Hope everyone out there in Blogland had a great Christmas. Ours was very good - too much food (mmm, and I do love the left-overs!), and presents for everyone. This year we did a bit less than usual, and luck was on our side to make it better.
A couple days before Christmas the running club had a Prediction Run - you guess the time it takes to run the course, and whomever finishes closest to their time wins. I had never run the course before, the distance was an odd one, and I've been running inconsistently lately, so I just guessed a bit longer than the guy next to me before the race started. I ran with another guy in the club for a most of the race until the cold got the best of me and I started slowing down. I finally reached the finish line thinking I was way past my guess. Well, as luck would have it, I was the closest in the whole club, so I won a new pair of running shoes!
On another blog I saw a contest for the funniest Christmas story, and the winner would win a one-of-a-kind tote bag. I entered the story of our Christmas tree falling over after we finished decorating it just a few days earlier. Again, I didn't think too much of it. And again, I won! So my snookums got the bag for Christmas.
Hopefully your Christmas was just as fun and memorable. Have a safe and Happy New Year if I don't post in the mean time.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Blah. Nothing exciting to post about today, so here's some un-exciting news:
I just found out that the Stoogeum is just a few miles away from where I work. Its a Three Stooges Museum. I've been living here all this time, drove past the road its on a thousand times, and never knew it was there. That will have to change!
I need to have a minor surgical procedure done in January to fix an inguinal hernia. I had it fixed when way back when I was an infant. I think it is pretty much in the same place as its under the scar. I'll have to take pictures of the old scar before the repair and the new scar after its healed for all of you.
I just found out that the Stoogeum is just a few miles away from where I work. Its a Three Stooges Museum. I've been living here all this time, drove past the road its on a thousand times, and never knew it was there. That will have to change!
I need to have a minor surgical procedure done in January to fix an inguinal hernia. I had it fixed when way back when I was an infant. I think it is pretty much in the same place as its under the scar. I'll have to take pictures of the old scar before the repair and the new scar after its healed for all of you.
Still not sure what I mean? Did you ever see "Sixteen Candles"?
Long Duck Dong: "I love visiting with Grandma and Grandpa, and writing letters to parents, and pushing lawn mowing machine so Grandpa’s hyena don’t get disturbed."
Mike: (laughing) "Hernia."
Do you have a good eye? Try The Eyeballing Game to find out. Or maybe Robokill is more your speed. And then there's the more abstract Auditorium.
Not much else to report on today.
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Blogrolling help? I use the Blogrolling.com service to store & sort all of the blog links over on the right. However, they're upgrading their site, and, while doing so, they've cut off access to everyone's account. So that means I can't add new blogs or delete blogs that have gone silent. Is there another similar service? How does Wordpress handle lists of links? Any suggestions are appreciated.
Hey Johnny Rat, send me an e-mail if you get a chance.
Jessica suggested I write about my dreams. Thanks! for the suggestion, Jessica. My first thought was about the dreams I have at night. They are something to write about for sure. Anyone I've ever told them to wonders what kind of drugs I'm on (just OTC antihistamines) as they are pretty strange and vibrant.
Then I realized she was asking about the other kind of dreams, as in what would I want to do or who would I want to meet if I had the chance. In a world where money didn't matter, I'd love to be someone that works with their hands - an auto mechanic or carpenter, or a brewer or baker. I like the physical work of creating things and the mental work of figuring out how to do so. I'm an engineer by degree and profession. The aspects of the job that I really like are equipment installation and start-up. That's when I get to get my hands dirty taking things apart, putting them back together, de-bugging, and then see them run. However, that's the smallest part of my job. Most of the time its paperwork - writing reports, purchasing, calibrations, giving or receiving training, etc. Stuff that saps the life out of me. But it pays well and I'm fairly good at it.
Anyway, here's Wednesday Weirdness #32 for you: WW #32
1.) If you knew one of your close friends was cheating on their significant other, would you get involved? (EX: Tell their SO, try to talk to your friend about it, etc) Why or why not? I would talk to my friend about it. That's what friends are for - to help one another in a time of need. All of my friends have great SO's, and I would not want to see their relationships split.
2.) If your SO was cheating on you and one of your close friends knew, would you want them to tell you? Why or why not? See #1 above.
3.) Have you ever stuffed your bra or underwear to make the size of your breasts or penis seem larger? I've tried stuffing the bra a few times, but it just doesn't feel nice. I mean, I like the feeling of wearing a bra, and the stuffing takes away some of that feeling.
4.) Would you sleep with a friend's significant other behind their back if it were guaranteed you'd never be caught? No, too much respect for my friends to do that.
5.) Do you think you are more intelligent than your significant other? In some ways yes. If you just looked at our high school grades, I came out on top; college grades, she beat me by a mile. As the stereotypes go, I much more mechanically inclined, more logical, more "data driven" than she. She's more process oriented.
