Octopus Overlords

I haven't seen my boss in a week, and won't see him again until the first week of August, due to conflicting work travel, vacations, and various PTO. Party time, excellent!

MHS wrote:I haven't seen my boss in a week, and won't see him again until the first week of August, due to conflicting work travel, vacations, and various PTO. Party time, excellent!

Whoohoo! Food in the office!

Fucking QA. Take 2 seconds to read the fucking log and note the date before sending out a high importance alert to every goddamn body saying my code doesn't work so you don't look like a fucking tool when I fucking point out the error you noticed was from 2 fucking days ago and I didn't get a fucking email alert as I always fucking do on a fucking production error and so do you. Also, fuck yourself.

I need more beers.

Fuck.

Whew. That felt good to type.

Jaymon wrote:I am sitting on bad news, my favorite niece was in a car accident last week. The question, Is She OK? is answered with a no, no she is not OK. Too many broken bones to list, she hasn't woken up yet, and doctors are fairly sure she has a torn brain, a shear or something. She is 17, a good quiet responsible kid. Its very hard feeling so completely helpless.

Thank you for the kind well wishes.
Still not awake, but showing very positive signs for recovery. Breathing on her own, responding to pinches, occasional eye opening. Also, my hair is now very brightly colored as a show of support.

I always put keys and wallet into my right front pocket. I always go to pull them out of my left front pocket and they are never there.

Good news for Hepcat -- George Michael is planning a Wham! reunion. Bonus points if you can name the other member of the group without reading the article -- and then remember his one big solo hit.

Keys- Left front
Phone- Right front
Knife- Right front
Wallet- Right back

That is all I carry everyday, anything extra is always left front. When I have to change that I get all kinds of mixed up. I am trying to switch my phone and keys though. The knife can scratch my phone and that would be a bummer.

Smoove_B wrote:Good news for Hepcat -- George Michael is planning a Wham! reunion. Bonus points if you can name the other member of the group without reading the article -- and then remember his one big solo hit.

Andrew Ridgeley (sp?)

The video had a smoking hot chick in it I think...

miltonite wrote:Wallet- Right back

My back is bad enough without sitting on an two inch thick wallet all day every day.

Smoove_B wrote:Good news for Hepcat -- George Michael is planning a Wham! reunion. Bonus points if you can name the other member of the group without reading the article -- and then remember his one big solo hit.

I never knew the members' names.

My breakfast of greek yogurt with honey is making my coffee taste extra, super bitter this morning. Perhaps I'm inadvertently creating some denatonium? All I know is, yech.

Smoove_B wrote:Good news for Hepcat -- George Michael is planning a Wham! reunion. Bonus points if you can name the other member of the group without reading the article -- and then remember his one big solo hit.

George Michael
Gene Simmons
Iggy Pop
Rick Astley

Wake Me Up Before You Go Home

Jaymon wrote:...Breathing on her own, responding to pinches, occasional eye opening...

Sending you and yours encouragement for more positive signs from your niece, wishes and hopes, strength (all aspects) and capable doctors and staff.

Have you ever gone to the bathroom and waved your hand through the empty space above the urinal, just to make sure there wasn't an invisible man there waving his junk at you?

Me either.

LordMortis wrote:

miltonite wrote:Wallet- Right back

My back is bad enough without sitting on an two inch thick wallet all day every day.

You need a Big Skinny. Life (and posture) changing.

Freezer-TPF- wrote:

LordMortis wrote:

miltonite wrote:Wallet- Right back

My back is bad enough without sitting on an two inch thick wallet all day every day.

You need a Big Skinny. Life (and posture) changing.

I need to stop treating my wallet like it's a purse. But even then I won't put it in my back pocket.

LordMortis wrote:I'm number six! I'm number six! Thank goodness.

The top 20 baby names of 2011.

