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2007-03-08 16:50

Saved the day late last night when the Project Manager working overnight with the vendor to migrate a system from Solaris 2.5.1 to Windows Server 2003 noticed the hardware changed from differential SCSI to Single Ended and they didn't have the right terminator. I was able to come up with a 50-pin terminator which, upon delivery the Project Manager announced, "I will never again make fun of you for being a unix geek." What can I say, I'm a hardware pack rat.

drax0r thought that Teen Wolf was Back to the Future II.

We've recently switched teleconferencing vendors and I'm sitting in the boardroom eating the last meeting's left over muffins with

galinda822 while we're "troubleshooting" video quality by dancing like monkey's in front of the high-definition camera. This is mostly boring, but it does give me time to post, and anything which needs to be done is more fun doing with

galinda822.

I accidentally added a misspelled word to my personal dictionary in Firefox. After I discovered how to back this out, I noticed several other words I had accidentally added as well. Further investigation reveals that in the Firefox spell check menu, 'Add to dictionary' is directly under the suggested words. This is not a problem unless the word is so close that there is only one suggestion, making it quite easy to accidentally add the word instead of correct it. I now have a file in my home directory with these instructions in case this happens again, and I'm sure it will.

Recently had a conversation with

crowy concerning the movie Madagascar. My wife always felt that the 'psychotic penguins' were the embodiment of myself,

drax0r, and our two other co-workers, Bill & Mississippi. I was asked, "Which one does your wifethink you are, Eric?"

Predominately, Bill transcends the role of "Skipper", though he and Mississippi both could vie for the "Rico" role, and while Mississippi, drax0r and I all have our "Kowalski" moments, that role in her mind is Mississippi through-and-through. That leaves drax0r as "Rico," and myself as "Private." Its not flattering, but we accomplish much together as a team.

I noticed that the new 2008 Altima Coupe seems to based upon the current Infinity G35.

They opened the new Chiptole close to my house today. Mr. Cluck got a free burrito. I envy his burrito. 50 hours so far this week. I require sleep.

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2007-01-07 22:08

Rec'd Terminal Velocity (I've listened to it twice now) and ordered The Pajama Game Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (thanks to

lehah on those two!) and Done The Impossible: The Fans' Tale of Firefly & Serenity score. The former is the first time I've seen anything other than the Original Cast release. In fact, ages ago I created a cassette from the VHS just so I could have it. I mean, the Original Cast is great (many of them recreated their roles for the movie) but some of the songs were downright outstanding on the Soundtrack. Furthermore, its usually the Soundtrack which is missing songs from the stage production, but in this case, I really wanted "There Once Was a Man" which was on the Soundtrack only. The latter isn't sold by Amazon directly, rather a 3rd party with Amazon as a broker. We'll see.

photogoot will arrive in just five short days, and already I'm running low on scotch. Work has decided this MLK holiday (which our client observes as a holiday, and by extension, since we mimic our client's holiday's to afford coverage, we do to) would be a fantastic weekend to work! How fortunate for us! As manager of the department I began a grassroots uprising which was quelled almost immediately. We will be working this weekend. So to fit all the pieces of the puzzle together,

galinda822 and I maneuvered to begin as early as possible Friday until of waiting after hours. We won that petition, which means I'll be able to pick up dear Goot upon his arrival with a zero-wait time. He will literally deplane, pick up his bag, walk out the door where I will be waiting. That being said, we have a rather dull itinerary this visit:

070112 - Game Night w/Galinda & Goot. We'll be dining on IMO's St. Louis Style pizza and playing Reminiscing, a game for people over 30. Probably while drinking local mulled wine and listening to world music.

070113 - Lazy Day. We're going to start out with Buckwheat pancakes & homemade syrup for breakfast. I'm sure the wife will come up with something to keep us entertained. Wife is making a crockpot of vegetable and quinoa stew for the evening meal, so we'll probably have a pretty relaxing day. That evening, with Goot in tow, I'll meet galinda at work to conclude our weekend's activities and Goot will get to meet bigdog_etc, aka, Mr. Cluck!

070114 - Arch Day. I'll fortify us with some vegetable omelettes before we hit the trail to downtown Saint Louis, the Gateway of the Midwest. Armed only with cameras, we'll wind our way through the historical area, taking snaps. Later, galinda has graciously offered to watch the children so my wife can join Goot & I for dinner at the Brewery in Laclede's Landing and some night shots of the Arch. We'll likely drain the remainder of the scotch this day.