6.) Do you ever fantasize about cheating on your significant other? Are you ever tempted to really go through with it? No. The first question would be "With who?", and I can't really say that I can think of anyone that I would want to cheat with. And the second question would be "Why?" and I have no reason to want to. Now watching a porn movie or picture and thinking "I wish I were there" - sure, I've fantasized about that. And I'm more likely to be hit by lightning that for that to ever happen.
7.) Have you ever had cyber sex, text sex or phone sex with someone other than your significant other during a relationship? Cyber and phone - yes. That's one of my weaknesses. When I start masturbating, I feel the need to talk to someone, and that is usually when I'm on the road traveling. She doesn't really understand the phone/cyber thing, so I either go to chat room or call a phone sex operator.
8.) Would you cheat on your significant other twice monthly for half a year to have all your debt permanently erased? No, I don't have any significant debt.
BONUS! Have you ever fantasized about having sex with any blogger friends? Would you be daring enough to reveal five of them? Hmmm, there are a number of them that I would love to, and see #6 for the likelihood of that happening. Do I want to reveal them? I think they already know who they are! If not, ask again and I'll let you know.
Hey Johnny Rat, send me an e-mail if you get a chance.
Jessica suggested I write about my dreams. Thanks! for the suggestion, Jessica. My first thought was about the dreams I have at night. They are something to write about for sure. Anyone I've ever told them to wonders what kind of drugs I'm on (just OTC antihistamines) as they are pretty strange and vibrant.
Then I realized she was asking about the other kind of dreams, as in what would I want to do or who would I want to meet if I had the chance. In a world where money didn't matter, I'd love to be someone that works with their hands - an auto mechanic or carpenter, or a brewer or baker. I like the physical work of creating things and the mental work of figuring out how to do so. I'm an engineer by degree and profession. The aspects of the job that I really like are equipment installation and start-up. That's when I get to get my hands dirty taking things apart, putting them back together, de-bugging, and then see them run. However, that's the smallest part of my job. Most of the time its paperwork - writing reports, purchasing, calibrations, giving or receiving training, etc. Stuff that saps the life out of me. But it pays well and I'm fairly good at it.
Anyway, here's Wednesday Weirdness #32 for you: WW #32
1.) If you knew one of your close friends was cheating on their significant other, would you get involved? (EX: Tell their SO, try to talk to your friend about it, etc) Why or why not? I would talk to my friend about it. That's what friends are for - to help one another in a time of need. All of my friends have great SO's, and I would not want to see their relationships split.
2.) If your SO was cheating on you and one of your close friends knew, would you want them to tell you? Why or why not? See #1 above.
3.) Have you ever stuffed your bra or underwear to make the size of your breasts or penis seem larger? I've tried stuffing the bra a few times, but it just doesn't feel nice. I mean, I like the feeling of wearing a bra, and the stuffing takes away some of that feeling.
4.) Would you sleep with a friend's significant other behind their back if it were guaranteed you'd never be caught? No, too much respect for my friends to do that.
5.) Do you think you are more intelligent than your significant other? In some ways yes. If you just looked at our high school grades, I came out on top; college grades, she beat me by a mile. As the stereotypes go, I much more mechanically inclined, more logical, more "data driven" than she. She's more process oriented.
6.) Do you ever fantasize about cheating on your significant other? Are you ever tempted to really go through with it? No. The first question would be "With who?", and I can't really say that I can think of anyone that I would want to cheat with. And the second question would be "Why?" and I have no reason to want to. Now watching a porn movie or picture and thinking "I wish I were there" - sure, I've fantasized about that. And I'm more likely to be hit by lightning that for that to ever happen.
7.) Have you ever had cyber sex, text sex or phone sex with someone other than your significant other during a relationship? Cyber and phone - yes. That's one of my weaknesses. When I start masturbating, I feel the need to talk to someone, and that is usually when I'm on the road traveling. She doesn't really understand the phone/cyber thing, so I either go to chat room or call a phone sex operator.
8.) Would you cheat on your significant other twice monthly for half a year to have all your debt permanently erased? No, I don't have any significant debt.
BONUS! Have you ever fantasized about having sex with any blogger friends? Would you be daring enough to reveal five of them? Hmmm, there are a number of them that I would love to, and see #6 for the likelihood of that happening. Do I want to reveal them? I think they already know who they are! If not, ask again and I'll let you know.
Monday, December 01, 2008
The lack of posting has been mainly due to the Great Muse of the Blogsphere not visiting me often enough. Life hasn't been static, I just haven't found the interest in posting about it.
If you look to the horizon just after sunset towards the west this week you'll see Venus and Jupiter in a vertical line, and the crescent moon close by.
There was a blimp near by a few days ago about 150 ft up. Its kind of neat to be standing underneath something so big and silent just floating in the air.
If anyone has some questions for me, please feel free to post them!
If you look to the horizon just after sunset towards the west this week you'll see Venus and Jupiter in a vertical line, and the crescent moon close by.
There was a blimp near by a few days ago about 150 ft up. Its kind of neat to be standing underneath something so big and silent just floating in the air.
If anyone has some questions for me, please feel free to post them!