Coincidence?

A fellow blogger had some problems last night when he ran into the coincidence fairies. Ah yes, I have had my share of experiences with them as well. They've done the following things in my office:

While a new firewall was being installed, the fiber lines of our ISP were cut, making us spend hours trying to configure a firewall that would never work.

A hard drive went bad, the same time we were having problems with our DSL circuit causing intermittent internet connection for the office.

While the DSL circuit was being repaired, our firewall went bad, making it very difficult to test if the circuit was working properly.

That triggered my backups (on DDS-3) to stop working, (this one more predictable however due to the end of the tapes' lifespan).

Yes I know the coincidence fairies well, they are quite difficult to explain to the boss though.

Filed in: HelpDesk

Weiner Dogs

In response to yesterday's post, Bobby, who shares the same deranged sense of humor that I do, emailed me the following:

Ok hear me out on this, The site wouldnt be dedicated only to Beverlys dogs, but Many other "Hot Wieners". What about the name www.doggystyle.com or www.lookatmywiener.com, www.leghumping.com, www.porknwieners.com. I think they are all good names but certainly wouldnt want to limit our selection to just these. Also I have included some of the types of pictures that the website might offer to the wiener enthusiast... enjoy

Sick, I know, but he's Bobby, ya gotta love him.

Filed in: Humor Family

Speaking of...

Bobby brought up the tryptophan phenomenon this past weekend and there were several questions asked like "Why does it do that?" I had heard of tryptophan before as well, so me and Bobby answered them, "I don't know...it just does. If that answer wasn't good enough for you, try this one:
Howstuffworks "Is there something in turkey that makes you sleepy?"
{via Damaged Goods}

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Thanksgiving Weekend

Wow, I can't believe I survived another Thanksgiving weekend. After Thanksgiving Day itself, and then going out that night; all the chaos and comotion that is shopping the day after Christmas; and getting a good start on hanging Christmas lights you might think that I would be in some sort of epileptic coma, but, here I sit, late Sunday night, still alive and kicking.

Since this is the weekend of Thanks, I would like to give thanks to those who have deserved it this past weekend. First of all, thanks to my mother-in-law for preparing a hearty Thanksgiving feast. Also to my father-in-law, for what feast would be complete without his sausage stuffing. Thanks to Beverly's daughter Char for cooking an incredible Mexican Feast to end our Holiday weekend. Thanks to Beverly for having Weener Dogs (and even though she says she wont) eventually setting up the "Humping Weener Dog Cam" site, which will entertain millions of future visitors. Thanks to Bobby for being a good brother-in-law and telling me about Beverly's Humping Weener Dogs. Thanks to all who participated in going out with us Thursday night, if not for you and keeping me and Marcy out late on Thursday, we would most likely have ended up standing in lines early Friday morn waiting for sales. Most of all, and seriously, thanks to Marcy and my kids for putting up with me, and my twisted sense of humor, for another year. I love you all.

Filed in: Family Pictures

Turkey Day

Thanksgiving, the time of the year that you sit down, with your family all around you, and enjoy a hot, freshly made, right out of the oven, batch of linky deliciousness. Can you smell what I'm cooking, I know you can.

We'll start this special Holiday batch of goodies off with a treat. Anyone who has been around me for the past few years knows that I've been hyponitized twice in public settings. Now you can undergo the wonders of hypnosis in the comfort of your own home, without all the people pointing and laughing at you. So go, be hypnotized. :: Dr. J.H. Rabailkal - Hypnotic experiment No. 1.

There now, wasn't that fun? I hope you didn't do anything illegal while you were under, what's that??? You did what?? I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to arrest yourself!! :: Citizen's Self-Arrest Form

Speaking of being arrested, I know as well as anyone, how frustrating spam, pop-up ads and spyware can be, but this man has taken it a little too far. :: Man gets "spam rage"

Tired of hearing the same old songs, sung the same old way. Let some of the biggest names in the recording industry put a new spin on your favorite songs. :: Let them sing it for you

Thanksgiving makes us realize that it's the simple things in life that we have to be thankful for...like this. :: Newton's Penguins

This public service announcement brought to by the YCBSEFE (You Can Blame Someone Else For Everything) commission. :: Smoke Kills

Here at the bmg, we realize that time spent with family at this time of year is precious...We also realize that given any excuse to get some time away from them is a god send. With that in mind, we bring to you these all too-important, time consuming games:

Stick Figure Fight
Flip Flap
Sierra Entertainment: Lords of the Realm III
SnowFight
Toboggan Run

Hope you enjoyed your stay with us this Thanksgiving day. We know that you have many things to be thankful for today, we just want to be one of them. Til next time.

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But will it be hackproof?

Chip implant gets cash under your skin

Every single device that has been invented that I know of has been hacked in to. I will not put anything underneath my skin that people are going to want to hack. If they find a way to disallow hacking I'll be first in line, but until then....count me out.

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Wine Trip

Sunday Marcy, myself, Bobby and his date Beverly went to Shenandoah Valley wine country to consume great quantities of wine do a little wine tasting. Fun was had by all as we made our way through Young's Vineyard, Sonora Winery & Port Works, Bella Piazza, Villa Toscano, Story Winery (picked up our futures), Karly, TKC Vineyards, Renwood Winery, Deaver Vineyards, Drytown Cellars, and finally stopping by our favorite wine shop in Sutter Creek, Sutter Creek Wine Tasting, to finish our day. Proof can be found. At the end of the night we all went back to our house for a fantastic dinner prepared by Beverly, and some more wine that we picked up during the day.

Filed in: Family Travel Pictures