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Nathan just posed the question of where former NFL QB Michael Vick should go, if reinstated into the league. From there, people started tossing around suggestions of what teams he should try out for.

I tossed the Patriots name into the ring… which garnered a crusty look from Julie.
Nathan countered and said that it might actually make them a better team.
He got a crusty look, too.

James suggested that Vick and on-the-fence Brett Favre try out for the same team. (Don’t call it a comeback…)
I said that would be like the MC Hammer/Vanilla Ice tour.

Then Nathan asked if there were any teams who were based on or themed around dogs.
Julie replied, “What about the Cleveland Browns ?”

That made me laugh.

“To the moon, Alice! To the moon!”

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Monday – 20 July 2009
I was up far later than I should have been last night. Hopefully, the caffeine will save me. On the other hand, I managed to modify a few interior wall textures for my ‘Clix city that will give me a little more variety in my buildings.

Last night, Logan came over for dinner; SaraRules fixed chicken mole – it was good with a bit of a spicy kick. After dinner, we walked over to Target to find some updated cards for Trivial Pursuit. There were none to be found, but they had the “25th Anniversary Edition” for $30. We decided to walk to the Wal-Mart to see what they had to offer; if nothing else, we had to walk back past Target to get home, so we could always pick it up on the way back. While the Wal-Mart didn’t have 25AE, they did have the “Best of Genus” edition. And it was only $20. Win. We headed back home and played – I won, SaraRules came in 2nd, and Logan brought up the rear.

So far, the morning has been pretty quiet. Let’s hope the rest of the day follows suit.

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Namaste.

“Abraca-pocus? Hocus-cadabra?”

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Sunday – 19 July 2009
SaraRules and I opted for a lazy, quiet evening after our excursions. With that in mind, I did a little work on my new ‘Clix building (the ground floor now has all its walls in place) and SaraRules did some reading and did a couple of Sudoku puzzles.

After that, we watched Push, starring Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning and Djimon Hounsou. It was pretty good, actually – unfortunately, it’s being packaged with Knowing on a 2-for-1 disc… The movie follows Nick (a telekinetic) and Cassie (a precog) as they attempt to stay one step ahead of the mysterious U.S. Government agency, known only as “The Division,” in a race to find a missing telepath and the case she’s carrying. There are plenty of twists and turns in the movie and there are a couple of times when you’re not entirely sure who’s on which side.  The effects are good – one of my favorites was how objects that Movers (the TKers) were manipulating would shake and waver when the person was stressed or indecisive about something. And, at least according to IMDb, there wasn’t a lot of green screen used in creating the film’s effects.  All things considered, the movie was fun and wasn’t a waste of an hour-and-a-half.

Today started with sleeping in. After breakfast, we hit the gym:

  • Leg Press – 3 sets/15 reps, 140 lbs
  • Calf Raises – 3 sets/10 reps, 100 lbs
  • Lat Pulldowns – 3 sets/10 reps, 110 lbs
  • Lat Pulldowns (narrow) – 3 sets/10 reps, 80 lbs
  • Reverse Fly – 3 sets: 2 sets/10 reps, 80 lbs; 1 set/12 reps, 70 lbs
  • Reverse Punches (dumbbell) – 2 sets/15 reps, 15 lbs
  • Curls (concentration, dumbbell) – 3 sets/10 reps, 30 lbs
  • Tricep Extensions (rope) – 3 sets/15 reps, 80 lbs
  • Wrist Curls (forward, dumbbell) – 3 sets/15 reps, 15 lbs
  • Lower Back Extensions – 3 sets/10 reps

Post-workout weight: 183.5

On the way to the gym, my superpower kicked in: As we approached the light at 6200 South and Highland Drive, we pulled up next to ‘s father. Very random.

We also went to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. It’s been so long since I have read or listened to this book that I had forgotten a number of details about it. Fortunately, the movie did a good job of exercising my memory. The actors, comfortable in their roles, turned in excellent performances and the adaptation of the story moved the plot along nicely, while still leaving enough time to show nice bits of character development.

And that, as they say, is that.

Namaste.

“Beep-beep… Beep-beep… Yeah!”

