Wii at Work

A friend of mine was caught playing the Wii at work.

Check him out: Wii at Work

Cycling

Well I've been cycling now for a week. It's a great workout, gets me outside and makes me feel better about spending the rest of the day in front of the computer.

I bought a Specialized Expedition from Bicycles Inc. in Keller. It's a great bike with an all aluminum frame, 26" tires and adjustable front shocks. I've also added a bike computer (cheapo from Target) so I've got a clock, odometer, etc. Though I am thinking about mounting one of my GPS units on the bike somewhere for the sole purpose of mapping my routes (and so I don't get lost).

I've been doing most of my riding in Arcadia Trail Park. It's a great park with several miles of paved trails. It's about a 2 mile ride from my house, so I get there, do about 6 miles in the park, then 2 miles back home for a good solid 10 mile ride. Worst part of the ride is that I live at the top of a rather long hill that I've got to climb at the end of my ride! That hill's something of a bitch after 10 miles.

My Brother and the Admiral

My brother has to be one of the luckiest people I know. It's been commented in our family that he could trip over dog shit and land face forward into Paris Hilton's twat. OK, maybe not those EXACT words, but words to that effect.

Tonight he calls me and tells me that he met an admiral today. Thinking that it was some corporate function and he met some Navy big wig I wasn't feeling particularly impressed. Then he goes on to say that he's an admiral on a Battlestar.

Wait... BattleSTAR? As is Galactica? Yes.

So, my stupid little brother who's not NEAR the sci-fi geek that I am is out with his family eating supper at a Chinese Buffet (coincidentally me and my family are out at the same time eating at a Japanese Steak House) and who walks in but Edward James Olmos and family (including son Bodie Olmos who plays Hot Dog on the show as well).

So my little bro got to meet Admiral Adama and shake his hand and so forth. And I got the joy of him gloating about it over the cell phone to me.

Sigh.

Severe Update

I guess it's time for me to post an update...

I'm no longer working for a "major electronics retailer." And now that I've severed ties with said comany, I am now free to reveal that said company was RadioShack. Most of you who read this (all three of you) pretty much knew this but also knew why I had to keep said information out of my blog.

Anyway. On Feb 19 I was pulled aside by my manager and told that as a result of further cutbacks my position had been eliminated. I kinda felt there was more to the story than that, but that's all they were saying and since I was geting a full severance package I didn't really give a shit.

So now I'm working on movies, games, web design, eBay and even some photography projects. I'm much happier not hoving to work for a company which is obviously circling the drain but at the same time I'm a little frantic because I basically have 6 months to get enough cash flowing that I don't have togo out and get another 9-5.

Wish me luck. (or better yet... hire me for your web design projects, photography needs or invest in one of our movie projects)

Happy Valentine's Day

Dee was being insufferably cute this morning. I woke her and mom up to give them their Valentine's day presents.

Dee looks at hers and says, "hey! A birthday card. For me?"

Tried explaining that it was a Velentine's Day card and not a birthday card, but she kept insisting that it was a Birthday card.

Then mom opened hers and Dee said, "You got a birthday card! HEY!!! I got one too!"

This time mom tried telling her it was a Velentine's Day card, but still she insists that it's a Birthday card.

Then she saw the little heart shaped box of candy I got her. She sniffed at it through the plastic and declares, "I smell candy! Mmmm! I love Candy! Open it!"

This from the little girl who absolutely refused to eat anything sweet until recently. She barely even touched her own 3rd birthday cake.

Mom gave me a big box of goodies (including a love monkey). The box, however, looked like a cereal box called Smoochies. I kept trying to figure out where she got a box of smoochies cereal, where the cereal went, and why the hell someone would name a cereal smoochies. Then she pointed out that it was a Hallmark thing. Kind of like an oversized card that you can put stuff in. Neat idea. Anyway it was filled with way more chocolate than I need. It'll probably hold me until next Valentine's Day.

What's new?

Just realized I haven't blogged anything since November so I thought I ought to put something here.

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Well, I still work for a "Major Electronics Retailer" that is not Best Buy or Circuit City but apparently wants to be even though that's not our niche.

Been reading Red Star Rogue which is a story about the mysterious event surrounding the loss of the Soviet Submarine K-129. It's a very interesting read even though the authors take various literary liberties with events that they continually claim lack any solid evidence.

Been selling a bunch of junk on ebay.

My mom's got a bunch of stuff from my grandmother's estate she wants me to sell on ebay.

Set up a PowerMac G4 as a video server in the living room.

I guess that's about it. Pretty much expains why I haven't made an entry since November.

I'm not a Frenchie... I'm a Belgie...

I hit a site yesterday that shows songs that different radio stations around the country are currently playing. (http://web.yes.com/yes-nation/)

One of the songs that cought my eye was Strut by Sheena Easton. Sometimes it takes very little to get a song stuck in my head. This was apparently enough yesterday.

Part of the lyrics struck me, though... "Nations go to war over women like you, it's just a form of appreciation." It seems to me that it's been a while since there was a war over a woman. But wouldn't it be refreshing if we had one?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I'd advocate such a war but it'd certainly be a fresh turn from wars over religion or oil. Heck, I'd bet even France could get behind that. Come to think of it I think it'd most likely be France that would start it.

Sure, you could see it. One nation's leader insults the wife of another national leader. The other leader calls for an apology but is refused and suddenly the whole nation is insulted and up in arms (literally). The UN tries to step in, of course, but there's no use. Next thing you know France and Belgium are at war.