El Picklficianado est MIA

I cannot find my poor little Picklefish.
I have 4 of the 5 creatures I caught Sunday, but not the Picklefish.
I shall continue to search, but I am starting to think someone may have swiped it from my back pocket as I was walking around downtown. Either that, or it popped out while I was changing clothes. If that is the case, I may have accidentally kicked it under the truck or something. If so, then it is (or WAS) in the Civic Center parking lot.
I hope I can find it. I was so excited about having a new mascot.
Now I am distraught.

At least I have Lost to keep me company for the time being.

Dimanche Gras and Les Femmes Cassettes

The events of my Sunday resulted in me being able to use a version of a line from Family Guy that I thought could not possible apply to anyone.
In the episode "Wasted Talent", Peter spends an entire evening drinking beer in an attempt to find the "silver scroll" to win a tour of Pawtucket Pat Brewery. Well, when Lois comes in to see him drinking the next morning, she says "Peter, you're drunk." To which Peter replies, "No, I'm not. I'm just exhausted because I was up all night drinkin'."
Well, I got to use that.
When I came in after my day, my parents asked me how drunk I was, to which I replied, "I'm not drunk. I'm just tired because I was out all day drinking."

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Anyway, Sunday I got downtown around 1ish. I wandered around for a little while. I managed to pick out a pretty good spot for the Joe Cain parade It was due to start at 2:30, but it got to my little area around 3. As it turned out, my spot was very dangerous. I took several direct hits to my face. I did see a nice chest, though. Unfortunately, the nice chest was the nicest part of the girl that owned the chest.
After the parade, I met up with Melissa and Daniel. They had just missed the parade. They were a little peeved. We walked to Picklefish, but the bar was closed. We walked over to Grand Central and got some drinks. We then started walking around for a little while and somehow managed to stumble across the Joe Cain parade again. It was on it's return trip down Government Boulevard. Oddly enough, though, we had wandered into an area dominated in population by black people. We were the only 3 white people within visible distance. This, as it turns out (so we think) is what caused us to get so heavily pelted with stuff. I guess the people on the floats noticed us because we stood out from the crowd. By the end of this parade, I had a very heavy load of beads around my neck, and I was up to TWO stuffed animals.

After that, we continued walking. I decided to check on my truck. It was safe. We then walked back down Dauphin Street. We hit up Picklefish again, but the bar was still closed. This was beginning to piss me off. Apparently, the bartender was ASLEEP. THAT was their reason for keeping the bar closed. This resulted in me seeing Ania for like...6 seconds, instead of 6 hours.

We explored various places and managed to find awesome spots for the Krewe de Bienville parade. I was physically about 2 feet away from the floats. I got so much crap from that parade. I got this awesome snake creature thingie. The parade brought me up to 5 stuffed animals. Which reminds me, one of the animals I got from the Joe Cain parade looks exactly like what I might expect a "Picklefish" to look like. I may make it my maskot for Thursday nights. I could bring it in and place it on the table in front of me.
Just a thought.

Well, we hung out for a while until I decided to head toward the Civic Center to get to the Ball. It was a combination ball for the Krewe de Bienville and Les Femmes Cassettes. Being invited to Les Femmes Cassettes gave me complete access to the entire ball.
Anyway...I started the long trek back to my truck. I finally made it, and I put down all the beads. THAT is when I realized exactly how much crap I had. It took me a while to get all the beads off, and they were very very heavy.

I got in the truck and started trying to find the Civic Center. Granted...many areas were still blocked off by barricades. Also, I was a little tipsy. Interestingly enough, despite being buzzed....I pulled up next to a cop, lowered my window, and asked him for directions. He gave them to me. Heh. I rock.

I got to the Civic Center and found a parking place. I then started to change into my Tux. I think I did a pretty good job given the severe lack of space. I finally met up with my date about 10 minutes before the doors were to be shut. No one is allowed to enter after 7:50pm.
We go in, she shows me around, she introduces me to her family and what-not, then I hit the bar. After grabbing a drink, I decided to get some food. I then sat and ate. Virginia's mom pulled me up to go dancing with the pretty ladies and others. After a little while, they took me to look around the rest of the ball.

The KDBs had several bars, I think about 6 or 8, not certain. They also had about 5+ rooms devoted to food. I pieced together THE best deer sandwich I have ever eaten. It was amazing. I loaded it down with meat, and I happily and proudly carried it around the ball with me as I continued to crew the wonderful, tender meat. It was great. Then I hit the bar again.
I actually danced on the BIG dance floor in the main arena. I suck at dancing, but I had forced enough RUM into my system to make me not care.

It was beautiful. The ball, the bar, the food, my date.

At some point, I walked up to some random hottie in a red dress, placed my hand on her shoulder, told her she looked positively radiant, smiled when she smiled and said "thank you", then walked off.

