On February 13, 2009 at 23:31:30 UTC, the Unix Time Number will reach 1234567890 seconds.

To all the kids who survived the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's:

First we survived being born by mothers who smoked and/or drank alcohol while they were pregnant.  They took asprin, ate bleu-cheese dressing and tuna from a can.  They didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma we were put to sleep on our tummies in cribs covered in ( Read more... )

I don't know why it took so long.

But today among many other federal charges brough against this dipstick is one that really makes me angry.  He conspired to SELL the open Senator seat vacated by Obama.  The Feds have him on audio recording doing it.

"federal prosecutors alleged Blagojevich sought appointment as Secretary of Health and Human Services ( Read more... )

I had someone at work cause a dust-up with me today about "tax breaks for the rich."  This person was a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat and a Berkley grad.  It's sad how people get college degrees without understanding the very basics of economics and taxes.  So I pulled out an old example to put the cookies on a lower shelf and (hopefully) make someone ( Read more... )

Someone made a very good point to me today that made me pause and realize that humanity is messed up.

The governments of the world have mobilized over the last few days to move HUGE sums of money to rescue banks and financial institutions from failing due to greedy, stupid management.  Given their capacity to come up with so much money in so short ( Read more... )

Ya know it's quite amazing how car dealers are acting right now.  They are like starving mongrels fighting for scraps.

I put hte word out to the dealer network that I was looking for a black 4th generation Eclipse GT to replace the one that I lost in bankruptcy last year.  I was really specific about what I want and I told them will be paying cash ( Read more... )

I figured I would share a little something I realized today.

Unless you've been living under a rock you probably have seen one of those Mastercard commercials where they say something like

"Coffee - $2.  Gym Membership - $59.  Making it through the day - Priceless"

Well, after reading some famous quotes I came to the realization that not only was the ( Read more... )

Ok friends get first dibbs before I put it up on craigslist.

I have a fully working Minolta Magicolor 2300DL for the first person that gives me $100 for it and picks it up.

It has 128MB of memory and a 10/100 internal LAN card in it.  It needs a new cyan toner cartridge as the one in it is not printing evenly.  As far as I know the other cartridges ( Read more... )

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A sample nicked from an MSN Auto article about the psychology behind the cars we drive:

So with tongue firmly in cheek, here are what some popular rides say about you:

Toyota Prius
We get it. You love the planet like a fat kid loves cake. Tell you what - I'll acknowledge your superior consciousness when you stop driving 52 in the fast lane.

Hummer
Gotta ( Read more... )