I went to an event this morning that I thought was going to be cool, but I had no idea! The HAAG 2004 Arcade EXPO!!!!!!
was freaking awesome... I'd swear I was 10 again! There were tons of video and pinball games there most from the 80s all on free play or so full of credits it didn't matter. They had the room lights turned down low and loud music playing mostly 80s and techno. There I was playing Dragon's Layer jamming to some U2 and I realized I was smiling so hard my teeth had dried out. The realization almost brought a tear to my eye. It was further enhanced by the fact that Dade was there and he was digging it too... I played Tempest, Asteroids, Space Invaders, Robotron, Berzerk, Tron, Moon Patrol, Crazy Climber!!!!, Donkey Kong, Track and Field... the list goes on... it was so good... I did not want to leave... My friend G was there allong with J & J kis kids... to great, V.COOL! i.am.samu.80s.geek.and.I.love.it!
On a sad note I just heard that Ronald Reagan has died. As I watch some of the news coverage they are rehashing the legacy of his Presidency... this has got to be bad news for the Dems. It's obvious that he was bad ass, his policies were bad ass, everything he did worked. He started with sky high inflation complete flip by his 8th year. The air traffic controllers threatened to strike ... what did he do? Fire their ass! Good! I mean come on he ended the cold war! President Reagan thank you for everything, you will be missed!
Another Friday I find myself up at GDS... it's oddly comfortable here... well long weekend is upon us, unfortunatly I feel like I'm so behind on work that I need to do some over the weekend... big suck! I am going to see The Day After Tomorrow on Saturday night and I can't wait!!!
You have a Ford F150 Pickup and the other guy has a Mini Cooper... who wins in a head on crash? MINI Cooper vs Ford F150 amazing!
TECHNOLUST ALERT
It looks as though Sony is about to release it's version of the iPod killer... All of this on the news that Microsoft is about to release a series of $50 players that look and feel as good as the iPod when it launches it's new music service this summer... believe it when I see it!
PRON Again I stress sorta...This is somewhat disturbing! Someone has to much time on their hands is all I have to say!
Now this is how you sell a Jacket on Ebay! Nice marketing!
Hell it's all PRON today... More Paris video not quite as hardcore but there is nudity in the begining...
"no your honor, I couldn't have been driving at the time, I was giving the driver a hummer!, that's why he veered off the road and crashed into that tree!" Nice defense! ... it worked!
Finally I leave you with a bunch of scanned peni ... Nobscan.com ... you can find anything on the internet!
What's life out there on the other side...
Let's see T-Ball ended... work goes on... went to San Diego and it was so kick ass... the weather there is so awesome just incredible...
Went to see Shrek 2 w/G,J,J,J and A along with Angie and Dade ... after haircuts we met at D&B ate and played and had a great time... then went to the flick and was might impressed... to cool... gotta look for all of the little stuff in hidden in there... to funny "I'm coming to join you Elizabeth!" and the whole Cops bit is a gut buster! click here to see the first 5 minutes of the movie...
What do you readers think... should I make an RSS feed for this thing? Comment if you think so...
I feel like some links that is why I'm here...
These views from an abandoned island are very cool looking...
This is a neat way to tell you how tired you are... of course you really already know that don't you?!?!
There is a deal we programmers use frequently called recursion... this is a very freaky example of that!
Well I have to post something... I had one of the most bittersweet weekends in recent history. Friday night we had closing ceremonies for Little League. Borrring... but the next morning we had a pizza party and trophies... great fun fun fun... later that day we were going to hit Kemah in between the lunch and dinner crowds. Anyway right before we were poised to go Angie's mom calls and she's out of gas on the freeway. We speed down there and rescue her but this throws our Kemah timing into arrears... well on the way back to Kemah I get an oil light on the truck... it happens the truck is old I know what to do... only this time it does not work. So as we limp and I mean limp stopping every mile or so down Nasa 1 I get pulled over by the cops... Expired inspection sticker... Jan of 03 oops second one in a month shame on me... $151 damn it... still limp in to Kemah and it crammed and jammed up tight... Prom and Mother's Day what a combo! We go to eta at Babins first 1.5 hour wait head over to Landrys... crowded crowded ... walk upstairs to Jimmie Walkers and bam instant seating!?!? WTF I guess people do not know about this place...
