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YAPC Day 2

YAPC day 2 going on.. I’m listening in on “Advanced Regexs” had a sub for lunch, and two cookies. Uhh thats it for now.. just keeping the site up to date.

YAPC Day 1

Well, I’m here at YAPC 2004. Sitting here on the wireless, listening to the keynotes and Perl upcoming releases speech and such. The hotel SUCKS!! The University Inn, in Buffalo, NY is horrible customer service wise. I got in last night and they said “Hey, you were supposed to be here yesterday, we canceled your reservation.” So they stuck me in a damn sofa bed for the night, and basically told me its my fault.

Jalepeno Sillyness

Always touching my nono parts with jalapeno hands.

No Dodgeball = World of Pussies

Okay, what is this world coming to? I think we are raising the future pussies of America. How do we expect to raise men to protect our country if we treat them like flower holding pussies all of their childhood. Kids need to lose, kids need to get hurt, kids need to be made fun of. It’s what gets them ready for life. Read these two articles. “I know I’m starting to sound like my grandfather but when I was a kid running around New York City in the 50’s and 60’s, the whole world of freeplay and street games was different.

Back from the weddings

Shot some Kodak film at the wedding in Austin.

Leaving for a Wedding

I’m heading out to Austin today for my cousin Scott’s wedding. They’ve got a neat webpage for the whole thing where you can see how they met and details on the wedding.. I need to leave soon because it’s about a two and a half hour drive.. so tata

Joke of the day

Courtesy of Phatlowry: A man walks into a bar and yells “Bartender, give me twenty shots of your best single malt scotch!” The bartender pours the shots and the man drinks them down one at a time, as fast as he can. The bartender says “Wow, I never saw anyonebody drink that fast” The man replies by saying, “Well, you’d drink fast if you had what I have” The bartender says “Oh my god, what do you have?