———

Girls

1. Sophia
2. Isabella
3. Emma
4. Olivia
5. Ava
6. Emily
7. Abigail
8. Madison
9. Mia
10. Chloe
11. Elizabeth
12. Ella
13. Addison
14. Natalie
15. Lily
16. Grace
17. Samantha
18. Avery
19. Sofia
20. Aubrey

———

Boys

1. Jacob
2. Mason
3. William
4. Jayden
5. Noah
6. Michael
7. Ethan
8. Alexander
9. Aiden
10. Daniel
11. Anthony
12. Matthew
13. Elijah
14. Joshua
15. Liam
16. Andrew
17. James
18. David
19. Benjamin
20. Logan

Chicks name change much quicker than dudes and we also seem to be naming chicks by the familiar shortening of old names. And naming your daughter after Hawk from Spencer for hire seems... odd.

Blah, I'm not even on that list.

LordMortis wrote:

Freezer-TPF- wrote:

LordMortis wrote:

miltonite wrote:Wallet- Right back

My back is bad enough without sitting on an two inch thick wallet all day every day.

You need a Big Skinny. Life (and posture) changing.

I need to stop treating my wallet like it's a purse. But even then I won't put it in my back pocket.

I got a $2.50 velcro wallet from WalMart and it is about 1/4" thick max. Thinnest wallet I have ever seen. There are many times where I have to check and make sure I have it.

Yeah, I picked up a Big Skinny wallet off Amazon (where else?) last year based on a recommendation here. I never thought I'd care either way about a wallet, but it really made a noticeable difference.

coopasonic wrote:

tjg_marantz wrote:

coopasonic wrote:Text Message Exchange with Wife:

Wife: What do you want for your birthday?
Coop: You
Wife: I am serious
Coop: Me too. I have a wish list on amazon. I have most everything a guy needs.
Wife: I know but something not on your list?
Coop: If I wanted it, it would be on the list.
Wife: Ugh you are frustrating.

That's on you.

Because I am so anal as to keep a list of the things I would like? Her family is the sole reason I have such a list. They require it. If I think of something I would like to have that I don't need right away or wouldn't buy for myself for whatever reason, I put it on the list. She's asking me to tell her something I want that is not on the list. There's no such thing (well nothing remotely reasonable, anyhow).

I'm in the same boat with the list. A few months back I only had one thing on the list, a gtx560ti, so I got like 7 or 8 of them. That'll teach me...

ibdoomed wrote:

coopasonic wrote:

tjg_marantz wrote:

coopasonic wrote:Text Message Exchange with Wife:

Wife: What do you want for your birthday?
Coop: You
Wife: I am serious
Coop: Me too. I have a wish list on amazon. I have most everything a guy needs.
Wife: I know but something not on your list?
Coop: If I wanted it, it would be on the list.
Wife: Ugh you are frustrating.

That's on you.

Because I am so anal as to keep a list of the things I would like? Her family is the sole reason I have such a list. They require it. If I think of something I would like to have that I don't need right away or wouldn't buy for myself for whatever reason, I put it on the list. She's asking me to tell her something I want that is not on the list. There's no such thing (well nothing remotely reasonable, anyhow).

I'm in the same boat with the list. A few months back I only had one thing on the list, a gtx560ti, so I got like 7 or 8 of them. That'll teach me...

Hah! I know exactly what I want. My mortgage paid off.

LordMortis wrote:

ibdoomed wrote:

coopasonic wrote:

tjg_marantz wrote:

coopasonic wrote:Text Message Exchange with Wife:

Wife: What do you want for your birthday?
Coop: You
Wife: I am serious
Coop: Me too. I have a wish list on amazon. I have most everything a guy needs.
Wife: I know but something not on your list?
Coop: If I wanted it, it would be on the list.
Wife: Ugh you are frustrating.

That's on you.

Because I am so anal as to keep a list of the things I would like? Her family is the sole reason I have such a list. They require it. If I think of something I would like to have that I don't need right away or wouldn't buy for myself for whatever reason, I put it on the list. She's asking me to tell her something I want that is not on the list. There's no such thing (well nothing remotely reasonable, anyhow).

