Monday, March 31, 2003

Just saw where Geraldo was booted for broadcasting

Just saw where Geraldo was booted for broadcasting sensitive info. Maybe we should have just told the KKK/Skinheads where he was so they could have broken his nose again.

posted for you by steer 1:31 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Oh no, another year at OU without graduates.

posted for you by steer 1:21 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Haven't written about Ronald lately. He's been pretty good pet lately. Until last night. He piled up all the woodchips into the corner of his cage and attempted to climb over the top. Not now anymore buddy! Ha! There's a lid on it now.


posted for you by jhawk 11:33 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Damn it Bob. That thing's a' coming off! Now hold still!!


posted for you by jhawk 9:40 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Do you have thoughts that you are contaminated with germs or dirt? Do you worry that you hit someone while driving? Must you always count or put things in order? Call Dorthy 405-271-6425.

posted for you by steer 9:50 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I see in my home town newspaper, The Stanton Call-Gazette-Herald-Tribune, that the city fathers are thinking of putting a mirror up at the end of Main Street to make the town look twice as big. In other news, they have decided where to put the stoplight, but are still arguing over the colors.

posted for you by steer 9:21 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Few things are as pathetic as a sick penguin.


But, you already knew that.

posted for you by steer 6:08 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

An open letter to the person who took my parking spot while I was at lunch:

I was parked there first. I was only gone for a while to get something to eat. I had to park clear out at the last few spaces of the lot and walk all the way up to the building. It was a bit chilly and windy out. I feel that, it should have been you, Mister/Misses "Come in to work whenever you feel", that should have had to walk. I was here at 7am. If I knew who you were I'd engage in some sort of passive-aggressive behavior in the work place. Move your stapler, turn off your computer monitor, take all the caps off your pens so the ink dries out. Alas I don't know who you are. I will therefore resort to giving the stink-eye to everyone that passes my desk, secure in the knowledge that "this" must be the perpatrator. I parked across 2 spaces in personal protest.

Sincerly,

jhawk


posted for you by jhawk 4:06 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

According to reports released by the Jhawk Center for Research Into Things, has concluded with no substantial evidence, or more to the point, NO evidence, that drinking a beer might actually make you smarter. Associate researcher Cliff Clavin has provided an anology for the supposed theory. It is reprinted below.

Well ya see, Norm, it's like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.

We will continue to bring any new developments as they warrant. Or whenever we feel like it.


posted for you by jhawk 3:18 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

As I get older it becomes ever so more apparent that I'll never become a professional bowler. I mean, I don't even own my own bowling ball or anything. Or go bowling.


posted for you by jhawk 2:51 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Went to McDonalds over lunch. They didn't give me a straw! There is nothing that can be more annoying than driving off, getting down the street and you reach in the bag and there is no straw. I know, I should check the bag before I drive off. I hate being one of those people who pull up a few feet and then sit there counting the number of pickles on their burger to make sure it's correct. Then after I have my food I can't pull forward until this whack job moves. All I'm saying, is give me my straw!


posted for you by jhawk 2:15 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

The US Army can ship anything anywhere. Even pigeons.


posted for you by jhawk 1:51 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

At work today I had to go guard the doors to the loading dock. We always do that anytime the doors are open to see that there is no unauthorized entry. Two buildings with an alley between. You can't get into either building without passing the magnatometer and Security. Both ends of the alley are guarded with gates and guards, so where is the person going to come in from. Oh well, like I had anything better to do.

posted for you by steer 6:52 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I think I'll make a potato clock for my desk here at work. We were discussing old science fair exhibits. It's either that or an electromagnet. Using a battery some wire and a nail. Probably not good around all these computers :-P




posted for you by jhawk 4:51 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

We're going to follow up the wildly successful "Clean the Kitchen 2003" with "Dust the Living Room Bonanza."


posted for you by jhawk 4:34 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

The most amazing thing is, that I still have that gum.


posted for you by jhawk 4:29 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I want this British guy to buy me a lottery ticket. Lucky bugger.


posted for you by jhawk 3:35 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Rex would like it if you wouldn't point and stare.


posted for you by jhawk 2:19 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Via This guy

Your Kung Fu is no match!


