The Spaghetti Harvest Is In....

And it's another bountiful crop.

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Screwy Weather

Hail to sun, and hail to sun again. All in one hour.  And I get caught in it, as usual....

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Sunday School Time

And of course, it can only be Flying Spaghetti Monster Sunday School:

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A profession of faith

It's nice to see someone proclaiming their faith:

Ramen.

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You know it's been a long day

When you're boarding the bus, and you give the driver your Visa instead of your pass...

More snow

Another picture of the aforementioned snow, not taken from my apartment window.

Edit: And I has walk through this to get to work.....

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Cocaine from the sky!

It's not my fault this time. I don't have today off. Who blew up the box of Frosted Flakes this time?

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Snow! Again!

At first, I thought my brother-in-law blew up another box of Frosted Flakes....

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I'm watching 300 now

And it appears to me that considerable license was taken by the producers of the film. I don't recall Xerxes using rhinoceros, elephants, or gunpowder. And I don't think the ancient Greeks went to battle wearing little more than speedos.....

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Here we go again

I'm in the middle of a three day off in a row stretch.  I've got 240 gigs of hard drive space available.  It's about time for me to wipe and rebuild my system (I do it on a regular basis to clear out bugs, virii, and spyware).  I think I'll try to dual-boot with Windows ME and WIndows XP.  Again (I used to do it all the time).

Beauregard T. Shagnasty, it's time to change your shorts again.  Seriously.  I saw one of The Underpants Gnomes passed out on your front lawn....

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I made the switch

Ok, I just switched to the new Firefox 3 Beta. I do not recommend doing this on any 'mission critical' computer you may have (standard cautions still apply about using beta software in any situation still apply). So far, I'm impressed with the new interface. It does load quicker (although that could also be because I don't have 53 extensions installed in it like I did with Firefox 2....). This post is being written in it (via the scribefire extension).

All in all, I like it enough to make the switch. Your mileage may vary.....

P.S. I'll switch the spreadfirefox button in the blog. Eventually.

 

Edit: The Button stays.

Edit #2:  I went back to Firefox 2.  There is a reason why it is still beta.  I like all the new features (like the faster loading times), but right now it is still a wee bit too unstable for my tastes.  I'll try it again when the RC's come out.  Firefox 2 is still way better than IE, though.

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Happy Godless Pagan Holiday (Spring)

Also known as Easter.  About this time of year, I still wish that it was legal to sacrifice Christians.  Although I do have that our friends from The Watchtower Bible And Tract Society did have some Brass Balls to leave that pamphlet on my door.

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Screw Moo U! Screw Moo U!

Moo U is in the Sweet 16!  I may actually have to root for them.  I am a fair and balanced person. I will mock both Moo U and the U Dub equally.  It's just the dawgs aren't in it this year...

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Nothing to see here, just move along....

At long last, I can now post to the blog with Safari for windows.  I tried it before with the previous version, but I could never actually write an entry.  While it is something that may come in useful in the future ( like if Hell freezes over, I lose my balls, and I buy a Mac & decide not to use Firefox).  In the meantime, I think I'll continue to use Windows Live Writer, which also happens to be the only Windows Live product that won't make your computer levitate in the air, spin around, and spew forth split pea soup.

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Ringo on Ferguson

He still rocks. Even more than Paul. And even more than John and George if they'd hadn't snuffed it already.....

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Another day off

And again it rains.

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Today's Sermon

Pastor Deacon Fred preaching at an Atheist Alliance 2007 Convention:

Yes, I am a devout Pastafarian, but Pastor Deacon Fred is so much funnier....

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Stipe is out

Michael Stipe is out.  No, not that out, the other out.  I will be the first to admit that I don't have the best set of gaydar, and this proves it.  I had no farking idea.

And R.E.M. was one of those bands that I grew with (I still have my copies of Green, Out of Time, Automatic For The People, and Monster).

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Roger Bryant is no more

Not really. I'm still here, but if you're trying to reach me at my att.net email addresses, good luck.  I just canceled my AT&T WorldNet account.  They were going to raise the price, and I find it unconscionable to pay close to 8 dollars a month for a piece-of-shit news server and 6 email addresses that don't have that much space.  My 1 gmail address has twice the space that my entire AT&T account has.  And I can access it from my mobile phone, something I could never do with AT&T.

