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…because someone needs to.
Inigo Montoya Tshirt
Oct 30th
Well the poll seems to be going well (vote if you have not yet…I have other plans for that…maybe). Looks like Inigo is way ahead, but I plan to leave it open for a few weeks and see what happens. However, I have been getting a lot of questions about where I got my “Hello, my name is Inigo…” T-shirt. Email’s like this touch my heart:
“Dear Aaron ,
You are awesome and I love your Inigo Montoya name tag shirt. Even though I know I will never look as good as you in one…where did you buy it?
Sincerely,
Some Guy without an awesome shirt.”
ok. well I might have made that one up but you get the point. Either way I got said shirt at LuckyThreadz.comLoiter Apparel. Check out their site and get you a shirt. Just don’t wear yours on the same day as me. Thanks!
Favorite Princess Bride character?
Oct 29th
So this weekend I was wearing my awesome Inigo Montoya shirt and and it got me thinking about what an awesome movie the Princess Bride is. I then began to wonder who my favorite character was and to be honest it’s pretty hard decision. I mean really. Inigo is very cool…”Hello, my name is…” but there were so many great characters. Westley, The Impressive Clergyman (classic), Fezzik, Miracle Max… on of my favorite lines is then the Grandpa (Peter Falk) says to the Grandson (Fred Savage), “Your very smart. Shut-up.” So what do you think? I have a poll..either here or on my sidebar asking the simple question “Who is your favorite Princess Bride Character?” I have a pretty lengthy list but if you want someone listed who I left out then let me know and I will be glad to take care of it. The quotes are listed purely for the sake of laughter and reference, so enjoy.
Comments are welcome and votes are appreciates.
Loading ...LSU beat Auburn… Auburn fans upset.
Oct 21st
Well, If you set up late into the night to watch the Auburn vs. LSU game you were not disappointed. I am a huge Auburn and all I can say is that if you have to lose…it might as well be off of a play like that. Very spectacular catch at the last second. Amazing. Hopefully there is still hope for the Auburn season. Overall , they didn’t play bad last night but who wouldn’t be upset about losing a game.
Next week will hopefully be better for us as Auburn faces Mississippi at home.
15 Great Tech Excuses
Oct 13th
Anyone working in tech support has had those moment. You know the one’s where your standing (or sitting there) not really knowing how to explain that an issue is fixed…or for that matter at times why it is fixed in the first place. What do you say? What do you do? Will They understand? Will they even believe it? My suggestion, just have fun with it. Fine…But what should I say?
Well worry no more. Just put that person on hold (where you cleverly have Chocolate Rain as your on hold music…which consequently may get you off the hook of giving a reason in the first place) and grab one of these incredibly thoughtful technical excuses. Like they will ever know…
- Solar flare activity was very high yesterday and it took until today for the light to reach earth.
- Caps lock was on.
- It must be a hardware problem.
- It must be a software problem.
- Your problem is caused by another company’s product or services.
- It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
- I’m sorry. No one here speaks English.
- The flux capacitor was damaged.
- It must be an I-D-10-T error
- I never thought anyone would actually use that feature.
- Well…it wasn’t plugged in.
- I think it needs more fictional memory.
- The “mouse server” is down.
- We don’t support that.
- Problems like that are only caused by looking at porn. I’ll need your name for our records.
and if those aren’t good enough try Jaco Strauss’ Tech Support Excuse Generator, where you will find great random technical excuses such as: Partial, unvalidated retrieval lockout… or just laugh profusely and walk away. Overall…just be good to the people you support. No matter how hard that may be at times…they are the reason you have a job. =P
Enjoy
…btw…Like these or have some to add? Comments are there for that!
Tootsie Rolls Make You Smarter
Oct 3rd
Next time you need some brain food just have a Tootsie Roll. That is what it’s saying….right?
Smoke Free Tennessee
Oct 2nd
As October 1st, all restaurants in Tennessee will be smoke free indoors unless they limit access to people 21+ at all times (includes restaurants with bars, chain and hotel restaurants). See www.smokefreetn.org or www.tennesseeanytime.org/govoffice/smokingban.html for more information.
Let me begin by saying I am not a smoker. Personally, I think smoking is the equivalent of putting your mouth over the exhaust pipe of a poorly tuned ’68 Chevy. So on one hand I think this is great. There is nothing I hate more then when someone lights up right next to me in a restaurant. This is why my wife and I usually avoid restaurants that allow smoking or have the most ill thought out smoking sections known to man.
On the other hand, I hate the fact that the government felt they had to step up and do it. I despise the way government takes control of everything..all the useless organizations, things they have their hands in, the ways they can try to scare people by saying the budget will be cut and health and education will suffer (even though it would have actually just been a smaller increase from last year than they wanted). But I digress. I think it should have been left up to the business owners to decide. Now I think the owners should have thought…Hey, you know smoking kills people and is annoying to our customers..perhaps we should ban it. But they didn’t. I jump off my political rant and just start to enjoy the clean air here.
Cheers.
Neil Peart at Buddy Rich Memorial Concert
Sep 30th
As a drummer, I am constantly looking for new things to practice and a great tool for that is youtube.
This week I was looking around and found this video of Neil Peart playing at the Buddy Rich memorial concert in 2006 (yes, I know it’s 2007 now. how am I just now finding this?) I love the way he throws in bits of Rush into the solo with the big band and swing style. Anyways, check out the Professor in action. Good stuff. Enjoy.
College Football. Auburn beats Florida
Sep 29th
Congrats to my team the Auburn Tiger on their win against #4 Florida. Get the ESPN game recap here. It really was a great ball game. I was glad that Auburn seems to be pulling things together this season. I do love it when we beat the Gators though. And you gotta love the SEC. Best college football there is.
Hello My Name is… My Favorite T
Sep 29th
Here is one of my favorite T-Shirts.
I simply love the Princess Bride. Great Book. Great Movie.
Hello! My Name is Inigo Montoya. You Killed My Father. Prepare to Die.
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Great collection of Star Wars vehicles
Sep 28th
As I was driving home yesterday I see this Dodge Dakota (as you will see below). Thhis got me thinking about how many Star Wars themed vehicles there are out there. The answer? I have no earthly (or tatooine-”ly”) idea. However, here are a few that I found very cool. Thanks to roadsquadron.com for a few of these. Definitely check them out for quite a few more. Enough said..here ya go…
Cheers.
