Rob's Journal

5:28pm: YouTube and LiveDigital to Share Ad Profits
has anyone seen my Gargoyle Rig?

10:06pm: ATTENTION
jackpot

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6071486.stm

5:50pm: I'M SO EXCITED
i heard about the law in congress right now that makes it so that when you are caught carrying a concealed pistol in a non-ccw state all you need to do is pay a couple of fines and show that you've been doing it for a while. after that they let you carry FOREVER! your kids too!


...



wait...


let me go back and read that article again...

11:27am: HEY NERDS
civ4 really is Something Else(tm)


[END TRANSMISSION]

9:57am: "..the snowy expanse could be traansformed into a vast battlefield, electric with sacrifice and heroism for a glorious and noble cause! the union forever!"


CRIPES i've missed mr zweibel

4:29pm: er...
how's this headline sound to YOU?

"Tenuous cease-fire in Sri Lanka threatened by two attacks"


is that the same as "Doritos Preservation Threatened By Eating Of The Whole Goddamn Bag"

sounds like it to me...


i'm outta work for a long weekend

huzzah

9:18am: HEY EVERYONE
i'm not terribly busy today


off and on

8:36am: PLUG YOUR EARS NON-NERDS
i recently found an mp3 that my brother and i had heard long ago when we were in new jersey for a brief stint. i had NO idea who did this track (i always have a hard time referring to some things as 'songs') and because i found it on the internet...i guess i STILL don't know for sure who did it...but it was about dr. who and had a drum machine and it was categorized in a hilarious manner by our cousin. good stuff.

it got me thinking though about dr. who and other crappy zero-funding shows that were forced to do things in a creative manner because of no money. i'd kind of like to see that show again now that i'm not as young and easily terrified.


YES, I SAID IT

i was scared of that damned show
it was british, for starters, which is spooky in itself
but those daleks were one of my first experiences with an absolutely crushing and uncaring enemy. it was horrible.

so i guess i want to see it again

11:35am: is this funny to anyone else?
what comes to mind when you read this headline:


"Four Vikings Charged In Boat Sex Scandal"


i wish i could stop laughing

8:29am: things are tough all over
this is my second day off in a row, because i had to use all of this year's holiday time *cough*eventhoughionlyworkedhereforabout3months*cough*



life is tough and i'm making brownies



UPDATE: CAYENNE PEPPER PERFECT FOR 'HOT BROWNIES'

7:57am: RIDDLE:
what has two thumbs and bought a $70 shotgun last night?

11:06am: is there a bottom to this barrel?
just how lazy can one get?

my mouse here at work does not have a wheel (no superbook bionic mouse jokes, please) so i have to either left-click on the scroll bar or hit the "End" key on the keyboard.

clicking on the scroll bar is irritating (seeing as how i can miss sometimes and i always have at least 13 windows open at a time) so i've been useing the end key to get to the bottom. problem is the end key is on the right hand side of the keyboard...the same side my mouse is on. this means i have to let go of the mouse and move my WHOLE HAND over to the end key.


I ACTUALLY CAUGHT MYSELF TRYING TO PRESS THE 'END' KEY BY LEFT-CLICKING IT WITH THE MOUSE



HAVE I BECOME ONE WITH THE BORG?
SHOULD I BE EXPECTING A CALL FROM WINTERMUTE?
DID PART OF MY BRAIN FALL OUT THIS MORNING IN THE -13 DEGREE WEATHER?

cripes

12:07pm: you learn something every day
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1795322,00.html

"The world’s number one polluter, the United States, will likely make sure it is not drawn into binding targets similar to those set out in the protocol. Along with Australia, the US refused to ratify the protocol, saying it would be bad for the nation's economy."


i had somehow forgotten that the US was the number one polluter.


how odd.

9:55am: this is mainly for the friends of mine from early 2000 (i think?) when i was in that terrorism class in college...the one where i learned that KFC was (in 99 i think) the number one terror target



they're climbing the ranks again

yay for kfc?

