My sanity is slowing being consumed by the Tigger song. In honor of this loss of sanity I post here for the enjoyment of others the Tigger Song:

THE TIGGER SONG

The wonderful thing about Tiggers Is
Tiggers are wonderful things
Their tops are made out of rubber
The bottoms are made out of springs
They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun

But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers is
I'm the only one

The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is Tiggers are wonderful chaps
They're loaded with vim and vigor
They love to leap in your laps
They're jumpy, bumpy, clumpy, thumpy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun

But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers is

I'm the only one

Tiggers are cuddly fellows
Tiggers are awfully sweet
Everyone else is jealous
That's why I repeat

The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is Tiggers are wonderful things
Their tops are made out of rubber
Their bottoms are made out of springs
They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun

But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers is
I'm the only one
IIIIIII'mmmmmm the only one!

If you think that being covered head to toe in D.E.E.T. with many smashed mosquito carcasses on your body that the little creatures would avoid that person like the plague, that thought it utterly wrong, if you are me.

So the Democrats feel the need to scrap a truely interesting futures market: Policy Analysis Market. The goal of the thing was to use the feelings of people globally to deturmine if and where wars and terror strikes would be possible. CNN Article.

TROLLS Beware! Microsoft wants to make your reign of terror a thing of the past: News Article describing the task and the two referenced websites: Netscan & AURA.

Well I finished reading American Gods by Neil Gaimen the other day. It is a good book, held my interest the whole time, and had many twists leaving the ending a little bit surprising. Although one of the twists I don't know specifically if I liked or not, I prefer happy endings, I know that not all things can end well but I like being an optimist and while its refreshing from time to time to have a realist view, sometimes I just like to escape to where a hero faces adversity and overcomes and lives happily ever after. But anyways it was still a good book.

W.T.F.

Just in case you were wondering Gate Loans are the spawn of hell. Lets see... repayment begins 3 months after you leave school...interest over the time you had the loan gets rolled up into the premium at the begining...they are variable interest rate.

Okay well it seems that replacing the filter and fluid in the trany helped out quite a bit, so now I'll probably put the cooler in it so I don't do any more damage to the poor thing on my next trip (hopefully the last before I can say good night to this thing).

Okay now as opposed to other better living through whatever this is in my own style: Nano-tech and Stain Resistant Kahkis. Now thats just cool... if only they included scanning electron microscope images in the article.

The problem with the human mind is the propensity to second guess itself. No mater how good a decision seemed at the time some thought will eventually start sneaking through and building till all you think about it is whether you've made the mistake of your life or not.

I don't know what to make of this. Will it help or hinder the RIAA in its fight against the user. I hope it helps bring to light some issues. But I don't know if Jackson is really a good spokesperson, its kind of like having marlyn mason speak about family values or something, even if there were good things to be said its hard to get through the image. And of course my faith in the general public is kinda limited.

Okay my position has firmed now... I hate automatic transmissions...always have, always will it seems. So I was pulling the trailer back from the haute with the cab on it...so a strap broke on the way...no big deal, just have to go a little slower as to not bounce it off the trailer...well that seems to have caused a little problem. 60-65 isn't bad in the truck...but 55 decidedly was uncool cause something in the transmission wasn't happy. I don't know if the converter wasn't locking up and overheated or what but now it refuses to shift. It just sits and spins. At least I made it back to my place but still I need to figure out whats wrong so I can go back to the haute, pick up the frame and MANUAL transmission that remain down there. Upon which time I can commence assembling the one-ton. Mmmm....*dreamy mode* one-ton silverado, extra long dump bed, diesel, manual, and all the trimmin's.

Okay back to normal now.

okay when I thought the world couldn't get any sicker, a friend (thanks Rae), sends me this: hunting for bambi. Wow.....wow..... I don't have any words to describe my reaction to this. Well I guess a small consolation is that the guy's site is now the equivalent of slashdotted (and is it just me but does the girl in pig-tails kinda look like Kurt Russell?).

Okay so I got the results of the Fundamentals of Engineering exam today. I got an 80. I don't know what the units to this number are, but its passing. I guess thats not bad for spending all of like three and half hours out of the eight allotted for the damn thing. But oh well now I'm a "licensed" engineering intern...wow...makes me feel.... umm... I'll get back to you on that...right after this Guiness...or six....

