Jon...

I just have to say...you never cease to amaze me. Where do you find all those weird websites? I really enjoyed the Chicken of the Sea bit. :) Oh (this is to everyone), and I haven't figured out how to listen to the band hall radio. Any hints/suggestions/ideas/clues/obvious things that I missed? I downloaded itunes, but I can't figure out how to get the html in it. Please help! I love computers, but they don't like me at all and I can never figure them out. :)

Toodles!

way-o, way-o

Let's all hear it for the Geddup Noise!

Nothing short of classic

I haven't laughed this hard in very very much time. You may want a box of tissues.

Enjoy.

Payload Delivered

I hope everyperson got a cookie and had a happy birthday.

Episode III is now finished and posted.

Here are some fun sites you might enjoy.

Striking Similarities

The good thing about being a film major: little homework, no tests. The bad thing about being a film major: papers, papers, papers all at once...

Secret Haiku

Autumn leaves turn gold Apples have fallen
Embracing twilight's decline Time's fountain run dry of dew
Feeds ground then rebirth Moments, only, hang

Like a Tyger, Tyger, over-pondering the origins of its being, I am tired and worn. The good thing about being an English major: Little homework, no tests. Bad thing about being an English major: Papers, papers, all at once.

My ultimate (double whopper) First Post!

Hey just wanna say thanks for letting me on here... I'll have fun at least.

yup I love you guys.

The Duck of Many Things

Discard any card
Gain a level
Draw two cards
Lose all Big Items you are wielding
Give a card to the player to your right
Pick up your free cookie from the Anderson locker to celebrate Jarrett's birthday
Draw another card (with a pen/pencil this time)
Laugh a little

Mazel tov, Jarrett. I picked up the cookies at 7:15am today. Everyone says thanks.

Yeah, Ben. I like the 23 entry on Wikipedia. When I read this line:

"...23, being a fairly low number, occurs often in the media, current events, and daily life."

in connection with the idea of apophenia I couldn't help but imagine the hilarious thought of some superstitious guy somewhere noticing "strange" recurrence in certain situations of the number 23,469,821,363,245,098,124,389,764,356. I mean, wouldn't that totally freak you out if you kept seeing that number in odd places? :)

Welcome, by the by, to our new bloggers, Rich and Leisel.

A ties drive? Poor poor ded cat. It must have exerciseded too much. I dig the secretive-ness, Ben.

Secret hidden secrets

Dedication excercises are the reason formalities drive.

Phew, that was fun!
Humans have 23 paired chromosomes.
4 8 15 16 23 42
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_23_enigma
Scared ya didn't I?

Thanks!

Diego...that was insanely awsome! I've actually heard part of that song, and I've always wanted to know what the whole thing said. Thanks, that so made my day. :) Can I just say how much I love salted cashews?! Have a good one!

Read anything good lately?

So I started reading "The Hobbit" again at work yesterday, and as I was reading it a fellow at work showed me this little video on his computer. I just thought there might be some Bilbo Baggins fans out there, or maybe some Leonard Nimoy fans.

Dopplegangsters

In other words, on the very day upon which the Jarrett would've celebrated his birthday with us by bringing us cookies, a lone bag-piper stood in a small clump of trees by the Browning Center and played Amazing Grace, as if in tribute. I thought to myself that the coincidence was too great not to be inspired.

Two of a kind.

I take it, Jarrett, if you read this, that you have someone in your mission that has Munchkin - a game, I was sad to discover last Saturday, was not currently in stock at Hastings where one of my pals bought it. If it had been there, it would've been mine. Such the funnest game.

Okay, bye.

Engage!

Jason, we need to set up a time so that you can receive your band radio trivia prize. I never see you.

We watched Love's Labor's Lost over the weekend!
Gain two levels.
I love my wife! Gain ten levels!
Weber won again!
Gain one level.

Enough levels for me. Later! Waiter.

DUCK OF DOOM

Everyone knows you shouldn't pick up a duck in a dungeon.
Lose two levels.

Nov. 5 - End of Marching Band? Beginning of Basketball Season?
Highland Games?

Well, I just thought I ought to send some greetings today. I hope it is a wonderful day for all of you.

So, Greetings.
It's good to see you all doing well.

May the Wors be with you.