posted for you by jhawk 11:46 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Took a picture of a Red Tailed Hawk that was sitting on the fence in my back yard. No, I don't know what it was looking for. We have nothing it would be interested in. Sent photo to Photoshop Master to see if he could put it in the photoblog. I tried with My Photocenter that comes with XP, but I gave up.
One interesting thing happened at work. A lady had to take her belt off to pass thru the magnatometer to get in the building, and her skirt fell off. Well, not really off, it just started unwrapping. No, I wasn't there, but heard about it. Hey, we are serious about security. Other than that I just collected my pay. I guess I'll go back tomorrow for more.

posted for you by steer 10:41 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Went outside while at work today while taking a break in the afternoon. Our office building is out on the edge of the city. There are areas around that are still just large fields, not developed real estate yet. Since we're in the midwest we get all the fun things that around here that you would get further out into the country.

When I arrived to my car out in the parking lot, there was a HUGE tumbleweed jammed between my car and the Ford Explorer next to me. This tumbleweed was enourmous! It's extremely windy outside right now. I managed to dislodge this tumbleweed from the two cars. Trying not to scratch either car. Successful! I stood this thing up next to me. Now, I'm 6'4" tall, and this was as tall as me or a little bit more. And really wide. Ok, now I've got it out. What do I do with it? I tried to jam it into this bush nearby my car to see if it would hold it in place. The second I let go of the tumbleweed, it was off like a shot. The wind caught it like a sail and that thing went racing through the parking lot like a bullet. It raced past several other people outside and we all just stood there laughing. Seeing a tumbleweed that's 7ft in diameter flying past you is quite a sight.

*update*
Here's a place that would allow you to purchase your own tumbleweeds if in fact you were so inclined.


posted for you by jhawk 3:28 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Radio sucks. It just does. Clear Channel has killed variety. Of course, they don't care about it either.

Ever wonder why you can drive from city to city and hear the exact same songs in each place? It's not because they're all on the top of the charts. The same company is making the playlists for each. Therefore, causing the ones they want played the most to make it onto the music charts.


posted for you by jhawk 2:22 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

"Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate" -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

" The weak are too weak to acknowledge their weakness and admit they are wrong, much less change their minds" -- Somerset Maugham

Somehow I'm reminded of the naysayers on the war.

posted for you by steer 6:15 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I'm now addicted to Jones Soda. Berry White flavor!



I've been tempted to park my car across 2 parking spaces. My car is SO much more important and nicer than everyone elses. You're willing to walk a little bit further right? You understand my need to park this way right?

Yes that was sarcasm. :-P

Which reminds me of something that I saw a few days ago. I was at that supermarket. There was one space open near the front. This car came by it, and was heading down the wrong way in the aisle. It wanted that spot though. So, the driver, she decides to back into the spot. You know these types. Always backing into their parking spots. Like this makes them look cooler, or shaves valuable seconds off their getaway time after purchasing cracked wheat bread. Anyway, this girl is pulling in, looking around at all of us walking through the parking lot. She fails to look in the correct direction when backing a car though. Yep, backwards. Backs right into a light pole. :-P I found it amusing anyway.



posted for you by jhawk 1:32 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Making a claim on British television in March that should alarm all readers, the co-discoverer of the structure DNA, James Watson, said he saw no reason why "stupidity" could not someday be corrected by gene therapy just as other "disorders" are now being addressed. "If you're really stupid, I would call that a disease," he said on the Channel 4 documentary "DNA," I'd like to get rid of (stupidity)."--Oklahoma Gazette

posted for you by steer 6:49 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Virtual Stapler

I have the Swingline model ;-)


posted for you by jhawk 4:16 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Was standing around chatting with some coworkers. They were were huddled around this one person's desk. They were having trouble with a hyperterminal session into a the switch interface. They got connected fine and were getting the prompt for the login and password. No matter what they tried to type nothing would show up. They'd been here for about 10 minutes trying to figure out what was wrong. They'd opened up a Word document and verified that, yes, the keyboard typed. Still nothing in the hyperterminal session. I just leaned through the group and hit the scroll lock key, and...voila! It types. :-P


posted for you by jhawk 2:57 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

What Houston's Astro's Lance Berkman had to say about the Dixie Chicks.

