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Cool, Alice. India may finally

Cool, Alice. India may finally send you straight to the moon.

Diablo 2 is not out.

Diablo 2 is not out. Do not go to Blizzard's web site; for totally unknown reasons, it's slow enough today without you there. Do not try to download the patch. Do not go to the Puente Hills Best Buy and buy my copy of the game. Have a nice day.

Alrighty. A new picture. It

Alrighty. A new picture. It was taken Tuesday at the Santa Monica pier. Andrea had a huge layover on the way from Salt Lake to Hawaii (lucky dog). I picked her up, we had a great lunch at Kay and Dave's, drove up the coast on PCH until the scenery changed from beautiful Pacific coastline to industrial junk. Native Californian like me, I'd never been to Malibu or Pepperdine. Zuma Beach (wish I'd seen this link before we took our drive) was just something I'd heard about everyday in high school listening to the surf report on KROQ. Now, I've seen a little bit of all of those places. It was good day.

lollipop of mediocrity

Beware the lollipop of mediocrity.
Lick once and you suck forever.
- anonymous (and very funny)

Why do we yawn? Answers!!!

Why do we yawn? Answers!!!

"Some flirting and hand-touching among

"Some flirting and hand-touching among poultry." From kids-in-mind regarding Chicken Run. Good site which looks at the suitability of movies for kids.

Bye Bye Jeff Nielsen. Good

Bye Bye Jeff Nielsen. Good luck in Minnesota.

Now this is someone who

Now this is someone who is committed to rapid transit. I'm not worthy.

Is this really true? "It

Is this really true? "It takes a week to make a jelly bean." Wow.

Sitting at work covering for

Sitting at work covering for the consultant. Gave me a chance to drudge around a few useless fact sites. Using google, I found this gem about Elvis at my alma mater - "In 1977 there were 37 Elvis impersonators in the world. In 1993, there were 48,000. If the growth rate continues, then by the year 2010 1 in 3 people will be an Elvis impersonator." Kung-Fu Monkey Productions doesn't blog, but they'd fit right in.

Mike found a great bit

Mike found a great bit of trivia: "The smallest unit of time is the yoctosecond." Blogger went through a period when they were working on their dynamic 'fresh' blogs. They were very excited when they got it sorted by the minute. I think they should rewrite it using yoctoseconds.

Like Hockey? You'll love Head

Like Hockey? You'll love Head Hockey!

When you want folk radio?

When you want folk radio? Tune to Grassy Hill Radio. The first few songs were more melow than I like, however, it's all new to me, which is nice.

Shaft! Eh, I saw the

Shaft! Eh, I saw the movie. Not this site. Really...

Oh, just to give some

Oh, just to give some balance to that huge Left Behind post, I also watched my new Pulp Fiction DVD today. How's that for juxtaposition?

Will I be Left Behind?

I've been reading a scary book. It's Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. No, I didn't buy it at the "World's Largest Bible Prophecy Bookstore". However, it is giving me the creeps and making me think. It's about the people who get left behind on Earth after the Rapture. I've been to church a few times, mostly at Easter with a girlfriend, weddings, or funerals. I read the Bible as literature (you know, gotta watch the church/state stuff) once in high school English. I went to a Christian preschool, but I don't remember any actual religious teaching. I may be forgetting a few things, but that pretty much covers my religious background. Hence, I think it's safe to say I would be left behind if the rapture happens—say tomorrow morning—as it does in the book.

One of the characters is an airline pilot whose wife and son go to heaven and leave him behind with their college age daughter. The thoughts of these two characters, especially the daughter, are frightening close to my own. Even confronted with by a reality which proves (let's say for arguments sake, OK?) the rapture, the daughter continues to appeal to logic as a rationale for disbelief. The Dad figures it out pretty quick and gets busy building a relationship with God. Well, this is a blog, not a journal, so this needs to close soon. Suffice it to say, it's really weird being a fence walking agnostic reading this book.

We just burnt our second

We just burnt our second DVD at work! Took forever, but I think it was mainly due to a little networking problem on my part. (hint: 100 Mbit is faster than 10 Mbit) Ooops. Well, our new hosting provider appears to be no gem either but at least there servers are up.

Today at work, I helped

Today at work, I helped a hip artist/professor author our first DVD using our new dvd writer. Took a while to setup correctly, but in the end, voila! DVD. Pretty outrageous.

Ah! For your browsing pleasure,

Ah! For your browsing pleasure, iPaulo's html has lost 16% of it's bloated, weighty html 3.2-style code. (thanks to css1) Further reductions throughout the site to follow later. Oh, yeah, if this page now looks terrible in your web browser, do yourself a favor: upgrade to IE 5, Opera 3.6 or higher, or Netscape 6.

I'm a bit surprised there

I'm a bit surprised there are no job openings in Napster's legal department.

The creative genius of Bob

The creative genius of Bob Cesca strikes again. This time be sure to see Metalicops over at romp.com. You'll need latest versions shockwave and I think flash for best results, but it's worth it. (thanks to mg for this one!)

If you're ever in Cambridge,

If you're ever in Cambridge, I bet this would be fine place to purchase Limoncello.

Mark and Brian played some

Mark and Brian played some good bumper music today by Marc Cohn.

Happy Birthday Sean

Wow. What a weekend. Celebrated Sean's 38th birthday at Buca de Beppo Saturday night. Amazing food, atmosphere, wine, limoncello, and an excellent pink haired waitress. Spent the night at Mike's since I was a bit woozy from the Chianti and limoncello. After a fine breakfast and quick shower, I was off to see the Big Kahuna again. Still a great movie. Had a nice Sunday afternoon with Janet eating at some restaurant on Green Street in Pasadena. Wish Pasadena was closer to UCLA; it would be a great place to live.

Also, blogger's blog of the week is a real gem : Sixfoot6. I especially like a Day at the office.

Get ready!! A new service

Get ready!! A new service provider is coming over the mountain to give iPaulo and paulthom new life. We may see a hiccup in service over the weekend, but it should be minor.

Uh Oh. My weblog only

Uh Oh. My weblog only scored 52% on the "Does Your Weblog Deserve To Die?" scale. Pretty ugly. I'm not sure how to improve that. (link from mindbloggle, which is a cute name)

Ah! I haven't posted anything

Ah! I haven't posted anything silly for a while. This page about How to Clean a Plane rectifies that. (thx to kc)

Ah... The good traffic maps

Ah... The good traffic maps are back! You need to click on 'Go to SpeedMap', but it's bookmarkable. Life is good.