Good Riddance, Ma Bell.

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I'm just watching the news

And Meeghan Black should know that the Federal Way to Seattle drive is not just 7 minutes. . . .

So I went to the doctor today

And the thought occurred to me: Why are they still practicing medicine? Shouldn't they have gotten it right

It's my luck

That when I get two days off in a row, it rains on both days.

A record you don't want broken......

Some of my past employment has been in the food-service industry.  One of the many constants in this profession is the occasional visit from the local health department.  As much as an annoyance that they can be, they are there to keep people safe (being responsible for an outbreak of salmonella, e. coli, or hepatitis will make anyone's day).  Anyway, a restaurant in Georgia has just set the record.  For the lowest score on an inspection.  The health department may be a pain in the ass, but food poisoning is even worse.....

Happy Anniversary

7 years ago today was the Nisqually Earthquake.  At the time, I was working in the Westlake Center.  I was at work when the shaking started.  By the time it ended, I was already out of the building, and proceeded to return to work.

I first noticed the shaking when I heard a rhythmic crashing (which was the sound of the downtown Nordstrom crashing into an adjoining building).  Due to the monorail being right next to the building, I at first thought that the shaking was the monorail until I realized the entire 24 story office tower was shaking along with the mall.  During the day after the earthquake, a disaster was declared, and Metro therefore provided service for free the rest of the day (moot point since I had a pass at the time....).  The damage at my apartment was minimal, just a lam and a few models got knocked over).  My younger brother (who was my roommate at the time) was asleep at the time and his bed was right next to his CD shelf).  He woke up awash in a sea of CD's.

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A little trip to the grocery store gone terribly wrong

So, I went to the supermarket today (shoulda gone to Wally World, but I didn't want to ride the bus on my day if it was possible).  So I went to this establishment called Saar's Marketplace.  The only thing it has going for it is it's in walking distance of my apartment (well, there's also the Safeway 16 blocks down Pacific Avenue, but that's too far to walk with a load of groceries....).  So I go into Saar's and the first thing I notice is the meat department.  They may have some great deals, but the first thing I noticed was the odor.  It does not bode well for any meat department/butcher shop if the first thing I smell is something rotting.  I don't know what it was, but that was an immediate turn-off (all the items on my list were non-perishable, so I didn't need to walk out right away).  After making my purchase, I headed home, and noticed the receipt.  Being a devout pastafarian, I do consume ramen on a regular basis (the fact that it's dirt cheap doesn't hurt either).  What does hurt is when I'm charged 5¢ more per package than what the shelf price is and I'm charged for 10 packages rather than the 6 that I bought.  This isn't the previous time that I got screwed at the check-out either.  About a month ago, I bought a loaf of bread and some other items there.  When I got home, I noticed that they had so conveniently decided that while I should pay for the bread, I really didn't need it, and they did not bag it.

I can excuse the smell of rot and decay in the meat department (well, not really, but that's the job of the health department, and a complaint to them will be forthcoming).  I will not excuse malice and incompetence (there is no difference between the two really) from the cashier.  And I will never shop at Saar's again.

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Another Lesson for the day

Ballpoint pens and thermal paper don't mix.......

Today's Lesson

Is that Windows Live = A Dead Computer. I just fixed a friend's computer, and the only thing wrong with it was Windows Live One Care. Talk about serious bloatware. Even Norton never caused this much troubled (well, actually it did, but it was expected then).

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Just a reminder

When a fire breaks out at your house, don't try to be a hero.  Just get you and your family out.  This is what can happen in only two minutes:

From Living Room To Inferno In Under 2 Minutes - Click here for more free videos

Leave the heroism to the fire department.

Get Out The Rye Bread And Mustard, Grandma!

It's Grand Salami time.  Well, not exactly, but Dave Niehaus is being inducted onto the baseball hall of fame.  Even The New World Order (Mind-Control Division) can get it right, sometime.

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Get your aluminum foil hats ready.....

Pitchers and catchers reported for spring training today.  The New World Order (Mind-Control Division) is starting up again.  Maybe the Mariners can do something better than choking it in August....

