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*groove*
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Music:
And for those in the know: “She’s your friend…… owww!”
Thursday : 29 September 05
Another good day in the valley.
Work was good. I mentioned something to my team lead today about a project that I am working on; he hadn’t considered the option that I presented. He did a little checking… and found out that I was correct.
After work, I picked up
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Quote of the Day
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Namaste.
(with a hearty “Thanks” to Comcast for the servers going down JUST before I wanted to post this…)
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Mm-hmm. That’s right! That’s a lot of chair-dancin’!
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What’s playing during your dance break today?
Wednesday : 28 September 05
I have spent the past… far too many hours tinkering with my video card. For the most part, it’s fine. However, the TV tuner aspect is leaving a little something to be desired. Okay… it’s leaving a LOT to be desired. I’m not “mad,” per se, but I am a bit irritated. ATI did a good job with the predecessors of this card, I don’t know why they screwed the pooch here. At least, the lack of tuner functionality doesn’t affect my ability to play City of Heroes. In fact, there’s actually been a benefit: I am no longer seeing a message saying that the video card’s drivers are “too old.”
Other than dealing with this card, the rest of the day has been good. Work was nominally productive. I got a call from
I rented a kid for the evening. Max stayed here while Kate and Perry were at a class. And, once again, Max proved himself to be a rather low maintenance kid. He’s one of a select number of kids for whom I actually enjoy babysitting.
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We’ll call that good for tonight. Tomorrow: CSI and painting the wainscoting in the living room! And maybe, just maybe, I’ll be able to patrol Paradigm City and return with a new Indigo Bolt story. That would be fun.
Namaste.
<morning dance break>
Today’s Musical Oleo:
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Tuesday : 27 September 05
Once again, Utah couldn’t decide what kind of weather it wanted. Cloudy. Sunny. Rainy. Oh, Hell… let’s go for the “Random Assortment.” Just like a bag of Brach’s candies. Aside from that, it was a good day. Work wasn’t bad. Worked out with Eric and Cecilie – I started working out with Eric, then went to put Cec through the paces with some arm work. The rest of the workday proceeded apace.
After work, I had a little pre-game downtime. Quiet and relaxing. As my uncle would say,”It was most excellent.” Then, it was off to
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Colonel White High School senior Bobby Martin, who was born without legs, was sidelined Sept. 16 during a game against Mount Healthy for not being fully equipped.
That seems pretty straightforward. But, because of the way I’m wired, my head immediately took the following two things and put me one step further on the express to Hell.
Colonel White High School senior Bobby Martin, who was born without legs, was sidelined Sept. 16 during a game against Mount Healthy for not being fully equipped.
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mama says that I am not the fairest one of all
anymore
but
they will never know
I’m not a human being.
& we’re not in Kansas
so I got that going for me
Namaste.
<late-morning jazz break>
*groove’*
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Monday : 26 September 05
More Mondays should be like this:
I can’t think of a single complaint about the day.
After work, should be will be up by this weekend. We watched the Denver – Kansas City game on Monday Night Football, while we worked. Denver went into Arrowhead Stadium and took the Chiefs to the house. Eight ways from Sunday. It wasn’t pretty. No… “It wasn’t pretty by the end of the First Quarter.” Yeah, they beat them down that badly.
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Do you know where you’re going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you
Where are you going to?
Do you know…?
-Diana Ross: Theme from Mahogany (“Do YOu Know Where You’re Going To?”)
I’ve liked this song since…. longer than I can remember. Yeah. That long. I think that it is – or at least, “was” – one of my mother’s favorites. I don’t recall whether she had it on LP or not… but I think that she did and that’s where I must have originally heard it. I do remember that I even used it in a short story that I wrote in…. 10th Grade, if I remember correctly. It’s a pretty song. I hadn’t thought about it in a very long time and then it just popped into my head while I was typing. I had almost forgotten that I even had the song. But, I’m glad that I did.
And thus, it is time to call it a night. With a nod, a smile and a tip of the hat, I bid you…. adieu.
Namaste.
<groove break>
*chair dancin’ and head-noddin’*
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Sunday : 25 September 05
Today started with sleeping in. And it was good. I headed to the Halo Command Center, which I may soon rename “New Oa,” and turned on the football games. (More on football in Quote of the Day.)
