There’s still time to bid
Posted by Steve | Filed under General, Narcissism
I could handle ordering somebody around for a day.
ONE WHOLE DAY WITH THIS GORGEOUS GIRL AS YOUR SLAVE !!!
Hey now, hey now….don’t dream it’s over
Posted by Steve | Filed under General
How is this possible?
I have always considered myself to be a pretty light sleeper. I can usually tell when the dog comes in the room at night and starts playing with a chew toy or whatever. So how is it possible that I talk in my sleep even when I’m not really asleep yet?
I talk on the phone late at night pretty often because of Belle’s work schedule. I know it’s time for me to wrap up the conversation when I start talking nonsensical. The other night we were chatting it up about something fairly mundane. She asked me a question and my response, honest Injun, was “What’s his name just walked by in a track suit”. WTF?!? I’m laying in bed by myself at 1:30AM and I come up with that? Obviously Belle was totally discombobulated by this.
The weird thing is that even though I’m far enough out of it to be talking in my sleep I’m always still awake enough to immediately realize that I’ve just uttered complete jibberish. I think what happens is I start dreaming and I respond out loud to whatever I’m dreaming about. Odder still is that when I’m actually asleep and dreaming 90% of my dreams are about sports and/or sex. I’m not one of those that has the totally random dreams like I’m sitting on the porch playing chess with Joseph Stalin and a herd of blue unicorns wanders past being shepherded by Carmen Electra. They’re often like movies where if somebody happens I don’t like I mentally rewind it and film it again hoping for a different outcome. That makes it all the more odd that my semi-conscious dreams are the bizarre ones.
Exercise minutiae
Posted by Steve | Filed under Cycling, The Gym
A friend hooked me up with a really cool site that lets you enter your workouts, diet, track your progress and chat with others. It’s probably similiar to Fitday, but I like it better. I also started using an appetite suppressant called hoodia today. We’ll see how it goes…shooting for another 15 by Christmas.
Traineo
I’ve started plotting out all the long distance bike rides I’m considering for 2007. The Mack daddy of them all is the AIDS ride. It’s not enough that you have to ride nearly 600 miles in a week’s time; they require you to raise $2,500 before they even let you ride. That wouldn’t be too much of a problem in Atlanta but I don’t know enough people out here well enough to ask them for $100-250 each. It look like what I’ll have to do is hit up all my Internet homies for $10-50 each. I’m sure at least five of them will come thru. This could be a deal breaker though.
Posted by Steve | Filed under General
Stuff-OLOGY
TECH-OLOGY:
Number of contacts in your cell phone? 22 total, which include multiple contact #’s for some. I pretty much never dial out on my cell…the reception doth sucketh.
Number of contacts in your email address book? 133 in Gmail.
What is the wallpaper on your computer? A beach scene at work and something abstract at home.
What is your screensaver on your computer? I disable them. If I’m not at the computer I turn the monitor off.
Are there naked pictures saved on your computer? Guilty as charged.
How many landline phones do you have in your home? 0; VOIP and two cells
How many televisions are in your home? 3
What kitchen appliance do you use the least? The oven. You can’t expect people to wait 45 minutes for a baked potato in this day and age.
What is the format of the radio station you listen to most? KROQ, rock/pop
BI-OLOGY:
What do you consider to be your best physical attribute? My eyes
Are you right handed or left handed? Lifelong Lefty
Have you had anything removed from your body? Yes, but we’re not going to talk about that here.
Would you like to? I’d like to put a few things back, like my hair.
Which of your five senses do you think is keenest? Hearing; smell is definitely the worst.
When was the last time you had a cavity? Probably 8-9 years ago.
What is the heaviest item you lift regularly? Well, I’m in the gym 3-4 times a week so….
MISC-OLOGY:
If it were possible, would you like to know the day you’re going to die? Absolutely not!
If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? Something cool and unusual…maybe Davis
How do you express your artistic side? Whenever I pee outside (which thankfully isn’t often) I write in the dirt . TMI, I know.