7:57am: WHAT I REALLY LEARNED IN COLLEGE
it seems my ability to drink otherwise unpleasant things is coming in handy



i think this coffee is from yesterday



and i KNOW that it's the same temperature as the counter (not two blue for interrupt) it was sitting on


rats

11:11am: QUICK POLL
one of my fellow office-dwellers has a white board up in her cube where she writes little motivational comments

today's is "do what you can with what you have where you are. -FDR"


the question is as follows:

Should I ask JJ about how she feels about Donald Rumsfeld?



area man "Just askin'."

9:46am: LOCKED POST
how long does one leave public-domain treats at work before one has seconds?


THEY'RE PECAN PIE TARTS



i need help

this situation is alien to me



GOD i hope _sterno_ doesn't find out about this
i'd be SO embarrassed because he's such a douche

2:26pm: ALL YOU NERDS
are lame



you all have been just as boring as the rest of this DREADFULLY DRAGGING day



damn

11:51am: is it gross..
..that i've been cleaning out my coffee cup by pouring my 7up PLUS into it during lunch?

11:40am: WHAT AN UGLY LINK...sorry...
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first: can anyone help me out with just what the hell the spikey things shipwreck has are? my best guess so far is that they're those tire-stoppers one would put on either side of the tires on an aircraft (used as a weapon by indiana jones, if i remember right...or maybe the brunette lady that was better than the other two indy-chicks)

second: if i get a pistol that looks REMOTELY like the one that came with shipwreck am i BOUND BY LAW to paint it silver? i think i ought to be..

third: why did they ruin the gi joe franchise again? i keep forgetting. dragodonna and i saw a little of the saturday morning cartoon and we couldn't even tell which of the characters were FEMALE. and there was a robot dog that peed on something to save the day. and then it cried. i think. i dunno...it was HORRIBLE.

9:48am: BULLETIN
1. i have yet to think of a FUNNIER word in the english language than the word "Goat" when explaining which letter you just said over the phone. the tone of voice and accent only makes it even more hilarious. there is some debate about whether or not "Goats" is funnier...but that's semantics that can be debated over an egg white omelette.

2. hey control_group - remember Jed? i just types a plate out that had J-E-D in it and thought of your BEST ROOMMATE EVER.

3. hey dragodonna - don't let me forget to find a flintlock pistol i can spraypaint silver and attach a rope laniard (-2 sp?) to. i also need to find that tattoo again...and get more quotes than just the one "well send my bones to davey jones!"

4. hey chairtomorrow - i haven't talked with you in a while. that blows.

5. hey assfingers - i hope your back is better and i hope all these "lj user=" things work

6. break's over

7:54am: HUZZAH
i just learned that my emergency buddy Joe here at work and i share an appreciation for old-time radio shows


i wish there were more old-fashioned radio shows here in my area

(meaning not only on sunday nights at 11pm)


has anyone else ever listened to one of those shows?
the mysteries!
the adventure!


ahhh..

back to work

11:44am: TODAY HAS GONE SWIMMINGLY
by swimmingly i mean "it's gone fast because i have had disasters assigned to me that require enormous amounts of panicked help from my superiors who pretty much fix things while i stand still."


i hate that

it's not even like i got a chance to do something WRONG

oh well
i'll be on the phones after lunch

THAT will bring some excitement my way

11:56am: the plan so far
is that i am going to see doom sometime tonight

i'm taking a dq employee out for his first shooting experience ETA at the range is ~11


i'm relaxing the rest of the time

someone post if they have comments on or interest in these plans

i'll be cheking again around 2:15


i wonder what that is in zulu time?

11:40am: as the sailor said, quote, ain't that a hole in the boat?
okay, non-posting nerds, take THIS


i plan on doing two specific things this weekend:

1. seeing DOOM on friday - post if you want to go with me.

2. shooting on saturday - i'm almost certainly going to be teaching a coworker from my last job how to shoot (his name is Mark). post if you want to go with us.