I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally!

Construction?? Updates...

2012-01-27T06:33:00.001-06:00

I am not sure why, but someone decided it would be a good idea to close the road I drive to work on. Just sitting in my car. Looking at another car, a silver Nissan altima. Kind of an ugly car. Oh well they turned around, in fact a lot of people are. I wonder if I should too?

Update
Seems there was no construction. Not sure why the road was closed. A few minutes after my first post traffic moved both ways again.

Had a bowl of life cereal this morning.

2012-01-26T05:57:00.001-06:00

Life cereal is so delicious. Especially when combined with 2% milk. Plus a delicious glass of OJ to wash it all down. Today my work peeps are having a chili cookoff, so no need for a lunch.

Subway

2012-01-21T07:46:00.001-06:00

A quarter? Really? For shame.

I work with a bunch of idiots

2012-01-11T15:35:00.001-06:00

Seriously

Hi, it's been a while.

2011-12-08T21:18:00.001-06:00

I have not posted on my blog in quite a while. Due to some complaints from some pretty annoying bastard I have decided to start posting again, also I plan on back posting events that have occurred, but will pretend as though I wrote about them right after they happened. For now this is all you get.

So this was my day on Friday

2011-09-18T17:53:00.000-05:00

The Short Version of the Story:

Our DS3 in Houston went down at approximately 8:15 AM on 09/16/11 due to equipment failure on AT&T's end. After several hours on the phone with AT&T we tracked down the problem. It was fixed at approximately 4:45 PM on 09/16/11, resulting in an approximately 7 hour 30 minute outage period.

The Long Version of the Story:

On Friday 09/16/2011 we had an issue with our DS3 in the Houston LATA. At approximately 8:15 AM our internal monitoring system reported all sites in the Houston LATA were down. Those schools include Chireno, Cushing, Diboll, Douglass, Excelsior, Lufkin, Martinsville, Nacogdoches, and Shelbyville. A few minutes later we confirmed an issue with the DS3 and called in to AT&T. After 15 minutes on hold we got a ticket put in, but were told it could take up to two hours under "ideal conditions" before we get to a tester and in fact at 10:35 we got a call back from an AT&T tester. Then a three hour phone call occurred with the tester, where the AT&T tester and a technician was trying to, unsuccessfully, trace the DS3 Circuit from Houston back to our equipment in Longview. During this three hours they also replaced various pieces of equipment where our circuit is located in Houston. After several internal phone calls the AT&T Tester finally found out what portion of AT&T owned the remaining portion of the circuit they were unable to previously trace. The tester at this time, 1:13 PM, told me he had to call them and would call me back some time later in the afternoon. I called AT&T back at 2:45 PM not having heard from my tester for over one and a half hours. After being on hold for twenty-five minutes I finally get back to the tester at 3:10. He is able to trace the circuit back to Longview and sees an issue on some equipment at AT&T's Longview location. A ticket then had to be put in with the AT&T Longview office as this tester was unable to do anything else from his location in Chicago, this was at 3:25 PM. At 4:44 PM our internal monitoring service noticed that everything in the Houston LATA came back up. Approximately 30 minutes later I got a phone call from my original AT&T Tester. He got word from the AT&T Technicians in Longview that our circuit was moved to a new port. This seems to have resolved the issue.

Diet - Take 2

2011-09-17T17:22:00.002-05:00

So I am calling it quits on my diet - but I am also going to start over, on Monday. I am going to enjoy my weekend. So first some new rules:In addition to no fried foods and soda I am not allowed to eat fast food - that includes my Taco Bueno. I am also not going to drink anything but water and unsweetened tea. I also need to add some exercise to this and actually follow through. My plan is to do 1 mile every day, but who knows if I can. I'll be thinking more about what else I am doing, but it will likely have to wait.

Not My Work, but I'll Post It Anyway!

2011-09-13T09:48:00.001-05:00

I stole this from here: http://www.fark.com/comments/6555276/71673482#c71673482

My Friend James sent it to me, I thought it was a good read, enjoy!

I wrote this for a redlit article a few days ago. Took a while, so I figured I'd get some more use out of it.

Rocks are not ducks, no matter how much you want them to be.

