I bought new euro-spec headlamps for my car, and today I'm shipping my old headlamps back to the guy who sold me the euros.  My hands were still dirty from packing the box (on a side note, I don't think I've ever seen that much bubble wrap outside of a UPS Store in my life), so as soon as I got to work I went to the restroom to wash my hands.  I  ( Read more... )

At today's Mardi Gras lunch celebration, I ended up with the baby out of the king's cake.  It wasn't actually in my slice, though; it fell out of the cake so we had to choose numbers.  I got a few more beads, a crown, and that creepy little plastic baby ( Read more... )

Well that didn't last long.  I suppose it's not a surprise that the bill didn't make it out of Chris Buttars' committee.  But the slippery slope arguments are flabbergasting.  I understand the desire to avoid the appearance of evil (even though I disagree with the definition of evil in this instance), but I think you have to have a case that is ( Read more... )

Utah is getting area code number three on March 1, and it's an overlay on an existing area code.  So everyone will have to dial ten digits instead of seven.  Big deal, right?

Well, a Utah legislator is opposing that.

Rep. Jim Dunnigan is worried about that 10-digit dialing, especially for seniors and children.

"Now we are going to tell them, it's ( Read more... )

Just thought I'd go on record chiming in with my prediction for tonight's BCS Championship Game.

My prediction:  It's bullshit.

I managed to keep a food journal for almost three weeks, which is almost three weeks more than I thought I could.  And I haven't missed a training session yet; I'm sure that will come as a surprise to those of you who are acquainted with my distaste for mornings and waking up.  I have to say I'm pretty proud of myself, and I feel good about how ( Read more... )

I've sent flowers twice in my life.  The first time was an ill-advised long-distance crush that flared and burned out quickly.  Boy, was that a big ball of meh.  Today was the second time.  My underling's brother passed away on Monday, so I was in charge of coordinating the customary office flowers.  Oddly, this time around it was a much more ( Read more... )

Basically the best post title ever, courtesy of somanyroses .

Now, who hasn't thought of hucking a wad of paper or a fuzzy slipper at the president.  It's part of the same vein of daydreaming in which we punch that grouchy old lady who demands that the supermarket cashier recounts a jar of pennies because she doesn't trust the coloreds.  Or where you pee in ( Read more... )

Why is a book on how to talk to girls written by a 9 year old being taken so seriously?  I mean, yeah, it's cute that he wrote it...good for him.  Okay, so it got published, hurray for him.  But a movie deal?!  wtf?  I just don't think that someone that's never had to try to conceal an erection or had to deal with a cracking voice should be doling ( Read more... )

I usually ride one or two generations behind the tech/internet wave.  I'm still rockin' a Windsor core and a 6600 GT at home.  I have a half-assed Myspace profile.  I have a quarter-assed LinkedIn profile.  I don't own any SATA drives.  And I haven't even bothered with the likes of Facebook, Twitter, or 5.1 (much less 7.1).  But after discovering ( Read more... )