The dangers of changing light bulbs

All of the bulbs I changed today at work were covered in wasp nests.
A reminder to me to not do this in the spring or summer.

Oh and a new feature

Music that no one else probably likes but I do.

Sundry of Bitching (The new album by Chuck in stores soon)

Ok my first bitch is about Myspace. I still check into it as a few people still contact me on there. So I log in today and notice ole Tom has an update on the exciting new features. Things like histories of moods and status, blah blah blah, like the emo kids need to rememeber when they went from cutting themselves to putting band aids on their souls. Anyway, one feature is just plain stupid, I mean stupid even for a social site. The exciting new print function. I can understand this for pictures and maybe a blog, but they are including it for other parts of the site. They say it is for scrapbooking. When you are scrapbooking your Myspace page it is time to realize you need to step away from the keyboard and more than likely seek out the ball of fire in the sky known as the sun.

Second bitch is the phrase “You remember…” at work this is normally followed by something along the lines of “… 3 months ago my computer had that problem, you said it needed a flux capacitor and yadda yadda yadda.” For the record, I do not rememeber. I have over 80 computers in this building, plus friends and family bring me computers to work on. I am not even an IT guy, so this means I am also busy trying to remember to run wires, maintaining studios, working on the projects that have not been cut by budget, planning projects, taking care of emergency problems, and trying to help people get their day to day jobs done. Then I also have a life outside of work. So no I really don’t make it a point to clog the limited brain function I have with remembering things that are meaningless, and yes, your computer problems are meaningless. So the proper way to begin the conversation of trying to get me to fix your shit, again, the shit you probably fucked up with Limewire or some bad Torrent, is “I know you are busy but I would appreciate it if you could help me with another problem..” you could even begin “I know you probably don’t remember…” but “You remember…” assumes that I have nothing better going on than remembering your computer problem, and that is kind of insulting to me. Infact, from now on, when I drink, I will specfically target the brain cells that would have helped me remember your problem.

My third bitch is that there is this, Apple needs to release a fucking iPhone SDK for Windows or Linux. I mean come on, spending a grand for a chance to learn a subset of C (hell I never learned C because I was a lame ass) so I can write code for your device is fucking insane. The specs for the SDK are an Intel based Mac with OSX Leopard, which means $600 for a Mac Mini or $999 for a 13.3 Inch Macbook. I am not buying any more desktops unless it is for a Media PC so that means $999, that is insane to me. Oh well, when I see a baragin I will jump, but let me tell you, Apple, your stock would triple with the ideas I have for iPhone apps. Imagine, a “where is” app for hookers and coke! We are talking a billion dollar idea, fuck that a billion euro idea, well once I find the proper database with the locations of hookers and coke dealers, I am sure it is out there.

Like the 80′s are you know like cool

Here is a great little blurb I noticed on the front page of Yahoo.

Look at the cast of this thing, take out Jet Li and this is an 80′s dream cast. Some will say Forest Whitaker is not an 80′s star, but he was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Vision Quest and Platoon, he was only a character actor back then, he does some starring roles now.

Anyway, with Transformers, GI Joe, Terminator and Watchmen hitting the screen this summer and this movie being filmed we will be in the 80′s for awhile.

Dolph back on the big screen is long over due.

Someone will push a button and blow up the Sun

The above line is one of my favorite comic book lines of all time. It is from Cerebus by Dave Sim. The story is that Cerebus knows how the world will end, and some boozer in a bar is ranting about the end of the world. Cerebus knows the answer and says the above line, with “We all die alone, unloved and unmourned” Dave Sim turned into a crackpot in later years, he would go on anti-woman rants. In the last issue of his 300 issue epic, he put in some misogynistic prayer that he says daily. I was never a regular reader of his comics, but liked some the early Cerebus works and always planned to read the entire series, at this point I will not support him in any way. (By the way Cerebus is spelled wrong on purpose and I am rembering the line as best I can, if you are a Cerebus geek I apologize if I got something wrong)

This line came to mind today when this mornings news brought up this story.

The story outlines the worst case scenario for a solar storm destorying large parts of the power grid in the United States. Some areas could see power loss for years. In other words, generator sales would skyrocket and parts of the developed world would see some thrid world conditions. That is some Mad Max shit right there folks. I vote myself in to the the Humongus, just need some juice and a hockey mask. I will rule the wastelands with a fair but firm hand.