7 days left in the Motley Fool Video Stock Pick contest, in which I’m entered.
So, if you haven’t voted lately (you can vote once a day!), and if you can vote, and if you’re not allergic to registering at the website, Vote today!
I’m in the top 10 right now! Although only 18% of voters like my video!
Popularity contests. Sheesh. I didn’t do very well with them in high school, either.
http://www.fantagraphics.com/blog/archive/2007_02_01_fantagraphics_archive.html#2583732417830212795
A complete collection of all the (original) Pogo comics available beginning in October 2007.
Sweet.
So, today is the first day since Tuesday that I’ve been able to look at a computer screen for more than a few minutes without getting a brain-splitting headache, on top of the continuous brain-cracking headache I’ve been carrying around, on top of the earache, and, of course, sore throat. Plus, achy and weak all over. And sleepy. But I look fabulous1.
So… what’s been happening in the world?
Or have you all been too busy voting for my entry in the Motley Fool Video Stock Pitch contest to notice the news? In that case, you’re forgiven.
1 Not really.
For a brief period of time, we have both Cable Internet and DSL in the house.
My brother ran some performance benchmarks yesterday evening on the Cable, and got ~7Mbits download and 850 kbits upload.
Not too shabby. I shall not mourn the passing of DSL, which is advertised as 1.5Mbits download, 256 kbits upload. What we get is not that, though.
DSL is the same price as cable internet.
booyah!
A coworker passed me in the hall, saying “Hey, how ya’ doin’?”
I experienced a sudden decrease in ethusiasm midway through the sentence for some reason1, because I responded, “I’m doing gr-ood.”
So, grood. Better than good, not quite great.
1 Actually, I know the reason. I am about to head the lab to debug a problem with a prototype, and while I started with my usual “great”, I realized partway through that that was not completely honest, and if things were truly great, the prototype would be working already.
I’m thinking about ditching DSL and getting Cable Internet, thus allowing us to ditch our landline. The cost of cable internet is equivalent to my DSL right now, or so I recently realized when I saw that our ISP (speedfactory) has starting charging an extra $10/mo because we have computers networked to our router, allowing all to access the internet instead of just one.
The only downside I can think of is updating all those hundreds of official documents out there in the universe that have our home phone number on it.
Anyone else know of a snag?
Tonight, in TheatreSports, the opposing team beat us 74 to 36.
Sure, they played a better game than we did, but I believe the real reason is that they named their team “The Don Nappy-Haired Hos”.
They even held a moment of silence for Don Ho (though not for Imus).
I mean… really. Who can compete with a double super-relevant pop culture reference pun?
Not us, I tell you… not Team Nostrildamus.
When I went down to fetch lunch just now, a woman explained to me that what I wanted, she had, and in addition, what I needed she also had.
Her simple request was that I give her a little respect when I get home.
And I thought, that seems reasonable.
I can’t imagine how she knew my kisses were sweeter than honey, though. She must subscribe to my newsletter.
On This American Life, the recent Nice Work If You Can Get It episode, they interview astronauts.
Apparently, when astronauts return from a space mission, they have to fill out an expense report.
The box you check for space shuttle is “Government Air”.
High-larious.
They are alloted $3.50/day for incidentals. You know, in case they have to pick up dental floss while they’re up there.
Today in the downstairs cafeteria, there was no band, but instead a DJ.
And, for some inexplicable reason, a woman wandering around with a huge, pink wig.
I think she is probably technically a “clown”. But I can’t imagine what she was hired to do.
Perhaps she’s an existential clown. She just is.