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Let’s Hear It For Holidays

April 5th, 2012 5 comments

I can’t believe the work week is nearly over with.  I feel like dancing.

Tonight I’ll be celebrating with a Guinness and a viewing of 13 Assassins.  The last 45 minutes of this film is one large, epic battle scene that’s truly something to behold. Sure, it’s no Akira Kurosawa movie, but I admire director Takashi Miike for being such a chameleon behind the lens. One minute he’s directing shock shlock like Ichi The Killer, and the next he’s heading up a brilliant samurai epic like 13 Assassins. He’s Japan’s version of Quentin Tarantino.

Am planning on taking a PTO day off of work on Monday to go camping in Anza Borrego.  Thinking about doing a bit of rogue camping off some desolate trail in the middle of nowhere. Will be thinking of your fine blogs as I lie underneath the stars (hey, that rhymed).

And so, with my hiking pack ready and campfire wood bundled, I’ll be seeing everyone on Tuesday. Here’s hoping that you have a relaxing holiday weekend!

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Happy New Year!

December 30th, 2011 10 comments

2011 was a whirlwind of change, a time for reflection, and a year of uncertainty.

As we countdown the final few days of the year, I thought I’d jot down a quick list of what happened over the past 365 days. I find that as time marches on our short-term memories seem to fail us. With the glut of information at our fingertips we tend to quickly slough off yesterday’s news in favor of the flavor of the moment.

But taking a step back and reflecting on what went down in the short span of a single year can come as a shock to the system, bringing home the fact that we are, indeed, living in some amazing (and odd) times.

So please, if you will, step into the wayback machine with me and ask yourself, “Do I remember….”:

  • The loss of the iPhone 4 prototype in a bar
  • Netflix and Quickster
  • The assassination of Osama bin-Laden via Seal Team Six
  • The assassination of Gaddafi
  • The death of Kim Jon-il
  • The Japanese earthquake and Tsunami
  • Arab Spring and the role social sites played
  • The final movie and wrap-up of the Harry Potter series
  • Obama releasing his birth certificate
  • The royal wedding
  • “Don’t ask, don’t tell” repealed
  • Anthony Weiner and “Weiner-Gate”
  • The hacking of the Playstation network
  • The end of the war in Iraq
  • Earth’s population reached 7 billion
  • NASA launched its final shuttle mission
  • The “Occupy” movement
  • The global economy
  • Apple becomes the most valuable company in the world
  • IBM’s Watson beats human champions on Jeopardy
  • Jerry Sandusky child molestation charges
  • The NBA lockout
  • Tim Tebow
  • News of the World phone hacking
  • Solyndra and the waste of taxpayer dollars
  • Salmonella from ground turkey
  • Listeria from cantaloupes
  • The Casey Anthony aquittal
  • Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shot
  • Mass shooting in Norway
  • Ted “Golden Voice” Willaims
  • The trial of Dr. Conrad Murphy
  • Notable deaths: Elizabeth Taylor, Jeff Conaway, Ryan Dunn, Peter Falk, Amy Winehouse, Steve Jobs, Andy Rooney, Heavy D, Patrice O’Neal, Harry Morgan, Bil Keane, “Smokin’” Joe Frazier, Dan Wheldon, Al Davis, Cliff Robertson, Nick Ashford, Bubba “Hightower” Smith, Betty Ford, Clarence Clemons, James Arness, Jack “Dr. Death” Kevorkian, Clarice Taylor, Gil Scott-Heron, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Harmon Killebrew, Jackie Cooper, Gelandine Ferraro, Warren Christopher, Michael Gough, Len Lesser

And so we wrap up 2011, and look forward to what will hopefully be an interesting 2012 (crossing my fingers that the Mayans were wrong about the end of times in 2012).

Here’s wishing everyone out there a very Happy New Year!

Will see you again on January 3rd!

 

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Merry Christmas!

December 20th, 2011 14 comments

It’s that time of year again when I take a few days off from work to spend time with friends and family.

I wanted to take a quick moment to wish each and every one of you out there a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Crazy Kwanzaa, Ludicrous Las Posadas, Breathtaking Boxing Day, and a pleasant non-denominational observance day.  Many thanks for visiting my blog and taking the time to comment!

I’ll be away from the Terrible Analogies for several days, but will be returning on Tuesday the 27th.

In the meantime, here’s hoping for nothing but the best for you and yours!

Merry Christmas!

 

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 23rd, 2011 10 comments

I’m going to be taking the next two days off, so for all of my North American friends:  Happy Thanksgiving!

For everybody else:  Happy Thursday!

Tonight Karin and I are going to make a dessert (Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake) to take over to the parents for Thanksgiving dinner Thursday eve, where I hope to avoid my sister who now considers herself an “artist” and can’t stop going on about her run down apartment-turned-studio where the next door neighbor hasn’t bothered to take down the crime scene tape from last month’s “incident”. Oh, she’s a pip, that one.

Regardless, on Thursday night I plan to do much of the following after stuffing my face:

Will be back to posting Monday morning after the tryptophan wears off.

Hope everyone is able to ease into the holidays unscathed. See you next week!

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I Have A Question…

April 21st, 2011 7 comments

I wanted to write about a recent job interview I had, and how the technical portion of the interview went extremely well, but the ‘getting to know you as a person’ fell apart because I don’t think I answered the “How would you deal with a crying customer on the phone” quite to their satisfaction.

How do you answer something like that without laughing while your interviewers remain dead serious with scorn in their eyes as you giggle in disbelief at their well-rehearsed question?

Damn it, Jim…I’m a systems administrator, not a psychologist!

Meh, whatever.

 

Oh, and I hope everyone has a happy Easter! Feel free to send me your unwanted Peeps and Cadbury Creme Eggs ;)

See you again on Monday!

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