>The Christian Science Monitor has a very special article on the army’s new vehicle to fill the medium armor vehicle gap. What everyone wishes they did on their summer vacation. cool stuff The best of 120,000 in wigs? msnbc story both nVidia and ATI guilty of ‘optimization’ Futuremark’s statement regarding said optimization
>Dear Girl I Don’t Know
>Dear Girl I Don’t Know You’ve told me a bit, a vague idea of a she. Tell me your hopes and dreams, where do you want to be? How much have you given to this world, and how much has been taken from you? What would you have your children do differently, and how might that change their view? If you had a choice between love and money, between happiness and fame, would you rather be complacent, or have everyone know your name? What do you seek, this minute, right now? Are you starting a home, are you just up…
>Weird Al’s new album: Poodle Hat is really good! Notable songs include (but are not limited to): Couch Potato Hardware Store Trash Day Angry White Boy Polka Evanescence has also been rockin’ my world as of late. A friend near Boston saw them at a recent show — said it was amazing… the lead singer can really belt it out… and they’ve got the music to back her up. Amazing =] I’m not allowed to go near any shopping sites for at least a couple months. I just got a deal on XBox: Enter The Matrix, some rugs, a framed…
>Ever try to fill up a salt and pepper shaker with salt and pepper packets? It takes a long time, there really isn’t that much in those things. So I hope all are happy to hear that the individual who was lying bleeding in the cafeteria is OK. He had a seizure, fell… blood went *KASPLAT* and the forensics were there because he didn’t have ID… so they suspected possible foul play. So if you ever are after someone, make sure they have misleading ID on them. =]~ Walgreens imitation-DayQuil is a speed-ball in a bottle. Speedball = upper +…
>So I’m sick – co worker spread the joy, I have no sick days – but I’ll be damned if I’m going to miss any work because of this. I’m sure he was thinking the same thing when he waltzed in here to get better just as I’m coming down with it — just to mess with my head! No… not really, it’s just due to our sick policy. It’s hours… but it used to be occurances (didn’t work, of course) where you could be out for 3 days in a row — and it was 1 occurance of sick…
>So the rain has stopped… 7 days total I believe. I’m happy — it’s a nice day… for a b l o o d b a t h !!! Ok — maybe not that extreme, but there was a dead body, some blood… and unusual circumstance (though I don’t think it was murder, per se) surrounding the cafeteria here @ work. It’s run by an outside company, so I don’t have any inside info — but they had the bathroom roped off and there was a stain of sorts on the tile/marble/carpet. They had most of it covered up, no…
>I went to go play pool this evening with my friend Caitlin and her partner in crime – Danielle. We headed to one of my favorite spots: Boston Billiards. They have a really nice place, full-sized tables, good people, decent drinks if a little high-priced, and some of the best waitresses around. =] There was a fire truck there – firemen walking on the roof, milling about. Danielle didn’t have a valid ID so we couldn’t get in, but the bouncer said there was a sort of electrical fire… then people started getting sick. It could have been gas… or…
>…and without further ado… I do! Women, countrymen: free your breasts with nippies! The newest ‘images of war’. So it appears that marijuanna is everywhere down south, maybe they’ll get tired of trying to kill it all eventually. For those who may have missed the actual explanation through the hoobajoob: Script of Neo’s conversation with The Architect from The Matrix: Reloaded (spoiler) Check this before you buy that new/used car A good article on all the byways you didn’t know existed. I played Enter the Matrix (Xbox) last night… I’m hooked, apparently others are as well and I shall purchase…
>So this has got to be the most dreary weekend in a long while… it’s like 5-7 days straight of darkness and rain. Everyone’s lethargic, staying in… tired. I have a birthday party at the local club to go to tonight. I like going out… it’s just that they always play the same crap there. It’s about an hour of good music, with shit inbetween… and then they repeat about an hour before closing. (because they let you in an hour early if you’re with a birthday party) They have ‘hot body contests’ but the same people own the club…
>When in doubt — just surf it out! photo blog (lower left) non-descript notable blog #1 non-descript notable blog #2 An ant farm case mod. A new TV show for cats and the people they tolerate. Online Comic: A Guy and His Monkey (today’s is especially… um… yeah) Look at the description of the ‘officers in uniform’ restriction. Lob urine soaked snowballs at moose for 5 years and what d’ya get? More bodies found at Stonehenge. Meddling with Masturbation in Manhattan. This just in: Half-Life 2 will be cool! Oh yeah… and Gateway is attempting to steal your soul (but…
>I can’t write poetry, I’ve established that. I just tried, and failed damn near flat. I couldn’t find a word, or rhyme the write verb, but I was trying to speak of my cat. Gobble gobble gobble, gobble gobble goo. Gooble gobble gooble goo, boggle goodble google gooble. I don’t know what I want to say, I don’t know what I want to write, I want to jump around and go ‘gobble gobble goo!’ …just cause. Oh yeah… and add some flailing in there, too.
