At Malco for HP6

Man, there are a lot of nerds here. Haven't seen this many kids dress up like this since, well, since these same kids dr

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So I rode my bike today

One of my co-workers and an online buddy are really into riding their bikes. As in, almost every day.

Me? Not so much, but I am hoping to get into a habit of riding more often. Today could be that first step.

I've had this bike for a number of years now. At least 7 years, maybe more. I know, I know. I just can't recall which apartment I was living in when I bought it.

I'll state for the record now that I have never been a steady rider. Mostly casual riding whenever I felt like it. There was a time I would get with a friend and her family and go riding on the trails here.

But as with most things, it got put aside, I got lazy and forgot about it. When my sister and I moved into this house, I did ride around the neighborhood on occasion. But again, lazy, forgetful, it was left sitting against the garage wall collecting dust and whatnot.

Well, more talk lately from different people and the final realization that I need to do it led me to dust the ol' bike off today. I went around the neighborhood for a while. About 30 minutes. I waited until later in the evening when it was only mildly hot.

Status report: the tires still hold air, still rides good (did hit it with WD-40 just in case) and my butt was not prepared. The feeling has come back now. I couldn't tell you how many miles I rode or calories burned. I can only say that I sweated and felt the burn in my legs.

It might be next weekend before I get back on it, but I'll do my best to make sure I do.

Now to resist the urge to fry up some cheese sticks.

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The Hangover

Lately, I would have a little overtime accumulated during the week. Which means that I could work a shorter Friday. Today was no exception. I had some extra time from the previous days and my plan was to leave work a little earlier.

Isn't there some saying about "the best laid plans ..."?

I had to take care of a few little tasks. On the surface, no big deal. Which is probably why I underestimated them and put them off during the day.

Well, when it comes time to work on these tasks, nothing goes as planned. A piece of code that I wrote probably over a year ago wasn't working. Why was it not working? That's still a mystery. The code is fine. It's been working each and every time it's been used over that year or so. The system that controls the code wasn't executing it properly. Why? Completely baffled on that one. Even the tech help that controls the system was baffled. And all that was needed was to display an image on a web page.

Then I had to make sure that some articles appeared on the site. Again, simple enough task. Only it's not so simple when there are no articles. Had to go through the whole process of finding/sending/editing/editing again. Takes a while.

But hey, at least I get paid overtime.

Oh, the title of this post. Yeah, you see, when I finally left work, what I wanted to do was go somewhere and drink. That's not exactly the best idea when it's just me and I'm not in a happy mood. So I decided to just head home, find some food and watch TV.

Until I got to the Madison exit. Driving past Malco, I decided that what I needed was to let loose in a way. So I pulled up and went to go see 'The Hangover'.

I can't think of the words to describe how funny this movie is. It's not 'check your brain at the door' funny. It's just flat out great.

I'm in a better mood now. If I could only have a night kinda like those guys had. Kinda.

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Two shows that are must see TV

Thanks to ample free time on the couch in front of the TV, I've found two new shows that have earned record status on the DVR.

The first is Man vs. Cartoon on truTV. The concept is simple. Engineers are trying to recreate Wile E. Coyote's attempts to capture the RoadRunner. How can this be anything but awesome? And that's what it is: awesome. The show comes on Saturday nights (which means I can watch it live).

The other super awesome show that I've recently discovered is the International Sexy Ladies Show on G4. Do I really need to describe this to you? It's a show. It plays clips from other nations. It shows sexy ladies. This is the kind of show Al Bundy would approve of.

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Want!

The slave girl, not the Hutt.

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Dear Life,

Thank you.

Thank you for finding new and entertaining (well, to you) ways to be the Lucy to my Charlie Brown.



All I want is to kick the football. Just once.

Good grief.

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Awesome tattoo

Kinda rated PG-13

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Ever find out something

that makes you feel like the dude that crossed The Joker and a pencil?



Yeah, right about now, I'm that dude. In the same continuous loop.

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Awesome video

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Currently playing

Tiger Woods '07. So far, the digital version of my golf game is similar to the real version of my golf game. Both are very, very frustrating.

But I can't wait to get back out on a real golf course and play a round.

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