I'm buying a damn chainsaw
Another freakin' tree fell after the storms here! I swear to god...by the time it finally stops raining and I get all these tree's cut up I'm gonna need a scythe to cut it.
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May 30, 2004
Another freakin' tree fell after the storms here! I swear to god...by the time it finally stops raining and I get all these tree's cut up I'm gonna need a scythe to cut it.
I'm buying a damn chainsaw
May 28, 2004
AOL 9.0 on a P166Mhz...ouch!
Added a few pics:
A fortune I actually got:
Pretty much how I feel about most what I read:
AOL 9.0 is set us up the bomb:
- Need some wallpapers for dual displays? How about a program to help you utilize them better?
- Problems with your car lately? Replacing the muffler bearings probably is a good idea. Also make sure to check the level of your blinker fluid.
- Unstable
A fortune I actually got:
Pretty much how I feel about most what I read:
AOL 9.0 is set us up the bomb:
- Need some wallpapers for dual displays? How about a program to help you utilize them better?- Problems with your car lately? Replacing the muffler bearings probably is a good idea. Also make sure to check the level of your blinker fluid.
- Unstable
May 27, 2004
yes, I'm still alive technically
Since probably just about everyone knows the strike ended early tuesday morning, your probably wondering where the hell I've been.
I've been slowly recovering from the strike work I had to do. Working 13 hour days in a job i've never done before was a little stressful, and really drained my mental batteries.
The sad part is, the job is easy once you learn it. I mean really easy....the kinda stuff I do all the time around the house. The only hard part was pulling the orders, and then decyphering them. What really pisses me off (aside from the tech's hiding their tools on us) was by the time I was just starting to get good at it, the strike was over. On the bright side, reading cosmic frame designations is now easy as pie.
Gonna go share 'war stories' now......SCAB!
Update
- Wow, a charity taking money and keeping it for themselves? Next thing you know you'll be telling me that priests molest children....
remember kids, somewhere, somehow, there's a fat white guy getting rich off it.
- A message from corporate america thanking you for your hard work. Considering the recent event's in my life, a funny video.
May 23, 2004
I dreampt I was dreaming
Another glorious day here in WI as I prepare to swim to the CO. Yesterday was a lot better, as I slowly get the hang of working in the CO. The picketer's mainly stayed in the front of the building and weren't even there when we got there and when we left (8 to 5 I guess....). We even went out for lunch and nobody even noticed us.
As for the work.....running jumper's is pretty freakin' easy, it's just figuring out where to do is the hard part. Well gotta get going.....
As for the work.....running jumper's is pretty freakin' easy, it's just figuring out where to do is the hard part. Well gotta get going.....
I keep hearing phones in my head.
Labor union officials enjoy many extraordinary powers and immunities
that were created by legislatures and the courts. Union officials
claim to rely on the support of rank-and-file workers. Yet, they
clamor in the political arena to secure and expand their
government-granted powers, including the powers to shake down workers
for financial support and even to wage campaigns of violent
retaliation against non-union employees. The following list of special privileges reveals the extent
to which union bosses have rigged our nation's labor laws in their
favor. Privilege #1: Exemption from prosecution for union violence.
The most egregious example of organized labor's special privileges and
immunities is the 1973 United States v. Enmons decision. In it, the
United States Supreme Court held that union violence is exempted from
the Hobbs Act, which makes it a federal crime to obstruct interstate
commerce by robbery or extortion. As a result, thousands of incidents
of violent assaults (directed mostly against workers) by union
militants have gone unpunished. Meanwhile, many states also restrict
the authority of law enforcement to enforce laws during strikes. For more exceptions keep reading....
Privilege #2: Exemption from anti-monopoly laws.
The Clayton Act of 1914 exempts unions from anti-monopoly laws,
enabling union officials to forcibly drive out independent or
alternative employee bargaining groups. Privilege #3: Power to force employees to accept unwanted union representation.
Monopoly bargaining, or "exclusive representation," which is embedded
in most of the country's labor relations statutes, enables union
officials to act as the exclusive bargaining agents of all employees
at a unionized workplace, thereby depriving employees of the right to
make their own employment contracts. For example, the National Labor
Relations Act (NLRA) of 1935, the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA)
of 1978, and the Railway Labor Act (RLA) of 1926 prohibit employees
from negotiating their own contracts with their employers or choosing
their own workplace representatives. Privilege #4: Power to collect forced union dues.
Unlike other private organizations, unions can compel individuals to
support them financially. In 28 states under the NLRA (those that have
not passed Right to Work laws), all states under the RLA, on
"exclusive federal enclaves," and in many states under public sector
labor relations acts, employees may be forced to pay union dues as a
condition of employment, even if they reject union affiliation. Privilege #5: Unlimited, undisclosed electioneering.