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The stains I found on the collar of my tuxedo shirt left me slightly perplexed. The people at the tuxedo shop told me that beads tend to bleed onto clothing. This I can understand...
but I took the beads off before I put on the shirt. If the shirt got stained by the beads, then the beads would have had to leave one HECK of a stain on my neck. If that were the case, why did not anyone TELL me I had a colored neck?
Oh well.

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I made one peculiar observation about the evening.
It was almost like going to a party at a rich land-owner's house back in like...1798.
Everyone was caucasian.
I saw TWO people that were not caucasian.
One was serving drinks at a bar.
The other was sweeping up trash in the hallway.
It is a strange feeling to realize that while you are actually in the middle of it all.

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I was pretty sober by the time I left, but I was very tired. I had been downtown drinking for a long time. I've had my fill of alcohol for the week.
I must remember to take the Picklefish with me to Picklefish.
Goodbye for now, blog.

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BTW....what is the proper spelling for "Yarrr?"
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That also reminds me. I thought about another language anomaly. In general public, you can use the phrase "kok ay zhun", but not "ay zhun kok".

Statcounter Woes and Mardi Gras Balls

For the longest time, I could not log into my statcounter account. I am guessing it is because I spelled my username with a lower-case p instead of an upper-case P. Anyway, I finally got into the site after breaking into my stored password list.
I discovered a few interesting things...
here is how a few people have been finding my site...

	2	33.33%	50000 people a day get stds
	1	16.67%	new york state duplicate w2 forms
	1	16.67%	wheelstoafrica
	1	16.67%	phlibbertigibbet
	1	16.67%	ph of fruit punch
	6	100.00%

I think that is kindof funny.

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Sunday I shall attend my first ever Mardi Gras Ball. I agreed to be a backup date for my backup. As it turns out, she needed me. Her main date fell through, and her boyfriend is not coming into town, so I got the call.
I rented a Tux which I shall pick up today. I had to pay a rush fee to get it so quickly. I also bought insurance on the thing in case it gets stained or...whatever.
I will most likely spend pretty much all day downtown Sunday.
Joe Cain parade is at 2:30. I do not think I have ever been to Mardi Gras on JC day. Very dangerous. Even more so now. Well...then I can hang out with Ania at PF for a little while before the Les Femmes des Cassettes parade. Immediately following that, I shall dress in my Tux and head over to the civic center. Hopefully there will be some cute girls there. It is a female Mardi Gras society, but most of the females are much older. I am hoping they have some cute daughters they are bringing.
And...if I do not manage to get completely toasted there...
I may leave and head back over to the PF and hang out with Ania some more. That should be fun. I'll be all fancy in my little Tux. Heh.
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On a similar note....someone needs to slap me at some point.
I turned down an offer to be driven home by Ania.
Why? Because the alcohol in my system caused my reaction speed to dwindle.
My first reaction was "Well, I need to go pick up Gibbet."
Then I realized what had just been offered....but it was too late.

....

I have officially accepted the offer at Veletox.
I have actually not yet completely decided whether or not I will immediately quit the theatre or hold on to it for a while, maybe a couple of weeks.
I shall just have to see.

Fixedfront Valley

Since Brokeback Mountain opened in Mobile, there has been one guy that has been to Hollywood to see it every evening. He has also watched it at Wynnsong, though I am uncertain if he has been there every day too. Anyway...he has been to Hollywood every night since the movie opened. He knows we recognize him. He even jokes about the fact that he has seen it so many times.
Today when he came to get his ticket he asked when we would be pulling the movie. I told him we would probably still have it another week.
I thought he was planning to come see it next week, but he was actually trying to find out when the movie would be leaving so he could possibly get a poster for it.
As it turns out, the movies is basically "the story of his life"...except that he actually dumped his mate after 16 years.
I decided to get a poster for him. I got it ready for him as he was watching the rest of his movie. I gave it to him as he was leaving and told him I had another one if he wanted it. He seemed happy. Well, my cell phone rang. Normally, I would not answer my phone in front of customers...but he was pretty much the last guy left in the building....and I was trying to avoid the awkwardness of walking across the building with the guy. I decided to answer it. It was my best friend Tam. I do not know what possessed me to do this, but I answered with "Hey, Hon."
THIS...I think, pissed off the Brokeback guy. I believe he was upset that I was flaunting my heterosexuality in front of him. My friend seems to think that maybe the guy had a crush on me and got upset when he found out I was taken.
I find that funny. Well, regardless, the guy did not seem as happy after my little phone call.

On a humorous note, my boss mentioned something to me the other day. I decided to search for it. Check THIS out. Brokeback to the Future.
It is on a lot of different sites.
Just f'n Google it if this link fails.

