Friday, October 28, 2005
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
I have a rather large post formulating in my head about things like local banks, music, what some people consider "wasted knowledge", and the nobel prize in science...but it's late and I saw a complete contradiction in terms on my way home from work this evening.
Anyone that has been to the house knows that from the highway there's 3 lights to the house. During evening rush hour, I usually only get stuck at one. For some reason, both lanes were completely backed up and it took three cycles just to make it through the first one. As I found out later, an SUV had broken down right near the second light so everyone was pushed over to one lane. So for about 5 minutes while waiting to get through the light, I was sitting behind a red ford focus that had three bumper stickers. The one on the left said, "Men of quality are not threatened by a woman seeking equality." Ok, I'll buy that. The one in the center was a quote by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, who is a Harvard College Professor that won the Pulitzer Prize in the early 90's, "Well behaved women rarely make history." I'll buy that one as well. The one on the right simply said, "Eve was framed." Ok, I'm not sure I've ever seen feminism and religion cross paths quite like that, but alright. Then I noticed the license plate holder. "Caution, Princess driving." How in the hell do you expect me to take your feminism seriously when you buy that product? It's like you've set yourself up with all the right credentials, the right tools for the project, have everything down pat, and then show up drunk. It's a jarring error in judgement. Carry the sentiment all the way, get a holder that says, "Caution Bitch driving." or "Caution, feminist driving" Hell "Men suck." would have been better. Sometimes I just don't get it. It's like a goth person getting a tan and hanging out on the beach listening to Celine Dion sing Diane Warren songs.
Anyone that has been to the house knows that from the highway there's 3 lights to the house. During evening rush hour, I usually only get stuck at one. For some reason, both lanes were completely backed up and it took three cycles just to make it through the first one. As I found out later, an SUV had broken down right near the second light so everyone was pushed over to one lane. So for about 5 minutes while waiting to get through the light, I was sitting behind a red ford focus that had three bumper stickers. The one on the left said, "Men of quality are not threatened by a woman seeking equality." Ok, I'll buy that. The one in the center was a quote by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, who is a Harvard College Professor that won the Pulitzer Prize in the early 90's, "Well behaved women rarely make history." I'll buy that one as well. The one on the right simply said, "Eve was framed." Ok, I'm not sure I've ever seen feminism and religion cross paths quite like that, but alright. Then I noticed the license plate holder. "Caution, Princess driving." How in the hell do you expect me to take your feminism seriously when you buy that product? It's like you've set yourself up with all the right credentials, the right tools for the project, have everything down pat, and then show up drunk. It's a jarring error in judgement. Carry the sentiment all the way, get a holder that says, "Caution Bitch driving." or "Caution, feminist driving" Hell "Men suck." would have been better. Sometimes I just don't get it. It's like a goth person getting a tan and hanging out on the beach listening to Celine Dion sing Diane Warren songs.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
7 straight games. And the few bright spots such as Sidney Crosby's point streak is over too. Which means that soon I'm sure that everyone's going to be watching Ovechkin closer claiming he's better than Crosby. I give up. They torch Brodeur for 2 goals in 29 seconds. Why can't they play 60 minutes like that?
It's been a busy month so far. Even though I probably have 15 or so clients in my rotation at work, October has seen me working with just one client. They are launching a major initiative very soon and I've been testing, re-testing, testing the re-testing, working, waiting, sending more e-mails in one hour than I did in one week last month, having closer contact with IT than I probably should, understanding more about IT than I ever should, and just all around misery. Tonight is also the 3rd straight night I've brought work home. It'll get better soon. It has to. I don't think it can get any worse. So, that's why I've been busy/distracted/unresponsive, etc.
I haven't even managed to read any local headlines or anything in the past couple days.
It's been a busy month so far. Even though I probably have 15 or so clients in my rotation at work, October has seen me working with just one client. They are launching a major initiative very soon and I've been testing, re-testing, testing the re-testing, working, waiting, sending more e-mails in one hour than I did in one week last month, having closer contact with IT than I probably should, understanding more about IT than I ever should, and just all around misery. Tonight is also the 3rd straight night I've brought work home. It'll get better soon. It has to. I don't think it can get any worse. So, that's why I've been busy/distracted/unresponsive, etc.
I haven't even managed to read any local headlines or anything in the past couple days.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Well, let's see.
