A headline I never wanted to read

"Scientists Create Sheep That Are 15 Percent Human"

Well. I guess it could be worse. It could read "Scientists Create Humans That Are 15 Percent Sheep".

Oh wait. We already have those: born-again Republicans.

I gotta long way to go...

I was listening to Gary Dyson's version of The Heart Sutra and thought, just thought for a moment there, that I was getting it. Understanding it.

Sh*t. Sez to me I gotta long way to go.

The Episcopal Church supports gay rights!

Hats off to the Episcopal Church for standing up for gay rights! I've never been prouder of the church I grew up in. And I ain't even Christian any more.

We got audited.

Yes, the beaurocrats in Olympia decided in their infinite wisdom (sic) that Azalea Software deserved an audit. It seems they doubted we were paying enough sales and use tax into the state coffers. Right...

No, the bozo they sent out didn't send a letter in advance as he promised outlining what he was looking for and what he wanted us to prepare in advance. So we wasted a whole day doing the step'n'fetch it for this dude. What a waste. As if we're not going to strongly contest the $10K bill he left in his wake.

The best part was proving to him that no, we don't sell a lot of software in the state of Washington. Why? Because we sell a ton worldwide. No, we don't "manufacture" shrinkwrap products. Why? Cuz everyone buys off the net. As in ESD. Duh.

Chucklehead...

Bryan's new web site

Nothing makes a nerd happier than having one (or more) of his kids grow up to be nerds. Bryan's well on his way as evidence by his new web site, full of gadget reviews, game reviews, and movie reviews.

The best part? It ain't MySpace but a real web site.

Got Milk?

Amazon by ISBN-13

I love books. You probably do too.

While I love Amazon.com I must confess I use it as a research tool on my way to the Seattle Public Library or Elliott Bay Books. Gotta support those local bookstores. In some ways, to me Amazon is to books what IMDb is to Netflix: a reference tool.

Now you can search amazon.com by ISBN number. Kewl, hunh?

Southbound on I-5 This Morning

Halliburton

If Halliburton in Dubai = True Then
  Greed = Greed^2
Else
  news = False
End If

zonkdogfology, the word of the day

I love a good search engine like Google as much as the next guy. My pal here put a pig in the pipes. A GooglePig if you will.

Ha, ha. Funny, funny.

Random spam

These are subject lines from spam I've received recently. Honestly, I couldn't make this shit up even if I wanted to:

It is occult
acetylene magic
This Is Better Than 3 Wishes
distillate circuitry
Bin Laden Denounces Inclusion on Worst Dressed List
The very thick on the whole Planet.
go fatal
interconnected stocking
creators hold power
atoms and particles make u wonder
Porn stars recommend our drugs :)
candy bar torrential
require arrogance
If you die. Love continues.
Freddy Kruger wears Rolex Wana
fruitcake enchilada

Home Sweet Home

Sometimes it's the small things that turn a house into a home. Things like Tibetan prayer flags.

Truth stranger than...

Al Sharpton & Strom Thurmond related through slavery?!? Simultaneous with Louis Farrakhan's swan song!?!

I couldn't make this stuff up if I wanted to.

Is she single?

Like I said, is she single? Heck, must make another one!

Moving

I'm moving. Again.

I seem to be in a 18 month cycle here. This is my 4th place in 6 years, all here in West Seattle. The Apartment, Area 51, Hilltop, and now The Merge House.

If you ask me I'll tell you they're all "hotels", that I'm not attached to where I live, that at this point in my life a house isn't the best investment I can make. All true but the move thing is getting old.

At least this one holds out the promise of going down in history as the one that Lisa & I first shared. It was also funny in that again I used craigslist to find a mover and damn if I didn't unknowingly pick the same guy. He asked if I had the same girlfriend (yes), also a craiglist find.

Yes, me.

But no, not my ride.

Anna Nicole Smith

Some of you might expect me to say cruel things. Au contraire, I felt bad for her. Boobs you want to sink your head into notwithstanding, her life was one full of pain and suffering. We should all show her sincere love and compassion.

I'm serious.

Cruel and yet so funny too

Well. Valentine's Day is almost upon us. If you think it's hard when you're part of a couple, a quick glance at the craigslist personals tells me it's even harder when you're single. And horny.

I've written about craigslist before. OK, at length. I still cruise it for grins. The contrast between W4M and M4W is unbelievable. And at this time of the year, everybody is gettin' desperate.

Don't believe me? Check it out for yourself.

Why I love Lisa...

... and no one else. Read this disturbing news. No matter how unscientific the sampling is, the numbers and conclusions are un-ac-cept-a-ble.

And I quote: "A survey of about 1,000 women in 10 U.S. cities found women on average would be willing to give up sex for 15 months for a closet full of new apparel with two percent ready to abstain from sex for three years in exchange for new duds."

No thanks ladies. No thanks, I'll pass.

Superbowl XLI

I didn't even know who was playing. Didn't care. Then I heard who the halftime performer was! We turned it on just in time. After Prince we all went to Extreme Pizza for Michael's 18th birthday. We dubbed it a concert with a football game at either end. I gave Michael a copy of Dharma Punx. He read a couple of pages in the car and declared it a pretty good book. Let's hope he reads it.