If any of you have ever seen the epic campus in Verona please let me know what you think. At first glance it’s geek paradise, scifi themes everywhere, spaced out with offices for everyone. Plenty of cute people walking around. I’ll tell you what I see. It’s a mirage hiding a workforce of programmers, brainwashed to accept their hell and think its heaven. Of course I’m sleep deprived…
The calm is broken,
Idiots now run the ship.
Winter falls on us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz3qShugQ9I
I don’t speak ill of the Dead, but I’m curious as to what Andrew Breitbart was thinking by calling this video a bombshell. So Obama was introducing Professor Derek Bell. Okay, maybe Derek Bell can be considered “controversial” or he can be considered an academic. In any event I don’t see how this matters. Maybe Obama had some more extreme views when he was younger. When I was in college I voted for a certain person with a W. as an initial. Guess what, I grew up. I used to believe in Santa Clause and the Easter bunny too. I wonder if Obama did too?
“Did you hear? Obama used to believe in an imaginary bunny that hid eggs from little children. He claims that he doesn’t anymore but you know how politicians are. ”
Maybe we should look at voting records and policy decisions this November and not 21 year old videos. I’m sure nobody wants a video exposing what they did in College.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGt-saFvkNk
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY
Best line I’ve heard all day “We’ve got a Hulk”
That will be my default answer for the next few hours.
It’s not often that I find myself looking back at High School and appreciating those early formative years. Over the last few days I’ve had the opportunity to think back and realize just how bat shit insane some people were. It’s one thing to look up an old friend and chit chat about how they are doing, it’s another thing to bust out pictures of your 19 inch biceps and try to impress members of the opposite sex with your shiny red corvette and serenade them with Nickelback.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-15/apple-asks-for-approval-to-sue-bankrupt-kodak-over-patents.html
Wow, does anyone else thing that our patent system is completely bat shit insane yet?
It’s about time this was put to rest. At least I’m assuming it has, It should be. If two consenting adults are in love then no rule or law should be passed to deny them from marriage. This an would be no better than the the miscegenation laws that existed before the civil rights movement.
For all the aspiring gentlemen:
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/paradoxes.html
I don’t know what is more amusing, the fact that this is online, or the fact that they can use quotes like this; “then he that thrusts first, speedeth: if both happen to thrust together, they are both in danger”; in polite society.
“Of six chief causes, that many valiant men think themselves by their practices to be skillful in their weapons, are yet many times in their fights sore hurt, and many times slain by men of small skill or none at all.”
- yeah. happens all the time.
I can make a Star Trek analogy for anything. This both amuses me and makes me really sad.
Happy Year of the Dragon!
http://news.yahoo.com/cruise-captain-says-tripped-lifeboat-couldnt-153914621–abc-news.html
The Captain’s defense for being a coward and abandoning ship was that he was incompetent and a clutz. Somehow I don’t think this approach is going to get him off.
In other news, apparently Carnival cruises lines are in the process of hiring Captain Ahab.
It’s so important to be kind to the people in your life. It’s easy to take them for granted. Every day I strive to do better in this regard, lately it’s seemed even more important. Some days you sit back though and you see how people refuse to take responsibility for their actions. That is such a waste.
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
This past week has to be one of the most difficult I’ve had to deal with in a very long time.
I’ve lost a friend, a coworker and a valued mentor. The world has lost a good person. I won’t get into specifics, those who need to know are already aware of what has happened. For my friend and the sake of his family I know that my wonderful coworkers and I will find a way to express his legacy in the most positive way possible.
Fair well dear friend. Be at peace knowing that you touched those around you in a positive way, and your memory will live on through the lives that you touched.
I don’t understand why most Prius owners driving on the freeway insist on staying in the passing lane and going slow.
Well I managed to get my Air Hog trapped under a cable tray in the row of cubes outside. Someone somewhere has some good pics of me on a ladder on top of a cube fishing out my helicopter with a coat hanger. The CIO walking by was just icing on the cake 
It amazes me that people are angry at any attempt at universal healthcare. The people that would benefit the most are among the hardest working and least compensated.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/28/showbiz/obit-tarzan-cheetah/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
That chimp lived to be 80 years old!
It’s always a nice day when you get to share some tiny bits of good news…
It’s a sad day when you come into the office and a coworker discovers that someone stole her keyboard and mouse. Merry Christmas…
Update,
The Keyboard and Mouse are fine, they were hidden because someone else’s laptop was stolen 
What are they quoting?
I can honestly say that Rick Perry makes me ashamed of being a Texan. I wish he would just go away…