August 16, 2005, 6.03 pm
Ah, yes. The Office, where I currently bill myself as The Illustrius Tech Department, aka The Computer Genius, has a new espresso machine. Which I just operated successfully, all by myself (unlike yesterday, when I had to have two people come to my aid). Ahh. Now if only I hadn't started working at 3:00 pm, I could be going home soon. Unfortunately, my 7 hour day ends at 10pm. Sigh...
categorized as life of donzilla
August 15, 2005, 10.31 pm
So the power went off, randomly, in the middle of this late summer evening. Maybe it had to do with the beautiful sun set - the power stations just shut down to watch.
Anyways, I'm a firm believer that the American families ought to either pull the plug or have the plug pulled, and either be forced or force themselves to sit around and interact. We have had a few comical discussions in the moments that the power has been off, and it is amazing how much more quiet it is without electricity. There must be a constant hum or something when it is on, because it is dead silent when it is off.
Of course, I still have internet access, having a cell phone network card, and a laptop with battery power. And my APC UPS is charging my cell phone.
Well, goodnight folks.
Anyways, I'm a firm believer that the American families ought to either pull the plug or have the plug pulled, and either be forced or force themselves to sit around and interact. We have had a few comical discussions in the moments that the power has been off, and it is amazing how much more quiet it is without electricity. There must be a constant hum or something when it is on, because it is dead silent when it is off.
Of course, I still have internet access, having a cell phone network card, and a laptop with battery power. And my APC UPS is charging my cell phone.
Well, goodnight folks.
categorized as life of donzilla
August 15, 2005, 8.48 pm
So now it's the time of day that I get home from work, all fired up with grand plans of Acomplishing Something Tonight (tm), and so I wolf down my dinner, barely pausing to chew, and then...I...suddenly...get...tired... and...slow...waaaaaaaaaaaay...down.
categorized as life of donzilla
August 13, 2005, 3.38 pm
Done with php coding, for now, anyways. The project I've been dragging out for so long (it seems like) is complete.
So now I'm cruisin' blogs, something I haven't done in a long time, prob due to lack of down-time and a slow(ish) internet connection (cingular).
But I'm about to go take care of the rest of my chores. Really.
And read the remaining 1130 pages of War and Peace.
So now I'm cruisin' blogs, something I haven't done in a long time, prob due to lack of down-time and a slow(ish) internet connection (cingular).
But I'm about to go take care of the rest of my chores. Really.
And read the remaining 1130 pages of War and Peace.
categorized as life of donzilla
August 13, 2005, 3.24 pm
It wasn't until yesterday that I noticed that a certain picture of this young lady and myself has been "gracing" the top of this photo blog for over a month. A not-so-flattering picture, I might add, at least of me.
categorized as life of donzilla
August 13, 2005, 2.19 pm
So I canceled my East coast/New Orleans trip. Darn.
categorized as life of donzilla
August 13, 2005, 2.19 pm
Listening to powerful Russian chant loud while coding php and drinking STRONG Guatemalan coffee, this is my saturday. As soon as I finish this project, I'm going to go work on the car. Hopefully it will not be dark then, yet, but if so, I will bring my powerful halogen work lamp out of hibernation.
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Commentary ::
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
careful.
the music you listen to will come out in your work. i wrote an english paper through the night once..... is there any other way? and i was listening to classical, which wound up being wagner.
my paper was so violent and forceful....
pick your music carefully.
mlah
August 15, 2005, 9.36 pm
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http://mlah.us
careful.
the music you listen to will come out in your work. i wrote an english paper through the night once..... is there any other way? and i was listening to classical, which wound up being wagner.
my paper was so violent and forceful....
pick your music carefully.
mlah
August 13, 2005, 1.42 pm
Hofs-kriegs-wurst-schnapps-Rath
As Woody Guthrie said through Billy Bragg and Wilco, if we could just find a way to stop making war profitable...
If we could find a way to prevent people from making money on war...
If we could find a way to prevent people from making money on war...
categorized as life of donzilla
August 11, 2005, 2.00 pm
Aargh.
I had to abandon my East coast-via-Gallup-Dallas-New-Orleans-and-Memphis travel plans.
Too much work and other obligations are going to keep me here at home.
Sigh.
I still think that this is the summer-of-most-miles-logged-by-me, though.
I'll just have to make my (oft-postponed) East coast tour all the more extensive and long when I actually do it.
So, anyways, I'm back in the San Francisco bay area (as of late Tuesday night) and I'm back to work and such here.
And I've got a lot of adventure stories to tell, and I'll do that when I get the down-time. Or maybe, since that down-time never seems to happen, I'll just "make some time" one of these days.
I had to abandon my East coast-via-Gallup-Dallas-New-Orleans-and-Memphis travel plans.
Too much work and other obligations are going to keep me here at home.
Sigh.
I still think that this is the summer-of-most-miles-logged-by-me, though.
I'll just have to make my (oft-postponed) East coast tour all the more extensive and long when I actually do it.
So, anyways, I'm back in the San Francisco bay area (as of late Tuesday night) and I'm back to work and such here.
And I've got a lot of adventure stories to tell, and I'll do that when I get the down-time. Or maybe, since that down-time never seems to happen, I'll just "make some time" one of these days.
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
i got arrested in gallup.... when i was 13!
mlah
August 15, 2005, 9.37 pm
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
i got arrested in gallup.... when i was 13!
mlah
August 8, 2005, 10.53 am
My last year of school starts two weeks from today, folks. Wish me luck; fingers-crossed, I'm going to graduate - after the better part of a decade.
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Commentary ::
sell-out.
Austin
When you put it that way...
Toque
August 9, 2005, 3.04 am
sell-out.
Austin
August 9, 2005, 10.53 am
When you put it that way...
Toque
August 7, 2005, 2.52 pm
On the plane in Philly.
I just spent a while (and nearly missed my plane because of it) talking to a few military chaps in the bar at Gate E3.
They have some crazy stories from Iraq, and they showed me their IPD (I think), battle armor, which can stop rounds fired from an AK47, the 7.62 round. That is pretty amazing. One of the guys had been shot by an AK, but his ceramic plate had stopped it. He also said he has video footage of an IED going off, one that lifted a 60+ ton Abrams tank feet into the air, and flipped it over, killing all inside. And many other crazy stories.
I tried to pay for their beer, but they snuck back and paid off the waitress, paying for part of my meal instead! Punks... So eddyways... The waitress was cute, though.
I just spent a while (and nearly missed my plane because of it) talking to a few military chaps in the bar at Gate E3.
They have some crazy stories from Iraq, and they showed me their IPD (I think), battle armor, which can stop rounds fired from an AK47, the 7.62 round. That is pretty amazing. One of the guys had been shot by an AK, but his ceramic plate had stopped it. He also said he has video footage of an IED going off, one that lifted a 60+ ton Abrams tank feet into the air, and flipped it over, killing all inside. And many other crazy stories.
I tried to pay for their beer, but they snuck back and paid off the waitress, paying for part of my meal instead! Punks... So eddyways... The waitress was cute, though.
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
IBA, OTV, who knows maybe it's an IPD too. And yes it's cool that it can stop 7.62 rounds but to me it's just 20 pounds(including your ammo) of trapping your sweat against your body, has to be worn every time you go outside bulky uncomfortable crap. (I'm just bitter because nobody shoots at me.)
Anyway, I can give you some videos and pictures like that in September or October when I get leave if you remind me.
phil
August 10, 2005, 7.30 pm
IBA, OTV, who knows maybe it's an IPD too. And yes it's cool that it can stop 7.62 rounds but to me it's just 20 pounds(including your ammo) of trapping your sweat against your body, has to be worn every time you go outside bulky uncomfortable crap. (I'm just bitter because nobody shoots at me.)
Anyway, I can give you some videos and pictures like that in September or October when I get leave if you remind me.
phil
August 7, 2005, 1.40 pm
So I guess that Atlanta, Georgia is experiencing a 'weather event' and that causes major pains for Delta passengers because Atlanta, Georgia is a major hub for that airline.
I'm hungry, slightly-hungover (i.e. 'feeling the effects' of last night's post-wedding-partying), about to be slightly annoyed by being more than slightly overcharged for beer at this airport bar, and looking forward to the "hot dog" they are about to serve me. The waitress is cute, though.