"It's an outrage," Berkman said. "I am disappointed that a group that claims Texas is their home state would make such a derogatory statement about a fine man in the White House in a time that our country needs to be together and not divided.

"I don't want to shoot them or anything. I just want them to move to Oklahoma."

Anyone know if Oklahoma wants them?

posted for you by jhawk 1:23 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

It's starting to be light out in the morning when I go to work. It's also light out much later into the evening. The feeling that summer weather is coming is getting stronger. I don't know about you, but I can't wait for the evenings when dusk has just come, and you can sit outside and enjoy a drink with friends and not freeze to death. We used to set up the TV outside on the deck and watch a Royal's game into the evening. It was great. We'll be able to do that soon.


posted for you by jhawk 10:48 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Ya ever notice that schools that think they get no respect always have some minion run around with the schools HUGE flag as their team goes on the court, whereas the ones that actually get respect don't?





posted for you by steer 12:17 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Today I feel better than I have in an entire week. Which is good. We've done stuff around here.

It's Saturday but doesn't quite feel like that to me. My sense of days is all out of whack. It feels like a Tuesday or something. Like I should be at work. I'm glad I'm not at work though. Many NCAA games on today.

posted for you by jhawk 7:00 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

This is exactly how I feel.

posted for you by steer 2:14 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I guess I'm just being a curmudgeon, but when I see things that I feel are odd, I just have to mention them. At work, in keeping with the alert status being raised to orange,(a side note; I thought there was just orange, nooooo, there are degrees of orange. There is high orange, which is not quite as orange as the General Lee, but more orange than Mary Kay's Orange Marmelade Semi-gloss Aloe Bearing Long-Lastine lipstick, and low orange, which I think is just orange.) we have put a 3 foot high fence around the entire block. 12 foot farther from the curb than normal. This means that patrons of the Federal Court now can't just drop off people because we have usurped that lane, they have to go to the next block and walk back. Of course, making some lawyer unhappy is sometimes good.

posted for you by steer 8:39 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Some items can be easily fixed with some good ol' fashioned "buy a new one."


posted for you by jhawk 3:48 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Red sweatshirt wearing, bald headed, mustache wearing guy didn't even apologize when he cut me off and almost made me spill my drink. Repeated scene 30 seconds later by different guy with the exact same description. I had to remember where this game I was at was being played.


posted for you by jhawk 2:44 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Ronald has been pouting around the house lately. So I put him out back in the yard. Now he's digging a hole in the corner of the yard. I have no idea what that crazy animal is up to.

posted for you by jhawk 2:28 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. Seems to fit the characteristics of someone we all know well. Is it sad when I say the coverage of the war by CNN has been boring the last few days. Am I getting to cynical. Maybe I'm just tired. I havent been able to keep up with much the last couple of days except "Cold Fury", "The Colonel Sanders Conspiracy" and local news. What else is there? Oh, yeah going to work. Did find a new site okMini.com for you Mini owners.

posted for you by steer 10:05 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Went to the NCAA Tourney last night in Oklahoma City at the Ford Center. The KU game was close and the crowd was mostly Oklahoma fans so a lot of them were impartial or rooted for Utah State. There was a good pocket of KU fans though and it still was an exciting time. Probably one of the few chances I'll ever have to go to a NCAA Tournament game.


posted for you by jhawk 9:35 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

1-Trip to the doctor's office
1-digital thermometer
20-bottles of Gatorade and various juices
60-hours of sleep in 4 days
102-degree temperature
12-Movies and DVDs
2-late night infomercials for miracle knives
24-Ibuprofen tablets (do not exceed 6 in 24 hour period)
1-$50 bottle of antibiotics

Finally. I'm getting better. After all that. I'm back at work, and feeling I'm slowly getting back into the swing of things. I know I'm getting better because I heard the funniest thing today at work, and I actually laughed. I overheard one sentence from a conversation at the next desk from mine. I wasn't involved in this conversation. For some reason this struck me as funnier than anything I've heard in a while.

Eat chicken and be warm.

I don't know what would bring up such a comment. That's why it's so funny. ;->


posted for you by jhawk 1:15 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Did a Google Smackdown.
My search criteria?

