links for 2009-11-05
In: Misc.
5 Nov 2009-
Recruiting for Google is one of the few jobs I would even consider leaving my current job for.
the twilight saga via facebook
In: Misc.
5 Nov 2009
links for 2009-11-04
In: Misc.
4 Nov 2009-
There is nary a reason this should actually be happening.
links for 2009-11-03
In: Misc.
3 Nov 2009-
The video is educational. But what's entertaining? The passionate people that are going crazy in the comments about the correct way to eat a damn chicken wing.
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Despite the state records that showed Joy was convicted of eight counts of child molestation in the late 80s. Hey, every employer ever, BACKGROUND CHECK, WILL YA?
more streak for the cash
In: Misc.
2 Nov 2009My goal every month is to have a perfect record by the end of the month. I’m working on it this month with my record of 0-2-1. How’s that for skills?
Aalborg BK Win or Draw
I’m a fan of the draw when there are two soccer teams that I’ve never heard of. I just hate it when I can’t find the game anywhere online to check the scores from time to time.
0 or 1 Goal
You know when the rest of the people picking have something split pretty evenly, it’s going to be a crapshoot one way or the other. My guess is no different. At all.
New York Knicks
There’s no way I’m picking the other New York team tonight. Plus, as crappy as both lineups for the Hornets and the Knicks are, they’re playing at MSG and they don’t have a win yet. This should be it.
Ryan Gomes
I love Ryan Gomes. The prop could be “Who will tie his shoes the tightest tonight?” and I would pick him. Plus, he just keeps getting better every single year.
Maybe I can end the day 4-2-1? There are already people playing the Streak that have five wins this month ALONE. Seriously crazy.
meet elsa! (and adopt her, too!)
In: Foster Pets
2 Nov 2009Meet Elsa:
I know, right? I’ll wait for you to stop gushing and showing all your friends her picture.
She just flew up from Mexico a little over a week ago with the organization that we foster for, Pet Project Rescue. Her owners moved out of their home, leaving Elsa, her mom, and her two siblings to fend for themselves. Elsa’s about 12 weeks old and very, very sweet.
She’s getting the hang of this whole house-living versus street-living thing, caught on to potty-training extremely fast, and doesn’t even bat an eye when it comes to being around other dogs. Her first adoption day was on Halloween; I have a feeling she won’t last long.
Since she’s been herea little over a week, her favorite thing seems to be hiding things in her kennel. She absolutely loves her kennel and hangs out in there on a regular basis. Last night before putting her to bed, I had to pull out a shoe, five stuffed animals (they’re cheap dog toys when you get them from the thrift store!), and a sock. Like The Boy’s dad said, Elsa wasn’t used to having stuff when she lived in Mexico, so she’s pretty excited about all the things she gets here.
Elsa will probably only be around 30 pounds when she’s fully grown. She already knows how to sit and comes back to you when she’s told. She’s pretty darn near potty trained, and will either go outside as soon as you put her down or on the puppy pad. It’s possible she’s chewed holes in two pairs of my jeans, but I’m okay with that because I needed new jeans anyway.
links for 2009-11-02
In: Misc.
2 Nov 2009-
Chris Walken performs Lady Gaga's Poker Face. I love Christopher Walken with pretty much every ounce of my being.
google voice after three days
In: Internets
31 Oct 2009This one time, a few years ago when I was meeting my friends at Lake Calhoun for what we call Gay Day (it really is a very happy day in the beginning of spring, so it’s appropriately named), I wrote a song and it goes like this:
Homos. In the sexual park.
That’s all I wrote. It has it’s own melody. It’s just not ready to be recorded yet. Mainly because those five words are as far as I’ve gotten. I’m calling it a creative roadblock.
I got my Google Voice number set up a few days ago, so I had The General call and leave a message to see how it all worked. It seem only appropriate that The General decide to sing my song (which I should totally get copyrighted now that I’ve published it on the internet) into my new Google Voice thing. And, let me tell you, friends, Google Voice has some trouble understanding “homos in the sexual park” when it transcribes it in a voicemail or email.
When sang, “homos in the sexual park” is translated into:
homeowners and a sexual will palmer
When spoken very clearly, it’s translated into:
loans in the sexual Park
Another one of my favorites so far has been a voicemail I received from Maia, the Pet Project Rescue Czar. “Hey, Wendy, it’s Maia” was turned into:
Hey Wendy, It’s my ass
My ass. Keep working, Google, because I’m in love with it already!
links for 2009-10-31
In: Misc.
31 Oct 2009-
I love inappropriate things.
the things about facebook
In: Internets
29 Oct 2009Don’t get me wrong. I love Facebook a lot. Like really a whole lot, I promise. But here are the things I don’t like (or more accurately loathe) about the Book of the Face:
- The atrocious spelling and grammar. I know I spell things wrong and maybe don’t always use the most accurate form of verbs 100% of the time. But you know what I always do? Spell words out. There’s nothing like seeing people I graduated with (making them over 30 years old) replacing the word to with 2, four with 4, and you with u. This is reserved for 12 year olds! (Keep in mind if my 12 year old tried to pull that, I’d make him redo it. About 298 times.)
- It’s great that you love Jesus (or Buddha or Captain Zolton or whoever you want to invest your religious beliefs in — I don’t care), but when I see things that say “Let’s see how many people aren’t afraid to show their love for God!” on your Facebook status, I want to punch you. In the grand scheme of religion, everyone considers the object of their religious belief GOD, so everyone can repost that. And then won’t you feel lke an ass??
- No, I will not be a fan of your three piece jazz band or your TV show that you starred in once or your recreational mini golf team. I’m not really a fan of any of those things that you do, so why should I pretend I am on the ‘book. Know what I mean? I probably asked you to be a fan of my dogs or my work, but only if I know you and know you don’t mind me spamming you with shit like that.
- I also don’t want to be invited to your part that’s in a state 800 miles a way on a regular basis. If I haven’t seen you in 10+ years, I don’t want to come to your stupid candle-selling party. Suck it, Ponzi. I’m not interested.
There are more, but I have Mafia Wars to tend to and some new Cafe World thing I have to see about. And then I need to probably play Bejeweled.
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i've been blogging right here at this domain for 10+ years. i'm 31. partner. dog-owner. volunteer. step-parent. pro-gay marriage. anti-sarah palin. love sports, traveling, photography, and really bad reality tv. i'm also on twitter (@twodolla) and facebook if'n you need even more of me.
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