of the yard.

The one on the right is the mean one, He/she hisses constantly anytime I'm around. The one in the middle will tolerate me petting her and hasnt hissed at me yet.

I am back from the land of the winding river (Cuyahoga Vally, N-Central Ohio) visiting my sister and her Family.

I have a bazillion emails to go though now. yipes.

I'm back from "vacation" I'll post more on that at a later time.


stuff, in no particular order:

• Work is a pain. They didnt do a very good job covering for me last week and I'm swamped today
  
• WoWed last night. We killed a new boss, and I got some sweet loot (T5 gloves).
  
• 2 football games on a monday night doesn't suck. especially with both of them entertaining like that.
  
• Senator Craig might not be gay, but his bathroom lover is.
  
• I feel for Kevin Everett. (football player that suffered a "catastrophic Cervical Spinal injury" over the weekend. He was making a form tackle on a kick return. It isnt like he was out of position, or made a mistake. Those are the freaky injuries in football. ick.
  
• I am hungry. I sense Chick-Fil-A in my near future
  
• It's dad's Bday. Happy Bday Dad (not like dad reads my journal or anything).
  
• My wounds are healing nicely, but damn my arms itch
  
• Texas Tech plays at Rice this weekend. I really should go.

Date:	2007-07-31 10:14
Subject:	Table Project - Part 1
Security:	Public
Mood:	accomplished

So, as I alluded to yesterday, I got part of my current project completed yesterday.
A couple of months ago I had mentioned buying a hardwood table from some folks up in BFE and dad helped me cart it back to my place.

Unfortunately I didnt snap any photos right off the bat, but
I have a couple of them from part way through the process.

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For you Harry Potter nerds that do not read bad_sex

http://community.livejournal.com/bad_sex/3417467.html?style=mine


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Always did like Emmitt. He seemed to do things for the right reasons and so on.

Here is his take on the Michael Vick dog fighting case:

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=ap-hall-smith-vick&prov=ap&type=lgns

Very well said.

now, can we make it mandantory draft day and contract signing day reading for all college players, regardless of sport?