Mightybec Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Dammit. Now I have the BJ and the Bear theme music stuck in my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Four away... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magmarock Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I hope I don't get shot tonight by that wench who stole my Mom's car. I got the title in my name this morning, and bought a copy of the ignition key, and right now I'm waiting for a policeman to show up so he can escort me to get the car off her parking space. She has access to a gun; it belongs to her boyfriend. Sheis crazy and she hates me (no, I've never done anything to make her hate me). I think I should get a restraining order against her too. Mags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mhoram Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings This post (my 1985th) gives me a post count number equal to the year I graduated high school. Just sort of funny - and only a few away from the double M club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mightybec Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings When you actually take a step back, and look at your life, you tend to notice some very interesting patterns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Anomaly Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I really like hazelnuts. Not sure why that occured to me just now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Anomaly Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings It's also just occured to me that it's a cold and lonely 2:30 a.m. in late November, that I'm feeling rather depressed and isolated, and that I should probably go to bed and become unconcious before I become really maudlin. Goodnight, all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I said it before, I'll say it again. Insomnia sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Heat Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings First bumpersticker: "The flying hamster of doom rains coconuts on your pitiful city." It had a picture of a hamster with bee wings dropping a coconut the size of a grape, if that hamster was normal sized. If those coconuts were normal sized, then those were not bee wings, they were something else, because the flying hamster of doom was the size of a rottweiler. Second bumpersticker: "Last time we mixed religion and politics, people got burned at the stake." I'm confused. They were on the same car. What are they trying to tell me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings How's this for Karma...? The day after I use the "Jesus Saves, Budda recycles" joke I saw on a bumper sticker, I get a piece of Spam this morning with that very same title trying to sell me a mortgage loan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I think if the study was possible, studies would show that normal, happy, and well-adjusted children are produced not specifically by undivorced male and female parents, but rather by parents of any sex or creed who have given the proper amount of love, attention, and discipline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoneDaddy Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm listening to William Shatner's "Has Been" online. It's oddly compelling. So help me it's oddly compelling. It isn't great. Parts aren't even good. But it is oddly compelling. http://www.shatnerhasbeen.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuraiko Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I keep a monstrous collection of weird quotes and things on my computer... for your amusement this afternoon, I offer the following: "A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit." - In the August 1993 issue, page 9, of PS Magazine, the Army's magazine of preventive maintenance. "When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap." - Cynthia Heimel, "Lower Manhattan Survival Tactics" in Village Voice "You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace who wasn't immune to bullets." - Brigadier Lethbridge-Stuart (Doctor Who) "The most valuable function performed by the federal government is entertainment." "One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs." - Robert Firth "As you leave here today and head out on the road of life, you'll find that there are never enough comfort stops. And the places that you're going are not on the map. And you'll find that once you get that map open, you won't be able to re-fold it no matter how smart you are. So you know what I say? Forget the map - roll down the windows and pull over by the side of the road and have a picnic." - Kermit the Frog, commencement speech at Oxford University Cheers, Michelle aka Samuraiko lemming and Just A Guy Name 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMan Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Today has been a good day. I got in to work and got four hours early release. Then I got notified that I was selected for a Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate program at work. Unless GWU says I've got coodies and rejects my application, I'm in. It's a two year commitment to taking classes for three hours a night one night a week, but it's great for my resume and it's the first step towards getting Master's Degree. All on my work's dime. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuraiko Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Today has been a good day. I got in to work and got four hours early release. Then I got notified that I was selected for a Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate program at work. Unless GWU says I've got coodies and rejects my application, I'm in. It's a two year commitment to taking classes for three hours a night one night a week, but it's great for my resume and it's the first step towards getting Master's Degree. All on my work's dime. Doc *loud whistles and applause* Congrats! Now ya just gotta stick with it for two years, but with any luck it'll pay off nicely. So to honor your soon-to-be entrance into night class hell, I offer the following thoughts... 1. 640K ought to be enough for anybody. - Bill Gates, 1981 2. A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door. 3. Applying computer technology is simply finding the right wrench to pound in the correct screw. 4. Artificial Intelligence usually beats real stupidity. 5. Back up my hard drive? How do I put it in reverse? 6. BREAKFAST.COM Halted... Cereal Port Not Responding 7. Buy a Pentium 586/90 so you can reboot faster. 8. C program run. C program crash. C programmer quit. 9. Destiny, chance, fate, fortune - they are all just ways of claiming your successes without claiming your failures. 