August 30, 2003 | Filed Under Holidays, Life, Other Websites | No Comments
The history behind Labor Day
I’m working all weekend. So I thought I’d just share a few links to keep you busy. These links will open new windows. I’ve read that that practice is bad form, but I personally prefer it that way. If you don’t, feel free to send me some feedback on why.
Have a SAFE and happy Labor Day weekend. Please drink responsibly. Friends don’t let friends drink and drive. (They make sure that they drink enough to pass out for twelve hours)*.
Funny. Don’t know how true it is -
Imagine that you are 16. You are on the web with your friend laughing at the pathetic people looking for ‘friendship,’ or ‘no strings attatched nights on the town’. Then you realize that your MOMMA has an ad in the personals.
Gross. (But Kind of Funny) -
Sweaty Feet
Finally. A real breakthrough in treatment of bad foot odour as side effect of sweaty feet.
Steve’s Eye Snot Problem
This eye mucous problem has exacerbated to the point where even those in Steve’s social circles are noticing his pain.
Stuff you may not already know -
The truth about bananas (I have read this but I still do not like bananas).
*Please do not actually attempt to consume enough alcohol to lose consciousness. You could die. (serious page about alcohol poisoning)
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August 29, 2003 | Filed Under "Blogger", House and Home, Life, My Site | No Comments
Nothing clears your head and (at the same time fills your sinuses) like yard work in 90 degree (F) weather. I feel better now, my head is less clouded than it was earlier this afternoon. There is alot more to it than the delimma of whether or not to change my weblog publishing program, but now that I’ve accomplished something before having to work through the entire weekend .
My yard is being overtaken by WEEDS, and despite all my efforts they are winning. Eventually, I will beat them.
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August 29, 2003 | Filed Under "Blogger", My Site | No Comments
This post contains questionable language that may be offensive to some readers
I wanted to switch from blogger to movable type- or at least I am considering doing so. MT has built in comments and shit so it will probalby work.- Although with their recent changes, Blogger is far more dependable than it was for me in the past. I wonder if I should try out other options, to see how they compare.
I don’t know though, I was reading the instructions for installation and I’m not sure if I can even manage to do it myself. They offer to do it for you for forty bucks, but that seems like a lot of money – especially since I haven’t TRIED to do it myself. I may attempt it, I just don’t know if I should.
It would probably involve work to get the archives back. All of the old comments would surely be lost unless I could find a way around that too. I dont know.
feh.
It works now (using blogger) so I may just leave it there. It is working better than it was before they went to the new blogger, I just don’t like that they change stuff and then my lousy scripts don’t work. (Like it took me a week and a half to get comments working again once the weblog migrated to the new blog (what the hell was that word I wanted? It was just at the tip of my fingers… interface That was what it was.) …once blogger migrated my weblog to the new interface my comments code had to be adjusted to make them function again.
The guesswork was taken out of this task for the most part, thanks to dot-comments support group and Phil R. But still. I mean, I am NOT a JAVA, ASP, PHP or any other script expert. My job is not one that is in the technology field. I do not necessarily know which way is even UP.
My keyboard could be upside down and it would take me five minutes to figure out why everything I typed came out looking like this-
“b lcym j.m vn ym mn/um b; v7cn /v,gb8j”
Which actually should say something along the lines of -
“I don’t get it, my typing is all fucked up and I don’t know why”
Either way, I WANT to try it I just am reluctant to go through the process of trying. My site would be down for days. I would probably lose my patience and blow the site off altogether. (at least for a while) Again – I don’t know.
I want to make the switch to MT; I am just afraid to try it. If you sucessfully installed MT and managed to keep all of your archives, please let me know how you did it. If you are a dotcomments user and found a way to use dotcomments with MT, or switched over to use MT’s built in comments, and didn’t lose any comments – you will be my personal hero if you give me some tips.
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August 28, 2003 | Filed Under Happy Birthday to Me | No Comments
I was going to try to sneak by without it being noticed, but it was revealed in the comments on my previous post; so now I guess I can talk about it openly. I am thirty-four years old today. I am not sure if that really has any significance at all.
It isn’t exactly a milestone birthday, like when a person turns twenty-one or even forty. Thirty-four is not very special by itself.
People have asked me what I want for my birthday. When they ask, I can never think of anything. If I were forced at gun-point to write out my birthday wish list – I would list a few DVDs to add to my collection. That is all I can come up with as far as material objects go. If I could just make a wish–I would like to have the night off (but I work tonight, so feh.)
Most likely scenario: I will go out and buy the DVDs for myself, and when the time comes, I will go to work and probably spend the shift wishing that I was home to watch them.
Noteworty events and other stuff about the day I was born:
Time Capsule for August 28th 1969
I am on the B(irthday) list… Aren’t you?
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August 26, 2003 | Filed Under Just for Fun, Other Websites | No Comments
Lance @ webel.net posted this, and I thought it was sort of cool… play 20 questions. All you do is think of something (animal vegetable, mineral, other) and answer questions asked by the computer. It tries to guess what you’re thinking of. It correctly guessed my ‘somethings’: a callus (28 questions), an earwig (26 questions), a fly (28 questions)… you get the idea.
Updated post 29 April 2010
20 Questions GAME RESULTS
You won!
You were thinking of a hamster.
Does it live in groups(gregarious)? You said No, 20Q was taught by other players that the answer is Yes.
Does it serve a purpose? You said Sometimes, 20Q was taught by other players that the answer is No.