Protests and Such

Well, I got off work a little bit ago. I came home and nuked an old TV Dinner I found in the freezer. I did not have enough energy to fire up the grill and cook a hamburger.........though I wanted one. Maybe next time.
Anyway...I was reading the news and found out about more of those stupid Mohammed cartoon protests. Any protest in which someone dies is a bad protest. The more I hear about violence, the more I begin to lose respect for the religion.
Last week I had a discussing with a Muslim friend of mine. He brought up the protests, and I mentioned something about how it is stupid that they are burning buildings and killing people.
His response was a question... "How would you feel if someone had posted a cartoon of YOUR father?" To which, I replied, "I'm not going to go torching buildings and destroying property."
I cannot understand how they justify this, meanwhile HE cannot understand why I cannot understand how they justify this. To them, this makes perfect sense.
However...I would not mind someone from this religion pointing out to me the exact part of the Koran that states that you should kill people if a cartoon gets published.
I am aware that the Bible has similar punishments for certain forms of blasphemy or sin, but most of the Christian world has become civilized. These blasted third-world Islamic Muslim people are just making themselves look bad.

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Ribs tomorrow! Heck yeah. About 12 hours and counting.
Oh yeah, as it turns out...I may actually be going to a Mardi Gras ball this year. In fact...it is next Sunday.
It was extremely short notice. Though, I agreed, like a month ago, to be a backup date for this girl. As it turns out, she needs the backup.
I wonder if I can still get a Tux in time.
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I have lost the will to continue blogging.
Goodbye for now.

Da Waffle Hizzie

Well...it is official.
The Waffle House on Old Shell & University is open.
I have eaten there.
The world is well.


...a haiku...
The Waffle Hizzie.
Cheesesteak, Wonderful it is.
Pay at the counter.

ABS

Anti-Lock Breaking Systems ROCK. Perhaps many of you do not realize it because you take them for granted. Well...I gained a high appreciation for them today when I was driving my old truck around in the damp weather. My breaks locked up and I began to skid along the road.
When you are heading into a busy intersection and cannot stop...it really makes your heart begin to race. The funny thing is...I was not even driving that fast. I knew I was going to have to slow down or stop before turning right...so I started slowing down way in advance. I would estimate I was doing somewhere between 15mph and 25mph when my breaks locked up. Maybe even a little less. The only thing I could do was try my best to turn away from any other vehicles. Of course...that meant popping up onto the little concrete divider.
Oh well...it made for a great eye-opener.
I cannot wait to get my car back....or get a new car.

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Here is where I planned to rant about Hollywood, but I will save that.

Wacky Wednesday

I woke up late Wednesday morning. I got a call a little after 11 asking if I could come into work to cover a shift for a manager that was having a small family emergency. So, I got there around noonish. I worked all day and got off work around 12:20. I played a little bit of DDR. I left the theatre and decided to go to a "club".
I will spare the details of what happened at the club, due to certain policies I might possibly violate on the blogspot website. Let's just say I bumped into an old friend, and much fun was had.
I got home around 4:30 I think, I am not totally certain.
It was quite a night.
Maybe one day I will list some carefully worded details.
Maybe one day I will post some pics on a private site.
Who knows?
Heh

Valentine's Day

So today is the dreaded Valentine's Day.
I actually enjoyed my day, despite the fact I am single.
I went to the bank to get some money to pay some bills. It started raining on my way there, so I got wet walking into the bank. I was withdrawing quite a bit of cash, which is why I did not use the ATM. In verifying my account, the teller mentioned, "I see you sent flowers to someone."
I said my normal "Heh."
We chatted about that for a bit.

I eventually got my cash.
I rushed to my truck to avoid getting completely soaked. The truck would not crank. I sat there for a bit. When the rain subsided, I popped the hood, pulled off the air filter cover, and opened up the choke. I then cranked the truck, removed my clothespin, shut the hood, and got back in the truck.

I drove to Walmart Neighborhood Market and sent an express payment. I then explored for a bit. I got a huge bag of Gummie Bears and four pints of ice cream in flavors I decided to try. Tam called while I was there. She let me know she and her sister were going to try on dresses. So, O guess that pretty much meant our date for the evening was off. Oh well.

I put the stuff in my truck and then walked over to Regions to pay on my student loan. I walked up to the cutest teller and told her I needed to pay on my loan, but had no clue how much I owed. I have not received a statement in a while. Her computer showed a balance of Zero. So, she called the student loan department. They told what I needed to pay, and so...I did. That teller was very cute.

Anyway, I went back to the truck and drove my ice cream home. I then planned to go to the park, but the rain increased again. I opted for PetSmart. I needed to buy a new collar and leash for Gibbet. I also bought her a tube to play in. I put that stuff in my truck after setting off the alarms at PetSmart. I then walked to Books-A-Million.