What color do you think you look best in? All brothas look best in earth tones.
How long do you think you could last in a medium security prison? As long as I had to…which hopefully will continue to be zero seconds.
Have you ever swallowed a non-food item by mistake? I must have at some point; can’t remember what though.
If we weren’t bound by society’s conventions, do you have a relative you would make a pass at? No, but I do have some very attractive aunts.
How often do you go to church? Weddings & Funerals and sometimes Christmas.
Have you ever saved someone’s life? No
Has someone ever saved yours? No
DARE-OLOGY:
For this last section, if you would do it for less or more money, indicate how much.
Would you walk naked for a half mile down a public street for $100,000? Yes, if the town were small enough.
Would you kiss a member of the same sex for $100? That’ll cost you wayyy more than $100
Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000? Nope, gonna need ‘em all.
Would you never blog again for $50,000? See ya! gotta run to the bank!
Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000? Yes
Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? Nooo, zero tolerance.
Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human life for $1,000,000? If I got to choose the life.
Would you shave your head and get your entire body waxed for $5,000? Absolutely.
Would you give up watching television for a year for $25,000? I’d give it the ole college try.
I love this song
Posted by Steve | Filed under General
I have seen peace. I have seen pain,
Resting on the shoulders of your name.
Do you see the truth through all their lies?
Do you see the world through troubled eyes?
And if you want to talk about it anymore,
Lie here on the floor and cry on my shoulder,
I’m a friend.
I have seen birth. I have seen death.Lived to see a lover’s final breath.
Do you see my guilt? Should I feel fright?
Is the fire of hesitation burning bright?
And if you want to talk about it once again,
On you I depend. I’ll cry on your shoulder.
You’re a friend.
You and I have been through many things.I’ll hold on to your heart.
I wouldn’t cry for anything,
But don’t go tearing your life apart.
I have seen fear. I have seen faith.
Seen the look of anger on your face.
And if you want to talk about what will be,
Come and sit with me, and cry on my shoulder,
I’m a friend.
And if you want to talk about it anymore,Lie here on the floor and cry on my shoulder,
I’m a friend.
Score
Posted by Steve | Filed under Technology
PHP5/SQLite 1, Me 0……that is all.
Updated score
Me 3, PHP5/MySQL, 2
I’m creating a shared calendar for the office. Right now everyone writes their time out of the office on a poster-sized notepad hanging by the front desk. I’m working on a web-based one that everyone can view from their desk. I didn’t want to install another database on the server on mess with the one we already have. If I bring that one down it ends up hitting people in the wallet which makes their lives and mine very miserable.
I was trying to use the SQL DB that comes compiled into PHP5. I finally gave up on that and went with MySQL on another box altogether. I’ve been reading MySQL by Paul DuBois anyway so it’s a good learning experience for me.
Everybody talk about pop music
Posted by Steve | Filed under General, Uncategorized
Okay, right now my left ear is blocked and it’s driving me bananas. This happens a lot since I live about 1,200 ft above sea level and I drop down to near sea level getting to work everyday. So I’m online looking for ways to pop my ear and I come across this one.
Aerotitis, aka “blocked ear,” is very painful and takes place when an ear does not adjust to the airplanes pressure changes. It is often experienced by passengers with colds and ear infections.
The following steam/heat remedy usually clears the blocked ear in seconds.
1. Place an airline paper cocktail napkin in the bottom of a small wax-coated drinking cup (found at galley and lavatory drinking water dispensers).
2. Add boiling water from a galley hot-water spigot covering the paper napkin. If you quickly pour off the water, the napkin will steam.
3. After you are sure you have drained off every drop of hot water, tip your head and place the little cup with hot steaming paper over your ear. Pain eases in moments as the steam reaches your eustachian tube.
I don’t get it. Are you supposed to tip your head so the cup is on top of your ear? It doesn’t seem like that would work since steam rises. If you’re going to hold the cup under your ear why bother to dump the water out? Help a brotha out.