070115 - Goot's Prerogative. What Goot wants, Goot gets.

I read to my little ones every night:

113/69 p63

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2006-12-16 00:15

Our office shut down today at 1130 for its annual Christmas Party. The format was identical to last years, and it was at the same place we had it last year. Being armed with this information, I maneuvered just a little differently this year:

DRINK MORE: Last year, our office arrived half an hour late and didn't get to enjoy the entire duration of the open bar, and once we went down to the formal lunch, there were no more drinks. This year, I managed to get the entire office there on time drinking three Scotches before they closed the bar, and taking a 4th to my table.
EAT MORE APPETIZERS: I tried to fill up on the hors d'œuvre as the formal lunch itself is horrid. Tough pan-fried beast & chicken. The hors d'œuvre on the other hand were fantastic!
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN:

There was one constant: Sit betwix

galinda822 and

bigdog_etc. Always a good call. They do a great job of insulating me from myself after three drinks of scotch. There was also something new I tried that I will remember not to do next year - seeking out complete strangers to fill your table. Live & learn, I suppose.

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2006-10-25 12:11

Today was 'Cardinals' day at work. We could wear jeans in today if we wore Cardinals attire. Now, I'm not into sports. And as a Texan, I certainly have no Cardinals raiment. But since wearing jeans here is such a damn rare thing, and I've been travelling during all the previous 'jeans days' over the last year, I was jumping at this chance. My mission? Find a Cardinals shirt.

It was much tougher than I anticipated. EVERYONE carried t-shirts, but not only was I not going to wear a t-shirt, I had even sent out a communication to all my folks reminding them that as contractors, we were to set the example and I strictly limited what they could wear. What I was hoping to find was either a red button-down oxford with the Cardinals logo on it, or a similar shirt in a polo. Alas, nothing. As we were checking out of Target my wife asked the lady in front of her where she'd picked up her Cardinals jersey. "Value City." Hmmmm. Not exactly my type of store. Nonetheless, we stopped by. Not only was the staff very pleasant, they had something other than just t-shirts. A lady helped me pick out a white jersey in my size, and suggested a blue turtleneck to 'dress it up' for work, which they also carried. My mission was a success!

(2:35:26 PM) drax0r: I almost didn't recognize you in a STL baseball jersey.

Funny thing about turtlenecks, I used to wear them quite a bit. Each winter I'd get a L.L. Bean catalog and "Ooh" and "Aah" over the 99 colors of turtlenecks they sold. Then I'd end up buying only one white, and one black.

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2006-05-25 22:03

Final Fantasy Advent Children Soundtrack is at times beautiful and melodic. At others, WAY too fast paced for a 2200 entry.

Wife let me sleep in until about 0900. That was awesome. Went to see a man about a kitchen. Price is right - but will require the father-in-law leading the project. Is he game? Home Depot, pick up the boy, lunch at Cancun's Mexican Buffet, Office Depot, Dollar Store, Hobby Lobby, SAM's. Move 32" TV downstairs, move 27" TV upstairs, move couch downstairs, move 'tapestries' downstairs, move & install surround sound downstairs. In the past two weekends I have completely rearranged the house. The basement is now officially the 'Man Room' according to my wife. With only the lamps and the television on - it's the perfect environment for experiencing a movie! Of course there are now nine speakers and three subwoofers in the basement.

Needless to say, I was busy. Looking very forward to going into work tomorrow morning...

/RANDOM THOUGHTS:

My boy asks, "When is grandma going to be here?" My wife said, "Monday." He asks, "How many naps until she's here?" That got me thinking. Perhaps

drax0r should use 'naps' as his unit of time? It only makes sense.

/END RANDOM THOUGHS

Only 19 days until BSG: Season Two soundtrack ships!

In other news,

celtmanx 'remembered' that Tony and I had fabricated

professortom after arguing relentlessly with 'him' for the better part of a week. He's been going back reading posts 'he' made kicking himself now. It's been quite amusing. This is one of the farther-reaching pranks we've ever pulled.

SuperCluck posted anonymously earlier today. Going to have to keep a watch out for him!

