X-Tra Rant

Dancing Cats? Why? WHY? WHYYYYYYYYYY!!!!?????

Umm yeah, now that I have that out of my system, we sold some Dancign Cat calendars at Borders, and did you ever see the stupid commercial for cat food I think that had these people dancing with cats? That is the dumbest thing ever.

Okay, not ever. W takes that honor.
Jason

I took a test to see what person in the Empire (you know, Star Wars, bad guys, all that stuff) I am.

Captain Needa
Aww! You’re a great guy… but maybe a little too polite. It could get you into trouble someday. In the meantime, you’re an absolute cutie. Chicks dig you.

Take the Imperial Test at Bucketheads!

hehehe yeah. Chicks dig me! Rock on!!!

Umm yeah. I hate making up silly titles for these things. I think I’ve said that before.

Anyway, so the weekend. I went to the Pacers game Friday with my sister. They lost. If they would have just made soem free throws or not went scoreless for huge chunks of the game they could have won. Reggie almost nailed a shot with .8 seconds left to win it, but it went off the side of the rim. Damn. It was a fun game to see though. Trying to get ahold of Josh to see if he wants to go to the game Tuesday, but he hasn’t returned my call. You know, he’s a good brother and all, but he’s really bad at returning calls and emails.
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Meh. I’m using ASP to re-write the QA department’s website at work. Suffices to say, ASP licks balls (as Jay would say). I’m trying to get to a mapped drive that exists on the webserver so that I can automatically build a page where internal people can download the latest builds of our software, information about each build, etc. Unfortuantely, the server to which I mapped the drive needs authentication. Even more unfortuantely, in teh crappy O’Reilly ASP book I have, I can’t figure out if there is a way that I can, say, ask the user for their login to that server, then use that login to talk to the server and build my page dynamically.
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How cool is this guy? He built his own roller coaster in his backyard, complete with a 360-degree corkscrew! He just designed and built it himself, on trial and error. That is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen (well, at least this week). I want to build my own roller coaster now. [editor’s ntoe: the article linked to no longer exists]

I was in a wierd mood, doing that “Ask. Mr. Rant” thing yesterday. It was pretty funny though, I must admit. At least in my little world it was funny.

Not much today, just more work. The Pacers play the Nets tonight in Game 2 of thier first round playoff series. Indiana won game one, so here’s hoping they win game 2. There was also the NFL draft this weekend. The Colts picked up a couple good defenders with their first two picks. After that, a bunhc of defenders that we’ll just have to wait and see. Shoudl be an interesting year for the Colts, I think. The Red Wings finally decided to show up and win a game in their playoff series against Vancouver. They are now down 2-1. THey better win this series. They better make it to the finals! All that talent…..

Well, that be it for now, mateys. Arrrrrrrrrrr…..

Damn I am one wierd dude.

Hi kids! I’m Mr. Rant, and I’ll be here every once in awhile to give advice to all the “readers” out there in Inter-Net Land. Now, I’m new to all this Information Super-Highway stuff, so bear with me. Now on to my first ever letter!

Dear Mr. Rant,
I’m dating this really great girl. We have a great time, we really get along, and the sex is awesome. But recently, she’s been saying how she really, really, really wants to zig a zig ahhh. I’mnot sure what to do. Can you help?
Sincerely,
Zigless In Portland

Well Zigless, when your lady says she wants to zig a zig ahh, it probably means she’s cheating on you with your boss. Dump her and go get a baked potato. Next letter!

Dear Mr. Rant,
I’m a 25 year old woman, and I think I’ve finally found Mr. Right (sorry, not Mr. Rant. haha!) anyway, how am I sure that he’s the one I want to settle down with?
Sincerely,
The Future Mrs. Right?

Well, “Mrs. Right”, if you have your doubts, that probably means you are cheating on him. Dump him before he finds out and go get a baked potato. With sour cream. Those are good.

Well, that’s all for Ask Mr. Rant for now. Until next time, eat more potatos!!

and this giant Lego church is pretty damn cool. If you know me at all you know I’m agnostic verging on athiestic. But I love Legos like anyone else, and this is damn impressive!! Archetectually, it’s just amazing. And it’s made out of Legos!!

Almost as cool the Lego Millenium Falcon (unfortunately, all the pictures of it are gone… that makes me sad)

Yeah, long title but it fits. I can’t remember if I’ve told this story before. I need to maek a search for my site just so I can keep track of what I’ve said.

Anyway, back in the 6th grade, I was even more of a shy dork than I am now (which is saying a hell of alot). There was a new girl, Marlena, who was realllly hot (hey, I’m remembering back to my 6th grade days as a 6th grader…). So there’s one of those stupid awkward 6th grade dances. A stupid sock hop theme. I go, but I hang out alone or with a couple other dorks most of the night. At one point, I’m walking by a table with alot of girls, including Marlena (and wishing I wasn’t such a chicken). I hear her say something to me but I don’t catch it. She repeats it. I say “huh?” Then she says “Never mind” just as I realize what she said…..
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Well, I got two cheap-o tickets to the Pacers/Nets playoff game next Friday. Called my brother to see if he wanted to go, but he can’t. Doing something with his girlfriend (more on that later). Called LEah. She can’t. Goign to Chicago to see her friend Melanie. THen I got to realizing… I have, like, no friends. I have a few aquaintances, but that’s it. Kyleane will be out of town on vacation. Liz, well, we’re still friendly and all, but she doesn’t ever want to seem to do anything with me. Plus, she’s not a big sports fan. I guess I could call up Marc and see if he wants to go. I think what I’ll do is maybe see if Gretchen would be interested in going. Dunno… SHe’ll prbably be busy too.
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