Nerd Humour Alert
I try to keep the hardcore nerd content off the radar here, since it probably only makes sense to two other people I know who might even casually glance at this blog. Anyway, I will make an exception today just for fun. In my current contract I'm back to full on mail server nerd and was doing some documentation this morning when I came across this antivirus scanner option:
Illegal MIME header action
Cue immature nerdly snickering and snorting, while pushing up my horn-rimmed glasses. Fnar fnar fnar.
Caffeine + sleep deprivation + early morning = giddy geek
I know I'm a geek, it pays the bills ok?
Working From Home
It seems that most of my content is coming from The Oatmeal lately, but what can you do? This one does a hilariously decent job of describing some of the challenges and perks of working from home.
I find this particularly appropriate since I have recently started a "real job" again and find myself actually enjoying having a much more regular schedule instead of, ah, the schedule I had all summer. I guess you could say I am in the honeymoon period of this contract. Oh, and earning a somewhat predictable amount of money each month, that will be good too.
Dogs at Camp Rocks!*
*To avoid any Disney lawsuits, not affiliated with any teeny-bopper movie.
To give credit where credit is due, I just thought I would throw out a little shout out to the fine folks at Dogs at Camp. This is the anti-kennel where we have been taking the fur kids this summer when we are away from home. To say that these guys (er, gals) love dogs is an understatement, and after experimenting with a few traditional kennels around the area before this, there simply is no comparison. The dogs are never locked away, and spend the entire day running around a fenced farmyard with up to 40 other buddies. Then when they are completely played out they have a sleepover with 7 or 8 others in huge comfy horse stalls on sawdust. The facility is impeccably clean and dry, the staff is awesome, and the owner Cheryl knows all of the campers by name. I just dropped Harvey and Lloyd off this morning, and it goes a long way to say that this was Harvey's first visit (Lloyd's third) and he ran off without a glance backwards at me. Incredibly different from the first (and last) time we put him in a kennel when I had to physically haul him into the concrete cage so we could close the door.
Anyway, it's easy to complain about a bad service or business, but recognition of a job truly well done is a bit harder to come by. These folks are the real deal, and they will take top notch care of your dog without a doubt in my mind.
Check 'em out and tell them Lloyd sent ya.
*** Update:
I forgot to add that in addition to the awesome service and fun dog time, I usually get a follow up email afterwards with a personal note, and even a couple of pictures of the dogs on their weekend. It's rather like looking through someone's camera after a night out:
Nothing but Yourself
why try to impress? Why try to be more?
Why try to be better than you were before?
What need do you have, to prove who you are?
Just being proud of yourself is the best thing by far.
Their opinions don't matter, it's how you're feeling inside,
stop trying to impress, live your life with pride.
Being true to yourself is the best thing to do,
as long as you're living, be proud to be you.
Mallakhamb means Thighs of Granite
Let me say without doubt that you will never forget seeing this video. It's called Mallakhamb, and it's Indian pole gymnastics, and it also makes regular gymnastics look like a slumber party. No man can watch this without cringing. Wired has the goods.
Cripes, that looks painful. Painfully impressive.
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- I just ousted @scootermcgee as the mayor of Subway on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/9rMJHS
- â@pattonoswalt: Bustles and plums! #VictorianEraOrgasmYellsâ. Good lord, just followed Patton and this is like tweet #5. Sweet.
- My new blog post: "Nerd Humour Alert" http://nn.nf/1cvco
- My new blog post: "Working From Home" http://nn.nf/1cuql