Rain rain...what a dreary day out there... I tell you what I don't see how housewives do it... I've been home for a couple of days and I'm already about as stir crazy as I can be! ugghhh!
Who did not love Pitfall as a kid! Damn that was THE game... I cannot believe it has turned 20! I am getting old! Anwyay who wants to play ... We do ... we do... ok play online. You will need shockwave, but most of you have it by now.
Finally just in case you ever need to know how to diaper a monkey or maybe if you think your kids act like one sometimes this will come in VERY handy!
I woke up this morning feeling a bit under the weather, runny nose and cough you know the usual crud... anyway that was 4am... I got up and sat on the couch to let everything drain out of my head, well I fell asleep. Soon Angie got up and went to work then I get a phone call... "honey I forgot to take out the trash." So, as I'm taking out the trash I realize hey it's damn cold out here. Well you northern folks would probably laugh at me but it was 28 on thermometer... so what do you do when it gets that cold? You make snow!
About a year and a half ago I decided I wanted to make snow. So a quick online search turned up a dozen sites about people who make home made snow guns. You need a compressor and some water and some off the shelf parts from Home Depot and your good to go... I made one over a year ago and this was the first time it was even remotely cold enough to try. So I hauled out the hoses and hooked everything up and within 15 minutes I was blowing the atomized water up in the air...and it looked like it was working! I keep looking real hard trying to decide it it's freezing or not when I realized that Dade's bike now had a fine coating on it! v.cool! Alright let's let this cook for a bit then. I walked out 15 minutes later and the ground had a nice white coating in about a 10 foot diameter circle. Anwyay after an hour or so I made about 1/2 inch or so in the 10 foot diameter. It was enough to make snowballs, many of them! Dade and I had snowball fights for an hour and had I started earlier I could have no doubt made enough to make a snow man! Next time I will be prepared! Anyway watch this space for a posting later today with a bunch of pictures in it! Success! i.am.snowking.samu
huh what did you say? My ears are ringing! Did black cats get louder or my ears more sensitive... Happy New Years... We went to 2 count 'em 2 partys last night. LB had a kick ass shin dig at his place and we had a little mini high school reunion there kinda cool a friend of mine V who still works at Enron was there as well a couple of others. After that we went to R's party it was smaller but just as fun. Angie got a little drunk and R got alot drunk and that was that!
This is kinda neat ... if the history of the world happened in one year this is how it would lay out.
Nerd alert... do you kow what BeOS is then click here and have a fun read otherwise "move along nothing to see..."
You know how Yahoo seems to have some bizzaro stories every once in a while...man cuts off penis, moose craps on car etc... here is the a whole years worth.
They say we may have snow flurries here tonight... I doubt it...here's to hope though! I would love for my son have some snow to play with... i.am.sam
Angie and I went to see LotR yesterday and wow! I was blown away by the scenery and just amounts of stuff! They did a great job of showing a new place that was like earth but was not... I say it's great movie go see it! I also had to go to work yesterday for a couple of hours so I guess yesterday was my real last day whatever... I was just watching the news and they are saying that we be having a Siberian Blast coming our way by the 5th. Coldest temperatures in 5 years they are saying... of course I'm heading to Sin city on the 7th so that ought be perfect timing. ughhhh
I'm sorry I haven't been keeping the ol' blog up to date... well we made it through Christmas... Dade got waaaayyyy to much stuff... I'm so glad I had a boy. Now I get to go back and play hot wheels and build with Tinkertoys! Anwyay today was my last day of work... I'm not officially terminated but that is what it boils down to. I'm gonna take a couple weeks to collect myself and then get after finding gainfull employment. Anyone need a web dev/network admin type?
in just a couple of weeks I'm off to the land of sin to see the Consumer Electronics Show. It is geek heaven and may only be rivaled by Comdex for looking into the future of technology... you too can look at the future of the PC. Here are some specs and I think a kind of wishlist for the coming year or two... the most potential on the list? Organic Led Screens... my wife has a cell phone with this technology and it is fine! I can't wait for them to get real video working well.
Is OBL alive or dead? I say if he's dead good. The US can claim he is alive and place him where ever they want target terrorism. If he is not really dead there is no martyr to rally behind... I think it's a win win for the US.
ok I've seen it to so let's just put a sock in it right now... I have seen the trailer to I am Sam and yes that opens the door to many many jokes... keep 'em to yourselves please... i.am.samu
Well the business of tracking Santa Clause has gone high tech! NORAD is getting into the game! See the site for details! They even have a Santa Cam on the radar page!
