I love this one. It took me a bit, but I eventually figured it out. Remember, no cheating.
Imagine you are in a room with 3 switches. In an adjacent room there are 3 bulbs (all are off at the moment), each switch belongs to one bulb. It is impossible to see from one room to another. How can you find out which switch belongs to which bulb, if you may enter the room with the bulbs only once?
BTW, no one has gotten the last riddle yet, but I will post the solution soon.
Kris is still home with the flu, I'm getting better on the zPack and I want to go see the new Will Ferrell movie this weekend.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Benito Stalin Thitler
Sarah, the answer to your question regarding the TP is that I have no idea. It just thought it was funny. It's original description was "Man's Ultimate Throne".
Good Riddle :
Look at this sequence of letters and then tell us what the last letter should be.O T T F F S S ?
Post your answer to the comment section.
Kris is home with the flu, the bad kind that I had. I found out on Tuesday that I have either sever Bronchitis or pneumonia. They gave me some medicine and told me that if I'm not better in 5 days it's pneumonia and to come back. Gotta love that tactic.
Random Funny Thing :
Ever notice how in almost every public bathroom you go in at a business there is a sign reminding employees to wash their hands before returning to work in English and Spanish? So anyway, the other day I'm at lunch with the two bosses at this authentic Mexican restaurant, and I mean authentic to the point where most employees don't speak English or have green cards. So I go to make a tinkle and I see the sign. Not surprised, until I realize that there's no Spanish on this one! Great, now I'm eating and drinking and sitting on piss stained items because someone forgot to translate for Jorge and Jose in the kitchen. Great.
Good Riddle :
Look at this sequence of letters and then tell us what the last letter should be.O T T F F S S ?
Post your answer to the comment section.
Kris is home with the flu, the bad kind that I had. I found out on Tuesday that I have either sever Bronchitis or pneumonia. They gave me some medicine and told me that if I'm not better in 5 days it's pneumonia and to come back. Gotta love that tactic.
Random Funny Thing :
Ever notice how in almost every public bathroom you go in at a business there is a sign reminding employees to wash their hands before returning to work in English and Spanish? So anyway, the other day I'm at lunch with the two bosses at this authentic Mexican restaurant, and I mean authentic to the point where most employees don't speak English or have green cards. So I go to make a tinkle and I see the sign. Not surprised, until I realize that there's no Spanish on this one! Great, now I'm eating and drinking and sitting on piss stained items because someone forgot to translate for Jorge and Jose in the kitchen. Great.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Elections and job update
Awhile back someone asked me to comment on choosing a candidate in a future blog entry, so here goes.
The question was like this "J, if you don't advocate choosing a candidate based on your faith how do you suggest people choose a candidate?"
Answer:
To me this is easy. Common Sense and your values.
Let me explain.
I define Faith as the belief in your God of choice, not as following every letter of the Bible/Quran/Mein Kampf etc as if it's the law. For instance, I see no reason why you can't believe in God and still advocate Gay marriage, Abortion and Stem Cell research. Many people make these relgious issues because of their intepretation of a book. I choose my candidates based on their stance on the issues, not on their religious beliefs or affiliations. I'm not against Ron Paul because of his religion, I'm against him because of his platform.
What really irks me are the cafeteria or grocery cart Chrisitian, meaning those that pick and choose what pieces of their denominations beliefs they follow. While I find it humorous and sad I can actually respect the crazy Opus Dei types a bit more as they follow it to the letter. I personally dont' think that something that applied thousands of years ago really applies now, but many do.
So, my short answer is this. Look at each issue, decide how you feel about it and choose a candidate that most resembles your beliefs. If you can sit there an say that stem cell research, which could save countless lives and improve many many more is bad because the Bible says so then I don't have much more to say because we're so far on opposite sides that any discussion would be fruitless.
Kris had a successful second interview with a local bank yesterday and is expecting an offer today. This is good news, nay Spectacular news. Having her closer to home and closer to me would just make so many things easier.
Cross your fingers!