I wandered around BAM for a while. I bought a copy of Darwin Awards III, Garfield's Guide To Everything, and The New York Bartender's Guide.
I also saw a couple of other books, I decided to check their prices online. I got them on Buy.com much cheaper.

I took my purchases to my truck and then walked over to Blockbuster Video. I found a couple of movies that looked interesting, but then remembered my Blockbuster card was in my car, which was locked up at the shop. I did not want to wait in the long line to find out if I did not need it, so I perused the games-for-sale section. I did not find anything of great interest. Then, I remembered that the Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular was due to come on. I checked the time and noticed I had 7 minutes left. I walked out, got in my truck, and drove home. I switched to CBS just in time to catch the opening. It was a good show.

In blogging at this moment...I am extremely hungry. I rather wish my date was not canceled. I could use a nice meal out. I still have not decided whether I shall eat here or attempt to go out to eat somewhere.

At one point today, K from T called. She set me up with a meeting with C the VP next Tuesday a 2. I am optimistic.

My Day

I went to bed last night with a horrible headache.
My friend, the doctor-in-training, told me I should take some medicine.
I did not really want to, though I was thinking about trying it anyway.
My aversion comes from the fact that, historically and statistically, taking a headache medicine is a gamble for me. I'd say it is about a 50/50 chance. There is a 50% chance it will work fine. Last night was not one of those times. The other 50% chance is that it will make my headache worse.
It did.
The only thing I could do was get in bed and hope for the best.
The headache continued.
Eventually, I forced myself out of bed at around 7:30 feeling much better. I decided to do some laundry. I washed a load of clothes, then I had this idea to create a new version of the project on which I have been working for "T".
After submitting my resume to "T" last Wednesday, they called me back 1 hour and 28 minutes later. I interviewed with 4 people Thursday. "K" was great. She seems very personable. "G", "D", and "E" were cool. They seem like people with whom I could easily get along.
There are plenty of cute females at "T" too.
Well, anyway, after interviewing with them, they gave me a project to complete. I did one in about an hour and submitted it. I then took another day to try out a flash version. I was not thrilled with the version I made, but it was my first real flash.
This morning, I created something over which I could be proud....considering I am still a huge n008 with flash.
Three hours after my submission, "K" from "T" called me to tell me she wanted to set up a "chat" with the "VP". .... ok...so everyone knows what "VP" means...big deal.
Anyway, the chat was scheduled for Tuesday at 2pm.
I was so excited, my adrenaline started pumping. To expel some energy, I decided to go outside and run around with Rusty (my mom's puppy). In the process, I got very scratched up.
Anyway, while I was outside... "K" called back to tell me she had just found out the "VP" would be out of town until Friday. She would call me back when she could find out when he would be available to chat.

Still....I am in a good mood.
Things are looking up for the Phlibbertigibbet.
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and..
if even HALF of the girls that stared at me Thursday are single...
mmmmmm

Centennial Post

For my hundredth post, I would like to list 100 thoughts from my mind. How this will work: I will type a number, then type the first thing I think about after typing the number.