The military people who were using the bathroom were kinda funny. Both of them, after finishing up their toiletries, washing their hair, brushing their teeth, etc, and their other "personal moments" pulled out an extra-long piece of towel and cleaned the sink and the area around it. I was impressed; old Mother ARMY still teaches well.
Oh, and the bathrooms had "Auto-Soap" devices.
I'm hungry, slightly-hungover (i.e. 'feeling the effects' of last night's post-wedding-partying), about to be slightly annoyed by being more than slightly overcharged for beer at this airport bar, and looking forward to the "hot dog" they are about to serve me. The waitress is cute, though.
The military people who were using the bathroom were kinda funny. Both of them, after finishing up their toiletries, washing their hair, brushing their teeth, etc, and their other "personal moments" pulled out an extra-long piece of towel and cleaned the sink and the area around it. I was impressed; old Mother ARMY still teaches well.
Oh, and the bathrooms had "Auto-Soap" devices.
categorized as life of donzilla
August 7, 2005, 12.07 pm
I'm again at the Philly airport, but doing more writing that work right now. The airport is fully of ARMY folk; I was brushing my teeth in the bathroom here at Gate E3 and there were a couple of them in there, getting cleaned up, just back from Iraq. Everyone was welcoming them back, I offered to buy them a beer, and they went over to the bar. Most of them are pretty happy about being back.
One dude came out of the gate off the plan and ran right into the arms of his waiting woman. Everyone in the terminal clapped, and I felt the whole thing tugging at my heart. It's good to see these men and women back from the fight.
Like that one dude always says, our freedom ain't free. Someone's gotta work for it, and it's good to know that these folks are doing just that (despite the questions about the morality of various conflicts)...
One dude came out of the gate off the plan and ran right into the arms of his waiting woman. Everyone in the terminal clapped, and I felt the whole thing tugging at my heart. It's good to see these men and women back from the fight.
Like that one dude always says, our freedom ain't free. Someone's gotta work for it, and it's good to know that these folks are doing just that (despite the questions about the morality of various conflicts)...
categorized as life of donzilla
August 4, 2005, 3.07 pm
My office right now is a farmhouse kitchen, looking out over the red barn in the back. The sign that said 83 degrees a day ago said 94 at lunch today. Swimming at Salmon Berry Lake is a distinct possibility this afternoon. I gave the sheep some more water because it's so hot out. A blue jay is hopping around goofily (I'm on a making words up kick) hunting bugs, while a slightly gusty breeze blows dandelion seeds around. A butterfly, pale, solid green, flickers by, and I think I just saw a hummingbird out of the corner of my eye. Life is great.
The Eagles say this is a "crazy, crazy, crazy, life"...
...and Jeff (still) says he hates the Eagles.
The Eagles say this is a "crazy, crazy, crazy, life"...
...and Jeff (still) says he hates the Eagles.
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Commentary ::
punktastic(a)gmail.com
http://wantonandforlorn.blogspot.com
Salmon Berry lake, hell yeah -- just don't open your mouth, the water tastes like fish. I'm amazed I didn't get the shits.
Ridley
August 5, 2005, 8.17 am
punktastic(a)gmail.com
http://wantonandforlorn.blogspot.com
Salmon Berry lake, hell yeah -- just don't open your mouth, the water tastes like fish. I'm amazed I didn't get the shits.
Ridley
August 4, 2005, 10.59 am
- Listening to Gordon Lightfoot
- Doing web programming
- Did the Chores
- Plotting Eastbound Roadtrip (again)
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August 3, 2005, 3.08 pm
Working from a coffee shop in Scappoose, Oregon. Finishing up a correction of a network backup program for a company in California, and also working on a shopping cart customization of an OsCommerce app for a company in Canada.
It's hot outside; I'm on my third coffee drink. This one's a sweet, iced something-or-other. It's this month's special, I dunno.
More later. (which is my blog's new catchphrase. sorry).
Oh, in other news, I did successfully get a ticket to PA this weekend, so I will be flying in to Philly friday night, and splitting rental car costs with a friend and heading up to Scranton, PA for the wedding. Anyone know where the party's at Friday night? I probably won't get up there 'til midnight. Also, if anyone needs a ride from Philly on friday, or to Philly Sunday afternoon, let me know,
It's hot outside; I'm on my third coffee drink. This one's a sweet, iced something-or-other. It's this month's special, I dunno.
More later. (which is my blog's new catchphrase. sorry).
Oh, in other news, I did successfully get a ticket to PA this weekend, so I will be flying in to Philly friday night, and splitting rental car costs with a friend and heading up to Scranton, PA for the wedding. Anyone know where the party's at Friday night? I probably won't get up there 'til midnight. Also, if anyone needs a ride from Philly on friday, or to Philly Sunday afternoon, let me know,
categorized as life of donzilla
August 1, 2005, 6.06 pm
Here's my nugget of wisdom for the day:
You can't save money you weren't going to spend anyway by doing anything with something that's advertised (other than a savings account or a mutual fund).
This after hours-days-weeks of searching for a east-bound flight to PA.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
You can't save money you weren't going to spend anyway by doing anything with something that's advertised (other than a savings account or a mutual fund).
This after hours-days-weeks of searching for a east-bound flight to PA.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
don, as much as you travel, you should apply to the amazing race.
mlah
August 1, 2005, 9.37 pm
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
don, as much as you travel, you should apply to the amazing race.
mlah
July 31, 2005, 7.56 pm
I drove from Wadena to Missoula today or yesterday, or whenever that was. We just crossed back into Oregon state lines, and we are hungry and tired. But still having a darn good time.
categorized as on the road
July 26, 2005, 5.21 pm
Drove through Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, and am here in Minnesota.
Multitudinous reports of my adventures to follow.
Multitudinous reports of my adventures to follow.
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
donal, you travel more than any person i've known.
pictures. buy a digital, man. we want pics!
mlah
I know, I know! But I really want a Canon digital rebel!
Dz
July 26, 2005, 8.16 pm
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
donal, you travel more than any person i've known.
pictures. buy a digital, man. we want pics!
mlah
July 27, 2005, 12.26 pm
I know, I know! But I really want a Canon digital rebel!
Dz
July 23, 2005, 9.20 pm
...driving thru washington...
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Commentary ::
http://nailincoffin.com
and washington is driving through you...
Maedhros
July 25, 2005, 11.41 am
http://nailincoffin.com
and washington is driving through you...
Maedhros
July 20, 2005, 5.02 pm
So the 'Bullet needs a new tie rod end on the front right, which shouldn't be too much trouble... And auto places generally charge (at least) 100% more on parts, so... I'm doing it myself. But not right now. I got two new signet tires on the front, and the dudes sort-of aligned it in the process, so I didn't have to pay them the extra $60 to align it (which they wouldn't do because it needs a new tie rod anyway). Anyways, that gets them customer loyalty, 'cause I'll go back there when I do need the alignment, and probably back there when I need new tires again too. So it's a winning deal for them to be straight up and honest about everything.
categorized as the silver bullet
Commentary ::
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
you can buy your parts on the internet too. way cheaper.
mlah
July 21, 2005, 8.32 pm
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
you can buy your parts on the internet too. way cheaper.
mlah
July 20, 2005, 11.06 am
A lady just walked by and said "I like your office"!
categorized as life of donzilla
July 20, 2005, 10.59 am
I'm sitting in the grass, in the shade, outside the San Rafael Public Library, getting my white pants irrevocably grass-stained before work while my car is a being aligned and receiving two new tires a few blocks down the road. I'm doing some computer work.
categorized as life of donzilla
July 18, 2005, 9.13 pm
I'm trying to finish up all my (local) contracts, jobs, and work commitments, so I can go gallavanting across the country again. This means life is CRAZY or OMNIHECTIC right now.
categorized as life of donzilla
July 15, 2005, 1.48 am
Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing,
Beloved from pole to pole!
To Mary Queen the praise be given!
She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven,
That slid into my soul.
Beloved from pole to pole!
To Mary Queen the praise be given!
She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven,
That slid into my soul.
- Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
categorized as the muse
July 14, 2005, 9.44 pm
The more I don't know, the less I'm confused.
