Marky’s Web Log

I will say it proudly, I am terrified of flying. Absolutely terrified. I kid you not I actually cry when I have to be in an airplane. That is why I Drive to Las Vegas from Reno when business takes me that direction. I am OK with the extra time it takes from my life as I am really that terrified of flying.

Some weeks ago Miller with CDW and I were talking and we were discussing how he was riding around and saw a young lady (kid like 7 years old) wrecked her bike and Continue Reading »

As a long time Slashdot reader I have learned that Slashdot can have some very sensationalistic headlines. This one is by far one of the worst I have seen yet. Saturn has a giant ring around it? Really?

Saturn has rings? Nuh uh!

A pyrrhic victory was the best term they could have coined for the judgment against pirate bay. It is a shame that the world has been taught by Hollywood that pirates/hackers are malicious people that want to see the world burn. Innovation is born from hacking/piracy. Such a disappointment. We can only pray that th appellate courts let these guys go free, and educate the world that innovators aren’t criminals.

This has been one of my biggest disappointments in some time.

I love professional sports. Sports of all types. I love going to live games. When we got a Minor League Baseball team in Reno I was ecstatic. I did procrastinate a bit for getting tickets. That was my fault. I couldn’t get opening day tickets. I went to the box office and tried to bribe someone, anyone. Just wasn’t happening. I did get tickets for other games already… and I am happy. Shame on me for not getting opener tickets.

I was at $DAYJOB today and I heard a receptionist calling someone at the Aces on behalf of $DAYJOB CEO, asking for another ticket for Opening Day. I took all I had to bite my tongue. Basically the politicians get to have tickets called in at the last second, and me the fan, they guy that was cheering on D-Backs for taking a risk on Little ‘ol Reno… The guy that has to scrimp and save to get season tickets is shit on.

Any thoughts?

This was a cute email I have never seen. So I decided to post it.

Side note: I have tried the laxative thing. $WIFE wasn’t very happy.

AMAZING SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES:

1. IF YOU’RE CHOKING ON AN ICE CUBE, SIMPLY POUR A CUP OF BOILING WATER DOWN YOUR THROAT. PRESTO! THE BLOCKAGE WILL INSTANTLY REMOVE ITSELF.

2. AVOID CUTTING YOURSELF WHEN SLICING VEGETABLES BY GETTING SOMEONE ELSE TO HOLD THE VEGETABLES WHILE YOU CHOP.

3. AVOID ARGUMENTS WITH THE LADIES ABOUT LIFTING THE TOILET SEAT BY USING THE SINK.

4. FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SUFFERERS ~ SIMPLY CUT YOURSELF AND BLEED FOR A FEW MINUTES, THUS REDUCING THE PRESSURE IN YOUR VEINS. REMEMBER TO USE A TIMER.

5. A MOUSE TRAP PLACED ON TOP OF YOUR ALARM CLOCK WILL PREVENT YOU FROM ROLLING OVER AND GOING BACK TO SLEEP AFTER YOU HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON.

6. IF YOU HAVE A BAD COUGH, TAKE A LARGE DOSE OF LAXATIVES. THEN YOU’LL BE AFRAID TO COUGH.

7. YOU ONLY NEED TWO TOOLS IN LIFE – WD-40 AND DUCT TAPE. IF IT DOESN’T MOVE AND SHOULD, USE THE WD-40. IF IT SHOULDN’T MOVE AND DOES, USE THE DUCT TAPE.

8. REMEMBER – EVERYONE SEEMS NORMAL UNTIL YOU GET TO KNOW THEM.

9. IF YOU CAN’T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU’VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.

No bull shit this really happened.

I am in the back yard b-s’ing with my $WIFE. Talking about nothing important, just enjoying the weather.

This is the chicken $WIFE caught.

$DOG is just walking around then out of no where $DOG goes absolutely ape. I mean hair is flying everywhere. I yell to tell the dog to shut the hell up. Then $WIFE goes over to see what $DOG is so upset about. Then $WIFE says “oh my $DEITY a chicken!” I say to $WIFE shut the hell up. I walk over to the area that $DOG is still going ape over. Sure enough, there is a flippin’ chicken. A real live black chicken.

These are the bonds I am referring to

$WIFE deftly catches the chicken. The Chicken went docile and all was well. Until we notice, the chicken has its legs tied together. What the hell is up with that? I don’t get why someone would tie the legs of a chicken together.

I love chicken. I love the taste. It is awesome. Treating animals like that before you kill them makes absolutely no sense. Were they trying to fatten it up?

I then called the local animal services center. We cut the bonds and they took the chicken.

Whether you find this story tragic or funny as hell I have to say yesterday was an odd day!

I am watching a buddy of mine Glendale make a blog and he made a cool reference to something he worked on 802.1x on Mac OS X, and he is a phenom.  I decided that it was most important enough for me to do one.  So here we go.  My Web Log (I hate the word blog) so I am now using my domain for something useful.

This is where I will be posting my fun and cool stuff.  my $current_job stories and successes, as well as failures.  And hopefully road map out other things of my life that may help others.  Who knows it might even be exciting.