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At some point I changed my RSS feed from atom.xml to rss.xml. i guess this has been screwing with a lot of you. i apologize. if you don't know what an rss feed is, don't worry about this post then, you probably aren't using it. if you are currently haveing a problem with my feed then you can easily fix the problem by simply unsubscribing and resubscribing to it. i'm going to try to update both xml files, so if this is the first post you've seen from me in quite some time, then you also need to unsubscribe and resubscribe. sorry for the inconvenience.

Dear Alcatraz...

Why did you have to be sold out today? One of my fondest school memories was visiting you in 4th grade. I had longed to visit you oh so badly since, but today you disappointed me. Did you not miss me also? I didn't know I had to make an appointment with an old friend. You've become so popular these days. Perhaps next time we can get together. Coffee? I miss you Alcatraz.

Engrish

I came across a site that I had completely forgotten about until tonight. Granted the English language is hard to learn, but I still love to laugh at the mistakes people make; when things are lost in translation. Here is one of my favorites from the "recent discoveries" section...

Have yourself a good laugh at Engrish.com

Ennui

Ennui. I came across this word while reading The Three Musketeers today; it completely baffled me. I felt compelled to google the word and find out it's meaning. Via dictionary.com:

en·nui /ɑnˈwi, ˈɑnwi; Fr. ɑ̃ˈnwi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ahn-wee, ahn-wee; Fr. ahn-nwee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom: The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui.


Seems like a word I could use regularly. Sweet!! I'm glad I didn't use it today though, I would have completely mispronounced it.

New Record

I now have a new personal high score on Buzz Lightyear's AstroBlasters at Disneyland. The new score as you can see from the picture is not too far from the coveted 1mil. I ended up having the 11th highest score of the day which makes me quite proud. I'll hit 1mil hopefully within my next few tries. I also got the 37th highest score of the day with 665,200 points but am not posting that picture. Jon is catching up to me quickly score wise, I wouldn't be surprised if he came close or passed me on ocassion. (Jon had a higher score another time around than in this picture.) Brent is also improving; Brian got a pass tonight and seems to be promising as well.

In case you didn't know

This is how you wash your hands. Thank you Disneyland, I didn't know.

Are you faster than me?

Here is a fun little test that I found via Gizmodo. It is a test that measures your reaction time. You can see what my reaction time. I'm curious as to see how you guys are in relation to me. Take the test here.

Save Internet Radio

The RIAA is in the process of getting legislation passed that would require internet radio sites to pay them a fee for every listener that hears each song. The costs are high are unreasonable for the majority of internet radio sites including Pandora, one of my favorites. Sign this petition and save internet radio. Petition

8 things regarding my previous post

I just found this article online and I must say that I agree with it completely on all counts. It's an article called... A Note To Employers: 8 Things Intelligent People, Geeks and Nerds Need To Work Happy

In brief, here are the 8 things. Click on the above link to get the full explanations.

1. Let them work when they want
Geeks work almost every moment they are awake.

2. Let them work where they want
Geeks prefer to have a couch around to nap on if they are tired.

3. Let them control their lighting
There is nothing more annoying than working in bright crappy fluorescent lighting if you prefer to work in the dark, or vice versa.

4. Let them wear headphones
Geeks are experts in the arts of “focus.”

5. Do not expect them to wear a suit
Geeks find arbitrary activities that lack real and meaningful purpose, a waste of time and energy.

6. Do not make them participate in company events (unless you are sure it is geek-friendly)
Most geeks will not be jumping up and down with joy to attend a company party to celebrate the local football team,

7. Do not hold a lot of arbitrary meetings that could have otherwise been handled through email or IM
This one is important.

8. Do not make them do anything other than work
This one isn’t completely accurate all the time.

Nerdy

Ha! Take that Jon!

Impossibly Hard

I found this Russian puzzle thing online. It's extremely hard. I've spent at least 45 minutes on it already and can't figure it out. I'm sure you could search around and find the answer, but I don't want to. If you figure it out, don't tell me.

Russian Puzzle

Pointless Family Photo of the Year

Kiddie pole-dancing??

If anyone were to say that the US is a nation that has not been run over by sexual promiscuity, they would have to be both blind and deaf.

I came across an article that outlined the "seven worst sexy toys" for children. This Peekaboo Pole-Dancing Kit was among them. It comes with a garter and fake money in addition to the pole. You would have to be one screwed up parent to buy that for your kid.