Okay, that would not...

...be the first time I have heard that conspiracy theory. But, it gets funnier every time I hear (read) it. There is no man-made technology that can affect weather that drastically so as to cause a hurricane and point it at a certain place. We can seed clouds so as to cause a rainstorm, but we can't create a hurricane and we certainly can't REDIRECT IT. Good grief! I'm about laughing my butt off just thinking about it.

As for Lost, Andrew, I really want to see it. I have been wanting to either buy it myself of borrow it and watch all the episodes. The only problem is that I can't afford it now. :( I saw a trailer for it yesterday when Kristin and I went to see Flightplan, which, by the way, was quite an entertaining flick. It has some really interesting twists to it. The ending was a bit hoaky, but the rest of the film kept we wondering. Having not seen other movies like The Lady Vanishes and The Forgotten, I had no basis to judge as many others have done; so I really enjoyed the film.

Also, according to Dr. Bob, the venerable Unix instructor on Weber State campus, the Standard Examiner stands for all that is evil in the world, that which is not extreme right-ism. :) When listening to Dr. Bob, you must always take what he says with the entire tongue in cheek.

Event of the while: Getting to sit in an F-4 Phantom and walk through a C-47 (DC-3) and a C-131.
Other event of the while: Getting to play John Williams' Midway March (albeit at 80% speed because Daryl didn't want to take it at the intended tempo.)

Why not use a knife, it would cut better?

Did you know that hurricane Katrina was caused by Japanese mafia using a russian made weather machine to get revenge for the Atom bomb. Or that's what the front page of the Standard Examiner said on Wednesday. The Standard is, like, turning into a tabloid, for gosh sakes. Sheesh.

Ahem...

To be correct, it should be "band geek" not "band nerd", there is a difference

And by the way, Lost is the coolest show ever made and you should watch it or I'll poke your eyes out with a plastic spoon.

Good News

WBHR Episode 3 is very very close to being done editingnessly.

Glaed dig.

blog of the day: can't really tell for sure

funny lyrics of the day:

Hi, this John of They Might Be Giants
and you're listening to the Frank O'Toole Radio Show on WFMU
If you're driving your car right now
We urge you to sit back, relax, close your eyes, and drive really fast

So....

I am happy to say that I am moving out within the next 24 hours. I am so excited. One of my new roomies is the wonderful Robyn Johnson. I am so beyond excited....I just don't know how much longer I can wait. Life is good...even when life at home isn't. I have a ~wonderful~ (ugh) part of Scottish Dances stuck in my head. That song is interesting. Although the whole piece together is ok, I really don't care for it much. The 3rd movement is actually very nice, though. I wish I was an oboist so I could play that beautiful melody. (just kidding...why would I want to play a dead duck???) So. I heard the wonderful persussion ensemble rehearsing today. They totally rock! GO PERCUSSIONISTS! (I wish I could hit things that well) So, I'm in a very weird mood. I'm happy about the upcoming move, but I'm recovering from a nap I had in the hallway. I fell asleep sitting up. Weird. That's all I can say. Short. Fragment. Sentences. Yay! So...ummm, I think that's about as weird as I want to get for now. I hope that I can survive the night without getting chewed out for something I couldn't control. Have a great one!
Toodles!

Guessing...guessing...

Is Nov. 5th your birthday? Is that why you're excited for that day to come?

Oh, and I wasn't really bored; I just was curious to know what 47 days was on the calendar and so I went to this date calculator web site and plugged it in. Amazing what Google can do for you!

Take two and call me in the morning.

ps: I hate hate hate Microsoft Access. Why can't they build a sensible database engine like everyone else. No! They have to be different. GAAAAAH!

Nov. 5th? Oh, that's easy.

It's just 20 days until Thanksgiving on that day. What a day to celebrate.

If you liked Hapland, you'll probably like Grow Cube.

Peace

sleep

I've noticed that even if I think I get enough sleep the night before, I am still totally wasted by 11 AM in the morning (not to be confused with 11 AM in the evening).
see what I mean??
anywho......what would this world be like if we all saw each other fourth dimensionally?
Think about it.

