Laughing Kitten
Aug. 11th, 2004
05:49 pm - quicky (for cat lovers)
What you do when...
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11:05 am - Windy Florida
On Friday Laura, Yvette (my sister), and I will be flying down to Florida for my dad's wedding. Guess who else will be in Florida? No, not Bonnie, she'll be in South Carolina. But Hurricane Charley (she'll be a hurricane when she clobbers Jamaica) will be! The NWS expects her to land just south of Tampa early Friday, sound like we're in for a rough flight! Nothing makes you appreciate engineering better than watching an airplane wing flex a foot or two.
Aug. 5th, 2004
04:30 pm - Last Convict Standing
On Friday, August 5, 2004, from 10:00-11:00pm (ET/PT), FOX presents the SERIES PREMIERE of the new unscripted series Last Convict Standing: Battle On Death Row!
In this freash take on the classic life in prison story, felons are shipped to a remote island paradise, ditching the safety of solitary confinement for the chance at a stay of execution.
It seems like a fantasy at first, but the contestants soon find out that their jungle paradise is infested with tests of skill. Like the 'Lethal Injection Immunity Challenge', 'Name that Voltage', 'Celebrity Boxing against Mike Tyson' (hey, he needs the money), 'Convict Stand-up' (featuring American Idol's very own Simon), and worst of all 'can you stand the pain'; where contestants must attempt to carry on a conversation with Paula Abdul for one full hour!
The winner will walk away with a full Pardon from Governor Schwarzenegger, a new switch-blade, and a $50 gift certificate to Wal-Mart. Unlike other 'reality' shows, the losers don't just get to go home, they will actually lose their heads (to be televised after the Super Bowl)!
Jun. 27th, 2004
04:29 pm - I'm so sorry
I can't believe I forgot to post my new pics to my LJ. I'm such a bad LJ user. Bad user. Bad.
Can anyone tell that I've been playing with my dog?
What's that?
Oh, yeah. pics.
Here they are.
The last two are cool, they're of the flooding we experianced last month. 4 acres underwater overnight! The water receeded 36 hours later and we only had minor damage to the fence. Good times. Good times.
May. 25th, 2004
Apr. 2nd, 2004
11:08 pm - Still bored...
Seriously, I'm a big fan of St. John's wort (other than the name, it sounds like wart, who's idea was that?), I think it could be the cause of me feeling perky. It's not like anything has changed in the last 24-hours.
Did I mention that Laura successfully defended her masters thesis (I know I didn't, it was just a segue)? Yeah, so I bought her a side-by-side refrigerator as a graduation gift. Yeah, I know it's a lame gift for the wife. She says she likes it, so neener.
There's actually a good story that goes with the whole fridge thing... but I'm not telling it right now. (I'm listening to Bruce Hornsby, how not me is that?)
There's a decent Corvette for sale up in WA. Of course I'm about $5500 shy of the current 8k bid price. Repeat after me: The things you buy end up owning you
(ooh, queens of the stone age, as it turns out, I'm not a blazing fast typer)
So I started lifting again this week, now I have blisters on the 2nd pad of both of my middle fingers. My new lifting plan is pretty cool, it emphasizes short workouts and poor form, both points are right down my alley. I have a bad feeling that the plan is a bit on the dangerous side, but that's why we have two of everything, right?
must find entertainment.....
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cynical10:51 pm - Where have you been, young man!?
It appears that Friday is national depression day. Although I am feeling much better now. It probably helps that I've spent most of the day alone, I actually had real work to do today, so I took my iPod back to the fiber lab and worked like a well motivated trained monkey. I am Jack's trained monkey.
I blame Fight Club for my depression. Decent movie.
[edit]Stupid habit of using bbedit code[/edit]
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depressedMar. 10th, 2004
12:53 pm - mini-update (as opposed to what?)
So three weeks ago Laura went (with Margie and Marianne) to a horseshow that wasn't, the date got moved and no one bothered to tell the alumni. When they got back on Saturday (they took the trailer and three horses) we had a small party because they weren't supposed to get back until Sunday.
Anyway, during the trip they talked about tattoos, and they decided that I should have the Corvette emblem as a tattoo. I didn't like the idea too much because the other flag in the emblem contains a chevrolet symbol and the fleur-de-lis, which seemed to me like I'd be advertising for a car manufacturer and the french, neither of which I'm all that fond of.
But then I remembered the history of the Corvette emblem and tucked that idea away for a future day. The next weekend Laura went to another horse show (but didn't bring any horses), and I went to tattoo charlie's and got a slightly modified version of the original Corvette emblem (the circle around the flags is modeled off the C5 emblem to round out the image). I got the tattoo on my shoulder, which seems like a good place because it's not visible if I'm wearing a t-shirt.
This story, as of yet, has no moral; except, possibly to explain my new avatar.
Feb. 22nd, 2004
Feb. 19th, 2004
12:36 pm - A long drive.
The news from yesterday is that my 1991 Toyota Camry (you know the one that bombed Pearl Harbor), rolled over the big milestone of 200,000 miles. Yup, that's 8.3-ish trips around the world, neato.
