“Code Monkey like Fritos… Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew…”
everyday glory August 13th, 2006Saturday : 12 August 2006
It’s been a curious weather day in the valley. Last night, the weather looked a little… ominous. This morning, it looked okay… with a few clouds. I didn’t worry too much about it, although when the clouds started to darken I did get a little concerned – my company’s summer party was being held today.
Around 3:30, the clouds decided to stop messing around and got a few things off their vaporous “chests.” At first, it was just rain. No biggie there. Then the hail started. From the way the hailstones hit the parking lot, it looked like the scenes from Armageddon where the meteors were striking cities on Earth. Then the big hailstones started falling. With a vengeance. It was enough to halt some traffic on the highway. I have to admit that I found it oddly amusing to see big, tough SUVs “cowering” under overpasses, though… We made it through the storm and traffic and headed southward.
The bulk of the bad weather (i.e.: pretty much ALL of it) missed Happy Valley… I mean “Utah County.” The weather for the party was great. It was held at Thanksgiving Point. I’d been there a couple of times before, but I had only been to the main building, The Old Red Barn and the movie theatre. Today, I was on the driving range (I think I drove more dirt and grass than golf balls) and went to the Thanksgiving Point Gardens. The gardens were impressive. I also found myself wondering what it was costing to keep the grounds green and lush… not to mention the waterfalls there. The whole affair was nicely coordinated and a lot of fun.
Stray Toasters
- I’m craving cotton candy. I think. It might be something else, though.
- Just a bit of warning: This post’s ‘Toasters are chocked full of YouTube goodness.
- By way of
comes: Googlefight - World of Warcraft machinima video for Re: Your Brains
- Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute has created Ballbot
- Happy Birthday, IBM PC
- Also by way of
: Star Trek Inspirational Posters - World of Warcraft machinima video for Just As Long As Me
- Kevin Smith’s talking about making a horror movie. That could be interesting.
- YouTube has a… rather creative… video from the band OK Go called: Here It Goes Again
- The folks at Broken Frontier weigh in on who they think should be in the JLA
- Arthur Curry, by Ookla the Mok
- It seems as though Jonathan Coulton has made ringtones out of Code Monkey, re: Your Brains and Skullcrusher Mountain. Those would be amusing to have as the ‘tones for a few people I know.
- JJ Abrams talks about Trek XI and Lost
- I love the first comment to this article about Hayden Christensen signing on to the cast of Jumper
I think that’s a wrap.
Namaste.
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