The Day Before

Yeah, yeah. I'm still here. I still haven't heard from the Wheel of Fortune, and I'm not holding my breath for it either. Oh well, they say.

It's the day before Thanksgiving, and I'm going on call tomorrow. I have a great Thanksgiving dinner to attend tonight, though I …

Indoor and Minnesota

Since I worked maintenance on the previous weekend, I got Friday off work. I used the time to let loose, and fully take in the new-fangled game we were in for, for the winter indoor kickball league.

It's played in a small community center gymnasium, with about enough …

I Loved Every Minute Of It

I was let off by my gracious employer at 1:30pm today, so I could get downtown in time to make my 2:30 final audition to be a contestant on the Wheel of Fortune. I don't know what I was expecting, but it's not what happened. For one thing, I was expecting a much smaller …

Quite a Week

The first of several rather exciting days was observed last night. Chris and I went down to Grinders on a tip from Jeff that they allegedly already have Nutcracker Ale on tap. Jeff's tip proved to be true, as we hunkered down to some delicious local Christmas beer. In …

Party Complete

The party was held on Friday, and it was the pinnacle in planning and execution. Unfortunately, with 29 attendees(that I recall), it was the most lightly attended party we've ever thrown. But such as it was, it was excellent. Jeff and I picked up a keg of O'Fallon 5-Day …

Callback

I received a piece of mail yesterday.

Wish me luck!

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Repeating her Name

It's been kind of a slow week at work, and a relatively active week at home. Most of our team is in training, and so are effectively gone. That leaves only a few of us to work tickets and calls. But whatever. Work hasn't really been on my mind lately. I've really been …

Good Times, Wheels, and Trains

I had a great weekend. It was of the sort that you can never really plan, that you never expect, but nonetheless comes, and it enjoyed as well as almost anything can be.

It began when I handed off the oncall pager on Thursday, and proceeded into a minor evening. Cole …

Wheel Audition

I met some friends out last night and had a splendid time. While there, I was invited to go out to Nebraska Furniture Mart near the racetrack in KCK, where auditions were being held for contestants on Wheel of Fortune.

Liana picked me up before going to Becky's place to …

Almost Done

I have about an hour and a half more to be on call. We got word that yet again, someone's leaving our group today, this time going to another group in the building. And this time we get a trade employee. We'll see how it goes.

Even though I didn't work a maintenance …

Opening Night

James took the pager last night because he was doing maintenance. That gave me, from 8pm to 4am, the freedom to run around and do what I want. The eye of the storm, once might say. But regardless of what may have been going on afterward or before, I was free for 8 …

Walking in the Rain

I'm on call again. I had a bit of a night from hell last night, and so delayed my arrival into the office until about 11:30am today. After the slings and arrows of outrageous work, I ran home and fed Jeff's yowling cat before taking a three-hour nap. I woke up from …

Unix Admin Job

Anybody want a salaried full-time job as a Unix Administrator? After this weekend, we'll be two people short here at work, and my employer is pretty rotten about speedy hires. Referrals are pretty much required for anything to actually happen.

If you're interested, let me know.

64 Simple Steps

Graphics by Mark Crowe!

1. look man

2. look screen

3. astral body

4. get carttridge

5. get cartridge

6. search man

7. get keycard

8. push open bay door

9. use keycard

10. push left

11. push right

12. get gadget

13. turn on gadget

14. get suit

15. push airlock

16. push platform

17. enter pod

    …

I Got in A Wreck

I'm not interested in going over the fine details, but it should suffice to say that I am unquestionably at fault. I've dropped off my car at Roe Body Shop, picked up a rental on my own dime, made several calls to various insurance and advice peddlers, and I'm now …

The IT Crowd

I've just discovered another gem from British television: Channel 4's The IT Crowd. I highly recommend it. Like The Office was when it was a British innovation, rather than an American imitation, The IT Crowd exudes fresh, topical, timely humor. I don't often laugh out …

New Rule

If you want to give me a call for chit-chat while you're driving, please don't. I think you deserve the courtesy of my undivided attention when we're on the phone, and it's only polite to reciprocate. Also, your fellow motorists will be more confident in your ability to …

Can't Stop Laughing

I got the following video from a friend, who got it from another friend.

I hope it's brought you the same joy it's brought me.

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Um, why?

It's 11pm on a Saturday and I'm at work. In an hour I'll start performing dangerous maintenance on a bunch of computers that are worth more than my life, and that process data more valuable than Iraqi Oil interests. To celebrate, I got Arby's.

I just had, for the first …

Crap and Nothing

My computer died last week, and over the weekend. It died in five days. I have a long, witty, beautifully-written diatribe about it, but I've decided that instead of posting that, I'll just banally point out how quickly this week has passed. Wow! Super-awesome!

I will …