The Federal Election Campaign Act exempts unions from its limits on
campaign contributions and expenditures, as well as some of its
reporting requirements. Union bigwigs can spend unlimited amounts on
communications to members and their families in support of, or
opposition to, candidates for federal office, and they need not report
these expenditures if they successfully claim that union publications
are primarily devoted to other subjects. For years, the politically
active National Education Association (NEA) teacher union has gotten
away with claiming zero political expenditures on its IRS tax forms! Privilege #6: Ability to strong-arm employers into negotiations.
Unlike all other parties in the economic marketplace, union officials
can compel employers to bargain with them. The NLRA, FLRA, and RLA
make it illegal for employers to resist a union's collective
bargaining efforts and difficult for them to counter aggressive and
deceptive campaigns waged by union organizers. Privilege #7: Right to trespass on an employer's private property.
The Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932 (and state anti-injunction acts) give
union activists immunity from injunctions against trespass on an
employer's property. Privilege #8: Ability of strikers to keep jobs despite refusing to work.
Unlike other employees, unionized employees in the private sector have
the right to strike; that is, to refuse to work while keeping their
job. In some cases, it is illegal for employers to hire replacement
workers, even to avert bankruptcy. Meanwhile, union officials demonize
replacement workers as "scabs" to set them up for retaliation. Privilege #9: Union-only cartels on construction projects.
Under so-called project labor agreements, governments (local, state,
or federal) award contracts for construction on major projects such as
highways, airports, and stadiums exclusively to unionized firms. Such
practices effectively lock-out qualified contractors and employees who
refuse to submit to exclusive union bargaining, forced union dues, and
wasteful union work rules. So far, just three states have outlawed
these discriminatory and costly union-only pacts. Privilege #10: Government funding of forced unionism.
On top of all of the special powers and immunities granted to
organized labor, politicians even pour taxpayer money straight into
union coffers. Union groups receive upwards of $160 million annually
in direct federal grants. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. In
2001, the federal Department of Labor doled out $148 million for
"international labor programs" overwhelmingly controlled by an AFL-CIO
front group. Federal bureaucrats spend approximately $2.6 billion per
year on "job training programs" that, under the Workforce Investment
Act, must be administered by boards filled with union officials. Union
bosses also benefit from a plethora of state and local government
giveaways. http://www.nrtw.org/d/big_labor_special_privileges.htm
that were created by legislatures and the courts. Union officials
claim to rely on the support of rank-and-file workers. Yet, they
clamor in the political arena to secure and expand their
government-granted powers, including the powers to shake down workers
for financial support and even to wage campaigns of violent
retaliation against non-union employees. The following list of special privileges reveals the extent
to which union bosses have rigged our nation's labor laws in their
favor. Privilege #1: Exemption from prosecution for union violence.
The most egregious example of organized labor's special privileges and
immunities is the 1973 United States v. Enmons decision. In it, the
United States Supreme Court held that union violence is exempted from
the Hobbs Act, which makes it a federal crime to obstruct interstate
commerce by robbery or extortion. As a result, thousands of incidents
of violent assaults (directed mostly against workers) by union
militants have gone unpunished. Meanwhile, many states also restrict
the authority of law enforcement to enforce laws during strikes. For more exceptions keep reading....
Privilege #2: Exemption from anti-monopoly laws.
The Clayton Act of 1914 exempts unions from anti-monopoly laws,
enabling union officials to forcibly drive out independent or
alternative employee bargaining groups. Privilege #3: Power to force employees to accept unwanted union representation.
Monopoly bargaining, or "exclusive representation," which is embedded
in most of the country's labor relations statutes, enables union
officials to act as the exclusive bargaining agents of all employees
at a unionized workplace, thereby depriving employees of the right to
make their own employment contracts. For example, the National Labor
Relations Act (NLRA) of 1935, the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA)
of 1978, and the Railway Labor Act (RLA) of 1926 prohibit employees
from negotiating their own contracts with their employers or choosing
their own workplace representatives. Privilege #4: Power to collect forced union dues.
Unlike other private organizations, unions can compel individuals to
support them financially. In 28 states under the NLRA (those that have
not passed Right to Work laws), all states under the RLA, on
"exclusive federal enclaves," and in many states under public sector
labor relations acts, employees may be forced to pay union dues as a
condition of employment, even if they reject union affiliation. Privilege #5: Unlimited, undisclosed electioneering.
The Federal Election Campaign Act exempts unions from its limits on
campaign contributions and expenditures, as well as some of its
reporting requirements. Union bigwigs can spend unlimited amounts on
communications to members and their families in support of, or
opposition to, candidates for federal office, and they need not report
these expenditures if they successfully claim that union publications
are primarily devoted to other subjects. For years, the politically
active National Education Association (NEA) teacher union has gotten
away with claiming zero political expenditures on its IRS tax forms! Privilege #6: Ability to strong-arm employers into negotiations.
