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Icy Mornings

Published by NiteMayr on November 29, 2006

The BatMobile (My Car) is a dependable vehicle, with some peculiarities.  It has had a few major repairs and a few parts replaced; but it runs reasonably well for an 11 year old car. However, the locks freeze and seize in cold temperatures; and this morning they locked tight.

I ended up having to pour warm water over the locks to get them loose (there was a satisfying/scary “crack” noise when the water hit the lock).

After getting the car warmed up and the windows clean I was away.

I’m going to have to invest in lock-deicer and a better window scraper for this winter it seems.

Clarks 2 DVD Set

Published by NiteMayr on November 28, 2006

The Clerks 2 DVD set arrived today, much to my joy.  It’s a two disc set including a Mooby Hat, a funployee badge, a Mooby cup and the awesome Mobby’s Happy meal style box!

Check out my whole set at Flickr.

Sometimes my Favourtie Place to Go

Published by NiteMayr on November 27, 2006
Emerald City Comics
Emerald City Comics


On your left, used RPG books and locally produced comics (mixed with various stuff) on your right the “new” comics.

Ahead of you, Anime and Manga (there be dragons)

This is in the same building as Smith Books on Campus in Eugene.  Check them out sometime, tell them Kevin sent you. (from the Internets)

Last Night

Published by NiteMayr on November 18, 2006

Last night we had the strangest little visitor, a cat!

When we were standing in the living room, deciding on a movie to watch in bed we heard a noise outside.  It sounded like kodos had snuck out again, but I was sure he was inside.  NiteGirl peeked out the door and in ran a little black and grey kitten.  He (we checkd later) ran right in and used Kodos’ litter box.

Kodos was NOT pleased that there was another cat in the house; so he hissed, spat and pouted for the rest of the night.  NiteGirl tried to find it’s owners, but we settled on letting it sleep in our garage (in a nice warm cat carrier) with food and water.

Apparently, when NiteGirl went to check on it this morning, it took off into the street.  See ya kitten.

Suge Knight Humor

Published by NiteMayr on November 14, 2006

We’ve been cracking wise over Suge Knight over the past couple of weeks a la “Chuck Norris” and I have tried to lay it down on paper for others to enjoy, but they just never seem to be as funny as when they are said out loud:

  • It’s not Dark outside at night, it just Suge Knight passing by.
  • God made the sun so that people could tell that Suge Knight was behind them.
  • Biggie Smalls isn’t dead, he’s hiding along with Princess Di from Suge Knight.
  • If it was Dikta vs Suge Knight, Suge Knight by a technicality

Woke up this morning…

Published by NiteMayr on November 11, 2006

We fell asleep watching Episode I and I woke up to Episode 4…  We are such geeks.  NiteGirl and I were watching the whole Episode 1 – Episode 6 marathon on Cinemax.

We broke it off during Jedi, or more exactly TheSpawn did.   I went upstairs and had a nice shower, i-pod playing my “picks” play list in the background.  It was just a great shower, I wasn’t thinking about work or money or anything, just getting clean and singing along with my i-pod.

Hmm, just confessed to singing in the shower, ah well.  I sing quietly to myself all day, badly too.

I’ve been surfing the web and hitting political news sites and blogs since I got out of the shower.  I made lunch and coffee for all of us (well, tea for TheSpawn)  TheSpawn and I had breakfast around 9AM (French Toast Sticks and Tea)

It has been a nice lazy Saturday.

My $0.02

Published by NiteMayr on November 6, 2006

Like 007Ben I’ve found it very warm this AM.  When I stepped out of my bedroom it was seriously warm in my living room area and I had to turn on fans to cool the area.  Kodos was perched up in the bedroom areas looking down and meowing at me all morning while I got ready for work, I ended up leaving without giving him a snack today which is bound to make him extra friendly when the rest of my family got up.

