“The trick is to keep breathing…”

[shadorunr]

Wednesday - 17 August 2011

Midweek and all’s pretty well…

…unless you’re this guy:



I’m talking about the car in the middle of the picture. It appears to have broken down in the median. It’s also been there for a few minutes. I watched as (at least) two patrol cars drove past it - in the left lane - without stopping. *shrug*

After about 40 minutes, another car pulled up behind it. People got out. They stood near the first car. A couple of minutes later, they both pulled off. I’m not sure, but it may have just been a case of running out of gas.  But, I’m still a little… concerned/bothered… that the two police officers just drove past it like nothing was wrong.

Yesterday, I was in the south office. One of my tasks for the day was to join peoples’ computers to the corporate network. In and of itself, not a terribly difficult assignment. Or so you’d think. After all, the computers spoke the same language - Windows - albeit different dialects (XP/Vista/7).

Theoretical Concept: Easy.

Practical Application: *grblsnrkx*

Let’s say that there was a lot of “hurry up and wait” along with the obligatory questions from the engineers of: “Which login do I use?” and “Should I try this?” and “Huh…?!” But, I got a few of the guys taken care of… without bloodshed.

Last night was game night with nox_aeternus and crew. It was a good time. Especially as none of us died in the course of adventuring.

Groove. Boogie. Sway.

A couple of songs that helped to get this morning started were:

• Rush - YYZ
• Clivilles and Cole - Pride (in the Name of Love)

There were others, but these two were the prime movers of the day.  Oh, yeah, and this one:

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It has gotten back into the public eye ear(?) as the background music for the Blackberry PlayBook commercial.

Stray Toasters

• I have chatted with my mother today. Twice. Online.
• Apple unleashes first OS X Lion update
• Tobacco giants suing FDA over warning labels mandate
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• By way of everydave comes Danny MacAskill Industrial Revolutions
• A Proud Moment in a Discredited Era
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• One More Reason (Some) Americans Don’t Care About Kate Bush
• Hello Kitty + Ninja Gaiden = ???
• What Bandwidth Caps Would Mean for Internet Gluttons
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• A Village Person Test the Copyright Law
• Razorantium has returned to Lush!  Hallelujah!

Quote of the Day

It’s been a while since I’ve had a good story about my nieces. Fortunately, my brother-in-law posted one yesterday:

Lady, looking at Sophia, dressed in pink with a pink headband: “Oh how cute, is it a little girl?”

Me: No lady, “it” is a duck.

Lady: Well you’re rude.

Me: Well you’re not very bright.

Sophia: QUACK, Daddy! QUACK!

Sophia is just shy of her second birthday.

Namaste.

Current Mood: workin' for The Man...