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
joe(a)t-tine.com
dmoose.blogspot.com
So, ignorance is bliss?
Dmoose
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
also known as 'ignorance is bliss.'
mlah
The real question is: What brought this to your attention most recently?
The Smoker
July 15, 2005, 9.04 am
joe(a)t-tine.com
dmoose.blogspot.com
So, ignorance is bliss?
Dmoose
July 17, 2005, 11.41 am
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
also known as 'ignorance is bliss.'
mlah
July 18, 2005, 2.57 pm
The real question is: What brought this to your attention most recently?
The Smoker
July 14, 2005, 9.41 pm
Sometimes when I'm doing a late-night computer install I bring along my guitar and songbook and sing to the computers as they do their thing...
I don't actually sing TO them, I just sing and play in the free moments when I don't have to do anything and it's all on them... I didn't bring an instrument today, so I'm just singing and dancing along to many, varied, randomly-playing recorded tunes...
I don't actually sing TO them, I just sing and play in the free moments when I don't have to do anything and it's all on them... I didn't bring an instrument today, so I'm just singing and dancing along to many, varied, randomly-playing recorded tunes...
categorized as life of donzilla
July 14, 2005, 9.39 pm
What is going to happen when this sort of thing begins to happen in America?
I hate to be a harbinger of doom, but there are several groups of people who wish to "kill us all"... And if you stubbornly, obnoxiously refuse to believe that, well...
I've talked to people who know people like that...
I hate to be a harbinger of doom, but there are several groups of people who wish to "kill us all"... And if you stubbornly, obnoxiously refuse to believe that, well...
I've talked to people who know people like that...
categorized as life of donzilla
July 14, 2005, 9.15 pm
Everything boils down to one fatal division:
Truth or Falsity
It's as if everything in existence is asked this question, 'True or False?'
Truth can be painful, hurtful, but ultimately it is good. Falsity seems easy, convenient, but ultimately is painful and destructive.
* * *
Truth is found in seeking God's will. Falsity is found in seeking our own in preference to God's will.
I need to clarify what I mean by all these things in that statement, define the terms, etc.
* * *
Remember the California Energy Crisis? That was caused by falsity. Ever drive around at night in California, or better yet, fly? Know how many chain stores, malls, megaopolis shopping centres, and so on are vividly lit up all night, every night? Know how much power that consumes, and is wasted, and could be saved? But, no, the problem is with the energy companies. They are not providing enough. The sins of the capitalist machine are ignored, morally justified without question...
Such is the tyranny of falsity...
Truth or Falsity
It's as if everything in existence is asked this question, 'True or False?'
Truth can be painful, hurtful, but ultimately it is good. Falsity seems easy, convenient, but ultimately is painful and destructive.
* * *
Truth is found in seeking God's will. Falsity is found in seeking our own in preference to God's will.
I need to clarify what I mean by all these things in that statement, define the terms, etc.
* * *
Remember the California Energy Crisis? That was caused by falsity. Ever drive around at night in California, or better yet, fly? Know how many chain stores, malls, megaopolis shopping centres, and so on are vividly lit up all night, every night? Know how much power that consumes, and is wasted, and could be saved? But, no, the problem is with the energy companies. They are not providing enough. The sins of the capitalist machine are ignored, morally justified without question...
Such is the tyranny of falsity...
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Commentary ::
better to blame individuals that corporations, but why bother when it's so much fun to
BLAME THE GOVERNMENT!
phil
July 16, 2005, 5.51 pm
better to blame individuals that corporations, but why bother when it's so much fun to
BLAME THE GOVERNMENT!
phil
July 14, 2005, 7.30 pm
Many blog-topic are swimming around in my mind, but I still have a little bit of a head-cold, so my thoughts in general don't seem cogent enough to put down. However, if I get anything, I let you know.
categorized as life of donzilla
July 14, 2005, 7.28 pm
Well, in between burning my tongue with too-hot mate and dropping homemade taco fixings all over myself, I'm staying late at work installing Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition.
categorized as life of donzilla
July 13, 2005, 5.10 pm
Received this in an email today:
Hello all --
now you have to give it to me, I most likely have never ever forwarded
something on to you to add to your inbox clutter, so high up on my
information age pet peeve list is getting piles of bulk forwards. But
this request from my friends who are laboring on behalf of the
fledgling Transfiguration College project seemed worth braving any
irritation that it may cause, and if you are genuinely without any
interest whatsoever in an Eastern Rite Catholic Great Books College
(faithful to the Magisterium, all orginal sources, emphasis on the
Church Fathers, with greek, and iconography) definately just delete
this very instant.
But if you do have some interest and have a minute to spare, go ahead
and drop them an email expressing interest in the project -- even if
it is beyond remote that you will actually go there -- if you are
simply interested in the possibility of such a college (the first of
its kind), they could sure use a brief message saying so. (See #1
below)
the newly vamped website is up at: http://www.transfigurationcollege.org
with the transfig blog up at: http://transfigurationcollege.blogspot.com
Thank you!
Pax vobiscum
now you have to give it to me, I most likely have never ever forwarded
something on to you to add to your inbox clutter, so high up on my
information age pet peeve list is getting piles of bulk forwards. But
this request from my friends who are laboring on behalf of the
fledgling Transfiguration College project seemed worth braving any
irritation that it may cause, and if you are genuinely without any
interest whatsoever in an Eastern Rite Catholic Great Books College
(faithful to the Magisterium, all orginal sources, emphasis on the
Church Fathers, with greek, and iconography) definately just delete
this very instant.
But if you do have some interest and have a minute to spare, go ahead
and drop them an email expressing interest in the project -- even if
it is beyond remote that you will actually go there -- if you are
simply interested in the possibility of such a college (the first of
its kind), they could sure use a brief message saying so. (See #1
below)
the newly vamped website is up at: http://www.transfigurationcollege.org
with the transfig blog up at: http://transfigurationcollege.blogspot.com
Thank you!
Pax vobiscum
categorized as life of donzilla
July 12, 2005, 9.09 pm
But there's good news: I finally got my hands on my deoderant that I had left behind. Eight days in a balmy, subtropical country without my Gillette! What will all the people think?! Well, if it was good enough for Livingston...
categorized as life of donzilla
July 12, 2005, 9.08 pm
Well, I made it home. And I'm plunging back into the thick of it. I wasn't in the country forty-five minutes before the tech support calls started coming in. 8 voicemails greeted me, demanding responses. Daunting, un-done to-do's stared at me from the top of my list! AAUGH!
categorized as life of donzilla
July 11, 2005, 6.18 pm
Well, we made it back to Guatemala city from Flores without any 'incidents.' No lost hacky-sacks or anything this time...
But, you'll probably have to wait until tomorrow afternoon when I get home stateside before I post any more pictures.
But, you'll probably have to wait until tomorrow afternoon when I get home stateside before I post any more pictures.
categorized as on the road
July 10, 2005, 2.49 pm
Just got back to San Benitio from Tikal, the Mayan ruins. We hiked up and down thousands upon thousands of stairs on a large number of huge, Mayan temples, palaces, and structures. Pictures will be forthcoming, but definately not before a shower and a nap.
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
man, i envy you the trips you're making. take shit tons of pics! you'll really be happy you did later
mlah
July 11, 2005, 6.15 pm
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
man, i envy you the trips you're making. take shit tons of pics! you'll really be happy you did later
mlah
July 8, 2005, 9.13 am
The three of us travelers standing by the font in which we all were baptised. Yes, the font is now is Guatemala City, were it was donated by our parish. Photo Credit: WT
categorized as on the road
July 7, 2005, 6.54 pm
Triming the lawn the Guatemalan way.
categorized as on the road
Commentary ::
joe(a)t-tine.com
dmoose.blgospot.com
You didn't give me photo credit!
Dmoose
July 10, 2005, 6.20 pm
joe(a)t-tine.com
dmoose.blgospot.com
You didn't give me photo credit!