I was so spaced this morning, I took a shower that seemed to take forever, but was only about 7 minutes.  Just getting my shoes on was a long chore.  Oh well.

I like the warm, it is a nice change from the cold cold cold morning’s we have had.

Three Days of Mucus and Sleep

Published by NiteMayr on November 4, 2006

NiteGirl and I have been dealing with a fairly entrenched head cold (that has marched into my chest and set up shop too).

I’ve been trying to shake it, with little success,  I don’t think I’ve had enough Vitamin C.

Oh well.

I played a marathon session of Civ IV last night and had to go down and ask the neighbors to turn down their damn stereo, only to have it come back up (not super loud but loud enough to annoy) at 2:30AM.  They are a nice couple of kids, but their brains just go out of their heads when their friends come over.  I told them that this was the last time I’d let it slide and told them that I’d be reporting them to the managers, reminding them that serial offenders of the noise rules are evicted.

So Busy Today

Published by NiteMayr on October 30, 2006

I was so overwhelmed by my work today.  I handled 50% of the total measurable work volume today and I really felt it (considering there are three of us).  Not to mention the face-to-face work and the ongoing work, I’m really stressing the lack of another head on the team.

The actual work is easy, but as time stretches on I can see things getting out of hand.

That’s life in the tech industry I guess.

NiteGirl took her first driving lessons this weekend, (30 mins total) with some practice around the neighborhood and a local high school parking lot.  She did really well, and only made me scared for my life once.  That must be better than I did my first day out.

I did TheSpawn’s makeup yesterday (cheetah) it turned out okay, but I’ll revise it tomorrow.  I also supplied her with a bloody kitten as a prop, which went over gangbusters at the Halloween party.  TheSpawn won 6 contests including Best [loudest] Scream, Scariest Costume and Best Costume.  She was so proud!

I was pretty proud too, she got those lungs from me and my family!  She’ll have a great “Mom Voice” when she grows up.

That reminds me of a quick story I wrote on my private blog a couple years ago.

There were these ROTC kids messing around by a dumpster a fair distance from my friends and I as we waited for the bus.  They were getting louder and rowdier and eventually I got tired of their noise and obvious misbehavior (ROTC KIDS!!)  so I puffed up and gave them a big Authoritative “HEY!” and they scattered like confetti in the proverbial hurricane.

My Friends couldn’t believe the volume and depth of the voice that came from me; they had checked themselves when they heard it.  Funny Stuff.

A similar thing happened at a Basketball game; I was yelling “Brick” and “Psyche” during layups and free throws.  It was a blast.

Sore Tooth Blues

Published by NiteMayr on October 28, 2006

I had a bad toothache way back in June/July.  The pain was relieved when a large chunk of popcorn came out from between my teeth a week later, it had been deep under my gum line all that week and driving me crazy.  The dentists I reached out to told me I would have to wait “about two to three weeks” before they could see me if it wasn’t an emergency.

Oh well, the pain was gone and except for pain when I ate candy or chocolate, my teeth felt much better.

A couple weeks back the pain came back and no amount of cleansing or picking at my gums had any effect, last Sunday I was tasting “rot” in my mouth when I ate.  This was it, a serious tooth problem.

I broke down on Monday and called a Dentist, and got in right away to see them, eighteen X-Rays were needed to establish a baseline for my mouth.  One tooth (Number 14) was in need of a Root Canal [yikes]

An appointment was made with a specialist and I was seen yesterday at 7:30 AM.  By 9:00AM i was on my way home.  The  whole thing was pretty painless, until the anesthetic wore off about half-way through, then it was not so nice.  After it was done my jaw hurt a bit, but I felt fine.  Talking sucked when I was at work and I avoided the phone as much as possible.

I felt okay at night, but my tooth hurt “a little”.

This morning my jaw was killing me and my tooth hurt ALOT.

It hurt enough to make me not want to speak.

I texted that I wasn’t coming in and went to sleep, pain killer less.

I feel better now.