The question was like this "J, if you don't advocate choosing a candidate based on your faith how do you suggest people choose a candidate?"
Answer:
To me this is easy. Common Sense and your values.
Let me explain.
I define Faith as the belief in your God of choice, not as following every letter of the Bible/Quran/Mein Kampf etc as if it's the law. For instance, I see no reason why you can't believe in God and still advocate Gay marriage, Abortion and Stem Cell research. Many people make these relgious issues because of their intepretation of a book. I choose my candidates based on their stance on the issues, not on their religious beliefs or affiliations. I'm not against Ron Paul because of his religion, I'm against him because of his platform.
What really irks me are the cafeteria or grocery cart Chrisitian, meaning those that pick and choose what pieces of their denominations beliefs they follow. While I find it humorous and sad I can actually respect the crazy Opus Dei types a bit more as they follow it to the letter. I personally dont' think that something that applied thousands of years ago really applies now, but many do.
So, my short answer is this. Look at each issue, decide how you feel about it and choose a candidate that most resembles your beliefs. If you can sit there an say that stem cell research, which could save countless lives and improve many many more is bad because the Bible says so then I don't have much more to say because we're so far on opposite sides that any discussion would be fruitless.
Kris had a successful second interview with a local bank yesterday and is expecting an offer today. This is good news, nay Spectacular news. Having her closer to home and closer to me would just make so many things easier.
Cross your fingers!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Coming soon to a town near you...
This will be a good test to see if Adam or Carrie reads this blog regularly. Kris, Lia and I will be in PC this weekend. We'd love to hook up, have a dinner, drink some of that beer, etc. Call me to figure out details.
***Consumer Report***
Diet Dr. Pepper Chocolate Cherry or whatever the f it's called is horrible. It tastes all "chemically" and rancid. I do not recommend it but regular Diet Dr. Pepper is amazing.
Scratched Cornea
Well, I scratched my cornea somehow late Friday night or Saturday morning. I had some discomfort in it Saturday morning and it got progressively worse on our trip to St. Louis to see a movie. It started watering constantly and light started to bother it. We went to see National Treasure 2 (excellent movie BTW) and I had to pop it out in the theater and hold it. I figured I just had something in my eye and flushed my eye out and cleaned my contact in the bathroom at the movies. I tried to put the contact back in and the pain was horrible and my eye filled with water. I was just going to deal with it but realized that we were near my eye doctor on Olive. We stopped in and got lucky, they were still open. They referred us to another location about 15min away, they saw me and discovered I had a 2mm x 3mm scratch right in the center of my eye. I had to wear a special contact (no prescription) for 2 days then had a follow up on Monday and Tuesday. I put my contact back in full time yesterday and was glad the headaches started to recede. Also, I'm a bad enough driver with 2 contacts let alone with only 1 and very poor depth perception. I think I almost got into a few accidents.
Oh yeah, I got a HD DVD player last Friday for the Xbox. I'm now dual formatted so there are no movies I can't get, which is excellent. I've already bought Bourne Ultimatum and Big Lebowski and I have 40 yr old virgin, Knocked Up and I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry on order. Also added BeerFest to the Blu Ray collection as it was on sale for only $14.
I'm jonesing to get the home theater installed in the basement but we have to get that stupid floor done first and the water problem taken care of outside before that. It will be a busy spring for sure, but I will appreciate the $1200 that President Bush is giving us! w00t!
TTYL
***Consumer Report***
Diet Dr. Pepper Chocolate Cherry or whatever the f it's called is horrible. It tastes all "chemically" and rancid. I do not recommend it but regular Diet Dr. Pepper is amazing.