I was reading in the newspaper yesterday, yes real print ugghh, about this teacher who asked her class what they wanted to do for christmas this year. Well much to her surprise last year they innocently read a christmas story while having hot chocolate and this was THE thing they wanted to do again.
Now I remember when I was growing up going to Grandmaws house on the 23rd then the other Grandmaw on the 24th. It was always a big to do! Grandmaw number one always had Bordens Eggnog for me because she knew how much I loved it and I always looked forward to it sooooo much. I always thought it was just betweeen her and I ... I could be wrong but that is way I want to remember it.
Grandmaw number 2 always made a big meal and had lots of relatives over, it was always a big deal I learned of Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Burl Ives and Frank Sinatra here and though I think no one else really knew it I would always lay down under the tree and look up at from underneath... this went on until I was about 16 or so... we don't do that any more.
Times have changed but one thing has not... Christmas in the eyes of a child. The things you do now will be the things your children remember! They will grow up wanting these things to continue until they are ready to make a family. Something as simple as having hot chocolate on Christmas Eve or having a get together at the same place every year is important. So maybe you should put on you childrens eyes and take a look around. I woke up this morning and my four year old was pounding on the floor Christ-mas Eve, Christ-mas Eve, Christ-mas Eve... and it made my heart warm and for a few minutes I was in his place and remembering my childhood... I hope this feeling never fades...
Quick update here. I have had time to reflect on the old job situation and I think the first thing most people do is freak out and run out and get something, anything as quickly as possible well I do not have to do this so I have decided to take it slow, weigh my options and not jump at the first opportunity. Now this is a slippery slope... you can't expect a job offer to remain open for a month or more so I will have to time this just right. I am going to try and get the best advice I can, and I will take it from there.
My friend big G sent me this link. I thought the best part of the whole thing was the last paragraph. " Of everything bin Laden had to say, what bothered me most was his praise for another Arab who had taunted Americans by saying “If you are true men, come down here and face us.” Well, bin Laden, we’ve accepted the invitation. And where are you now? Hiding in a cave. You coward."
Another friend E sent me this link for the world most popular joke. And to quote E "Hardly worth it..." I concur.
Any Simpons fans out there? Here is a detailed map of Springfield! v.cool
I've pointed out MIT hacks on here before... here is another! LotR
Ok This is very large. No pun intended. It attempts to solve the mystery of Britney's Breasts!
I think I may be switching to Trillian. It is an Instant Messager that does ICQ, MSN, AIM, and Yahoo along with an IRC agent... pretty neat and now a bit more stable, I like it!
for those of you keeping up I won my division in FF and I'm on to the playoffs this week! Wish me luck!
One last note I am looking for a better way to show the archives than having page 1234 etc... maybe by month then day? Not sure yet... any suggestions? Please send them here.
well I'm off to brave the mall and maybe Toys'r'Us... am.i.insane
Ok I found this so damn funny I had throw it out there right this minute!!!!! Go here and read this. Rumpus is now dead dotcom toy company. You think the web guy was happy he was let go? i.am.sam
Holy crap is my head spinning today... that damn Netgear router I bought won't do the NAT translation the way I want to, as confirmed by thier tech department, so that POS is going back to where it came from. I need to say thanks to all my friends who are helping in the job quest you guys are the tits!
Ok a contribution from L first one from L I think... anyway There is the magazine called Found and it is basically stuff people have found... click on NOTES followed by PAGE ME LATER... to funny lots of other gems here have fun.
Did the terrorist attack MicroSoft too! Or is this guy a nutball? You tell me.
It seems as though George Lucas always catches heat for his Star Wars saga because of lines like "Yippeee!" well there is a movement to let Peter Jackson be the director and writer of the next 2 movies ... even though Attack of the clones is already mostly done. It turns out Lucas has always done all writing and directing and been involved at every level at every detail. Well he may be loosening the reins a bit if you want to help(right) go here and sign the petition.
Hey guys Drew Barrymore is back on the market! Gee it only took 7 months to figure Tom Green was a bit strange... ummm ok! Not so strange he didn't knock it with some of that though!!!
Finally from across the pond when you have nothing better to do click here and make sure you wait for it to load :) from Dave... whom I don't really know but hey any friend of AH is a friend of mine!
i.am.sam yes it's a balmy 70 degrees and sunny... where did I put that swim suit?