Unlike all other parties in the economic marketplace, union officials
can compel employers to bargain with them. The NLRA, FLRA, and RLA
make it illegal for employers to resist a union's collective
bargaining efforts and difficult for them to counter aggressive and
deceptive campaigns waged by union organizers. Privilege #7: Right to trespass on an employer's private property.
The Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932 (and state anti-injunction acts) give
union activists immunity from injunctions against trespass on an
employer's property. Privilege #8: Ability of strikers to keep jobs despite refusing to work.
Unlike other employees, unionized employees in the private sector have
the right to strike; that is, to refuse to work while keeping their
job. In some cases, it is illegal for employers to hire replacement
workers, even to avert bankruptcy. Meanwhile, union officials demonize
replacement workers as "scabs" to set them up for retaliation. Privilege #9: Union-only cartels on construction projects.
Under so-called project labor agreements, governments (local, state,
or federal) award contracts for construction on major projects such as
highways, airports, and stadiums exclusively to unionized firms. Such
practices effectively lock-out qualified contractors and employees who
refuse to submit to exclusive union bargaining, forced union dues, and
wasteful union work rules. So far, just three states have outlawed
these discriminatory and costly union-only pacts. Privilege #10: Government funding of forced unionism.
On top of all of the special powers and immunities granted to
organized labor, politicians even pour taxpayer money straight into
union coffers. Union groups receive upwards of $160 million annually
in direct federal grants. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. In
2001, the federal Department of Labor doled out $148 million for
"international labor programs" overwhelmingly controlled by an AFL-CIO
front group. Federal bureaucrats spend approximately $2.6 billion per
year on "job training programs" that, under the Workforce Investment
Act, must be administered by boards filled with union officials. Union
bosses also benefit from a plethora of state and local government
giveaways. http://www.nrtw.org/d/big_labor_special_privileges.htm
May 22, 2004
Dahmer Party: Day 3
If I have to read one more union person talking about unity I think I'm going to vomit all over myself.
The thing is people....I don't want to be here. I don't what to stay in a hotel, drive in a car with 4 other people, eat crappy food, work in a dark, cold, windowless CO all day, and I for sure don't want "thur job's". I just want the union and sbc to reach a decision and get things back to normal.
What I find it most hard to understand is the hatred against management workers. They must know that we don't want to be there, and that we don't have a choice. Striking is one thing, picketing is another, but insulting and calling people names who don't even want to be there. I guess what makes it even worse is the pride they take in intimidating people who don't want to even be doing what they are doing. It's like high school all over again. Prank calls, name calling, calling all the telephones, and chanting over the frame horn.
Well if you'll excuse me, I have to get going...seems falling asleep the minute I got back to the hotel room wasn't enough, so now I have to go chug coffee before I get to cross the picket line.....
May 20, 2004
SBC vs. CWA: Day -1
Just got back from a 9pm meeting...damn tired, have to be up at 5am to get ready to cross picket lines. Nobody want's to take a personal car for fear the union picketer's will "damage" it....so we all have to car pool.
I'm lucky that i'm in one of the larger CO's I guess...but with no microwave or fridge, it will make trying to eat an ordeal if the union decides to be asses and block the driveways.
Technically they can get away with so much shit it isn't funny. They can take pictures of you, but you can't of them (it's considered intimidation of the union), they can block driveway's for extended periods of time (imagine waiting 15 minutes to drive through. I hope none of that happens....guess I'll find out tomorrow...goodnight..
I'm lucky that i'm in one of the larger CO's I guess...but with no microwave or fridge, it will make trying to eat an ordeal if the union decides to be asses and block the driveways.
Technically they can get away with so much shit it isn't funny. They can take pictures of you, but you can't of them (it's considered intimidation of the union), they can block driveway's for extended periods of time (imagine waiting 15 minutes to drive through. I hope none of that happens....guess I'll find out tomorrow...goodnight..
SBC vs. CWA: Day One
Apparently Austrailia does not want you to import certain things....this for example:
Kinda hard to blame them....but the worse part is I want one now :)
So here I am, sitting in a hotel room on getting ready for the CWA strike to begin tomorrow. And I'm already bored out of my freaking mind. The dialup here can only go about 26-24k, and the wireless is 5 bucks a day...:( Plus I have to drive 40 minutes for some stupid orientation meeting tonight and then wake up and be to "work" by 7am.
I'm really curious what the picket lines are going to be like......