Scratched Cornea
Well, I scratched my cornea somehow late Friday night or Saturday morning. I had some discomfort in it Saturday morning and it got progressively worse on our trip to St. Louis to see a movie. It started watering constantly and light started to bother it. We went to see National Treasure 2 (excellent movie BTW) and I had to pop it out in the theater and hold it. I figured I just had something in my eye and flushed my eye out and cleaned my contact in the bathroom at the movies. I tried to put the contact back in and the pain was horrible and my eye filled with water. I was just going to deal with it but realized that we were near my eye doctor on Olive. We stopped in and got lucky, they were still open. They referred us to another location about 15min away, they saw me and discovered I had a 2mm x 3mm scratch right in the center of my eye. I had to wear a special contact (no prescription) for 2 days then had a follow up on Monday and Tuesday. I put my contact back in full time yesterday and was glad the headaches started to recede. Also, I'm a bad enough driver with 2 contacts let alone with only 1 and very poor depth perception. I think I almost got into a few accidents.
Oh yeah, I got a HD DVD player last Friday for the Xbox. I'm now dual formatted so there are no movies I can't get, which is excellent. I've already bought Bourne Ultimatum and Big Lebowski and I have 40 yr old virgin, Knocked Up and I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry on order. Also added BeerFest to the Blu Ray collection as it was on sale for only $14.
I'm jonesing to get the home theater installed in the basement but we have to get that stupid floor done first and the water problem taken care of outside before that. It will be a busy spring for sure, but I will appreciate the $1200 that President Bush is giving us! w00t!
TTYL
Friday, February 8, 2008
Biscuits
I just had to get on here and say that Hardee's biscuits are AMAZING. I know they're not healthy but jesus they're good. I had two this morning that were so air, fluffy and buttery they practically melted in my mouth. Plus, Hardee's has the best sausage of any fast food place around.
On another note, Kris and I went shopping last night and bought some more healthy food. Obviously, as noted above, I'm not eating 100% healthy, but I'm trying to make some small changes so they're more sustainable.
We watched Lost last night and I'm more damn confused than ever. I'm not sure what's going on, who's good, who's bad, etc. All I know for sure is that Ben Linus is one bad mofo and everyone that knows him either hates him or fears him. I'm hoping for some big things from this season but I know I'm going to be pissed when the new episodes run out and they start airing reruns due to this stupid writers strike. Quit whining you bunch of babies and the studios need to do their part as well and "Show them the money". Clearly all of entertainment is suffering.
We also watched the new Survivor. I'm slightly intrigued, but still find myself not caring. I'm primarily going to watch this season for Parvati (Smokin!).
And Eli Stone is growing on me. It's a show that's on after Lost and we've seen the first two episodes. I think it has a chance of sticking around and it's pretty good. Not that I need to get hooked on another show. Speaking of that, I've started tivo'ing King of Queens. I really like it, it cracks me up.
Not much else to report. The Jeep has a front end wobble now, I'm hoping it's just some impacted dirt that I'll be able to blow out with a good powerwashing this weekend, but we'll see.
On another note, Kris and I went shopping last night and bought some more healthy food. Obviously, as noted above, I'm not eating 100% healthy, but I'm trying to make some small changes so they're more sustainable.
We watched Lost last night and I'm more damn confused than ever. I'm not sure what's going on, who's good, who's bad, etc. All I know for sure is that Ben Linus is one bad mofo and everyone that knows him either hates him or fears him. I'm hoping for some big things from this season but I know I'm going to be pissed when the new episodes run out and they start airing reruns due to this stupid writers strike. Quit whining you bunch of babies and the studios need to do their part as well and "Show them the money". Clearly all of entertainment is suffering.
We also watched the new Survivor. I'm slightly intrigued, but still find myself not caring. I'm primarily going to watch this season for Parvati (Smokin!).
And Eli Stone is growing on me. It's a show that's on after Lost and we've seen the first two episodes. I think it has a chance of sticking around and it's pretty good. Not that I need to get hooked on another show. Speaking of that, I've started tivo'ing King of Queens. I really like it, it cracks me up.
Not much else to report. The Jeep has a front end wobble now, I'm hoping it's just some impacted dirt that I'll be able to blow out with a good powerwashing this weekend, but we'll see.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Coupla complaints
1. The voting process in Jerseyville was lame. I don't like having to declare my party and thus vote down party lines. My biggest bitch though is about the process itself. I mean come on, having to darken circles with a pen and then feed it into a machine? How 1988 is that? In Columbus it's all electronic and you're in and out and neatness doesn't count. Guess that's what I get for living in a poorer county.