Dmoose
July 7, 2005, 6.08 pm
The volcano smolders silently in the background, as we look out over the trees and a few outlying buildings of Guatemala city. Photo Credit: Joe T.
categorized as on the road
July 6, 2005, 10.54 am
So we arrived in Antigua last night, after spending all day touring a mission parish in Guatemala City and an orphanage outside the city. Now we have a day of just exploring Antigua, which is a cool little city, although it seems like it is over-run with tourists. More later. And yes, some pictures, too.
categorized as on the road
July 4, 2005, 7.58 pm
We arrived safely in Guatemala and were suddenly thrust into the opulence of a grand hotel. It was really weird -- flowers and ornate furnishings and drinks and hors d'ourves waiting for our attention. And free email. So anyways, it's all rather a bit of a rude shock for someone who usually travels as a solitary humble pilgrim.
But, dear reader, you will pleased to learn that I am trying my darned-est to adapt. Yessir. Just a couple more free gin martinis and I'll be there. Course, it may take a scotch or two, too.
But, dear reader, you will pleased to learn that I am trying my darned-est to adapt. Yessir. Just a couple more free gin martinis and I'll be there. Course, it may take a scotch or two, too.
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
live it up! guatemala huh? pictures donal, i want pictures.
mlah
July 5, 2005, 8.51 pm
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
live it up! guatemala huh? pictures donal, i want pictures.
mlah
July 3, 2005, 10.42 pm
Well folks, I'm off to Guatemala in the early AM manana...
Expect exciting In-The-Field Action Blogs (r) all next week. Or at least at some point next week. Maybe some pics, too, if Joe's camera (a) doesn't get stolen, (b) doesn't break, and (c) was actually packed with working batteries.
Happy Independence Day!
Expect exciting In-The-Field Action Blogs (r) all next week. Or at least at some point next week. Maybe some pics, too, if Joe's camera (a) doesn't get stolen, (b) doesn't break, and (c) was actually packed with working batteries.
Happy Independence Day!
categorized as life of donzilla
July 2, 2005, 5.50 pm
It's another lazy saturday... Just like yesterday...
categorized as life of donzilla
July 1, 2005, 5.55 pm
I cleaned out my old calculus notes and homework from my beloved baseball card album.
I took that AP Calculus class back in 1998 & 1999. I still know all that stuff, somewheres inside my head... I suppose I shouldn't throw all that stuff when I still have some calculus studying to do, but we got further in that class (and in the two college Calculus classes I took afterwards) then That Anonymous College ever goes. In fact, when I was preparing for the first day of classes my freshman year at TAC, I went ahead and did all of the calculus exercises in the manual.
That binder that I had today was of the size and magnitute that our AP History professor used to wave around and say: "If you want to pass the test, you need to make one of these."
But I don't mind recycling all those notes now. I can look at a textbook and explain it just as well without them...
I do like math. Maybe I'll teach a calculus class someday, if the next generation is smart enough to learn it...
I'm going to get some of my Africa pictures and my collection of stuff from England and Ireland and make a scrapbook in that binder.
It's a friday, but it feels like a saturday.
I took that AP Calculus class back in 1998 & 1999. I still know all that stuff, somewheres inside my head... I suppose I shouldn't throw all that stuff when I still have some calculus studying to do, but we got further in that class (and in the two college Calculus classes I took afterwards) then That Anonymous College ever goes. In fact, when I was preparing for the first day of classes my freshman year at TAC, I went ahead and did all of the calculus exercises in the manual.
That binder that I had today was of the size and magnitute that our AP History professor used to wave around and say: "If you want to pass the test, you need to make one of these."
But I don't mind recycling all those notes now. I can look at a textbook and explain it just as well without them...
I do like math. Maybe I'll teach a calculus class someday, if the next generation is smart enough to learn it...
I'm going to get some of my Africa pictures and my collection of stuff from England and Ireland and make a scrapbook in that binder.
It's a friday, but it feels like a saturday.
categorized as life of donzilla
July 1, 2005, 12.36 pm
So I'm taking sortof a half-day off work, working from home, and then going and getting a Hep A innoculation... What are YOU up to?
My back is sore in a weird place (I think) from doing too many vigorous flipturns while swimming (in a pool, for exercise) two days ago. But my chiropracter says he'll be in the office tomorrow, because a lot of people need his services for this holiday weekend...
Things are holding in place at the office, treading water... So I kindof want to say 'hands off' until I get back and finish up a few projects...
Which means I'm taking care of business at home today and possibly tomorrow...
And it sure is beautiful outside... Summer is here. 80 degree days, but pleasant.
My back is sore in a weird place (I think) from doing too many vigorous flipturns while swimming (in a pool, for exercise) two days ago. But my chiropracter says he'll be in the office tomorrow, because a lot of people need his services for this holiday weekend...
Things are holding in place at the office, treading water... So I kindof want to say 'hands off' until I get back and finish up a few projects...
Which means I'm taking care of business at home today and possibly tomorrow...
And it sure is beautiful outside... Summer is here. 80 degree days, but pleasant.
categorized as life of donzilla
July 1, 2005, 12.07 pm
So I gotta start brushing my hair all the time or it starts turning into one massive dreadlock during these summer months, and I learned last year in Kenya...
categorized as life of donzilla
July 1, 2005, 10.39 am
This is pretty huge, isn't it? Or is it a sly, underhand attack? I report, you decide...
The amendment reads: "To secure the people's right to acknowledge God according to the dictates of conscience: The people retain the right to pray and to recognize their religious beliefs, heritage and traditions on public property, including schools. The United States and the States shall not establish any official religion nor require any person to join in prayer or religious activity."
categorized as many blood sucking parasites
June 30, 2005, 11.35 pm
My 97 year old grandfather mentioned blogs to me, out of the blue, when I was over there for lunch two days ago. So that should give some of you bloggers another ducat in the endless search for validation of bloggers by non-bloggers.
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
http://nailincoffin.com
What'd he say?
Maedhros
t-tinepictures.blogspot.com
Yeah, I did a pretty poor job of trying to explain it a few weeks ago when they asked ME...which is probably why they asked Donny...
erin
July 1, 2005, 4.49 pm
http://nailincoffin.com
What'd he say?
Maedhros
July 5, 2005, 6.55 pm
t-tinepictures.blogspot.com
Yeah, I did a pretty poor job of trying to explain it a few weeks ago when they asked ME...which is probably why they asked Donny...
erin
June 30, 2005, 11.18 am
Wow.
In a word, hectic. But it doesn't all fit in a word, even that word. Hectic-mongous? No...
Monday I leave for Guatemala; these last few frantic days I'm trying to wrap up all the projects I've been working on for the last three weeks, while trying to ensure that ABOSOLUTELY NO ERRORS crop up while I'm away...
Basically, I'm running on pure adrenaline...
In a word, hectic. But it doesn't all fit in a word, even that word. Hectic-mongous? No...
Monday I leave for Guatemala; these last few frantic days I'm trying to wrap up all the projects I've been working on for the last three weeks, while trying to ensure that ABOSOLUTELY NO ERRORS crop up while I'm away...
Basically, I'm running on pure adrenaline...
categorized as life of donzilla
June 28, 2005, 7.29 pm
Ah, first day back to work after five days in Portland. I had an awesome time...
I'm home early from work -- early meaning I left at 6:00pm -- and now I have about six calls to make, half of them business related, and a BUNCHA other stuff to do, so... Bloggig definately still has the back seat.
And I'm off to Guatemala for a week leaving Monday.
I'm home early from work -- early meaning I left at 6:00pm -- and now I have about six calls to make, half of them business related, and a BUNCHA other stuff to do, so... Bloggig definately still has the back seat.
And I'm off to Guatemala for a week leaving Monday.
categorized as life of donzilla
June 27, 2005, 8.04 pm
Just got to the Portland aeropuerto, and the flight's delayed a few minutes, but it's about to board and leave now...
I've had a whirlwind five days up here -- each day seemed liked a week or more.
Well, the people are starting to line up...
It's back to work tomorrow, morning... sigh...
I've had a whirlwind five days up here -- each day seemed liked a week or more.
Well, the people are starting to line up...
It's back to work tomorrow, morning... sigh...
categorized as on the road
June 24, 2005, 12.17 pm
Oh, and the Total Caffeine Withdrawal days are over.
As in, caffeine is no longer an estranged friend.
As in, caffeine is no longer an estranged friend.
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
down_the_liffey(a)yahoo.com
d.
hope you are [s]well.
hooray [s]ummer.
joseph th.
