success?

Well, I have carrots again...

and they were good today...

and i have donuts again... and they're good too..

oh, and lemmy... he's frightening... just a public service announcement

more fun with work

well, work again, seeing as how its a weekday...

sadly i have nothing to report, as nothing particularly interesting happened over the weekend that i feel like telling you about...

but i'm currently happy because i remembered my mp3 player, and didn't forget it in the car like i always do...

thusly i am listening to pink floyd while finishing my work... very nice...

work sucks

well, as you all can probably tell by reading the timestamp on this post, its 5 oclock in the afternoon on a friday, and here i am...

anyways, i've spent pretty much the entire day in meetings or on the road to and from meetings... so i'm kinda burned out... i even got to go to an intro security briefing (the same one i went to when i started work here) to see if anything had changed... nothing has... so i had to listen to some guy blather on about all sorts of security stuff that i've been doing for almost a year now... ugh...

anyways, i just wanted to let you all know that tonight is the series finale of Stargate SG1. I don't remember if I bitched about the cancellation of SG1 back when i was doing the facebook notes, but alas, it seems that the end of televised SG1 is finally upon us. Well, I've already seen it, and won't be able to watch it tonight, so it doesn't really end tonight for me... but i'd suggest watching it... its a pretty good episode...

also, the stargate atlantis episode is pretty good as well... it introduces the new doctor, after the old one (the awesome scottish dude Carson Beckett) got blowed up by an assploding tumor... talk about ways to go... and anyways the new doctor is played by Jewel Staite, who you might recognize as Kaylee from Firefly and Serenity. The latest in a long line of Firefly actors who have ended up on Stargate: Jayne's Adam Baldwin as Col. Dixon on the SG1 episodes Heroes parts 1 and 2, Inara's Morena Baccarin as Adria throughout SG1 Season 10. (Is it sad that i knew that off the top of my head, and didn't have to look it up?) There might be some more, but I can't remember them right now. Its friday at 5, and my brain isn't working properly...

Peace, I'm out...

well... here i am

well, i don't really feel like updating this thing, because i have nothing in particular to say...

i attempted to make some snide comment about the guy who tried to pimp his blog in the scott speed sucks report, but my internet decided it didn't want me doing that...

so, instead i shall say nothing at all...

Scott Speed Still Sucks

Scott Speed managed to have a whopping two people suck more than him in Last Weekend's Indianapolis Grand Prix. He finished 13th out of 15 finishers.

But still, Scott Speed Sucks.

Dan's take on the outcome:

Well at least he finished... that's something...

nothing to report

well, as i stated in my last post, i hadn't gone to the store and thus didn't have any carrots. I still haven't and don't...

and something over the weekend prompted me to think that i should break my silence about that travesty of a concert i went to with su, but i can't remember, so therefore i shan't (or perhaps to continue with the random stargate references: shalln't)

Scott Speed Sucks Report

Formula 1 Driver Scott Speed crashed out on Lap 8 attempting an extremely optimistic pass, getting shunted off track and breaking his car.

He sucks.

No carrots

Well, alas, today i have nothing really interesting to report. other than its raining, and the power keeps going out for a few seconds... which is all well and good, except for the fact that all of our computers have Uninteruptable Power Supplies... while these UPSs might seem to be a good thing at first glance, they have the annoying tendency to beep whenever the power goes out, and they're running on battery power... which is happening a distressing amount. Which is one of the reasons i decided to do some work in my office, as opposed to the lab where i'm surrounded by beeping monstrosities...

and i don't have any carrots left... didn't feel like going to the store over the weekend, so i am fresh out... perhaps i shall go to the store tonight after work... we'll see how i feel...

oh, and Fohdner... best word ever... not really sure how to pronounce it, but its amazing... and now for a contest... first person who identifies where that word comes from doesn't get kicked in the crotch... unless its rob, where upon he still gets kicked in the crotch, only less... assuming i ever see him again... and just as a tip, the "o" sound in that word is a long O, sounding like the exclamation "oh!".