Kinda hard to blame them....but the worse part is I want one now :)
So here I am, sitting in a hotel room on getting ready for the CWA strike to begin tomorrow. And I'm already bored out of my freaking mind. The dialup here can only go about 26-24k, and the wireless is 5 bucks a day...:( Plus I have to drive 40 minutes for some stupid orientation meeting tonight and then wake up and be to "work" by 7am.
I'm really curious what the picket lines are going to be like......
May 19, 2004
Dear Crackhead
Yes, you. You sick fucker. On Wednesday morning I
emerged from my girlfriend's building by U.N. Plaza to
find that you had sawed the tops off both the
sparkplugs on my motorcycle. At the time, I had no
idea why anyone would do that. Other than the
sparkplugs, the bike was untouched. Some kind of
bizarre vandalism? A fraternity prank gone awry? I had
no idea. All I knew is that I looked like a huge
douchebag riding the Muni to work in a padded
motorcycle jacket and helmet. Because the bike was immobilized I got a $35 street
sweeping ticket that night. Thursday I had it towed to
the shop ($45) where they replaced the sparkplugs and
the boots ($50 including labor). They explained to me
that "people" - I use the term loosely here - like you
break off the tops of spark plugs and use the
porcelain tubes to smoke crack. As an engineer and
former MacGyver fan, in a way I think this is kind of
cool. But then I remember that I just paid $100 for
YOUR crackpipes, and I get angry again. Crackhead, it was really good to have my bike back
though. I rode home from the shop with a couple of
spare sparkplugs and a smile on my face. I figured the
next time I parked at my girlfriend's place overnight
I would have to buy some crackpipes and tape them to
my bike as a peace offering. Overall, I wasn't that
upset. Despite having to ride the bus for three days
and dropping a hundred bones at the shop, I had gained
some fascinating knowledge, a new set of sparkplugs,
and a pretty funny anecdote about how fucked up you
are, and how our paths once crossed briefly in the
night. But you couldn't just let sleeping dogs lie, could you
Crackhead. You couldn't just stay in on Friday, watch
Letterman through the window of a home electronics
store and then call it a night. You couldn't rest on
your laurels. Two porcelain sparkplug crackpipes just
wasn't enough for you, was it Crackhead? You just had
to come back for more. This morning, a scant fifteen hours after I rode it
out of the shop, I found my motorcycle violated once
again. This time you only took the right one - maybe
you were having an off night. At least this time I had
a spare sparkplug and the tools to fix it - or so I
thought - having ordered a 73-piece toolset from
SEARS.com last week. But no, the sparkplug socket in
my new toolset was for American sparkplugs. So I had
to go down to the neighborhood Ace hardware. They had
an 18mm socket that would fit over my sparkplug, but
it was for a 1/2" drive ratchet. My toolkit only has
1/4" and 3/8" ratchets. So I had to buy a 1/2" ratchet
along with the socket. Even though the clerk took pity
on me and gave me the senior citizen discount (I'm 25)
it still cost me $22 all told. Now, you might say that
I should have just gotten a 3/8"-to-1/2" drive adaptor
instead of springing for the whole ratchet. And to
that I say "Shut the hell up, Crackhead, I'm not
finished. And besides, I was eventually going to buy a
1/2" ratchet anyway so it's probably not worth it to
take it back now." OK, now I'm rambling. But the point is, Crackhead,
that you have done me wrong. Now, I get that you love
crack. That is totally understandable. I've heard it
is really fun, at first, and quite addictive. What I
don't understand is, YOU ARE A CRACKHEAD. WHY DON'T YOU OWN A CRACKPIPE? I am an engineer. Do you ever see me shaking down bums
in the Loin for a calculator and sliderule? No, you
don't. Because engineering is the main thing I do, I
went and bought myself a calculator. The main thing
you do is crack. How do you get by without a
crackpipe? The other crackheads must clown on you
non-stop. I mean, the fucking saw you used to saw off
my sparkplugs is probably worth five or ten bucks. Why
not sell or trade it for a crackpipe? You really
haven't put much thought into this, have you? Please, Crackhead, please don't tell me you sold your
crackpipe to buy crack. Even a stupid crackhead such
as yourself couldn't possibly be that stupid. I've decided that taping crackpipes to my motorcycle
would be tantamount to appeasement. You have crossed a
line, Crackhead - specifically California Street. You
have come onto my own street and you have desecrated
that which I hold dear. You have stolen from me, and
you have caused me to spend the last half hour writing
this post instead of engineering shit, and it is
concievable, if not likely, that my boss could find
out about this and fire me. I am hella pissed at you
dude. Here are my options as I see them: 1. Write a note saying that I have coated both of my
sparkplugs in rat poison and tape it to my bike at
night. You can thank Tim for that one, it was his
idea. 2. Don't write a note, but just coat both sparkplugs
in rat poison. This is probably closer to a punishment
that would fit your despicable crime. I'm sure this is
super illegal and shit, but it's not like anyone is
going to miss you, Crackhead. Don't fool yourself. 3. Wait in an alley near my bike armed with my new
stainless steel mirror-finish Ace Professional brand
1/2" drive socket wrench, my 18mm sparkplug socket,
and my searing rage. It's pretty heavy and well