June 25, 2005, 11.53 pm
down_the_liffey(a)yahoo.com
d.
hope you are [s]well.
hooray [s]ummer.
joseph th.
June 24, 2005, 12.16 pm
Seen on the internet today:
"Due to Swiss-wide technical problems..."
"Due to Swiss-wide technical problems..."
categorized as life of donzilla
June 24, 2005, 11.56 am
I don't know if it's just Oregon, or that I'm smiling at them first, but everyone here is friendly and smile-ly. Maybe it's the whole small-town thing. I dunno. I like it.
categorized as on the road
Commentary ::
pzelasko(a)hotmail.com
they know who you work for....
SANTA!
prophet
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
i love places that are smiley. stay away from the east coast, most assholish people on the planet.
so oregon is nice huh?
mlah
June 25, 2005, 9.11 pm
pzelasko(a)hotmail.com
they know who you work for....
SANTA!
prophet
June 26, 2005, 10.11 am
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
i love places that are smiley. stay away from the east coast, most assholish people on the planet.
so oregon is nice huh?
mlah
June 22, 2005, 9.55 pm
Day Three of Total Caffeine Withdrawal went pretty well.
Although I dreamt about work last night, meaning that sleep never effectively rescued me from the nightmare of Microsoft DNS. Ah well.
The Silver Bullet now has a new timing belt, and much to my chagrin, new seals, belts, and a new water pump. Those last items I did not want to pay for; rather I had hoped to do them myself over the weekend.
But my de-caffeinated brain got the better of me, and said something like "well the car's already there, might as well have them do it," and so I dropped a couple morehundred bucks than I would have liked to, or thought I should have... but such is life.
I'm off to Portland, OR tomorrow for a five-day weekend vacation-thingie. I plan not to so much as look at a computer, but evidentally I'm poor at planning, because I'm taking my tablet with me. Hey, if I can make a few bucks while sitting in an airport lobby, why not, right?
Wish me happy trails.
On a side note, my father and I took one of the prof's from TAC out to dinner tonight, at The Kitchen, in Novato. Very nice. Terrific, in fact. We talked about fishing Golden Trout together in the Sierras in early August. Dad and I were just talking about backpacking this summer... Basically, I want to go to all those places right now that he went to "years ago"...
Although I dreamt about work last night, meaning that sleep never effectively rescued me from the nightmare of Microsoft DNS. Ah well.
The Silver Bullet now has a new timing belt, and much to my chagrin, new seals, belts, and a new water pump. Those last items I did not want to pay for; rather I had hoped to do them myself over the weekend.
But my de-caffeinated brain got the better of me, and said something like "well the car's already there, might as well have them do it," and so I dropped a couple more
I'm off to Portland, OR tomorrow for a five-day weekend vacation-thingie. I plan not to so much as look at a computer, but evidentally I'm poor at planning, because I'm taking my tablet with me. Hey, if I can make a few bucks while sitting in an airport lobby, why not, right?
Wish me happy trails.
On a side note, my father and I took one of the prof's from TAC out to dinner tonight, at The Kitchen, in Novato. Very nice. Terrific, in fact. We talked about fishing Golden Trout together in the Sierras in early August. Dad and I were just talking about backpacking this summer... Basically, I want to go to all those places right now that he went to "years ago"...
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
abreiling(a)gmail.com
www.pilgrimoftheabsolute.com
happy trails donnie...
anna
thanks...!
Dz
June 23, 2005, 7.54 pm
abreiling(a)gmail.com
www.pilgrimoftheabsolute.com
happy trails donnie...
anna
June 24, 2005, 12.05 pm
thanks...!
Dz
June 21, 2005, 7.38 pm
Oh, and I made it to work today at a regular workingman's time, 9:15am!
After morning mass!
And then I sat all day with an aching-lack-of-caffeine-induced-head-condition feverishly working out the kinks in a Microsoft Windows 2003 Server DNS install.
After morning mass!
And then I sat all day with an aching-lack-of-caffeine-induced-head-condition feverishly working out the kinks in a Microsoft Windows 2003 Server DNS install.
categorized as life of donzilla
June 21, 2005, 7.05 pm
I dropped the Silver Bullet off tonight at my friendly neighborhood mechanic's. I was going through my records and realized that I hadn't so much as looked at the timing belt in 100,000 miles, give or take some. So I thought I'd have them inspect and or replace it for me.
It grieves me to have someone else work on my (beloved) car, but it makes more sense for me to go to work and make the money and then give it to them, because this job would take me more time than it takes me to earn the money to pay them to do it for me... Still...
It grieves me to have someone else work on my (beloved) car, but it makes more sense for me to go to work and make the money and then give it to them, because this job would take me more time than it takes me to earn the money to pay them to do it for me... Still...
categorized as the silver bullet
Commentary ::
I know whacha mean...Which is why I will probably always have broken cars and no time...
Toque
June 22, 2005, 1.32 pm
I know whacha mean...Which is why I will probably always have broken cars and no time...
Toque
June 21, 2005, 2.31 pm
Maybe there's a better way to quit caffeine addiction than cold turkey.
categorized as life of donzilla
June 20, 2005, 1.58 pm
Why do people over here for the most part not use/understand text messages? It really does seem to be a European thing, with the exception of a few of my friends -- who text incessantly -- nobody understands "what it's all about"...
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
pzelasko(a)hotmail.com
hmmmm, you must not be familiar with the 14-20 year old set who have cell phones. Have you ever seen a 14 year old girl text? they're fricking FAST! Maybe Mississippi is just on the cutting edge of technology when it comes to cell phones... who knew?
"yes I love technology..."
~Kip
prophet
June 21, 2005, 4.37 pm
pzelasko(a)hotmail.com
hmmmm, you must not be familiar with the 14-20 year old set who have cell phones. Have you ever seen a 14 year old girl text? they're fricking FAST! Maybe Mississippi is just on the cutting edge of technology when it comes to cell phones... who knew?
"yes I love technology..."
~Kip
prophet
June 19, 2005, 9.56 pm
I am lonely /
But you can free me /
All in the waaaaaaaay /
You smile...
But you can free me /
All in the waaaaaaaay /
You smile...
- Neil Young, Tell Me Why
categorized as music
June 19, 2005, 6.23 pm
Oh, yeah, and I went to mass at Mission Dolores in the city this morning, after dropping The Random Englishman off at work.
Parking was found in the center-most lane of all the roads around there, they are normally two-lane-each-way roads, but people parked all up in one lane each way, which felt kinda funny. But they didn't tow my car, or even give me a ticket, so...
And those lovely Spanish-speaking folk were certainly in no hurry to finish mass, let me tell you... It must have been close to two hours, a significant portion of which I spent thinking and praying in my own, isolated world...
Now I'm still at work, listening to IBC Radio over the internet...
Parking was found in the center-most lane of all the roads around there, they are normally two-lane-each-way roads, but people parked all up in one lane each way, which felt kinda funny. But they didn't tow my car, or even give me a ticket, so...
And those lovely Spanish-speaking folk were certainly in no hurry to finish mass, let me tell you... It must have been close to two hours, a significant portion of which I spent thinking and praying in my own, isolated world...
Now I'm still at work, listening to IBC Radio over the internet...
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
sweet. i've got ibc playing on my winamp now!
mlah
It rocks, don't it?
Dz
I want to know more about that 'Isolated world of prayer' you alluded to...I know it well, and sometimes wonder if it keeps us distant from others. But it can be beautiful, painful and bittersweet, no?
Toque
June 20, 2005, 1.09 am
mlah(a)redpin.com
http://mlah.us
sweet. i've got ibc playing on my winamp now!
mlah
June 21, 2005, 7.02 pm
It rocks, don't it?
Dz
June 22, 2005, 1.36 pm
I want to know more about that 'Isolated world of prayer' you alluded to...I know it well, and sometimes wonder if it keeps us distant from others. But it can be beautiful, painful and bittersweet, no?
Toque
June 19, 2005, 5.53 pm
* Went and picked up the Random Englishman after he got off work yesterday. San Francisco is hard on your brakes.
* Didn't work at the office yesterday, so i am today.
* Javier the cleaning dude was here when I got to work, so I gave him a piece of my pizza that I brought for lunch.