Hear me out on this one. Let us say that one day you're walking along on a bit of a hike, and you trip over something. You look down and pick up a fist-sized rock. Being a bit of an amateur geologist, you're intrigued by the texture and weight, and decide that you're holding a big piece of granite. "Look,", you say to nobody in particular, "what a cool piece of granite!".

"Nope!", says a voice behind you, startling you. As you turn, you realize it's a friend of yours. Why he's out here in the field you're not sure, but you keep your composure and respond, "Yes, it's a dense igneous stone with a fine texture. Looks like granite to me."
Your friend replies, "No, it's a duck." You're perplexed, but you calmly point out that it has neither feathers nor a beak, nor is it by any ready means of analysis alive. It is in fact a rock, from the igneous family, and it appears to be granite.
Your friend insists it's a duck, because he read it in a book.
You realize that this conversation is going nowhere, so you take your rock, excuse yourself, and head for home. When you get there, you pull out your Big Book Of Rocks, and you realize that, as you compare the neat pictures to your rock, you've made an error. It's not granite, it's rhyolite. Pleased with your new knowledge, you clean the thing off and as you put it on a shelf next to your Boxee Box and that Beanie Baby you thought would be valuable some day (hey, we all make investment errors), the doorbell rings. You answer it, and it's your friend, now dressed nattily in a white shirt and tie, dark pants, and carrying some sort of pamphlet. Without benefit of small talk, he blurts out "See, it's a duck".
"No, it's rhyolite," you respond, "I didn't realize it had that much quartz in it until I got home. When I took a closer look, I realized it wasn't granite".
"You were wrong about it being granite, so it's obviously a duck. Do you want one of these?" he says, proffering you a pamphlet that appears to say something about the creation of ducks. You refuse the copy of The Ducktower, close the door, and go back to your interesting rock.

Some months later, you happen to be entertaining some folk from the nearby university. One of them is a well-known geologist, and she seems to be taking special interest in your rock. You ask her what she thinks of your rhyolite.
"Oh, that's not rhyolite," she says, "in fact, I can't remember seeing a specimen like that before. Do you mind if I take it and run a couple of tests on it? I promise I won't sample too much of it." You agree, and she vanishes out your door, heading for her lab. A couple of days later, she sends you an email saying "You've found a new type of mineral! This is really quite a discovery. You get naming rights, as long as you don't call it 'UFIAnite' or 'Farkelium' or something stupid like that". As you read the words with growing elation, you hear a knock at your door. Maybe she brought your rock back? Quickly, you mentally strain to come up with a good new-mineral-sounding name but you can't come up with anything better than "lovezombium" by the time you get to the door. You open it...and it's your friend again. "See! I TOLD you it was a duck!" he blurts.
You count to ten. In Sanskrit. Backwards. Then you slowly and calmly try to explain what the geologist told you. He shakes his head emphatically.
"No, you were wrong each time you said what it was. So obviously I'm right, and it's a duck."
"Um, I learned more about it, and each time I obtained more knowledge, what I knew about it changed. That doesn't make it a duck."
"Yes it does. My book has said ALL ALONG that it's a duck. My facts haven't changed, and yours have changed all the time. So mine are obviously more correct. It's a duck."

You give him a firm shove out the door, and slam it with some satisfaction. He goes on to be the Republican frontrunner in the next election.

Science changes as we learn. Religion refuses to change no matter what we learn.

And rocks are not, in fact, ducks.

My arm hurts

2011-09-12T05:41:00.001-05:00

I keep falling asleep on my arm and when I wake up it really hurts. I am guessing I am cutting off some of the blood flow due to the weight. I don't really have much more to say than that, other than really hot water in the shower seems to make it feel better.

Diet Day 35, I think

2011-08-27T11:08:00.001-05:00

It has been a while since I posted something, aside from the 49ers wordpress stuff... Anyway, this morning something cool happened, my scale said 320.00 - that is fantastic. Especially since I haven't been as controlling in my diet as I should be. So since I started this whole thing I have lost just over 15 pounds. The important thing is the diet is still working, I just have to buckle down and keep my calories low. I think, I will continue to hold off of the fitness and exercise until it cools off. That's all for now.

