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June 26, 2007
Ducks In A Row
My grad school ducks are almost in their little row. Move it, maggots! Friday is the deadline! You! Back in line! Where's Mallard?! Mallard, front and center! No! Wait! Back in line!
"Quack."
Who said that?! All right, I want a perfect row before Friday or it's into the pot with the lot of you! No fowl ups, you hear me?
"But we are fowl."
Who said that?! So we have a comedian in the ranks. Who wants to spend some time marching up and down the square?!
No one? Good. Off with you then.
No! Wait! Back in line! Form one row. That's a good lot.
Yes, I'm losing it. @_@
Posted by Tacitus at 05:42 PM | Comments (0)
Mee Noo Bo
A long time ago--well, it seems like a long time ago--my company shut down all instant messaging chat with the outside world. I entertained myself for a time with attempts to tunnel out through all the blocked ports using HTTP Tunnel. Results were at best mixed. Then HTTP Tunnel shut down their free server for way too long, and all communications went dead. I've been living in darkness ever since... until now.
Meebo, I love you! *hugs Meebo* You are my new bestest friend! Until you fail me and/or something prettier comes along. :P Hey, just being honest.
All my chats (AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, and MSN Messenger) on the Internets! Ooo! Ahhh! Ohh! Who'd a thunk it!
Yes, I am a dork. :P
Posted by Tacitus at 04:12 PM | Comments (0)
June 17, 2007
Things In Motion
We're moving. Well, we're planning on moving. Right now, we're going through the motions of prepping our house for sale: inviting Realtors to conduct market analyses, clearing out the clutter (selling off what's worth selling, then junking the rest), fixing up the insides (patching, painting, replacing blinds, etc.), and beautifying the outside (re-landscaping, planting). We've given ourselves 4 weeks to make the house ready. We're going to try eBay, and if we can't move our things quickly enough, we'll call in a trading assistant. We're ripping out all of the ugly, boring plantings (and there are plenty!) and replacing them with lovelier things. Pics soon maybe.
Ah, but where are we moving, you ask? For the longest time, Washington state has been our goal, and it still is. But we're taking a detour. Our destination is now Georgia... and grad school. More on that too if I manage to get my ducks in a row in time for the application deadline.
Posted by Tacitus at 07:34 PM | Comments (2)
June 05, 2007
Defend the Desktop!
Oh! New time waster! Enjoy!
Posted by Tacitus at 11:47 AM | Comments (0)
Paint, Plumb, Rewire, Cut, Bleed
Adding to my recent litany of injuries, Sunday I cut two of my fingers with a utility knife while trying to strip electrical wire the wrong way. I'd tried several "right" ways to no avail, and so in irritated--and, yes, stupid--desperation opted of the wrong way. The results: I standing at the kitchen sink stemming blood flow from wounds sustained; fortunately non-life threatening ones.
Thus ended a frustrating day of multiple aborted projects due to a lack of tools, lack of leverage, and lack of space to maneuver. The plumbing and electrical projects will now have to wait until I again have the use of my left thumb and little finger. I did get some painting done, however; before everything went to pot.
A word of advice: never work with sharp objects while pissed off. And if you find yourself getting pissed off? Put down the knife, and walk away. Oh, and also try first to identify and work from the "linchpin" of your project out; meaning, it does you no good to first disconnect everything from your kitchen faucet before you determine if you will even be able to get the faucet unmounted from the sink! :P
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