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Jul. 12th, 2009 @ 10:47 pm Irony, or appropriate?
I just saw an ad on the tube starring the late Billy Mays. The product was "FLIES-away".

Irony, or appropriate? I bet he could use that stuff now...
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Jul. 7th, 2009 @ 02:21 pm Quick quip
Her: Dear, you look pale.

Me: Pale? How can you tell???

(I should have said, "What--a whiter shade of pale?")
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Jul. 7th, 2009 @ 11:10 am Dominion--or "the shuffling game"
I really like Dominion. Yet I absolutely suck at it!

Last night, I played against Bird and someone who had never played before. I started out strong, and in the end wound up DFL. I set up sequences of cards that worked pretty decently for me, and I really thought I was ahead the whole time. I was quite wrong. Bird wound up with 10 more than I, and our third player was about in the middle.

It was a longish game for Dominion, even discounting the explain-cards-to-newbie and the fact that some of us were still eating.

I think the attack cards (Thief and Spy) made people concentrate early on defenses instead of building up money to buy big stuff with. I was something of an exception, as I wound up grabbing several Moats right away and thought I could chance it. It paid off for me by letting me pick up a couple of Provinces early on, but then I stalled in the mid-game. I'm not sure if I just had too much hand clutter or what, but I found myself unable to buy any more Provinces for a long time. I finally got my third, but everyone else got four of them and that was that.

I think that every game of Dominion that I have ever played with the Bird, she has won.
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Jul. 6th, 2009 @ 04:57 pm Excuse me, mush-for-brains....
...she gave you a bogus phone number. The number is mine, not hers. You've been lied to--deal with it. Don't keep calling me, and STOP GODDAMN TEXTING ME before I fly out to the butt-crack of Podunk where you live so I can tear your arm off of your shoulder and beat you to death with the bloody stump!

Seriously, eight texts and three phone calls where you got a male voice instead of a female one should just maybe give you some slight bare semblance of a hint of a fucking clue!
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Jul. 1st, 2009 @ 12:57 pm Kitty scare
Current Mood: relieved
This past Friday night (I think it was), we had a big scare.

It seems that someone got it into his little kitten head that "needle and thread" == "string" == "cat toy". So he swallowed the sewing needle. We caught him right after he did it, and stuffed him into the cat carrier and drove QUICK to the Emergency Vet.

We authorized an X-ray, and then when they said they could see the needle, we authorized drugging his little grey head. But then they came out and said that the needle had stuck in his soft palate, and they were able to reach right in and pull it straight out with no fuss. Happily Kitten-Boy is generally very mellow in the face of being man-handled, or in this case vet-handled. We got him back, right as rain!

The vet told us to buy a lottery ticket on the way home. Someone's answer was, "We already won the lottery. That kitten there is our lottery." (Aaaaawwww...)

He was a little listless for a few days (probably just shocked and scared), but he's back to his usual antics as of this morning.
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Jun. 24th, 2009 @ 11:16 am Video that a certain Bird will enjoy
Or at least be amused by...

http://gizmodo.com/5301995/real-eagle-vs-robo+eagle-dogfight
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Jun. 11th, 2009 @ 07:59 pm O I C!
I now am beginning to understand why so many of my friends became nearly-rabid fans of "Firefly". Many thanks to the Bird for the loan.
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Jun. 5th, 2009 @ 05:52 pm I find this distrurbing...
...But oddly compelling, in a way...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1tYnhf6d9Y
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May. 30th, 2009 @ 09:59 pm Must get this out of my head...
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's got a geek sense of humor
And when I die, I expect to find him LARPing
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May. 4th, 2009 @ 11:26 pm Tired....
Quote from a co-worker at about 7:30 this evening:

"I have three little kids at home, but you look so tired you make me feel guilty that I'm going home this early!"

So I went out to dinner (and a couple games of Dominion!) and then went back to work...

At least I found why the automated setup wasn't saving the data it should. File permissions were funky.

And tomorrow, I'm going to try to be back there at 8:30 AM!!

...No wonder I'm tired!
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May. 1st, 2009 @ 10:12 am Condi Rice, delusional?
Disclaimer: I've only seen a couple of sound-bites on the TV News. I can't watch the clip at work for various reasons, but I am providing a link so people can make a more-informed judgement than I am. ;-)

Someone took a vid of Condoleeza Rice at an informal Stanford gathering. One of the students asked her about torture (and I think a few other of the more "interesting" parts of the Dubya legacy). Her response: "There was no torture."

