Nice to share of a birthday with these folks…
Larry David
Michelle Branch
Amy Weber
Margot Robbie
Lindsay Lohan
The 4th…it’s coming…
General Musings
Time for…
…a theme change!
Unfortunately for me, I actually paid for the previous theme. It had a lot of bells and whistles but all I really want or need is simplicity.
I already forgot the name of this theme but that is ok. It rocks.
I love you whatever your name is.
Aggressive Holiday
Am I the only one who plans a day off and packs it with more tasks than can be reasonably completed?
Probably not.
I feel like I am finally over the “VID” and am only now starting to get my energy back. Being Lethargic was a way of life for me for several weeks. I just didn’t really have the energy to do very much. It is a good thing I am a nudist so I didn’t have to worry about having the energy to get dressed. That was definitely not happening.
I have already knocked off a major project this morning.
Hopefully what this means for the blog is that I’ll be able to write again. I stopped when I got the “VID” and haven’t done much beyond writing in my journal. I can always seem to find the energy to write in that.
Hope everyone has a fantastic Friday!
Excited for Rain
Yes. This is my personal blog and I write about weird shit from time to time.
If you are reading this then I am dragging you along for the ride. This post is about rain.
It is about my weird obsession with it during the summer months. Every time that I hear that it might rain, I stand at the ready.
For what?
You ask. Or, you don’t ask but I am going to tell you anyway.
I standby to run out in it. To ride my bike, walk around, jog, or just simply jump in my pool while it comes down. I love the summer rains.
Summer has always been my favorite time of the year but the rain makes everything even better.
Weird Series of Events
I would start this sentence with “so” except that every time you do, I think a small child dies somewhere.
I was on the fence about going to my brother’s funeral. Why? There are any number of reasons but the main reason is that there are people there. Anyone who knows me to any extent knows that I have a social anxiety problem. I’ve had it all of my life and the only times I ever tried to do anything “social” someone else pushed me to do it.
If left to my own devices, I’ll stay away from public events. It has absolutely nothing to do with COVID-19 although lets face it, the whole thing was great if you don’t like being around other people.
The morning of the funeral I was outside rounding up some pool supplies for the weekend. I’m getting read to shut the make-shift gate and I look up to see an SUV hitting his breaks right before he T-Bones another vehicle at the intersection in front of me.
I took this an a sign. A sign that I should possibly stay at home and not jump into a motor vehicle. I don’t drive because the law says I can’t. I don’t drive because I don’t want to drive. I fell out of love with it a long time and many trucker accidents ago.
My brother was killed in a single vehicle accident. He was driving and wasn’t wearing his seat belt. Everyone else was. They lived. He did not.
In summary, I know I haven’t put up a post in a couple of days. So, this is it.
Jesus. I used the word “so” to start that last sentence. I feel dirty.
Tiredness
I am tired.
That is why you are only getting a drive by post today.
The only thing I can complain about today is the weather. Only the afternoon weather. It rained all of the way into work and I fucking loved it.
Ok. That is all I got.
Travelling
I am doing something today that I rarely do.
Travel.
I am totally ok with staying in my own area and minding my own business as long as I can write, I’m happy. Sometimes, I have to get out of the comfort zone.
Hopefully, it will all work out in the end.
Hell Weekend Begins
I guess another term for it would be major system upgrade.
I’m not sure how much writing I’ll be able to do over the weekend but I am hoping to keep to the schedule.
I’ve gotten a brilliant idea to write a screenplay for my next big thing. I’m still working out what the movie would be about.
New York City in October 2019
I am fortunate enough to be able to go to New York again this year. This year will present a unique problem. Weather. Last year it was cold and rainy. This year (while there is a 10% chance of rain as of this writing) it should be drier and warmer with temperatures hovering around 60 degrees F.
I am leaning towards my down jacket, t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. I may even go with my flat cap to keep my head warm. I am so afraid of being too hot. 60 degrees is flip flop weather for me but I won’t do that in NYC. You can’t move very quickly in flip flops.
I’ll add updates and pictures as the trip gets underway. This year, I may add pictures as I go.
Update: (October 26, 2019) Going to wear
Labor Day!
Most folks celebrate Labor Day by not working. For the last several years, our company has had to work on Labor Day.
Not this year.
I get the opportunity to be off and write scathing articles about whatever the fonk I want. I started a short story about a young boy versus the universe and a cookie jar. Perhaps, I’ll finish the first draft.
Saturday, I ripped out all of the cabling in the office and re-ran everything. I ended up with a boxful of cabling that I obviously didn’t need. I probably should have done that years ago. I was most happy to resurrect the Heineken sign that I’ve had for about seven years.