Stupid Meetings

Well, I was supposed to be in meetings up in Maryland all day. So I didn't pack a lunch, figuring I wouldn't have time to eat it anyway...

But, the meetings finished up around noon, and here I am, without food. I'm hungry. So, it looks like I won't be going climbing after work today. Instead, food!

Anyways, it seems that my brother should be contributing more, now that he knows he can host pictures here. So, hopefully he can add some interesting graphics to my otherwise rather boring blog...

And stay tuned for the Scott Speed Sucks Report after every Formula 1 race. I know I'm excitied. Are you?

Drivel, you say?!? I'll give you drivel!

I was informed by Dan that I should contribute more.

As such, I will now demonstrate how incredibly square F1 Driver David Coulthard's head is.

First, an unmolested image of Mr. Coulthard (or DC as he likes to be called):



Secondly, through innovations in scientific technology by experts in the field of Squareheadology, we've managed to compile this image that truly illustrates the blockyness of this gentleman's most angular cabesa:




In fact, pulling out everything from the image but his head only reinforces this point:



And finally, I have used science to render David Coulthard as a rabbit:

Test

well, apparently there are some sort of server errors stopping me from viewing my blog... lets see if this works...

Friday!

Well, its friday, and i thought i'd bring you some news:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/06/08/genuine.wine.ap/index.html

High tech systems aim to foil counterfit wine.

News Flash: Apparently counterfitters are no longer looking at money, but have instead started printing wine... or something... i haven't actually read the article, the headline just amused me...

oh and:
http://www.cnn.com/offbeat/gallery/content.1.1.html

uh... what the hell... and be sure to click through the gallery to check out the kid zonked out on his soap box derby car.

Oh, and since my 7 summits fund went so well, i've decided to start another fundraiser. This time please support

The Crotchetly Old Man Fund

This fund raises money for me to go be a crotchety old man living in a shack in the woods in Montana. Please donate.

The following items can be donated in lieu of cash:
Parcels of land in Montana
Shacks on parcels of land in Montana
A beater pick-up truck (i think that my car isn't a good crotchety old man car)
Shotguns
Plaid Shirt and Stupid looking baseball cap (can't be a proper crotchety old man without them)
No Trespassing Signs
Gold Bullion
random other things that will interest me...

Thanks for helping charity...

Blargh

Well, the title pretty much expresses how i've been feeling this whole week...

Was rather sick on Sunday, and got betterish, and now have been feeling rather crappy all week...

As a result, i haven't been eating my lunch... or at least all of it... i'm not particularly hungry, so i randomly take bits out of my lunch and eat them... however, in the past 2 days, i haven't eaten my carrots, so i can't properly report on their gooditude...

so, instead i shall give you another anecdote from what i like to call "That One Time On Stargate".

Well, the other day, i was watching the season 2 episode called "Spirits". Its the one where the weird gill-face aliens pretend to be the quasi-native american type guys' spirits, taking the form of wolves and ravens and stuff...

anyways, the main native american guy that SG1 interacts with is named Tonane, and he always has a sort of peculiar grin on his face. At first i thought it was because he was a very friendly, trusting character, just trying to be nice. but then i discovered the true reason behind the grin.

Its the actor grinning, thinking "Man, i'm not wearing any pants, and i'm totally getting paid for this... suckers..." Tonane's costume is some sort of weird loin cloth thing (which in actuality isn't nearly as disgusting as it sounds...) so there are no pants involved...

just thought i'd share my revalation...

hello again

well i'm back... not that i was gone anywhere...

just got sick and am still recovering...

i didn't have any carrots today or yesterday... however, i had some grapes, and they were fantastic (while they may not be vegetables, they're at least similar, in that they grow and stuff...)

anyways, i have nothing i feel like saying at this point.. so i think i'm gonna go home..

Grrrrr

Well, its friday at 2:38 PM... my time card had me working until 1:15... and here i still am...

we had to get something done today, and i couldn't leave until it was done... luckily its done now, and i'm leaving...

just gotta respond to a ton of emails... wonder who those are from...

anyways, i haven't had lunch, because my plan was to leave earlier by working through lunch... look where that got me...