Inspired by this lovely collection of six word short stories in November 2006 issue of Wired, here are my feeble attempts:
Shiny object. Repeat. Sorry, landfill full.
Cyberspace. All knowledge yours. Reality? Sucks.
Faster. Slower. Faster. Brick Wall. Stop.
For sale: balls, sack. Never used.
If there's a God, strike me
Moment in time captured only momentarily.
I had come home from going up to Silverdale and walked in the front door. My wlife was sitting in the living room looking at pictures. Shortly after that, the lights started going on and off. And then they stayed out. It was pretty windy and of course really strong winds + above-ground power lines they refuse to bury + trees equals a power outage. Not just for us, but for a lot of the Puget Sound.
It's funny, the freeway seems to be a dividing line between "power" and "darkness." This has been the case with just about every power outage we've experienced since moving here. We just happen to live on the wrong side of the freeway, I guess.
Anyway, because it sounded like things were going to be nasty and PSEhad no idea when power would be restored, we decided not to mess aroundand book ourselves a room at a local hotel, which is about 10 minutes from our house and just on the other side of the freeway which, surprise, surprise, has power. We packed up for the evening, expecting to be there all night, and checked in.
After a lovely dinner of McD's (not my first choice, but the kids wanted it and it's right there), we went to the pool, which of course the kids love. Yammy came over to join us and we traded children in the pool, since neither of them can swim. Jaden managed to get all the way into the hot tub, too. I guess he's no longer allowed to complain about the bathtub being too hot now.
Anyway, during the madness, we got a call from my father-in-law who said "the power's back on." The thought of Gracie sleeping in an actual bed was a bit too much to bear, not to mention trying to get her to sleep in a room full of everybody, etc, we decided she needed to go home. Of course, that meant one adult had to go, and Gracie decided mommy should take her home--big surprise there. Jaden and I were planning to stay at the hotel--we paid for the night, after all.
Jaden ultimately decided he wanted to go home, however, even though we were all ready for bed and had watched a little TV for special, despite it being past bedtime. So the hotel room was packed up, swept for stuff, and we checked out and went home. Jaden finally went to sleep at 10pm on a school night! Ugh, he's going to be a pain to wake up. Oh crap, it's 1:30am and I have to get up early too.
Anyway, the power outage cost us a night in a hotel rool we ultimately didn't use too much, though we did use the pool. Perhaps not the best use of money, but when you have no idea whether or not you're going to get power back anytime soon, then you do what you gotta do to keep warm.
What comedian makes you pee your pants laughing?
Submitted by pookieb.
The two best ones are Robin Willams and George Carlin.
Robin Williams just makes up the silliest stuff. I have no idea what possessed the man to do cocaine way back when. He's got so much energy, he doesn't need that stuff. I would love a chance to see him live, but he's a big-time movie actor now, and other than the odd appearance on Jay Leno, etc, he doesn't seem to do much standup.
I was lucky enough to see George Carlin live when I lived in Spokane. He isn't high-energy like Robin Williams. However, he is what I call the bull$^!+ dissector. Of course, it began with the dissection of the 7 dirty words, which is by far his most famous rant, but it gets better. I love how he reduces the Ten Commandments down to two. Well he does add one at the end, which I also agree with.
Maybe Chief Wana Dubie is Missouri's version of Mike The Mover (here's his campaign statement for 2006). Either one of these characters have to be better than any of the current politicians in power.
Windows, Mac, Linux - What's your preference and why?
Submitted by ramblingsbymark.
My OS of choice is Mac. Why? Because it has almost all the applications I need for my personal computing enjoyment and, for the most part, it just works. I'm tired of fighting with Windows and Linux every time I want to do something simple like watch a movie, browse the web, use Skype, or any number of other things I do on a regular basis.
The reality is, though, I use all of the above. Each OS has their strength and weaknesses. There are a couple of work-related applications I have to run on Windows. There are also occasions where I will use a Linux box to either be a file server or do some other highly specialized task.
I'm starting to notice my daughter "balancing" things on the faucet of this play sink we have. I find it interesting in a kind of artistic way that I don't entirely understand.
