I was just back in the lab where a technician and our buildings & grounds guy were swapping jokes. Actual jokes. Who does that anymore?

Older folks still try and tell jokes… I’ve had a few salesmen clumsily try to win favor by starting off with a joke. Generally, I just stared in disbelief at them, like an Australopithecines had walked in and tried to sell me resistors. Anachronism, dontchaknow.

When did they go away? What was the last generation to tell jokes?

Just had a nice lunch with and , where we met Judy for the first time in person.

doesn’t seem to be a psychotic axe murderer, so that’s good. I did think it odd when she bit the head off of a live bat and ate it raw. Though she tells me that’s just how they do it out in L.A., so I relaxed. It’s another world out there!

I’m so buoyed by the success of the lunch, I may venture to meet some of the other people on my friend’s list, like and .

‘s and I went to see Harry Potter III this afternoon at the Buckhead backlot. Our good buddy Sarah Robinson babysitted for us, in exchange for Stacey taking her to see Spider-Man 2 yesterday.

There was only one showing today of HP at Buckhead, which was supposed to be at 3:50pm, according to the website. When we got there, the marquee said 4:00pm. No biggie.

But we didn’t get into the theater until 4:40pm or so. There were dozens of us crowded in the little hallway, and kids running wilder and wilder by the minute. Management gave us all free sodas. When the doors finally opened, about 7 people came out, carrying a half finished birthday cake. Apparently we’d all been inconvenienced by a rental. boooo!

HP Spoiler

I had a new weekly meeting with the Continuation group today. It went from 1:30 to 4:30. I didn’t mind, it felt like goofing off, but it was work. Mostly.

It was a marked contrast to the high pressure, go-go-go, all business, weekly conference calls I’ve been having for a year and a half.

The last half hour was spent looking at pictures from a team member’s vacation trip to the Alps. (Apparently, continuation has a rule that if you go on a vacation, you have to show your pictures during the weekly meeting.) Bjorn, the coworker, is the type of photographer who only takes pictures of things, not people. We all wanted to see pictures of him and his wife there, but it was just scenic shot after scenic shot. Eventually, we came to a shot where he had accidentally caught his wife in a corner of the frame. She was standing in the distance and he had walked way back to capture an entire view. So we spent 15 minutes cropping and blowing up her image, just for fun. Then we started to apply photoshop filters, turning her different colors and textures. Then we printed out copies for everyone.

And who was at the helm of the computer during this adventure? My new boss.

I think I’m going to enjoy my new job.

Stolen from …

I don’t think this describes me at all.

20 Questions to a Better Personality

You are an SRCL–Sober Rational Constructive Leader. This makes you an Ayn Rand ideal. Taggart? Roark? Galt? You are all of these. You were born to lead. You may not be particularly exciting, but you have a strange charisma–born of intellect and personal drive–that people begin to notice when they have been around you a while. You don’t like to compromise, but you recognize when you have to.

You care absolutely nothing what other people think, and this somehow attracts people to you. Treat them well, use them wisely, and ascend to your rightful rank.

Thought ‘d be interested in this.

http://www.atlantatimemachine.com/index.htm

Jesus H.!

I thought those folks were live and let live types.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/gayrights/story/0,12592,1247769,00.html

Excuse me while I go burn any reggae CDs I have.