I know, it's been nothing but hockey but after a year and a half, what did you expect. I actually moved up one standing from dead last to second to last in the fantasy pool. That's pretty amazing considering my Penguin laden team.
Last night St. Louis beat Chicago.
Last night Toronto beat Philadelphia.
That means that 29 teams in the NHL have at least 1 win in this season.
Guess which one doesn't. I'll give you four guesses and the first three can be football teams if you want.
That's right, Mario, Sid, Ziggy, the Wrecking Ball, Flurry, and Edzo don't have a win. They are 1 point under .500 due to tie points, but they haven't cracked the win column. The way they are going, they can most likely qualify for the playoffs with 75 or so points. Scary.
Gage is still sleeping poorly. Terri had the little space heater on in his room during the couple really cold nights we had. So, we left his door cracked a little so it didn't get too hot. About 4 in the morning, he gets out of bed, walks into our room and tries to wake up Terri. Apparently that didn't work too well so he walks around the other side of the bed and somehow gets me awake. As soon as I wake up, that's when he starts crying. So, guess who ended up sleeping in our bed again.
I got hit with two interesting things at work today. One, I'm being trained on audio capture and recording...ok, not so much trained as just having a walk-thru since I already know what I'm doing in that area. I'm getting this as back up for out of town conferences. Which means potential travel. Cool. The conferences are always somewhere nice. San Diego. Orlando. San Francisco. To steal a phrase from Joe So...good times.
The second thing is probably not a good thing to announce over the internet, so I guess I shouldn't have mentioned it. If you're truly interested grab me on IM or email or something. Or, hell come visit. I'm sure we haven't seen you in a while and we'd like to.
Anyway, I'd like to put a stop to all the speculation about Rookie of the Year. That award, along with Lord Stanley's Cup is coming to Pittsburgh. You other teams can fight over the Vezina or Norris trophy since we don't have goaltending or defense worth a crap.
Oh and Happy Anniversary to me. I know the 29th had a big mushy post, but this was our church wedding and reception anniversary...some people think that's important too.
I know, it's been nothing but hockey but after a year and a half, what did you expect. I actually moved up one standing from dead last to second to last in the fantasy pool. That's pretty amazing considering my Penguin laden team.
Last night St. Louis beat Chicago.
Last night Toronto beat Philadelphia.
That means that 29 teams in the NHL have at least 1 win in this season.
Guess which one doesn't. I'll give you four guesses and the first three can be football teams if you want.
That's right, Mario, Sid, Ziggy, the Wrecking Ball, Flurry, and Edzo don't have a win. They are 1 point under .500 due to tie points, but they haven't cracked the win column. The way they are going, they can most likely qualify for the playoffs with 75 or so points. Scary.
Gage is still sleeping poorly. Terri had the little space heater on in his room during the couple really cold nights we had. So, we left his door cracked a little so it didn't get too hot. About 4 in the morning, he gets out of bed, walks into our room and tries to wake up Terri. Apparently that didn't work too well so he walks around the other side of the bed and somehow gets me awake. As soon as I wake up, that's when he starts crying. So, guess who ended up sleeping in our bed again.
I got hit with two interesting things at work today. One, I'm being trained on audio capture and recording...ok, not so much trained as just having a walk-thru since I already know what I'm doing in that area. I'm getting this as back up for out of town conferences. Which means potential travel. Cool. The conferences are always somewhere nice. San Diego. Orlando. San Francisco. To steal a phrase from Joe So...good times.
The second thing is probably not a good thing to announce over the internet, so I guess I shouldn't have mentioned it. If you're truly interested grab me on IM or email or something. Or, hell come visit. I'm sure we haven't seen you in a while and we'd like to.
Anyway, I'd like to put a stop to all the speculation about Rookie of the Year. That award, along with Lord Stanley's Cup is coming to Pittsburgh. You other teams can fight over the Vezina or Norris trophy since we don't have goaltending or defense worth a crap.
Oh and Happy Anniversary to me. I know the 29th had a big mushy post, but this was our church wedding and reception anniversary...some people think that's important too.