1) I make a bad drunk. I say insulting things when I get drunk.
2) Onya's birthday is today!
3) Man, designing a website for a fake company is more challenging than I thought.
4) Gibbet hates "FerretSheen".
5) Julie just IMed me.
6) The pizza I ate this morning was not as good reheated.
7) Heh, Julie just asked if I had ever heard of Degussa! How interesting.
8) Gibbet has gotten into a little bit better shape. She can jump much higher and climb to higher places now. This is bad.
9) I hope TeleVox hires me.
10) I hope TeleVox pays well.
11) I want to go to California.
12) I am tired.
13) How much does it cost to take a cruise to the carribbean?
14) When did Diet Coke get so nasty?
15) Gibbet is bored. She is just laying there, not doing anything.
16) I need to spend more time on that charity website.
17) Cake is yummy.
18) I found out a couple of days ago while trying to clean Gibbet's ears that she really loves the taste of rubber gloves.
19) The president of Hollywood is in town. That should make for an interesting evening.
20) My tax refund came in today!
21) Tam just came online.
22) I want to see UltraViolet. That looks like a cool movie. Plus, it has Milla Jovavich in it. She rocks. Moooltipass.
23) GoDaddy has the worst commercials.
24) Jimmy Carr is funny.
25) I bought my Dragon*Con membership the other day. 2006 is paid for!
26) I cannot tell if this Bi-Odor stuff is working for Gibbet anymore.
27) I think I am doing pretty well with my caffeine strike.
28) Julie just asked what my favorite song is. I responded by saying "Canon in D, Pachelbel".
29) Wow..typing 100 things takes a while when you have a blank mind.
30) I cannot believe my printer ran out of ink right before trying to print up the application for TeleVox. Man, that sucked.
31) Why did my TRUCK have to have a delay in cranking yesterday? Being late to an interview is never good.
32) Crap, I have put myself into a worrying mood.
33) Water is good. It does not always taste great with every food, but it is such a wonderful beverage. Plus, you can pretty much take it anywhere you want to go without any flak from society.
34) Text messaging is the coolest mobile phone feature.
35) Or would that be Monty Python ring tones?
36) Monty Python rocks.
37) Brazil is a cool movie.
38) I think Spaceballs is still one of my favorite films, ever.
39) This desk lamp is bright.
40) I wish I knew why Gibbet was so violent.
41) I hope Smokey's condition goes away soon. Poor little guy.
42) I still need to take Gibbet to meet the other ferrets. I wonder if she would be any nicer to them than she is to other creatures.
43) Mom called to let me know some bad weather is coming through. I wonder HOW bad, and WHEN it will be here.
44) Come to think of it, it makes sense that there would be bad weather coming. Every time an important member of Hollywood's corporate team comes to Mobile, something happens to screw us over. Power outage, fire, random equipment failure. Looks like tonight will be a fun night afterall.
45) I should go downtown after work. Brian said we should hit every bar.
46) Heh....I could actually do that. Since my refund came through, I can afford to do random crap now. I think, though, that I will pay off some debt.
47) Phase One: Collect Underpants
48) Phase Two:
49) Phase Three: Profit. Understand now?
50) Halfway done, almost.
51) Redheads ROCK.
52) Well...not all redheads. Probably about 75% of them. Redheads are either Extremely Gorgeous or Extremely Ugly. I have never seen an inbetween.
53) Ambien sucks.
54) Steven Colbert is actually pretty funny sometimes.
55) Crap, I should probably go get ready for work soon. It is getting late.
56) Eddie Izzard rocks. "Dressed to Kill", I think, is his best work.
57) I love Whose Line is it Anyway?.
58) When a question mark is part of a word, how do you handle the punctuation issues?
59) Which is gramatically correct? 1) The yolk of the eggs is white. or 2) The yolk of the eggs are white.
60) I am missing some pictures somewhere. I cannot remember where I put all my old pics.
61) Caffeine Free Coke is awesome. It tastes like Coke, but it is Caffeine free. No sleeping problems!!
62) That reminds me, since I have cut out caffeine, I have been able to get to sleep a lot more easily.
63) I love the Narnia soundtrack. It is just great. Well, a couple of the songs, anyway.
64) Darkstalkers. Mmmm.
65) I miss Sim City. I should play it again sometime soon. I think I still have Sim City 3000 Unlimited on my computer.
66) I need to put some candy in my gumball machine.
67) I need to go to the store. I am running low on razors and anti-perspirant.
68) Hey! I could buy a new digital camera with my refund! Heck yeah. I wonder which one I should get. I should do some research later.
69) I still need to download Savage. I need to learn to play the game before I go to play the game.
70) Season 5 Episode 10 of Family guy is horrible.
71) I love my space heater.
72) I wonder if Tam is doing OK.
73) Oh yeah, Valentine's Day is a few days away. I need to set up some deliveries.
74) Is it just me, or are the pointless shows sometimes the coolest to watch.
75) Crap...I forgot to get Wednesday's episode of Mythbusters. I guess I can do that when I get home from work tonight. I love that show.
76) Hmm....seizures are not cool, I should say. Never had one, but I bet they suck royally.
77) I just sent someone a link to that RGB link Espen posted on his blog. That little thing is cool, but it makes me sick to my stomach to watch it.
78) I probably should go take a shower soon. If 4:10 hits before I finish this, then I will probably continue it later.
79) I have grass skirts hanging on my windows. The perfect blinds!
80) You know the way a bathroom smells after a cute girl has just taken a shower? Yeah...I love that smell. I do not know why it smells different, but it just does.
81) On that note, I love the smell of Glade "Refreshing Spa". It used to be called something else relating to a shower. It smells the same, but it has a different name. It smells really good too.
82) I just noticed I still have a rather large collection of the medicines I DIDN'T take when I was having my insomniatic period.
83) Due to the length of this post, I will probably skip spell checking when I finally post it.
84) My feet are cold.
85) I need to do some laundry.
86) I really REALLY hope things go well at work tonight.
87) Is anyone else a fan of Spongebob Squarepants? The pure stupidity of the show often drags me in. There is also a lot of inuendo.
88) I am running low on CDs. I should buy some more soon.
89) I think I have duplicate copies of Season 1 of Futurama on my computer.
90) 2500 pennies actually weigh quite a bit.
91) I need to clean my room.
92) I wonder if anyone is actually reading this post. This is a lot of crap to sift through. I probably wouldn't unless I was positively bored.
93) Carmageddon is a fun game. I wonder if they have released any new versions since 3. Two was the best. Three sucked because it was not compatible with Windows XP. It ran very poorly.
94) I still find it funny that I have a replica of the killer bunny from Quest for the Holy Grail
95) It looks like it is about time to change out Gibbet's litter box. I will probably take care of that right before I leave for work.
96) When trying to learn Japanese, it would probably help if two words, spelled with different characters, that mean similar things, but not quite, did NOT sound the same. How can they tell what someone is talking about in that situation? It would be hard to pick it out of context because the two similar things are still mutually exclusive.
97) The Running Man....that was actually a pretty good movie, I think. Cheesy, just like any other movie from that era, but still good to watch.
98) I have not heard from Zoryana in a while.
99) I just noticed I have like 500 business cards for a business for which I do not even work any more.
100) Time for a shower.