Umm, yeaaaaahhhhh. You might wanna see a doctor for that bad case of de-NILE fever, Condi!



... Oh, right--the link!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfMk8aU-v2A
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Apr. 22nd, 2009 @ 10:27 pm Happy news--
"someone" got a booster shot the other day. The happy news: Her arm did not swell up to the size of a softball! Yaay!
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Apr. 17th, 2009 @ 09:37 am Don't you hate it when....
...you have an idea in the morning, and think, "That's a really good idea! I should write it up when I get to work!" only for it to be completely gone from your head by the time you get to work?

Just this morning, in fact. I wish I could remember what it was.
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Mar. 30th, 2009 @ 04:48 pm Ouch. Back hurts. Waah!
I think I threw my back out yesterday messing with the cars. And creating a Superfund site in my (excuse me, HER!) garage. And wasting $50 of oil... Sigh!

No games for Dave tonight!
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Feb. 6th, 2009 @ 10:53 am Facebook: Major sink for time and energy!
Oh boy, it really is a time-suck!
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Jan. 27th, 2009 @ 09:36 am Leg cramps? WTF!
Current Mood: aggravated
Funny, it's been years and years since the last time leg cramps have owken me up screaming at 5 AM.

OK, maybe not so funny. It still hurts.
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Jan. 20th, 2009 @ 10:34 pm Did you know...
Current Mood: amused
That Ssscat spray cat deterrent can also be used to scare the living daylights out of your girlfriend? Even after she has specifically requested that it be set up to keep the cats off of her kitchen counters.

Now, any time she goes near the counter, one or the other of the two Ssscat sprayers hisses at her, startling her and making her jump... For some reason, she doesn't find it nearly as funny as I do!
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Jan. 20th, 2009 @ 01:10 pm Weekend, weekend, weekend
Current Mood: contemplative
I do miss you, my weekend. Where did you go?

Let's see. Saturday, there was a bit of an interpersonal melt-down to deal with. (Not mine, for a wonder!) Then a friend's birthday party. Or is that, "Bird-Day Party"? ;) I was very tired, and had a headache, so Da Boss and I left early. I may not be completely over this cold...

Sunday, Da Boss and I went up to the Asian Art Museum. They have an exhibit of a number of artefacts from Afghanistan, which was pretty darned neat! The gold from the Tillya Tepe tombs was stunning! It must have looked magnificent when it was attached to the clothing items it was part of. We also Did Some Shopping--or rather, she did and I walked along with her. We were both wiped out when we came home.

Monday was another shopping day, this time just me. Grocery shopping, in fact. That, and I finally picked up the digital TV converter boxes. Cute little scam; there were no $40 boxes in stock, so you could buy the $50 one or the $60 one. And of course you pay sales tax on the "full price", not on the price after the $40 discount card from the Feds. So the cheapest ones wound up costing me about $15 each. Oh well, at least our rabbit ears will still work next month.

Digital signal is pretty decent, though there are some odd artefacts. Like we can't get Channel 11 digital, while their analog signal always came in loud and clear. Like we can't get Channel 7 on any of the Channel 7 channels ("no signal"), but when we go to 23 (or thereabouts), the box seems to switch over to "7-1" and we can watch Channel 7. Like I said, kind of odd.

Played Pandemic last night with the Bird and her BF and one other player. I likes me that game! We played on medium-hard (four players, five epidemic cards). Lost two, then won the third.

The latest CPAP mask is not working out. It's coming off my face too easily, unless I really crank the straps down to the point that it's uncomfortable. So I need a nap, or lots of caffeine!

I also need the exterminator to call me back so I can make an appointment at my condo, or my tenants will be quite unhappy about the ants invading their place!!
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Jan. 16th, 2009 @ 09:55 pm Note to self:
Current Mood: amused
If you go out for coffee at 2 PM instead of lunch at lunchtime, make it decaf.

It's 10 PM, and the jitters have worn off. Hopefully I won't have any trouble getting to sleep.
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Jan. 6th, 2009 @ 09:37 am Stonesed again
The first time I heard the Stones' "Can You Hear Me Knocking", I couldn't understand a word they were singing. What I heard in the chorus was:
"Nebba Noobie Knobby"

Now I can't hear that song without those words overriding the actual lyrics in my head...
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