>So there’s some major stuff going down today. Microsoft is talking to SCO in order to license UNIX. SCO is in turn sending notices to certain distributors of Linux saying that they are distributing an “unauthorized derivative” of their operating system. Mac OSX already has a license for the UNIX basis for their operating system from BSD… so they’re unaffected, but all the other flavors of Linux are possibly threatened if they can indeed prove that Linux uses the UNIX engine/technology. Mac’s online music service might be causing a stir, but this new Spanish site: Puretunes.com is doing more then…
>Ode to Franna
>I had to put my kitty down, last night. The past few days have been pretty rough for her, I had seen her around the house at different intervals, but normally she’d be in one spot for at least 24 hours. After talking with my Ken I realized the only reason she’d been in different places was because people had picked her up to move her. She had also spent an extended period in a cupboard in the bathroom because she went in there to hide and sit… and didn’t meow or even try to get out for at least…
>[As always, any news links will open in a new window — links to old entries will stay in page, you’ll just jump to that particular section] I posted a link a few days ago regarding ‘black boxes’ for cars that record information about the person driving. It has been targeted towards businesses and parents being watchful of their teenage children. One model even included a GPS that would give a position every 5 minutes as well as email you when the driver broke the speed limit. It was kind of scary in itself – but apparently there’s already some…
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>Here’s a few good blogs I came accross the other day: Flying Jesse Finally a blog I can identify with: Random=Good A Photo Blog Raymi The Minx with a few self-portraits… various rambling of interest. (some objectionable content/pictures) GeekSlut.org he’s a solider, a bodybuilder, gay, and a slut. (major/graphic objectionable content) …an interesting read.
>Pondernation About the Procuration
>So here I am wondering about rushing into things again. Cathy and I were like two peas in a pod… she’s got a wonderful sense of humor. She appreciates my remarks, though one or two has shot over her head, but sometimes it’s hard to catch things over IM unless you’re already somewhat familiar with the person. My first impression is that she comes from a good family, she dresses well, dances… and picked up on being spun and traditional dance moves really quick. We’d dance and I’d spin her, she’s roll away and sping back up into my arms.…
>Yesterday was a good day. I didn’t sleep in -too- late, got up by 11 and already had a few calls waiting for me. I called Laura back, everyone else was already involved. She was at the park, but she popped over after a bit. I got some cleaning done (it never stops!) in the meanwhile… and we were off to get ice cream! It was a beautiful day… I just love driving when it’s like that. So we hung out at the ice cream place… we were just talking for a long time, all sorts of random stuff. I…
>So I had a little get-together on Saturday. Just a few people, my friend Jamie, her boyfriend, and her roommate from UMASS. We spent the night partying, hanging out, and having a general good time. Jamie is a good friend from way back at home, she goes to UMASS and is in the Varsity Cheerleading squad. I hadn’t seen her in a while so it was good to catch up, we only get together once every couple months due to both of our busy schedules. This time she wanted me to meet her room mate Cathy. A very cool young…
>Just cute lil ol me being cute lil ol me.
>There’s some links coming, but first: My friend Jamie IM’d me the other night. She’s a cheerleader at UMASS that I know from working @ Walmart back in highschool. We hung out, talked a lot, and we became really good friends. She said she wants her roommate to meet me, and that she’s probably ‘my type’. It’s a bit of a set up… partying with a girl, her boyfriend, her roommate, and the ‘guy she wants her to meet’. (but she assures me that it’s not) I’m just lookin to chill, haven’t seen my friend in a while… don’t want…
>The Summer of Serin
> The Summer of Serin You know the Seinfeld episode where George declares it shall be “The Summer of George”. Well I got a similar revelation coming. =] Everything’s looking good so far, living for me, and hopefully meeting someone special. With all the girls out of college, they’re raring to go… everyone’s looking to hook up who’s not, and things are lookin good. I’m hoping to meet someone at least relatively attractive, but my trouble is I see past initial looks either thinking that I can go on like that forever… thinking logically about it, in other words. Then…