University of Kansas vs Kansas State University

Results:

Univestity of Kansas 515,000 results
Kansas State University 359,000 results

Winner: University of Kansas!

posted for you by jhawk 10:49 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Yes I have been ill for the last 4 days. Not having pleasant times. Thanks to those who expressed well wishes ;-)

I'm back to work finally, still not feeling creative enough to come up with anything to write about. So there still may be no updates again until tomorrow. Check back though.


posted for you by jhawk 10:09 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Reasons for no updates:
1) jhawk is sick.
2) The war started.
3) The JayHawks are in town.
4) Increased security at work.
5)I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel world.
6) It's been raining for 3 days.

Take your pick!


posted for you by steer 8:50 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

The good die first, but most people are morally ambiguous, which explains our random dying pattern.

posted for you by steer 7:00 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Lou Gehrig died of Lou Gehrig's disease. Jeez, what are the odds.

posted for you by steer 12:09 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

The BBC is the haven of all news that we all need. Talking fish and everything.


posted for you by jhawk 10:27 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.
---Ogden Nash

posted for you by steer 9:25 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary numbers, and those that don't.

posted for you by steer 9:10 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

You just know some idiot will bring along an octopus.

posted for you by steer 8:09 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Either Ronald got out or there is another one just like him that answers to that name. I saw him running down the street just now.

posted for you by steer 1:42 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

I think this is neat. You may have seen it before. It is still neat, so there.

posted for you by steer 1:39 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

It was a good concert. And this lady did a better job than I would explaining it.

posted for you by steer 1:09 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Our exchange server is still down, so no email. We had our weekly Friday meeting coming up soon. Nobody knew what time they were to take place. The time is never the same week to week. So one of the management guys is walking around with a hand drawn sign that says Meeting 3:30pm. Walks by your desk and shows it to you. Then moves on to the next person. Is this what it was like pre-email?


posted for you by jhawk 4:53 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Thinking of running out into our parking lot and screaming "My shoes fit! My shoes fit!"

Somedays you gotta make your own fun. Our company's exchange server is down and work has ground to a halt.


posted for you by jhawk 2:51 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

That's the guy! Him! Check him for my Pez dispenser!


posted for you by jhawk 2:15 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Ronald

Woke up today to find that Ronald got into the trash can last night again. He's becoming a little scamp. Found him hiding behind the couch. He knew he did something wrong.


posted for you by jhawk 12:49 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

It's Albert Einstein's birthday today. Born on March 14,1879. Found out from Google. Look at their logo.


posted for you by jhawk 11:31 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

I can't tell if I'm cool or not. I say Pepsi.

posted for you by steer 11:29 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Take this test and see how you do. I did not do well.

posted for you by steer 11:26 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

(AP Photo/Lou Krasky)

Does my breath smell like fish?


posted for you by jhawk 11:21 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Here I was, walking around Wally World and I needed an ink cart for my printer. I must have F,D&H stamped on my forehead, cause I paid $29.95 for 1 black cartridge. I shoulda gone online to someone. Oh, well, I now can print.


Fat, Dumb & Happy

posted for you by steer 11:09 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

This article I stole from Fark is kinda sad. My only questions is, do people actually still go into McDonalds.

posted for you by steer 12:14 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Now, all you have to do is catch the ball, dribble, and we win. Got it, ok. Oh, never mind.
If you didn't watch the K-State, Colorado game, you won't understand.

posted for you by steer 12:01 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Chess just isn't that hard for us experts. Once you figure out how those horsies move, and learn the intracacies of the castle thingies, you can't be stopped.


posted for you by jhawk 11:00 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I was wondering...

My roommate can run faster backwards than he can forwards. And if race walking is an Olympic sport. Then maybe we need a sport for my roommate. I mean, race walking? That's just as bad as, backwwards running.


posted for you by jhawk 10:30 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Went and tested a H-2 (That's a Hummer to you novices)today. Suitably impressed. Handles well, not as wide as you think, has all the expensive gadgets, well appointed. Not impressed with MPG 10-12 city, 12-14 highway. Good pickup, can see well. Not impressed with price. 55 on the one we drove. Mostly GMC parts, on a Tahoe chasis. Then looked at BMW Z-4, and M-3 But then everybody has a BMW, not many H-2's

posted for you by steer 9:01 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Is there a metric equivelant to the hogshead?