Koran 9:11 Predicted 9/11?

Ok, so I got a chain letter today with a lot of not-so-backed-up information in it.
Essentially, it claims that the Koran itself predicted the 9/11 attacks, and it also predicted the war in Iraq.
Here is the letter (with the email addresses removed)...
I was forced to remove all formatting due to some problems with the internal HTML.
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This is freaky, interesting and scary all in one!

Read down to the very bottom, you don't want to miss this!

VERY INTERESTING -

1. The garden of Eden was in Iraq.

2. Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq , was the cradle of civilization!

3. Noah built the ark in Iraq .

4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq.

5. Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq!

6. Isaac's wife Rebekah is from Nahor, which is in Iraq !

7. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq.

8. Jonah preached in Nineveh - which is in Iraq.

9 Assyria, which is in Iraq, conquered the ten tribes of Israel.

10. Amos cried out in Iraq!

11. Babylon, which is in Iraq, destroyed Jerusalem.

12. Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq!

13. The three Hebrew children were in the fire in Iraq (Jesus had been in Iraq also as the fourth person in the fiery furnace!)

14. Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq.

15. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq .

16. Ezekiel preached in Iraq.

17. The wise men were from Iraq.

18. Peter preached in Iraq.

19. The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called Babylon , which was a city in Iraq !

And you have probably seen this one. Israel is the nation most often mentioned in the Bible. But do you know which nation is second? It is Iraq! However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible. The names used in the Bible are Babylon, Land ofShinar , and Mesopotamia . The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris and ! Euphrates Rivers. The name Iraq, means country with deep roots.

Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country in the Bible.

No other nation, except Israel, has more history and prophecy associated with it than Iraq.

And also.. This is something to think about! Since America is typically represented by an eagle. Saddam should have read up on his Muslim passages...

The following verse is from the Koran, (the Islamic Bible)

Koran (9:11) - For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah; and there was peace.

(Note the verse number!) Hmmmmmmm?! God Bless you all Amen !

I BETTER NOT HEA R OF ANYONE BREAKING THIS ONE OR SEE DELETED This is a ribbon for soldiers fighting in Iraq. Pass it on to everyone and pray. Something good will happen to you tonight at 11:11 PM This is not a joke. Someone will either call you or will talk to you online and say that they love you. Do not break this chain. Send this to 13 people in the next 15 minutes. Go.






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Ok...I thought this was just too good to be true.
I was all ready to just...revel in the wondrousness of such a fact.
Then, the analyst in me decided to cross-check this information.

Sure enough, searching for this information does indeed bring up much support for this fact. Tons of websites are displaying this same information.

For some reason, I was still not satisfied.
So....I decided to actually check the Koran itself.

.....
Guess what I found?
NO mention of an "Eagle" OR a "Son of Arabia".
In fact....here is Koran Chapter 9 Verse 11:

"[9.11] But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are your brethren in faith; and We make the communications clear for a people who know"

I confirmed this with three different online versions of the Koran (Quran).

DO NOT BELIEVE THE HYPE!!

I know it would be great for this to be true, but it is FALSE.

Whoever created this letter is just trying to fool a LOT of people, and they have succeeded.

Future Without Jesus

No, this is not a religious post.

This is just a quick rant. I have noticed recently that certain things played on [Adult Swim] have been edited for some strange reason.
In two evenings, I have seen two episodes of Futurama. At some point, the audio cut out for a moment. You can clearly tell something has been muted.
Well...in looking up the original dialog of the show (by simply checking my copy on my hard drive)...I realize the word edited out was "Jesus".
WHY is this being edited out?
You would think with all the things they COULD edit out, they remove the word "Jesus".
I wonder if it has something to do with the word immediately preceding that in the dialog. The phrase was "Holy Zombie Jesus."

I just do not understand.

Oh well.

Chili and Family Guy

Sorry for the delay in posting. I was dead tired when I came in from work last night...at 3am.

