tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602Fri, 22 Mar 2024 02:30:49 +0000dopingenvironmenthoneybeesmichael rasmussentour de francehttp://ilint.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Ian)Blogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-559076852560688250Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:29:00 +00002008-09-17T10:29:52.124-07:00My Republican friends tag Clinton and Obama as 'socialist' or 'tax and spend liberals'. They are opposed to nationalized insurance of any kind.Last night, the Republican administration bought 80% of AIG, bailing them out from a catastrophic failure. They did this with a loan to AIG from taxpayer funds that will be repaid at an incredible 11% interest. AIG will NEVER dig out from under this. http://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/09/aig-bailout.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-351177914406568998Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:34:00 +00002008-09-05T16:37:45.249-07:00Cool new tool that one of my clients just launched, shows how nifty my computer is:Processor:AMD Phantom X4RAM:4GBVideo Card:ATI CrossfireVideo Mode:1600 x 1200 x 4294967296 colorsCatalog Your PC Inventoryhttp://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/09/bragging-about-my-computer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-7932523332179402274Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:07:00 +00002008-08-29T13:10:24.363-07:00It's been a while, but I had to post this:Sarah Palin is McCain's VP. Also a creationist.If you are a Democrat and vote for McCain because you somehow don't like Obama, you are a moron.Moron.Stupidhead.http://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/08/sarah-palin-creationist-pro-life-vp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-5388029509772829893Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:21:00 +00002008-06-21T09:22:10.819-07:00...can ya believe it?http://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/06/married-10-years.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-1413027953586450652Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:44:00 +00002008-06-18T09:46:59.951-07:00Hee hee:Hummer Mileagehttp://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/06/hummer-mileage-not-found.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-4888902482660291457Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:29:00 +00002008-06-03T08:50:10.389-07:00NEW YORK, JUNE 3rd, 2008: Horrified commuters fled a New York subway today after seeing an enormous 'rat king'.Rat kings occur when several rats become intertwined at the tail. Their tails then grow together. were once thought to be fiction. Since then, numerous specimens have been found."It was the most revolting thing I've ever seen," Franklin Snyder, a Manhattan commuter, commented.Several http://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/06/rat-king-sighting-causes-panic-on-ny.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-5654373489593657338Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:05:00 +00002008-02-22T21:06:49.728-08:00Utah students carry guns to class.I'm not sure how I feel about this, except to say I'm glad I live in Washington.Nothing against guns, but these folks made Karl Malone their hero for years. Can we trust them with loaded firearms?http://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/02/be-afraid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-2760110934131538163Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:18:00 +00002008-01-20T21:42:19.683-08:00Cloverfield is not a monster movie. It's a movie about how friends respond to unexpected catastrophe - in this case, a humungous monster possibly released by the Tagruato Corporation as they drilled for the secret ingredient in their Slusho.A lot of folks walked away from this movie shaking their head. They expected Godzilla rampaging through a cardboard city.Instead, Cloverfield gave us a grittyhttp://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/01/pondering-cloverfield-its-about-people.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-8389554536497825489Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:05:00 +00002008-01-15T18:09:33.029-08:00Several of my staff work on a podcast: The Weekly Geek Show.If you like intelligent commentary on everything from video games to HD DVD, sprinkled liberally with bursts of hilarious grossness, I highly recommend it. I nearly drove off the road laughing at this week's episode.But I must set the record straight.In the post, Chris states that, when at work, he's required to stick his finger up his http://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/01/unspeakable-acts-with-fingers-and-mice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-8245810378925327936Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:30:00 +00002008-01-09T14:33:18.663-08:00Finances eat me,With small, angry bites, untilAll smartness is gone.http://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/01/ceo-ness-haiku.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-4165245390612161339Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:07:00 +00002008-01-08T14:08:26.540-08:00I dare you.http://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/01/caption-this-photo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-6962085387454553548Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:11:00 +00002008-01-05T10:16:14.388-08:00If you're not a gamer, you don't know what this means. And I don't mean a cool video gamer. I mean a hardcore, geeked out D&D and tabletop gamer. The kind of person who can regale his or her gaming buddies with hours of tales from past adventures.The "purple boot from the sky" is a magical happening, whereby the Game Master (usually one of your friends, who you're harassing constantly to give http://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/01/purple-boot-from-sky-lives.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-2642790892885551074Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:10:00 +00002008-01-05T10:11:02.541-08:00Sorry, I know I broke the design with that last photo.I'll get around to fixing it, I swear. After I fix two other sites I built for friends, rehab my back, get back on my bike, make level 70 in WoW...http://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/01/design-busted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-5957752445068014879Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:27:00 +00002008-01-04T12:27:20.418-08:00.