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how to make your boss nervious
Nov. 4th, 2011 03:35 pmI filled out a leave request for all my use or lose, figuring that i'd work about half the month, and take the rest off, and that way i can get the leave restored. My boss walked into my office with the weirdest expression on his face, and he asked 'Did you mean to ask for leave for the ENTIRE MONTH of December?" I had no choice but to look at him straight in the eye and say 'Yes'.
donate to fight Leukemia
Oct. 11th, 2011 09:49 amGo Team Mara Wins - $8500+ raised and counting! tonight at midnight's the deadline for on-line fundraising to count toward pre-walk totals*. Wanna help us help the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society fund research to cure blood cancers? donate here
http://pages.lightthenight.org/nca/WashDC11/MaraWins
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Oct. 5th, 2011 12:07 pmSo, at the supreme court yesterday there was a case argued about the appeal of a convicted murderer. The man found guilty wanted to appeal due to ineffectual counsel. His attorney let the deadline pass without filing the paperwork.
I would think that the attorney blowing the deadline to file would sorta be one of the definitions of 'ineffectual counsel', but I'm obviously not Scalia.
I would think that the attorney blowing the deadline to file would sorta be one of the definitions of 'ineffectual counsel', but I'm obviously not Scalia.
Nobel prize
Oct. 4th, 2011 10:26 amWhy do I find it unsettling that an astronomer younger than I am won the Nobel Prize?
pictures from my facebook
Sep. 17th, 2011 08:51 pmI'm not sure this will work, but since I'm not currently a paid member, i can't upload pictures, so I put my pictures on flikr. This is my first time at trying this, so excuse me if I screw up.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92562702@N00/sets/72157627693114502/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92562702@N00/sets/72157627693114502/
more official notice
Sep. 16th, 2011 10:22 amSpy sattelite on display at Udvar Hazy, one day only.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=3332
http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=3332
repost from Suspects
Sep. 15th, 2011 10:44 amHEXAGON (KH-9) Viewing Opportunity, One Day Only
Newly Declassified Satellite
Saturday, September 17
10:00 am to 5:30 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15
The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and the National
Reconnaissance Office are hosting a one-day-only viewing opportunity of the
newly declassified HEXAGON (KH-9) satellite in the parking lot of the Steven
F. Udvar-Hazy Center. This is the first time the public will be able to view
this impressive spacecraft, and it will be the only opportunity to see it in
the Washington area for some time.
Sixty feet long and 10 feet in diameter, the HEXAGONs were the largest spy
satellites the United States has ever placed in space. The satellites took
photographs of the Soviet Union and other targets around the world from 1971
to the early 1980s.
The one-day display is in conjunction with the NRO???s 50th anniversary
celebration.
Newly Declassified Satellite
Saturday, September 17
10:00 am to 5:30 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15
The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and the National
Reconnaissance Office are hosting a one-day-only viewing opportunity of the
newly declassified HEXAGON (KH-9) satellite in the parking lot of the Steven
F. Udvar-Hazy Center. This is the first time the public will be able to view
this impressive spacecraft, and it will be the only opportunity to see it in
the Washington area for some time.
Sixty feet long and 10 feet in diameter, the HEXAGONs were the largest spy
satellites the United States has ever placed in space. The satellites took
photographs of the Soviet Union and other targets around the world from 1971
to the early 1980s.
The one-day display is in conjunction with the NRO???s 50th anniversary
celebration.
A fair Faire
Sep. 4th, 2011 07:57 pmWent to Faire today with Pam and the next door neighbor's kid. Did the standard, watched glass blowing, a show or two, watched the Mideavel baebes (its so embarassing when one forgets the lyrics), eat meat on a stick, avoided the fried sugar, watched Interpreters from the White Heart pub. Saw Picsty, Melissa, Chris, Cathy, Michelle, Steven, Marda. Time to fall down go nap.
Amazon sugguestions
Aug. 24th, 2011 12:51 pmToday I received the following "sugguestions" from Amazon:
* Ghost Ship (Liaden Universe)
* Saltation (Liaden Universe)
* Korval's Game (Liaden Universe)
* The Dragon Variation (The Liaden Universe)
* Mouse and Dragon (Liaden Universe Novels)
* Kris Longknife: Daring
I like to think I'm more widely read than Amazon gives me credit for.
* Ghost Ship (Liaden Universe)
* Saltation (Liaden Universe)
* Korval's Game (Liaden Universe)
* The Dragon Variation (The Liaden Universe)
* Mouse and Dragon (Liaden Universe Novels)
* Kris Longknife: Daring
I like to think I'm more widely read than Amazon gives me credit for.
The NPR top 100 SF books
Aug. 11th, 2011 10:18 pmhttps://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books
I haven't counted yet how many I have read.
I haven't counted yet how many I have read.
that's a first
Aug. 3rd, 2011 11:59 amWhile reading the Wash Post at lunch I read a very small story about a local NJ politician resigning after nude pictures he sent someone hit the press. Not all that newsworth these days, but the guy used to live across the street from me, and I knew him since I was about 5 years old.
Has anything good ever come of sending nude photos from a cellphone?
Has anything good ever come of sending nude photos from a cellphone?