Next word: Wild. Considering the moon is of course beyond the nice protective layer of atmosphere and that you have to contend with the van Allen radiation belts at some point in the trip I wonder if consumer electronics such as the iPAQ is really to the point they can stand up to cosmic rays (and associated data corruption due to random bit fliping)...or if this is just some crazy marketing scheme.

One word: COOL.

Really freaky realization time: after finishing 7 years of college, I turn 30 in another 8....now thats something to mess with yer head....

Okay so at lunch today the conversation went to a particularly morbid topic involving the coolest way to die. The conclusion was that by far the nicest way to go would be hypocenter of a nuclear blast, of course the coolness factor would be to spell out letters (there is a particularly famous shadow to illustrate). While YMCA and FU are classics what would you and your friends want to spell out?

I find the need to clarify a few points... An IRC conversation isn't exactly the best of mediums for a true debate (nor did either of us have a nice set of resources for one...though that would have been fun). Which brings me to my next thing, I personally view the greatest problem is a great sense of apathy in the world and lack of conviction, of which I obviously embody intentionally. This view is also why I don’t agree with nor object to the title of libertarian, capitalist, republican or whatnot. Every group has ideas that I agree with, disagree with, and don't care to form an opinion on. When it boils down to it, the Zen master perspective, in all its infuriating glory (or lack thereof), works fairly well in illustrating the apathy that has developed in this melting pot, it leads to stability of a sort as well as a lack of cohesion. So there will always be someone like me there to be utterly absurd and annoying to all sides, if that results in better clarification of points then there was possibly an iota of a benefit, if it doesn't...is the world worse off?

Well now I have to figure out what to do with a truck bed full of most of a truck's worth of parts...that way I can drive down to T.H. yet AGAIN to pick up the trailer (with the truck cab on it) so I can turn right back around and pick up the frame...Unfortunately my truck (due to being a half ton with wimpy springs) sits too low to the ground with several hundred (probably in the thousand but...) pounds in the bed that the trailer jack hovers about two inches from the ground (dangerously close to the rip-the-jack-off-the-trailer-at-the-next-bump-level). So guess I have to figure out how to get the diesel block out of the back of my truck...or else just cover it up and leave it there. Tooo many choices...too many choices.

Well I guess the plan for not making a trip of length more than an hour in a long time has failed. My truck arrived yesterday and will driving to terre haute with a trailer to pick up a barn full of parts...

I have decided to post (mostly to give Nate something to read and rip on when he bored in class) an IRC conversation that occured this evening proving once and for all the irrationality of those whom would call themselves...whatever it is they call themselves. Applogies for the grammer and spelling.

Two links of interest:
Sensationalist: CBS
Factual: Haaretz Daily

Okay since I've been gone for a very long time here is an update...or should I say useless triva from my life in the last week.

a) D.C. fireworks are cool...but lack that kick in the chest thump when viewed from 5 miles away on a navy pier in the potomac.
b) hydroplaning with 12' visablity is not fun.
c) Airplane flights still suck.
d) Roads in texas are more confusing than on the east coast.
e) I've been in In, Oh, Pa, WV, MD, and TX in the last 7 days.
f) I'm not going on a trip that takes more than an hour for a long time.

In other news...Sony is doing another product recall. But check out the reasoning:

...a user could receive a shock such as that from static electricity if "you have connected your PC (laptop) to external power, you have disabled your phone line, (while) simultaneously being connected to a grounded peripheral, and you are touching a metal part of the PC, and your phone rings."

What about rubbing your head and patting your belly (or is it rub your belling and pat your head?).

Okay I kind of understand using technology to track animals...like radio tagging and stuff... but Using technology to track plants just sounds weird to me?...I hope this doesn't mean we have new kinds of plants evolving that can walk (al la stoned goth folks).

Okay so there was some real live discussion involving the development of which I posted earlier. The main conclusion would be that it would be really strange to re-fuel your laptop...and the implications of airline travel are....well we'll let somebody else figure that out. However it was brought up during this discussion though that since fuel cells just need a source of hydrogen it could be assumed they could run off an acid.... such as uric acid. It works for miner lamp batteries...why not your modern day computer? This could conceivebly change our whole notion of public behaviour. Also brought up was which place would be more convient to fuel up... the gas station...or bathroom. Of course the tert reply was: "Laptop, Wireless network, internet and bathroom...bad combination." And consequently people would be a lot less willing to service these computers.... Oh well so much for that idea, fuel cell laptops will just have to run off some sort of alcohol...which has its pros and cons as well ("bummer I drank all my laptop energy")....