online test

i don't care if this test has no validity. i'm still fascinated. i've spent most of my life systematically not caring about politics. and it looks like my efforts have made me about as middle of the road as possible.

You are a Social Moderate (55% permissive) and an... Economic Moderate (50% permissive) You are best described as a: Centrist Link: The Politics Test on OkCupid Free Online Dating Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

olympic pairs figure skating

let's talk about it. as if the outfits, music choices and choreography in between throws wasn't funny enough, there's the announcers. saturday night featured these actual quotes (or near quotes from memory):

• she's like a cat
• the chinese people are known for their throws
• really? 1 billion+ people and that's their defining trait as a nation?
  
• they're known for their short program ... they really are known for their short program ... they excel at the short program
• these three quotes were from the same person during the same routine
  
• nice descent ... she did a good job of not touching her fanny to the ice
• nice unison
• do you think he meant nice synchronization? me neither
  
• bent leg ... (senses confusion from his fellow commentators) ... the skating leg is bent
  
• they please me
• they're the kind of people you want to move in next door to
• they're the kind of people you want to have over for dinner and they won't spill wine all over the table

the last three quotes were about a pair that finished well well off the medal stand. dick button, i didn't know comedy before i knew your commentary. it got the point where i would try not to laugh just to make sure that i didn't miss anything.

if dick button is in the booth, don't miss it.

new name

A new client called me today to ask a question about using our online software. It may help you to know that she sounds like a 20-something southern girl from Louisiana, but I'm not sure. (Obviously I'm only not sure about the age part, I know the other 2 for sure.) Anyway, the convo started like this:

Me: "CNS. This is Luke."
Young lady: "Hello, Mr. Luke ..."

I have no explanation. That's it. That's the end of my story.

the dude from thrashin'

i'm extra proud of this one. i just watched last night's (1/23/06) episode of 24. in the 2nd half-hour, a henchman is let into CTU by another henchman. the henchman that is let in is the bad guy from the ridiculous 1986 movie thrashin'. sadly there are no good pictures of him in thrashin', but i was amazed to see that the dude is still alive.

-if you don't know about, thrashin', here's a good link that summarizes the whole movie with pics.
-here's the only thrashin' picture of the guy that i could find
-here's the dude's imdb profile, notice thrashin' (playing tommy hook) and 24 (playing hank)

unite

let's all get together and agree on a couple things:

1. we all know that when we're done leaving a voicemail, we can either hang up or press 1 for more options ... stop telling us. side note, we all also know that i can push 5 to send a numeric page now. just give us the damn beep.
   
2. when the senior high school picture guy says, "ok now just touch your hand to your chin," DON'T!
3. we don't need extra song titles in parentheses in order to help us realize what song it really is. examples:
1. pride (in the name of love) - u2
2. rebellion (lies) - arcade fire
3. leave (get out) - jojo - my personal fav
4. why can we remove the parenthetical titles? because this conversation has never happened:
• you like that song, "leave"?
• huh, "leave"? don't think i've heard that one. -- OH! you mean "get out"?! YES! that song totally rules my ass.
  

this is nuts

so i just ran my first marathon. 26.2 miles. to see the exact 26.2 miles that i ran, click here and watch the video.

pwned

if you know anything about me, you know this dunk and i have a history. props to my bro, dave for finding this.

if you don't know anything about me, then let me tell you that this is the greatest dunk ever. i will not argue about this.



i may never post again just so this will be the top post for all time.