I have a headache today so I am attempting to temper it by writing. Woot. Usually when I am trying to distract myself from work I look at cars on Autotrader. GREAT site, very efficient, and probably the best car site I know of. Works well to both research and search for cars. Man, I would LOVE to have a new Jeep. Used to have a 95 Wrangler which had a 3 inch suspension lift on it. It was like having a non-stop seizure cause the shocks were blown and it was just bouncy as hell. Few things in the world made me want to kill everything more than driving over a speed bump in that thing, especially cause the speed bumps in old town Alexandria are like 7 feed wide. SEVEN FEET WIDE! Who makes a speed bump like that?? Anyway. I still want a new Jeep, one of those 4 door dealies that suck gas like no tomorrow. Yea. That's what daddy likes. Take that Environment! But, I digress, I am very pro environment. I try to do my part, little recycling here, little gardening there. I grew up in a household where we put more in the ground than most people. Though I do not know if I am sold on the whole recycling thing. And people for some reason seem to associate Eating Organic food as helping the environment to a degree as on par with recycling. I mean I understand it a BIT, but not too much. I mean, having chickens not in a cage doesn't really do much for the environment other than perhaps make it smell worse. I think the national mindset is being changed by advertising and chit chat. Let us take a few examples. There has been a big push for WIND energy lately. Now let us consider this, this is a tech that has been around since, oh I don't know, WINDMILLS. Why now? Simple, SOMEONE is making money off of it. Now you may say, "Well, jolly pip, (apparently because you are British, or at least the pseudo British I would make you be) Wind energy is nicer to the environment than nasty old methods out there now". Really? Well what about hydroelectric power. In my opinion one of the BEST out there. Disrupts water ways you say? Not really, that is what engineers are FOR, is to make them safe, and think about it, a big windmill getting wind as it passes, versus a huge honkin DAM that is powered ALL THE TIME. Well, that is me supporting hydroelectric anyway, but my point is that all this green energy is propaganda and someone somewhere is just making money. Now I'm all for not spewing tons of junk into the air because we burn coal... oh wait a minute.... what is my job again? Oh that is right! I work on patents for EXHAUST SYSTEMS. I know just how much stuff goes into the atmosphere from those things and it is NOT MUCH. I mean the tech that they have in there is HUGE to get rid of everything that is harmful. Catalysts and reducing agents and filters upon filters. Heck, for a decent number of stuff out there you could almost suck on the exhaust. Don't, this is not me advocating that, but still. But I do agree combustibles will soon be a way of the past NOT because of pollution, but because they are crazily inefficient. Something like 20-30% of the potential power is actually used AT THE VERY BEST. That is terrible. But, a means to an end, and if convincing everyone that pollution is a problem with these things gets better tech out there who am I to argue. But if I was to pitch the truly good tech that I would LOVE to see out there. Nuclear power. Problem with so much of the tech out there is that SOMETHING SOMEWHERE bad happened and was played up with propaganda and no one will forget it. Nuclear power - Trinoble. Needless to say that we are WAY better than that, and THAT scenario was unique into itself. Hydrogen Power - Hydenberg, which doesn't even make much sense as a comparison. Additionally gasoline WAY more flammable than Hydrogen and WAY more dangerous. But we have been convinced of ... well... incorrect facts. Would you drive a car that ran on A) Gasoline, B) Alcohol, C) Hydrogen or D) Nuclear Power? Gasoline - very powerful, very efficient in its own right, and actually burns down to near water and air. The real problem is older cars where people don't replace their catalytic converters and have crappy engines. Alcohol - thought to be a great idea, not a lot of power though. You'd be refilling every 60 miles, now THAT would make for a crappy commute. Hydrogen - Powerful, and efficient, not a great way to carry a lot of it though, but easily as safe as gasoline. Nuclear Power - perfect. You wouldn't need to refill for more than a YEAR. Did you know Nuclear Submarines and Naval ships only refill every 2 YEARS! And that is a big friggin boat! And there is plenty of tech out there to make sure it would be safe to use. You think we have to worry about meltdowns and radiation? I mean we have hundreds of ships out there that don't, you don't think we could build a car to handle it? Anyway, it is just my take on a lot of this, and the facts are out there for whomever wants them. I just wanted to ramble a bit until my headache medicine kicked in, which I believe it has. So I shall back to work go. Boo work, but hooray no headache. Overall, mild win.