I'm in the same boat with the list. A few months back I only had one thing on the list, a gtx560ti, so I got like 7 or 8 of them. That'll teach me...

Hah! I know exactly what I want. My mortgage paid off.

Add me to the list.

Vorret wrote:

LordMortis wrote:

ibdoomed wrote:

coopasonic wrote:

tjg_marantz wrote:

coopasonic wrote:Text Message Exchange with Wife:

Wife: What do you want for your birthday?
Coop: You
Wife: I am serious
Coop: Me too. I have a wish list on amazon. I have most everything a guy needs.
Wife: I know but something not on your list?
Coop: If I wanted it, it would be on the list.
Wife: Ugh you are frustrating.

That's on you.

Because I am so anal as to keep a list of the things I would like? Her family is the sole reason I have such a list. They require it. If I think of something I would like to have that I don't need right away or wouldn't buy for myself for whatever reason, I put it on the list. She's asking me to tell her something I want that is not on the list. There's no such thing (well nothing remotely reasonable, anyhow).

I'm in the same boat with the list. A few months back I only had one thing on the list, a gtx560ti, so I got like 7 or 8 of them. That'll teach me...

Hah! I know exactly what I want. My mortgage paid off.

Add me to the list.

That's why I'm going to Burger King for my birthday. Where else can you have a hot chick tell you that you can "have it your way"?





It's not much much of a joke, but it's all I've got...

Default wrote:That's why I'm going to Burger King for my birthday. Where else can you have a hot chick tell you that you can "have it your way"?





It's not much much of a joke, but it's all I've got...

It's actually probably a good thing they don't have hot chicks working fast food. There was a space of time where I was a regular at one of the four Taco Bells within a mile or so of my house and the drive thru girl knew me by voice. We joked around quite a bit during our two minute dalliances twice a week. If she was hot then I'd have found myself eating Taco Bell 5 to 7 times a week.

How sad (or cool?) is it that north, south, east, or west, I can grab Taco Bell on my way out the door? However, on the rare occasions I eat Taco Bell, I still I always go to the one to the east because cool Taco Bell girl worked there.

To the woman in the black Porsche Cayenne who entered the on-ramp to Central Expressway, did not accelerate past 40 MPH, remained in the acceleration lane, and then exited to the frontage road whence we came:

Why, pray tell? There were no traffic signals to avoid. The 250 yards of acceleration lane are not noticeably better paved than the frontage road. Was it your desire to make those on the frontage road yield upon your triumphant return? Perhaps, if that was the end goal, you should have accelerated so that your relative positions would change, rather than remaining completely static.

Traffic was bad enough before the introduction of your sui generis form of dickwaddery. You are an asshole.

Regards,

Fretmute

Default wrote:Can we officially declare this "Horrible Week"?

Reading all the bad stuff that has occurred in this thread makes me hope that the next week is better for all involved. Thank God, it's almost over!

More like horrible 2 months... 7 family dead so far. I can't image it gets worse though.

ibdoomed wrote:More like horrible 2 months... 7 family dead so far. I can't image it gets worse though.

I'd love to say I can't imagine but my imagination has been caught on the mortality of my family for a while now.

LordMortis wrote:

ibdoomed wrote:

coopasonic wrote:

tjg_marantz wrote:

coopasonic wrote:Text Message Exchange with Wife:

Wife: What do you want for your birthday?
Coop: You
Wife: I am serious
Coop: Me too. I have a wish list on amazon. I have most everything a guy needs.
Wife: I know but something not on your list?
Coop: If I wanted it, it would be on the list.
Wife: Ugh you are frustrating.

That's on you.

Because I am so anal as to keep a list of the things I would like? Her family is the sole reason I have such a list. They require it. If I think of something I would like to have that I don't need right away or wouldn't buy for myself for whatever reason, I put it on the list. She's asking me to tell her something I want that is not on the list. There's no such thing (well nothing remotely reasonable, anyhow).

