Friday, November 24, 2006

Young Frog gets into school

Frogs' son has just gotten accepted to Knox college in central Illinois. Knox is an amazing school that Meghan went to. The campus is really nice and the faculty is exceptional. It's the sort of small liberal arts school that we all sort of dream about sending our kids to. The place is fantastic and students who do well there WILL do well in life. I have met several and with only one exception I have to say they are an amazing bunch. Young Frogs is in fine company and will make us all proud. I am absolutely glowing.

Later,
Sam

Thursday, November 09, 2006

We won! Now what?

Allen just conceded the race. That means we take the majority in the Senate as well as the House. Nancy Pelosi is the Speaker of the House. Rumsfeld is out. What do we do? Do we hold their feet to the flames for the lies that have led to the Iraq war and killed so many of us? Do we try and play nice to pass some new legislation? Can our party get its shit together and float a viable candidate? Fucked if I know. I want the bastards to pay for breaking the law. For doing away with habeas corpus. For spying on all of us. For lying to the world and sending our friends and family to die for their bullshit agenda. For diminishing not just my rights but taking women's rights back 20 years. I want some heads on a plate. Fuck conciliation. Fuck playing nice. I want them to feel some of their New World Order right up the ass. I'm pissed and want these lying murdering thieves (Haliburton!!!!) to suffer. Who fucking cares about being nice? They weren't nice to Clinton and all he did was screw one American. These fuckers gotta pay and soon.

Oh god, I'm a nerd!



Isn't this the bomb? Can a 36 year old white guy say "the bomb?" If you, like me, treated television like a portal to god when you were a kid then this will make great sense to you. Yes I did watch EVERY episode of GoodTimes (twice). Yes I did quote "What's happening" routinely. Hey, Hey, Hey. I owned every Battlestar Gallactica toy I could coax my mom to buy (the good ones that had removable missiles so you could choke on em. Not the wimpy later "my missiles go click." kind. Vipers were cool when you were 11. I saw every episode of both Manimal and Automan. Let's face it kids I'm a TV/pop culture junkie. I don't mind but it aint easy to be a gansta.

This is short cause I'm traumatized by it.

Later,
Sam

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Download Firefox 2.0

You can download it here. I have been using it since it came out and it is the shit. I absolutely love it. The ability to customize it is fantastic. It is secure as hell and so freaking easy/ intuitive that it makes browsing a joy. Plus it isn't Microsoft and that's nice.

Later,
Sam





This is one of the greatest things ever. I loved it and so will you. Ernie Cline is a fucking genius who has nailed my reality with his spoken piece "the geek wants out" to the point of scary. He seems to be a spoken word guy who must live in the IT world.

here are some good links to his stuff
his spoken word pieces
his cafe press store

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Bronchitis or cough,cough,cough

Well never being one to pass up an opportunity to whine like a little girl let me share my last two weeks. Cough, cough, cough....wheez....cough, cough, gag, cough. "fuuuck" Yes I've been stupid sick. My mother is sure that I am dying of the plague but my Doc swears it's just bronchitis. Last week I was so out of it I don't think I got a fucking thing accomplished. This week I'm just coughy and have that wonderful "crunch/heeee" sound when I breathe. You know it's not just in your head when your girlfriend comments on the sounds you make breathing in your sleep. Yikes! Anyway I ain't dead just dumber than before...oh and horribly backlogged with work.

Alright here's another thing. Apparently when I am Zombie like and ill I like to play PS2. That came as quite a shock to me. I got the thing because I bowed to peer pressure a few years ago. I can count on one hand the number of times I've played the damned thing. Well I just beat the crap out of LEGO Star Wars and Ratchet & Clank. So that's what can happed to a seemingly intelligent guy who gets bronchitis and is stuck at home for a week in a cold medicine induced stupor...he gets good at video games? The whole thing has me asking some questions about my motives and likes in the universe. (too much?)

SO that's it for me. Any word from PBG and everyone has gone and told Phaedra congrats on her new gig right?

That's it for me today I gotta motor.

Later,
Sam