balanced. I am not a large man, but I am angry. In conclusion, Crackhead, why don't you just do both
of us a favor and buy yourself a crackpipe? It will
both enhance your crack smoking experience and save me
a lot of time and felony assault charges. Think about
it. Sincerely,
Matt
emerged from my girlfriend's building by U.N. Plaza to
find that you had sawed the tops off both the
sparkplugs on my motorcycle. At the time, I had no
idea why anyone would do that. Other than the
sparkplugs, the bike was untouched. Some kind of
bizarre vandalism? A fraternity prank gone awry? I had
no idea. All I knew is that I looked like a huge
douchebag riding the Muni to work in a padded
motorcycle jacket and helmet. Because the bike was immobilized I got a $35 street
sweeping ticket that night. Thursday I had it towed to
the shop ($45) where they replaced the sparkplugs and
the boots ($50 including labor). They explained to me
that "people" - I use the term loosely here - like you
break off the tops of spark plugs and use the
porcelain tubes to smoke crack. As an engineer and
former MacGyver fan, in a way I think this is kind of
cool. But then I remember that I just paid $100 for
YOUR crackpipes, and I get angry again. Crackhead, it was really good to have my bike back
though. I rode home from the shop with a couple of
spare sparkplugs and a smile on my face. I figured the
next time I parked at my girlfriend's place overnight
I would have to buy some crackpipes and tape them to
my bike as a peace offering. Overall, I wasn't that
upset. Despite having to ride the bus for three days
and dropping a hundred bones at the shop, I had gained
some fascinating knowledge, a new set of sparkplugs,
and a pretty funny anecdote about how fucked up you
are, and how our paths once crossed briefly in the
night. But you couldn't just let sleeping dogs lie, could you
Crackhead. You couldn't just stay in on Friday, watch
Letterman through the window of a home electronics
store and then call it a night. You couldn't rest on
your laurels. Two porcelain sparkplug crackpipes just
wasn't enough for you, was it Crackhead? You just had
to come back for more. This morning, a scant fifteen hours after I rode it
out of the shop, I found my motorcycle violated once
again. This time you only took the right one - maybe
you were having an off night. At least this time I had
a spare sparkplug and the tools to fix it - or so I
thought - having ordered a 73-piece toolset from
SEARS.com last week. But no, the sparkplug socket in
my new toolset was for American sparkplugs. So I had
to go down to the neighborhood Ace hardware. They had
an 18mm socket that would fit over my sparkplug, but
it was for a 1/2" drive ratchet. My toolkit only has
1/4" and 3/8" ratchets. So I had to buy a 1/2" ratchet
along with the socket. Even though the clerk took pity
on me and gave me the senior citizen discount (I'm 25)
it still cost me $22 all told. Now, you might say that
I should have just gotten a 3/8"-to-1/2" drive adaptor
instead of springing for the whole ratchet. And to
that I say "Shut the hell up, Crackhead, I'm not
finished. And besides, I was eventually going to buy a
1/2" ratchet anyway so it's probably not worth it to
take it back now." OK, now I'm rambling. But the point is, Crackhead,
that you have done me wrong. Now, I get that you love
crack. That is totally understandable. I've heard it
is really fun, at first, and quite addictive. What I
don't understand is, YOU ARE A CRACKHEAD. WHY DON'T YOU OWN A CRACKPIPE? I am an engineer. Do you ever see me shaking down bums
in the Loin for a calculator and sliderule? No, you
don't. Because engineering is the main thing I do, I
went and bought myself a calculator. The main thing
you do is crack. How do you get by without a
crackpipe? The other crackheads must clown on you
non-stop. I mean, the fucking saw you used to saw off
my sparkplugs is probably worth five or ten bucks. Why
not sell or trade it for a crackpipe? You really
haven't put much thought into this, have you? Please, Crackhead, please don't tell me you sold your
crackpipe to buy crack. Even a stupid crackhead such
as yourself couldn't possibly be that stupid. I've decided that taping crackpipes to my motorcycle
would be tantamount to appeasement. You have crossed a
line, Crackhead - specifically California Street. You
have come onto my own street and you have desecrated
that which I hold dear. You have stolen from me, and
you have caused me to spend the last half hour writing
this post instead of engineering shit, and it is
concievable, if not likely, that my boss could find
out about this and fire me. I am hella pissed at you
dude. Here are my options as I see them: 1. Write a note saying that I have coated both of my
sparkplugs in rat poison and tape it to my bike at
night. You can thank Tim for that one, it was his
idea. 2. Don't write a note, but just coat both sparkplugs
in rat poison. This is probably closer to a punishment
that would fit your despicable crime. I'm sure this is
super illegal and shit, but it's not like anyone is
going to miss you, Crackhead. Don't fool yourself. 3. Wait in an alley near my bike armed with my new
stainless steel mirror-finish Ace Professional brand
1/2" drive socket wrench, my 18mm sparkplug socket,
and my searing rage. It's pretty heavy and well
balanced. I am not a large man, but I am angry. In conclusion, Crackhead, why don't you just do both
of us a favor and buy yourself a crackpipe? It will
both enhance your crack smoking experience and save me
a lot of time and felony assault charges. Think about
it. Sincerely,
Matt
May 18, 2004
evil twin?
