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  • May. 20th, 2009 at 9:48 AM
Evil Monkey!!!!
I guess at some point I should order a sweater from here


Tho I bet [info]five_hole has one already

Sca Memage

  • May. 9th, 2009 at 6:19 PM

I think I broke something

  • May. 4th, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Evil Monkey!!!!
At the Caps game on Saturday. My voice is still gravelly and hoarse from the shouting.

But boy was it worth it.

And all I got was

  • Apr. 21st, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Evil Monkey!!!!
A friend went to Notacon in Cleveland and all I got was 8oz of Cocaine


This should make this show up in some interesting searches.

Days like today I could do without

  • Apr. 2nd, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Evil Monkey!!!!
Spending 13 hours in the office is not my idea of fun, even less so since I got to work at 0500. Even better was the theme of the day "If it could go wrong, it did". At least it wasn't dark when I left, and since it was late enough traffic wasn't *that* bad. I only ended up having to "go to the airport" to bypass the CF that was the main toll plaza.

At least I'll get some time off out of this. Now to go to bed, and hope 1) I don't get called and 2) Tomorrow isn't a repeat of today


Edit: 1 cigar, a half a tumbler of a very nice single malt scotch and Ron White on the Ipod makes Carl a much happier person. *Now* for the sleep.

Writer's Block: The Kids' Section

  • Mar. 16th, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Evil Monkey!!!!

What was your favorite movie when you were a kid? Is it still your favorite now that you're older?


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The Court Jester. Still love that movie to this day.

Meme

  • Feb. 3rd, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Evil Monkey!!!!
oh what the heck. Just don't ask how many I have regretted seeing.....

135 movies I've seen )

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For [info]melaniesuzanne

  • Dec. 18th, 2008 at 10:37 AM
Evil Monkey!!!!
Saw this shirt and thought of you.
http://shirt.woot.com/

(Just in case you miss it it was the woot shirt of the day for Dec 18)

Well it *could* have been a cold night.....

  • Nov. 20th, 2008 at 7:04 AM
Evil Monkey!!!!
Apparently some point yesterday the igniter on my furnace decided to give up the ghost. It's kinda of a shock when you get home from work and find that your house is 65 degrees. So one call later to Richards Heating and Air-Conditioning later, and enough luck to have them come out the same day. I now have a new igniter and a warm house. So it's looking around the Febuary/April timeframe I'll be getting a quote for a new furnace. Not really surpising since it appears that the original owners decided to go with "contracter grade" (aka crap) equipment for most of the stuff in the house.

Easy way to clean your appliances

  • Oct. 17th, 2008 at 6:41 AM
Evil Monkey!!!!
But I'll warn ya it's not practical or cheap, but you get a pan of brownies for your efforts.

The secret is buy new appliances.

In the aftermath of the dishwasher, our intrepid homeowners turned their sight to the microwave, the one that has been known to catch on fire, has a broken handle, and recently stared making odd noises. I figured while I was replacing that I might as well look at replacing the fridge and the stove (which was beginning to have issues of it own). Thanks to a healthy discount provided by work, combined with an additional promotion We are the new owners of a over-the-range microwave, a flat-top range with a convection oven, and a nice new fridge (french door, with freezer on the bottom) that actually fills up the space allocated for it.

There was only one annoying thing, The scheduled appointment was for a delivery window between 2 and 6. When did they show up. 11:00am. Apparently I was rescheduled and they neglected to tell me. Thankfully I needed a phone number that was on my answering machine and I got the "Hey we'll be there in 40 minutes" call. I was barely able to get home and get the fridge unloaded before they showed up
The other nice thing is that for a mininmal amount they took the old microwave and stove with em and moved the old fridge to the basement (not a bad use of 5 bucks).

Now you may ask where "Where do the brownies come in?" Well the first thing I had to do was test the oven, and what's the best thing to test that with, Brownies with walnuts and caramel.

Braaaaains. Plushhy Braaaaains

  • Oct. 13th, 2008 at 7:07 AM
Evil Monkey!!!!
ok this is amusing. I know several people who would like one

Princess Bride Quote Meme

  • Oct. 11th, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Evil Monkey!!!!
Grabbed from several people.

When you see this, post in your own journal with your favorite quote from The Princess Bride. Preferably not "As You Wish" or the Inigo Montoya speech.

Westley: WRONG. Your ears you keep and I'll tell you why. So that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman who cries out, "Dear God! What is that thing," will echo in your perfect ears. That is what to the pain means. It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever.

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Well that sucks

  • Oct. 10th, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Evil Monkey!!!!
Boss and I were planning on heading over to Old Dominion and have a nice offsite meeting at the Brewpub for lunch, the only problem is that apparently the brewpub portion shut down on August 25th. Bugger.

New Dishwasher

  • Oct. 8th, 2008 at 9:45 AM
Evil Monkey!!!!
And it doesn't sound like a jet engine when running. It was kinda funny, when the install guy showed up he mentioned he'd start with removing the old one. I pointed over by the deck door and said "have at it". He laughed, picked it up and started the install. 30 minutes later he was done.

So now all that has to be done is get the bulkhead in the basement fixed, and the guy who is doing that is coming over friday to take a look and get me an estimate.

When it rains it's pours

  • Oct. 2nd, 2008 at 6:40 AM
Evil Monkey!!!!
Execpt it wasn't rain, and it wasn't outdoors. Otherwise known as the dishwasher decided to give up the ghost and try and take the basement out with it.

Long story short

Karen gets off phone with her mom, tells me that hey there's water leaking from the celing. Not being 100% awake at this time I think it her mom that having the problem, not us.