Unix Notes (aka Words of Dr. Bob)

Today's Unix lesson (CS3730) was about the following:

• Today's operating systems would be vastly different if the liberals were in charge.
• X-Windows is good for displaying naughty pictures to brass off the femenist Nazi liberals. Of course, any woman who sees said images and complains is automatically a femenist Nazi liberal.
  
• The X-Windows logo really means X-rated.
• Terms like client and server (which are already changed from slave and master respectively) would be different if the liberals were in charge
• According to the liberal Commie Pinkos, it's okay to kill() your child processes. That's just abortion. There's nothing wrong with that. :) (You see, in Unix/Linux/MacOS X, we don't just end tasks like in Windows. Instead, we kill processes when they get out of hand with the kill() command.)

Just thought I'd share the totally non-controversial lesson topic for today. We all got a nice laugh out of it.

47 Days??

August 3 or November 5, reckoning 47 days from today plus and minus.

Internal Rhyme

Hello everybody,
Did you see Matt Emadi?
Work is slow, but Jazz band was rather fun.
When it comes to writing, I won't be outdone!
Hava's b-day was recently, what a soiree.
Lost starts again this Wednesday. Horay!
She now sports the years of twenty.
And I give her kisses aplenty.
Ok, I'm done for now.
And give you a nod of my brow.
Laters
traitors

I think you're right

Heather-Marie, I have to agree with Andrew on this one. The important part of dealing with "impossible" roommates is to talk with them. Most problems arise in any sort of relationship because there is not enough communication. Whether it means that you draw up a formal contract or you simply talk about your disagreements, the communication must occurr. When trying to communicate your distaste or non-understanding of something, use what we call "I messages." An I message goes something like this: "I feel that you have a problem with..." You would say that instead of "You aren't doing this right..." It takes the finger pointing of the "You message" away and opens up a much more natural dialog between the two people. As soon as you start in with the "you, you, you" walls go up and no further progress is possible. With the "I message" you don't build up the walls and you simply state your position. This allows the other person to respond with less of a defense and more constructive language. The important part is simply to communicate. When I was on my mission, I had certain companions where this was easy and others where this was hard. It's something everyone has to deal with at some time in their lives.

Anyhow, on to more lively conversation....

In keeping with a newly-formed rule of not creating one of those "uber-long" posts my review of the Alpine Loop drive can be found here.

Ta ta!

Thanks...

for the input/solution/idea...whatever you want to call it. I'll see what I can do. I appreciate it!

Solution:

Heather, since becoming an RA here at the University of Utah, I have had to learn how to help people deal with impossible roommates. One of the first things I would suggest is sit down with the person and explain your concerns. Try writing out a roommate contract. A few sample concerns to have on your contract would be: garbage (who will take it out? What kind of schedule will you create?), bathroom (who cleans what and how often), "most nights I like to go to sleep by _______", guest "procedures", emotional style (do you enjoy being alone? Moods? "How will I know when you're upset?"), etc. If the conract doesn't go over well, you could always find a person to act as a mediator and set up a time when you and your roommate can both meet with the person at the same time. It is wise to not alow the mediator to be a friend (unless they are a friend to both you and your roommate and they show no bias to either party). If that doesn't work, one of you will most likely have to find a new place to live. Not sure if this is helpful, but hey, thought I'd give it a try. Best of luck and if you need anymore help, let me know.

Worms!

So...today I got yelled at for not taking out the garbage (when I was planning to do so later) and decided to go outside and call my friend to vent. While I was talking to her I found a worm. I had quite the time with it. I was brought back to my days of putting them in my pencil box (something that I shouldn't bring up) and bringing them to school. Worms are cool. They wiggle, eat dirt and well...they are physically cool. I picked up the worm and moved it to a patch of dirt. After about a half hour or so, it disappeared into the dirt. Life is full of amazing little things that make me smile... :) So...I have a question... what can someone do when they have a bad roommate and there is no way to compromise on the basic necessitites of living (ei...getting dressed in the light rather then pitch blackness, studying at night after a long day of school is over, etc...)? If anyone reads this and has any suggestions...please let me know. Having never shared a room before, I'm open to any help I can get. Have a great day!
TTFN!

Of course it was excellent.

I'm ten times the actor Cary Grant was!

*the following is supposed to be a secret message*
...at leat that's what my mom tells me.

One of the coolest things to come back!!!

