Update

Posted on July 24, 2009 | Filed Under

Ok ok ok, I’ve been getting enough crap as it is, I’ll update.  I’ve been married now for 3 months, and I’m happy again.  Well, that and anxious.  School starts on the 1st, Teancum is growing like a weed and I’m still unemployed.  But we’re all happy.

:)

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With a single word…

Posted on December 9, 2008 | Filed Under

  1. Your cell phone? - Desk
  2. Your significant other? - 6 feet under (heh heh heh) 
  3. Your mother? - Teaching
  4. Your father? - Also
  5. Your favorite thing? - Censored
  6. Your dream last night? - Explosions
  7. Your favorite drink? - PROTEIN
  8. Your dream/goal? - Unavoidable
  9. The room you’re in? - Office
  10. Your hobby? - Explosions
  11. Your fear? - Heights
  12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? - There
  13. Where were you last night? - Unconcious
  14. What you’re not? - Retarded
  15. Muffins? - Poppy
  16. One of your wish list items? - Solitude
  17. Where you grew up? - Humid
  18. What are you wearing? - Hat
  19. Your pets? - Cats
  20. Your computer? - Insane
  21. Your life? - Broken
  22. Your mood? - Paranoid
  23. Missing someone? - Very
  24. Your car? - Busted
  25. Something you’re not wearing? - Dress
  26. Favorite store? - Container
  27. Your summer? - Warm
  28. Like someone? - Possibly
  29. Your favorite color? - Blue
  30. When is the last time you laughed? - Dunno
  31. Last time you cried? - Morning
  32. Who will respond to this? - None

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Looks like Hitler finally took that Diversity in the Workplace training

Posted on November 25, 2008 | Filed Under

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCJTR3XeiAc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-OMPQ4QwP0&feature=related

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Now I know why I keep getting hit by cars

Posted on November 18, 2008 | Filed Under

1. Turn signals will give away your next move. A real Colorado driver never uses them.

2. Under no circumstances should you leave a safe distance between you and the car in front of you, or the space will be filled in by somebody else putting you in an even more dangerous situation.

3. Crossing two or more lanes in a single lane-change is considered going with the flow.

4. The faster you drive through a red light, the smaller the chance you have of getting hit.

5. Never, ever come to a complete stop at a stop sign. No one expects it and it will inevitably result in you being rear ended. If you want your insurance company to pay for a new rear bumper, come to a complete stop at all stop signs.

6. A right lane construction closure is just a game to see how many people can cut in line by passing you on the right as you sit in the left lane waiting for the same jerks to squeeze their way back in before hitting the orange construction barrels.

7. Never get in the way of an older car that needs extensive bodywork. Colorado is a no-fault insurance state and the other guy doesn’t have anything to lose.

8. Braking is to be done as hard and late as possible to ensure that your ABS kicks in, giving a nice, relaxing foot massage as the brake pedal pulsates. For those of you without ABS, it’s a chance to stretch your legs.

9. Never pass on the left when you can pass on the right. It’s a good way to scare people entering the highway.

10. Speed limits are arbitrary figures, given only as suggestions and are apparently not enforceable in Colorado during rush hour.

11. Just because you’re in the left lane and have no room to speed up or move over doesn’t mean that a Colorado driver flashing his high beams behind you doesn’t think he can go faster in your spot.

12. Please remember that there is no such thing as a shortcut during rush-hour traffic in Colorado.

13. Always slow down and rubberneck when you see an accident or even someone changing a tire.

14. Learn to swerve abruptly. Colorado is the home of high-speed slalom driving thanks to the State Highway Department, which puts potholes in key locations to test drivers’ reflexes and keep them on their toes.

15. It is traditional in Colorado to honk your horn at cars that don’t move the instant the light changes.

16. Never take a green light at face value. Always look right and left before proceeding.

17. Remember that the goal of every Colorado driver is to get there first, by whatever means necessary.

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Trek - the CONCERT

Posted on October 31, 2008 | Filed Under

Yeah, I’m going.  No, I’m not dressing up.  I have SOME dignity left.

