Co-workers arguing over how the circuit breaker in the lunch room is set up. I asked the critical question: “Is it still out now?”…and turned the coffee pot on. C’mon, priorities, here!
Asides
Computer needed for project X: I’m going to lock up today!
Me: I’m going to focus on project X today! Computer needed for project X: I’m going to lock up today! Me: Argh!
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OK, after 3½ hours stuck at 74%, I think I can assume chkdsk is stalled. *grumble*
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Chkdsk round 3 is at 55% on Stage 5 of 5. Going to call it a night & hope my PC runs tomorrow.
I have been at the mall for 20 minutes and I’m already overwhelmed. The children’s choir singing “Holly Jolly Christmas” isn’t helping.
I have been at the mall for 20 minutes and I’m already overwhelmed. The children’s choir singing “Holly Jolly Christmas” isn’t helping.
I’m not sure light drizzle counts as “wind and rain,” but since I’d like to have water next year, I’ll take what I can get.
I’m not sure light drizzle counts as “wind and rain,” but since I’d like to have water next year, I’ll take what I can get.
I’m getting word salad spam comments on my blog. It’s entertaining to read them in the vocal style of a Cylon hybrid.
I’m getting word salad spam comments on my blog. It’s entertaining to read them in the vocal style of a Cylon hybrid.
Finally got my H1N1 flu shot. Doctor managed to get 5 – yes, 5 – doses. Distribution on this has been abyssmal.
Finally got my H1N1 flu shot. Doctor managed to get 5 – yes, 5 – doses. Distribution on this has been abyssmal.
Very impressed w/Best Buy’s mobile website. Easy to find the item, choose store pickup, reset password & update address all from my phone.
Very impressed w/Best Buy’s mobile website. Easy to find the item, choose store pickup, reset password & update address all from my phone.
My internet connection is acting kind of flaky. Actually the connection is fine, but it…
My internet connection is acting kind of flaky. Actually the connection is fine, but it isn't talking to some content delivery network, so all the small-time websites load perfectly, but Facebook takes 20 minutes to load a 16×16 “share link” button, and I have yet to see more than the title on PayPal. *grumble*
Whenever my site gets hits from Google’s Italian site, my brain insists on reading it as “Google It!”
Whenever my site gets hits from Google’s Italian site, my brain insists on reading it as “Google It!”
Weird. I just read a comment where someone claimed that conservatives hate liberals for their…
Weird. I just read a comment where someone claimed that conservatives hate liberals for their “no reasonable person can disagree with me attitude.” In my experience, it's at least as likely to be the other way around.
In a brilliant move, I have just twisted my shoulder funny 5 minutes before driving home. At least it’s the left shoulder. Still: Ow!
In a brilliant move, I have just twisted my shoulder funny 5 minutes before driving home. At least it’s the left shoulder. Still: Ow!
…1 day later…
Right shoulder seems OK. Left shoulder still recovering from whatever the heck I did to it yesterday. The dangers of…office chairs?
WTF? I just tweaked my *other* shoulder doing nothing more exciting than reaching for my mouse. Nowhere near as badly, at least!
WTF? 4-day passes have ACTUALLY SOLD OUT already! I was starting to think December…
WTF? 4-day passes have ACTUALLY SOLD OUT already! I was starting to think December maybe, but the first week of November? I'm glad we finally bought ours a few days ago!
Dark One’s Roast
A couple of nights ago, I dreamed I was Rand, inspecting a military camp and learning that the Dark One’s touch had destroyed all the coffee. ALL the coffee. And I/Rand immediately decided, “That’s it! We’re ending this NOW! Last Battle, here we come!”
One difference: the seasonal flu vaccine is based on…
One difference: the seasonal flu vaccine is based on predicting ahead of time which strains of flu are likely to circulate during the upcoming flu season and targeting those strains. Sometimes the predictions are accurate, sometimes they’re not. The H1N1 vaccine targets a specific strain that we know is circulating.
In RFC terms:
A seasonal flu vaccine MAY protect you from seasonal flu.
An H1N1 flu vaccine SHOULD protect you from H1N1 flu.
iPod train wreck of the morning was the Cardcaptor Sakura theme followed by Garbage’s Supervixen.
iPod train wreck of the morning was the Cardcaptor Sakura theme followed by Garbage’s Supervixen.
4-Day passes *with* preview night have sold out.
4-Day passes *with* preview night have sold out. Annoyingly, there’s no indication of how many 4-day passes *without* preview night are available, or what the percentage was, or anything at all to gauge whether the remaining memberships are likely to sell out next spring or next week.
Problem: Twitter trending topics are quickly flooded with in-jokes & spam. There’s no context if you don’t already know what they’re about
Problem: Twitter trending topics are quickly flooded with in-jokes & spam. There’s no context if you don’t already know what they’re about
This CAPTCHA wants me to type “gosmut” O_o
This CAPTCHA wants me to type “gosmut” O_o
Tunguska Event
comment on the post “Flash Facts: Tunguska Event“:
I remember my first encounter with the Tunguska event was in The New Teen Titans, with the origin of Red Star. The weird thing is, I went back later and reread the issues with him and the story never actually states that the incident involved was the Tunguska event!
I must have thought of the origin story when I first read about the real event, and connected them in my mind to the extent that I was convinced the story had specifically referred to it!
The sound of gardening tools outside the office blends with computer fans for really weird harmonics.
The sound of gardening tools outside the office blends with computer fans for really weird harmonics.