Is it considered valuable? You said Sometimes, 20Q was taught by other players that the answer is No.
Does it communicate? You said Sometimes, 20Q was taught by other players that the answer is No.
Is it originally from Europe? 20Q was taught by other players that the answer is No.
Does it have a pointed snout? You said Yes, 20Q was taught by other players that the answer is No.
Is it flexible? You said Sometimes, 20Q was taught by other players that the answer is No.
Does it slobber? 20Q was taught by other players that the answer is No.
Is it something you bring along? You said Sometimes, 20Q was taught by other players that the answer is No.
Can it bend without breaking? 20Q was taught by other players that the answer is No.
Contradictions Detected
The opinions of the 20Q A.I. are its own, and are based on the input of players. 20Q’s answers reflect common knowledge. If you feel that 20Q is in error, the only way to correct it is to play again!
Similar Objects
a grizzly bear, a guinea pig, a rabbit’s foot (luck charm), a Siamese cat, a tabby cat, a towel, a wig, a ferret, a Yorkshire Terrier, wool, wall-to-wall carpeting, a pillow.
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August 25, 2003 | Filed Under Insomnia & Sleep, Life, Random Thoughts | No Comments
function: noun
means: unsleeping
literally: the chronic inability to fall asleep or remain asleep for an adequate length of time.
synonyms: indisposition, insomnolence, restlessness, sleeplessness, stress, tension, vigil, vigilance, wakefulness
concept: sleep
problem: it’s here.
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August 24, 2003 | Filed Under Food, Health & Doctors, Life | No Comments
Greetings.
I am writing in order to submit a complaint against your company. The vending machine at the gym is filled with candy bars and potato chips.
Next to that snack machine are Coke and Pepsi machines.
From a marketing perspective, you just might have the right idea. Only offering the crap that, if we eat it, will make us feel guilty enough to come back to keep working out.
(If you have a better reason behind the choices of product for these machines, feel free to let me know what it is).
From my perspective, the typical gym member is making a valiant attempt at living a healthy lifestyle. In my perfect world, vending machines in gyms would contain pretzels, energy bars, trail mixes, bottled water, 100 percent fruit juices and low-fat, low-salt chips, if any chips at all.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Snickers bars, but it is sad that the peanuts in them qualify them to be the most healthy item in the machine.
If you still don’t understand then please forward this to somebody who will get my point.
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August 19, 2003 | Filed Under Writer's Block | No Comments
… the harder it is to come back to it.
I was logged into suite101.com, reading random articles and clicked a link for writer’s block out of curiosity. After skimming over three or four articles, I ran across a list of “five tips for avoiding writer’s block”. The title of this post was the second one on the list. It could not be more true.
It is hard for me to say that I have writer’s block, when I don’t even consider myself a writer. Besides, my problem isn’t coming up with an idea. My problem is completing one.
I wish I’d thought of that.
Brian Gesell sells cans of gas to motorists waiting in line in Scottsdale, Arizona. He grossed $800.
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August 17, 2003 | Filed Under Alcohol, Friends, Getting Old? Me?, Holidays | No Comments
My friends had their End of Summer BBQ and Party yesterday. We all realize that Summer is not “officially over” until Labor Day; but since that is a day that so many of us are required to work, our party is usally around the third weekend in August.
The party is usually held at someone’s home, where everyone consumes entirely too much food and alcohol. The Smoothie Pro 600 I bought had its work cut-out for it. (daquris and other frozen drinks).
Every year, once everybody (that doesn’t have to drive) is intoxicated, we attempt some type of semi-athletic event. To spectators, it probably looks like some Olympic Event for the Socially Stunted.
Simply stated, I consumed entirely to much alcohol. Honestly spoken, I am not exactly coordinated after I have done so. (I am pretty sure that I fell off my chair at least once).
Among the games and events, we had two teams of six people, each team attempting to set up a 4-person tent the (correctly) in the least amount of time. Sounds easy enough, but when you have had entirely too much to drink — this could actually be dangerous. Luckily, nobody was injured.
Eventually the tents were up. (my team lost, we put the rain guard on with the poles over the top instead of underneath it). Once it got dark, the party dispursed into four smaller parties; one on the patio, one inside where an arcade game and foosball table are, and one in each tent.
I partied like a Rockstar, and today I feel like I was hit by the tour bus. I am getting too old for this type of thing. I am extremely grateful that this event did not take place at my house – because that would mean that my day would be spent cleaning up after a group of people that are too old to party like Rockstars.
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August 12, 2003 | Filed Under Life, My Computers, My Site | No Comments
The Bad News: I had been working on a major project for the website when the hard drive lost it’s mind. It seems that it suffered a great deal before it passed, and I actually found myself hoping that it’s passing was excruciatingly painful. Call me mean, but ya know, I lost a lot of data when it crashed.
The Good News: I received a new hard drive via UPS on Friday. One Hundred and Twenty Gigabytes of space, and it’s all for ME! Don’t ask me what I plan to fill this bad-rider up with, I have not figured that out yet. So far, it is partitioned, and I am currently working on re-installing a motherload of software and other important things (relocating what files were backed up, like the wordalizer and stuff like it).
What else I have been up to: Last weekend, some friends and I set out on a road-trip to one of the casinos we have here. I lost a stack of cash right off the bat (Blackjack), then made up some of what I had lost (Let-it-Ride). When we left I was only $60 in the hole.
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