Anyway, the Chili Cook-Off was a LOT of fun. I am glad I went.
I partook of 5 different animals. I had cow, pig, deer, alligator, and kangaroo.
To be honest, I think Schmirnoff's Venison chili was my favorite. It was really good.
In one of my excursions to get some more to drink, I ran into an old friend from French class. She and her cousin Hope had both lost my phone number. She immediately asked for it. I, of course, gave it to her. I did not see Hope there, though. She is quite possibly the hottest [non PickleFish crew-member] redhead I have ever met. Too bad she is a smoker. Though, I guess that would make her a smoking hot smoker.

We took a break to walk down to the candy shop. The females went in. The males stood across the street in the warm sun. The unmarried males admired the cute passers-by. The married ones probably did too, but did not say anything.

We set up camp in Cathedral Square. I was upset the fountains were not on. I embarrassed myself by trying to walk on my hands. Kenny, Teddy, half of T-anne, and I all threw a small Frisbee around. I was pathetic at it. I wonder what happened to my Frisbee skills. I guess if you do not throw one for several years you lose your touch. I used to play discgolf when I was 10. I remember those days....I could actually throw the thing straight.

After sitting there for a while, Kenny, KC, T-Anne, cBot, and Chie all left. MadDog, BMW-m, and I all headed back down to the cookoff. By then, all the chili was gone. Because of this, they were not charging nor checking for entry. We met up with Doug, Casey, and David. We chatted for a while, then a couple more of my friends popped up. They eventually decided to go over to Picklfish to get some food since they were too late for the chili.

The winners of the cook-off were announced. Oddly enough, the sponsors of the event won.
Doug, Casey, Brian, Jeremy, David, and I all walked down to Hayley's bar. We had some drinks. I had a couple of shots. I enjoyed them. The funny thing is....I had to go to work immediately after that. That made for an interesting hour or so at work...WHICH, by the way, turned out to be the busiest night of the year so far. Nearly 5K people bought tickets yesterday. That makes for a LOT of work.

..........

On a different note. As I was about to leave Pelican the other day, a friend of mine mentioned seeing something on a recent episode of Family Guy that was not funny. She said Stewie was beating up Brian, and that the joke was just taken too far.
I was unaware that episodes were still airing. So, I went home and decided to download it.

Oddly enough, the episode in question is Season 5 Episode 10, though...everywhere I look for download online it is listed as Episode 11.

Anyway...I watched the episode. I was flabbergasted. The entire episode was NOT FUNNY. They took every joke WAY too far. Some of the stuff was just bad. I hope this is not a sign of things to come. Quite possibly the funniest things in the episode were: Mike Tyson getting worn out beating up Carol Channing , and a group of "Super Lesbians" singing "Elvira"...but I did not laugh at those. Nothing was appealing about the episode at all, except the last half-second. If you watch it, you'll see what I mean.

Anyway, I should be off now.

Fun Vocabulary

I was planning to make a posting about how much I am beginning to dislike my job, but I won't.
I thought about talking about the customers I managed to piss off tonight, but I won't.
What I will do...is list a few words I think are interesting words.
Why?
JUST BECAUSE...

1) Flibbertigibbet. It is my favorite word. Yes, it really is a word.
2) Effervescent. It is just so much fun to say.
3) Kalamazoo. It is a city in Michigan. That word is also fun to say.
4) Enigma. It just sounds cool.
5) Coccyx. Is that not a great word?
6) Sphygmomanometer. A VERY fun word to say.
I think I will continue this list another day.

....and while I am on the subject of words...I shall mention something.
a phrase I hate......
any variation of "God told me to."
How do you KNOW God told you to do something?
I can understand it a little more if someone puts a dealbreaker in there somewhere like "I feel" or "I believe".
If someone tells me they are doing something because God told them to, I immediately label them as crazy. God has not literally verbally SPOKEN to anyone since before Christ visited this planet. Now, people have to interpret signs. Ninety-nine percent of the time, when someone says that God told them to do something, they are WRONG, because they simply heard their own voice in their head and thought it was a good idea. Don't confuse God with Conscience.

I know that sounds anti-Christian, but....I have seen how out of hand things can get when a person says God told him or her to do something. Many other Christians will believe them....and what the person does turns out to be a really BAD idea.

I should shut up now. Maybe I am just really sleepy or something.

Copyright Legal Confusion

Ok. I thought about something the other day that sent my poor little mind into a whirlwind of confusion.
It basically involves Tivo.
How is Tivo legal?
It is illegal to download music, movies, and television shows from the Internet,
but it is perfectly legal to copy them onto a hard drive using Tivo.
Not only that, but Tivo now even lets you copy your favorite shows to your computer so you can watch them on the go.