I'm in the same boat with the list. A few months back I only had one thing on the list, a gtx560ti, so I got like 7 or 8 of them. That'll teach me...

Hah! I know exactly what I want. My mortgage paid off.

Since my wife makes the mortgage payment I'll give her a pass on that.

Speaking of mortgage payments, a buddy of mine just bought a new house. 7k square feet on 0.8acre outside Charlotte. The property tax on a monthly basis will be close to my mortgage payment. #ImNotRich

I have no interest in the new Dallas series, but I appreciate the fact that their Facebook page is written entirely in the voice of J.R. Ewing.

Well crap. I just realized the DISH network has dropped AMC from it's programing in the last few months.
No more Walking Dead!

dbt1949 wrote:Well crap. I just realized the DISH network has dropped AMC from it's programing in the last few months.
No more Walking Dead!

I think this is actually something that has happened in just the last week. I was watching AMC a few nights ago and they were running a ticker along the bottom explaining the situation and asking Dish subscribers to contact the provider to express their interest in keeping AMC. It's pretty sad in my opinion that the providers and networks are willing to go so far as to stop service. I guess all you can hope for is that they reach an agreement and restore the network quickly. Fortunately, this only seems to be affecting Dish subscribers for now...

disarm wrote:

dbt1949 wrote:Well crap. I just realized the DISH network has dropped AMC from it's programing in the last few months.
No more Walking Dead!

I think this is actually something that has happened in just the last week. I was watching AMC a few nights ago and they were running a ticker along the bottom explaining the situation and asking Dish subscribers to contact the provider to express their interest in keeping AMC. It's pretty sad in my opinion that the providers and networks are willing to go so far as to stop service. I guess all you can hope for is that they reach an agreement and restore the network quickly. Fortunately, this only seems to be affecting Dish subscribers for now...

According to the AMC CEO, he doesn't expect a resolution ahead of their September 18 trial date. So the outage may last for months (or he may just be trying to apply additional pressure on Dish customers to call and complain about the loss of AMC).

I watched Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" for the first time tonight. I now have a new entry in my Top 5 favorite movies of all time list.

Skinypupy wrote:I watched Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" for the first time tonight. I now have a new entry in my Top 5 favorite movies of all time list.

Now watch "The Magnificent Seven."

Kraken wrote:

Skinypupy wrote:I watched Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" for the first time tonight. I now have a new entry in my Top 5 favorite movies of all time list.

Now watch "The Magnificent Seven."

But don't watch "Se7en". You don't really want to know whats in the box. But let me assure you, it is not magnificent.

Jaymon wrote:

Kraken wrote:

Skinypupy wrote:I watched Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" for the first time tonight. I now have a new entry in my Top 5 favorite movies of all time list.

Now watch "The Magnificent Seven."

But don't watch "Se7en". You don't really want to know whats in the box. But let me assure you, it is not magnificent.

Nor is it a good tentpole for a failed third act of what was otherwise a terrific film...

Best vanity plate I've ever seen. I actually laughed and said "Hell yeah!"

TO BLAVE

Kraken wrote:

Skinypupy wrote:I watched Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" for the first time tonight. I now have a new entry in my Top 5 favorite movies of all time list.

Now watch "The Magnificent Seven."

I'm typically not a fan of Westerns (the Old West setting simply doesnt interest me), but am tempted to give this one a look as well.

Skinypupy wrote:

Kraken wrote:

Skinypupy wrote:I watched Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" for the first time tonight. I now have a new entry in my Top 5 favorite movies of all time list.

Now watch "The Magnificent Seven."

I'm typically not a fan of Westerns (the Old West setting simply doesnt interest me), but am tempted to give this one a look as well.

Spoiler alert.

You'll probably like it.

It's Seven Samurai with six shooters.