2. Last night in a strip mall I watched a jackass park his big stupid yellow hummer in a handicapped spot. Now he did have the placard and the license plate but what handicapped person drives the large model H2? Not too mention that he looked pretty mobile when he hopped out and started having a conversation with another guy in the parking lot. What an ass for owning a big stupid hummer like that and then to have the nerve to park in handicapped spots. I hate the amount of handicapped spots as much as the next guy (I mean really, are 25 disabled persons all going to go to Walmart at the same time?) but people like this piss me off.
3. If this describes you I'm sorry. I can't tell you how many times I'll be pulling into a gas station to get a soda or something and some jerky will be walking from his car at the pump to the building with no heed for other vehicles. I mean, you morons realize that they're not some protective tunnel between your pump and the building right? One of these days one of these morons will end up as my hood ornament and I won't have much sympathy for them. Watch where the hell you're going and keep your head up.
4. If you're going into a building, say your workplace, and there is a locked door that is normally unlocked and you open the door, LEAVE THE DAMN DOOR UNLOCKED. Now, many of you are probably thinking that this is a security issue and in many cases it would be, but not in my scenario. We have a secured back parking lot and a locked back door. Typically the first one in unlocks the back door with their key. Now you have to put your key in, turn it just to get the door open then turn this little thing on the knob so it stays unlocked. Most people here do that with no problems but there are some, nay a few, that will open the door with their key and not unlock it. I know this because they're parked in the back so when I go up to the door with my hands full and see other cars in the lot I expect it to be unlocked. Not always so. How hard is this?
5. This one is easy. If you're going to send someone a business email please make sure that the signature includes your contact information. I got an email today from a guy who asked for a callback but his signature was this...
-Thanks
Rob
What good does that do and does that really put your best foot forward when representing your business? And this wasn't some lackey, this was someone who should know better. If you want someone to fax you something make sure they have your fax number, same with phone number, etc. Don't make people go looking for stuff that you should be providing. What I do, and I think it works well, is I use my full email signature on New messages and a shortened version with no images and not as much information on Replies and Forwards.
Bottom line...use common sense.
Ok, that's enough for now.
2. Last night in a strip mall I watched a jackass park his big stupid yellow hummer in a handicapped spot. Now he did have the placard and the license plate but what handicapped person drives the large model H2? Not too mention that he looked pretty mobile when he hopped out and started having a conversation with another guy in the parking lot. What an ass for owning a big stupid hummer like that and then to have the nerve to park in handicapped spots. I hate the amount of handicapped spots as much as the next guy (I mean really, are 25 disabled persons all going to go to Walmart at the same time?) but people like this piss me off.
3. If this describes you I'm sorry. I can't tell you how many times I'll be pulling into a gas station to get a soda or something and some jerky will be walking from his car at the pump to the building with no heed for other vehicles. I mean, you morons realize that they're not some protective tunnel between your pump and the building right? One of these days one of these morons will end up as my hood ornament and I won't have much sympathy for them. Watch where the hell you're going and keep your head up.
4. If you're going into a building, say your workplace, and there is a locked door that is normally unlocked and you open the door, LEAVE THE DAMN DOOR UNLOCKED. Now, many of you are probably thinking that this is a security issue and in many cases it would be, but not in my scenario. We have a secured back parking lot and a locked back door. Typically the first one in unlocks the back door with their key. Now you have to put your key in, turn it just to get the door open then turn this little thing on the knob so it stays unlocked. Most people here do that with no problems but there are some, nay a few, that will open the door with their key and not unlock it. I know this because they're parked in the back so when I go up to the door with my hands full and see other cars in the lot I expect it to be unlocked. Not always so. How hard is this?
5. This one is easy. If you're going to send someone a business email please make sure that the signature includes your contact information. I got an email today from a guy who asked for a callback but his signature was this...