After dinner we strolled and ended up at the stingray exhibit. Dade touched a stingray. It was quite good... then leaving the place... OMG it was backed up from 146 to the 2nd level of the parking garage! CRAP! and I got a sick truck just great! Anyway a slow slow ride home and we are almost there when pressure finally just gives in and goes to zero and won't come back up... My fmaily is in danger so I drove it on zero the last 2 miles or so... by the time I'm rolling in to the house it's tapping away hopefully I didn't do permanant damage... so next morning the dust ahas settled do an oil change still no pressure... f'it... call a wrecker. Now it's sitting at the shop waiting to be "looked at". Wonderfull...
The sweet part of the bittersweet... Dade and Janet and I were on the trails yesterday late and at the creek Dade could see some freshwater crabs from the bridge... this was cool but you should have the elation on face and in his voice when I took down to the water's edge and we started hopping from rock to rock and collecting tadpoles... wonderfull when told be Daddy this is so much fun it did npt matter how bad all of the other crap was that weekend... fantastic.
On another note Mother's day was pretty good, Angie liked her gift and Mom liked her's too... overall it was a pretty ok day... I had to rent a car and mow the grass and then the jackass at the pizza place gave me a hard ... you can't use that coupon, we only have large right now... we don't deliver individuals, finally ok the delivery time is 1 hour 45 minutes! WTF!!!! Ok I'll go get it now I want the individual... oh I'm sorry we are out of dough...BS! if someone else would make a freaking buffalo chicken pizza I'd tell Pizza Hut where to stick the hut!
Cup Day! The weather has held out great so far this weekend! Awesome! Knock Wood! The racing was quite good yesterday for Busch... every year we hope for a second groove and every year we are disappointed but this might be the year. Several drivers were duking it out yesterday and second groove was working well. It was weird with who was fast where but in the end the second groove turned out to be just about as good if not better than the bottom... hopefully some of those cup drivers will take notice.
IF you can get the page to come up ... this fan page for Tron costumes is over the top! ... slow due to being /.ed
THIS! is exactly why I do not ride those traveling fair type of rides... at least the extreme ones that some drunk carny assembled the day before... scary!
Day one is in the books... We went to the IROC race last night and I have one thing to say... BOOOOOORRRRRIIIIIINNNGGGG... was that a freaking train or what? Nose to tail no passing almost the whole night... craptacular... anyway we are about to leave for todays Busch race hopefully it will be better. Check out the my SamoBlog ... I'll try and throw a few images up there!
My last day at GDS sorta... it's all very bittersweet, I feel very at home and comfortable at GDS, but some oportunities are just not to be passed up.
BTW I just updated to SamoBlog(upper left corner) to look like it belongs here so go have a look... you know I think urge to blog again is about to return, this is the second day in a row!
As if Google did not already own the internet... GMail is about to hit the net...and oh baby this thing looks like it's going to freakin sweet... have a read about it... April Fools! maybe...
Not for the squeamish... images from Iraqi unrest gruesome... and a sure fire way to get the hair on the back of your neck to stand up!
...there maybe another in me or not as tonight is T-Ball and I can't wait to see if any of the coaching I gave him last night pays off... he was creaming it last night!
Total YUM! Syd Mead I think he has risen to the hieghts of William Gibson and Asimov... speaking of... did you know they were making I Robot into a movie! I hope it does the book justice...
Ok long time no posty... I really do not feel like it right now but I thought I'd throw one out there... Looks like I am going to be changing jobs again... I'm really torn too. GDS has been incredibly good to me over the years, but these ops don't come along that often so I feel like I have to try and take a shot while I can. It will be very very hard to leave I will say that! Anyway new place ... company I wrote a web based program for is now taking it to the next level, it will stand alone as it's own service company and we will farm it out to others in the industry... sounds really familiar doesn't it...
BTW Dad you're in trouble 3 lbs to go... for those who do not know my father made a bet with me 14 months ago, I weighed 285lbs at the time and he was giving me the shit about eating big portions and I needed to lose weight... well I said put your money where your mouth is, what's the bet! I suggested I'd lose weight when quit smoking, he said you first... alright how much? He said if I got down to 220lbs he'd quit smoking. Seemingly an impossible task right... well 14 months of lunches in the gym and I'm at 223lbs this morning... break out the patch and the gum poppa it's coming!
