Hey Dan

site down

2007-11-30T13:53:26Z

Hey gang,

I am in the process of figuring out what I do with this site.

-Dan

great amounts saddness

2007-08-01T16:39:33Z

The phone network has reach most people, but if you have not heard. Bob and Catherine Prather where involved in an auto accident on Saturday morning. Their Jeep was struck head on. Bob was killed in the collision. Catherine was injured very badly. She is in ICU and is likely to survive. Please send your prayers and love… she very much needs them right now.

Myself I need to hug my wife a lot right now.

details on the accident

update: K and I just got back from the hospital. She has been moved down to the patient floors. That is really good new. She is doing better. Still sleeping most of the time. Keep they good thoughts headed her way.

"so you have a birthday coming up..."

2007-07-13T19:11:32Z

Last night my brother reminded me that I am turning 39 this month. Not that this was a big surprise, I have known how to count to 40 since first grade. I have known what age was coming up since about age 6. Yes, I will be 39 this month. This seemed to amaze my brother who passed 40 a couple of years ago. His little brother will be the big 3… 9. Me, I am not impressed. Yes, I look at sports car a little differently then I once did. However, my goals and passions are much the same as they were ten years ago. The only difference being that I have resources that I didn’t then and I look at time a little different. Time is now another resource that I have to manage.

QoD

2007-07-09T19:44:40Z

"Dan, I need your help with this, your tactful, I am not." ~ one of the guys I work for.

See, someone thinks I have tact! (Oh this is bad)

I love the rain!

2007-07-06T16:46:18Z

I love irony. Yes, I send it little notes on St. Valentine’s Day and make sure I call it on its birthday. Currently I adore the things irony with weather. For those of you not in Texas, it is raining. Today we may get as much as three inches on top of a record for June. It has rained everyday I can remember this summer. What is ironic about this is that I am from Oregon where it rains like this for eight months a year. Everyone always asks ‘don’t you miss the rain?’ No, I don’t miss the rain any more then you miss 95 degree weather, right now. I like the rain, I like it when it is 95 degrees, I like thunderstorms and I like earthquakes (small one that don’t kill anyone). In a strange way they give the places I have lived character.

For all those people complaining about the rain, stop. Enjoy the change. Yes we had a lot of rain this year. However, stop and notice that is a beautiful 80 degrees and the grass is green. Think of it as getting to enjoy Oregon weather for a little while. Oregon right now is having Texas type weather and they are not enjoying the switch. Myself, I am, if nothing else, enjoying the irony.

Paris Hilton Great American

2007-07-03T18:06:38Z

In "United States vs. Holland" the Supreme Court stated that "Perjury, regardless of the setting, is a serious offense that results in incalculable harm to the function of the legal system, as well to private individuals." This quote didn’t just jump to the top of my mind. This is how the House Republicans opened impeachment hearings of Clinton on December 10, 1998. This was the same month a Saudi militant named Osama Bin Laden renewed his call for attacks on the United States and Israel declaring he was ‘at war’ with the US. Republicans said Clinton was trying to use that to distract from the 'real issue.' This is just four months after the over 200 US citizens died in attacks on US embassies in Africa.

Last week these same people where up in arm about Paris Hilton skating out a couple of days early for good behavior. Today we learn that Scooter Libby’s sentence was too harsh and has been commutated by President Bush. Apparently he still has to pay a fine, some probation and his reputation is damaged and that was harsh enough for lying in a case that hurt national security.

It is not that I am really that mad about Libby getting off. It is just that I feel bad for Paris. After all, she did her time.

...then is a tow truck like an axe murder?

2007-07-02T20:54:11Z

Auto body repair shops are like haunted houses for cars… that was my thought today pulling out of the car rental place next to one. Today has been the day of broken tools. My car has needed to go into the shop for a couple of months. It has a temperature gauge that is acting up. This weekend it decided to escalate the issue by trying to avoid starting. It didn’t leave me stranded, but it made me worry. Therefore I got up this morning to take it in. When I went down to check email and tell my boss that I would be a couple minutes late, I found my laptop would not power on. It had decided to join the car in its thermal drama by getting a fan error and shutting down. That took a couple of hours on the phone with tech support. Now, I am running really late and have to get my back up laptop running. So going from car repair, to rental car place, back to repair place to get my tolltag and school books (I am a moron) and then into work to be unproductive due to spending most of my time reinstalling tools and searching for backups of files. Sigh…

Blog Like It's the End of the World

2007-06-13T23:37:17Z

Alright, since this information is important I will be brief. K and I are good. Yes, our world (blogoshere/Livejournal) is in the middle of a Zombie uprising. I know there are a lot of panicked people out there, but stay calm. We need to get organized before night sets in. K and I have fortified the house. Since the second floor has no ground level windows we destroyed the stairs and have set up a ‘kill zone’ on the front door landing. So far it is working well. K or I can defend the area alone and give the other a chance to rest.