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If Spock ever got lost.....

A map of the Star Trek Universe here.  Suitable for printing out and wallpapering the walls of your parents' basement.

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Happy New Year

Thus begins The Year Of The Lawyer (yes, I know it's actually the Year of the Rat, but we all know rats and lawyers are interchangeable...  Then again, maybe I shouldn't malign rats like that).  Myself, I am an ox, more specifically a water ox.  Next year will be my lucky year....

Until then, it should be a lucky year for a certain water rat.

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So much hard work

To get an undefeated regular season.  And it's good only for second place.  Tom Brady gets his Well-Deserved Beating, coming from the usual source of quarterback beatings: the defensive line (in this case the Giants).

This also marks the first time that a wild-card team has even made it to the Super Bowl (not a small feat in and of itself).  It just makes winning it that much more a sweeter victory.  ALL HAIL ELI MANNING!

I do have to admit that after the Seahawks got beat by the Packers, I was rooting for New York and Indianapolis to make it the Super Bowl, so I could watch the Manning Bowl, but fate did not dictate that.

Now to go follow the NHL, and in a couple of months you'll need to put your tin-foil hats back on because The New World Order (Mind-Control Division) will be starting up again.....

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More on Tom Petty

It's been a while since I posted a video link & having seen Tom Petty's performance a few minutes ago at the Super Bowl.  Anyway, don't back down....

Old but still good

Tom Petty is doing the half-time show at the Super Bowl.  His face just broke my TV screen, but it's all good, since he still rocks.....

This is obviously the high point of this year's game.  Now if Eli Manning could give Tom Brady is Well-Deserved beating.....

For the first time

Since 1928, neither the President nor the Vice-President are running for the presidency.  Now if I recall my history correctly 1928 is the year Herbert Hoover was elected to the white house, and the next year was the start of the Great Depression.

Not to start a panic, but if you thought the economy was bad now.....

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From the ashes.....

Netscape is dying.  After Friday, February 1st, there will not be nay more updates.  It's was a long journey, but in all reality Netscape has long been dead.  I didn't get my 1st computer until November 2000 (the computer is still going strong.  In fact, this post is being written on it), and by then, AOHell has acquired it, and the source code had been released as open source.  Almost as an afterthought, Gateway had put the installer for Netscape 4.06 on it which I installed.  Compared to IE 5.5/6, it was about on par.  Unfortunately, it was also running Windows ME (thank you to The Anti-Christ, and I had some other issue necessitating a wipe and rebuild of my hard drive, and the installer was very will hidden on my restore set.  So I lost it, and I used IE for several years.

In the meanwhile, the Mozilla foundation had been founded and the code that started out to be Netscape was now being released as the Mozilla suite (Netscape 6/7 is essentially the Mozilla suite with a buncha of AOHell crap bundled into them).  From the Mozilla Suite, it was decided to develop just a browser (rather than a full internet suite), and this became phoenix, then firebird (when I first started using it), and now you all now it as firefox.  Another effort to produce a dedicated email client result in Thunderbird.  Along the way, the Mozilla suite was discontinued, but it's descendant still lives on in the form of SeaMonkey.

Netscape is dying they say.  I say Netscape died when AOHell bought them out.  But Netscape still lives.  Firefox and Thunderbird are it's great-great grandchildren descended from a long line going all the was back to 1994 and before.

BTW, Netscape and Internet Explorer both can trace there lineage in one form or another to NCSA Mosaic.  If you're really feeling adventurous, you can give it a try by downloading it here.  Otherwise, you're better off by downloading and using Firefox.

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Snow!

Wolf up this morning, and was greeted by this. Nothing like cocaine falling from the sky. And off course, it' my day off....

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KDE ported to windows

The KDE desktop environment has been ported to windows.  It's still in very pre-release alpha, which means that the only guarantee is that it is not going to work.  Which means it's still even more stable than windows.  But it's a start.  The games work.  At least most of them.  The solitaire is much better than the one that The Anti-Christ supplies with windoze.  If you're not going to install it right away, then at least keep an eye it.  This could be something worth following.....