-Thanks
Rob
What good does that do and does that really put your best foot forward when representing your business? And this wasn't some lackey, this was someone who should know better. If you want someone to fax you something make sure they have your fax number, same with phone number, etc. Don't make people go looking for stuff that you should be providing. What I do, and I think it works well, is I use my full email signature on New messages and a shortened version with no images and not as much information on Replies and Forwards.
Bottom line...use common sense.
Ok, that's enough for now.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
My balls itch
Yesterday was a very productive day at work. I got many small projects completed and made good progress on a few bigger projects. I dealt with the daily deluge of about 200 emails fairly well and ended the day about 5:30.
Last night was pretty sucky. I came home and got some major league bad news. I don't feel up to sharing right now, but I have no one but myself to blame. I dealt with that for a bit and then just vegged. I mean it, I did nothing, just laid back and stared at the ceiling so pissed at myself that I didn't know what to do.
Kris came home, we talked, we laid down, we watched tv, we fell asleep, end of day.
Got up a little late today so no shower. That is a very rare thing for me, but is probably a direct corollary to the title of this entry. I smell good, just not as good as normal. I would never go to work funky.
Not much going on, but at least I'm here.
Bye for now.
Last night was pretty sucky. I came home and got some major league bad news. I don't feel up to sharing right now, but I have no one but myself to blame. I dealt with that for a bit and then just vegged. I mean it, I did nothing, just laid back and stared at the ceiling so pissed at myself that I didn't know what to do.
Kris came home, we talked, we laid down, we watched tv, we fell asleep, end of day.
Got up a little late today so no shower. That is a very rare thing for me, but is probably a direct corollary to the title of this entry. I smell good, just not as good as normal. I would never go to work funky.
Not much going on, but at least I'm here.
Bye for now.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Ad Nauseum
Ok, ok, I know I've been away for awhile. My apologies. So, let me back up a bit and we'll start there.
- Returned the Denon received and bought a new Pioneer. I'm really stoked with the Pioneer and while I fought with the Denon for hours and couldn't get it setup right I was listening to surround sound audio with the Pioneer within 15 minutes! I got this one on sale and am very pleased.
Incidentally, I'm so pleased with the sound that we are now shopping for an upgraded speaker set and have all but settled on a set of Definitive Technology ProCinema 60's. These are a very high end brand but the cost is less than a shelf system from Klipsch or Bose. For the money you can't beat them.
- Took a business trip to Kansas City. This seems like a really fun town, but gets a bit too dark in some areas if you know what I mean. ;) Not the type of place you want to be walking around alone at night. Had a good time, some good food at this Italian place called Lidias (you have to check out pics of the inside, it is sweet). Also, and don't be too jealous Adam, but we hit O'Dowds Irish Pub, which is the top rated Irish bar in the entire country. Now, I'm not sure what criteria they judge on, but I'd take John D. McGurks in St. Louis or Byrne's Pub in Columbus over this place any day. They pint of Guinness was excellent, but other than that the place was pretty standard. the furnishings do seem very authentic, but then again so are Fado's and it doesn't make it a great place. They had a decent cover band, but the they played way too much DMB and John Mayer for my liking. Their Bob Marley was good for a bunch of white guys.
- Had some major snowstorms and I have to say that the Jeep performed like a stud. Nothing slowed my boy down and I just kept right on trucking past much bigger 4x4's in the ditch and fishtailing. Well worth the $$.
- Saw some great movies. Namely: Juno, Death Sentence, Saw IV, Waiting, King of California and Chalk. I highly recommend each of these, and if you want more details let me know and I'll review it more in depth. BTW, Saw IV is not for the faint-hearted and don't see Death Sentence unless you can handle depression fairly well. On an unrelated note, if you haven't yet seen Reign Over Me I highly recommend it. It's stupendous and should be required viewing for all.
- Super Bown XLII - What can I saw, what a great game. I was kind of rooting for both teams, because on one hand I'd like to witness history, but on the other hand I think it's cools that Eli got a ring right after Peyton. I wish there was more scoring but we had a great time watching the game at Brian and Ashley's. Good food, good laughs, etc.