20070193586
Now THAT is a condom.
http://www.google.com/patents?id=An-EAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&source=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Blog 29: DANCE!
Well this has been an interesting week in many respects. Last weekend was the first weekend in awhile where I didn't have a vast amount of stuff going on, so it was nice to relax a bit. Kitchen is finally done for the most part, only a couple small touches needed. The whole this looks very cottagy and the only think left is new counter tops so who knows when that will happen. It has been feeling really good to keep busy with physical projects. Gives me a sense of accomplishment I think I need. Work has been going okay. The way that it is set up right now is making it very easy cause they are basically doubling up on a lot of our counts, but all in all I am figuring out more tricks of the trade to make things easier to accomplish. Hopefully will be able to go for the next promotion soon though in all honesty why any one wants a promotion is beyond be, because the amount of time you spend doing the extra work required of you after the promotion is about 1/3 what you would be paid if you just worked that as overtime. But oh well, it is something to shoot for.
Aside from that I have been trying to gym it up, though I have yet to set a workout schedule and stick by it, but I do pretty good. One of my co-workers Balloon Joe coerced me into going to a Zumba Class yesterday and that was .... interesting. Bit of background, this co-worker ... pitches for the other team, and while I have no problem with that he does tend to see the world a bit differently, so he takes me to this Zumba class which I had considered going to before. Now this class, I had no expectations of it, but as it turns out it is full of older women who ROCK IT OUT. I was... surprised. Well the instructor was.. well lets just say Queen Elizabeth had nothing on him, but HE was very into it, pulling his pants up to a Thong appearance and shaking it like there was no tomorrow, no day after tomorrow and practically no day between now and next Arbor Day. And according to Joe, because we were the only two guys in the class, it was likely that he was shaking it as much as he was because he was trying to impress us men. Awkward a bit. Well, stick it out, and by stick it out I mean bear with it and no other metaphor, and it was an enjoyable class. You see, I think deep down in side, and in contrast to whatever that Nay Sayer of a wife Meg might be, if things had gone differently in my life, I'd of been a dancer. I like to dance, I really do. I want to learn how to break dance, and blackdance, and get better at swing dance. Love it! And this Zumba class was fun cause it was sort of what I crassly call black dance, sort of what you might have seen African American Frat's do at talent shows. It was good times, and I would want to learn more. This particular class though, was a bit awkward. If I could get more people I knew there, it might not be so much. But those old lady's could shake it! I have never seen so much 40+ ass look so good. Well, not I feel a bit weirded out, but onward!
Something else of interest is the relationship my work Office mate WAS in. Now, here is some details that she was un-aware of, that everyone should be aware of. It has been coined by my friend Brett, and I desire word of it to be spread around. It's called Common Law Relationship. Now you will find yourself in a Common Law Relationship if you begin to date someone and then NEVER POINT OUT THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE. If you do NOT point this out, the other person under the Statute of Common Law Relationship is allowed to consider you an official Monogamous couple and start telling their friends that you are BF/GF. On deeper reflection we decided to give this the time frame of 1 month. So there you have it folks, if you do not identify the status of your relationship within a one month timeframe you have entered upon a Common Law Relationship and are now assumed BF/GF much like squatting and other incidents of assumed ownership. Long story short though, beware the Common Law Relationship timeline otherwise the other person is in for a surprise, and not the cake and candles sort, unless you cake is full of DYNAMITE!
But aside from all of that, things are well. This week is almost over. SO CLOSE! Trying to build a fence around the house to keep the rif-raf out though I have to talk to the Zoning commission. I feel all fancy, but am sure I will feel very stabby by the time I'm done with them. Woot springtime and the yardwork it brings.
Over and OUT!
PS.
Now I know I said that the Erectile Dysfunction invention from last week's blog was the best one I had ever seen, but now I'm not so sure:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=npwnAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
Be sure to look at figures 4a-4d, and look reeeal close at 4d at what the hostages are doing.