Sometimes I don't get to update the site as much as I'd like.....there's a good reason for that really. I'm very, very busy.
Seriously....I'm a very busy person, with work, the house, everything. The joy's of home owner ship, when done right, are many.
Then again...I tell you all how busy I am and then I fuck around by taking pics :)
Big storm last night, wokeup to find 1/2 a tree in our yard...one of the larger branches had 1/2 broken off.
So naturally we had to put it out of it's misery:
My promotion became official yesterday, I'm now a Senior IP DSL Network Engineer. I was really surprised at all the congratulatory emails I got. Guess I wasn't expecting it really. Still it's kinda cool. Now I just have to decide on what color Porsche Boxster to get...silver or black? I'm leaning towards black myself :)
Speaking of which, my computer is making a weird dying sound....so I ordered a new one which should be coming this week! *excited*
So naturally we had to put it out of it's misery:
My promotion became official yesterday, I'm now a Senior IP DSL Network Engineer. I was really surprised at all the congratulatory emails I got. Guess I wasn't expecting it really. Still it's kinda cool. Now I just have to decide on what color Porsche Boxster to get...silver or black? I'm leaning towards black myself :)
Speaking of which, my computer is making a weird dying sound....so I ordered a new one which should be coming this week! *excited*
May 13, 2004
cat...i'm a kittie cat...and i meow, meow, meow
So I got the webcam working again.....kinda. I can't do the streaming stuff anymore really, but I was able to get the old method up where it refreshes every 30 seconds.... Right now it just points out into the back yard until I figure out where to place it.
- paper work delay leaves woman without skull for 4 months....- Ever have a guy try to sell you speakers from a white van in a parking lot? This happened to me a little while ago while in Schaumburg, IL.....turns out it's a scam. Not that buying stuff off the back of a van in a parking lot doesn't seem on the up and up.....
- Comcast slowly screwing customers in Boston by taking away channels they've had for years. This is exactly what they did when we moved. Took away the Sci-Fi channel....and then a month later took HBO. Comcast can kiss my white hairy ass......I hate their freaking concept of fairness....and those constant price increases! Thank god we got Dish network w/ the PVR....pay the same, and get so much more. (although I miss showtime's Dead Like Me, but comcast took that way too.....)
May 12, 2004
Back to the furture
- Test your skill with this test of the obvious.
- How to bling' it with your crunk new shnizzy-izzy SUV. God it's hard to type that out....
- Dave Barry explains why humor is being outsourced along with tech jobs.
- Be afraid of the worm within. No really, I mean it ...be afraid, this is some sick crap here folks. In fact...just forget it...don't read this link.
- Remember that Kittie cat dance link I put up earlier? You have to check out the guy who made it's site. It's freakin' hilarious I swear to god. Especially this little movie.
- Dvd, CD's....are getting old and falling apart. Still can't be killed with holy water though.
- Islamic video shows beheading of american.....seriously folks. I suggest we drop flyers all over saying "get teh fuck out if you don't wanna fight" and nuke the whole damn place. I didn't even want to put this up at all, but with all the fucking whining that's going on about prisoner torture and mistreatment of POW's maybe we should pay attention to the guys over there slowly hacking their way through some poor guys spinal cord with a dull knife while he screams.
- How to bling' it with your crunk new shnizzy-izzy SUV. God it's hard to type that out....
- Dave Barry explains why humor is being outsourced along with tech jobs.
- Be afraid of the worm within. No really, I mean it ...be afraid, this is some sick crap here folks. In fact...just forget it...don't read this link.
- Remember that Kittie cat dance link I put up earlier? You have to check out the guy who made it's site. It's freakin' hilarious I swear to god. Especially this little movie.
- Dvd, CD's....are getting old and falling apart. Still can't be killed with holy water though.