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Saturday – 18 July 2009
After work yesterday, I headed up to hang out with the in-laws-to-be. SaraRules’ cousins (first cousin and her kids) were visiting for a few days and were there when I arrived. We all had dinner and then SaraRules and I headed off to Clitorati.  When we got there Jim, Sandi and company were already waiting for us; that was a pleasant surprise.

I took my car to the dealership to get a leak looked at. I had taken it to the local Firestone last week and they said that at least part of the problem was the water pump – which I’ll get back to in a minute – but that there seemed to be something else leaking, as well – something not related to the water pump. They recommended taking it to the dealership and let the certified GM mechanics look at it. Made sense to me, so that’s what I did. I told them that there was “a leak” and asked them to check it out. While they did that, SaraRules and I went to have lunch with Perry. I got a call a short while later. Their answer: Water pump. Nothing else, just the water pump. They could install a new pump, this afternoon, for something in the $550 (USD) range.

*facepalm*

I told the rep that I’d come get the car and bring it back next week. *sigh*

<< REWIND <<
Back to the water pump. I’ve now taken my car to Firestone three times in the past six weeks. A lot of people might just write off the shop at that point, but I’m not. My rationale:

  • Trip 1: They replaced my old water pump.
  • Trip 2: After still seeing some leakage, they replaced a couple of bad hoses… which they missed the first time around.  But, they did this on their dime… because they missed it the first time.
  • Trip 3: I took it back a week later. Turns out that the replacement water pump was defective. That’s when they found “Possible Leak #2” and suggested taking the car to the dealer to get fixed. Scott, the manager at the Firestone, said that they would replace the pump – even if they had to order a new one directly from Cadillac – under their warranty, because it should have been fixed the first time and because he wanted to make things right.

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That brings us back to today. I went back to Firestone to schedule the water pump replacement. I talked with Scott again and he said that they’ll take care of it on Monday. It looks like they may also cover the cost of having the GM dealership look at the car. On top of that, I discovered that Scott also lived in Baltimore. Not only that, not too far from where I grew up. We had a mini-homecoming right there in the store. SaraRules just laughed at us.

On a serious note: In my dealings with Firestone over the past few weeks, Scott and his team have, in my opinion, demonstrated that they want to foster good relations with their customers – They want to do the right thing and they want to be fair. I don’t think that you can really ask for much more than that from a business. So, with that in mind, I’m naming Scott and his crew at Firestone #595179 as today’s Humans of the Day.

After that, SaraRules and I went to the Utah Museum of Fine Art. One exhibit features art from Southeast Asia; there are some amazing pieces in there, including some elaborately detailed ivory carvings from China. It was a nice way to spend part of the afternoon. On the way home, we stopped for a bite to eat at Dask’s.

Tonight… who knows?

Namaste.

“Klaatu barada nikto.”

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Friday – 17 July 2009
It’s kind of odd to be at work on a Friday. Well, not entirely odd, as I do it every other Friday, but this is the first Friday that I’ve worked in a month, thanks to harmonic convergence the way that my 9/80 Fridays and the Fourth of July worked out. Fortunately, it’s most coworkers’ 9/80 day off, so it should be rather quiet around here.

Reeling by on Celluloid
I chatted with MarknTyme this morning about the Cool World/Long Kiss Goodnight Scale. I was looking for an icon to represent that scale in the same way that I use the red LEGO brick for thigns that I like. Both he and had suggested using Mega Blox, since they are a LEGO knock0ff. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a picture of a single Mega Blox (Blok?), so that became a moot point. MarknTyme then suggested a Lawn Dart. That seemed to fit better – “Aiming for the target… but just missing the mark.” So, I give you the official icon for the CW/LKG Scale: The Lawn Dart.

We also hammered out a few other points about the scale:

  • The standard, as put by MarknTyme, is: “…the worst movie I paid full price to see.”
  • It’s a “mirror” of the normal scale, with Cool World as the -10 and Long Kiss Goodnight at -1
  • The worse a movie is, the more darts it gets.
  • Regardless of whether some other movie rates a -10, Cool World will retain it’s spot as the “name” at the bottom end of the scale.  It’s tradition, after all.
  • Allowances can/will be made to add rented movies to the scale. (I’m looking at you, The Spirit…)

