Friday, September 26, 2008

Coffee

The aroma of coffee is so intoxicating.

Penny brews it in her office, and the smell just drifts across the
cubicles. I can't drink it though, I'm not part of the group that pays for
that coffee, and they don't seem keen to have more people involved. So my
only other in-office option is the powder coffee that the vending machine
dispenses. It doesn't even really taste like real coffee. It tastes like
water with coffee flavor. That's not to say that it tastes weak, because
you can make a selection for "stronger" coffee. The problem is, it just
puts more coffee flavor in the water, it doesn't actually make stronger
coffee.

Getting up from my desk and walking to the break room, and then
unexpectedly being engulfed and distracted by the aroma is a nice break
from the reality on the ground.


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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Today's Curiousity

In a place where only grown adults work, they sell pop tarts with
sprinkles.

It wouldn't have been such a shock to see if the item previously in that
slot in the vending machine wasn't the most boring and bland (at least to
look at) pop tart of all time: brown sugar.

In other news, I finally feel fully recovered from Dan's birthday party on
Tuesday night. To say that I did a lot of drinking, would only be taking
into account the drinks I bought for myself. Mark, always the gentleman,
was buying rounds for everybody as well, and I had at least 2 polar bears
and a sweet tart on his account.

I think I had a personal break-through in my struggle with laziness last
night. I wish it was a joke.


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Monday, September 22, 2008

Note to Self

No matter how sick you are, no matter if you're spending as much time out
of the bathroom as you would normally be spending in the bathroom on an
average day.....drag yourself out of bed and go to work.

It might not even be worth taking a vacation. I can't image what two more
days would have done.

At this moment I've just gotten through Friday's emails, still have
Thursday and then Wednesday to go.

:(


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Friday, September 19, 2008

Electoral Map

Here's the current map as reflected in the polls with the toss-up states in yellow, and what I think the map will look like after the election.

Of course I have an incentive for Obama to win, but I honestly just moved the states into whatever column I thought they would fall in.

My note by state:

Nevada: This will eventually go democratic, but not this election. Look out in '12 or '16 though. This state does have the added consequence of a confusing and heated primary between Obama and Clinton.

Colorado: McCain being from down-river (the Colorado River that is), he has made statements saying that the compact negotiated between states in the region to allocate the water resources from the river should be renegotiated. In the region, that is code for "Colorado is getting too much of the water, McCain wants more for his home state". If you live up-river, voting for McCain would be a detriment to your own financial interests since the President would have a bully pulpit to try and force the issue in one direction or another. I would be interested to see if the President has any power to approve or deny any renegotiation, but I'm not a reporter and I don't have the time to look that up.

New Mexico: Same story as Nevada. Demographics are pushing this toward the democrats, eventually, but probably not this election.

Michigan: My home state. In this state, I think voter registration and economics will swing it blue.

Ohio: My neighbor, on the other hand, I think is being effected more by fear than their own pocket book. The republicans are making a big push here as well, since it was so instrumental to electing Bush in '04.

Virginia: With an increasingly moderating white population, and a large black population, this state is poised to turn blue. Of all my picks, this is the riskiest, but again, demographics and strong voter registration efforts are going to pull off an upset here.

New Hampshire: This is a notoriously libertarian state. The republican party has been able to spin that point of view into a vote for them. Having a libertarian streak myself, I wish it would turn blue, but there are just too many people who have been brand-washed with the idea that democrats are socialists. Perhaps if the Obama campaign starts hitting here with ads on what exactly more republicans will mean for our rights, then there is hope. In this state, hitting the economic note isn't going to be enough to do it.

But, and this is an important "but", if any of the states I designated as blue switch to red, then McCain wins.

Time to make more phone calls and knock on more doors!

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

I'm Sick

REALLY sick!

So is Trevor. Unless something changes over-night, it's going to be day three of calling into work tomorrow.

I really hope I don't lose my job over this.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Star Wars Rocks!

Not much else to say.

After all the hype and pacing in my cubicle all day, it really has lived up to my expectations so far.

Even better, I've got the "dual" mode where two players can fight each other.

Today, my inner geek is officially proud of having a Wii. Not only because of what is mentioned above, but also because the lightsaber is upgradable (which in my previous post, I wasn't sure that it was).

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OK, so I am a tool

I went ahead and bought the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed game for my
iTouch on my lunch break. It isn't as bad as I thought. It is on rails, but
it is a little more complex than just simple shape drawing.

As far as iPhone apps go, it's pretty good.


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