I'm excited to announce that one of the greatest tv scientists is back on the air. BILL NYE!!!! He's on a new show called The Eyes of Nye. His show is on Mondays on Channel 9 (UEN) at 8pm (for all you people who don't have cable or satellite like me) and I'm not sure what channel it is on for people with cable or satellite.

Threpterophilia

That's what the Warner Bros on Animaniacs have. I saw it written on a piece of paper and decided to look it up. Dictionary.com failed, but Google (almost never) does.

Googly-moogly. That's what I get for checking the blog from the dashboard rather than the regular way. I didn't get to get in on the excitement of the secret post hunt.

quote of the day -
stress' (stres) n: the feeling of tension that arises when one's mind overrides the desire to choke the living daylights out of some JERK who desperately needs it

link of the day - firewalking.com

Today I learned more about why normalization is a good thing. Without it, querying a database can be less than a spree.

As for the movie watching itself, Jessica and Scooze should abduct each other. Jessica, I know that band is long past and that it won't benefit you in that way, but just in case your desire to be kidnapped was a general one and not specific to T/Th 12:00-1:50, that would be a good arrangement for the both of you.

As for comedies to watch, here are some of my favorites (keep in mind I like old movies as well):

Uncorked (I was introduced to this film by Jarrett)
The Court Jester
Arsenic and Old Lace (with Carey Grant, not the stage version with Andrew, although that one was probably excellent as well)
Bringing Up Baby
The Muppets' Treasure Island
Disney's Peter Pan
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
How to Steal a Million
The Big Mouth
Wallace and Grommit (any of them)

As for other movies I like besides comedies (these are among my top favorites):

To Kill a Mockingbird
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon

As for movies that are trippy:
Alice in Wonderland (Disney or the live acting version)
Labyrinth
The Dark Crystal
The Last Unicorn
Krull
The Neverending Story

Good luck deciding. It always hurts my brain to try to pick out a movie.

well..

okay scooze maybe not...i don't want you completley confined to your room, although it will be better than being confined to my messy wizard of ozie room, i think that might just kill you, somthing i don't want to happen!!! Oh well, thanks andrew!

Here is a random quote from yours truly that will make at least Scooze laugh, i am not shure about anyone else...."Thank Allah for Budah" Ha Ha Anyway, Don Vito is the greatest fat man in the world and thank Budah for him...

Brace for end of post!!!!

Batman is the greatest! He's hanging from my chandelier in my apartment guarding it! so don't break into it! I love the secret post!

Are you Bracing? Curse You!

Some suggestions:

Not really sure what to tell you. I hate it when I have to recommend something to someone and I can't think of a single thing. Here are the comedys I own and their ratings.

1941 - PG
Austin Powers 2 - PG-13
Austin Powers 3 - PG-13
Back to the Future Trilogy - PG
Blazing Saddles - R
Ed Wood - R
Ghostbusters - PG
Gremlins - PG
Gremlins 2 - PG-13
The Incredibles - PG
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - G
MASH - R
After Hours - R
Monty Python and the Holy Grail - PG
Monty Python's Meaning of Life - R
Animal House - R
Pee Wee's Big Adventure - PG
Dr. Strangelove - PG
The Terminal - PG-13
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? - PG
Young Frankenstien - PG

Maybe that will help? Anyone else have a good suggestion?

Good Morning!

So I finally posted on my blog, its nothing wonderful...I go back to Trefoil this weekend!!! Yay for going back to my home away from home!!! I need this thank heavens! It may be exactly what i need to get back on track! I need people to tell me a good movie to rent for a "date" i need something really funny, yet clean, sorta...someone (Andrew) suggest something good! Kent is gonna come over some time this week and i need a good movie to rent so we can watch a movie together...

Hope everything is going fantastic for everone!!!

Jess...its all water under the bridge, lets just forget it all.....

Yeah, get Lost!

Seriously! Get it. It's the best freakin' show of all ever...s. New season starts on the 21st. And nice secret post. What's the html code for me to get white letters?

Now everyone go read my totally awesome blog. It rocks.

Lost

Buy it, watch it, love it, crave it, .....
And how about the return of the secret post?

Dude

Jessica - you should update your website. There are quotes that have occurred that need to be shared with the band-geek world.

