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Monday, February 28, 2005

'You're not like any ephemeral I've met before'

Posted by guido @ 12:34 AM

Threw with Carlos on Saturday and had enough people show for a little Ultimate game Sunday. Whacked my head on the ground pretty good and got a handful of grass down my pants while diving for a disc today -- caught it at least.

Hit Panera for a late lunch or early supper and picked up some foccia bread for gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches for a dinner this week sometime. The picked up my subscription from the comic book store.

Started recording the Oscars, watched the rest of Black Books season one, watched some of the Oscars until we caught up to the live broadcast, then popped in Wonderfalls and watched the first episode of that, then finished watching the Oscars. Now I'm trying to watch this four-part Dr. Who.

"Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" (1986) is out on DVD today -- or soon. I'd like to see it again, if not buy a copy.

Friday, February 25, 2005

Snip snip ... sniper?

Posted by Troy @ 5:21 PM

I went in for my snip-snip but prepared as if I were a sniper!

That's right, today I had a vasectomy. We prepared by buying an athletic supporter, having plenty of frozen ice packs, and the doctor provided a 10mg Diazepam tablet that I was to take 30 minutes before the operation. Again, video game knowledge to my aid, I immediately recognized the drug as that taken by "Snake" in Metal Gear Solid when he wants to have a steady hand for long distance head shots with the sniper rifle!

Well, I must say, my muscles were certainly relaxed.

The procedure was pretty quick, and less dramatic than my lip biopsy I posted about earlier. I didn't pass out or anything, though I concentrated specifically on breathing ;)

I was done in about 15 minutes, provided pain pills, and sent on my way. I worked on Monday (normally a work Holiday) so that I could have today in addition to the weekend for relaxing and recovery. I plan on laying on the couch and playing video games all weekend.

So I hear

Posted by guido @ 9:34 AM

Today I heard a guy, initials J.P., who went to Illinois College here in Jacksonville was killed in action in Iraq a few days ago. DoD doesn't have a release on it yet.

Last Friday I heard a local couple dropped some serious change at the Kennedy Auction. From ArtDaily.com:

...three works by William Walton, an artist who was originally from Jacksonville, Ill., a close friend of the Kennedys, and a pivotal figure in the President's victories in Wisconsin and West Virginia. Old State, which sold for $9,000; Statue of Andrew Jackson on Horseback, which brought $13,200; and The Benign Sign for JBK, which sold for $7,800, were all purchased by Connie and Vernon Massey of Jacksonville, Ill.
The Masseys noted that they bought the works by Walton because of "the connection between President Kennedy and Jacksonville, Illinois," the hometown they share with the artist. The Masseys also attended Sotheby's 1996 sale of The Estate of Mrs. Onassis where they purchased A Political Rally, also by Walton.

I posted a couple pages at NPD the other day.

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Would you stop crying, please?

Posted by guido @ 4:02 PM

Bre's question was the subject of a Poynter column today.

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Keyboard test

Posted by Brett @ 4:28 PM

The quick fox jumped over the lazy brown dog.

Monday, February 21, 2005

A beard with an idiot hanging off it

Posted by guido @ 10:08 PM

Manny: "Do you think I shuould wash my Beard?"

Bernard: "Yeah I do think you should wash your beard, ... then shave it off, ... nail it to a frisbee ... and fling it over a rainbow."

-- "Black Books," episode 4: The Big Lockout

I spent forever waiting for an oil change today. I guess everyone that doesn't usually have Mondays off got all frisky and decided to take their car in today. I looked through Goodwill for the shirt I passed up last week and decided I really wanted after all. I coldn't re-find it.

Julie came home sick from work. That never really happens. We ended up rewatching the first three episodes of "Black Books." They were as good as we remembered. Yea.

Sunday, February 20, 2005

Start your discs

Posted by guido @ 10:51 AM

Several people came out to throw the disc around Saturday. Melissa Cordova (see pic below) was home for the weekend and came out. It started snowing on us. -- I'm heading over to Springfield to throw with folks over there if it doesn't start raining first.

Friday, February 18, 2005

Car reel ring classification: You make me cool

Posted by guido @ 9:21 AM

This an approxomation of a page I found, written in Korean and autotranslated into English:

★ Novelist: The morning star jazz blood, which rises, it knows from recent Great Britain. The blue jeans it puts on like this and the sports shoes hardship. It jumps about and and it falls and, and, and piano hitting song it calls. It will not like this person, Oh! It will not, can no like. It does and the plays piano truth, it hits well. The place where also the age is young, it is enormous, truly. -- Tomato.

