Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Prepare to lose an hour or two...
...probably more. Nope, I'm not talking about Daylight Savings, I'm talking about a game. About all you need to know is red = down, blue = up. Figure out the rest yourself.
Robot Alert
I've been neglecting this long enough.
You know all of the books and movies about the future? You know how a lot of them deal with robots or super computers taking control of the world and forcing man to live and hide among the ruins? They all have a flashback or a starting point where it shows when everything went wrong. There are always a few warning signs or someone that knows what's about to happen and tries to stop it but no one pays attention. Until it's too late. This is why the 3Goat Robot Alert has been created.
While we don't believe that a robotic Armageddon is in our future, some of the developments in the field of robotics can be a bit creepy and may make you think that any day now, you're going to see a leather clad Arnold Schwarzenegger strolling down the street carrying a giant gun. If that ever happens, all I can say is that you better hope that some descendant of yours isn't leading a rebellion against the machine in the (not so?) distant future. Either that or throw a Webster's Dictionary at his feet (see the video). Here's the article that goes with the video if you're interested in this sort of thing.
Here's a video that creeped me out over a year ago and is still making me cringe. This just might make you run out and buy a gun. Not that you could legally purchase anything that could stop this thing. At least you'll FEEL safer. Here's the article.
What's the creepiest part? The fact that it couldn't be pushed over or that it was playing in a mud puddle? Creepiness aside, I'd kind of like to see one that could hold a couple of hundred pounds. Throw a saddle on it's back and ride it to work. The possibilities are endless. Wrap a bear skin rug around it and chase the neighbor's dog that is always pooping in your yard. Wrap it in pink, put a snout on the front and a curly tail on the back and you've got yourself a hog. Put a rubber dinosaur "skin" on it and go through the drive-thru at McDonald's. Put a fake horse head on each end and have a Pushme Pullme. Expand the concept and mount some industrial strength legs under your car, keep them hidden until you feel the need to scare people to death. Parallel parking would be so easy. And fun! Stuck in rush hour traffic? Scoot over to the shoulder and run down the side. People will be too stunned to get mad at you for being in the emergency lane. Now that I think about what I could do with it, it's not so creepy. Now I want to know how to get one.
You know all of the books and movies about the future? You know how a lot of them deal with robots or super computers taking control of the world and forcing man to live and hide among the ruins? They all have a flashback or a starting point where it shows when everything went wrong. There are always a few warning signs or someone that knows what's about to happen and tries to stop it but no one pays attention. Until it's too late. This is why the 3Goat Robot Alert has been created.
While we don't believe that a robotic Armageddon is in our future, some of the developments in the field of robotics can be a bit creepy and may make you think that any day now, you're going to see a leather clad Arnold Schwarzenegger strolling down the street carrying a giant gun. If that ever happens, all I can say is that you better hope that some descendant of yours isn't leading a rebellion against the machine in the (not so?) distant future. Either that or throw a Webster's Dictionary at his feet (see the video). Here's the article that goes with the video if you're interested in this sort of thing.
Here's a video that creeped me out over a year ago and is still making me cringe. This just might make you run out and buy a gun. Not that you could legally purchase anything that could stop this thing. At least you'll FEEL safer. Here's the article.
What's the creepiest part? The fact that it couldn't be pushed over or that it was playing in a mud puddle? Creepiness aside, I'd kind of like to see one that could hold a couple of hundred pounds. Throw a saddle on it's back and ride it to work. The possibilities are endless. Wrap a bear skin rug around it and chase the neighbor's dog that is always pooping in your yard. Wrap it in pink, put a snout on the front and a curly tail on the back and you've got yourself a hog. Put a rubber dinosaur "skin" on it and go through the drive-thru at McDonald's. Put a fake horse head on each end and have a Pushme Pullme. Expand the concept and mount some industrial strength legs under your car, keep them hidden until you feel the need to scare people to death. Parallel parking would be so easy. And fun! Stuck in rush hour traffic? Scoot over to the shoulder and run down the side. People will be too stunned to get mad at you for being in the emergency lane. Now that I think about what I could do with it, it's not so creepy. Now I want to know how to get one.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Coolest Site of the Week
Monday, February 19, 2007
1 Out of 3 (or 6) Children - Continued
These were just too good to be left in the comment section, plus I have a couple of more.
-1 out of 6 children will be left at a park when they are 2yrs old.
-1 out of 6 children will be left at a restaurant when they are 4yrs old.
-1 out of 6 children will be left at a softball game when they are 4yrs old. (these are each a different child)
-1 out of 6 children will accidently throw away their retainer at a restaurant and will have to go back and dig through the garbage to get it b/c buying a new one was NOT an option.
-1 out of 6 children will give embarassing haircuts to their younger siblings and/or themselves. (Ed. note: this has been confirmed to happen with as little as three children)
-1 out of 6 children will burn items in the microwave.
-1 out of 6 children will walk alone w/o anyone knowing to the neighbors house about a mile down the rual road wearing nothing but a (cloth) diaper and yellow rain boots....when she was 2 1/2yrs old.