Top 250 films as rated by IMDB
Asterisk those you’ve watched

Godfather, The (1972)
*Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
Godfather: Part II, The (1974)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)
*Casablanca (1942)
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)
*Star Wars (1977)
*Citizen Kane (1941)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(1964)
*Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
*Rear Window (1954)
*Pulp Fiction (1994)
*Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
*Usual Suspects, The (1995)
*Memento (2000)
North by Northwest (1959)
Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Psycho (1960)
*Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)
*It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
*Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
Goodfellas (1990)
Cidade de Deus (2002)
*American Beauty (1999)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Vertigo (1958)
C’era una volta il West (1968)
*Matrix, The (1999)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
*To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Pianist, The (2002)
Third Man, The (1949)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Fight Club (1999)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
*Some Like It Hot (1959)
Double Indemnity (1944)
*Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Boot, Das (1981)
*Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Chinatown (1974)
*L.A. Confidential (1997)
M (1931)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
*All About Eve (1950)
Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
Se7en (1995)
*Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Rashômon (1950)
*Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Raging Bull (1980)
*Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
*Alien (1979)
American History X (1998)
Sting, The (1973)
Léon (1994)
*Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Vita è bella, La (1997)
*Finding Nemo (2003)
*Reservoir Dogs (1992)
*2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
*Modern Times (1936)
Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
Great Escape, The (1963)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
*Amadeus (1984)
Ran (1985)
On the Waterfront (1954)
*Annie Hall (1977)
Wo hu cang long (2000)
*Apartment, The (1960)
Jaws (1975)
Braveheart (1995)
High Noon (1952)
Metropolis (1927)
*Fargo (1996)
*Aliens (1986)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
*Shining, The (1980)
*Blade Runner (1982)
City Lights (1931)
Sixth Sense, The (1999)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Great Dictator, The (1940)
Duck Soup (1933)
Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
General, The (1927)
Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989)
*Princess Bride, The (1987)
Mononoke-hime (1997)
Rebecca (1940)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Notorious (1946)
Yojimbo (1961)
Dogville (2003)
Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
Big Sleep, The (1946)
Lola rennt (1998)
*Toy Story 2 (1999)
Ladri di biciclette (1948)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Patton (1970)
*Graduate, The (1967)
It Happened One Night (1934)
*Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Deer Hunter, The (1978)
*Forrest Gump (1994)
*Manhattan (1979)
Mystic River (2003)
Glory (1989)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
*Cool Hand Luke (1967)
*Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
Searchers, The (1956)
African Queen, The (1951)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Unforgiven (1992)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Green Mile, The (1999)
*Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Hable con ella (2002)
*Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
Elephant Man, The (1980)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Grapes of Wrath, The (1940)
*Shrek (2001)
*Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Smultronstället (1957)
*Wild Bunch, The (1969)
*Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
*Christmas Story, A (1983)
Straight Story, The (1999)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
*Back to the Future (1985)
Platoon (1986)
Amores perros (2000)
Hustler, The (1961)
*Young Frankenstein (1974)
*Lost in Translation (2003)
Gold Rush, The (1925)
Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938)
His Girl Friday (1940)
*Die Hard (1988)
*Monsters, Inc. (2001)
*Life of Brian (1979)
Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)
Grande illusion, La (1937)
Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)
Spartacus (1960)
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)
Charade (1963)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Ying xiong (2002)
Festen (1998)
Gladiator (2000)
Conversation, The (1974)
*Sling Blade (1996)
Roman Holiday (1953)
*Almost Famous (2000)
*Toy Story (1995)
Magnolia (1999)
Night at the Opera, A (1935)
Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)
*Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
*Brazil (1985)
*All the President’s Men (1976)
*Ed Wood (1994)
Insider, The (1999)
Killing, The (1956)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Hotaru no haka (1988)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
*Being John Malkovich (1999)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Exorcist, The (1973)
*Harvey (1950)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
*Stand by Me (1986)
*Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Gandhi (1982)
21 Grams (2003)
*Terminator, The (1984)
Big Fish (2003)
*Lion in Winter, The (1968)
*Trainspotting (1996)
*Groundhog Day (1993)
Ikiru (1952)
Miller’s Crossing (1990)
*This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Strada, La (1954)
Whale Rider (2002)
*Right Stuff, The (1983)
8½ (1963)
Network (1976)
*Rain Man (1988)
Laura (1944)
Passion de Jeanne d’Arc, La (1928)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Adaptation. (2002)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
39 Steps, The (1935)
Stagecoach (1939)
*King Kong (1933)
In America (2002)
Snatch. (2000)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
X2 (2003)
*Big Lebowski, The (1998)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Thin Man, The (1934)
*Untouchables, The (1987)
Others, The (2001)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
*Planet of the Apes (1968)
Red River (1948)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
*Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
*Traffic (2000)
*Minority Report (2002)
Die xue shuang xiong (1989)
Sleuth (1972)
Being There (1979)
Fantasia (1940)
*Good Will Hunting (1997)
Henry V (1989)
Persona (1966)
Enfants du paradis, Les (1945)
Heat (1995)
Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
Quiet Man, The (1952)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

I have a lot of movies to watch.

Thumbs down.

To me, it has the unsettling task of cancer in the making.

It embarrasses me that it took this long to discover this correlation.

You know how one of the great advantages to having DSL is that you can talk on the phone without going offline?

It turns out that our cordless phone interferes with our wireless network, so I lose internet connection when I’m talking on the phone.

*sigh*