And, with that out of the way…

Last night, Logan came over for dinner. While eating, we watched Krull, a movie that I’d never seen before, but that SaraRules and Logan watched – fairly often, I took it – while growing up. It was a bit dated, in terms of special effects and it didn’t have the greatest acting or dialogue, but it was still amusing and entertaining. Even more of a shock to me – no, lj user=”applevenus” , not a shocker – was to discover that the lead actor, Kenneth Marshall, later went on to portray  Lt. Cmdr. Michael Eddington, an antagonist of Capt. Benjamin Sisko, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Also in the movie were a younger Liam Neeson and Robbie Coltrane. While this was a “fun” movie, it wasn’t a “great” movie.  Thus, it gets the dubious honor of being the first movie to get darts from the CW/LKG Scale:

After Krull, we watched The Day the Earth Stood Still. No, not the Keanu “Whoa… I know alien invasions” Reeves version; we watched the 1951 classic version. It was definitely a movie of its era: Full of Cold War suspicion and platitudes about the power – and danger – of using atomic energy. It was also amusing to note the way the military “protected” the general public from the enigmatic visitor, as well: Klaatu’s spaceship landed in President’s Park, in Washington, D.C. The public, after the Army established a cordon around the ship, stood right behind the firing line. Let’s look at why this is funny to me:

  • Spaceship in the park. (Okay, this one isn’t funny by itself, but bear with me.)
  • Army forms a circle around the spaceship. (Now we’re getting somewhere…)
    • All weapons (small arms and heavy artillery) are pointed towards the center of the circle
  • The general public was standing – between 25 and 50 feet – around the perimeter of the circle.

Apparently, no one was worried about ricochets or “collateral damage.” *shrug*

All-in-all, I can see why this movie is considered a staple of “classic science fiction.” It was a good movie and kept me both entertained and engaged.

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  • Yep. I’m a Legion fan. And, a freely-acknowledged overgrown kid. Need proof? I just ordered this.
  • 40 Years after Apollo 11: What’s our next step?
  • DC Comics’ summer event, Blackest Night, kicked off on Wednesday. If it maintains the pace set by its first issue, this is going to be very good.
  • In a related note, a couple of months ago, asked me why I’m such a big Green Lantern fan and how I came to be one. It took me a few moments to formulate a fully-realized answer, but I came up with one:

    I had read comics with Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) in them as a kid and I also remembered watching him in various incarnations of Super Friends on Saturday mornings. His power: He had a ring that could create anything that he could imagine. He had the ultimate answer in “wish fulfillment,” almost literally in the palm of his hand. Years later, I bought issues of Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps, because I liked the character and the space-faring adventures.

    Fast forward to 2001… Cartoon Network brought the Justice League back to the screen in animated form. The show focused on DC’s seven “big guns”: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Martian Manhunter, The Flash, Hawkgirl and Green Lantern. This time, however, they didn’t use Hal Jordan; they went with another Earth-based Lantern, John Stewart. As Bruce Timm put it:

    He’s the most controversial character so far from what we’ve been gathering on the Internet. When the show’s lineup was first announced, there were a lot of people saying, “Why aren’t they using Hal Jordan? No, it’s got to be Guy Gardner. No, it’s got to be Kyle Rayner.” Obviously, we picked the wrong one, but the reason we did choose John Stewart are various—I think they’re all valid. Right off the bat, I’ll just say it: you know we did need ethnic diversity in the Justice League. We felt that the show is going to be seen worldwide and I think having a member of the Justice League who is not just “Mr. White Bread” is a good thing.Another reason why we chose him: literally, out of all the Green Lanterns we could have chosen, we all kind of liked the John Stewart character from the comics, especially the Denny O’Neil / Neal Adams version. When they first introduced him he was like the angry young black guy…you know, in 1969 and 1970. Even though that’s not really relevant today—like the whole Black Power movement and everything—we still wanted to keep that kind of edge and attitude with him.

    And so, just in banging around ideas of what to do with him, going back to the original idea of the Green Lantern Corps—where they’re basically Lensmen [the pulp characters created by E.E. “Doc” Smith]—they’re space cops, they’re space marines. We’re like, “Okay, he’s a military guy.” And then somebody said, “Louis Gossett Jr.—An Officer and a Gentlemen.” I said, “Yeah,” and I went, “Wait a minute—Samuel L. Jackson,” and everyone went, “Yeah!” So that’s kind of who he is. He’s a real rugged, no-nonsense, barking orders kind of Green Lantern—and we love him to pieces. We love him so much [that] he’s like in almost every episode. I predict that you guys are going to love him too.