Monday, October 10, 2005
I don't understand it. We cannot, I repeat cannot, be turning into the next New York Rangers where we're so talent laden we can't put together two wins to save our lives. I just don't get it. If you look at the first five guys on the roster of the Pens they have 1,500+ goals between them. Buffalo couldn't put together 1,500 goals from the past 5 seasons if they added everyone together.
I just don't understand it.
Granted we're not dead last in the league, yet.
I just don't understand it.
Til tomorrow, I'm in denial.
I just don't understand it.
Granted we're not dead last in the league, yet.
I just don't understand it.
Til tomorrow, I'm in denial.
Friday, October 07, 2005
Thursday, October 06, 2005
No, I have not broken down into tears.
Even though my Penguin heavy fantasy hockey team is in last place right now, I've been a fan of the Penguins much too long to base opinions on just one game.
I did gorge myself on hockey last night. They are apparently having a free preview of the Center Ice channels so I watched the Pens game, the end of the Ottawa/Toronto game (which ended in a lovely Ottawa winning shootout, take that Lindros, you goal missing prick), and some of the Colorado/Edmonton game.
And tonight I watched most of the Rangers/Montreal game and some of the Detroit/Blues game.
Can't wait til the Carolina game tomorrow.
I'm going to do the 100 banned book list that Victoria did recently, I just haven't had time to get it listed yet.
Even though my Penguin heavy fantasy hockey team is in last place right now, I've been a fan of the Penguins much too long to base opinions on just one game.
I did gorge myself on hockey last night. They are apparently having a free preview of the Center Ice channels so I watched the Pens game, the end of the Ottawa/Toronto game (which ended in a lovely Ottawa winning shootout, take that Lindros, you goal missing prick), and some of the Colorado/Edmonton game.
And tonight I watched most of the Rangers/Montreal game and some of the Detroit/Blues game.
Can't wait til the Carolina game tomorrow.
I'm going to do the 100 banned book list that Victoria did recently, I just haven't had time to get it listed yet.
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
It's a hockey night in Pittsburgh
Today is a great day for hockey.
I am so geeked. At the moment there's 7 hours left til the puck drops.
Hockey is returning. 15 games, a league high, all in the same night.
Names like Lemieux, Hasek, Recchi, and Sakic are hitting the ice.
New guys like Crosby, Ovechkin, and Carter will be lacing up the skates for the first time in the NHL.
Even the refs are back.
Lord Stanley is comin' home.
I fully expect to be witnessing another scene like this come next June or July.
And yes, I was there to see that happen. So was Tom.
Hockey is back with a vengenance.
Now, I'm not expecting the Pens to go 82-0, hell, considering they hold the active streak for most losses on opening night, I'm not even sure about tonight's outcome, but dammit...hockey is back.
When I'm seated comfortably in the recliner, Woodchuck Amber in hand and I can hear Mike Lange say, "It's a hockey night in Pittsburgh.", I may break down and cry.
Today is a great day for hockey.
I am so geeked. At the moment there's 7 hours left til the puck drops.
Hockey is returning. 15 games, a league high, all in the same night.
Names like Lemieux, Hasek, Recchi, and Sakic are hitting the ice.
New guys like Crosby, Ovechkin, and Carter will be lacing up the skates for the first time in the NHL.
Even the refs are back.
Lord Stanley is comin' home.
I fully expect to be witnessing another scene like this come next June or July.
And yes, I was there to see that happen. So was Tom.
Hockey is back with a vengenance.
Now, I'm not expecting the Pens to go 82-0, hell, considering they hold the active streak for most losses on opening night, I'm not even sure about tonight's outcome, but dammit...hockey is back.
When I'm seated comfortably in the recliner, Woodchuck Amber in hand and I can hear Mike Lange say, "It's a hockey night in Pittsburgh.", I may break down and cry.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Man, I can't wait til tomorrow.
Every team in the league in action in the same night.
People with NHL Center Ice are going to have their heads explode.
Sidney Crosby's debut.
I'm ready.
Monday night I watched Miracle again.
Tonight I watched the two specials on the Pens 91 and 92 Stanley Cup victories.
Only 20 hours til the puck drops.
Every team in the league in action in the same night.
People with NHL Center Ice are going to have their heads explode.
Sidney Crosby's debut.
I'm ready.
Monday night I watched Miracle again.
Tonight I watched the two specials on the Pens 91 and 92 Stanley Cup victories.
Only 20 hours til the puck drops.
