Birthday Post - wo hoooooo
Yep another 365 days, another milestone, another click on the old year-o-meter. The "o" is pronounced "ah" and the first e in meter is soft. So say it with me "year ah meter". Now don't we all feel better ?
I used to joke when someone would ask how old I was that I was 13 at heart and add "got any fireworks"? Lately I've upped the age to 17 and depending on the gender
(and whether my wife is around) say, "wanna make out" or "can I borrow your car?"
It's been a good year. I'd like to offer some words of wisdoms but I'm afraid I've realized I really don't have any. Samuel Clemmons
(Mark Twain for you unread folks) once remarked,
(I'll paraphrase) "that at 16 he could not belive how stupid his father was yet by the time he was 21 he was amazed at how much his father had learned in 5 years. Get it ? Well I'd like to remark that "I'm sure that I'm sure of much less now compared to when I was not sure that I was sure of anything".
Just in case you want to send me a belated birthday present I'll give you hint if you click the link.
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Red n Blue Idiots
If you've read this blog at all you have guessed that I lean to the right politically. Color me
RED. I have discovered that I really do believe that there are more
BLUE people idiots than
RED people idiots. Every now and then I see signs of both.
Here are two idiot
BLUE people. You see they are carrying a sign complaining about corporate sponsored deaths in Iraq whilst puffing on cigarettes, this is simply stoopid. How many yearly deaths due to lung cancer or related heart disease ? Somewhere around 440,000. Four Hundred and Forty Thousand PER YEAR. Protest this you idiots.
Now just to afford equal time. Here's an obviously
RED people moran.
So
2 hypocrites vs
1 bad speller. I rest my case.
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SpongeHead Chain Pants
I'm getting old. I always thought I'd be hip forever but alas it's not happening. In addition I've discovered I'm becoming my father. Let me explain.
I remember clearly that it was only yesterday that I'd walk over the the stove in my house to see some
Progresso Minestrone soup burning in the pan it was cooking in. Now I always thought it was hard to burn a liquid but my dad could do it. The inside of the pan was stained with burned dried soup whatever and a slight acrid odorl could be detected. Well the other day I walked back over to the stove where I had placed a pan with Progresso Chicken Noodle (I hate Minestrone) and it was burning. Agast I looked in my hand to find a piece of
Wasa Bread (think cardboard crackers). No there weren't any
sardines in mustard but still..... burning soup and Wasa Bread. Arrrrggghhhhhhhh !!!!
Here's how I know I'm getting old. I was walking in the mall the other day killing time before my eye exam and I saw a large young man wearing pants that had studded leather straps attached right behind the knees that extended to the other legs and attached right behind the knee. For the life of me I can't figure out why anyone would wear these pants...... It's like a self imposed trip hazzard.
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Nerds do Christmas
Over the years I've watched as many companies have slowly merged the "allowed" holiday decorations into a homogeneous tree shaped candelabra made out of a multi colored cloth. Picture a Menorah with Christmas Tree shaped candles wrapped in Josephs Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. If you think I'm crazy check out
this page about Kwanza. Notice anything odd about the graphic on the far right? Most of you know I work in IT at Syracuse University. The building that houses our computing servers and whats left of the mainframe has a small lobby and stairwell. No one can get in the building without access so it is not a public space. Here is how nerds decorate for Christmas.
An artificial tree, no lights, no ornaments just a single silver garland band. Total setup time less the 3 minutes.
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Help Desk Hi-jinks
Paula my co-worker, cube neighbor took a password reset request the other day that went something like this...
Doofus-> Hello I can't remember my password.Paula-> I can reset it to something generic and then you can change it to whatever you'd like.Doofus-> Can I make it my old paswword ?Paula-> Sure as long as it meets the password rules.Doofus-> Can you tell me what my old password was ?Paula-> No, I'm sorry there is no way I can look that up but I can reset it and you can change to something new.Doofus-> Okay, as long as I can change it to my old password.Paula-> Yes, if by that you mean your old password that you can't remember ?Doofus-> Yes, can you tell me what it was ?Paula-> Sure let me give that to you. Your old password was imamoron all one word.
Yes we do get plenty of laughs at your expense.
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Happy New Year
Whooo Hoooo to you. I hope you and yours had a nice Holiday and are facing the prospects of a wonderful new year.
A few weeks ago I wandered into my friends Animal Emergency Hospital and saw some unusual signage on the two of the cages. Here's a canine that's breathing a little easier provided it's not a French Poodle and can read english.
This poop on this poor Weiner Dog is that he's an outcast, a pariah with apparently fascinating excrement. UNCLEAN UNCLEAN
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