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I'll say it again

I said this before, and I'll say it again:  The only way to win at the game of office politics is not to play.........

It's all empty space......

If you scaled an electron down to one pixel, then one hydrogen atom would have an eleven mile radius....

(Never mind that the planet Neptune is playing the role of the proton.....)

For the past two weeks

I've been watching David Letterman (with writers) and Jay Leno (without writers). And Jay Leno is more funnier by himself than David Letterman with writers. Methinks the WGA is shooting itself in the foot....

Heart Attack, Anyone

This sounds really good. Anything with a stated goal of (and I quote) "one pound of bacon, stuffed with cheese, deep-fried, topped with more cheese" has to be good. But it also seems to be like a suicide by heart attack.....


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Happy Happy Joy Joy

The Seahawks won 35-14.

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Happy New Year

I'm celebrating it the way I usually celebrate it.  In front of the TV, watching the Space Needle self-destruct.  I hope your New Year goes well (as well as this one).  Even though most the fireworks aren't going off as planned.....

For some reason I think the computer running the fireworks display is running Windows.  ME.

Happy Holiday to all

Well, today was Christmas, but I didn't celebrate it.  At least, not today.  My siblings & parents celebrated it at my sisters house on Sunday (but I had to work, so I missed it).  Then, the extended family got together on Christmas eve at my grandmother's (yes, I made it to that one.  The appropriate death threat to my boss guaranteed I got the time off for that).  Anywho, here is the list of some of the plunder I got from the Dread Christmas Pirate Santa & The Underpants Gnomes:

• A nice fleece hoodie and a cold (though I could do without that one) from my boss.
• Socks (yes, I did ask them)
• Table ware (plates, bowls, silverware, etc) for at least 6 (thanks to my sister).
• Kitchenware from my parents (maybe my Mom wants me to return her pizza cutter &cheese grater).
• Spam
• A target gift card (you can never go wrong with that).

And what really took the cake was the gift my cousin gave me:

• A roll of Aluminum Foil (specifically so I can make a hat with it).

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An announcement

My family had the Christmas gathering today.  I missed it due to $day-job, but my sister announced one of the better Christmas presents I have received:

I'm going to  be an uncle.  Again.

Happy Godless Pagan Holiday

Today is Winter Solstice.  Forget Christmas, this is the old skool holiday, predating Christianity by millennia.  With Christmas becoming so commercialized, most people nowadays are now celebrating Winter Solstice, not Christmas, whether they admit it or not.  Your actions speak more about you than your word.

As a devout Pastafarian, I celebrate Holiday, which encompasses all of December and January.  However, since The Flying Spaghetti Monster teaches Flimsy Moral Standards, it doesn't really matter how you celebrate, or what you celebrate, of if you celebrate at all.  As long as you have a good time and wear the Chosen Attire (Full Pirate Regalia).

Ramen.

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Hawks have clinched it

The Seahawks have clinched the NFC West title.  Again.  I would've blogged about it earlier, but my Real Life® got in the way (with $Day-Job and all).  Too bad they lost today, though.

Note to Kurt Warner:  You may be a Cardinal, but you need to wear the football helmet.  Not the mitre.

The truth about Santa you really need to know

Santa is white, and he wants your kids to sit in his lap.  Santa is really Michael Jackson.

Santa live is the middle of nowhere, works only one night a year, and has the munchies so bad that he has to have milk and cookies at every stop he makes.  Santa smokes pot (this year I'm gonna leave Doritos for him).

Visions of flying reindeer and toy-making elves?  Santa drops acid.

If you've seen any of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, you know what elves look like.  Those aren't elves in Santa's workshop.  Those are The Underpants Gnomes (which also explains why you get so much underwear for Christmas).

If you stay up for Santa, and you don't see him, don't be discouraged.  This year he will have to deliver to about 34,722 homes per second.  You only see 24 frames per second at a cinema.

Well, I should stop before I get nothing for Christmas.....

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Say it aint's so!