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I Want to Ride My Bicycle, originally uploaded by oybay. Simplicity is a beautiful thing.Wonder how much this bike weighs?http://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/01/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-2567517615212621904Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:11:00 +00002008-01-03T19:14:02.945-08:00No, I can't say it.I can no more like the idea of a Baptist Minister in charge than I could an orthodox rabbi.http://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/01/president-huckabee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-3848709276003700577Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:54:00 +00002008-01-02T09:56:21.326-08:00I've come to a realization over the last few years:My grandparents' generation defeated the Nazis.My parents' generation put a man on the moon.My generation created the iPod.Wonder what our kids will do?http://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/01/bullshit-generation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-7930013929003254701Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:58:00 +00002008-01-01T10:00:11.261-08:00I'd rather be a Than a http://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-years-philosophy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-7408543977404243855Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:49:00 +00002008-01-01T09:52:36.896-08:00I have a new Toyota Prius that includes a backup camera. This neat gadget displays what's immediately behind my car on a little screen in the dashboard. That way, if a short person is right behind me, I won't squash them.When I put my car into reverse last week, I nearly had a heart attack. In the monitor was the biggest damned squirrel I've ever seen. For a second, I thought a rodent the size ofhttp://ilint.blogspot.com/2008/01/objects-in-mirror.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-8223998957657215125Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:49:00 +00002007-12-29T22:00:28.643-08:00My son just tested positive for Pertussis (Whooping Cough). It's a nasty bug that used to kill 10,000 or so people a year. Now it kills less than 100. But it's super-contagious, and all the more so because your child won't necessarily start barking like a seal when they get it.H. had a mild cold 3 weeks ago. Then he developed a persistent, mild cough that mostly bugged him in the morning.After 9 http://ilint.blogspot.com/2007/12/4-things-to-do-if-think-your-child-has.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-1464025992065826401Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:43:00 +00002007-12-28T16:03:49.716-08:00I am a long time chocoholic. My staff have often seen me creeping around, peeking surreptitiously into everyone's lunches, trying to scavenge some chocolate candy.I can't help it. Both of my parents are chocolate addicts. So I was doomed.I've always favored the cheap stuff: I can go through Kit Kats, for example, like nobody else.Then someone got me this:Holy cow. When I took my first bite (20 http://ilint.blogspot.com/2007/12/screw-jewels-i-want-chocolate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-6889655981775954596Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:40:00 +00002007-12-28T16:11:54.486-08:00In early 99, I had a sinus infection. It felt like Bruce Willis was shoving icicles into my forebrain like a scene out of Die Hard 2.That, in itself, isn't important. Nor is the fact that the doctor gave me a prescription for Tylenol with Codeine.What matters, though, is how these two bits of trivia caused me to lose a turf war with a herd of masked home invaders.My wife and I lived in a nice http://ilint.blogspot.com/2007/12/13-raccoons-in-kitchen-true-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-5929833255747792358Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:23:00 +00002007-11-13T09:28:28.016-08:00My cat, 20 years old, was very ill with kidney and heart problems over the last month. We finally put him to sleep yesterday.Looking back over the last 20 years, I realize that with only a few exceptions I knew him longer than almost anyone else.I'll miss his poignant, Siamese-inspired silent meows, and his love for peas, corn chex and tuna water. I'll also miss his unique personality, and his http://ilint.blogspot.com/2007/11/bradbury-1998-2007-rip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-7292915065675899864Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:18:00 +00002007-10-20T09:20:15.447-07:00I just bought Prius, fully loaded.Not only is it immensely satisfying in a tree-hugging kind of way, but it comes loaded with so many gadgets and gizmos that I nearly drove off the road playing with the voice-activated navigation, bluetooth phone, cool screen that shows the ridiculous mileage I was getting and turning the radio on by saying 'radio'.It's ugly in a charming kind of way, too...http://ilint.blogspot.com/2007/10/my-new-car.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-2796642315344549452Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:16:00 +00002007-10-01T09:20:41.977-07:00Yesterday, the Giants AND the Cowboys both won.I should've known today would get off to a rocky start.I walked into my company today, and:We have no phones.Someone plagiarized my work so blatantly they're either stupid, have no class, or are just evil.A new employee starting today came in to find out that his computer's busted.Weeeeee......http://ilint.blogspot.com/2007/10/monday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570602.post-8123773855896416850Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:46:00 +00002007-09-18T16:09:17.575-07:00For the last 3 months, I've been hobbling around on what I assumed was a torn hamstring. Then, a few weeks ago, my other leg started to hurt, followed by my back. I went to an orthopedist and got an MRI. Turns out I have, ahem, "Mild bilateral facet and ligamentum flavum hypertrophy" on L4-5 (those are vertebrae) that 'lead to a slight narrowing of the bilateral recesses'. I also have "a focal http://ilint.blogspot.com/2007/09/snap-my-spine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian)2