49ers to Participate in "Come Out and Play"

2011-08-23T13:52:00.000-05:00

49ers to Participate in "Come Out and Play"

Scott Kegley | August 23, 2011 at 11:52 AM | Categories: Community | URL: http://wp.me/pyX7c-1BK

Join 49ers alumni Joe Nedney, Guy McIntyre, Keena Tuner, Steve Bono and Dennis Brown at the Spirit of Santa Clara: Come Out and Play on Tuesday, September 6.
The Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce is teaming up with the 49ers as well as the San Jose Sharks, San Jose Earthquakes and Oakland Athletics to celebrate the spirit of professional sports in the region.
The event will be held at the Fourth Street Summit Center (88 S. Fourth Street) in San Jose, from 11:30-1:30 pm.
Individual tickets to the event are $100 and tables can be purchased for $1,000. Attendees will be served lunch and have the chance to win a "road trip" to their favorite team. To purchase tickets, call 408-291-5281.

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49ers Sign Paulescu; Activate Zeigler

2011-08-22T17:05:00.001-05:00

49ers Sign Paulescu; Activate Zeigler

Taylor Price | August 22, 2011 at 3:05 PM | Categories: Announcements | URL: http://wp.me/pyX7c-1BI

The San Francisco 49ers announced that they have signed P Sam Paulescu and activated WR Dominique Zeigler from the physically unable to perform list. The team also announced they have waived QB Jeremiah Masoli and K Fabrizio Scaccia.
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Gameday Story: Ready to Work

2011-08-22T13:43:00.001-05:00

Gameday Story: Ready to Work

Taylor Price | August 22, 2011 at 11:43 AM | Categories: Announcements | URL: http://wp.me/pyX7c-1BC

Our first Gameday Magazine of 2011 featured my cover story on the 49ers 2011 draft class. The words, however, really came to life thanks to a classic photo of the bunch taken at a recent training camp practice by team photographer Michael Zagaris.
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49ers Statement Regarding Candlestick Park

2011-08-21T21:29:00.001-05:00

49ers Statement Regarding Candlestick Park

Taylor Price | August 21, 2011 at 7:29 PM | Categories: Announcements | URL: http://wp.me/pyX7c-1Bv

The following statements were issued from the San Francisco 49ers, the NFL, and San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Oakland Mayor Jean Quan on Sunday.
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Game Blog: 49ers vs. Raiders

2011-08-20T18:23:00.001-05:00

Game Blog: 49ers vs. Raiders

Scott Kegley | August 20, 2011 at 4:22 PM | Categories: Gameday | URL: http://wp.me/pyX7c-1Bl

The 49ers will play their preseason home opener against the other Bay Area team, the Oakland Raiders. The fact that it is a preseason game hasn't toned down the rivalry for the Battle of the Bay.
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Send in Your Questions for Teddy Football

2011-08-20T13:46:00.001-05:00

Send in Your Questions for Teddy Football

Scott Kegley | August 20, 2011 at 11:46 AM | Categories: Teddy Football | URL: http://wp.me/pyX7c-1Bj

49ers radio broadcaster Ted Robinson is back for the second season of Teddy Football.
I'll speak with Ted before each week's game and he'll answer a few questions from fans. Submit you questions in the comments section of this blog, by using the #TeddyFootball hash tag on Twitter or on our Facebook page.

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Into Africa with Vernon Davis

2011-08-19T16:48:00.000-05:00

Into Africa with Vernon Davis

Taylor Price | August 19, 2011 at 2:48 PM | Tags: Vernon Davis | Categories: Announcements | URL: http://wp.me/pyX7c-1Bg

Vernon Davis is well-known for his interests outside of football. The 49ers Renaissance man is an avid painter, a company spokesman and a philanthropic footballer, too.
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Blogging 49ers Stuff

2011-08-18T17:25:00.001-05:00

Since I got a few questions I just wanted you to know I am importing the 49ers blog to my blog because well I like the niners, even if they have been sucking That's all really.

Diet Day 26 Salad

2011-08-18T17:21:00.000-05:00

I have decided to eat salad as much as possible. I bough some Fresh Express 50/50 Mix and that stuff is awesome. Of course that best part is that salad has almost no calories - I mean you can stuff your face and not have to worry at all about it, until you add salad dressing. I have been enjoying Ken's Light Cesear at 70 calories per serving (which is 2 Tbsps) it is really tasty and at the same time not that bad for you. I usually eat a big bowl of salad with two servings of dressing and it only costs me about 150 calories and fills me up. If I am still hungry I can enjoy a Yoplait yogurt (not the blue kind with aspartame, but the Original kind in the red containers) or even a sandwich.

