Just passing along the word. I got a text message from Papa Bear Warren this morning. (For those who don't remember, he took a job in Houston and they moved down a month or two ago.)

As of 7:00 a.m. this morning the worst of Ike appeared to have passed them. They are without power and the neighboring building lost its roof. But they are fine

Poor sales in the semiconductor industry made for a bad year for my company. Three of us were laid off today.

If anyone has any leads for a Technical Writer (I write instruction manuals, online help, training materials, and do web pages) let me know the info or I can give you my résumé to pass along.

Thanks.

When are you going to get one of these?

http://www.datamancer.net/archbishop/archbishop.htm

Okay, proof positive of how much a writer-geek I am. This is abso-frikin-loutely brilliant! At least, I think so.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1823766

. . . this is you I'm talking about, and you know it.

http://www.pbase.com/image/100415975

So here's the article a coworker sent me:

http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2008/07/octopus_vs_rubiks_cube.html

( Article cut and pasted for posterity )

Shovel for digging: $8.98
Pickaxe for breaking up the hard earth: $6.96
500-watt work light for working in the dark: $10.98
Two hot girls buying these items at Wal-Mart at 2:00 in the morning: Priceless

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It occurred to me that the children's song, "Three Blind Mice" (who got their tails cut off with a carving knife) is the first recorded example of a wireless, non-optical mouse.

Did Nostradamus write that song?

Meetings are like gas. Yeah, yeah, aside from the obvious comments about smell, or hot air, or torture to be confined in a small room with one, meetings really are like gas ( Read more... )