posted for you by jhawk 6:33 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I was just asked how my day was today. My answer was, "Not to exciting and not too dull. It was good." Is that sad?


posted for you by jhawk 5:52 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Thought about becoming a professional tic-tac-toe player. I never stuck with the training regimin.


posted for you by jhawk 4:54 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I'm going to pimp my friends band again. Sound Transmission is their name, and they've got some mp3's you can download. They're working on a new album so check back there later and check for new ones.


posted for you by jhawk 4:15 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I just found out that Armygirl is an IRON SOLDIER!


posted for you by jhawk 3:50 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

If you've ever wanted to crawl through a 40ft model of a colon...


posted for you by jhawk 2:07 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Ali nails Frazier with a wild left hand!


posted for you by jhawk 1:48 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

For the two of us that care, I just now noticed the Arcata Webcam is no more. Now we will have to just wait for the police log.

posted for you by steer 11:58 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Aw, man! This thing's in Spanish! I'll never get this computer desk put together!


posted for you by jhawk 9:34 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

What's your favorite TV show of all time? We probably all know mine, but for those who don't it's The Simpsons. (Seinfeld a close second)


posted for you by jhawk 9:11 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Woke up to tv station complaining about Nick Collision being named Big XII player of the year by the coaches. They thought Hollis Price should have gotten it because the writers picked him. Now lets look at this logically. K.U. finished #1 and O.U. finished, oh, never mind. On a sadder note, Ebbe Ere broke his wrist at practice yesterday.

posted for you by steer 8:12 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

It's about that time of year again, and I'm sure you'll want to find out what to do.

posted for you by steer 7:11 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

If I've told you once, I've told you a hundred not to carry those syringes around in your pocket.


posted for you by steer 4:16 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Armygirl wants me to post pictures of her smallpox vaccinations over on the photoblog. I will be doing that. If you're interested in seeing that, check over there around 7pm EST. I have one pic missing from here which I'll load when I get home. The link can be found on the left.


posted for you by jhawk 3:38 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Mike, from "Cold Fury" sent me this. Wonder who Sam was talking about. "If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams


posted for you by steer 11:59 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

I don't know if I can explain this right. But, remember those Christmas decorations that were like this tissue paper woven together in a hex form, and when you folded them open they formed a bell or something. Ah, nevermind just look at this. Anyway, I saw this dress and I imediately thought of those old Christmas decorations.


posted for you by jhawk 10:45 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

The latest pop music sensation from Uraguay, the Alpacas, shown in a recent photo, are planning a U.S. tour.



The members shown are Scooter (upper left), Dan Justice (upper right), and the youngest member Little Johnny Alpaca (lower right). Their manager Rick Luger (lower left and brown) says that the group has set no official dates.


posted for you by jhawk 10:26 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

It's nice to see the French organized crime families can mount a successful military raid.

I thought Paris was the city of love or something. Oh, wait.... I see. It happened near Disneyland Paris. I told you that place would spread discontent throughout the land.


posted for you by jhawk 9:51 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Just a news item I saw this morning. "Authorities in Lincolnshire, England, are trying to identify the 60-ish-year-old woman who was admitted to Lincoln County Hospital in December, suffering from amnesia but insisting she is Barry Manilow. The only things she was carrying were several Manilow albums". [BBC News,]

posted for you by steer 8:22 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Ronald is chewing the heck out of anything and everything. Table legs, shoes, paper, the trash can. It's getting a bit too much.


posted for you by jhawk 2:59 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Kind of an interesting site if you need a job. Catchy title anyway.

posted for you by steer 2:35 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Want something to laugh at? Try this.

Talk about naive and pointless. Talking about USA has no borders. Thank God it does. On a practical sense they are our first line of defense against people getting into our country who wish to do us harm and the first checkpoint to help curb the continous flow of drugs flowing into our country. Yes, what an idealistic view to thing that making friends on the internet and conversing with them helps create her perfect utopia of friendly cooperation and human understanding. We don't live in the internet. The real world is a hard place. There are rulers of countries whose bending their every action to keep themselves in power at the expense of the people they rule. In costs of their futures and even their lives and freedom.