* While waiting for a couple of computers to finish running a few programs, I threw out all sorts of old software cds, manuals, papers, etc that were cluttering up the humble domain of the "Tech Department" here... Spring cleaning... It feels so good... And it's so easy... At least's with other peoples' stuff, when you're getting paid for it... Now if I could just do it with my own stuff, while not getting paid, that would be something...
* Didn't work at the office yesterday, so i am today.
* Javier the cleaning dude was here when I got to work, so I gave him a piece of my pizza that I brought for lunch.
* While waiting for a couple of computers to finish running a few programs, I threw out all sorts of old software cds, manuals, papers, etc that were cluttering up the humble domain of the "Tech Department" here... Spring cleaning... It feels so good... And it's so easy... At least's with other peoples' stuff, when you're getting paid for it... Now if I could just do it with my own stuff, while not getting paid, that would be something...
categorized as life of donzilla
June 18, 2005, 5.21 pm
* My Tablet is completely disassembled. It's pretty spectacular. I may post pictures, it's that good. I was going to intall this bluetooth module (not an "end-user" installable part), but once I got it completely apart, I realized that they had sent me the wrong little cable thingie...
* I like really simple foods, mostly. Lentils, grilled-cheese sandwiches, cold cereal, peanut butter sandwiches. Burgers.
* It's saturday down-time. I've got computer parts and papers, and car parts and guitars spread out all over the room, and I'm alternately fiddling with something, or throwing something away. It feels good.
* I'm supposed to be working today, but maybe I'll do it tomorrow. I'm kinda burned out from this week, gotta recharge the batteries for monday.
* I like really simple foods, mostly. Lentils, grilled-cheese sandwiches, cold cereal, peanut butter sandwiches. Burgers.
* It's saturday down-time. I've got computer parts and papers, and car parts and guitars spread out all over the room, and I'm alternately fiddling with something, or throwing something away. It feels good.
* I'm supposed to be working today, but maybe I'll do it tomorrow. I'm kinda burned out from this week, gotta recharge the batteries for monday.
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
teabluehouse.blogspot.com
+
I love simple foods too. Grilled cheese sandwiches are great, especially with tomato soup to dip them in, and some veggies on the side. Yum.
Oh, and please do post photos of the disassembled tablet! I want to show them to my techie hubby, LOL.
God bless,
Mrs. Bear
Mrs. Bear
June 20, 2005, 9.46 am
teabluehouse.blogspot.com
+
I love simple foods too. Grilled cheese sandwiches are great, especially with tomato soup to dip them in, and some veggies on the side. Yum.
Oh, and please do post photos of the disassembled tablet! I want to show them to my techie hubby, LOL.
God bless,
Mrs. Bear
Mrs. Bear
June 18, 2005, 12.10 am
Things I'm too tired to do right now #27: Eat yoghurt with a spoon out of a plastic container without getting it all over me.
That's right folks, I'm going to bed.
That's right folks, I'm going to bed.
categorized as life of donzilla
June 17, 2005, 3.31 pm
I had a series of bizarre dreams this morning...
Sometimes the little bit of skin between the bottom of my ear lobe and my neck hurts or stings.
Well, in this dream, I had been infected there by the deadly staf (yes it had only one 'f' in my dream) evil-virus-fiendish-thingie, and it was going to kill me. I vividly remember a computer-enchanced view of the little viri, which were breeding with these capsule-like, vitamin-like egg-thingies (yes, I know, my dream-creator-unit isn't exactly up on its microbiology, but then again, I was never into biology of that sort myself, in school... Now if you're talking plants and animals, on a realistic scale, well that's another story...).
So anyways, that was one of the weird dreams...
Sometimes the little bit of skin between the bottom of my ear lobe and my neck hurts or stings.
Well, in this dream, I had been infected there by the deadly staf (yes it had only one 'f' in my dream) evil-virus-fiendish-thingie, and it was going to kill me. I vividly remember a computer-enchanced view of the little viri, which were breeding with these capsule-like, vitamin-like egg-thingies (yes, I know, my dream-creator-unit isn't exactly up on its microbiology, but then again, I was never into biology of that sort myself, in school... Now if you're talking plants and animals, on a realistic scale, well that's another story...).
So anyways, that was one of the weird dreams...
categorized as life of donzilla
June 17, 2005, 1.39 pm
So I got all crazy last night and trimmed my beard WAY down. I figured I hadn't seen my face in months... and now I know why I let my beard grow that long. Anyways, it's the new "summer" look. Or something. I must have cut off about 20 pounds of hair of my face... I'm going to have to get a chin-ring to keep my head from falling back because of the weight difference. Maybe there won't be anymore Amish Tech Support (tm) jokes, but we'll see...
categorized as life of donzilla
June 16, 2005, 9.43 pm
Ok, so I blew it. I misread the form, didn't understand the fine print, and ended up paying the credit card company a nice little sum.
It's alright, they win this round.
But never again.
It's alright, they win this round.
But never again.
categorized as life of donzilla
June 15, 2005, 11.05 pm
We're into the longest (in daylight hours) fortnight of the year, and it STILL doesn't feel like summer here! I mean, it's nice to have the sun up late -- I think I will work on the car when I get home from work tomorrow -- but it's windy as 12-piece brass band outside!
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
educasean(a)hotmail.com
according to my AAA atlas, the average temps in SF are lower during the summer. no wonder there are so many freaks up there.
chim
June 17, 2005, 9.35 am
educasean(a)hotmail.com
according to my AAA atlas, the average temps in SF are lower during the summer. no wonder there are so many freaks up there.
chim
June 15, 2005, 7.35 pm
London - A British couple recognised as having had the world's longest marriage ever recorded were celebrating their 80th anniversary on Wednesday, and revealed the secret to wedded bliss as never letting arguments fester.
Or, as 105-year-old Percy Arrowsmith put it more succinctly, the regular use of two words: "Yes, dear".
Arrowsmith and his 100-year-old wife, Florence, were married on June 1, 1925, around the time a little-known politician, Adolf Hitler, was putting the finishing touches to Mein Kampf.
A series of newspapers featured their story on Wednesday, with Mrs Arrowsmith attributing the success of their union to hard work and never going to bed with an argument unresolved.
"It has not been easy, but worth every minute because he is much more than my best friend: he is the love of my life," she said.
"We don't argue much these days, only when I want to watch the soaps (soap operas) on television, which he hates."
The Arrowsmiths have been certified as record-holders by the Guinness Book Of World Records, the reports added, beating a Japanese couple who stayed together for 78 years and 296 days from 1926.
Or, as 105-year-old Percy Arrowsmith put it more succinctly, the regular use of two words: "Yes, dear".
Arrowsmith and his 100-year-old wife, Florence, were married on June 1, 1925, around the time a little-known politician, Adolf Hitler, was putting the finishing touches to Mein Kampf.
A series of newspapers featured their story on Wednesday, with Mrs Arrowsmith attributing the success of their union to hard work and never going to bed with an argument unresolved.
"It has not been easy, but worth every minute because he is much more than my best friend: he is the love of my life," she said.
"We don't argue much these days, only when I want to watch the soaps (soap operas) on television, which he hates."
The Arrowsmiths have been certified as record-holders by the Guinness Book Of World Records, the reports added, beating a Japanese couple who stayed together for 78 years and 296 days from 1926.
categorized as heroes
June 15, 2005, 6.37 pm
The first half of the day I tried to wring prices out of various vendors for various Microsoft products.
The second half of the day I spent installing OpenBSD on a soon to be authentication server thingie. It went well.
Now I'm going to do some other web/networking small jobs from home, and get paid for them, too.
Then I'm going to try to stop myself from spending said money and try to put it in my money market fund instead.
Then I'm going to try to talk myself OUT of buying ANOTHER car.
Then I'm going to make a list of what I need to fix on my current car.
Then I'm going to fix the little 5th-string nut on my banjo with epoxy or superglue and a small, grooved piece of wood.
By that time, I'll probably run across something else to blog about besides what I have done and what I'm going to do... like all the things that distracted me from doing all those things was going to do... like little brother Joe bringing in dinner and wanting to watch the rest of Blade Trinity that we started last night.
The second half of the day I spent installing OpenBSD on a soon to be authentication server thingie. It went well.
