My latest project at the office is to build a 3D model of a wall segment and glass panels. The panels will, once built in the real world, have the names of retired UCF employees etched on them. For the model the boss told me to use fake names, but you know how I can't resist using references to my favorite movies, games, and TV shows in my work ( Read more... )

See this?  Looks like something out of a movie, right?  It's real though.  I just love space flight.


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Sweet Zombie Jesus, it's coming back!

http://dvd.ign.com/articles/634/634262p1.html

Abandoned by her mate, attacked by the other females in her colony for trying to steal their spouses, Zurita is a penguin who should have been doomed to fail.  Instead, the plucky little bird has done what no other penguin has done before: raised a chick all by herself.


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While talking to a coworker about bees:
Coworker "So queen bees, they attract other bees with hairphones?"
Me: "You mean 'pheromones'?"
Coworker: "Yeah! Pher'mones!"

The movie finds Stewie, the maniacal baby genius, having a near-death experience that prompts him to change his ways. Instead of seeking to dominate the world, he sets out on a road trip to find his real father.
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I've been very quiet lately, here and elsewhere.  I'm going through one of those phases where I withdraw away from people and the outside in general.  Can't really say why that is - my health has been good now for a little over a month, so that's not the problem.  Must just be one of those introverted times ( Read more... )

A co-worker brought in a form that needed my signature this morning. She just said "Sign this." I signed it, but asked "I'm not signing for a stolen jeep, am I?" Totally flew over her head. Unreal.

A gaming website linked to Press The Buttons. What makes this unusual is that the site isn't in English. I don't even know what language this is. Can anyone translate?

Malá perlička na záver. Vedeli ste o tom, že začiatkom 90tych rokov vychádzali komixy s licenciou Nintenda?