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Holy smokes, this has been a day from he||, and I didn’t even get to enjoy the ride. I’ve been locked in a SCIF all day long, from 645 til just about an hour ago. I planned on being really funny today, too. I even missed the grain & barley Friday lunch. :-(

Now I’ve just got to scratch some stuff out quick so I don’t hear all the whining about how I’m slacking on my responsibilities. Like wasting your afternoon is MY job. I’m happy to help, but c’mon, take some ownership of the task, people.

Before I start, though, lemme say Happy Mother's Day to all of you that have spawned. I'm slowly realizing that the swim upstream was worth it...

Weekly info… we ran around MD all last weekend visiting friends and hanging out. Good times & good people all around. Happy birthday, Dave! Congrats to Sandy on the new baby! Sorry for waking you up on Sunday morning, Mike.

I nailed my midterm on Tuesday. 98%A. I’m starting to think I know what I’m doing.

The kids are all doing fine in school, home, and staying out of trouble. They’ve got a lot of yard work to do tomorrow, so we’ll see how long they stay out of trouble.

The oldest has his final exam this evening, and is driving home tonight. Dorms are closed tomorrow at noon, but he’s not waiting that long. I’m guessing the cafeteria is closed too, so he’s prolly planning to hit me up for breakfast tomorrow morning.

My sis graduates RN school this coming Tuesday. She’s all worked up about being promoted from LPN (little play nurse) to RN (real nurse) as soon as the licensing goes thru. We’ve got a big ol’ BBQ for her tomorrow, I’m hoping that the rain goes away. You know who’s playing the party, too: The Pocket Band

Now that I’m like a for-real blogger, I found out that I’m supposed to have blogger friends. Sounds kinna gay to me, but eff it. Couple of links to a diff blog site: Fanta fanta, I used to wanta, but I don’t wanta anymore: http://tinyurl.com/4q9pvh Barbie all growed up (almost NSforW): http://tinyurl.com/5con6a

I’m soooooo done with this day already. I've got the Dropkick Murphys cranked on my desktop, and I'm rolling outta here in a very short while to the satisfaction, simplicity, and security of being behind the bar at the ‘Hole.

Happy Friday!

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A really good game with really cr@ppy graphics. I’ve always like vector graphics (see: Star Wars ) but vector rendered schools of fish attacking my spaceship is a little weird. http://arcade.itch.com/games/vector-wars/

More retro vector gaming; remember qix ? Well, this is qix of a different color: http://www.onemorelevel.com/game/colorfill

Mikey sent this in, but I’m not sure what section to put it in. It’s interactive like a game, but it’s really not a game. It’s more like a way to print stickers that will let you buy stuff at HUGE discounts if you do it right. http://www.barcoding.com/upc/

Seca comes in one weekend too late, but I didn’t want to save it til Preakness.(btw - horse racing events are CLASSY): http://horseridingcoach.com/jumporama/

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The latest NIN cd is fully 100% available online for free. Thank you, Trent. http://theslip.nin.com/

These are just silly: http://www.bicflixxx.com/

Eric swears he doesn’t have a ‘thing’ for fat monkeys. Not so sure I believe him. http://tinyurl.com/5h3x4j

Finally, I was gonna give Amanda a shout out for Friday Night Live in Herndon, but the weather has kinna weaked the shout. Rain has cancelled Mr. Greengenes tonight, but Gonzo’s Nose will be back next Friday night. www.herndonrocks.com