Revelation of "The Matrix"

Quote from The Matrix:

Spoon boy: Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Spoon boy: There is no spoon.
Neo: There is no spoon?
Spoon boy: Then you'll see, that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.

What I have come to understand now, is that the Matrix is the Academic Computer world, Agent Smith is Apple Computers, the Spoon is the UNIX base system and Neo is just some dumb fuck who is trying to make the stupid workstation be flexible enough so that students, or the general public, can operate the thing consistantly and reliably without is throwing up some lame undefined operations error.

Smoke that one, Steve!

Lessons Learned in Reno, NV

Life has many lessons to teach. From the time we are small children and throughout our years we are offered many opportunities to expand our knowledgebase. As toddlers we learn that "no" means "NO", cats don't like their tails pulled, fire is hot, ants taste like pepper, and, just because you say "MINE", does not necessarily make it so. Adolescence brings with it it's own morsels. Curfew is midnight, due dates really mean something, mixing alcohols is a bad thing, and telling your parents "You can't tell me what to do!" is just a pipe dream.

During a recent sojourne to Reno we (myself and others who will remain anonymous) were presented with several life lessons:

• One 30-pack of beer does not last long with 15 guys
• Don't go on the freeway at 6pm on a Friday night
• Don't trust a taxi driver who bottoms out his car on the driveway
• Girls who snort when they laugh, should not tell AJ to shush
• Don't drink at the While Orchid
• Anyone can get a P.I. license in Alabama
  
• Beer Pong is a waste of beer
• Brett is not a happy camper when he is woken up at 5am
• Some Fridays last a LONG time
• Roll another blunt...it'll get used
  
• Everybody falls asleep in the recliner
  
• Some taxi drivers have nunchucks
  
• Loulou Belle's is the best place for breakfast
• In Placer County: Once on probation, always on probation

I am grateful for these lessons learned. Nobody was hurt in the process (except for the guy who DID have a drink at the Wild Orchid). Please accept these tidbits as fact and not fluff. Learn from them. Add them into your life's Do's and Don'ts List and be better for it.

Be Well.

An Apple a day...

I have heard, read, been told, and other-wise seen on multiple occasions the whimsical saying, albeit an old wives tale, that, "An Apple a day, keeps the Doctors away."

For the majority of my years I have had a certain understanding of this colloquialism - Eating an apple each day will help keep you healthy and away from the need of a medical physician. Today, I stand (sit at the computer) corrected. I now have a corrected, and much more accurate, interpretation of this saying -

...Doctors are smart enough to purchase PC's!

Macintrash, iCrack, Crackintosh, FUBAR, Macincrack...GREATEST COMPUTER IN THE WORLD CUZ IT IS SOO INTUITIVE...call it what you may...PC's may be prone to viruses and internet attacks, but working efficiently with an Apple computer is like making a left turn in San Francisco!..it simply cannot be done.

Andy Rooney on "Women over 40"

As I grow in age, I value women over 40 most of all. Here are just a few reasons why:

A woman over 40 will never wake you in the middle of the night and ask, 'What are you thinking?' She doesn't care what you think. If a woman over 40 doesn't want to watch the game, she doesn't sit around whining about it. She does something she wants to do, and it's usually more interesting. Women over 40 are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, if you deserve it, they won't hesitate to shoot you if they think they can get away with it. Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know what it's like to be unappreciated. Women get psychic as they age. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over 40. Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over 40 is far sexier than her younger counterpart. Older women are forthright and honest. They'll tell you right off if you are a jerk if you are acting like one. You don't ever have to wonder where you stand with her. Yes, we praise women over 40 for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed, hot woman over 40, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-year old waitress. Ladies, I apologize.

For all those men who say, 'Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?', here's an update for you. Nowadays 80% of women are against marriage. Why? Because women realize it's not worth buying an entire pig just to get a little sausage!

Floooooooorr?

so, i found the greatest floor guy! before my floor was, well, how should i put it....well used. 15 years of my friends and i using it as a floor...or a hocky rink, rock climing landing, sit and spin, dance floor, stock room, banquet hall...well, you know what i mean. If you want to see what it used to look like, tough. I burned all evidence of my misdeads!

here is what it looks like now!






The entrance from the Garage!


















From the kitchen...
















From Upstairs...










From the Cat's point of view:

Help us help them...

construction-struction, what's your function?

i've done it now. i have begun the stage in the evolution of my condo. It's a lot like the big bang, really. It started a long time ago and progressed quickly at first and then...it arrived at a steady state. Well, not quite steady state, but a period of time when the changes were not as drastic as the early shift from the primordial atom to the rapid expansion of space-time/painting-decorating. So, I have once again begun the journey into, not only house sitting 2 cats, but also "nesting". As you can see.

there are a cornucopia of pics. Here are two...the rest are located at:

My Flickr Page

I've decided that this is NOT the place to begin posting such "cool stuff". See Flickr for photo shoots.

word-out!