Whoa... got my days mixed up! I need to leave now.

I have something to say.

...And it's not a complaint at all.

In fact, it's one of the coolest things of the while. There's a great American tradition that I'm sure all of us have participated in at least once in our lives. The tradition I speak of is drinking root beer. Root beer is good. Root beer is sweet. Root beer is almost sarsaparilla. Actually, it's the other way around. Anyhow, because we as Americans tend to like our root beer, we have a wide variety of root beers to satiate our pallette. Well, this guy named Anthony has taken the time, bless his heart, to review root beer. I knew that there was quite a rainbow of different root beer flavors, but I had no idea that there were quite so many as he has reviewed on his site.

On a personal note: Ebert and Roeper at the Movies gives Howie's Root Beer two thumbs and two big toes way up! Available at Bowman's in Kaysville and various other stores in Utah.

A cape turned backwards is great for protecting your when welding.

really???

so the other day, I was minding my own business, standing on the football field at Roy High, and some guy yelled out "Chicken" or something like that, and I was like, "What's up with that?" and it scared me so much, I ran to somewhere else on the field and stood there for a while.
I hope you all enjoy my run on sentence.
Remember to always wash your ear hairs.

XML r0Xx0r2

a link of the day: G.I. Raffe (sorta like G.I. Joe, but not)

mineral of the day: Iron

tying up the loose ends of the day: The Sun, ladies and gentlemen.

What is up...

with the 400 mile long posts?

Here's a short one to break the curse.

This. Bye.

A perma-grin on my face...

I just can't stop smiling!!!! Peach days this weekend....and a pool party is in the works for the comming week..or two!

Special thanks to Jon for bringing me lunch yester of day!

here is a song for all of my best nerd buds!

"Nerd Alert"
by The Aquabats!

Well yeah, we're the freaks of nature
We're the kids that easily bruise
We're the geeks and the creatures
Outer space hillbillies from the moon

Get stupid on your time
Keep your geriatric biker fight
Diffuse the land mines I
'm alright You're Alright We're Alright

Well we both know that our day will come
The revolution has begun
So raise your fists and take a stand
With your super cool...
Super cool wrist bands!

We broke out
And now we're running crazy D
own the middle of the boulevard
(Spaced out!)
There's a nerd alert
There's a nerd alert
And you'll never, ever
Never take us alive
Never take us alive
You'll never...!

We're fat, young and hungry
But we don't care
We got big old brains
Like Mexican candy
We got some complex flavor
Running up in here

So get stupid on your time
Get the bud bowl off the air
Diffuse the land mines
I'm alright
You're alright
We're alright

You know that your apathy
Became your enemy
And you did yourself in
Find out this phenomenon
Is running on and on
And we'll never give in...

We broke out
Now we're running crazy
Down the middle of the boulevard
(Spaced out!)
There's a nerd alert
There's a nerd alert
And you'll never, ever
Never take us alive
Never take us alive
Never take us alive
Live...


Have a Great Day!

Squeeze Clutch, Twist Throttle, Release Clutch...

...and HOLD ON!!

Celebrate Wonderful Weirdos Day! Yay! A day made especially for band geeks! So, um, what else did the calendar in the SUB say about Wonderful Weirdos?

Jon, don't feel bad about the laptop DVD players. My laptop doesn't play DVDs at all any more. It's not that it overheats, it just doesn't like DVDs.

Flash mobbing sound fun. I think it'd be a cool thing to try sometime. Y'know if something like that were to happen when I was around, I think I would ponder upon the significance and singularity of the event, but then go about my business of the day. Oh, and I would definitely blog about it.

Quote of the day: "You must choose, but choose wisely. For as the true Grail will bring you life, the false Grail will take it from you....He chose poorly."

Okay, so this 1337 I can take, but what really annoys me is AOL-ese. U no sumthing like ths whr the ppl jst typ and u nvr no wot ther sayin of if they evr took a class on how 2 rite of crs theres no puncttion or propr spelling and the thots go on n on w/o break and of crs theres lots of LOL and ROFL LOL and :) :) :) :) and !!!!!!!!!! wots wit dat? u no wot i mean?

