By all means, do not use a hammer.

All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer.
        - IBM maintenance manual (1925)

:))

spring:Spring:SPRING:spring

sung to the tune of "SpamSpamSpamSpam"

don't much like hani's attitude (a bit too superiorly snarky), but he IS occasionally very funny:
http://www.jroller.com/page/fate?entry=springspringspringspring

;)

Jung quotation

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
  - Carl Jung

so poignant for me, today, at work...
:|

betatesting the malware

an article off zdnet has a very good point about AV software and malware authors using it to "beta test" their stuff:
why popular antivirus apps 'do not work'

"the actual reason why the top selling antivirus applications don't work is because malware authors are specifically testing their trojans and viruses to make sure they can bypass these applications before releasing them in the wild."

in a related article by the same author, he says
"the most popular antivirus applications on the market are rendered useless by around 80 percent of new malware"

kaspersky (a .ru firm) is mentioned as able to stop 90% of new malware.

random late nite musings

disclaimer: this might get depressing... yet, i am not depressed.

just sitting here, after putting the twins to bed, and looking around my living room, thinking that i have way too many books and movies, and junk - too much junk in general is cluttering up my life.

looking at my desk: i have opened and unopened mail laying around, a kitchen knife for opening it, an empty icetea bottle, the book i'm reading, scotchgard OXY carpet cleaner, a ruined-by-the-cat set of headphones (chewed off the foam), some response forms for the YMCA, a set of poker cards, and a postcard from hongkong.
- and no inclination to clean.

looking at my bookshelves: way too many programming books, some several years out of date, some that i've read the one chapter, or even the several paragraphs that i was interested in, then shelved. the next bookshelf: spiritual & religious books - that i rarely crack, gathering dust. the next set of bookshelves: way too many movies that i've watched once, need to trade them in, scifi books, selfhelp books, pulp-fiction everywhere - but whenever i start sorting thru them to trade into bookmans, i sit down and start reading a favorite. sigh

it is too effing late to be sitting here thinking about all this.

why the hell do i save old cables? power, network, phone - wtf?

eck, off to bed... :yawn:
8^O

is there an Arizona Green Power org???

is there an Arizona Green Power org???


http://westernresourceadvocates.org/greenpower/

zidane and materazzi fined

so, FIFA passed down a ruling: zidane and materazzi get fined, and a 3-game ban i guess, which zidane will do 3 days of community service with kids playing soccer, since he retired anyway... pretty fair, i suppose.

here is the article on reuters...

masturbation - a meme?

maybe it was all the librarians, but i started thinking about masturbation... i'm not sure if this is a meme, a list, a quiz, or a little of each:

1. how often do you masturbate? - 3x+ week, give or take


2. do you have a sexual partner? - not at this time


3. do you masturbate more often than sex with your partner? - when i was married, yes, about twice as often


4. does your partner ever masturbate you? - yes, but usually as foreplay


5. ever do each other? - yes, kinda the same answer


6. ever watch each other? - not usually, we'd get excited and want to jump in


7. any tantric, yogic, or martial arts exercises? - yes, tried all three


8. any energy work, breathing, or qi circulation work? - yes, all three


9. recommended books or sites? - yep, the multi-orgasmic man (there's one for women, too)

kinda late for TMI-Tuesday, but there ya go!
:))

librarians on the mind

dunno why i was obsessing on librarians this afternoon, but i googled, and then i had to go look. i think i was just avoiding something or someone at work...
disclaimer: i take no responsibility for anything...

• some ppls defs of


• THE hot librarian


• lipstick librarian


• filipino librarian


• reflective librarian (on the impending shortage of)


• laughing librarian


• librarian movie


• babyboomer librarian


• love.a.librarian


• family-man librarian


• DIY librarian


• law librarian


• krafty librarian


• uncaged librarian


• depraved librarian


• canuck librarian


• linux librarian

;))

july in phx

this weather should drive out some of those pesky SoCal investors... eh?
;)

finally, and i mean FINALLY, found H.Beam Piper's Space Viking at Bookmans... not that it is an achievement, or a rare book even. it's just one of my absolute favorite books. drew a drawring (intentional!) of the cover in H.S. - which i was actually proud of...

currently listening to: Bare-naked Ladies - Brian Wilson (groovy!)
8))

what she said...

not exactly lite reading, but check out Cocktail Party Physics... dunno if she's related to Terry O, kinda looks a bit like her.

oh, and she likes pirates, too!

and here's a wink and a nod to PuzzlePirates, my scurvy dogs.

smart girls, yummmm...

Daily Taurus Forecast

Like a newly coronated ruler, you feel calm, confident and in control today. You won't take any guff from anyone -- although you don't really have to worry about it, since everyone will be completely charmed by your happy glow. Your positive attitude will be contagious! Overall, this day will be mellow, and any emotional outbursts will be more in the realm of uncontrollable giggle attacks than angry tirades. Everyone is content with where they are and what they're doing.

what is guff, again?
8-/

nada, nil, nothing

not feeling the muse...
:(

italy wins, zidane blows it

some incredible moments in the final,
both beautiful and very ugly...

wonder what was said to zidane?
materrazi did not appear surprised to get smacked.
:|

is it just me?

is it just me, or are quite a few of us lacking in energy?
bored, lackadaisical, jaded, slacking, spent, etc.
is it the heat? summertime-blues? hrm...

THL makes me smile, most days anyway...

:)

duck & cover

so, i guess n. korea was very jealous of the space shuttle launch, so they decided to have a little fun themselves.
check out reuters story...

happy fourth!

let's all take a moment to remember those who are not here to celebrate...

btw, my a/c is out in my apt.
since sunday afternoon.
sitting here sweating my arse off.

shweat pantsh - as mr. sean connery would say...
;)