Musings of mine

A friend of mine said to me in all seriousness: I have one of those... ummm... what do you call it... uh... photographic memories. How do you classify photographs of stick figures, anyway?

I played pool with a guy named Chris yesterday.  Thoughout the games he kept mumbling to himself.  The only thing he said loud enough for me to hear was, "I wish I could just sleep all the time but it doesn't work that way and it f*cking pisses me off."  I don't think he intended it to be funny, but I thought it was absolutely hilarious.

I saw a guy wearing a shirt the other day that said "The harder you try, the harder it is to give up".  I thought it was pretty funny until I realized he meant it to be inspirational.  Right message, wrong interpretation.

I went to pick up a Father's Day card the other day.  I was in a hurry so I was pleased to see them categorized for my convenience.  "From Daughter", "From Son", "Step-dad", "Grandpa", "Father romantic", "Father humorous", etc. My Dad gets no card this year.

I just finished with another grueling round of early morning negotiations.  My mind's position was, "Wake up at 6:30 so you can take your time and enjoy your coffee."  My body countered with, "Let's lay here until 7:30 so you'll be all rested for scrambling out the door."  The final compromise was to sleep until noon.

Instead of sleeping last night, I decided to make a bit-stream editor.  I made it so I could hack items for Diablo II (coupled this information).  So far, I've made equipment that puts my defense and attack rating at ~300,000, my average damage at 150,000, and +120 to all skills.  There's something strangely satisfying with bleeding all the enjoyment out of a game.  Then again, I also play Monopoly with "Government Grants" as a House Rule.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: There's definitely a market for glass-bottomed airplanes.

I have a confession to make: I watch Blind Date.  I've tried to quit - God how I've tried to quit! - but those funny little pop-ups keep sucking me back in.  It's been a struggle, but I think I can finally accept this as part of who I am.  I only hope that, someday, you can accept me too.

The Bug is a suspense novel about a software tester and a programmer who can't track down a catastrophic glitch.  I can't wait for them to make a video game based on the premise.

"Alone among the survivors [of The Donner Party], Lewis Keseberg spoke openly of eating human flesh and was reviled as a man-eater and ghoul.  During the Gold Rush, he made his fortune and in 1851 opened a restaurant in Sacramento." - American Experience: The Donner Party Now that's an epitaph.

The only redeeming quality of the dance mix of Dust In The Wind is that it allowed me to fully appreciate the irony of the midi version of the dance mix of Dust In The Wind.

$1	George Washington	$2	Thomas Jefferson
$5	Abraham Lincoln	$10	Alexander Hamilton
$20	Andrew Jackson	$50	Ulysses S. Grant
$100	Benjamin Franklin	$500	William McKinley
$1000	Grover Cleveland	$2001	George W. Bush
$5000	James Madison	$10,000	Salmon P. Chase
$100,000		Woodrow Wilson

We all know it's coming sooner or later...

God willing, the majestic quagga shall roam the southern plains of Africa again.

Top 5 Searches That Shouldn't Have Ended Up Here

5.	raptor sendmail
4.	hallelujah leonard cohen
3.	smartest man alive
2.	pictures of tuxedoes
And the winner is...
1.	the pit and the pendulum synopsis

I don't know what brought these people to my doorstep, but I can guarantee that I sent each of them away bitterly disappointed.

How I need a drink, alcoholic in nature, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics!

I thought this was at least funny enough to share.

AMENDMENT IX

OK, I added the "dammit" part, but I think it was pretty much implied.  Boy, that Law & Order re-run got under my skin.  And what "computer guy" thinks a password of Boo-Boo is sufficiently secure to hide motive of a homicide behind?  If this is the caliber the current writing staff has sunk to, I may have to drop Law & Order from my ever shrinking list of Shows-That-Don't-Royally-Piss-Me-Off.  That'll leave Jeopardy, Stargate SG-1, and The Red Green Show.  And, though long past their glory days, I suppose The Simpsons aren't off the list completely.