471. For a Thursday May 8^th, this day really is dragging. I am taking an hour or so of sick leave off so I can leave at 3pm and work out and get other crapola done. I think I should go to 4 ten hour days but really I hate traffic, I don’t get up early enough to pull that off, and honestly I don’t think my boss would let me get away with it.

472. I was turned away again for another job outside the unit and let me tell you the more I hear about both units I would have been part of the less mad I get and the more relieved I am. I have a couple more prospects but I will haev to put some effort into them.

473. T-Minus 54 weeks until L is done with school. *twirls finger* I think I can last 54 more weeks.

474. I think I have no idea if I ever want to play EVE much. Although I have invites to some pretty major in house corporations (clans, guilds, whatever), there is a major push among my friends to get me into World of Warcraft. (Tyche, my gaming group, that Sara girl I used to talk to, and countless others). Resistance is not futile. The answer no is not irrelevant. You all are not the Borg.

475. I have yet to start Battlestar Shortica (er Gallactica). Let me just say that I think the Sci Fi Network Executives are morons. Yes I am sure Battlestar is quite good but I haven’t started it and won’t until the last season is released on DVD and I have a 52” LCD TV with killer surround sound. Only 4 seasons? Are you mad?  That series had potential. So did Firefly but of course shows that make us think are far less popular than shows that don't (American Fake Idol, Farce Survivor, Deal or No Deal Lottery, Big Brother and his roomates, etc etc etc.) Needless to say I am a total Dr. Who Freak. I love Dr. Who. Especially the new series 1-4. Given I hated the movie which was one of the biggest wastes of time, I would gladly spend a grand or more for the complete existing series run of Dr. Who (all 40+ seasons). I might die my hair and be the Dr. for Halloween. (And yes my dream is to get a full scale model of the Tardis in my backyard. I say existing because the BBC destroyed some of seasons 1-3. Tragic.

476. I have absolutely nothing to do at work. Ok that’s not true. I could work at mastering CAD software and finish up all the lessons on Microstation/Inroads. I could read every manual we have and continue to memorize our specs and standards books. I could master the Devil’s SAP program (Tyche will agree with me I hope). However, I am sitting here with little internet viewing time working on my latest Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Your tax dollars at work I tell you.

477. My luck with MP3 players: 1^st MP3 player (256meg) blew up. 2^nd MP3 player smoked then blew up. 3^rd MP3 player stolen in January out of my backpack in my cube at work (nice eh). 4^th and 5^th MP3 players both stopped working within 3 days of having them (one was a replacement for the other).  6^th MP3 is a wonderful Sansa Sandisk. I need to get an 4-8GB flash card for it to hold a bit more music but its great.

478. I think I’d like to stay home in August when the Democratic Party Convention is here in Denver. L keeps getting briefed on what a riotous disaster they are expecting. Would be a good day to be in Costa Rica.

479. In my humble opinion, humanity has degraded to the point where we don’t care about solving problems, we just want to bitch about them, blame someone else for them, hope someone else will find a magic bullet without any cost, and hope that the problems just go away. Makes me want to wear a bucket on my head sometimes and hide away in a bunker hoping humanity goes away.

480. What the hell is up with people? I read that a teacher doing a simple magic trick got fired for wizardry. Are people really that stupid? Also Code Pink (Anti-War Group) has resorted to witchcraft to build their numbers and summon “solutions.” “Women are coming to cast spells and do rituals and to impart wisdom to figure out how we're going to end war," Zanne Sam Joi of Bay Area Code Pink”. See number 479.

My head hurts.