-1 out of 6 children will shoot his sister in the back of the head with a bb gun. (Othergoat--I know you're thinking that explains a lot..but, no, it didn't cause any permanent damage)
-1 out of 6 children will convince their sister to help them stage a fight in front of their deaf grandma complete with fake slaps to the face and falling on the bed with silent screams.
-1 out of 6 children will wreck the family van by not putting it in park all the way and so when closing the door, it rolls down the hill and smashes into a fence.
Thanks "schmo", those are hilarious. Here's a few more from my research:
- 1 out of 3 children will fall asleep with gum in their mouth and wake up with it stuck in their hair AND to the carpet in the back of the station wagon/mini van.
- 1 out of 3 children, after finding his head stuck to the floor of a station wagon/mini van will conclude that the reason he can't lift his head is because he somehow became paralyzed during his nap and will start screaming hysterically.
- 3 out of 3 children will never be able to start a lawn mower and will tell their Dad that it is broken. When their Dad tries it, it will start on the first attempt.
- 1 out of 3 children will find that someone is always willing to tie his shoes for him and will learn this life lesson a few years after the average child learns it.
-1 out of 6 children will be left at a park when they are 2yrs old.
-1 out of 6 children will be left at a restaurant when they are 4yrs old.
-1 out of 6 children will be left at a softball game when they are 4yrs old. (these are each a different child)
-1 out of 6 children will accidently throw away their retainer at a restaurant and will have to go back and dig through the garbage to get it b/c buying a new one was NOT an option.
-1 out of 6 children will give embarassing haircuts to their younger siblings and/or themselves. (Ed. note: this has been confirmed to happen with as little as three children)
-1 out of 6 children will burn items in the microwave.
-1 out of 6 children will walk alone w/o anyone knowing to the neighbors house about a mile down the rual road wearing nothing but a (cloth) diaper and yellow rain boots....when she was 2 1/2yrs old.
-1 out of 6 children will shoot his sister in the back of the head with a bb gun. (Othergoat--I know you're thinking that explains a lot..but, no, it didn't cause any permanent damage)
-1 out of 6 children will convince their sister to help them stage a fight in front of their deaf grandma complete with fake slaps to the face and falling on the bed with silent screams.
-1 out of 6 children will wreck the family van by not putting it in park all the way and so when closing the door, it rolls down the hill and smashes into a fence.
Thanks "schmo", those are hilarious. Here's a few more from my research:
- 1 out of 3 children will fall asleep with gum in their mouth and wake up with it stuck in their hair AND to the carpet in the back of the station wagon/mini van.
- 1 out of 3 children, after finding his head stuck to the floor of a station wagon/mini van will conclude that the reason he can't lift his head is because he somehow became paralyzed during his nap and will start screaming hysterically.
- 3 out of 3 children will never be able to start a lawn mower and will tell their Dad that it is broken. When their Dad tries it, it will start on the first attempt.
- 1 out of 3 children will find that someone is always willing to tie his shoes for him and will learn this life lesson a few years after the average child learns it.
Friday, February 16, 2007
To My Valentine
If I were an astronaut, my love for you would make me a crazy astronaut.
A 900 mile drive just to see you, or to confront and possibly kidnap someone that I thought liked you would pass in an instant. Some people might take those 10 to 12 hours to ponder their actions, to rethink their motivation, to consider the irreparable harm that they were about to do to their family and realize that the twenty years of focused, intense hard work that it took to become an astronaut were about to be flushed down a toilet.
Not me.
My love for you would fuel my motivation and I would not stop until I was near you.
Or was in police custody.
Well, I would possibly have to stop for gas.
And probably some pepper spray.
And also a knife.
I guess coffee would be okay. But that's it! I wouldn't even stop to use the bathroom.
To prove my love for you, I'd weigh everything that I had ever learned, my access to high security government installations, millions of dollars in high tech equipment, training from the top scientists and experts in the world and choose one thing to help me get to you as quickly as possible.
Diapers.
My love for you may make it appear that I'm addicted to meth, but it's you that I'm addicted to.
They should use better lighting when taking mugshots.
Be my Valentine!
No, seriously.
That wasn't a request.
A 900 mile drive just to see you, or to confront and possibly kidnap someone that I thought liked you would pass in an instant. Some people might take those 10 to 12 hours to ponder their actions, to rethink their motivation, to consider the irreparable harm that they were about to do to their family and realize that the twenty years of focused, intense hard work that it took to become an astronaut were about to be flushed down a toilet.
Not me.
My love for you would fuel my motivation and I would not stop until I was near you.
Or was in police custody.
Well, I would possibly have to stop for gas.
And probably some pepper spray.
And also a knife.
I guess coffee would be okay. But that's it! I wouldn't even stop to use the bathroom.
To prove my love for you, I'd weigh everything that I had ever learned, my access to high security government installations, millions of dollars in high tech equipment, training from the top scientists and experts in the world and choose one thing to help me get to you as quickly as possible.