Man Charged in Stabbing…has NO arms
(Reuters) – A 46-year-old homeless man with no arms was arrested in Miami Beach, Florida, for stabbing another man with a pair of scissors using his feet, police said on Wednesday.
Florida native Jonathan Crenshaw stabbed a 22-year-old Chicago man twice with the scissors before running away, according to the Miami Beach Police Department report on Crenshaw’s early Tuesday arrest.
I really don’t know who is at fault but I’ll probably side with the homeless guy with no arms.
Great Idea!
I saw this post this morning and totally agree that this would be a great way to go with the Mac Mini.
Apple could still claim that Mr. Cook’s promise is in force. Apple could offer the most basic configuration of the 2019 Mac Pro as the 2019 Mac mini. At Mac mini pricing levels.
Of course, if properly designed, that very same chassis could be outfitted with the highest level of computational power. Say, 32 Xeon cores, 256, 512, or 1,024 GB of RAM, a 4 TB SSD. Plus a monster graphics system and all kinds of other plug-ins that would be beyond the realm of an ordinary Mac mini. That’s the $10,000 Mac Pro we’ve always been thinking of.
By cleverly designing a 2019 Mac Pro modular chassis, Apple neatly avoids product overlap and gives the Mac mini user base the upgradable Mac mini they’ve been dreaming of. And so customers of all kinds could start low, upgrade as they go, or start in the middle or go right to the top. The Mac world will have achieved computational heaven.
Fonking Shizz
I’m reading a book series called “Space Team.” The characters have translation chips imbedded in their heads that allow them to communicate with alien species.
The funny part about the whole thing is that the company who created the technology doesn’t allow cursing. When it picks up a curse word, it substitutes that word with something considered “safe.” Just hearing that from the Audible book reader is enough to make you laugh.
And that…is some fonking shizz!
Pseudo Camping Trip
I’m finally taking a few days off. I’m happy that our big project is past the first big hurdle and we are now into phase 2.
With that being said, I believe it is time to test some new camping gear. One of the latest additions is the Lynx ALPS 4 tent. It is a rather large tent weighing in at 10 pounds. I like the smaller Bivy style tent I have but sometimes you just need more room.
I’m going to spend most of the morning trying to figure out what gear I’ll need and then — pack it up. I’m taking the Trekking King 60L Survival Rucksack.
I’m looking forward to some winding down.
Time for A Short Story
I wrote a story a couple of years ago called “P-5443 or Bust.” I’m not sure why I chose the name but it seemed fitting for the story itself.
I’ve added the story to the short story tab above.
I just re-read it and I still like the story — especially the ending. Hat Tip to my friend John who always believes that stories need hope — somewhere.
There is some hope in this story…sort of.
It is a very quick read. The idea was a small word count. I was originally going to submit this to the yearly PBS writing contest but never got around to it.
Enjoy.
What We Do When The Powers Out
We just lost power at work. The last time I can remember an outage of this magnitude was several years ago.
Of course, for whatever reason I am not carrying my zombie battery.
Chuck is Back
After a few weeks of ups and downs, my friend Chuck is finally out of the hospital. He collapsed at work several weeks ago from a mild heart attack. After a few days of diagnosis, it was determined that he required open heart surgery.
After the surgery, Chuck has some more battles to overcome including standing up and then — dying.
He was brought back and then forced into a coma for a few days.
He was supposed to be able to come home yesterday but the hospital wouldn’t release him.
Today — after all of this — he is finally home.
Watching a friend go through this makes me look at where I am as far as my health is concerned.
I certainly don’t want to go through what he has.
Anyway, I’m glad he is finally home.
Update: (04.21.2018) – Chuck had to go back into the hospital a couple of times because of respiratory issues. Fluid builds up in his lungs and he can’t breathe. This has happened twice now. He finally came back home again yesterday. He sounds much better and has lost a lot of weight. I have to admit that I was getting worried when I didn’t see him this morning. His brother called and finally woke him up. I was honestly wondering about whether or not he had passed as a reason for not seeing him this morning. My mind wonders and I couldn’t be more happy to be wrong in this instance.
Water Worlds
Great article in Scientific American about debate on whether life would exist or not on a world made up of water.
I like the comment near the bottom of the article about comparing everything to Earth and why it is not always a good idea.
“I think it could be dangerous just thinking about everything in an Earth-mindset,” Ramirez says. “You might be missing out on other possibilities.”
I still feel a bit of arrogance from the scientific community about life on other planets. You can’t armchair quarterback the universe and the only way you are ever going to know what these worlds are like — is to VISIT them.