After a lazy early afternoon,
Back home for a quiet evening in. Except for a quick trip to the grocery store. I needed milk – gotta have the moo juice for my cereal. *nod* It was a successful excursion AND it had an added bonus. Two of them, actually: A fem-mullet and a manly mullet. They were… something. Two birds, one stone.
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It seems to me
As well make our own few circles ’round the block
We’ve lost our senses
For the higher-level static of talk
[21:22]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462499/
[21:22]…
[21:23]God below….
[21:25]what’s worse is I’m actually kind of stoked on it.
[21:25] *cracks up.
[21:25]…
[21:25]What have you done with the real [ ]…?
[21:25]*checks for alien implants*
[21:26]if handled right, it could be to the rambo movies what unforgiven was to the man with no name movies!
[21:26]The Legend of Zorro.
[21:26]Just saw a commercial for it.
[21:26]I think that I want to see that.
[21:26]who’s zorro? is it banderas again?
[21:27]Yeah
[21:28] * Gibraltar wonders if they’re still gonna make a new mad max or a new indy jones. hmm.
[21:29]There’s talk of an Indy IV
[21:30]http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/
[21:30]geriatric movie heroes
[21:30] * Gibraltar clicks.
[21:31] Todd indiana jones and the prostrate from hell?
[21:31]Something like that.
[21:31] * Gibraltar cracks up.
[21:31]http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0345292/
[21:32]Status: Unknown
[21:32]hmmm. they gotta get on that.
[21:36] Todd won’t happen. mel gibson is too busy nailing himself to things.
[21:36] * Gibraltar cracks up.
[21:36]he could play max as a born-again.
[21:38] Todd its more likely any remake would star ice-t and suck way bad.
[21:41]I doubt it’d be mel, at any rate. I remember reading that he hated those movies. sucks for him that those are the movies he’ll be remembered for long after he’s dead.
Quote of the Day
I slept in this morning. The Ravens weren’t playing, so I didn’t feel the need to be up for kickoff of the remaining games. A little while later, I had the following conversation:
[12:54]
: Morning
[12:55]: Hola.
[12:55]: How are you?
[12:55]: Okay. Trying to find a football game that REALLY holds my interest.
[12:56]: You might want to mark that on a calendar
[12:56]: wow.
I wound up flipping from game to game. A few minutes here… a couple of minutes on this one…. ten or fifteen here… But none of them were “must watch” games. I didn’t even turn on the Sunday night game (San Diego Chargers vs. the New York Giants) until the Fourth Quarter. The Bolts went in and did some work. And I mean WORK. They went in and wrecked shop. I was stunned amazed and how badly they worked over the Giants.
And that’s a wrap.
Namaste.
Saturday : 24 September 05
I woke up this morning around 6:40, thinking that I was running horribly late for work. Fortunately, my brain engaged a few moments later. It reminded me: “It’s Saturday. Get your ass back in the bed and sleep some more.” I was happy to comply.
…and then: breakfast. There was a fair turn-out. I neglected to take The Joker for
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I have passed into Olympus
As was told in tales of old
To the city of Immortals
Marble white and purest gold
I see the Gods in battle rage on high
Thunderbolts across the sky
I cannot move, I cannot hide
I feel a silent scream begin inside
“…and miles to go before I sleep.”
Namaste.
Friday : 23 September 05
It was a good day.
Work wasn’t bad. I figured out a phrase for my cabinet, using the Magnetic Poetry: Movie Lines set:
“A boy’s best friends are: A little dog, a gopher, a damn dirty ape… and napalm.”
I’m waiting for someone to see this and comment on it. I skipped Mallday (even though I don’t think that anyone went to the mall for lunch) in lieu of having lunch with
After work, I picked up this week’s collection of four-color goodness, along with exactly one Heroclix figure: Wonder Woman (rookie). I’ve been wanting a WW figure for a long time; I was rather happy to see this one sitting in the singles case. I thought about picking up a few other ‘Clix, too, but I decided against it.
Tonight’s Clitorati gathering was small. VERY small. Six people small. Nevertheless, it was good.
…and tomorrow, I go to the Northlands. Mecca awaits.
Namaste.
<mid-morning dance break>
*groove*
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Music:
Thursday : 22 September 05
There’s not too much to say about day since my earlier post. I think that the highlight, so far, has been watching the season premiere of CSI, which was a good episode.
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That’s a wrap. Think I’ll head over to Paragon City and beat on things. I mean “thugs.” Or something like that.
Namaste.