How Coders Make a Living...

Having been a computer programmer for over 12 years now, I find this cartoon absolutely perfect!!

Eyebrow Pierce

Eyebrow Pierce
Originally uploaded by stuffle.

I have been wanted to get my eyebrow pierced for quite a while now, I just never got off my butt and did it. While I was there, I also got a stud in my left ear replaced with a captive loop.

The procedure was pretty quick. I just went to the local tattoo and piercing shop. After filling out some paperwork, I was taken to the piercing room where my eyebrow was marked. I then laid back. My eyebrow was clamped. On the count of two I took a deep breath, and on the count of three I exhaled while the needle was quickly pushed through. A little pain there, but no big deal. The only other part that hurt a little was when the needle was replaced with the jewelry.

After that, the stud in my left ear was replaced with a captive loop (18 ga, 3/8 dia). I was given care instructions and went on my way.

Next, I want to eventually replace the two 18 ga, 3/8 dia captive loops in my ear with slightly larger and thicker captive loops. I also want to get some captives in my right ear.

Peaches in da Hood...

Peaches in da Hood...
Originally uploaded by stuffle.

Here is our dog, Peaches, wearing the hood off of my wife's winter coat.

We can pretty much dress her (the dog, not my wife) up in any stupid thing we want. This lasted just about as long as it took her to figure out that no food was actually involved. At that point, she said "forget this", and shook the thing off...

Sad Start to the Season

Well, the news this morning is that Kirby Puckett has died from the stroke he suffered. Back in 1987 and 1991, when he went to the World Series with the Twins, we lived in NW Wisconsin, just about an hour from the twin cities. There were a lot of Twins fans up there, and Kirby was a big name. So, my condolences to all the hurting Twins fans out there...

Don't Ban The Brats!

If there is one thing here in Wisconsin that we love more than binge drinking at art museums, it is eating bratwurst. A lot of bratwurst. Now it seems some old coot up in Sheboygan wants to ban their annual bratwurst eating contest.

"It's gross," said Clarence Mertz, 84. "This is a situation where you are saying to the young children that it's OK to overeat. In fact, we sponsor a contest to reward the person who overeats the most. Overeating is an epidemic among young children. They should be told overeating is bad for their health."

Ignoring the fact that his argument is the typical nanny state B.S. that you get from these people, this is just plain wrong. Some traditions just are not meant to be messed with, Mr. Mertz.

Fellow Wisconsinites, be proud. Eat your brats (and cheese, especially if it is breaded and deep fried), and drink your beer, for tomorrow you may die (of a heart attack from all the brats and deep fried cheese curds)...

Ear Wax

I can totally relate to this cartoon...

Whoah, Barry!

All I can say is click here, and then check out the "Giants Idol" gallery...

Very scary!!

Art Museum Drunkfest...

So, we here in Milwaukee hire a world famous architect to build a beautiful addition to our art museum, and what do we do? We use it to hold a drunken puke-fest.

"Hindsight is 20-20 . . . it was probably too cheap," Kerry Wolfe, a local programming director for Clear Channel, said of the event's premise - unlimited martinis for $30.

OK, so what did you think was going to happen? This is Wisconsin. Binge drinking is pretty much a way of life here. Any amount of money for unlimited booze is pretty much a bad idea. It isn't that you charged too little, it is the "unlimited" part where you screwed up...

At the event, several vendors ran out of food, drink mix and vodka early on. Some who ran out of mix started pouring straight shots of vodka, according to several accounts.

OK, rant time. Drink mix? I thought this was a Martini-Fest. Wouldn't the "drink mix" just be vermouth? Of course, they probably had all those gay flavored martinis that appear to be popular these days. And vodka? Real martinis are made with gin, damn-it.

Clear Channel plans to stage another Martinifest in 2007 - in a larger location, Wolfe said.

Yeah. After all, this one worked out to be such a smashing success...

Driver's Ed...

Well, our daughter, Ashley, has her temps now, and we have started teaching her how to drive. It has been 22 years since I learned to drive, and I have forgotten how much of what I now take for granted is not just automatic knowledge.

The first day, we went out to an area where it is all new construction, and we practiced going around the block, and doing things like driving in a straight line, turning corners, starting, stopping (without putting us through the windshield), and all that fun stuff.

She's doing OK, just a little nervous. OTOH, she is not over confident, like someone closely related to her (who shall remain un-named) was when he was her age, 22 years ago...

Cool Person's Test

Here is one of the more accurate tests I have taken in a while...