My drive home is about 21 miles, and the coolest part is that rolled over to 200k as I was driving up to my driveway, so the odometer sat at 200000 all night (yeah, it's cool in a nerdy way, leave me alone).
I'm going back to 1st shift, hopefully for good, next week.
Feb. 12th, 2004
08:56 pm
Four minutes to make an update... must type quickly, crap! Three minutes, stupid clocks.
What do you want for valentines day? I hate all the hallmark holidays, mainly because they make me get off my lazy keister, and that goes against what my butt was created for (sitting, that is).
I have to find some opal earrings, any ideas on where those might be had?
I made my first bullets today, turns out I overcrimped them, such is life, at least it was easier to adjust than I feared... now if the weather would just hop into the 60's I wouldn't be so weary of venturing into the garage to make some more...
Dec. 9th, 2003
11:19 pm
It appears my days on 2nd shift are numbered. The current forces are trying to finish off Aaron's training so I can go back to 1st shift, and back to fiber optics.
Yup, the exciting world of fiber is really picking up, we're busy now and it should stay busy into early next year (I know, it's not very long, keep in mind the shortsighthedness of my company).
I got an arcade machine today (the game is Rampage if you want to know), I'm planning on putting a computer in it and running emulation (MacMAME anyone?). Now all I need is a computer and a joystick; perferrably one of those big ones! with support for two players... or perhaps I'll just go with two gampads w/cords (because that would be cheaper).
Chatted with
Later...
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apatheticDec. 4th, 2003
10:45 pm
Bogarted these from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
nkuvu, who may have gotten them from hillarygayle.
( Some entertaining questions... )
I think that quiz proved, for the most part, I have a very bad memory.
listlessDec. 2nd, 2003
11:24 pm
Is tired really a mood? I had turkey sandwiches for dinner, wowzers, those thing'll slow you down.
I tried to call Laura but the phone was busy, must be on the internet...
I'll probably be going over to Ben's tomorrow to help him paint his new shed, haha the Wagner Power Painter conquers all!!!
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tired05:34 pm
Why would cells want to kill themselves? Certainly good news though.
On the other end of the science spectrum, we have a miracle baby who's daddy apparently stands for killing those who don't share your religious views.
It seems to be warmer in here tonight, that's good news because it appears I don't have the production capabilities to make 3D processors. Of course I'd still have to deal with the issue of dissipating the heat, or I'd be stuck huddling around my little coffee cup sized processor trying to absorb as much of its radiant heat as possible. Ah, the trials I am forced to endure in my day-to-day existance.
Dec. 1st, 2003
07:35 pm - today's motif: cold
It's cold out and it's cold in here.
Hehe, I'm now listening to Monty Python's Instant Record collection on my iPod. Life is good.
Except for the cold.
We put lights up on the house today, very exciting. Nothing like putting your life on the line at the top of a 16-ft ladder in order to illuminate your roofline for some flying sleigh that doesn't exist. Weird.
Anyway, the wind was cold. Josie doesn't seem to care about the cold, especially if there's a frisbee involved.
I had a nice b-day. Got some cool presents, a comfy chair, an 18-volt set of Skill tools (drill, reciprocating saw, rotary saw, and a flashlight-it also came with an electric sander), and the first season of Furutama (from my sister).
Of course the first two are b-day/x-mas presents, because they're a bit on the expensive side.
Wow, a well researched article on News.com. I still take offense at the term Moore's Law, Moore's law is not a law, it is a generalization of a trend.
The author seemed to have some issues with physics:
Even if the energy consumption and tunneling problems can be solved...
Tunneling is not a problem that can be solved, as long as they keep using electrons, you have to live with their uncertainty traits. Perhaps the author means if a substitute for electrons can be found.
He also points out the heat dissipation problems then goes on to add:
...building 3D chips, in which layers of transistors form a high rise.
How, exactly, can you note that power dissipation is an issue then turn around and suggest stacking insulators on eachother?
Hey, it's feeling warmer in here...
boredNov. 26th, 2003
Nov. 24th, 2003
09:01 pm
Irony at its finest.
On a mostly unrelated note (it's related because you can find both storeies at cnn.coms main page), as you well know, John Allen Muhammad has been sentanced (by the jurors) to the death penalty. His lawyers stated that the death penalty is too harsh and that he should instead serve a life sentence. Either way he will not be contributing anything to society, so why not save the food and jail space and just off the bastard?
07:52 pm - wee...
I stole this from Konrad...
| atatjcd's Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 6 | |
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| Average number of words per sentence: | 14.82 |
| Average number of syllables per word: | 1.37 |
| Total words in sample: | 3113 |
| Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern | |
Does the words per sentance mean I'm getting points for run-ons?
So I'm in the 721 building, my lunch is in the 731 building, and it's abhorrably freezing cold out. Hmmm, satiating my hunger vs. staying warm, looks like I'll be here for a while...
Nov. 20th, 2003
07:13 pm
Had to buy an alternator for the Camry today, my detective work told me it was the voltage regulator (which is inside the alternator), but no one in town carries the part, AutoZone would order if for $65!!! It's a frickin' transistor people, their margins must be in the 10000% range. So I went ahead and got the whole alternator... I didn't even get a chance to install it.
( Answers to Konrads Questions )
Well, that didn't take me forever.
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