    And he was right. I did… and still do. It was great to not only have a Green Lantern on the team, but to have one who was Black brought something else to the table: A role model, of sorts, for kids (and at least one or two adults I know). It was good to see someone of color portrayed on-screen with a positive influence and not just “guy on the street” or “thug of the week.” That – and the way that the character was developed in both the animated series and in comics – only helps to cement John Stewart as a favorite character of mine.

  • Fighting Racism Is a Family Tradition
  • sent me a link to Web Site Story:

  • The Harmony Sweepstakes: A Cappella Singers Go Mouth-O A Mouth-O
  • Neil Gaiman, Taking a Look Back at Batman
  • Will it go round in circles?
    Will it fly high like a bird up in the sky?
  • From the “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” file: NYPD is spending $1 million in typewriters
  • US Videogame Sales Have Biggest Drop in 9 Years

Namaste.

“Plain old pots and pans ain’t the same as the skillet…”

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Thursday – 16 July 2009
Another NBN Thursday gets under way. So far, it hasn’t been too bad; hopefully, that trend will continue.

Last night, SaraRules and I watched Bride and Prejudice, a Bollywood-esque remake of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. (Likewise, it is not to be confused with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.) I enjoyed the costumes and the locations… and even the song and dance numbers. And, although it was “the same role,” I liked the portrayal of the mother in this movie far more than the one in Pride and Prejudice. It has been a long time since I watched a Bollywood movie with ; this was a nice change of pace from the movies that we’ve seen recently. All-in-all, this movie was just… fun.

Workout
Wes and I hit the gym at lunch, for a basic recap of Tuesday’s workout:

  • Decline Sit-ups: 3 sets/15 reps
  • Bench Press: 3 sets/10 reps, 205 lbs
  • Bench Flys (dumbbell): 3 sets/10 reps, 30 lbs
  • Compound Row: 3 sets/15 reps, 145 lbs
  • Tricep Extensions (rope): 3 sets/15 reps, 90 lbs
  • Dips: 2 sets/10 reps

This morning’s weight: 184 lbs

Stray Toasters

Namaste.

“Rang dang diggety dang a dang”

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Wednesday – 15 July 2009
I went out to dinner at Redrock Brewing Company with SaraRules, her parents and her grandparents. I had the French Onion Steak Sandwich (which, although very messy, was delicious) and washed it down with a tasty Cream Stout.

After dinner, I went to play ‘Clix with Chris. We decided to play a non-themed game, which allowed us to play with some figures that we hadn’t used before. I threw a decent team together…

  • Black Widow (Ultimates)
  • Captain Marvel, Jr.
  • Dark Beast
  • Iceman and
  • Spider-Girl

…but didn’t adhere to the strategy that I’d started with and put the wrong pieces in the wrong places at the wrong time. Thus, Black Widow – a lynch-pin in my game plan – wound up getting beaten down. Game plan go *poof*. Dark Beast fell next. Spider-Girl went next and was followed, very shortly, by Iceman. Despite all of this, CMJ did well… relatively speaking. He took a fair bit of punishment, but was still dancing toe-to-toe with Chris’ Hulkbuster Iron Man. In the end, he got taken out, but he went down swinging; I was impressed with the figure – I’ll definitely be putting him in the field again.  (Hopefully, with better dice rolls…)

This morning has been… not too bad, but there were a couple of items that were on the fast-track when I got into the office. One was fairly easy to deal with, the other was… out of my area of expertise. (I’m willing to bet that John Hodgman could have handled it, though.) Fortunately, a workaround was found and life continued apace.

Stray Toasters

Namaste.

“There’s no swimming in the heavy water, no singing in the acid rain…”

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SaraRules met Marci, Wes and me for a midday workout. Today was Wes’ lead:

  • Decline Sit-ups: 3 sets/15 reps
  • Bench Press: 3 sets/10 reps, 205 lbs
  • Bench Flys (dumbbell): 3 sets/10 reps, 35 lbs
  • Compound Row: 3 sets/15 reps – 125 lbs, 140 lbs, 100 lbs (different machine)
  • Tricep Press: 3 sets/15 reps, 90 lbs
  • Dips: 2 sets/10 reps

This morning’s weight: 181.0 lbs

It’s been another relatively quiet day around the office, with no big fires to put out.