Geez! That's almost as bad as nothavinganyspacesbetweenthewords. I'm sorry if I gripe about that a lot, but I get it a lot. I think that AOL and cell phones with that cursed txt feature are well on their way to destroying proper grammar. Of course, this is coming from a person who hasn't yet figured out how to use the phone directory feature on a cell phone. If I need to call someone, I need to know their number, right? Right? That's why there are numbers on the cell phones: so that I can call someone. It's really bad when I ask someone for a phone number and they're like "I don't know; I just use my cell phone to call them." Well, a lot of good that does me, eh? I'm not against technology by any means. If I were, I'd be in the wrong major. I just need some help with cell phone technology. I have such a hard time with it. As for AOL, well, I rate them up there with Microsoft and Apple in doing a bang-up job of convincing the world that there is no reason for you to know how to use a computer.

Wow, I didn't think a 4Runner could go that fast! Of course with gas at ~$300 a gallon, if I had a 4Runner, I wouldn't make it go very fast at all.

Okay, so last night, I played a concert in Huntsville (Utah, not Alabama) with the OCB. It was a decent concert, but owing to the fact that it was in Huntsville, the audience/band ratio was almost 1:1. The real fun of the concert was the drive to and from. If you've never taken 12th street up the canyon to Huntsville, you really need to. But, please, do it in a CAR not a truck. The canyon is a nice, twisty drive which will really make you wish it were longer. The speed limit is 40 which makes the twists in the road somewhat of a thrill to go around. There was one turn which was brutal at 40, but if you have a nice low-slung car with a low C/G and good tires, it's really fun. I say take a car because trucks simply don't have the performance geometry needed to take the turns accurately. There's too much body roll with a truck to make it any fun. You have to slow down too much to take the turns, which takes all the fun out of it. So, if you can use a nice car, preferrably with all-wheel independent suspension, it should be a fun ride. It's really scenic too. Be sure to take it with the windows down. Take in the smell and sound of the canyon. Last night when I went through the canyon, I passed some homes and restaurants and there was this distict smell of hickory. Thoughts of camping and outdoor recreating came to my mind and I kind of just enjoyed the moment. Next drive up for review: The Alpine Loop and Cascade Springs.

Site of the while: HowStuffWorks.com

I'll catch y'all later!

Jason

How is this thing supposed to work?

Is this thing on? *tap tap tap*

Ok, hello blogosphere!

Celebrate Wonderful Weirdos Day. I like the whiteboard in the SUB where they write what day it is. I wouldn't be aware of most days-to-celebrate otherwise.

I was highly entertained to learn about flash mobbing yesterday. I was not highly entertained to learn that the laptops you check out from the SUB will only play DVDs for so long before they heat up and the DVD player app starts freezing.

Not cool.

So today is going to be interesting. First of all, I forgot to wear my purple shirt to work like we're all supposed to on Fridays. Second of all, this week better be better than last week for work or I'll be sadness. Third of all, I still have no music to Come Sail Away which we perform tomorrow. Drat x2.

fun thing of the while: reading licence plates as if they were all intentionally written in 1337. Ah... that was a good year for licence plates. 1337. Columbus sailed the Ocean's Eleven. 0r 50|\/|37h||\|9 1||<3 7h47.

Pardon my ultra-l33t.

Imagine this scene:
You are sitting waiting for a bus downtown in some large city. The bus stop is right in front of some large public building. Suddenly, and without any warning, approximately 200 people converge on the sidewalk and steps of the building. They each produce a Twinkie, hold it aloft and chant in unison, "Long live King Richard!" They then proceed to eat their respective creme-filled sponge cake confections while spinning in a circle, and then disperse without a word.

Well. What would you do? Would you still get on the bus and just go about your business as if nothing had happened? Regardless of how you think you would react, such an occurance is entirely possible. Things like this started happening a few years ago and are only increasing in frequency. Just hope that you're ready if and when a flash flood happens near you.

wikipedia quote of the day: "Gatherings can sometimes shock people. Such activity might seem amusing and surreal, but it also might frighten people who are not aware of what is taking place."

thursday stuff

It is thursday all day long, and I decided whilst I worked in the ever popular Mac lab, that I would post a blog. Something that people should never do is schedule a 7 AM class. I feel that that is just too early.
Well, I think I will nap now......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..........alright, I feel refreshed!!
Have a grand day, all.