"It is longed for and is beautiful awareness you."

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Housing woes

Posted by Troy @ 5:18 PM

Median price for single-family home in Orlando in
2002:$136,000
2003:$145,100
2004:$169,6000
National report:PDF

Our 3rd offer on a house, in as many weekends, was turned down Monday. We'll be schedule-challenged to look for the next few weeks, so probably wont make any progress for a while.

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Weather up side the head

Posted by guido @ 3:19 PM

It's freaky nice out today. Makes me wish I could get out and throw the disc around for a while.

Sunday, February 13, 2005

Gonna have myself a time

Posted by guido @ 2:37 AM

This gives me a warm fuzzy. Seems like it's missing something, though.

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Tuesday, February 08, 2005

South Cackalacky

Posted by Troy @ 6:49 PM

I'm in South Carolina for work. Pretty much in the middle of no where. I've been driving up from Orlando because there are no direct flights to a nearby airport. This week we took a route that didn't go near Jacksonville for fear of Super Bowl traffic.

Last weekend we helped our friends move into a new house. It was a lot of work, but we had a lot of fun together. We started on Saturday around 7:30 and finished up around 3.

Speaking of new houses, we've made and lost 2 offers on two different houses so far. The market is pretty crazy, people offering significantly more than the listing price just to get it. We offered a bit more on the second house and still lost out because someone else offered even more than we did.

We finished a new workbook recently "Automatic Millionaire" It is not a crazy scheme book, just practical plans to do what we should have been doing all along.

Monday, February 07, 2005

Do it, doo it

Posted by guido @ 3:50 AM

Go listen to "Golly Sandra" by Eisley. Their album comes out tomorrow.

Sunday, February 06, 2005

Poor, poor punks

Posted by guido @ 8:10 PM

The poor guys known as The Junior Varsity had their van broken into the other night and had some really nice stuff stolen. Link.

Picked out a new watch tonight. Probably too expensive, so I'll have to try not to obsess about that. Also found a cool shirt on sale and some new Episode III preview figures. We looked for DVDs to use my gift certificates on, but gave up after an hour of looking and indecision.

Quoteable:

"I got nature on my hand."
"You can't clean nature with nature."
-- Adrian Monk, on "Monk"

Saturday, February 05, 2005

Easier to come by

Posted by guido @ 5:44 PM

I suddenly have 50 Gmail invites, if anyone I know needs a Gmail account.

Mom got me the "Wonderfalls" DVD last night (for my birthday) and we went out for Thai/Japanese. Came back and got caught up on quite a few shows ... both "Stargate" shows, "Enterprise," "Taking Care of Business," "House," maybe something else, but I can't remember now.

About to head out to Calhoun's art show opening here on my dinner break. Josh and Amanda are in town for it, too.

Friday, February 04, 2005

Intersecting ideas

Posted by guido @ 9:08 AM

"The Christian Science Monitor" reported, and I saw it in "Al's Morning Meeting":

In California, a court will soon decide whether bloggers have the same legal protections as journalists under laws that protect reporters from revealing their sources.

In the case, Apple computer has targeted a blogger who reported leaked info about new company products before Apple unveiled the products.

Simply expressing opinions to a tiny audience doesn't count, says First Amendment specialist Randall Bezanson. If so, "then I'm a journalist when I write a letter to my mother reporting on what I'm doing." But what if Mom fact-checks and posts the letter on her blog for thousands of people to read? Is she a journalist then? Courts may make the final call.

Versions of Guido

Posted by guido @ 1:00 AM

Are these pics weird? Versions C and Versions 3

Julie and I kidnapped Larry and took him to eat in White Hall. Bit of a let-down, but it was a fun little adventure. Larry took a nap on the way there, and we went to Kroger and scouted around White Hall before we headed back. The we checked out Roodhouse and Murrayville on the way home, too.

Wednesday, February 02, 2005

How did they know?

Posted by guido @ 6:55 PM

Aww. They wait until I get a Tivo, then they cancel "Enterprise." The series won’t return for a fifth season, UPN and Paramount announced this afternoon. The final episode of the “Star Trek” prequel, which ran for four seasons, will air May 13.

I got my new driver's license today. I though they had taken the picture, so I looked away, then it took the picture, so I look a stoned or sleepy or something. I've been riding my bike or walking to work the last couple days. Took the pedometer this morning ... about 1,600 steps from my house to the office coat rack.

Double hockey sticks

Posted by guido @ 9:29 AM

FYI: 81 percent of Americans believe in heaven while 70 percent believe in hell according to a 2004 Gallup Poll.

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