My kind of golf

Some guy decided to take the game of golf into his own hands and make is much easier and more fun for all. He's developed a golf ball canon that can shoot a golf ball up to 300 yards. Finally I can start playing golf with all the big guys and have a shot (pun intended). The website says that they are currently looking for someone to mass produce it. Once that happens, I'm sooo getting one. It claims to be safe too....chances are, there will be a few people going to the hospital because of this device. Don't be surprised if I'm one of them. It would be fun to shoot these at friends/cars/animals. I guess I'll have to buy some hockey goal-tending gear.

website

1425

That's the number of calories I consumed today in girl scout cookies alone. I love this time of year; I love it almost as much as Christmas.

The Peoples Mario

Enjoy! I did.

Pigs can fly! (sorta)

On top of the fact that I love the accent and I love vodka, this is one of the reason I like Russians. They booze their pigs up and send them into space for their experiments and then check them out when they come home. You gotta love it.

More on the experiments and photos here.

Toothpick Whore

Toothpicks. I love them. Why? Like many people in this world, I need an oral fixation at most times. Some people chew their nails, a few their hair, but most people chew gum. I prefer toothpicks. I don't have to chew on myself and I don't have to worry about what to do with them when I'm done. I'm not that big a fan of gum because I don't like it losing flavor after 5 minutes and I absolutely hate having to deal with it afterward. It also angers me whenever I'm walking around somewhere and step in someones gum. Yuck. Toothpicks are great for the following 5 reasons:

1. It promotes good hygiene. Do you want to walk around with food stuck in your teeth? I don't. With a toothpick in your mouth you are inclined to clean your teeth with them.
2. It provides the needed oral fixation that many of us need without the mess.
3. Related to the last, it will strengthen your tongue. This can come in handy if you want to play tonsil hockey with your girlfriend or wife.
4. You look cool. It's kinda like having a cigarette, except that it doesn't kill you and it's a little more hick....similar to chewing on straw.
5. You can stab people with them. If someone ever pisses you off, just pull the toothpick out of your mouth and stab them in the eye. That will teach them.

Leaving Lucille's last night I was delighted to find that they had little boxes of toothpicks for their customers. Now I can carry toothpicks around with me everywhere and not have to worry about stabbing myself as they sit in my pocket. These toothpicks have also been lathed on one end to give them a bit more style. Pretty cool if you ask me. I took 5 boxes.

Ribs

Guess where i am right now. It's yummy too.

Best Buy Sucks

A customer goes online to best buys website and see a good price, but wants the product now for that price. So the customer goes to the nearest best buy location and approaches a best buy employee...
Cu: Hi, I saw this product on your website for this price, I would like to price-match and get the product at the cheaper price.
BB: Ok, let me go online and verify the price.
Cu: Ok.
employee opens up website and navigates to the product page.
BB: It looks like you were mistaken about the online price. The website price is actually higher than the in-store price. You have a better deal right now.
Cu: Oh. I thought.... hmm. Ok, well I'm already here and I want the product, so I'll just buy it now.

Little did the customer know, but the employee did not go to the real best buy website, but instead went to one that is built into the store system designed to show a higher price than the real website just so the customer doesn't get the better deal. This is just another reason to hate best buy. Don't believe anything they tell you. If you are going to match something off of their website, print it off first. Once you go to the store, watch where they go to carefully.

Here's the article with the investigation that happened.

Ear Cleaner

Those of you who know me well know that I clean my ears on a regular basis. I like being able to hear everything that comes within audible proximity. I found, online, a device which will allow me to clean my own ears via a special tool with video assist. Now I can have perfectly clean ears all the time. Die wax, die!! (that german for "the wax, the!!) Product description.

New York City bans the N-word

I honestly don't think this will be effective in the least bit, but it's a step in a positive direction. New York City banned the use of the "N-word" yesterday in hopes to remove it from the hip-hop music and television scenes. Personally, of all taboo words to say, I would have the hardest time saying this one. Partly because I have been raised not to say such words, but mostly because it is derogatory towards a group of people instead of being derogatory generally. I think racial slurs are the worst words one can say. I think it's great that New York City is the first city to ban the use of this word; I would have expected a red state to do this first based on how conservative they are, then again, red states tend to be the most racist. How effective will this actually be? Probably not very much, but at least it is being publicly stated that the word is no longer welcome.