There you go… clear and to the point.
Take a break from not laughing at the many unfunny April Fool’s Day “jokes” on the web, and check out the 100 greatest April Fool’s Day hoaxes of all time.
Frodo, Gollum, Sauron, Jennifer Lopez what do these have in common?
JKG went very well, they want me to meet with the CIO tomorrow at 10 am. I’ve got a strong, positive vibe there. Mark over there is a swell guy, very engaging, and knows how to sell his company. I’m very enthusiastic about the upcoming meeting.
If all goes well, it’ll be programming, light management (3 people) and building a software / hardware system of the company to use with its existing web control program.
I’ve got a hankering to watch the Disney version of 20,000 leagues under the sea. I think I’ll just synch the book to the palm, instead.
To the powers that be….
*THANK YOU FOR THE LACK OF APRIL FOOL’S JOKES*
Wow… my Photoshop skills have gotten better in the last couple years… from two years ago…
A fun meme… these answers may and can change at any time.
scottobear.com email is back up. good thing, though I missed a couple of decent mails from last night I’d have preferred to have acted on then.
ah well, all better now.
oh, man.. apparently my scottobear.com email has been down since last night, as has my website. I honestly hope that if any email was sent to those addresses was lost that it can be restored… I’ve got about a gazillion resumes out there with that addy on it. It’s supposed to be back up and fixed within the hour, though, so I’m going to hope for the best.
Stupid errors… bah.
Ok… Where’s my web page… more to the point, Newtcam? It’s been down since last night.
I can tell it’s still down, because I don’t have my delightful background installed on the LJ page.
Today shall be a day of rest, though I’m planning on spending 8 hours of it doing little chores here and around the place.
Not too interested in LJ lately.. my mind hasn’t been one of journaling. My creative juices need a shot of B12.
I want to do something self-indulgent today.. eat fatty food, spend the day playing arcade games or the like… I doubt it’ll happen to the degree I want, but it’s entertaining for me to think about.
Maybe just writing about the history channel is enough self-indulgence?
“I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists!”
-Hedley Lamarr, Blazing Saddles, Recruitment Flyer
I think I could qualify as a desperado, or play the part of a thug.
(Why is it I can recite that from memory, but I can’t remember what year my mom was born in unless I count on my fingers?)
Newt woke me at about 6am this morn… just as well, since I had my alarm set for 6:30. This way, I had time to play with the little boy in the morning before having to whirlwind out of the house for work. I’m so glad that Newtie’s around to wake up to… I can’t even be mad that I was awakened early. (I prefer a little roughhousing to get the morning started.)
Went to Pinnacle… They wanted an original Social security card, a copy just would not do, despite my other identification papers on hand. Ok..it would’ve been nice to know that before coming all the way to Cypress Creek.
Ugh, a bug.
Sooo… off to the Social Security office I went… I’ll have a new card (with my old number) in about two weeks, but in the meantime, I have piece of paper that tells folks that “Why Yes, this hairy beast is who he says he is!” on official-looking letterhead.
I go back to Pinnacle Monday, 10am.
Made it to work on time, surprisingly. Also a shock, Kev is here! I thought he was going to take a sick day today, but he’s out of luck. Apparently, he’s too needed here by the gimme-gimme chupacabra & co.
Finn gave me a lead to a possible new gig, at Countywide. Nice to get the assist, certainly.
Looks like there’s going to be a LAN party at work after regular hours (or during my normal hours) on the 21st. Sappho, Riker, Kev, The Finn,The Clark-bar, and Maybe Island boy will be coming in at about 6pm to play some multi-player games.. looks like it’ll be an assortment… shoot-’em up and racing, mostly. (Just as well… I don’t know how well folks would deal with Civ2 or AOE… the games are fun, but take a while.) If I’m still there at the time, I’ll play along, too.
When I woke up, the words to Bobby Pickett’s “King Kong” (not the one by Abba), oddly melded with Alley Oop (by Gary Paxton).
Can’t seem to locate the Proper Kong Lyrics online.. Perhaps I’ll break out the record and transcribe them to the Internet for posterity.
Of course, there’s always my favorite Bert Convy Tune...
We were out of school
With nothing to do
So we jumped in my car
And we went to the zoo
Having lots of fun
Just a-walkin’ around
Looking in the cages
When I heard a funny sound
Somebody yelled
And one began to shout
I turned around
And my eyes bugged out
He’s out of his cage
He’s on a rampage
Swingin’ his arms all over the place
Fiery red eyes and a big ugly face
Chip-chip-chip-chip-chip-chip-chip
Go-ril-la
He climbed on a bus
And he rode downtown
Stopping all the traffic
For miles around
He heard some music coming
From a record shop
Jumped off the bus
And he started to bop
He’s out of his cage
He’s on a rampage
Swingin’ his arms all over the place
Dancin’ rock ‘n’ roll with a grin on his face
Chip-chip-chip-chip-chip-chip-chip
Go-ril-la
He heard some music coming
From a record shop
He jumped off the bus
And he started to bop
He stopped his dancing
And looked up in the sky
A flying purple people eater
Was flying by
He reached up and grabbed him
And he ate him whole
A gorilla!
(Echoed out like the end of Tequila)
Only a week or two behind on this one…
Prof. Dave Farber sent an e-mail to his Interesting People list about how under Code Orange it is, apparently, illegal to take photos of transit facilities. http://www.interesting-people.org/ At a faculty meeting at Bryn Mawr College, the attendees were informed that a student from Haverford College was arrested for taking photographs of trains in Philadelphia. The student was detained and questioned for a few hours and eventually released. http://lists.elistx.com/archives/interesting-people/200302/msg00118.html
This struck a chord with me, as I like taking little travel pictures, many of which might take place in a bus, or at the station. I’m especially prone to take shots with my palmtop “spycam”, though the pictures from that are weak, at best.
Fortunately, Farber also posted an item from a Portland, Ore. attorney who has posted a briefing paper about what your rights are as a photographer. http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf
Via tarpo The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years, 1953-2002 (according to Sci Fi Book Club)
I’ve put a 0 to 4 Star rating beside the ones I’ve read, according to the amount of enjoyment I got from them. One star is worth an eyeball, anything with 2 stars is good, 3 very good, and four is “What? You haven’t read it? Hop to it!” I imagine many folks will disagree with me on a few of my feelings, so I’m going to stress that it’s simply my opinion.
Your Mileage may vary… as might mine in current time. (I’ve not read some of them in over two decades.)
the books…
The BBQ sauce is really good, and the entree texture is perfect.
I am going to buy these suckers frequently. A little heavy on the sodium…(30% per) but the rest is very healthy, too. Price was right… it was $2.50 for a package, and it gives two decent sized slabs of sauced-up yumminess.
Next go-round, instead of on the plate, it’s going on a kaiser.
Man, that was good.
Newt is totally uninterested in the plate with the food on it. He is however enjoying my hair-tie. To each their own, I suppose.
I ate it with a fork, for those keeping score.
Know what I like about trees? They’re bigger than me, and they listen without interrupting.