July 13th is “Embrace Your Geekness Day!”

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Don’t ya just hate getting behind the guy that’s driving five under the speed limit in the fast lane? Don’t ya just hate getting behind the lady who doesn’t understand you can take more than one lettuce leaf at a time from the salad bar? Don’t ya just hate when someone gives you weeks of teasers about some big trip they’re going on and then even more teasers about the great pictures they took, but the never post the story OR the pics?!

Me too.

Unfortunately, I’ve got a major project going at work and I’m in serious crunch mode. I’ve been pulling 12-16 hour days all this week and will probably will for the next few weeks. It’s that time again when the only time I see my wife is when she’s already asleep in bed.

The two weeks before I was working ’til midnight, I was rushing home to take care of this or that little issue, filling out this or that form or contract, in order to get our home purchase rolling. (By the way, all the paper work has gone to finance and title. From now until August, no news is good news.)

So, this is yet another sorry excuse for not getting something posted. Our New York trip was amazing and the pictures really are great. I’ve uploaded more than half of them to Flickr, but the rest are still on my home PC just waiting for me to get them online. I’ll do my best to squeeze that in some night. Then I can type up the trip report during my lunch hour or something.

Deal? Ok.

Boy, I sure am glad that Bronco Bomber bailed out commandeered the auto industry and saved it from bankruptcy.

Oh wait. That’s right. The bankruptcy happened anyway, and is much worse that it would have been, with the unions that killed it now owning a controlling interest. Nevermind.

Well, at least the banking industry was saved by the bail out buy out. Wait, what? Banks are still going under? Bronco’s Tres. Sec won’t let the successful banks pay back the money they didn’t want in the first place? And the bad banks that received billions don’t even know where the money went? Hrmm.

Surely then, Bronco’s stimulus package saved American jobs, like he promised. (The blue graph was published by the White House in its pitch for the “Recover Plan.” The red line was added to show the actual results so far.)

Well, nuts. Looks like Bronco is not working out so well. Gee. Who’d have thunk it? Apparently, more and more are figuring it out. (Index to -8 and dropping like a rock.)

Nods to Ghosty for the link.

(Link for Facebook friends: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQcVllWpwGs)

Ghosty pointed out (via Facebook comment) that today has an even more auspicious clock moment. (This one will only last a second, but at least we’ll all be awake for it.)

Everybody make sure and pay attention during your lunch hour. This will be a once in a lifetime moment!!

12:34:56 7/8/9

Wow! How did I miss that?! Thanks Ghosty!

It’s now 05:06 07/08/09. These things don’t happen that often, and since I’m a numbers geek, I must at least mention it.

Of course, if you know me at all, you know I’m not actually posting at the ungodly hour of 5 AM. But through the magic of delayed posting, I can honestly say it is 5:o6 AM.

Check back at 09:09 09/09/09. (Just a month away!)

I like Rob Cockerham‘s advice: “Always bring your camera.” Thanks to the wonders of technology, I have a fairly crappy camera on my cell phone, and so I do take pictures whenever I see something funny or stupid. The problem is that I don’t do anything with those pictures… Until now!

I love food. But I’m a little uncomfortable when my food is laughing. Why is it laughing? Is it laughing at me? Is it laughing because it knows something I don’t know? Is it planning to poison me? Ack! The pressure!!

Speaking of food (and poison), I love egg nog. It’s one of my favorite holiday treats. As soon as it goes on sale at the store, I must buy some. But last year, I was a little hesitant about this first batch.

While I was at the store, I needed some AAA batteries. Buying in bulk is always a good deal, right? Here’s 16 batteries for $9.74 (That’s 60.9¢ each.)

So, let’s compare this package of 8 that was right next to it on the same display and cost $4.34. (That’s 54.3¢ each.) Hmmm.

Speaking of bad deals, one of these pairs of shoes is not on sale.

I love truth in advertising. And, thus, I think this is the smartest diaper bag ever. “Say mister! Whatcha got in that lovely pink diaper bag?” “Can’t ya read? It’s POO!”

And finally, Ghosty sent me this pic of a t-shirt someone’s selling. At first I was angry that anyone dare steal the same image I stole first, and use for my blog. But when I read the caption, I felt the kindred spirit and my anger melted away.

Bad news! I’ve got two white board quips back to back again. Time to start draining the big tub of posts in my queue.

I like my coffee like I like my women: In a plastic cup.
-Eddie Izzard

Don’t think about this one too long.

Do you ever lie and why should I believe you?

I’m one of those people who is easily entertained, even when alone. When I say, “I crack myself up,” I am not lying. I really do. Often.

I was doing accents in the mirror this morning while I was getting ready and really cracking myself up. Suddenly it occurred to me, someone else might think this is funny too! WORK FROM HOME FRIDAY VIDEO!!