Posting a little history

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Woo hoo!

-nn

Code monkey like...

Finally, a band that gets it.

Someone in this band is a true geek. Not only a true geek, but a true, working geek. One who has fully experienced the complete geek lifestyle. This video spoke to on so many levels I screeched like twelve year school girl.

Then again, it could have just been the songwriter and not the band.

But who cares, right?

This AMV features the song Code Monkey by Jonathan Coulton as heard G4TV's "code monkeys". using footage from the anime Black Heaven.
It was a finalist at Anime Expo 2007 AMV Contest. At Animazement 2007 it won Best in Show.

I know, I know...

Yet another week without a post. What on earth could I possibly be doing?

Well....

I started a psych class and believe it or not, the professor actually knows his material. Not only that, his assignments require gobs of reading, terror loads of research, and metric tons of analysis.
He even started out this week saying, while not disappointed, he was expecting more in our online discussion and no one has yet to receive maximum available credit. Yikes!

I knew from the start this would be an interesting course, but who thought it would be challenging also (insert sarcasm here)? Does sarcasm work if you have to point it out? I thought not. How about sarcasm about being sarcastic? Isn't that like a double negative making a positive? That would totally work on my planet.

I did however, stumble across this gem while looking up synonyms for the word "bilateral".

Enjoy.

-nn

oh the lust....

There I was, stumbling along after completing registration for yet another online class, and it reared its head. At first I could not believe it, I thought it to be a figment of my imagination. But, no.

It really exists.

And I so want one.

You can get yours here. Just like me...

-nn

Coming to an office near you (you hope): Faceball

Man, do I ever envy those folks at flicker. It appears they have concocted a new corporate office sport. Two players seated ten feet apart try to hit each other in the face with a beachball. Sure, not a lot of redeeming social qualities, but when else would you be able to smash a co-workers face in with a hugely round object.

They could easily turn this into a bloodsport by replacing the squishy beachball with something more menacing. Say a ten pound bowling ball. Or perhaps an Olympiad styled, spike encrusted shot put. This alone would be a sure-fire hit with the World Wrestling Federation crowd, ensuring a long life in the down-home, small-town, southern touring circuit and well-paid repeats of pay-per-view.

They even had time to produce an instructional video and mini documentary (which is the real source of my envy).
Don't take my word for it, jump to faceball.org.

-nn

*** pic from faceball.org. too good not to use.

A treat from Yoda's home

After the extermination of the Jedi and his subsequent failure to defeat Darth Sidious and save the republic, Jedi Master Yoda went into voluntary exile on Dagoba. Here, Yoda lived near a cave strong with the dark side of the Force which balanced out his good side and kept him from detection by the Emperor. In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker is visited on the ice planet Hoth by the ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi, who tells him to go seek Yoda on Dagoba to be trained as a Jedi. Skywalker flies to Dagoba with R2-D2 in his X-wing after Darth Vader and his stormtroopers overrun the Rebel Alliance base on Hoth. Skywalker leaves Dagoba early to attempt to rescue Han Solo, Princess Leia, and Chewbacca who he feels are in danger on the planet Bespin. Skywalker also briefly returns to Dagoba in Return of the Jedi, in which he has a final conversation with Yoda, and speaks extensively to Obi-Wan Kenobi's ghost about the conflicting stories of Luke's parentage.

And this is Yoda's favorite candy bar...

most wanted

through my many travels of the interweb, there will always be a mass of consumables i will lust for..

this easily makes the list.

the reasons are self-explanatory. at least they should be...

umph...

Okay, okay. I realize it has been almost two weeks since my last post. Returning to school must have taken a little more out of me than I expected. Oh and then there was the additional build cycles at work that required me to work around the clock for seventy-two hours. I think that had more to do anything with lack of posts than anything else.
Let's focus on this work thing. How no earth is it possible for a moderately successful company to become moderately successful (nyet, remain moderately successful) when they cannot regulate work without any certainty? I will not elaborate further, but last week killed whatever spirit I was able to foster.
Clearing that out of my head, the much awaited Balls of Fury released last week. Just in time for a departmental outing. Yes, it was decided (by committee) the department wanted to go see this send up of the kung fu classic, Fists of Fury. Did i mention I was the sole member on the selection committee? It is good to be the king (sometimes). My team is mostly young and quite eager to please, with the most senior in age being even younger in the heart (and the head), so an outing of this type is well aligned with their taste (and mine).

-nn