Now I'm going to do some other web/networking small jobs from home, and get paid for them, too.
Then I'm going to try to stop myself from spending said money and try to put it in my money market fund instead.
Then I'm going to try to talk myself OUT of buying ANOTHER car.
Then I'm going to make a list of what I need to fix on my current car.
Then I'm going to fix the little 5th-string nut on my banjo with epoxy or superglue and a small, grooved piece of wood.
By that time, I'll probably run across something else to blog about besides what I have done and what I'm going to do... like all the things that distracted me from doing all those things was going to do... like little brother Joe bringing in dinner and wanting to watch the rest of Blade Trinity that we started last night.
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
June 15, 2005, 6.29 pm
Well folks,
I'm STILL alive. Third day of work straight, I'm starting to get the hang of it. Of course, I was two hours late for work and I forgot my power cable for my laptop, but even so, it WASN'T THAT BAD.
Had beans for lunch, too.
I'm STILL alive. Third day of work straight, I'm starting to get the hang of it. Of course, I was two hours late for work and I forgot my power cable for my laptop, but even so, it WASN'T THAT BAD.
Had beans for lunch, too.
categorized as life of donzilla
June 15, 2005, 10.03 am
So we had quite the party on Sunday up at my brother-and--his-wife's house...
...and a video of a bunch of us playing and signing Wagon Wheel with me making a lot of wrong notes and having an entirely-too-long beard now exists.
...and a video of a bunch of us playing and signing Wagon Wheel with me making a lot of wrong notes and having an entirely-too-long beard now exists.
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
My beard is getting gout of control as well, I keep BITING it when I try to eat!
Toque
Well that's why I shaved off my mustache, that and the itching...
Of course, now I have to put up with the Amish Tech Support jokes at work...
Dz
June 15, 2005, 10.49 am
My beard is getting gout of control as well, I keep BITING it when I try to eat!
Toque
June 15, 2005, 2.52 pm
Well that's why I shaved off my mustache, that and the itching...
Of course, now I have to put up with the Amish Tech Support jokes at work...
Dz
June 14, 2005, 9.53 am
I packed a lunch for work today...
...but I ate it all on the way to work.
...but I ate it all on the way to work.
categorized as life of donzilla
Commentary ::
i hate when that happens i do it all the time
anony
hey donny, i acidentally clicked next blog on my blog and found your lover.... well i didn't get a good look at his blog but i think it is in your area of interest or knowledge, but don't quote me....... breadman123.blogspot.com
eat em up eat em up chew chew
badtiming
It's a spam('d) site. Uh, thanks...
Dz
peter(a)t-tine.com
http://nailincoffin.com
Tell me about it.
Maedhros
June 14, 2005, 1.18 pm
i hate when that happens i do it all the time
anony
June 14, 2005, 1.51 pm
hey donny, i acidentally clicked next blog on my blog and found your lover.... well i didn't get a good look at his blog but i think it is in your area of interest or knowledge, but don't quote me....... breadman123.blogspot.com
eat em up eat em up chew chew
badtiming
June 14, 2005, 2.05 pm
It's a spam('d) site. Uh, thanks...
Dz
June 15, 2005, 12.42 am
peter(a)t-tine.com
http://nailincoffin.com
Tell me about it.
Maedhros
June 13, 2005, 10.55 pm
Uh.
Have you guys ever seen THIS GUY? He's a bit much, perhaps, but... but... some things are funny, and some things are funny because they're true...
Have you guys ever seen THIS GUY? He's a bit much, perhaps, but... but... some things are funny, and some things are funny because they're true...
categorized as life of donzilla
June 13, 2005, 9.09 pm
So, on Saturday we went up the coast to Goat Rock beach, where the wind and the waves were out of control.
It is apparently THE most dangerous beach on the West Coast, at least in virtue of its having the highest annual mortality rate of all the beachs.
Numerous large, wind-beaten, but highly-visible signs marked out the several dangerous of this particular coastal stretch:
(1) Rip tow.
(2) Sleeper waves.
(3) Strong currents.
There was a short explanation of the killer sleeper waves and the dangers of the "eroding sand."
At the bottom of the sign, in grim print, was this dire warning: FEW SURVIVE.
(I am not making this up.)
Being the young, foolish, and haughty twenty-somethings that we all are, we laughed at death, and at these warning signs, and then we promptly sparked a couple of bottles of wine and climbed the "DANGER - Do NOT Climb" cliffs.
It is apparently THE most dangerous beach on the West Coast, at least in virtue of its having the highest annual mortality rate of all the beachs.
Numerous large, wind-beaten, but highly-visible signs marked out the several dangerous of this particular coastal stretch:
(1) Rip tow.
(2) Sleeper waves.
(3) Strong currents.
There was a short explanation of the killer sleeper waves and the dangers of the "eroding sand."
At the bottom of the sign, in grim print, was this dire warning: FEW SURVIVE.
(I am not making this up.)
Being the young, foolish, and haughty twenty-somethings that we all are, we laughed at death, and at these warning signs, and then we promptly sparked a couple of bottles of wine and climbed the "DANGER - Do NOT Climb" cliffs.
linkage: http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=451
I searched the internet, thinking that this would be a good beach for extreme military training, and sure enough I found this "[I] was out at goat rock beach here in northern california, being trained to be a seal..."...
categorized as life of donzilla
June 13, 2005, 8.47 pm
I know that the blogosphere has seen this this, but I think it's worth it for those who haven't thought about it to think abot it...
I don't know when Amnesty ceased to be politically neutral or at what point its leaders' views morphed into ordinary anti-Americanism. But surely Amnesty's recent misuse of the word "gulag" marks some kind of turning point.
categorized as many blood sucking parasites
June 13, 2005, 7.56 pm
So, I've been saying "It's two days till Thursday!" all day long, and NOT ONE PERSON bothered to correct me. You all should be ashamed, leting a brother go astray and not taking him aside personally and warning him, informing him, of his error! Shame on you! DO NOT STAND IDLY BY!!
categorized as life of donzilla
June 13, 2005, 7.10 pm
Aieee.
Worked a full eight-hour day, plus a small consulting job at lunch, and still have more work to do tonight. It looks like I'm back to the 60+ hour weeks again!
Energy levels are low. I've been leaving abruptly from where-ever I am because my energy just runs out...
I'm looking to start swimming on thursday... should help energy levels...
Worked a full eight-hour day, plus a small consulting job at lunch, and still have more work to do tonight. It looks like I'm back to the 60+ hour weeks again!
Energy levels are low. I've been leaving abruptly from where-ever I am because my energy just runs out...
I'm looking to start swimming on thursday... should help energy levels...
categorized as life of donzilla
June 11, 2005, 3.41 pm
Alright.
I'm done sitting inside at a computer terminal on this blustery day.
Crash Box and I and Nailincoffin are going to head north on the 1, and see what we can see. Hopefully we'll meet up with my older brother and his wife and some other buddies and wine taste or picnic or something. They are probably wine tasting in Napa right now.
We could attach a spinnaker to the Silver Bullet and land sail today, it's that windy.
I'm done sitting inside at a computer terminal on this blustery day.
Crash Box and I and Nailincoffin are going to head north on the 1, and see what we can see. Hopefully we'll meet up with my older brother and his wife and some other buddies and wine taste or picnic or something. They are probably wine tasting in Napa right now.
We could attach a spinnaker to the Silver Bullet and land sail today, it's that windy.
categorized as life of donzilla
June 11, 2005, 2.07 pm
The wind is blowing outside, various family members are cleaning the house, and I've been immersed in a bizzare computer world of programming code and anchient hardware. All with hour upon hour of Ella's music playing loudly...
I've been looking for moonlighting IT jobs, just to fill in the gaps with regular work the next few weeks... I don't want to re-open the floodgates of business at Your Computer Genius, because I have travel plans and various other, shifting-around plans for the rest of the summer. So if you need a quick website fix, or a small site designed, now's the time. Small contract, work-from-anywhere stuff is what I'm looking for... Craig's list, Guru.com style... And it looks like there's plenty to be done...