She talks about mothers making dinner for their kids, and how they don't deserve to be anihalated. Great point. I'm sure some of those mothers weren't too worried about dinner when they saw thier children gasping and dying after having chemical weapons used on them.

A USA without borders. I hope not. I'm glad it's just a inane idea in the head of some blogger like me. Making friends around the world via the internet is a great thing. You can learn about someone elses culture and their country. No doubt she hasn't met or befriended any Al Qaeda members through here online community. Ones who would love nothing more than to be able to slit her throat just because she lives in the USA. Probably hasn't met anyone of the goons Saddam got to exterminate his politcal enemies. Those people don't blog.


posted for you by jhawk 2:25 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Via the Arcata Police Logs.

5:48 p.m. The handicapped parking space behind an historic Plaza storehouse is reserved for the near-exclusive use of: 1. People who wish to use the nearby ATM and leave their car idling there for "just a second," 2. SUV owners with atrophied but not exactly handicapped legs who can't peril the endless trek from the parking lot across the street, and 3. Cell phone conversationalists who need a place to jaber in an idling car, since leaving the motor running morally justifies displacing a genuinely mobility-impaired person from parking close to the building. And that's the way of the world.

Perfect.

posted for you by jhawk 11:12 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

I just called a guy in another department. He wanted to type up something in email while we talked. He told me he was going to put me on speakerphone (which I hate). He then paused for like 30 seconds and said, "I use the speakerphone so my hands are free." Really? That's how he uses his speakerphone? I just pictured him in his office holding the speakerphone up to his face so he could talk.



posted for you by jhawk 10:42 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Been trying to get a certain cell phone to install it's USB cable for a wireless data kit. Things go great on 98/ME/2000/XP. It says that, yes, the CD contains drivers for Mac too. Great! It doesn't tell me though what OS it supports. Fine, I'll try OSX and 9.1. No joy in either OS. The CD has no drivers for Mac! The PDF file instructions say I should be able to open the USB folder and choose USBinstaller. No such file. I go to their site, and they have an updated zip file full of new drivers since 2/3/2003. Great! Download. Same instructions. This time there isn't even a USB folder?????? Ok, instructions are WAY off. Explore folders and there are no installer programs in it. Just a bunch of .inf files. I gave up. I was only curious to see if I could get it to work. It wasn't important. Just frustrating.


posted for you by jhawk 10:13 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

North Dakota may be the place to get a job since everyone is leaving. Of course you would have to want to live there.

posted for you by steer 9:56 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Ever drive around the parking lot looking for a space? We all have. Ever catch yourself circling the lot more than once saying the entire time, "There will be a closer spot in the next row." Then you have that mini-debate going on in your head. Is this close enough? Is that guy leaving? How much closer really is that spot over there, and can I beat that car to it?


posted for you by jhawk 9:52 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Now that summer is almost here and you might get stung by a bee. I thought you might want to see what a bee sees. Or Not.

posted for you by steer 9:26 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I'm not sure this will work in the local area.

posted for you by steer 9:07 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I was shocked to learn that Michu Meszaros had died. I guess I'll have to keep better track of munchkins that play in the movies. This guy played ALF. The voice guy is still alive and living with Toby Keith, I think.


posted for you by steer 3:46 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

There is nothing like the corporate world to allow you to view inept people and the stupid things they do.

In my part of the building we have a Culligan water cooler. When it's empty people often take it upon themselves to place another bottle on the cooler. More often than not it's the people who have no concept of how to do this.

Common mistakes:

The bottle does have to end up upside on top of the cooler, but you don't start the bottle that way. It'll put water on the floor.

After tilting the water bottle to a certain degree it will start to pour water onto the floor. It's best to keep from tilting it until it's over the opening of the cooler.

The bottles are a little heavy. If you don't think you can lift it. Don't.