Go down, yup I can see where the drywall is sagging. And the couch is soaked. Ok this isn't good, but hey it isn't actively leaking.

Re-run dishwasher to see if it's the root cause. Yup it is

Open up affected bulkhead to see source. It's gonna have to come down anyhow

Remove dishwasher. Curse builders for putting fitting on water supply pipe After running said pipe through cabinet.....

Inspect bottom of dishwasher. Yup looks like the seal between the motor and tub is shot.

By this time it's just turned midnight. Did I mention that I leave for work at 4:30AM. I manage to get back to bed.

So today's task is to 1)Buy an new dishwasher, and arrange for install. 2)Find a junk removal service to get rid of the couch 3)Get Karen to get ahold of Suzy to get the name of the drywall person they use and like. 4) Cut existing water-pipe and temporarly put dishwasher back so there isn't a gaping hole. 5) Remove remainder of soaked drywall. 6)Fix dishwasher cut-off valve so it doesn't leak causing more damage

So it's a day late

  • Sep. 20th, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Evil Monkey!!!!
You are The Cap'n!



Some men and women are born great, some achieve greatness and some slit the throats of any scalawag who stands between them and unlimited power. You never met a man - or woman - you couldn't eviscerate. You are the definitive Man of Action, the CEO of the Seven Seas, Lee Iacocca in a blousy shirt and drawstring-fly pants. You're mission-oriented, and if anyone gets in the way, that's his problem, now isn't? Your buckle was swashed long ago and you have never been so sure of anything as your ability to bend everyone to your will. You will call anyone out and cut off his head if he shows any sign of taking you on or backing down. If one of your lieutenants shows an overly developed sense of ambition he may find more suitable accommodations in Davy Jones' locker. That is, of course, IF you notice him. You tend to be self absorbed - a weakness that may keep you from seeing enemies where they are and imagining them where they are not.




What's Yer Inner Pirate?

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Yet another browser

  • Sep. 2nd, 2008 at 9:08 PM
Evil Monkey!!!!
Been playing with google chrome. I'll give it this, it's fast. I'll be curious to see where they go with it. But for right now I'll stick with firefox.

Birthday Meme

  • Aug. 16th, 2008 at 9:25 AM
Evil Monkey!!!!
I'm pretty sure I've done this before, But it's quickie. I should also get off my butt and answer those questions that [info]icewolf010 asked a couple days ago

4 events
1191 - Saladin's garrison surrenders, ending the two-year siege of Acre. Conrad of Montferrat, who has negotiated the surrender, raises the banners of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and of the Third Crusade leaders Richard I of England, Philip II of France, and Leopold V of Austria on the city's walls and towers.

1543 - King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr at Hampton Court Palace.

1806 - Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.

1862 - The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.

3 Birthdays

100 BC - Julius Caesar, Roman military and political leader (d. 44 BC) (born either July 12 or July 13)

1817 - Henry David Thoreau, American writer and philosopher (d. 1862)

1937 - Bill Cosby, American comedian and actor

2 Deaths

1804 - Alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)

2008 - Tony Snow, former speechwriter for Presidents George H.W. Bush and press secretary for George W. Bush (b. 1955)

1 Holiday

Northern Ireland - Battle of the Boyne Day (also known as Orangemen's Day or the Twelfth, see Irish calendar).

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Aug. 14th, 2008

  • 11:06 AM
Evil Monkey!!!!
Snagged from [info]herveus

The Omnivore's Hundred is a list of foods the gastronomic Andrew Wheeler thinks everyone should try at least once in their lives.

The rules of the meme: bold those you have tried, strikethrough those you wouldn't eat on a bet.
2a) Italicize any item you'll never eat again.
2b) Asterisk any items you'd be interested in trying but have not yet.

The List )


No real big surprises here, esecally since my parents had a "try it once" rule that I still follow.

Since everyone else is doing it

  • Jul. 11th, 2008 at 8:44 PM
Evil Monkey!!!!

Your result for Which Chess Piece are You Test?...

The Queen's Rook

Congrats! Only 5-6% of the population score this!

The Queen’s Rook is a pensive, analytical individual. They don’t mind spending long periods of time on their own to work through problems. They may venture so far into thought they appear vacant or detached; often they really are oblivious of the world at that moment. These wayward princes are precise about descriptions and by habit correct others (or feel sorely tempted) if the shade of meaning is slightly off. This is annoying to the less concise, but this is what gives the Queen’s Rook a gift for gab, especially in writing.



This Rook is relatively easy going until their principles of truth, knowledge and justice are violated. Because of this they hate the formalities of bureaucracy, politics, and authority – which tend to mask the truth of operations. They will respond with a flip of the switch and become outspoken and inflexible. They will eventually drop the issue, because they do prefer a reserved and benign ambiance. The problem with the Queen’s Rook is when they are debating a point; they may be convincing themselves as much as their opponent. They spend a considerable amount of time second-guessing their abilities and may come to multiple conclusions that offer plausible solutions.



An indicator that a friend may be a Queen’s Rook is an obsession with logic. If a mistake is made, it is because there wasn’t enough data or it was placed out of context. Another indicator you’re friend is a Rook, throw a strategy game at them. They enjoy Risk, Bridge, Chess, and word games. Never rush the Rook. They don’t draw conclusions very quickly. If one were to gather a bunch of Rooks together to form a group they may debate:



1.) Whether or not there should be a group.


2.) Exactly what name should the proposed group choose?


3.) Which of the persons in the group should take responsibility or should they rotate?

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