Scary

Things that scare me:

People who talk with both hands… while driving.

Three Day Weekend

Three day weekends are great. I think I need to find a way to take every Monday off. I finally have a little time to catch up on some things.

I have junk that I’m selling on eBay piled up in the floor of my office. That’s surrounded by three computers that need to be fixed by the end of the day. I have a doctor’s appointment in thirty minutes, I just finished getting the oil changed in my car, and I’m going to mow the yard when I get back.

Actually, I guess it’ll be kind of nice to go back to work tomorrow so I can relax.

South Park Frances

At first I thought Frances sent me an actual photograph of herself, but then I recognized the background from Paige’s South Park picture.

South Park Frances

It’s scary how much this looks like Frances.

Paige on South Park

Here’s Paige’s self portrait as a South Park character at the beach. I think she did a pretty good job.

South Park Paige

See the previous post for my picture and a link to the site where you can make your own South Park character.

Finished

I finally finished typing up all of the materials for my PC Basics class this Friday. I’m not sure how long it is since I’m too tired to actually total up the pages right now. I’m just glad that this is finished so I can move on to something else…

Serenity Trailer

Just in case you’re interested and you haven’t heard – the trailer for Joss Whedon’s Serenity is now available at Apple’s Movie Trailer Site.

This is, of course, the movie based on Whedon’s short-lived Firefly TV series. It looks pretty good to me. I guess we’ll find out for sure on September 30th.

Geoff loaned us his box set of Firefly a while back and I’ve enjoyed all of it that I’ve watched so far. Hopefully if the movie does well, someone will bring back the series.

PC Basics

So far I’ve typed up about 55 pages of content for the PC Basics and Troubleshooting class I’m teaching this Friday. By the time I’m finished I should have around 80 pages of content plus a 20 question quiz at the end. Hopefully I’ll be able to get this done over the course of tonight and tomorrow at work.

Busy, busy

We’ve had a really busy weekend so I haven’t had much time for updates around here. I know you’re probably bored and looking for something to do, so I thought I would help you out with a few “mind expanding” websites:

Mentat Wiki – This wiki is a collaborative environment for exploring ways to become a better thinker. They have some neat stuff on memorization and mental math that I really need to work on.

Be A Genius (…or just look like one) – This site is dedicated to teaching you to effectively improve and display your mental prowess. This looks like some more interesting stuff. I actually haven’t dug too deeply into this site.

So there you go. I expect everyone to tell me the value of pi to at least 100 digits the next time I’m around…

Bath Time

Matthew used to get mad when it was bath time, but I think he really likes it now. Here’s a perfect picture of him right after a bath a few days ago:

Matthew in a towel

He splashed in the tub with his feet a little last night. I’m sure it won’t be long until he’ll be splashing water all over the floor.