The Mitchell report has been released regarding the use of steroids in The New World Order (Mind-Control Division).  You can read the entire report here (pdf).  It does name names.  Among the named are:

• Lenny Dykstra
• David Segui
• Larry Bigbie
• Brian Roberts
• Jack Cust
• Tim Laker
• Josias Manzanillo
• Todd Hundley
• Mark Carreon
• Hal Morris
• Matt Franco
• Rondell White
• Andy Pettitte
• Roger Clemens
• Chuck Knoblauch
• Jason Grimsley
• Gregg Zaun
• David Justice
• F.P. Santangelo
• Glenallen Hill
• Mo Vaughn
• Denny Neagle
• Ron Villone
• Ryan Franklin
• Chris Donnels
• Todd Williams
• Phil Hiatt
• Todd Pratt
• Kevin Young
• Mike Lansing
• Cody McKay
• Kent Mercker
• Adam Piatt
• Miguel Tejada
• Jason Christiansen
• Mike Stanton
• Stephen Randolph
• Jerry Hairston
• Paul Lo Duca
• Adam Riggs
• Bart Miadich
• Fernando Vina
• Kevin Brown
• Eric Gagne
• Mike Bell
• Matt Herges
• Gary Bennett
• Jim Parque
• Brendan Donnelly
• Chad Allen
• Jeff Williams
• Exavier "Nook" Logan
• Howie Clark
• Paxton Crawford
• Ken Caminiti
• Rafael Palmeiro
• Luis Perez
• Derrick Turnbow
• Ricky Bones
• Ricky Stone

The innocence is gone.  I will never watch baseball again in the same light.  If I ever watch it at all again.

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YAHHGOAP

Yet Another Holy Hand Grenade Of Antioch Post (another one is posted here):

Who knew Monty Python fit so well into anime?

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Good Riddance

A classic.  John Cleese's eulogy of Graham Chapman:

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It's new!

OK, not necessarily that new, but NASA has remodeled there website.  A good place to poke around.  Especially if you're bored and looking for some desktop wallpaper.....

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Dear Santa,

I have been really good this year.  Here's what I want for Christmas......

!The Flying Spaghetti Monster reveals Himself again

This time, The Noodly Master revealed Himself in a pumpkin pie at a recent Thanksgiving dinner.

Ramen.

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What If.....

LIke many people, I use gmail (you can even email me if you wish).  Basically, it's a useful service form Google.  But have you ever wondered what if The Anti-Christ had designed it?

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Iron Chef

Tonight's battle is featuring Paula Dean and Robert Irvine. I haven't seen this much trash talking, even in the WWE.

Edit: Paula Dean won the battle....

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So where are you on the internet

Here is a one-page map of The Entire Internet.  Where are you listed?

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DC Comics to jump the shark

A while back, I posted about Marvel Comics jumping the shark when Captain America got killed (apparently, though, Steve Rogers, Captain America's alter ego may not have been killed after all, and could be coming back; allbeit wearing a leather biker jacket and swimming trunks...)

Anyway, now it's DC Comics turn.  Bruce Wayne, aka Batman is about to snuff it..  Good Riddance to that Freeloading Bastard, I hope he fries......(Bonus points if you can figure out who I'm quoting, and from where).

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So I'm watching the game tonight

And all I have to say is: All your NFC West are belong to Seattle. San Francisco can't even score from the 1 yard line.

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Have you ever wondered

How are Hard drive works?  Here is an interesting write-up.  When I first bought my computer, it came with a 30-gigabyte HDD (which was a $150.00 upgrade from the original 10 gigabyte).  Then, I shelled out another $150.00 to add a second 30 gig drive.  4 years later, I paid about $80.00 to replace one of them with a 80 gig model, and earlier this year, the other 30-gig drive got replace with a 160 gig drive.  For about $75.00.  Did I also mention that hard drives are becoming cheaper?

More football is coming to Seattle

This is something I'm excited for.  An MLS team is coming to the great Pacific NorthWet.  Of the only six channels that I bother to watch, one is Fox Soccer Channel.

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163 years

The drug crazed moron that shot up the Tacoma Mall 2 years ago got 163 years for it.  He got off way too easy.  I was in the mall that day.  He deserves to be shot himself, just as he shot others (and even paralyzed one, who I happen to count as one of my friends).  Or better yet, don't jail him, don't shoot him.  He should be double-pithed, and left to live his life out as a vegatable.