Stray Toasters

Tonight, Dinner with the in-laws-to-be and then off to play ‘Clix with Chris.

Namaste.

“And we’re marching to Bastille Day, La guillotine will claim her bloody prize…”

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Tuesday – 14 July 2009
If you couldn’t guess by today’s title, it’s Bastille Day.

Yesterday, SaraRules went to have her bridal portraits taken. From the stories she related when she got home, it was an experience. A fun one, but an experience, nevertheless. While she was off playing supermodel, I hung out with her grandparents, who are in town for a few days. Sitting with them and trading stories was a nice way to spend the evening.

Stray Toasters

Namaste.

“Rikki, don’t lose that number…”

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Monday – 13 July 2009
Waking up and getting up
Has never been easy

…especially when you start to fall asleep on the sofa…
…and then have a hard time falling asleep when you get into bed…
…and the first alarm doesn’t trigger your “I should get out of bed” senses.

But, other than that, it’s been a decent morning.

Last night’s Tower of Power concert was fun. SaraRules and I took her father as his belated Father’s Day present; he had a ball. We also ran into Paul (my boss) there; he grew up in Sacramento and has been a ToP fan for many, many moons. He enjoyed the concert, too.

Stray Toasters

Namaste.

“This must be just like living in Paradise…”

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Sunday – 12 July 2009
Last night, SaraRules and I wanted something a little different for dinner. We decided on Thai food. And with that, we headed up to Holladay to visit Pawit’s Royale Thai Cuisine. We had Por Pia Sod (spring rolls, with shrimp and chicken) for an appetizer; I opted to try something new and had the Pad Puck with chicken, while SaraRules had the Pad Gra Prow with chicken. As usual, the food was excellent.

We stopped at SaraRules’ parents’ for a few on the way home. Once in, we were in. That’s not to say that we didn’t do anything else: SaraRules worked on our wedding quilt (and finished the top), while I worked on a new building for ‘Clix. I also helped with the quilt. A little. I did a seam. I was also informed that I’ll also be enlisted to help with a little of the hand-quilting when it’s closer to being done.

Today started off lazily, but we’ve actually been nominally “productive,” as we’ve already been to the gym…

  • Lat Pull-downs: 3 sets/10 reps, 120 lbs
  • Compound Row: 3 sets/10 reps, 125 lbs
  • Reverse Flys: 3 sets/10 reps, 80 lbs
  • Rows (T-bar style, with a barbell): 3 sets/10 reps, 55 lbs
  • Dips: 3 sets/10 reps
  • Tricep Press (T-bar): 3 sets/15 reps, 80 lbs
  • Tricep Extensions (Rope): 3 sets/10 reps, 45 lbs
  • Lower Back Extensions: 3 sets, 10 reps – reverse fly at the top, 10 lb weights in each hand
  • Side Bends: 3 sets/10 reps, 25 lbs
  • Decline Sit-ups: 3 sets/15 reps

Post-workout weight: 182.0 lbs
I think that I will start checking my weight either at the beginning or end of a day, rather than at the gym from this point forward… if I remember to do so.

…and we (finally) met our neighbors across the breezeway.

Time to have a bite to eat and then I’m going to try and wrap up as much of the first story of this new building/map that I can before we head to SaraRules’ parents’ place for dinner.

And, tonight: Tower of Power is performing at the Salt Lake Jazz Festival.

Namaste.

“At your 7-Eleven, freedom’s waiting for you!”

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Saturday – 11 July 2009
It’s 7-Eleven Day. Go to your local Sev and get your free Slurpee®!

Last night was another night of broken sleep, which is particularly interesting/disturbing as I went to bed much later than I had originally planned. It took me a long while to drift off and once I finally did, I had at least one rather unsettling dream, which made the rest of my sleep rather… dodgy. Fortunately, there’s coffee.

Yesterday was mostly an errand-running day. We also headed back to Hobby Lobby, where I picked up another toy – Foamwerks’ Rabbet Cutter – and a few sheets of foamcore (it was 50% off). And, for the record it’s “rabbet,” not to be confused with “rabbit.” I am going to try using foamcore as a structural component in my next building, cutting the board to make the walls and applying the appropriate WWG sheets to the interior and exterior walls. I’ve seen a few people do it and it looks nice and solid.