Walker to Attend Hillsborough Concours D’Elegance

2011-08-17T20:40:00.003-05:00

Walker to Attend Hillsborough Concours D'Elegance

Scott Kegley | August 17, 2011 at 6:40 PM | Categories: Community | URL: http://wp.me/pyX7c-1Ba

Car enthusiast and 49ers tight end Delanie Walker will once again be attending the Hillsborough Concours D'Elegance. Walker will be joined 49ers Chairman/Owner John York, 49ers alumni and the Gold Rush girls for a day focused on automotive excellence
Money raised will benefit three local charities including the 49ers Foundation.
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Diet Day 25

2011-08-17T17:54:00.001-05:00

Been a while since I posted anything... well I got caught up in life and didn't have much time. Today however I found a brief moment to blog. I mostly want to say I seem to have already hit my first hurdle. Since my last posted weight I haven't gained or lost any more. I have been keeping tabs daily and every morning I am within the same half a pound range. My diet has, as best I can tell, stayed consistently between 1500 and 2000 calories. So I can only assume this means that I need to become more active and/or try to stay closer to that 1500 calories. The thing is I am pretty self conscious as most fat people are and don't want to join a gym due to fear of ridicule. Even if that fear is unfounded. Of course I am also cheap. I also keep blaming the heat for me not wanting to exercise outside. Well, I guess thats just what happens when you are fat, you make excuses. Oh well. Well see what happens...

49ers Sign QB Josh McCown

2011-08-17T17:48:00.003-05:00

49ers Sign QB Josh McCown

Scott Kegley | August 17, 2011 at 3:48 PM | Tags: Josh McCown | Categories: Transactions | URL: http://wp.me/pyX7c-1B5

The 49ers signed QB Josh McCown to a one-year deal.
McCown (6-4, 213) was originally drafted in the third round (81st overall) by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2002 NFL Draft. He has played in 47 games (31 starts), completing 610 of 1,058 pass attempts for 6,584 yards, 35 touchdowns and 40 interceptions, while adding 127 carries for 569 yards and three touchdowns on the ground.
In 2010, McCown played for the Hartford Colonials of the UFL, completing 114 of 202 pass attempts for 1,463 yards, 10 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
McCown, an eight-year NFL veteran, has played with the Cardinals (2002-05), the Detroit Lions (2006), the Oakland Raiders (2007) and the Carolina Panthers (2008-09).
The 32-year old native of Jacksonville, TX, starred collegiately at Sam Houston State, where he passed for 3,481 yards, 32 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, as a senior.

Smith Distances QB Competition

2011-08-16T20:40:00.003-05:00

Smith Distances QB Competition

Taylor Price | August 16, 2011 at 6:40 PM | Tags: Alex Smith, Colin Kaepernick, Jim Harbaugh | Categories: Announcements | URL: http://wp.me/pyX7c-1AY

If there's any question of a lingering quarterback controversy at 49ers training camp, Jim Harbaugh quieted those concerns on Tuesday when he called Alex Smith's performance his best of training camp.
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Twitter Talk: 49ers #FanFest

2011-08-15T17:26:00.003-05:00

Twitter Talk: 49ers #FanFest

Scott Kegley | August 15, 2011 at 3:26 PM | Categories: Twitter Talk | URL: http://wp.me/pyX7c-1Ax

The 8,200 fans who attended 49ers Fan Fest on Sunday were not only able to see the 49ers first-ever practice at The Stick, but experience the new Grand Plaza and get autographs. The response on Twitter was tremendous as fans and players alike shared their #FanFest experience.
Here are some of our favorite tweets from the day.

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49ers Address the Blitz

2011-08-14T23:09:00.003-05:00

49ers Address the Blitz

Taylor Price | August 14, 2011 at 9:09 PM | Categories: Announcements | URL: http://wp.me/pyX7c-1Ar

The 49ers went back to work on Sunday with a clear focus in mind. Two days after allowing six sacks in their preseason loss to the New Orleans Saints, pass protection and blitz pickups were given extra emphasis on a windy day at Candlestick Park.
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