Aside from that I have been trying to gym it up, though I have yet to set a workout schedule and stick by it, but I do pretty good. One of my co-workers Balloon Joe coerced me into going to a Zumba Class yesterday and that was .... interesting. Bit of background, this co-worker ... pitches for the other team, and while I have no problem with that he does tend to see the world a bit differently, so he takes me to this Zumba class which I had considered going to before. Now this class, I had no expectations of it, but as it turns out it is full of older women who ROCK IT OUT. I was... surprised. Well the instructor was.. well lets just say Queen Elizabeth had nothing on him, but HE was very into it, pulling his pants up to a Thong appearance and shaking it like there was no tomorrow, no day after tomorrow and practically no day between now and next Arbor Day. And according to Joe, because we were the only two guys in the class, it was likely that he was shaking it as much as he was because he was trying to impress us men. Awkward a bit. Well, stick it out, and by stick it out I mean bear with it and no other metaphor, and it was an enjoyable class. You see, I think deep down in side, and in contrast to whatever that Nay Sayer of a wife Meg might be, if things had gone differently in my life, I'd of been a dancer. I like to dance, I really do. I want to learn how to break dance, and blackdance, and get better at swing dance. Love it! And this Zumba class was fun cause it was sort of what I crassly call black dance, sort of what you might have seen African American Frat's do at talent shows. It was good times, and I would want to learn more. This particular class though, was a bit awkward. If I could get more people I knew there, it might not be so much. But those old lady's could shake it! I have never seen so much 40+ ass look so good. Well, not I feel a bit weirded out, but onward!
Something else of interest is the relationship my work Office mate WAS in. Now, here is some details that she was un-aware of, that everyone should be aware of. It has been coined by my friend Brett, and I desire word of it to be spread around. It's called Common Law Relationship. Now you will find yourself in a Common Law Relationship if you begin to date someone and then NEVER POINT OUT THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE. If you do NOT point this out, the other person under the Statute of Common Law Relationship is allowed to consider you an official Monogamous couple and start telling their friends that you are BF/GF. On deeper reflection we decided to give this the time frame of 1 month. So there you have it folks, if you do not identify the status of your relationship within a one month timeframe you have entered upon a Common Law Relationship and are now assumed BF/GF much like squatting and other incidents of assumed ownership. Long story short though, beware the Common Law Relationship timeline otherwise the other person is in for a surprise, and not the cake and candles sort, unless you cake is full of DYNAMITE!
But aside from all of that, things are well. This week is almost over. SO CLOSE! Trying to build a fence around the house to keep the rif-raf out though I have to talk to the Zoning commission. I feel all fancy, but am sure I will feel very stabby by the time I'm done with them. Woot springtime and the yardwork it brings.
Over and OUT!
PS.
Now I know I said that the Erectile Dysfunction invention from last week's blog was the best one I had ever seen, but now I'm not so sure:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=npwnAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
Be sure to look at figures 4a-4d, and look reeeal close at 4d at what the hostages are doing.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Blog 28 : 4/12/2010 : I blame Taxes
Well I have not been writing lately and while I can make up numerous excuses such as vacation, work, family, and taxes, it is never any excuse so I will just jump right back on the proverbial horse and get to writing. Lots of good stuff going on lately, I think last I wrote was before I was about to head out to Florida on vacation. Where to start. Hmmm.
Okay, I am going to list it out so I don't forget anything.
1)Rant about stupid people on the beltway.
2)Vacation and the island of misfit animals.
3)Working on the kitchen, and how it buys off Meg.
4)Visiting Family and birthday parties.
5)Anything I'm forgetting.
Well needless to say I have been feeling a little more financially secure, at least I WAS up until a couple weeks ago when this lovely event happened. I was driving home one sunny afternoon, relaxed and enjoying myself, toying with the idea of selling my car any getting something of an SUV nature when lo- and behold I see some cardboard sitting in the road ahead of me. Well I think, I COULD swerve to miss it, but there are people right next to me, and since it is cardboard I will drive above it, and it looks like it is sitting low enough to be of no consequence. Problem 1: it was not cardboard. It was a cinder block that had fallen off a truck in front of me. Problem 2: It was a FUCKING CINDER BLOCK. Need I say more?! Well what eventually turned out was this, a cinder block had rolled off some Tard's truck somewhere ahead of me, this cinder block had rolled under a van in front of me tearing out his oil pan, rolled under my car smashing up my engine mounts and exhaust, and taking out the tires of the guy behind me. Now I can't recall if I mentioned this in an earlier blog, but to sum up it came to about $4500 in damages, of which I had to pay about $520 due to insurance. FAIL. But my insurance company gave me a rental car, which I then used on my vacation to drive to Florida. WIN. I drove that bitch into the ground. But now... on to vacation:
Vacation was SWEET. My Uncle Bill lives in Florida with my Aunt and they have a spare beach Condo they are selling but let us use. Very nice of them. And they were great cause they gave us the professional tour of the area, which included hitting up some surprise cites like the American Legion and the Elks Club. Let me tell you, do you know where all the elderly are at 1:30 in the afternoon? I Do. They are at the American Legion, Breaking It DOWN. It was like dark room, disco ball, DJ in the corner and 100 people totaling about 9000 years of wealth and experience tearing it up on the dancefloor. It was AMAZING. Rock it out elderly people. Rock..It..Out.