Stray Toasters

Time to get a move on…

Namaste.

“Over there…”

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Friday – 10 July 2009
It’s finally the weekend; thank Heaven for 9/80 Fridays.

The second half of yesterday’s workday was slow, which wasn’t necessarily “bad.” I was able to clear a few things off my task list and there weren’t any large fires to dowse. And, we once again had ice cream! Nevertheless, I was glad when quittin’ time rolled around.

Last night, SaraRules and I headed to the gym. For a change of pace, we stayed in the free weight room for our entire workout:

  • Lateral Raises (with forward rotation): 3 sets/10 reps, 15 lbs
  • Shrugs (dumbbell): 3 sets/10 reps, 30 lbs
  • Reverse Punches (with dumbbells): 2 sets/20 reps, 10 lbs
  • Curls (barbell): 3 sets/10 reps, 50 lbs
  • Curls (dumbbell, hammer grip): 3 sets/10 reps, 25 lbs
  • Overhead Tricep Extensions: 3 sets/15 reps, 45 lbs
  • Decline Sit-ups: 3 sets/15 reps
  • Side Bends: 3 sets/10 reps, 30 lbs
  • Bench Dips: 3 sets/10 reps – w/ 25lb plate on sets 2 and 3)

Later in the evening (read: “In the wee hours of morning…”), I played City of Heroes. I wasn’t able to find a team to join, but I was able to solo a couple of story arc missions that I had pending.

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Namaste.

“Carve away the stone…”

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Thursday – 09 July 2009
It’s supposed to be an NBN Thursday and my technical Friday… but this morning, it was pushing the envelope.  That’s not entirely true: GoogleTalk was a righteous pain in the keister this morning. For some reason, it decided to tell iChat and Adium to “Sod off!” It’s working now. So, all things considered, it’s still a good day.

Last night, while SaraRules went off to a Zumba class, I fired up City of Heroes and patrolled Paragon City with a pick-up team. The mission level was “a little high” on the first mission we ran, but the others went well. By the time it was all said and done, I had tacked a couple more levels onto Khnurn.

This morning, someone came over and commented about how large my monitor (the 42″ TV) is. I retorted that it is, in fact, large. He asked if it was for a project; I told him that it “kind of” was. He asked if it was for work or personal. At this point, I had a very quick internal monologue… that somehow managed to stay internal:

“Is this for a personal project?”

Come on.  Rub two – JUST TWO – brain cells together and get a synapse or two to fire.  If this was for a personal project, don’t you think that someone (ANYONE!) – from my manager all the way up to one of the execs – would have said something and/or repossessed it long before now? Idiotstick.

It didn’t help that this was one of my “not-as-favored-as-others” coworkers. *sigh* Monkeys.

Then I had a presentation to give in today’s staff meeting. That went well. At least, I think it went well. And really, that’s all I am concerned with right now.

Stray Toasters

I should eat something now, for I hunger.

Namaste.

Two things…

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Item One: I just found out, by way of , that Keanu Reeves will be portraying Spike Spiegel in the upcoming live-action Cowboy Bebop movie. (Details here.) While his rough/stilted acting(?) style didn’t really hurt his portrayal of John Constantine in the movie that thankfully was not called Hellblazer (because maybe they’ll try again someday… and get it closer to “right”), I just don’t see him pulling off the cool and casual swagger of Spike.

The conversation went like this:

[12:54] :  http://io9.com/5132554/neo-goes-bebop
[12:54] : No.
[12:54] : No.
[12:54] : Just…. No.
[12:54] : DO NOT WANT
[12:56] : why stop there, really?
[13:00] : vin diesel could play jet black.  lindsay lohan as faye.  tom cruise as vicious.  bjork as edward.
[13:00] : the taco bell chihuahua as ein.
[13:01] : (marketing tie-in)
[13:01] : You’re not making it any better.
[13:03] : i’m only doing it to cover up the sobbing inside.
[13:05] Tears of a Clown to Bebop fans everywhere…

Item Two: Is it just me or does Google Chrome’s icon look like it was separated at birth from HALO‘s 343 Guilty Spark?

. and  

Namaste.