A couple of things if you haven’t read Max Brook’s book:
- Zack is as strong as his living counterpart was, however he is slow and has no agility.
- Zack can’t climb, run, or use tools; get to high ground and destroy the way up.
- Zack doesn’t get worn out, you can out run him, but you have to keep running.
- Zack is attracted to noise. For example gunshot! Shooting a zombie brings more of them!

If this uprising last more then a couple of days we need to start thinking about how we are going to survive long term. We need food, water and group defense. I have some ideas, by I need to know how many people we have left. Until then, keep someone on guard at all times and keep an eye on each other…

Blog Like It's the End of the World

A moment of embarrassment

2007-06-06T21:38:01Z

I have a hard time getting my mind wrapped around what I give up to go to school (24+ credits a year), work full-time and do faire. This is because I have amazingly supportive people in my life. Top of that list is my wife. The amount of husband time she has given up to support my dreams, plus two miracles, would qualify her for sainthood. You could include my boss on that list as well. Additionally, there are people who don’t even know they are on the list. My good friend Josef and his wife ran into me out at the faire on the last weekend. It was really good to see them. I suggested that we should go have dinner once faire was over. They pointed out I say the same thing ever year. It started me thinking about the real amount of things I give up. Yes, it is a much bigger list then I would have guessed. I owe a great deal to many many understanding friends and family. It is one more thing that motivates me to make it through this time.

King Lear vs. Paris Hilton

2007-06-04T22:25:35Z

One of the things I do when I am on a conference call and not really paying attention, is run through the Reuters new photos. The photographers are good and it mixes two of my favorite things, current events and photography. This week it is filled with photos from the MTV (empty-V) movie awards. Lots of people in outfits that prove I will never get fashion trends. Then enter Megan Fox, who is in the upcoming movie version of Transformers (proving I will never get movie trends).

Yes she is young, a starlet and tan. Whatever… But wait, she has a tattoo on her shoulder that reads "We Will All Laugh at Gilded Butterflies." As someone who loves comic irony this good. Gilded butterflies sounded familiar, so I went to my second brain (google). Yes, it is:

“… so we'll live, and pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh at gilded butterflies..” ~King Lear

Alright, I admit it. That is funny. Thank you, Ms. Fox for using comic irony to prove that you can be a bright young actor, well-read and woman. Thank you for proving all of you are not Paris Hilton.

QoD

2007-06-01T22:13:21Z

"I have been around the internet, I know how it works." - Adam (co-worker)

What is funny?

2007-05-21T14:40:23Z

I think shock humor is cheating. Anyone can shock you into laughing. A couple of weeks ago I ran across this comedian, Demetri Martin, he uses true satire. Now that is talent.

He reminds me of Steven Wright...

Grades..

2007-05-14T20:20:31Z

Spring grades are posted. I got A's in both classes. Go me.

The list.

2007-05-09T23:13:01Z

As of last night, finals are over and I don’t have classes until May 30th. This caused me to start the inevitable list of things I want/need to do this summer.

Repair shower in master bath, because the door is falling off
Get Car in for repair/oil change/inspection
Run a photography workshop for my friends
Make a list of books I want to read before classes start again
Read those books
Take my wife out on a thousand dates
Have lunch with Becky of “make Becky happy … punk” fame
See a movie in the theater
Go away for a weekend
Plan my birthday
Have Jessie cook me a stake
Have shrimp boil with the Hopps, Bozwells and crew
Help Shaggy plan a p-base outing
Ebay camera equipment and old game stuff
Buy new camera and flash unit
Ride bikes with my wife

Now there are a dozen things not on this list that I have to do. However, these are the one I want to get done.

Late for class

2007-04-26T22:58:21Z

It seems the last month just flew by.... the end of the semester is upon me... sigh... sorry no updates as of late.