When batting a large, pissed off flying creature with a stinger out of the air, be sure you know where it lands! Alerted by Zoon’s cries of “there’s a bug! there’s a bug!” (she has a very distinctive “bug alert” noise she makes… little mews closely spaced, kind of a “meh! meh! meh!” noise), I […]
Alan’s advice to you on this day: Read Post »
Two very funky dreams last night. The first one was about me stealing software. Not through newsgroups, or IRC, or off of websites…. no, was doing it by hand. I went through the process two or three times, each time doing it a different way. The last time I was in a wheelchair, zipping in
I finally found the “right” sheet on business plans to use (I have about 5 different ones in my “Self Employment Program” file folder). I’ve been working on my business plan for the SEP for a while now, but I finally got confirmation on the format that it is needed to be in for when
What is she trying to say? Read Post »
So I sit here chewing on my “Bio Protein” bar (21 grams protein!) and relized that another thing that pisses me off is people who don’t signal they are turning left until they are actually stopped at the intersection. Hmmm.. gotta say that the concept of protein bars will catch on much better if they
“Customer Satisfaction Specialists”… a PC way of saying “receptionist” Read Post »
How to start SQL Server 2000 under Windows XP. I love you google! (who was mentioned during Buffy last night) 11:15am Do you know how much Windows sucks? I tried to install SQL Server on my Windows XP box, clicked a wrong button somewhere, and now it tells me: “A previous program installation created pending
“Screw you orkin man!” Read Post »
Watched a good one on CNN while eating my lunch today. They were talking about a firearms training school, where people pay $1,500 to learn how to fire guns, long range, short range, draw and fire quickly, all that Soldier of Fortune bullshit. Anyway, they asked one ripe-for-midlife-crisis lookin’ fella why someone would need to
The need for high powered weaponry could just “pop up” at any time. Read Post »
While I try my best to avoid the tv show The View, but the show this afternoon (actually listed as tuesday, october 8th) was almost interesting, and definately thought provoking. The first guest was Michael Moore, a filmmaker and write who has the book “Stupid White Men” (read an excerpt chapter here, it’s a great
More randomness followup and misc shtuff. Brad threw me a link to https://www.addresschange.gov.bc.ca, where you can change your address online and not have to wait for the DMV lineups…. whohoo! Works fine as well. I have no clue if everyone knows it but me, or if Brad had to go search it out for me,
A few things, in no particular order: Debit Card Demise Bashed Bandwidth by Creepy Crawler Slow-ass DMV Political Refugee Werk Home Flying Felines Dishwashing Zen Now, in reverse order… Dishwashing Zen I finished doing the dishes a bit ago, and while it makes my back hurt (something about the angle, I donno what), I do
Everyone’s menu options have “just recently changed” Read Post »
It was another early morning for Firefly this morning, and I got up as usual, but wasn’t feeling well (starting to sniffle) so I figured I’d avoid the gym, stay up for a bit to see her off, then buggeroff back to bed where I should be, and wake up at a leisurely hour (say,