“Trek: The Concert
Sat | Nov  1 · 7:30 p.m.
Erich Kunzel, conductor
John de Lancie, actor | Robert Picardo, actor
Erich Kunzel guest conducts the CSO and leads you to a far away
galaxy. This concert features narration by stars John De Lancie (”Q”
on Star Trek Voyager, Enterprise and The Next Generation) and Robert
Picardo  (”The Doctor” on Star Trek Voyager). Part history lesson and
part comedy routine, this concert highlights the music from all three
Star Trek television series. Patrons are encouraged to dress in full
costume for this one-of-a-kind performance.”

I’m really pumpted to see Erich Kunzel in person.  I’ve really enjoyed his conducting of the Cincinatti Pops.  They did a great album years ago called Star Tracks II, and Don Dorsery has a fantastic song on there called “Dimensions” - blew my mind and I’ve been addicted ever since.  I’m really excited to see him, and John DeLancie and Robert Picardo too.  Hopefully the geekiness will be kept to a minimum and I can enjoy the music and humor.

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It’s just another day…

Posted on October 29, 2008 | Filed Under

I just keep telling myself that.  Its been rough so far.  I just sit here this morning, trying to make sense of the future.  I’m not sure whats going to happen, what with the nature of life and all that.  Nothing in particular put me in a funk, but thats the way it is.  I’ll just have to keep going I guess.

Also, in case I didnt tell anyone, Megan’s car is the fastest AWD Convertible Eclipse on the planet.  It felt good to set the world record for Megan.

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Took the car to the strip today

Posted on October 25, 2008 | Filed Under

It went 11.5@124.  Pretty darn fast if you ask me.

http://www.centralcore.org/car.avi

Enjoy!

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Stock market is crashing

Posted on October 24, 2008 | Filed Under

I have a manual on how to make emergency fanbelts by weaving together used condoms, and blueprints for turning a school bus into an armored “Deathwagon”. Now all I need is a crew.

And a spiked leather thong.

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Now for your daily dose of Paranoia

Posted on October 23, 2008 | Filed Under

http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/areyoulivinginaconstitutionfreezone.html

The problem

* Normally under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the American people are not generally subject to random and arbitrary stops and searches.
* The border, however, has always been an exception. There, the longstanding view is that the normal rules do not apply. For example the authorities do not need a warrant or probable cause to conduct a “routine search.”
* But what is “the border”? According to the government, it is a 100-mile wide strip that wraps around the “external boundary” of the United States.
* As a result of this claimed authority, individuals who are far away from the border, American citizens traveling from one place in America to another, are being stopped and harassed in ways that our Constitution does not permit.
* Border Patrol has been setting up checkpoints inland — on highways in states such as California, Texas and Arizona, and at ferry terminals in Washington State. Typically, the agents ask drivers and passengers about their citizenship. Unfortunately, our courts so far have permitted these kinds of checkpoints – legally speaking, they are “administrative” stops that are permitted only for the specific purpose of protecting the nation’s borders. They cannot become general drug-search or other law enforcement efforts.
* However, these stops by Border Patrol agents are not remaining confined to that border security purpose. On the roads of California and elsewhere in the nation – places far removed from the actual border – agents are stopping, interrogating, and searching Americans on an everyday basis with absolutely no suspicion of wrongdoing.
* The bottom line is that the extraordinary authorities that the government possesses at the border are spilling into regular American streets.

Much of U.S. population affected

* Many Americans and Washington policymakers believe that this is a problem confined to the San Diego-Tijuana border or the dusty sands of Arizona or Texas, but these powers stretch far inland across the United States.
* To calculate what proportion of the U.S. population is affected by these powers, the ACLU created a map and spreadsheet showing the population and population centers that lie within 100 miles of any “external boundary” of the United States.
* The population estimates were calculated by examining the most recent US census numbers for all counties within 100 miles of these borders. Using numbers from the Population Distribution Branch of the US Census Bureau, we were able to estimate both the total number and a state-by-state population breakdown. The custom map was created with help from a map expert at World Sites Atlas.
* What we found is that fully TWO-THIRDS of the United States’ population lives within this Constitution-free or Constitution-lite Zone. That’s 197.4 million people who live within 100 miles of the US land and coastal borders.
* Nine of the top 10 largest metropolitan areas as determined by the 2000 census, fall within the Constitution-free Zone. (The only exception is #9, Dallas-Fort Worth. ) Some states are considered to lie completely within the zone: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

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Words of wisdom

Posted on October 21, 2008 | Filed Under

We are the Bong. Resistance is Futile. Put on some Zep.

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