But being if Florida was a lot of fun. One interesting, and slightly disturbing, place we visited was the Aquarium. The Aquarium... of Handicapped Animals. There was a seaturtle with no front fins paddling around in giant tank. Just let that image sink in. There was a Dolphin, a great success story, who had no tail but for whom they made a Prosthetic Tail. But for some reason he didn't have it on and was floating around in his tank like some bizarre huge shrimp trying to keep his head above water. So Sad! But the fun didn't stop there. Oh no. Across the street from the condo was a Bird sanctuary with all the Handicapped BIRDS. Hundred of Pelicans that could fly, and other birds of the beach that had apparently taken on the motor boats of the world and lost in a flurry of feathers. They were adorable. A bit sad, but adorable. A bit featherless... but adorable.
But much time sunning was had, there was much wind and some rain, but we went to bars and got a full fledged tour from my uncle when the weather was not peak. Ate too much. Had all you could eat crab which was a win, and then in an effort to walk off the meal strode past the bird sanctuary on the way to the beach. We ran, or "ran" meaning something of a too full waddle, for about a quarter mile when we noticed that about 50 seagulls could smell the crab on us and gave chase. F-ers are diligent I must say. All in all, fantastic and relaxing. A LOT of driving, but hey, it wasn't my car so it was okay.
Lets see, #3 on the list. Working on the kitchen. Well I had some family come up this past weekend so I have been working on the kitchen a lot re-doing the cabinets to look "cottagy" I feel very proud of this cause it is affordable and looks good, and Meg is showering me with Praise (woot!) so it is motivation in itself. But it will hopefully be done soon. Oh, so much to do in a house. Blarg.
Last weekend Family visited. Saw the bro and his new girl with whom he is most amused, and who amuses me as well. Saw the parents and they are doin well and are going to do some yardwork up in NJ as they do. Hung out with everyone on the porch and that made me really happy cause it was just a nice time. Drank too much wine and went to a party afterwords. Went to sleep with an Oxygen monitor on my finger cause I'm a nerd and was given the opportunity to use it so I decided to see what my sleep phases looked like. All healthy woot!.
Aside from that, just the usual working, writing, and exercising. Trying to get back into the swing of things as I have been a slacker from the vacation. Not terrible, but there has been a bit too much fried chicken in my diet as of late and I'm trying to get back to the good ol... *sighs despondently* ... health food regime. *sigh*
But it makes me feel better.
Oh, other thing. Kinda tried to cut my own hair the other night. I felt very proud about the results. That was until Meg came down, looked at me, and proceeded to nearly laugh until she threw up. Kinda didn't do such a good job on the back of my head. A bit reminiscent of a cat and a weed eater. Big chunks missing, small chunks missing. Very sad. So I now have no hair. Hooray Summer Doo!
OUT!
3853122
"Device" - Just... just give them a squeeze baby!
http://www.google.com/patents?id=p90yAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
Okay, I am going to list it out so I don't forget anything.
1)Rant about stupid people on the beltway.
2)Vacation and the island of misfit animals.
3)Working on the kitchen, and how it buys off Meg.
4)Visiting Family and birthday parties.
5)Anything I'm forgetting.