Super Cluck is a chicken from outer space, accidentally left on Earth as an egg, and adopted by the kind Mrs. Cluck. Soon after he hatches it becomes evident that Cluck has some unusual attributes--his large size, amazing strength, and ability to fly. Children attracted to "Super Hero" characters will delight in Super Cluck's story. Lloyd's bright watercolor-and-pen illustrations are often more detailed than the usual beginning-to-read fare; many of the chicken coop scenes are delightful. Readers will be awaiting the further adventures of this chick. Meanwhile, Robert and Super Cluck can serve as role models for aspiring young authors.

The funny part about that synopsis, is how closely it relates to my Cluck. I'm pretty sure he's from outer space, and was adopted by Mrs. Cluck. I've also noticed his unusual attribute of large size...

Can't wait for the good news tomorrow

galinda822...

And....it's 2300. Good night all!

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank

celtmanx for all his drunken comments below.

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2006-05-23 10:01

Hello, Peter. What's happening? We need to talk about your TPS reports.

Got the knees filthy on my khackis crawling around on the server room floor yesterday running a cable under the raised floor. And that's why I think its retarded for techs to wear slacks at work.

Yeah. The coversheet. I know, I know. Uh, Bill talked to me about it.

A user submitted a high-priority ticket yesterday: "Can't winzip my 19MB file down to 4MB for emailing." Nice. I laughed my ass off. *eyeroll* Users. Can't live with them, can't shoot them.

Yeah. Uh, did you get that memo?

The emergency temporary replacement server which was supposed to arrive at my house Saturday, arrived Monday. The permanent replacement server also arrived at the office Monday. Sans drives. Excellent. They might as well have shipped a slab of beef for all the good it's doing us.

Yeah. I got the memo. And I understand the policy. The problem is, I just forgot this one time. And I've already taken care of it so it's not even a problem anymore.

galinda822 has never seen Office Space and I feel this is an opportunity to purchase the DVD (I have it on VHS) so she can watch it. I really feel that her life is imcomplete without having seen it. Is this wrong?

Yeah. It's just that we're putting new coversheets on all the TPS reports *before* they go out now. So if you could just remember to do that from now on, that'd be great. All right!

Rec'd some add'l parts for the new server. A proc, a proc voltage regulator, a floppy drive and a single 146GB drive. Perhaps the rest of the parts will arrive tomorrow? Brought The Cluck to my house to help me load the server in the wife's wagon. Once it was unloaded I reported to Facilities that I had parked an unauthorized vehicle in their airspace and was given a permit on the spot.

"PC Load Letter"? What the fuck does that mean?

Still missing six drives. If I get the parts in today, I'll "plug 'n play" everything in today, else I'm sure it can wait until tomorrow! Picked up MI:3 score today - can't wait to give that a listen!!! Now all I need to find is X-Men 3 and I'll be set...

You see Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.

heh - iTunes Music store gives you 30-seconds previews of songs. Track 24 The Last Stand from X-Men: The Last Stand (iTunes asks, "Did you mean X-MAN?") is only 31-seconds long. One free track! w00t!

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2006-04-26 11:22

My large, declawed cat, Daisy brought my wife a present this morning. Two of them, actually. Bunnies. How she managed them both, no one knows. She's slowing down these last few years, doesn't have quite the energy she once had. But brought us two bunnies nonetheless. At least we now know she still loves us.

Monday and Tuesday have been unusually slow in the office. And we've had much cooler weather. This combination has put me in a very good mood. My days have only been marred by the lack of

drax0r's online presence. He's been having his own issues at work. Today, however, my conference call schedule is from 0800-1200; 1330-1500. Damn!

Do it.

The Cluck comes out at night,
The Cluck comes out at night...

I like my BSG toys. At first, the Viper was my favorite, as it is the most highly and accurately detailed. But the Galactica is just so awesome - so imposing. I think it my be my favorite now.

galinda822 likes the Raider. I can't wait until October!

In a surprising move from my buddy with the head issues a few posts back will soon be joining me on lj! Hooray! Welcome

photogoot.

And lastly, we'd like to tip our hat to

professortom for this enlighting entry:

The most amusing part to all of this, is how instead of enriching the quality of his comments to further our own intellectual debates with each other and ourselves, he's been denegrated to village-idiot status. Hey, whatever works - and he's much funnier this way regardless.

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