It's at least once a week that we have a fan back there, blowing on the carpet to dry it out after a failed attempt at changing water.


posted for you by jhawk 3:07 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

We inch ever closer to Spring. It's at least light out when I go to work at 6:40am each day. It's starting to get the feeling that warmer days are coming. Even though it was freezing cold when I went outside :-)


posted for you by jhawk 2:14 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

It's about time to start growing my bonsai tree seeds I got for Christmas. They come with their own little pots to start them in, and then you move them to a larger pot.


posted for you by jhawk 11:22 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

I will use my bipedal locomotion to go from my desk to my car. Exhausting.


posted for you by jhawk 4:32 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I might just drive in reverse all the way home tonight. For research.


posted for you by jhawk 4:30 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I saw on EBCLINK that the Taco Bell in Salina had a bank bag with "a large amount of cash" stolen. I have two questions. 1)How would they ever get a "large amount of cash". 2) What was someone even doing in there.

posted for you by steer 2:54 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I hate flash media. Hate it. Hate it. Hate it!
When will advertisers figure out that the web is not TV? I don't want a flashy site, with few if any real links to any relevant info! The Altoids website is a perfect example.

Josh over at Colonel Sanders Conspiracy pointed to this ClikZ article.


posted for you by jhawk 2:00 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Just trying to get the sympathy vote for Abby. She is hobbling around. Could be that she is old. (I hobble) Maybe she has one of the itis family, arthur, or burse. Gave her some ibuprofen. Seems to help. Now if she just doesn't get hooked on drugs. Still followed me around when I put up the bird house.

posted for you by steer 12:35 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

From the Oklahoma Gazette. "Motorist, B.J. Justin Lundin, 20, stopped his car in the middle of a two-lane road near Weatherford,Texas in Jan, got out, and attacked the driver behind him in a fit of road rage over the driver having earlier objected to Lundin's tailgating. Lundin was the struck and killed by another car that was trying to get around the two cars". Time again to thin the herd.

posted for you by steer 11:31 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

All morning I've been wondering, what do I do a post about? Nothing apparently. I can think of no topic that I want to write about. That's just fine.

That being said. I broke a shoelace this morning. On my Doc Martens. I wear them so much that the tired old laces just gave it up today. They couldn't hold together under the stress. Now I've got one shoe with an elegant bow tied perfectly, and another one with this horrible short stubby thing.


posted for you by jhawk 11:00 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

They've installed the self checkout lanes at the supermarket that I frequent here. It's about time too. A little behind the times. Anyway, yesterday and today are the first days they are in service. As you walk toward the checkout counters they try to get you to try out the new service. They invite you over to one of the machines and help walk you through it, I'm guessing the excuritaiting step by step instuction that appears on the screen just isn't enough. The funniest thing is to see the look on the old peoples faces when they're asked to try one out. Their eyes get huge and glazed over. A blank stare appears on their face. They are terrified of that thing. It's pure fun!


posted for you by jhawk 4:20 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I recreated all the links and content I could do from memory. I don't know where all of it went. Some of it's back now. So enjoy again :-P


posted for you by jhawk 3:48 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

It appears my entire banner and left column content is erased. I don't know what happened, but I don't have a copy of it here to restore it. I've not the time to remember all the links.

Grrr


posted for you by jhawk 1:32 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I was listening to the comentary about the girl that faces backwards when the National Anthem is played before each game. There has been a fair amount of word play about this in the news. Can't remember the name of the school, just that it is a Division III school. I agree she has the right to demonstrate anyway she sees fit comma but comma she is not doing that on my team. I couldn't bench her, cause some lily-livered ACLU lawyer would sue me. She would stay in the locker room until the anthem is over. We are paying tribute to our flag and if you don't want to, you can sit on the can until we are done, or she would suddenly not be good enough to stay on the team. Something about her dribbling skills or some such. She has taken it upon herself to put the other players on a position they may not want to be in. Of course it has given the school the press they weren't getting before. Now their games are packed. That's my opinion, I could be wrong.

posted for you by steer 10:27 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Remember that new procedure we implemented last week? Well, it's changed again. Here's the new one.