- The Flu - Kris and I had a horrible bout with the flu. I felt like crap from last Monday night to today. I'm still not completely over it. Let me give you a few highlights....102.6 temp, severe chills, horrible cough, nausea, constant headache, body ache, ass ache, etc. Kris was feeling better by Thursday but I missed a few hours of work on Thursday and still felt bad on Friday. This bout of the Flu was the worst I've felt in years.
- Cubby - Cubby is continuing to do very well outside of his crate. He hasn't been crated in almost a month and has had only a few minor issues (he did eat an extension cord, but he could've done that anytime.) He's a much happier boy and is so CALM it's not even funny.
- Book review - Uncle John's Bathroom Reader. I highly recommend these books as they are full of knowledge and are a great read on the crapper or off. http://www.bathroomreader.com/
I have more to share, so look for it in the upcoming weeks.
- Returned the Denon received and bought a new Pioneer. I'm really stoked with the Pioneer and while I fought with the Denon for hours and couldn't get it setup right I was listening to surround sound audio with the Pioneer within 15 minutes! I got this one on sale and am very pleased.
Incidentally, I'm so pleased with the sound that we are now shopping for an upgraded speaker set and have all but settled on a set of Definitive Technology ProCinema 60's. These are a very high end brand but the cost is less than a shelf system from Klipsch or Bose. For the money you can't beat them.
- Took a business trip to Kansas City. This seems like a really fun town, but gets a bit too dark in some areas if you know what I mean. ;) Not the type of place you want to be walking around alone at night. Had a good time, some good food at this Italian place called Lidias (you have to check out pics of the inside, it is sweet). Also, and don't be too jealous Adam, but we hit O'Dowds Irish Pub, which is the top rated Irish bar in the entire country. Now, I'm not sure what criteria they judge on, but I'd take John D. McGurks in St. Louis or Byrne's Pub in Columbus over this place any day. They pint of Guinness was excellent, but other than that the place was pretty standard. the furnishings do seem very authentic, but then again so are Fado's and it doesn't make it a great place. They had a decent cover band, but the they played way too much DMB and John Mayer for my liking. Their Bob Marley was good for a bunch of white guys.
- Had some major snowstorms and I have to say that the Jeep performed like a stud. Nothing slowed my boy down and I just kept right on trucking past much bigger 4x4's in the ditch and fishtailing. Well worth the $$.
- Saw some great movies. Namely: Juno, Death Sentence, Saw IV, Waiting, King of California and Chalk. I highly recommend each of these, and if you want more details let me know and I'll review it more in depth. BTW, Saw IV is not for the faint-hearted and don't see Death Sentence unless you can handle depression fairly well. On an unrelated note, if you haven't yet seen Reign Over Me I highly recommend it. It's stupendous and should be required viewing for all.
- Super Bown XLII - What can I saw, what a great game. I was kind of rooting for both teams, because on one hand I'd like to witness history, but on the other hand I think it's cools that Eli got a ring right after Peyton. I wish there was more scoring but we had a great time watching the game at Brian and Ashley's. Good food, good laughs, etc.
- The Flu - Kris and I had a horrible bout with the flu. I felt like crap from last Monday night to today. I'm still not completely over it. Let me give you a few highlights....102.6 temp, severe chills, horrible cough, nausea, constant headache, body ache, ass ache, etc. Kris was feeling better by Thursday but I missed a few hours of work on Thursday and still felt bad on Friday. This bout of the Flu was the worst I've felt in years.
- Cubby - Cubby is continuing to do very well outside of his crate. He hasn't been crated in almost a month and has had only a few minor issues (he did eat an extension cord, but he could've done that anytime.) He's a much happier boy and is so CALM it's not even funny.
- Book review - Uncle John's Bathroom Reader. I highly recommend these books as they are full of knowledge and are a great read on the crapper or off. http://www.bathroomreader.com/
I have more to share, so look for it in the upcoming weeks.
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