I've been looking for moonlighting IT jobs, just to fill in the gaps with regular work the next few weeks... I don't want to re-open the floodgates of business at Your Computer Genius, because I have travel plans and various other, shifting-around plans for the rest of the summer. So if you need a quick website fix, or a small site designed, now's the time. Small contract, work-from-anywhere stuff is what I'm looking for... Craig's list, Guru.com style... And it looks like there's plenty to be done...
categorized as life of donzilla
June 9, 2005, 3.03 pm
LOCKE & SCHOOL
Locke was extremely critical of the education he received both at school and at the university. He was impatient with the scholastic curriculum still in force and not always respectful of his teachers... Locke as a student was "ever prating and troublesome and paid little attention to his lecturers." However, he read a great deal...
- INTRODUCTION, Second Treatise of Government, Edited by Thomas P. Peardon, (Prentice Hall/Library of Liberal Arts)
Sound a little familiar? The emphasis is mine...
Sound a little familiar? The emphasis is mine...
categorized as philosophy
June 9, 2005, 2.10 pm
Z&TAOMM AND XML
I've. Been. Inside. Too. Long.
But, I've taught myself XML.
All I want to do is work outside, far away from electronics. Everything in its proper place.
It's like the isolation talked about here.
Calm.
Peace.
But, I've taught myself XML.
All I want to do is work outside, far away from electronics. Everything in its proper place.
It's like the isolation talked about here.
Calm.
Peace.
It's not the motorcycle maintenance, not the faucet. It's all of technology they can't take. And then all sorts of things started tumbling into place and I knew that was it. Sylvia's irritation at a friend who thought computer programming was "creative." All their drawings and paintings and photographs without a technological thing in them. Of course she's not going to get mad at that faucet, I thought. You always suppress momentary anger at something you deeply and permanently hate. Of course John signs off every time the subject of cycle repair comes up, even when it is obvious he is suffering for it. That's technology. And sure, of course, obviously. It's so simple when you see it. To get away from technology out into the country in the fresh air and sunshine is why they are on the motorcycle in the first place. For me to bring it back to them just at the point and place where they think they have finally escaped it just frosts both of them, tremendously. That's why the conversation always breaks and freezes when the subject comes up.
categorized as tech
June 9, 2005, 11.57 am
LINSPIRE & MICHAEL ROBERTSON
I like this guy's work.
His newsletters are concise, well-written, and pertinent. They make you think. And he's by-and-large right in his point of view. He also has always stood for open standards. I haven't used his current company's operating system yet, but I was able to obtain a then-current version a month or two ago for free, and I may install it on a system here in the next few weeks for testing purposes...
His newsletters are concise, well-written, and pertinent. They make you think. And he's by-and-large right in his point of view. He also has always stood for open standards. I haven't used his current company's operating system yet, but I was able to obtain a then-current version a month or two ago for free, and I may install it on a system here in the next few weeks for testing purposes...
categorized as tech
June 8, 2005, 8.12 pm
RAMBLIN' ON MAH MIND
Neoteronous and I are talkin' over plans for a lil' cross country ramblin' later this summer...
So far we're thinking about stopping in New Mexico, Texas, Illinois, Tennessee, Louisiana, maybe Georgia...
So far we're thinking about stopping in New Mexico, Texas, Illinois, Tennessee, Louisiana, maybe Georgia...
categorized as on the road
Commentary ::
sartracker(a)gmail.com
http://tracesoftime.blogspot.com
The door(or at least a window) is always opened and the spirits are in the closet, hidden from my 18 year old. Well, at least I thought they were hidden. We would love to be your host on the NM stretch of your roadtrip. Kitty
Kitty Mason
seldomsober(a)gmail.com
http://liverevolt.com/seldomsober
NEW YORK CITY!!!
SS
http://reductioadabsurdam.blogspot.com/
Don't forget Virginia, well you really cant avoid it.
JT
educasean(a)hotmail.com
you've got a spot in TX. its gonna be pretty freakin hot though. its 80 degrees at 8:25am!
chim
abreiling(a)gmail.com
http://www.pilgrimoftheabsolute.com
can't wait to host you in Chicago with the Klaske bird!!!!!!!!!
anna
Thanks guys and gals!
Dz
June 8, 2005, 8.35 pm
sartracker(a)gmail.com
http://tracesoftime.blogspot.com
The door(or at least a window) is always opened and the spirits are in the closet, hidden from my 18 year old. Well, at least I thought they were hidden. We would love to be your host on the NM stretch of your roadtrip. Kitty
Kitty Mason
June 9, 2005, 1.13 am
seldomsober(a)gmail.com
http://liverevolt.com/seldomsober
NEW YORK CITY!!!
SS
June 9, 2005, 1.21 am
http://reductioadabsurdam.blogspot.com/
Don't forget Virginia, well you really cant avoid it.
JT
June 9, 2005, 6.25 am
educasean(a)hotmail.com
you've got a spot in TX. its gonna be pretty freakin hot though. its 80 degrees at 8:25am!
chim
June 9, 2005, 8.30 pm
abreiling(a)gmail.com
http://www.pilgrimoftheabsolute.com
can't wait to host you in Chicago with the Klaske bird!!!!!!!!!
anna
June 13, 2005, 11.15 pm
Thanks guys and gals!
Dz
June 8, 2005, 5.29 pm
Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking
Don't wanna read about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking
Don't wanna read about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking
I guess Stewart Copeland doesn't read blogs...
categorized as music
June 8, 2005, 5.12 pm
MAC MOVES TO INTEL
I guess I've been behind in the tech sector. Apple's plans to switch to x86 are going to rock the computer world... In a good way perhaps...
categorized as tech
June 8, 2005, 2.54 pm
I can sum up my life with one sentence. I made several stupid career choices which contrarily turned out fine...
categorized as life of donzilla
June 8, 2005, 2.28 pm
It's still just a friggin search engine. In the big scheme of people's lives...it's not much more important than a toaster.
And the techies cried "sacriledge!"
And the techies cried "sacriledge!"
categorized as tech
June 7, 2005, 8.11 pm
Sorry about all the technical posts...
I AM going to move the technical stuff to the Genius Tech Blog soon...
I AM going to move the technical stuff to the Genius Tech Blog soon...
categorized as tech
June 7, 2005, 7.42 pm
Old age is golden, or so I’ve heard said,
But sometimes I wonder, as I crawl into bed,
With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup,
My eyes on the table until I wake up.
As sleep dims my vision, I say to myself:
Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf?
But, though nations are warring, and Congress is vexed,
We’ll still stick around to see what happens next!
How do I know my youth is all spent?
My get-up-and-go has got up and went!
But, in spite of it all, I’m able to grin
And think of the places my getup has been!
When I was young, my slippers were red;
I could kick up my heels right over my head.
When I was older my slippers were blue,
But still I could dance the whole night through.
Now I am older, my slippers are black.
I huff to the store and puff my way back.
But never you laugh; I don’t mind at all:
I’d rather be huffing than not puff at all!
How do I know my youth is all spent?
My get-up-and-go has got up and went!
But, in spite of it all, I’m able to grin
And think of the places my getup has been!
I get up each morning and dust off my wits,
Open the paper, and read the Obits.
If I’m not there, I know I’m not dead,
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed!
How do I know my youth is all spent?
My get-up-and-go has got up and w
But sometimes I wonder, as I crawl into bed,
With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup,
My eyes on the table until I wake up.
As sleep dims my vision, I say to myself:
Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf?
But, though nations are warring, and Congress is vexed,
We’ll still stick around to see what happens next!
How do I know my youth is all spent?
My get-up-and-go has got up and went!
But, in spite of it all, I’m able to grin
And think of the places my getup has been!
When I was young, my slippers were red;
I could kick up my heels right over my head.
When I was older my slippers were blue,
But still I could dance the whole night through.
Now I am older, my slippers are black.
I huff to the store and puff my way back.
But never you laugh; I don’t mind at all:
I’d rather be huffing than not puff at all!
How do I know my youth is all spent?
My get-up-and-go has got up and went!
But, in spite of it all, I’m able to grin
And think of the places my getup has been!
I get up each morning and dust off my wits,
Open the paper, and read the Obits.
If I’m not there, I know I’m not dead,
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed!
How do I know my youth is all spent?
My get-up-and-go has got up and w
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clairebear
...uh... Trade ya?
Dz