I was afraid

that the author of one of my texts was going to be a very dry writer when he said

...we have intentionally mixed mathematical notation...and a prose phrase. This results in perfectly understandable communication; we take this liberty throughout.

However, I realized that it was not the author but the subject itself which was dry when I read the following:

Anyone who does not think that the null string is confusing has missed something. It is already a problem, and it gets worse later.

While I realize that the foregoing quotations may appear to many to be equally inane and boring, you must realized that while the subject matter of the second quote is dry, the way he wrote it is.....


Ok, for those of you still awake - on to Actually Interesting Things.

I hate computers. The laptop checkout system was down last week in the UB. Now the system is back up, but I was informed on asking about checking one out a few minutes ago that their printer - the one that makes the nice little contracts that they require you to sign before checking out a laptop - is down.

No love.

---

Sometime later that evening...

You do meet the most interesting people at TNT. If any of you haven't come to it yet at least once - shame on you. It's grand fun. And speaking of meeting, I have a meeting scheduled in a few minutes between my brain and a rusty, spiked, two-handed, iron, medieval homework problem involving a logical proof dealing with palindromes. If you said "ugly" you were right on the money.

I will celebrate Fight Procrastination Day today by not waiting until it's Google Commemoration Day tomorrow to wish you happy Google Commemoration Day. I'll do it now.

quote of the day: never put off today what you can put off tomorrow
fun of the day: TNT
more fun of the day: working on FXML v. 0.1 (more on that later)
less fun of the day: homework for my CS 4110 class
leaving Lampros of the day: right about now

Computing Grand Challenge

Okay, I have the question of questions for you. I just installed MySQL (a database management system) on my Red Hat 9.0 Linux machine at home. This is a painfully slow machine (233 MHz, 128 MB RAM) but in terminal (non-GUI) mode, it's not too bad. Anyhow, after I set up MySQL, it told me in no uncertain terms that I needed to create a root user for the system. Now, I already have a root user account on my Linux machine, but I'm guessing that's not the same as root user for the database system. So, if any of you have any knowledge about setting up MySQL on a Linux box, please let me know. It's installed and everything and the daemon runs without a problem; I just need to know how to set up users.

Now on to other news that's going on in the world. On Saturday, I bought a neat movie that I hadn't seen since the mid-90s. It's a little movie called "Explorers." I really like the show because it reminds me of when I was a kid. I never flew into outer space, but would like to have done so. :)

Anyhow, so yeah, I don't have a lot to say so I shall bid you a fond farewell. Take it easy, y'all! I'll check back later!

Tootles!

my very own blog

I've decided to follow the example of those who went before me and create my own blog. It is at www.wsupercussivist.blogspot.com. As I am new at running my own blog, suggestions would be most helpful.
Also, I am very excited that today is friday. I will enjoy not having school on Monday. I still have to work, but only for four hours. Yay for that.
Just so you know, I am sometimes known to spout off odd sayings. I am taking medicine for it. Although school makes it hard to take the medicine. Does anyone know where I can get some bottled sleep?? Prefferably grape flavored.

Visual

And not just for marching band, either.

Andrew, this may interest you. On Sept. 21 for Convocations the speaker will be Camille Cellucci. She has been the Visual Effects Producer for many movies, including 2 of the 3 Matrix films and Titanic. I'm not sure what time convocations is, but if I have a class then I might just skip it to go to this.

In other news, the PCs in the UB lab have no DVD players. The DVD players on the Macs in the UB lab are admin password protected. The laptops available for checkout from the Information desk in the UB have working DVD players, but their laptop checkout system is down this week.

Foiled. Completely.

Fans of percussion and world music may enjoy this vid:

link of the day: Terry Bozzio - this guy likes to play the drums

cool of the day: that classic bouncing lines screensaver across dual 20" monitors

pleasant surprize of the day: Chartwells' biscuit sandwich is better than McD's bacon egg and cheese biscuit

wry irony of the day: Chartwells' new tagline



Hey, Jarrett!

Some good Ideas

Heita, heita magents:
1. Read my blog
2. Write me letters
arthurwheatley at m.w.e
3. Go to the temple
4. love one another
5. Keep watching for Rootisms
6. Enjoy the day.

--Kobus