In unrelated news…I still think it is super cool that I can copy a link on my iPad and paste that link into my MacBook Pro. </end geek moment>
Broken Links
Over the weekend, I took a trip down memory lane and decided to read the older blog posts from several years ago.
Good stuff — except for the broken links.
Websites come and go. I know that more than anyone and with them also goes their links and pictures.
Fixing the links is no small task. I will probably need to do some research on each one and locate the picture from elsewhere.
Happy to do it but will probably not be until this weekend.
TTFN
A Break from The Crazy – Part II
We were supposed to have our new system up and running by now. We’ve hit a few snags and now it will be a few more weeks until we are using new software. Better to be safe than sorry, I suppose.
This past weekend I got an overwhelming urge to reach out to a friend of mine whom I have not heard from in a few years. We plan on catching up this weekend and I’m hoping to plan a few camping trips this year.
I would like to keep up with writing but until we get to the other side of this major project — not very likely.
After about a year and a half, I picked up the drum sticks and began playing again. I was afraid the “song in my heart” that made me want to play in the first place was gone after my breakup. It has been a slow recovery for me and hiding behind that pain with laughter is what I’ve done for the past 18 months.
A close friend of mine has just undergone open heart bypass surgery. No matter how much safer these procedures are these days, it is still a nail biting experience until you get that first call from them. I got that call yesterday morning. He didn’t sound great but it was a welcomed call. His road to recovery is just starting and I wish him all the best.
When I was 5 years old, my neighbor (Mr. Cooney) had bypass surgery when the process was still new. He didn’t make it. I still have sad feelings wash over me when I think about it. They were the nice older couple next door and would watch me and my sister before we had to go to school. I miss them.
Well, this has been another fine brain dump.
I have a couple of blog posts in the hopper and I’ll post as soon as I can. One of them is about the Cannes Film Festival.
Fuck. Them.
A Break from The Crazy
We’ve been getting ready to complete a major project at my day job. This project has been pushed back a couple of times because it seems the scope was much bigger than anyone imagined. Anyone but me, of course. I remember talking to a co-worker who believed we could get this thing done in a month. It looks like we will get this done in 3 months. Ideally, this should have taken 6 months.
In talking to a few folks over the last several weeks, I realize there are two things that I am really passionate about outside of the day job. Those two things are writing and hiking/camping. Throw in a few ideas about “prepping” and you’ve got quite the mix.
A couple of books in the audible library are about what happens when we loose electricity. The power grid goes down and the whole world goes to shit. Literally. I have a few different titles but they all seem to show a common thread. People who have not prepared expect those who do — to take care of them. Extreme liberal views are like that. I have friends who believe that the government should run everything. Not because the government clearly knows what they are doing — but because they believe in being “taken care of” by someone other than themselves. As a military veteran, I would strongly disagree.
I think I am overdue to a short shory so I am hoping to write one this weekend.
I should probably start posting on this site because, why not?
This website is for me. I don’t write on it to keep anyone else informed. It is my place to discuss whatever I like and… occasionally, I get to swear.
Being single has its perks.
TTFN.
Busy Times
I am not really posting a lot right now. Our major project deadline keeps getting pushed back.
It is now going to be at the end of this month.
Once I get to the other side, I’ll have plenty of time to get back to writing which is something I love to do. I’d also like to write about my new amazing (and very stinky) 3 day pack.
I plan on doing a lot of camping this year. The idea is to set up a base camp and simply lounge about and write.
I’ll post more if I get the chance.
Projects and Plans
It is almost the end of February. Where did it go?
I’ve moved the website over to Captain Nukko but it has issues. The kind of issues that I usually don’t encounter like missing graphics, the books I read, etc.
That is why I am writing this post on my normal site. Captain Nukko might have been a great idea at the time but chipheadmike works and I should probably just stick to this site.
Watch both sites…just kidding. I’ll most likely just write here.
With that aside, I’d like to update my small following on what has been going on at Castle Nerda.
The big work project is in full swing and has been pushed back a couple of times. It is the same idea as NASA “Go” or “No-Go” for launch. We’re getting there. We should be done with this soon.
Camping…
A couple of months ago, I got the camping bug again. I love camping. I love taking a three day hike/camp in the woods and being outdoors and living in nature.
I did it as a kid, a teen, but not so much as an adult.
I’m changing that this year. I’ve decided to keep three bags ready. My big GTH bag, a 3 day trip bag, and a day trip bag.
I’m in the process of stocking those up.
I am watching numerous bush craft videos on youtube as well as “prepper” info. It is good stuff.
This month will almost be over soon. Where did it go?