- Islamic video shows beheading of american.....seriously folks. I suggest we drop flyers all over saying "get teh fuck out if you don't wanna fight" and nuke the whole damn place. I didn't even want to put this up at all, but with all the fucking whining that's going on about prisoner torture and mistreatment of POW's maybe we should pay attention to the guys over there slowly hacking their way through some poor guys spinal cord with a dull knife while he screams.
May 11, 2004
Office is 90% finished
Jen worked on the office today, moving things up and setting up stuff while I was at work today, and when I got home I took over. Together we've just about polished off the office today.
Of course there's pics.....don't be ridiculous...besides I have plenty of time while my Hungry Man dinner is cooking (Jen's at work)
Here's Jen's new desk....long story, but we bought it at Best Buy for $21 bucks. Wasn't easy though, had to hunt it down through 3 Best Buys....
Here's a pic of the rightside of my desk...I'm sure it will not be that neat for long. And no...that's not an VoIP phone, the laptop is a Dell Lattitude D600, yes that's a color laser printer and the cat came with the desk.
Here's the power system I setup. Those power strips are from an old Radio Shack I worked at when I was younger and had in storage. One is wired up to the UPS, and the other is setup for House power directly. That way important stuff gets run incase of a power outage, and the fax machine doesn't end up sucking up valuable resources.
And here's the left side of my desk. I have a 4 port KVM unit hiding behind the monitors, and monitor 2 setup to run it. That way I can leave my email open on my main screen and see it while running another computer.
Here's a pic of the rightside of my desk...I'm sure it will not be that neat for long. And no...that's not an VoIP phone, the laptop is a Dell Lattitude D600, yes that's a color laser printer and the cat came with the desk.
Here's the power system I setup. Those power strips are from an old Radio Shack I worked at when I was younger and had in storage. One is wired up to the UPS, and the other is setup for House power directly. That way important stuff gets run incase of a power outage, and the fax machine doesn't end up sucking up valuable resources.
And here's the left side of my desk. I have a 4 port KVM unit hiding behind the monitors, and monitor 2 setup to run it. That way I can leave my email open on my main screen and see it while running another computer.
May 09, 2004
Think of the money i save on flowers
Today was a busy day, I did a lot of things around the house:
- Fixed Jen's TV (RF plug got ripped out during moving)
- Mowed back lawn
- Killed a few hundred ants
- Installed new door handle and mechanism on left gate, and repaired right gate.
- Installed new toilet in master bathroom.....which, speaking of which I just happened to take a few pictures of it.....let's take a look shall we?
Starts with the old toilet, then no toilet, then 1/2 a toilet, then ta da, the new toilet!
Speaking of shitty things, something good happened. I was offered a promotion verbally a few weeks ago, but I actually got the paper work in my grubby little hands last week. So I also got another raise along with the promotion. So I am now a Sr. Network Engineer :) Hey...every little bit helps.
I don't like competing against team mates for promotions, but I am still glad they chose me.
- Fixed Jen's TV (RF plug got ripped out during moving)
- Mowed back lawn
- Killed a few hundred ants
- Installed new door handle and mechanism on left gate, and repaired right gate.
- Installed new toilet in master bathroom.....which, speaking of which I just happened to take a few pictures of it.....let's take a look shall we?
Starts with the old toilet, then no toilet, then 1/2 a toilet, then ta da, the new toilet!
Speaking of shitty things, something good happened. I was offered a promotion verbally a few weeks ago, but I actually got the paper work in my grubby little hands last week. So I also got another raise along with the promotion. So I am now a Sr. Network Engineer :) Hey...every little bit helps.
I don't like competing against team mates for promotions, but I am still glad they chose me.
May 08, 2004
You don't wanna...
Busy working on my office today, thanks to a weekend reprieve from possible strike duty (yay!).
Forgot how big my desk was when it was fully put together....
Terri helped me clean the paint off the window where it leaked over:
*phew* got all the glass in place and hauled the file cabinet up with tommy's help:
Terri helped me clean the paint off the window where it leaked over:
*phew* got all the glass in place and hauled the file cabinet up with tommy's help:
May 06, 2004
god damn backspace key....
- God bless the children of Iraq.
- Guy is scared by the olsen twins.
- What ever happend to Sholin Soccer?....pussies scared of a tornado.
- Good Scam/Spoof site. Don't believe every email you get.
- Speaking of scam's, Rebates are a trick! Of course I've realized that for years.
- Worried your money isn't safe in the bank? Don't be...even they can't get to it.
- Kill any kitten's lately? (masturbating doesn't count)
- Don't mess with a man and his cell phone. Seriously...two bullet's?!?!
- Free Gas = Great, Getting caught cause your a dumbass and used your driver's license = Not as great.
- Kill everyone, let god sort them out......and people say I'm antisocial.
- Mental note: Don't go diving with assholes.
- OMFG, this is the coolest thing ever. Pacmanhattan.