10. Dogs crawl under gates, software crawls under Windows! Cheers, Michelle aka Samuraiko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuraiko Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Thanks for the rep, JAGN... To honor your favorite ranking officer from UNIT, I offer these great quotes from Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. Who, now that I think about it, would make a great NPC in a military based Champions game... Brigadier: [on the superpowers of Russia, the U.S., and China giving their nuclear missile codes to a neutral power] Naturally enough, the only country that could be trusted with such a role was Great Britain. The Doctor: Naturally. I mean, the rest were all foreigners. Brigadier: [on the Doctor] As long as he does the job, he can wear what face he likes. Brigadier: Most of their work's so secret, they don't know what they're doing themselves. Brigadier: A dream? Really, Doctor. You'll be consulting the entrails of a sheep next. Brigadier: In the last decade, we've been sending probes deeper and deeper into space. We've drawn attention to ourselves, Miss Shaw. Brigadier: [ordering his men to fire on a monster] Chap with the wings - five rounds, rapid. Brigadier: You've been agitating for a new assistant ever since Miss Shaw went back to Cambridge. The Doctor: Liz was a highly-qualified scientist. I want someone with the same qualifications. Brigadier: Nonsense. What you need, Doctor, as Miss Shaw has so often remarked, is someone to pass you your test tubes and to tell you how brilliant you are. Miss Grant will fulfill that function admirably. Cheers, Michelle aka Samuraiko death tribble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Every time I head this song on the radio, it puts me in an odd mood... Cats In The Cradle (Harry Chapin) My child arrived just the other day He came to the world in the usual way But there were planes to catch and bills to pay He learned to walk while I was away And he was talkin' 'fore I knew it, and as he grew He'd say "I'm gonna be like you dad You know I'm gonna be like you" And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man on the moon When you comin' home dad? I don't know when, but we'll get together then son You know we'll have a good time then My son turned ten just the other day He said, "Thanks for the ball, Dad, come on let's play Can you teach me to throw", I said "Not today I got a lot to do", he said, "That's ok" And he walked away but his smile never dimmed And said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeah You know I'm gonna be like him" And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man on the moon When you comin' home son? I don't know when, but we'll get together then son You know we'll have a good time then Well, he came home from college just the other day So much like a man I just had to say "Son, I'm proud of you, can you sit for a while?" He shook his head and said with a smile "What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys See you later, can I have them please?" And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man on the moon When you comin' home son? I don't know when, but we'll get together then son You know we'll have a good time then I've long since retired, my son's moved away I called him up just the other day I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind" He said, "I'd love to, Dad, if I can find the time You see my new job's a hassle and kids have the flu But it's sure nice talking to you, Dad It's been sure nice talking to you" And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me He'd grown up just like me My boy was just like me And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man on the moon When you comin' home son? I don't know when, but we'll get together then son You know we'll have a good time then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mightybec Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Breathing in warm apple cider kinda hurts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuraiko Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Stuck the CD for the computer game LOOM into the CD player and listened to the dialogue and music for the game (in absolutely no coherent order) and heard a great line that I had forgotten... To set the scene... Bobbin Threadbare, a Weaver (and the hero of the game) is bargaining with Cobb (a not so bright henchman) to look into a Scrying Sphere. Cobb agrees, if Bobbin will help him prove or disprove a rumor that to look beneath the hood of a Weaver brings instant and horrible death. Cobb yanks back Bobbin's hood and is instantly consumed by a bright light and dies, screaming horribly. Out on the balcony, Bishop Mandible (Cobb's boss) is preparing to unleash the power of all the dead in the world in one massive gesture. Upon hearing Cobb's scream, he turns and says... "May we have some quiet PLEASE?! I can't even BEGIN to invoke the dead with all that screaming." And then, after hearing how Chaos is voiced, totally inspired me to work on my book... What a day... Cheers, Michelle aka Samuraiko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northstar Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Last February I moved from the CA Bay Area to the Dallas Metroplex. (Long story, won't bore ya...) It's the first time I've ever moved out of state... hell, the first time I've really changed location in any significant way. I got all the obligatory warnings from my friends back home when I told them where I was going: "The weather sucks in TX," "There's nothing out there... it's all flat lands," "They get tornados," "You can't get healthy food at restaurants," "It is SO right wing," etc. etc. You know, not once since I've been here have I ever given much thought to the weather, even during the summer. The geography hasn't really bothered me... though I do miss being in driving distance of the ocean. I've managed to find reasonably what passes for california cuisine, and I've not thought too much about being more or less a democrat in a very pro-republican environment. But damn, it does strike me daily how many people I had back home that I really miss. Enough that I'm now really giving thought to closing up shop here, selling or renting the beautiful home I got, and heading back to my -real- home... death tribble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuraiko Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings It's funny... hubby and I were talking about packing up from Phoenix and headed to the D/FW area... should we swap? Cheers, Michelle aka Samuraiko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magmarock Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings The cheescake is in the oven... My work is nearly done! Whoot! Mags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magmarock Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings The cheesecake is out of the oven. Perfection! (Ok, I took it out after only an hour and twenty minutes) My work is done. Have a great Turkey-day, everyone! Mags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Holy llama-spit! The sentence in the Sentence Game thread was getting out of control! Never again will I start an alliteration-thing going there. Yeesh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Otaku Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Soon, very soon. I will have created the perfect olive oil turkey rub... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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