Archive for January, 2009

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-31

Posted in Day-to-Day on January 31st, 2009
  • I just told the Dean of my alma mater that his students aren’t being given job offers because they’re not qualified, and it’s his fault. #
  • @sgitw You should get a kitten. Petting a cat lowers your blood pressure. Please take a kitten? #

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-30

Posted in Day-to-Day on January 30th, 2009
  • The second Transporter movie is exponentially better than the first because Audi got the nod. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-29

Posted in Day-to-Day on January 29th, 2009
  • Why do kittens have to die? #

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-28

Posted in Day-to-Day on January 28th, 2009
  • I’m sourcing Lexan sheeting in order to construct a touchscreen display to use in a Star Trek webseries. I may be a geek. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-27

Posted in Day-to-Day on January 27th, 2009
  • I’m not going to waste my time, but you should feel free to waste yours. #
  • Expect your coworkers to be intelligent and to succeed on their own, or hand-hold them and prevent them from developing self-sufficiency? #
  • Hand-feeding little one pound kitten RCA: absolutely precious. Hand-feeding little one-and-a-half pound kitten Mo: painful and bloody. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-26

Posted in Day-to-Day on January 26th, 2009
  • Jesus didn’t walk on water; He created a bubble out of petrochemicals in the sea, desalinated the water still inside, and walked on that. #
  • I just discovered when my cellphone battery is completely dead, it hangs up on whomever I’m on the phone with. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-25

Posted in Day-to-Day on January 25th, 2009
  • @neilhimself Isn’t grooming yourself before the grooming people get there akin to cleaning your house before a maid arrives? #
  • Writing my review is making me feel very frustrated. #
  • How many hours do I have to wait after being told “she’ll call you back”? #
  • Cardiff will be getting taken care of on Wednesday, and should be gone next weekend. Bristol will have to wait for next month. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-24

Posted in Day-to-Day on January 24th, 2009
  • I feel no inclination to hurry into work. #
  • Has Hunt’s Ketchup replaced Heinz for everyone? It’s a sad, sad day to buy a burger. #
  • I don’t want to know if they make “Sorry you lost your job” cards. #
  • Opening 412 instances of Notepad causes some performance issues. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-23

Posted in Day-to-Day on January 23rd, 2009
  • I probably shouldn’t use whether my ID works as proof of my continued employment. #
  • It turns out that if your work email is lagged by over three hours, you miss out on a lot. #
  • gci -r | ? { ! $_.Mode.Contains(’d') -and !$_.Mode.Contains(’r') }
    Returns a list of non-directory/non-read-only files. #powershell #
  • Most popular question in the halls today: “Have you heard anything?” #
  • I need to completely review my mid year review before submitting it to remove all traces of bitterness. #
  • Mo is adorable when he isn’t making noise. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-22

Posted in Day-to-Day on January 22nd, 2009
  • I presume too much from my coworkers. #