Well needless to say I have been feeling a little more financially secure, at least I WAS up until a couple weeks ago when this lovely event happened. I was driving home one sunny afternoon, relaxed and enjoying myself, toying with the idea of selling my car any getting something of an SUV nature when lo- and behold I see some cardboard sitting in the road ahead of me. Well I think, I COULD swerve to miss it, but there are people right next to me, and since it is cardboard I will drive above it, and it looks like it is sitting low enough to be of no consequence. Problem 1: it was not cardboard. It was a cinder block that had fallen off a truck in front of me. Problem 2: It was a FUCKING CINDER BLOCK. Need I say more?! Well what eventually turned out was this, a cinder block had rolled off some Tard's truck somewhere ahead of me, this cinder block had rolled under a van in front of me tearing out his oil pan, rolled under my car smashing up my engine mounts and exhaust, and taking out the tires of the guy behind me. Now I can't recall if I mentioned this in an earlier blog, but to sum up it came to about $4500 in damages, of which I had to pay about $520 due to insurance. FAIL. But my insurance company gave me a rental car, which I then used on my vacation to drive to Florida. WIN. I drove that bitch into the ground. But now... on to vacation:
Vacation was SWEET. My Uncle Bill lives in Florida with my Aunt and they have a spare beach Condo they are selling but let us use. Very nice of them. And they were great cause they gave us the professional tour of the area, which included hitting up some surprise cites like the American Legion and the Elks Club. Let me tell you, do you know where all the elderly are at 1:30 in the afternoon? I Do. They are at the American Legion, Breaking It DOWN. It was like dark room, disco ball, DJ in the corner and 100 people totaling about 9000 years of wealth and experience tearing it up on the dancefloor. It was AMAZING. Rock it out elderly people. Rock..It..Out.
But being if Florida was a lot of fun. One interesting, and slightly disturbing, place we visited was the Aquarium. The Aquarium... of Handicapped Animals. There was a seaturtle with no front fins paddling around in giant tank. Just let that image sink in. There was a Dolphin, a great success story, who had no tail but for whom they made a Prosthetic Tail. But for some reason he didn't have it on and was floating around in his tank like some bizarre huge shrimp trying to keep his head above water. So Sad! But the fun didn't stop there. Oh no. Across the street from the condo was a Bird sanctuary with all the Handicapped BIRDS. Hundred of Pelicans that could fly, and other birds of the beach that had apparently taken on the motor boats of the world and lost in a flurry of feathers. They were adorable. A bit sad, but adorable. A bit featherless... but adorable.
But much time sunning was had, there was much wind and some rain, but we went to bars and got a full fledged tour from my uncle when the weather was not peak. Ate too much. Had all you could eat crab which was a win, and then in an effort to walk off the meal strode past the bird sanctuary on the way to the beach. We ran, or "ran" meaning something of a too full waddle, for about a quarter mile when we noticed that about 50 seagulls could smell the crab on us and gave chase. F-ers are diligent I must say. All in all, fantastic and relaxing. A LOT of driving, but hey, it wasn't my car so it was okay.
Lets see, #3 on the list. Working on the kitchen. Well I had some family come up this past weekend so I have been working on the kitchen a lot re-doing the cabinets to look "cottagy" I feel very proud of this cause it is affordable and looks good, and Meg is showering me with Praise (woot!) so it is motivation in itself. But it will hopefully be done soon. Oh, so much to do in a house. Blarg.
Last weekend Family visited. Saw the bro and his new girl with whom he is most amused, and who amuses me as well. Saw the parents and they are doin well and are going to do some yardwork up in NJ as they do. Hung out with everyone on the porch and that made me really happy cause it was just a nice time. Drank too much wine and went to a party afterwords. Went to sleep with an Oxygen monitor on my finger cause I'm a nerd and was given the opportunity to use it so I decided to see what my sleep phases looked like. All healthy woot!.
Aside from that, just the usual working, writing, and exercising. Trying to get back into the swing of things as I have been a slacker from the vacation. Not terrible, but there has been a bit too much fried chicken in my diet as of late and I'm trying to get back to the good ol... *sighs despondently* ... health food regime. *sigh*
But it makes me feel better.
Oh, other thing. Kinda tried to cut my own hair the other night. I felt very proud about the results. That was until Meg came down, looked at me, and proceeded to nearly laugh until she threw up. Kinda didn't do such a good job on the back of my head. A bit reminiscent of a cat and a weed eater. Big chunks missing, small chunks missing. Very sad. So I now have no hair. Hooray Summer Doo!
OUT!
3853122
"Device" - Just... just give them a squeeze baby!
http://www.google.com/patents?id=p90yAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
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