SatinKitty Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Beware of frosted donuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings . . . I've never seen a man as happy about his laser pointer . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings BSOD or BSOU (Blue screen of undeath) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings We are going to elections! Yes! Wooohooo!!! The Sharon-Olmert suck-fest has ended and his right hand girl, the spineless one, has failed - miserably - in her attempts to form a new government. The president has three days to either declare elections or assign the task of forming a new government to a different party leader. He's already indicated the latter seems... pretty freaking unlikely! Yeah, baby! Oh, except, if the polls don't change in the next 100 days, Netanyahu will be PM... again. Not sure if that's a good thing. Better, yes. But good? Um.... Whatever. Happy dance! Happy dance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 Never shout FIRE in an empty library. Saturday morning: I'm awakened by a very early phone call I was not expecting. It's my supervisor. In my half groggy state I think "Am I supposed to be there? I thought it was Saturday...oh no, what if it's Friday??" No, it was very different. There was a fire in the library. It started about 4:30 am and caused no small amount of damage. Who knows where we go from here? it sounds like it could be primarily smoke damage, meaning it's just a cleaning operation more than anything else. Still, this isn't a scenario I ever expected. Now I get a call this morning. They thought at first that this might take a week or so to clean up. then it turned into weeks. Now...they're saying months. Really makes me wonder what the hell happened exactly, especially since no actual fire reached the first floor and it sounds like it is almost exclusively smoke damage. The computer servers are in the basement too, but they're still working. An FBI agent will be coming in to investigate. I'll be working at another branch in the meantime. The fact that the meantime=months is really a kick in the gut. The best part about my job was the people, and now we're being distributed throughout the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I wonder if UFOs come with cupholders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Well the answer is obvious to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 It's in my head!!!! There are no words to adequately describe my disdain for the new Burger King Shroom and Swiss ads. BK has cemented itself in my mind as the worst of the big fast food chains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings A couple of days ago I was finally pushed to the point where I used the phrase "a Sisyphean undertaking". It was used in a sentence describing working with a coworker of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings So I'm talking to a friend of mine on the phone, and she's worried that she's going to lose her job. Generally, my standard spiel in a case like this is, "I can get you a job in the porn industry!" (As a Project Manager or something, of course, it's just funny to watch peoples' faces when I say it). But for some reason I suddenly think better of saying that. Probably because this friend is a girl and could easily take it the wrong way. OTOH, she is really cute. OK, I'm going to hell now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Tempelhof Airport has closed. Main hub for the Berlin Airlift a bit more than 60 years ago, that kept West Berlin from starving due to the Soviet-imposed blockade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings We had a gentleman come in here yesterday looking for a 1963 Americana Encyclopedia. The library doesn't keep any encyclopedia over ten years old at the very maximum. He went on to tell me that he was in that edition and wanted to show his granddaughter. He was the only man to drive a tank through the Berlin Wall. How cool is that? Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Coincidence? I think not... In the news today: Nasty fungus may be killing thousands of bats - 20 hours agoA previously unknown fungus that thrives in chilly temperatures may be the culprit behind the deaths of at least 100,000 bats hibernating in caves in the northeastern United States, scientists said on... Giant bat makes comeback in Tanzania - 15 hours ago OSLO (Reuters) – A giant bat with a wingspan up to 5.5 feet has made a comeback from the brink of extinction in Tanzania in a rare conservation success, an environmental group said on Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings It would be a bit early (though still easily full term), but part of me hopes that Keri goes into labor tomorrow night and that the sprog is born during the overlap time from the transition between daylight savings and standard time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings ABBA will always be ahead of AC/DC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I had to work last night over the time change. A 13 hour shift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I need LS: Reduced need to sleep to support all my hobbies and vices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I just realized why I never bother trying to be charming any more. I have a lot more fun when I'm being obnoxious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I get to terrorize a dozen undergrads with spectroscopes in the dark this afternoon. Is this a great country or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I wish that the 3D Pipes screensaver hadn’t been changed from the way it was in Windows 98SE. It had the "flex" option for the bends. When combined with using the Metal Links bitmap, it made for some Giger-esque imagery (Metallic Snakes) IMO. Windows XP has 3D Pipes, but it no longer has the Flex option. If anybody knows how to bring this back (even with a separate screensaver), I'd appreciate hearing how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I do not want to know what the bunny is doing with that pumpkin in Bill's new avatar. No, not at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings The new laptop is really nice, but it's cost me three days moving from the old one and I'm still not done yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I have a small potted plant in my cubicle at work. I've had it for years. Don't know what it is, exactly. When I came into work yesterday, I saw a big pile of dirt atop the rock bed I put on top of it. I thought it was kinda strange, but didn't worry about it. I figured that maybe someone else in the office had a plant that died, and they came by and dumped the rest of their soil on my plant. No biggie. But this morning when I came in, it had happened again. Now things were really weird. I removed the rocks so I could add the dirt to the main soil and noticed a hole, about the size of a quarter, under one of the rocks. Using some scissors, I dug around down the hole to see where it led. It led all the way to the bottom of the pot, and then around. I couldn't really dig any further without uprooting my plant. I poked around with the tip of the scissors but didn't see anything, so I filled in the hole as best as I could and put the rocks back. So it seems there is (was?) something living in my plant. Don't know what. Pretty sure it's not a spider, because there's no webs. Don't know what else it could be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I've got to go thru all my comics so I can sell them and get what I can. SOme date back to the early 80s. And I only have to go thru about 15 long boxes full. I plan to keep some, but sell most of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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