Diapers.
My love for you may make it appear that I'm addicted to meth, but it's you that I'm addicted to.
They should use better lighting when taking mugshots.
Be my Valentine!
No, seriously.
That wasn't a request.
One Out of Three Children...
As one of three children and the parent of three children, I've observed that statistically at least one of the three children will experience the following:
- At least one out of three children will be so unexplicably attracted to mud that purchasing a backhoe and powerwasher to help control the situation makes economic sense.
- At least one out of thee children will at some point vomit on a piece of furniture to the degree that all hopes of salvage are dashed and you and your spouse will pick it up and carry it to the curb even though it is raining and trash day is still a few days off.
- One out of three children, when using a hand held shower head for the first time, will check to see if the spray can reach the ceiling. It can.
- One out of three children will have a family member ACCIDENTALLY close a door on their finger(s).
- One out of three children will have a very strange reaction to pizza with extra, extra, extra cheese. It is called "silly string vomit".
- One out of three children will have a predilection to clogging toilets.
- One out of three children will enjoy school to such a degree that the parents are called in for a meeting with the principal.
- One out of three children will at some point in their childhood make a hole in a wall.
I'm sure there are many more statistical observations that I have missed. Please contribute your own.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Why I Don't Enjoy Watching NBA Games
- This guy doesn't play anymore.
- That's it. That's the only reason.
Stupid but kind of funny
I found myself somewhat amused when I first looked at this, but by the time I had scrolled through all of the pictures I was chuckling because I've known that kind of boredom.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Making fun of MySpace
This is pretty funny. It's a fake commercial for a fake website that's making fun of MySpace, Face Book, Match.com, etc. There are three other fake commercials by the same group here:
When I Grow Up
Leaked Super Bowl Commercial #4
Mac PC Parody
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Friday, February 09, 2007
MySpace Haters Unite!
If you hate MySpace as much as I do (and you can't, it just isn't possible, so don't try to convince me that you do, unless you plan on writing a really funny comment proving your point) then you'll enjoy the following articles written by a Swedish MySpace hater. Sadly he had to create a MySpace account in order to write the article.
MySpace Avoidance Fails Miserably
MySpace, Now With Random Crap
MySpace Avoidance Fails Miserably
MySpace, Now With Random Crap
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Kitty
Choose your own title:
- How to tell when you need a bigger cat bed
- Kitty's interpretive art, "Roadkill"
- Cat Yoga
This is an actual photo of our cat (Kitty) while sound asleep. I didn't take this while he was in mid-stretch, this is just how he was sleeping.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
I Found The Free Lunch Prize!
I got the free lunch prize in the cafeteria here at work today. Apparently, the cafeteria's staff hides a special item in the food and the customer that discovers it and notifies a manager gets to have their money back.
It's a nice idea, I just wish that they would use pieces of paper or a piece of candy as the prize instead of jagged pieces of glass. I found mine in my jalapeno cornbread muffin.
It's a nice idea, I just wish that they would use pieces of paper or a piece of candy as the prize instead of jagged pieces of glass. I found mine in my jalapeno cornbread muffin.
A Super Bowl Story
I thought this was great.
My sister-in-law (SIL) lives in Chicago. That's right, IN Chicago. She's got a cool apartment in a high rise and everything. But that's not important right now. She and a few friends went to a local establishment to hang out and watch the big game. This establishment was having a free raffle where $100,000 would be split by everyone that entered if certain events happened during the course of the Super Bowl. It was obvious to my SIL that it was a marketing gimmick because in order to enter, you had to fill out a form and provide your name, address, e-mail, etc. She entered anyway, just for the heck of it. She knew that the odds of the Bears winning the coin toss AND scoring a touchdown on the opening kickoff had to be astronomical.
Of course, if you watched the game, then you know that both of these things happened. She doesn't know how many people entered the contest or how much her share is going to be yet, but she did say that there was much rejoicing amongst the patrons after that kickoff return.
Even if she ends up only winning a few dollars, she's got a great Super Bowl story for life.
Anyone know how much you could have won in Vegas if you had made the same bet?
My sister-in-law (SIL) lives in Chicago. That's right, IN Chicago. She's got a cool apartment in a high rise and everything. But that's not important right now. She and a few friends went to a local establishment to hang out and watch the big game. This establishment was having a free raffle where $100,000 would be split by everyone that entered if certain events happened during the course of the Super Bowl. It was obvious to my SIL that it was a marketing gimmick because in order to enter, you had to fill out a form and provide your name, address, e-mail, etc. She entered anyway, just for the heck of it. She knew that the odds of the Bears winning the coin toss AND scoring a touchdown on the opening kickoff had to be astronomical.
Of course, if you watched the game, then you know that both of these things happened. She doesn't know how many people entered the contest or how much her share is going to be yet, but she did say that there was much rejoicing amongst the patrons after that kickoff return.
Even if she ends up only winning a few dollars, she's got a great Super Bowl story for life.
Anyone know how much you could have won in Vegas if you had made the same bet?
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