So, this morning I slept through the alarm going off. Dar pipes up, “Are you going to turn that off? “
I mumble, “No, go away.”
It’s a fairly new alarm clock. It doesn’t have the harsh, evil, soul sickening sound of our last one. Finally one neuron in my head found a companion with whom to [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Morning
Posted in David Watters Daily Post on December 28, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I’m A Bad Person But Not Completely Evil
Posted in David Watters Daily Post, Humor, Political on December 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The first thought that entered my head when I heard about the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Bhutto today was, “Wow, that horrible. She was going to work to end the military stranglehold on Pakistan and promote democracy.”
My second thought was what small cheap product could I create that would sell by the cartload [...]
New Work Computer
Posted in David Watters Daily Post, geek on December 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So my new work computer came in yesterday. I am loading it up with programs as I type this.
It’s super yummy. I am contemplating stealing it and I am an honest upstanding employee. That just how yummy it is.
For the geeks reading it’s a quad core with 4 gig of ram. I couldn’t justify putting [...]
Another Serious Question
Posted in David Watters Daily Post, Political on December 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
When is the message someone is trying to convey, more important than the person conveying the message?
For example, just as a hypothetical here, what if OJ Simpson, who in my opinion is a double murderer, was a famous research scientist instead of a washed up murdering football player? If he were to find a [...]
Recycled Christmas Eve Post
Posted in David Watters Daily Post, Humor on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
‘Twas the night before Christmas,
And down here in Cali.
Santa was shacked up,
With some chick from the Valley
It seems Mrs. Claus,
The previous night.
Had walked in on Santa,
And seen such a sight!
One of the girl elves,
The cute one named Clover.
Thought Mrs. Claus out,
And came right on over.
Clover was new here,
So pretty and young.
Santa couldn’t believe,
What she did [...]
Stuck
Posted in David Watters Daily Post on December 21, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Watched this a few nights ago and Flagpole Sitta has been stuck in my head ever since. There is a crisper non-youtube version out there (Google Flagpole Sitta lip dub) available on the web site of the people who made it, but I can only link YouTube Videos in my WordPress blog.
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Working Without A Net
Posted in David Watters Daily Post on December 21, 2007 | 4 Comments »
When your backup routine is on the fritz, it is like a trapeze artist working without a net.
I’ve told the ringmaster about our dilemma and I am working to resolve it, but I am reluctant to tell the clowns that actually require me to go to the backups occasionally for fear that they may get [...]
It Has Arrived
Posted in David Watters Daily Post, geek on December 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
So, Christmas came early to the Watters’ household this week.
For Christmas Dar and I of late have been going for a shared big ticket gift instead of the exchange gift thing. Last year it was the camera package, this year we replaced our old TV.
We are now the proud owners of a 37″ Toshiba LCD [...]
Lazy Day Repost
Posted in David Watters Daily Post on December 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I am not having the best of days. Once again, I had to call a customer service number and once again, I received anything but good service. I am contemplating finding a nice cave that will get high speed internet if I bend the branches on the tree outside the cave the right way.
What is [...]
I Have Seen The Future And It Is Sad
Posted in David Watters Daily Post on December 17, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The year is 2010. The product is iHack. Designed specifically by and for dateless geeks.
Geek enters the upscale establishment and sees a beautiful blond at the end of the bar just finishing a phone call.
From his iPhone he uploads his location to the iHack web site. The 3 closest cell phone towers are located and [...]
Wohoo, New Contest
Posted in David Watters Daily Post, story on December 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Bernita over at An Innocent A-Blog has posted a short fiction contest in the same format as Jason over at Clarity of Night has in the past so I thought I’d give it a try since I love the format so much.
My story and the photo it is based on are below. Please visit her [...]
Pissed
Posted in David Watters Daily Post on December 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My e-mail and web server are down again, for the second time in a month.
I’m really royally pissed off about it.
Hold times for tech support are over 1 hour. If you go the high tech online chat route, the hold time is only 45 minutes estimated. I’m currently 25 minutes into that wait time.
I’m [...]
Headline Inspiration
Posted in David Watters Daily Post, geek on December 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So, I’m reading this while I eat my lunch.
All I can think of when I read this is that the microbe mutates just after they feed it the “miracle grow” ingredient and we’re left with this super microbe that eats all the oil reserves in the world which of course essentially leaves us in a [...]
The Things You Miss When You Are Sick A Day
Posted in David Watters Daily Post on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
No not work related stuff, important stuff.
I know at least 2 people who read my blog (or have read in the past) are like me big fans of Robert Jordan and were upset that he died before completing the Wheel of Time series. (or really that he died at all for the matter)
Well yesterday [...]
Bleagh
Posted in David Watters Daily Post on December 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m sick.
It sucks.
Monday I woke with the alarm at 6:00am, rolled over called in sick. I did not regain consciousness until 2:00pm. On the plus side, a new Bev-Mo store opened in our neighborhood. We had popped in just to take a look on the weekend and picked up a case of ginger-ale. Ginger-ale [...]