It's Halloween

So, how many of you will be dressing up as The Chosen People (Pirates), how many of you will be passing out candy to children, and how many of you will just be passing out?

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It's finally over, The BoSox win it

The Red Sox have won the World Series.  The New World Order (Mind-Control Divison) has now concluded their activities for this year and retreated to their headquarters in Belgium, and it is safe to take off your AFDBs for a while, but do watch out for The Black Helicopters.

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Brother Maynard,

Bring us the Holy Hand Grenade:

 

Yes, I know I posted the Holy Hand Grenade scene before, but Monty Python mashes up so well with anime, that I had to post this. Besides, it explains the Book of Armaments so well.

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Spaghetti 1, Chef 0

Not even the Swedish Chef can withstand The Flying Spaghetti Monster.  Although the consumption of pasta is always meant to be an occasion of joy,  do not try to eat the Noodly Master Himself.  Even if you are wearing The Chosen Attire (that's Full Pirate Regalia if you're not a devout Pastafarian, in which case, I suggest you start out with the open letter to the Kansas School Board).

Anyhow:

 

Ramen.

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Shocking

I have a day off and its not raining. It actually happens sometimes......

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Even Harry Potter has now jumped the shark.

Yes, you heard it.  Harry Potter has now jumped the shark.  Dumbledore is gay.  Now I hear that Ace and Gary are enrolling at Hogwart's, and Ted McGinley has been cast to replace Daniel Radcliffe.

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Ugh - Miserable Weather

I get a day off, and it's raining as usual.  But it's also so dreary, that I have to turn the lights on at 1 in the afternoon.  Where's that yellow shiny thing in the sky when you need it?

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What really happened to the Life Size X-Wing rocket

Sorry people, but this is what really happened to it:

Today's Flying Spaghetti Monster sighting

Is in ancient Egypt.  Oh sure, they say it's a mummy hair-weave, but we all know that it's a manifestation of The Noodly Master.  Ramen.

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Al Gore finally wins something

It may not be 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but it's still a significant achievement.  Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize.  Like him or hate him, it is still a tall task to pull off....

Coke vs. Pepsi

I grew up in the '80s, when the cola wars were in full swing.  First, it was the 'New Coke', then came Pepsi, with 'The Choice of a New Generation' (I think that's the way it went, thought I must admit that I wasn't really following the ad campaigns for either one....)

Anyway, flash forward to today, where it finally got physical....

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70-90 Frames per second gaming

On a P-III even?  OK, so I was only playing South Park (gotta love the old games), which is even older than my computer, which is generally older than dirt.  Then again, my Mom's new Windows Vista laptop is probably old already, and she got it two months ago.....

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If the economy is so bad....

Then why did the Dow Jones close above 14,000 today?

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Here's tonight's sermon

It was preached about 5 years ago, but's its still worthwhile.  Here's Pastor Deacon Fred from Landover Baptist Church preaching to a bunch of atheists:

Yes, Landover Baptist is a parody/satire website, but they've done it right on, and this is worth the laugh.  Now, if he were only in the Chosen Attire (Full Pirate Regalia) and he were preaching about The Noodly Master.

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Can you tell?

As you can see from the depressing shade of grey in the sky, I have today off. And my boss hasn't called me in.

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If you've ever wondered about.....

Star Trek vs. Star Wars Vs. Babylon 5 vs. Farscape etc.  This won't solve your problems, but it does show all the ships to scale with each other.

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But did they have car insurance?

OK, I am currently watching Walking With Cavemen on the Science Channel, and I have to think, would Australopithecus Afarensis use Geico?  And why is the gecko in those damn Geico ads looking a lot like the mascot in SuSE?

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Avast, ye scurvy land-lubbers

It be International Talk Like A Pirate Day, one of the holiest days in the pastafarian faith (Ramen).  Splice your main brace, shiver yer timbers, & buckle yer swash.  It's time to go out on the 7 seas and plunder.  But first, get yer pirate name here.  This year, I'd be Iron Roger Rackham.