If it is legal to use a VCR, why can we not download stuff from the Internet?
If it is legal to use Tivo, why can we not download stuff from the Internet?
If it is LEGAL to use Tivo to COPY copyrighted material to computers....
WHY can we NOT download stuff to our computers via another source?

Some people may argue that Tivo only lets you copy stuff you can receive via airwaves or paid cable/satellite, but this makes no sense to me...cause it is illegal to record radio broadcasts.

Don't get me wrong. I think Tivo is a great idea.
My question is actually WHY is it illegal to download television shows?

I am confused.

...Just some random ranting from me.

Mock the Week

Ok...I finally found an episode of Mock the Week.

It is Season 2 Episode 1.
It is not that great, but should give you guys a taste of the show.

I think of it as a combination of "CNN Headline News" and "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
I have uploaded it to my server so you guys can check it out.
Hopefully I am not breaking too many copyright laws here,
but it is in an effort to drum up interest!

http://www.matthewdavis.org/files/Mock.The.Week.S02E01.avi

Enjoy!

Google Earth and Nudists

This is to reiterate a topic that came up a while back at PickleFish. I just thought about it again while finally watching a copy of Mock the Week. It took me FOREVER to find a copy to download. I think I may post it on my web server so everyone can share my joy. Though, I am watching this particular episode right now, and it is not as funny as the first episode I saw.
Anyway... The topic was....
Google Earth.... "What about nudist colonies?"
Are they going to censor them?
Well...at the moment, the quality of the images is not detailed enough to actually see anything, but if they improve the technology...then anyone playing with the program would be able to zoom in on the nudists.
I think that would be funny.

Anyone else think this is an intriguing concept?

Dark Trekking and Pissed-Off Muslims

On the way home from Picklefish last night I saw someone that must have been suicidal. The person was riding a bike down University Boulevard. The only reason I know this is because my headlights happened to catch a quick glimpse of the SPOKES of the tires. When I was confused about the shiny object in the distance, I was able to make out a silhouette of a person.
The person was draped in dark clothing and had no reflectors on the tires. This was just BEGGING to be hit by a car.

On a different note...I noticed in the news this morning that Muslims are pissed off about a cartoon originally published by a Danish newspaper. They are pissed for at least a couple of reasons. One, the cartoon pictures a depiction of Mohammad. Two, apparently it demonizes Islam.
I can understand why they might be a little perturbed about the second one. The first one I do not understand at all. I know that Islam forbids any representation of Mohammad, but they have got to lighten up.
I distinctly remember seeing a film about Islam once. It told about how Islam started. It featured an actor playing Mohammad. Why was THAT acceptable? Hmm?

Alright...I guess I can still perhaps understand people being angry, but why break into the Danish embassy? It's not like they can "recall" the newspaper. I thought I could respect these people. Now I just want to do a huge Three Stooges style slap on ALL of them.

DEAL WITH IT!

...For Doug

...For Doug. From Laura.

Found: Mein Soundtrack Narnia

I had previously lost my copy of the soundtrack to The Chronicles of Narnia. I knew it was in my CD player. The CD player disappeared.
As it turns out, the CD player was next to my Ferrets for Dummies book. The book was under the comforter of my bed. How it got there and stayed there without me knowing for 3 days I am not really certain.
Oh well.
At least I got it back now.
I found out this morning there is a song on the Armageddon soundtrack I want to see if I can find. I know this simply because I decided to watch the movie this morning, and I heard a song I really liked. I shall have to do some research. I do not want to buy the soundtrack unless there are other good songs too.

Yesterday was pretty cool.
I got my laundry done. I went with Brian to Southeast Technical Solutions to hear a presentation by a Microsoft evangelist. Doug and Casey were there too.
The presentation was not too bad. It was not very exciting, either. So-so. At least it got me out of the house. I am glad Brian talked me into going. I was not feeling all that grand yesterday.
I did not get very much sleep at all Tuesday....reasons unknown.
Then, when I tried to take a nap later in the day, my friend called to talk.
She is having relationship issues. We've been friends for about 15 years now, so it was about time she called in the "best friend" card. I guess she really needed to talk to someone.
This caused me to be very tired during the presentation. I nearly fell asleep several times.

I came home, talked to Jeremy for a bit. Brian IMed me some information. Then, I decided to get some sleep. I finally fell asleep around 10:15ish. I dragged myself out of bed about 3:45 this morning. I was having some issues sleeping, so I decided to just get up.
I thought it was 6ish due to some light outside my window. I guess it must have been some bright moonlight or something. I thought it was dawn.
I spent a few hours running around WoW trying to track down various "Elders" to get coins to help me get materials one can only obtain during the Lunar Festival. I think I am up to 7 or 8 coins now. I even went into enemy towns and got those. Astranaar, Auberdine, and yes, even Darnassus. I shall have to see about getting some more. That was fun.