Friends in high places

My friend, Wyman Lee, has got a personal web site going on. I couldn’t tell if its an actual blog, but it looks as if it is considering its got posts and all. I see that he has posted about the Amazing Race. Check it out. But turn on your pop-up blocker, because its a Lycos server.

Learning to Cook

I need to learn to cook. I saw Racheal Ray do this barbecued succotash which I have a few of the ingredients already in my cupboard. She’s one of my favorites. Thirty minute meals! She makes it look so easy that I can delude myself into thinking that I could make some of her recipes.

I also love watching Good Eats. Alton Brown is kind of a nerdy chef who treats cooking liking writing a program. He makes things so scientific that it makes me want to cook.

Actually, I rarely have the chance to cook. Keep stopping by mom’s. I need to learn to cook, so that when I get a girlfriend, I can cook for her.

Going to Space.

It seems after Burt Rutan won the X Prize they are going to offer some form of commercial space flights to people. I don’t think I have the intestinal fortitude for it, but if you like you can try out the zero gravity roller coaster flights that are being offered. Cue Star Trek them… “Space. The Final Frontier….”

Wasting Time

I am at work wasting time. Most of the things I have to do are done, and I don’t feel like putting any effort into getting something new to do. I am acting busy, but I am not. This is a post to that effect.

NFL update

Week 4 of the NFL season and another loss for Tampa Bay. Maybe we have returned to the glory days of the lovable losers. It is officially a long season now. What do Buccaneers fans have to look forward to? Maybe we can break the franchise record of 24 straight losses? Yikes.

As for the hometown Ravens, they play on Monday night. My cousin’s going to the game.

Fonts for programmers

Yes, I am getting sick and tired of courier new, so I am on the lookout for a new font for when I am writing code.

PS. Thank the lord that News Radio Quote Month is over. I had a hard time blogging from work because I could never find the link to a good News Radio quote site.

“Help, I’m trapped in a complaint box.”

I just signed up for DSL from Earthlink. Is this a good idea or not? I noticed that I was still signed up for dial-up. They also say on their FAQ that I will keep my email addresses from the dial-up. Is that true? Anyone know?

“Don’t mess with a man with a way-back machine, I can make it so you were never born.”

Another Friday night at the movies this time to see Julianne Moore in The Forgotten. A very strange choice of a role for the always great acting Ms. Moore. I never knew her to choose doing a science fiction flick, but then a quarter of the way into the movie that is what it became. It was billed as a thriller, but don’t buy that line. It is straight out of a Twilight Zone episode being investigated by Mulder and Scully from the X-Files. Ms. Moore does an excellent job at being perplexed, but her acting reminded me of the coked out scene in Boogie Nights: hysterical, paranoid, and slightly crazy. The ending was predictable by the time you knew that she wasn’t crazy. It is THEM we must be afraid of, and THEY are here. Cue Twilight Zone theme. Cue the X-Files theme.

3 of 5 stars.