I'm still trying to figure out what the heck the first one was about anyway.


posted for you by jhawk 10:18 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Inexplicably, kicking someone in the shin in the morning meeting seems like best course of action today.


posted for you by jhawk 10:14 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

I made cajun ribs for dinner on Tuesday night. We had some country style pork ribs. We didn't want to grill them or smoke them as it was like 10 degrees and icy outside. I've never myself seen cajun ribs. James and I were contemplating how to cook these ribs then, if we couldn't go outside. We decided in the crock pot and cover them in cajun spices. Sounded odd to us too. They actually turned out excelent! We let them cook for like 4 hours so they were really done. Also they were spicy! MMMmmm Good!


posted for you by jhawk 10:00 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

I guess this isn't the only place with a titled inspired by emotionally charged cows. There's also a Raging Cow blog out there.


posted for you by jhawk 9:10 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

It's still cold out and a little snow and ice around. It sure was nice to take Ronald, my pet, out in the back yard and play some fetch. He really likes romping around in the snow.


posted for you by jhawk 8:22 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Who else really hates cold weather?

posted for you by jhawk 2:21 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Everyone is running around the office worried to death about there being ice outside. It's ice! Not fire and brimstone. You can drive home still. Just go slow and careful. Your SUV is not a guaranteed trip home safely so use common sense.


posted for you by jhawk 1:07 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

We have about 1/2 inch of ice covering everything outside now. Gotta love that.


posted for you by jhawk 12:46 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Ok, Ok, so I get testy at little things. I'm sure the USPS spent alot of money to provide a machine that dispenses stamps in any denomination you could ask for. All that is required is for you to insert an amount greater than or equal to the amount of stamps you want to buy. So why, oh why do you continue to come into the line and waste my (and others I might add) time buying a book of stamps and then pay with a 20 dollar bill, when you could have done the same outside. Get the same result, stamps and change. It would have made my day go so much better.

posted for you by steer 12:40 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I took my car ice skating over my lunch hour.


posted for you by jhawk 12:24 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

The temperature has dropped 5 degrees in an hour, it's raining. It's starting to freeze. It's going to be snowing soon.

We got an email from our building supervisor that it's getting freezing and wet out. So there might be ice when you go outside. So be careful.

Ok, so who didn't know that really cold air plus water equals ice?

If I was sending out that email (first of all I wouldn't have sent it at all) it would have said, "Use common sense. If you don't you fall on your ass."


posted for you by jhawk 11:20 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

I was at Cold Fury this afternoon and read the most discpicable thing I've seen in a while. It had me pretty fuming mad. Still am.

grrrr

posted for you by jhawk 3:15 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

I was just listening to how Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was being "interviewed", and I was worried that since he was not yet under our protection, they might use some undesireable tactics to get him to talk. Ok, count me as one who doesn't care.

posted for you by steer 2:23 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Ronald kept me up all night with his barking again. I swear, I should have never got a pet that loud. I guess taking him for walks each night has failed to wear him out enough to get him to sleep.


posted for you by jhawk 2:15 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Every Sunday, these peaceniks (a word from my generation) march around the Oklahoma City Memorial to protest the war. Does that strike anyone else as odd? Maybe it's just me.

posted for you by steer 11:31 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Posting from the Kyocera 7135. It is pretty slick.

posted for you by jhawk 11:28 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

If I had Library fines I know what I'd do with this!

PAY OFF YOUR LIBRARY FINES WITH FISH

If you have outstanding fines at the Public Library, you'll soon have a chance to take care of them without paying any money. Head of the Adult Circulation Department Diane Waite tells KSAL News that the week of March 9th through the 15th you can pay off your fines with fish. Waite says you can bring in any food item that is related to fish.? All of the food collected will be donated to the Community Aid Food Bank. Waite says that non-perishable food can be dropped of at the library, while perishable foods like frozen fish need to be taken to the food bank. For more details on fish for fines contact the Public Library

Even though they say to take frozen fish to the food bank, I'd still come in with a halibut or something.


posted for you by jhawk 10:14 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

Now that I have the power of blogging wirelessly from my cell phone from anywhere, there is no stopping me now. Although typing a post just using the keypad of a cell phone is a really a chore, it allows me to still post while out and about. Maybe I need to get a new phone again. A Kyocera 7135 would be great :-P Also providing a PDA in the process. I got one right here, and it is pretty slick. Birthday = May.



posted for you by jhawk 10:08 AM - [Link] - Comments ()

The post that just says "test" was posted wirelessly! From my cell phone as I waited in line at the grocery store. It's working!


posted for you by jhawk 2:44 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

Test

posted for you by jhawk 2:33 PM - [Link] - Comments ()

For those of you that don't go to FARK, I thought this was very funny.

posted for you by steer 10:38 PM - [Link] - Comments ()