Official It's official. The NBA is rigged. Link to this article Posted at 10:52:24 PM EST by copus
Dancing Fool Mike got married last weekend. I am not sure why I made this face at his reception, but at least I was dancing. 
I'm still not as sweet a dancer as Zack beside me. Link to this article Posted at 07:08:26 PM EST by copus
Green Thumb I decided to finally get around to planting a garden last week. First, I picked a spot. 
If you look closely, there's a baby rabbit sitting in the grass. Obviously, this is where I should plant the garden, since it already produces plants that are tasty. Next, it was time to dig. 
With a shovel and a hoe. This took awhile. And even when I finished, there was still a bunch of grass chunks. Whatever. 
I planted some tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, green peppers, banana peppers, cayenne peppers, and possibly some other peppers. 
I think that baby rabbit got at least two plants so far. Here's what the garden looks like after a week. 
If I got rid of some of the big tufts of grass still sitting in the garden, you might be able to actually pick out some of the smaller plants. Link to this article Posted at 11:42:10 PM EST by copus
Wrong number I got a *lot* of messages on my answering machine that are wrong numbers. I give my full name in my message, and they *still* leave excessively personal messages for some girl named Robin. Todays's best message was, "Hey, sistah, it's Deanna... two things: give me your web site again so I can look at your bio.. and... *garbled*..." Sistah? I guess that's not as bad as the, "important test results" from a doctor for the same Robin. I also have gotten a couple messages for a "Uncle Jim." The worst one was a long message from a sad sounding girl saying, "Uncle Jim? This is your niece, we miss you and we love you. Please talk to us again...." I should really record some of the funny ones. Of course, some people don't like it when I record and share the messages that they leave at 2am when I'm sleeping. Link to this article Posted at 08:05:29 PM EST by copus
Climataliciousness By the time SlashDot has linked to it, it's already old news, but New Scientist has a great article that discusses 26 climate change myths. I've heard a lot of these arguments before, but I've never seen them debunked all in one place. Link to this article Posted at 08:08:31 PM EST by copus
Altered States I feel like I should post something tonight, but don't have a whole lot to say. So here's a bit of an IM conversation from tonight: Jeff: it's wierd...after taking a couple nights off from drinking I start to feel like I'm high Me: it's called "sobriety" Jeff: soberity = another altered state? Me: only you Link to this article Posted at 10:07:09 PM EST by copus
Captured by Robots I might go up to Cleveland Friday night and see a "band" consisting of a troupe of robots that captured their creator and forced him to play music with them. That's right. Captured! By Robots. The bizarreness of this concept is almost GWAR-eque. Headless Hornsmen. Stuffed apes. A guy with his intestines hanging out. How can I pass on this? Link to this article Posted at 11:36:41 PM EST by copus
Tion Tion Tion Tion I have had this song from my childhood stuck in my head for well over a week now: Judging from the fact The Electric Company ended in 1977, I'm guessing I had to be watching the show with my sister in reruns when I was really young. The fact it is still embedded firmly in my brain is proof of the insidious mind-altering power of evil PUBLIC BROADCASTING. And hippies. Definitely hippies. Link to this article Posted at 07:19:56 AM EST by copus
Porcelain Press In the work restroom today I noticed a flyer posted above all the urinals. It was labelled Porcelain Press. Oooh... that's a neat idea, and a great way to dispense information to a bored and captive audience. Except then I read, "sponsored by the Safety Council." Well, that's a problem. Now all I can envision is some guy reading the flyer, missing the urinal, and then slipping and falling in his own urine. He bangs his head on the floor, blood spurting out, potentially causing ANOTHER slip hazard! Imagine the lost man-years of work resulting from a SAFETY FLYER! Link to this article Posted at 07:06:30 PM EST by copus
Top News Story When I started up my cell phone web browser today, the "Top News Story" was Skywalkers Cross Han Solo. (The Yahoo! title is slightly different) Important news all over the world, and *this* makes top billing because it has one of the most awesome headlines I've ever seen. I mean, if you're a geek. I wonder what Luke and Leia did to piss him off so much, though. Link to this article Posted at 09:01:14 PM EST by copus
Black Squirrel Cabal I have black squirrels in my yard. Neat, and not as rare as I once thought. However, I did not realize how dangerous they could be. Maybe the squirrels will gang up and attack the skunk and groundhog that frequent my yard. That would be pretty sweet to watch. From now on, I'm taking a bag of pine cones to throw out as a distraction when I mow the lawn. Link to this article Posted at 09:54:09 AM EST by copus
Bad Code I think I'm a natural at this, but here's a website on how to write bad code. I like the discussion on how to write comments that are unhelpful and overwhelming. That reminds me of some "autogenerated" documentation that I've seen. The only thing worse than not taking the time to explain what your code does is letting a software tool explain it for you. That site may explain some of the crap code I've had to deal with the last few years. This does not explain why the code I write is crap. That is completely unintentional. Link to this article Posted at 07:40:37 PM EST by copus
Thou Shalt Always Kill I got a huge kick out of this video on YouTube: Thou shalt not grow such an awesome beard. Indeed. Link to this article Posted at 06:59:43 AM EST by copus
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