Stain(ed)less

Got a little reminder today that if you don't treat stainless steel with a certain degree of respect, it will devour your tools and sometimes your flesh.

(Don't worry, it barely bled as far as my sock, stopped very easily.)

Stainless

I'm learning that working with stainless steel is a lot like hitting your head against a wall. The best part about it is stopping. :-)

(/end whine)

Whinge

I don't mean to be a whiner and a wimp, but I wasn't really ready for it to be this warm (28C) in April. I kinda wanted some good spring working weather before it got hot. Who knows, maybe it'll snow one more time before it gets really hot. :-)

(I can hope, can't I?)

That's Us

Humans Still Rule

So over on Facebook I took that quiz, "Which Muppet are you?" It thought I was most like Scooter. So now the ads are trying desperately to sell me performance parts for a scooter I don't have. (like moped, Vespa, that sort of thing) So I guess we meager humans are still a little bit ahead of the machines.

:-)

Run For It

Advertising is generally stupid. Those Nigerian money transfer schemes are almost always stupid. Marketing is often stupid. Spam is stupid. I'm sure you could all add loads of stuff to the list.

But here's the thought that keeps me up at night - they wouldn't keep doing all these things if there weren't people out there falling for them. A lot. While we're looking at quotes from famous brilliant people we fail to look around behind us at the masses.

Be afraid.

A Word From The King

You look like an angel
Walk like an angel
Talk like an angel
But I got wise
You're the devil in disguise
Oh yes you are
The devil in disguise

You fooled me with your kisses
You cheated and you schemed
Heaven knows how you lied to me
You're not the way you seemed

You look like an angel
Walk like an angel
Talk like an angel
But I got wise

You're the devil in disguise
Oh yes you are
The devil in disguise

I thought that I was in heaven
But I was sure surprised
Heaven help me, I didn't see
The devil in your eyes

You look like an angel
Walk like an angel
Talk like an angel

But I got wise
You're the devil in disguise
Oh yes you are
The devil in disguise

You're the devil in disguise
Oh yes you are
The devil in disguise
Oh yes you are
The devil in disguise

EE&V

Eyes
The rich blue sky that only happens on certain cold days.

Ears
Dripping water from melting ice.

Voice
"For what it's worth, I'm sorry."

"It doesn't matter any more. I'm not sure it ever really did."

Flat

So it's that boring time of year. There's nothing much going on except for tax time. The weather isn't enough of anything for me to whine about. I haven't seen any really good or really bad movies lately.

So I guess the only thing I can find to whine about is that there's nothing much to whine about. How sad is that?

A Little Fuzzy

So, let's see if I understand this holiday correctly. If I take some fresh eggs and hard-boil them, then use wax and food coloring to add bight color patterns to the shells, set them in a bed of plastic grass with some chocolate, and then seal them in a cave or bury them, in three days they come back as chickens?

And how does the giant bunny figure into it? Is he somehow responsible? Or is he just a side effect from oxygen deprivation and sugar?

(scratches head, shrugs)


:-)

Just Shut Up

I'm getting kind of tired of the media and the "gloom and doom" crap.
Yes, we know the economy is bad. Yes, we know we're still in both wars. Yes, we know that nothing has improved yet. The new guy has only been in office long enough to get the chair warm and he's already moving forward faster then the last 8 years. Give him a chance. And how do you think the constant barrage of negative crap is going to help. Do you think telling us constantly how horrible things are is going to help people feel like going out for a burger to help the economy? Do you think telling us how awful the job market is will inspire people who have lost theirs to go out and look?

How about you shut up unless you have something useful to contribute?

(end rant)

Talk To Me Chuck

This call goes out to the ghost of Mr. Darwin to see if he can explain to me how humans became so successful as a species when so many of us are so incredibly stupid.

Nothing specific to whine about, just low grade regular stupid behavior.

Balance

From what I can hear -or more accurately, can't help hearing- my neighbor has somehow violated her parole and has a court date impending. Maybe there is some karmic balance to the universe after all.

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