My week has come to this:
When asked by Zoe if I wanted to go for a walk I answered "I already walked twice today, and used my Mouse arm for hours".
Seriously. I thought that was a good answer.
Must get more rest.
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July 27, 2006
July 24, 2006
Mustache. Word. Photos. Music. RECOMMENDS. Romance. Sarcasm. Math. Language.
My buddy, the Perplexed Orange Independent Biker turned me on to the comic strip brilliance of one Randall Munroe at www.xkcd.com. His stuff waggles between hilarity, geekiness, brilliance and pathos. I submit the BLOGOFRACTAL as the new litmus test of one's geekiness. Your geek factor is directional proportional to your understanding the relevance of each BLOGOFRACTAL entry. The images below are linked from his site. I highly recommend wasting some company time and looking at all of his work... (click on each image below to see a better resolution version of each comic...)
If you don't 'get' the BLOGOFRACTAL, then I offer you consolation prizes. If these don't make you laugh, you need to medicate. Fast.
July 23, 2006
Fish Gal In The Mug Rootbeer.
Dear Mr. M Night Shamalananalanaman. (Go ahead, you try to spell it):
Let me now vow: I will never, ever pay full admission for another of your films. You tested my patience with a faith laced alien invasion film, made me laugh - no - guffaw out loud with your witty comedy about a village idiot, but based on the strength of your ghost and comic book films respectively, I figured there was a reasonable chance you would show me something new. Hmm. Well, I wasn't expecting a Narcissus-helmed motion picture about a kleptomaniac mermaid, a stuttering Super, and red-eyed grass wolves. So kudos to you Mr. Shamlayamanimanim, you did in fact surprise me.
May I suggest however, that your film would have been more appropriately name "Fish Gal in the Mug Root Beer", as at least I would have expected a gonzo film whose geo-politically-correct cast of wacky characters endure hocus pocus hi-jinks, with an ending that involved a big eagle saving the hobbits, I mean saving your own fantasy character from certain death. Instead, your movie trailer promised a suspenseful, action packed, "what-the-hell-is-going-on-here?" film treat. Whoa. Your ticket admission thievery is impressive.
Aside from casting yourself as the moral hero, virtually re-using the same stick-monster-ish effects from The Village, employing sprinkler heads as your primary suspense triggers, and blatantly ripping off Tolkien, there were a couple of bright spots that I should mention. The actresses who play Yong-Soon Choi (Cindy Cheung) and Anna Ran (Sarita Choudhury) steal virtually every scene they're in. Paul Giomatti gives another solid performance. And Bryce Dallas Howard, well, she's easy to look at.
So to sum up, you've now shown us your version of a ghost story, a comic book film, an alien invasion, a Twilight-Zone episode, and now a children's bedtime story. If we're lucky, your next film will be your take on a biopic. On someone humble. Like Tom Cruise. You could even play the Cruiser yourself. I can't wait.
July 16, 2006
Database Failure. Satisfaction Failure.
I currently use Total Choice Hosting for my web hosting. Up until tonight, I've been really satisfied with them. No more.
When I logged in tonight to write a blog entry, I gasped and went into a mild state of shock. All my postings from this past week were lost! Included in the this loss were all your comments! Apparently, the hard drive on the server where they store my files was corrupted so they had to restore my data with a backup that was a week old. A week old?
It's hard to believe a company that sells web hosting and all the data associated with each acount would only backup weekly or monthly. Yet, their tech support specialist indicated that this is in fact the case.
" A TotalChoice Staff Member has replied to your Help Desk Ticket with the following:Hi,
We have only weekely and monthly backup on our servers. The data was restored from the the weekly backup.
Regards,
Tom XXXX,
Technical Support,
Totalchoice Hosting, L.L.C."
Obviously, they have the disk space to backup, so why not do it daily? If one is in the hardware and data business, you would assume that a daily automated backup routine would be logical. It takes little effort but goes a long way in ensuring customer satisfaction. Totalchoice, shame on you.
Shame on me for not reading the fine print.
Dogs, Hogs and Square Watermelon. - REPOSTED
Ahhh.... today was a good, good day. I worked a half day, then hopped on the bike and road with my good friend Chris out to Ellijay, GA, about 70 miles from home. In Dawsonville, we stopped at Dogs and Hogs for a little mid-trip BBQ. The promise of small town BBQ is about the only thing that can make me want to take a break from meandering through the countryside, sun beating down, throttle open, pipes growling. Seriously. Pulled Pork and a cold Coke after the humidity and steam of country roads is Manna in my book.
We got to our buddy's shop minutes before the sky opened up and started DUMPING water-ballon sized gobs of water. Unfortunately, he wasn't there so we had to kill some time before he got back. Fortunately, his shop is on an amazing piece of mountain paradise, complete with a covered patio down by the river. Chris and I sat and watched the rain and talked for an hour or so. We talked bikes, women, work, friends, food. Quality man-time conversation.
Conversation turned to gardening, and Chris dropped some serious fruit knowledge on me. He told me about Japanese Square Watermelon. Yes. You read correctly. JAPANESE. SQUARE. WATERMELON. To properly understand the weight of these words, you must understand that in spite of my Tokyo Death Plague, I loved Japan. But even more importantly, I have a serious love, lust even, for the round green vixen of fruits - watermelon. Put Japan + watermelon in the same sentence, and you seriously have my attention.
The whole ride home, I had visions of square watermelons dancing in my head. Courtesy of Google, they can now dance in your head.
July 11, 2006
Picnic Skillz - REPOSTED
I haven't had much time to write as of late, but I have been snapping quite a few photos. Like this one of Zoe, demonstrating her marvelous company picnic skills. Note the skirt grab mid flip. I'm talking serious picnic skills. We're looking into a pro picnic league.
As for the other photos, you'll have to click on the my Flickr stream to the right...
July 07, 2006
Loose Change - Reposted
A must see documentary: