Easter Eggs

I was in Wal-Mart the other day, and I came across something I’d never seen before: Easter egg color kits - in camo.

That’s right, friends, you can now make it nearly impossible for your young child to find their eggs!

What a concept!

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The Most Artistic Way to Lie

From Time Enough For Love by Robert A. Heinlein - the two most artistic ways to tell a lie.

“It’s not enough to be able to lie with a straight face; anybody with enough gall to raise on a busted flush can do that. The first way to lie artistically is to tell the truth - but not all of it. The second way involves telling the truth, too, but is harder: Tell the exact truth and maybe all of it .. but tell it so unconvincingly that your listener is sure you are lying.”

Politicians, take note...

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History Shock...

Howdy, everybody;

One of my coworkers was just showing me his duck pictures, from his most recent hunt. He's an avid duck hunter. I will never forget the day that he told me he had an electric duck. Yeah, right...

Not knowing anything myself about duck hunting, I had not known that they have decoys that have movable wings, and several other variations. Some of them will even paddle around out on the pond, the better to simulate a live duck. It was really funny at the time, and I gave him a hard time about his electric duck.

Then I had this thought: If you had told me when I was 16 years old that I would spend ten years or so of my career occasionally cleaning mouse balls, until the advent of the laser mouse, I would have said "No Way!". But that's the way it turned out.

So, readers - what temporal anomalies have you noticed in your lives? Feel free to post them here - maybe we'll start a collection.

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I like this picture...

moar funny pictures

Arthur C. Clarke feels right at home...
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Colder than...

Howdy everybody;

It's colder than a well-digger's, uh, feet out there! I think I saw a cow with ear-muffs on the way to work this morning. It was 17.8 degrees at my house this morning at about 6:15 AM.

No busted pipes, so far, so I'm counting my blessings.

Work is back in full swing, that is to say, about 0.9 CM (Crisis Mode) on Pop's Panic Scale. I'm getting things to do faster than I can do them. So I keep plodding along...

I am continually surprised that so many people listen to me. Four Macintosh laptops were bought at Christmastime, at least somewhat due to my recommendations. I hope they all have as much fun with theirs as I do with mine. Which I still love, by the way.

It's nice being back in the saddle, I suppose.

Happy New Year to you all!

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My Discworld Character!

Which Discworld Character are you like (with pics) created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Cohen The Barbarian You are Cohen the Barbarian! The greatest hero that ever lived! That is, you were! But you are still alive and kicking! And slashing, and biting, and hitting. You have a lot of experience at not dieing, and are extremely difficult to kill (you've survived this long). So you're old, but still loot and pillage. And you have very nice diamond dentures! Cohen The Barbarian 69% Greebo 56% Lord Havelock Vetinari 56% The Librarian 50% Death 44% Carrot Ironfounderson 44% Commander Samuel Vimes 38% Esmerelda (Granny) Weatherwax 38% Rincewind 38% Gytha (Nanny) Ogg 31%

New CHL Laws in Texas

I have a Texas CHL (Concealed Handgun License). Therefore, I try to keep up with the latest and greatest laws that pertain thereto. The following is in the current book (ls-16.pdf) published by the government for the purpose:

PC 9.34 PROTECTION OF LIFE OR HEALTH.
(a) ...
(b) A person is justified in using both force and deadly force against another when and to the degree he reasonably believes the force or deadly force is immediately necessary to preserve the other's life in an emergency.

OK, so... I can kill somebody dead in order to save their life?

Okee - Dokee, now.

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Pump Laws

(These will probably be revised frequently.)

Pump Laws

General
We only have one customer, and you're it! (Snort!)

Delivery

• EVERYBODY lies about delivery. Except US. WE just pass on the lies told to us by our suppliers. I've been here more than five years and have seen exactly three pumps arrive on or before the date promised by the manufacturer. You know this - why are you acting surprised?
• Titanium pump parts are to be quoted with a delivery of ‘Someday- if you're lucky!’.

Warranty

• Warranty does NOT cover operator screw-ups or damage caused by lack of maintenance.
• Warranty also does not cover electric motors that were submerged for three days in a flood.
• We do not ship certain types of pumps with oil in the bearing housing. The fact that your non-english-speaking field crew can't read the tags that tell you to put oil in the pump before startup is not our fault. Warranty does not cover damage caused by operating the pump without oil in the bearing housing.

Operator / Owner Head Space

• Turning the motor backwards is a BAD THING!
• Turning the plunger pump on with the discharge valved shut is a VERY BAD THING! (We have seen parts from the resulting explosion take most of a minute to hit the ground!)
• The fact that your mission-critical pump is down, and you have not purchased sufficient spare parts for it, is NOT OUR FAULT!
• And the fact that it will take 14 weeks to get the parts is also NOT OUR FAULT!

Pop's Dilemma

"Junk expands to occupy all available storage."

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