- Bored? In Maine? Have extra Bandwith? Have extra alchohol? Why not make a website?
- I normally don't put stuff like this up, but here are some real nice pictures of tit's.
- Dance...i'm a kittie cat and I dance, dance, dance and I dance, dance, dance. Seriously...don't ever tell me I'm "creepy cat guy"...this guy takes that title.
- Speaking of cats, cat proof your computer with this program.
- Jesus christ.....sweet double jump on a dirt bike.
- Great article in CIO on how AT&T wireless completely screwed their company up. Sad part is I'm sure the executives still made sure they got big ol' fat golden parachutes......
- Thought provoking map of all the conficts of the past century...
- Chernobyl = new tourist attraction. Scary.....Jen sent this to me like 3 month's ago. Always meant to post it...very creepy.
- Not feeling clever enough? How about a random insult generator. May you smell the flowers from six feet below, you amalgamation of loathsome repulsiveness.
- Can you pass the 3rd grade? I couldn't :(
- Oldy but goodie....Real Ultimate Ninja Power!
- Ok this is a geek one. It's how to obscure an IP address using Hexadecimal. The reason it's so interesting is it's how a lot of spammer's and scammer's hide their IP's and create those bogus hyperlinks that look like they go to Ebay.com, but really go to some computer sitting in a whorehouse in the Phillipines.
- This guys is very disturbed to create a comic strip about a psycho teddy bear. Ok...finally...and those are just the one's that still work....no wonder my wrists hurt sometimes.
- Guy is scared by the olsen twins.
- What ever happend to Sholin Soccer?....pussies scared of a tornado.
- Good Scam/Spoof site. Don't believe every email you get.
- Speaking of scam's, Rebates are a trick! Of course I've realized that for years.
- Worried your money isn't safe in the bank? Don't be...even they can't get to it.
- Kill any kitten's lately? (masturbating doesn't count)
- Don't mess with a man and his cell phone. Seriously...two bullet's?!?!
- Free Gas = Great, Getting caught cause your a dumbass and used your driver's license = Not as great.
- Kill everyone, let god sort them out......and people say I'm antisocial.
- Mental note: Don't go diving with assholes.
- OMFG, this is the coolest thing ever. Pacmanhattan.
- Bored? In Maine? Have extra Bandwith? Have extra alchohol? Why not make a website?
- I normally don't put stuff like this up, but here are some real nice pictures of tit's.
- Dance...i'm a kittie cat and I dance, dance, dance and I dance, dance, dance. Seriously...don't ever tell me I'm "creepy cat guy"...this guy takes that title.
- Speaking of cats, cat proof your computer with this program.
- Jesus christ.....sweet double jump on a dirt bike.
- Great article in CIO on how AT&T wireless completely screwed their company up. Sad part is I'm sure the executives still made sure they got big ol' fat golden parachutes......
- Thought provoking map of all the conficts of the past century...
- Chernobyl = new tourist attraction. Scary.....Jen sent this to me like 3 month's ago. Always meant to post it...very creepy.
- Not feeling clever enough? How about a random insult generator. May you smell the flowers from six feet below, you amalgamation of loathsome repulsiveness.
- Can you pass the 3rd grade? I couldn't :(
- Oldy but goodie....Real Ultimate Ninja Power!
- Ok this is a geek one. It's how to obscure an IP address using Hexadecimal. The reason it's so interesting is it's how a lot of spammer's and scammer's hide their IP's and create those bogus hyperlinks that look like they go to Ebay.com, but really go to some computer sitting in a whorehouse in the Phillipines.
- This guys is very disturbed to create a comic strip about a psycho teddy bear. Ok...finally...and those are just the one's that still work....no wonder my wrists hurt sometimes.
Rick showed me this
May 05, 2004
Uploaded a lot of
Uploaded a lot of new pic's. We've been very busy beavers around here lately. Plus I got a new laptop the other day, so i've been very busy transferring all my stuff over to it.
Anyways....onto pictures:
Brand new office
Office once again
Office from hallway, look at that fan!
Another fan shot.....freakin awesome
Bottom shot of fan
Light switch of guest room next door...
Inside of guest room
Guest room from the hallway...look a that atmosphere!
Brand new office
Office once again
Office from hallway, look at that fan!
Another fan shot.....freakin awesome
Bottom shot of fan
Light switch of guest room next door...
Inside of guest room
Guest room from the hallway...look a that atmosphere!
May 04, 2004
Crazy squirrel..... Cat'sjust won't
Crazy squirrel.....
Cat'sjust won't come out of the closet...
Cat'sjust won't come out of the closet...
Crazy squirrel..... Cat'sjust won't
Crazy squirrel.....
Cat'sjust won't come out of the closet...
Cat'sjust won't come out of the closet...