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If you thought American sports fines were stiff

The check out what FIA did to McClaren.  They lost all their manufacturers' points and they were fined $100 million.  When I last had the chance to track Formula One, the average fine was about $10,000.  Before today, the stiffest fines I had seen issued were from the NBA (word to the wise: don't piss David Stern off, even though he is a roody-poo, candy-ass pile of monkey crap). 

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Happy Anniversary

Voyager is now 30 years old.  I was only a child when they encountered Jupiter and Saturn, and didn't really pay attention to it.  Until I saw the National Geographic articles.  I've been fascinated with space exploration ever since then.

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The world is quiet, a voice is stilled

Pavarotti has passed away.  RIP Luciano.

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So I get a day off today

And Western Washington gets record-breaking rainfall.  It's all a conspiracy between my boss and The Weather Channel, I tell you....

Happy Birthday Igwanarob

I hope you're enjoying your annual ass-sitting.  Save me a piece of cake.

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A thought for tonight.

This occurred to me while on the bus: Respect is a two way street. Don't complain about not getting it when the driver tells you to watch your language. Unless, you like walking after you get banned from Pierce Transit.

EDIT: Yes. I know already I can't spell....

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Starbuck, Apollo, and

Jay and Silent Bob?  It could happen.  Kevin Smith is set to direct a Battlestar Galactica episode

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The PC is here.

Now i just have to wait for the cable guy to show up. The furniture will come later.

Moving Update

Lease has been signed, security deposit has been paid.  Move in starts tomorrow.  My other roommates have found places to go.  It's just we now have to get there.

If you don't see me for a while....

It's because my Real Life® (ie $day-job & my move) is going to be taking precedence in my priorities for the next week or to.  Until then:

Reader, adieu.

It's a holiday today.

No it's not Holiday, nor is it International Talk Like A Pirate Day.  It's Left Hander's Day.  A day that I can celebrate (being a southpaw, too).  Some other southpaws include (in no particular order):

1. Matthew Broderic
2. Charlie Chaplin
3. Kirk Cobain
4. George H. W. Bush (not the current moron in the White House, but his father)
5. Bill Clinton
6. Isaac Newton
7. Benjamin Franklin
8. Leonardo daVinci
9. Michelangelo
10. Ned Flanders
11. Napoleon

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You can have too much coffee

As this 17-year-old learned the hard way.  You don't need that much coffee to see The Underpants Gnomes (in fact if you don't wee them, then you haven't had enough).

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Who's going to win

Pirates or Ninjas.  Of course, being a devout Pastafarian, I have to go for the Pirates.  After all, they are The Chosen People of The Flying Spaghetti Monster.

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Moving.....

I will be moving soon.  I've already been to my new apartment, and I have the keys.  If all goes well, I will sign the lease and move in next week.  My access to the Internet shouldn't be that interrupted (I've got the cable guy coming in on Saturday to set up service at my new apartment, and I've made the arrangements to have the computer there.  This is something I don't want to do (moving is such a pain in the ass), but I have to.  On the bright side, the bus line I'll be one is so much better (chief at $day-job will be so much happier that I can stay later without having to make arrangements ahead of time). 

So long, Puyallup.

Found

Today while cleaning my room, I noticed an anti-static bag underneath one of my speaker shelves.  It turns out to be my old 56k modem that I thought I threw out.  I've upgraded to broadband (and I connect through an Ethernet card, so I can use a router firewall), and I eventually took out the modem, as it had come loose and was causing installation issues.  I'm still going to keep it, as it does have HPNA, and it may come in handy later on (more importantly, I have the drivers for it).

My new apartment

This may not look much, but it will be my new home in a short while. Oh, did I mention that I'm moving?

 

EDIT: Yes, I know it's blurry, but what do you expect from a cell phone camera?

2 out of 3

The Mariners just beat the Angels to take 2 out of three for the series.  Welcome to the pennant race, Mariners.  You're only three games out of first place, and only one game out of the wild card.  The New World Order (Mind-Control Division) can be interesting if the team you're rooting for is a contender.  And we're not the Yankees, to beat (note to Mr. Steinbrenner, you can't just buy another World Series ring with team payroll.  You actually need to be less than 7 games behind the Bosox).

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This is what happens

When a windows user gets a tattoo.  I wonder if The Anti-Christ has taken notice, yet.

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