Theresa of Technicalities talks about the lack of foresight by our elected leaders when they altered Daylight Savings Time. I agree with her, why fix whatÂ’s not broke. Unless you want to break something so that people can spend money to fix what they broke. Yea, that was a confusing sentence. Me, I have a simple solution.

Today at work I announced that I no longer recognize nor observe Daylight Savings time. This year I will not change my watch, reset any clocks or anything. I am officially on Contagion doesnÂ’t give a flying rats arse time. That means that if they do not show up by 7:00 AM CST (Contagion Standard Time) they will be counted as late. If they leave after 3:30 PM CST they will not get paid for hours worked outside of standard business hours.

I explained to all of my peers and managers that if they do not comply with my time, then they will be violating my diversity and insensitive to my personal beliefs. I will be offended by their lack of diversity and understanding. The work hours will rotate around my scientific and logical belief that politicians cannot dictate the time. Sure they can tell you they are going to change it, but if you think about it, they really are not. They arenÂ’t changing the time; they are just telling you that the time is different. If they told you that between March and November that grass is actually orange, and everyone says it is orangeÂ… itÂ’s not really orange!

Well dammit! IÂ’m taking a stand! IÂ’ve turned off all the daylight savings time features on my electronics and am set to make my stand. It is currently 7:30 PM in exactly 168 hours it will still be 7:30 PMÂ… not 8:30PM that Congress wants you to believe it will be.

So donÂ’t buy into the conspiracy to take away our time! Take back your watches, your clocks and your hour of sleep!

Now if youÂ’ll excuse me, IÂ’m going to go replace my tinfoil beanie. IÂ’ve seemed to torn mine in the rant.
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I found this MEME and decided just to do it. I was bored.

What's your favorite song by...

The Beatles?
uh, to be honest I donÂ’t like the Beatles

The Rolling Stones?
DonÂ’t really like them either.

Frank Sinatra?
uhÂ… this is going to be a long meme.

Elvis Presley?
Heartbreak Hotel

Bob Dylan?
ahemÂ… yeah, donÂ’t like him

The Who?
Who Are you? ItÂ’s because of this song I started watching CSI

Led Zeppelin?
Immigrant Song

Johnny Cash?
Ring of Fire

Aerosmith?
Love in an Elevator

Elton John?
Tiny Dancer

Any Motown act from the 60's?
hehe, uhÂ… sorry.

James Brown?
ItÂ’s a ManÂ’s World

The Eagles?
Hotel California (Yea, I know)

Fleetwood Mac?
LandslideÂ… because of Ktreva.

The Carpenters?
Anything that they do that involves power toolsÂ… what? What other kind of Carpenters are there? Oh, hehe, sorry donÂ’t know them.

Billy Joel?
Uptown Girl

Michael Jackson or the Jackson 5?
Thriller!

The Ramones?
I Wanna Be Sedated.

U2?
The only thing worse then the Irish are psuedo hippy Irish.

Lou Reed or the Velvet Underground?
UhÂ… Is this one a joke?

The Stooges or Iggy Pop?
Not a fan at all.

Stevie Wonder?
I just called to say I love you

Hank Williams (Sr.)?
DonÂ’t like me the Country music that much.

Hall & Oates?
UhhhÂ… IÂ’m not familiar enough with them to list anything.

Madonna?
Madonna Sucks

Janet Jackson?
Janet Jackson Sucks even more.

Black Sabbath or Ozzy?
I have to pick one? No More TearsÂ… for personal reasons.

Alice Cooper?
Poison

Bob Marley?
Really, does anyone actually have a favorite song of his?

Any rap artist?
ICE ICE BABY! By Rob VanWinkleÂ… AKA The Vanilla ICE!

Nirvana?
The best thing that happened to this band was Cobain taking a dirt nap.

Foo Fighters?
Best of You.

Neil Young?
Not a fan.

The Cure?
Sorry, I like life.

The Smiths?
Well, they have a nice care, but IÂ’m not supposed to compete with the Smiths next door.

Talking Heads?
Once in a Lifetime.

The Flaming Lips?
Seriously, someone is joking right?

Sonic Youth?
ItÂ’s been over 10 years since IÂ’ve heard anything from them.

R.E.M.?
ItÂ’s the end of the world as we know it (And I feel fine)Â…

Liz Phair?
Supernova

Radiohead?
Creep

The White Stripes?
Seven Nation Army

Neutral Milk Hotel?
This one has to be made up.

Since I did this one voluntarily, IÂ’m tagging no one. However, if you do decide to give it a shot, let me know. IÂ’ll give ya some love.

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Some people have way too much free time on their hand. To fill the time they take two of their obsessions and combine them together into one. Such as this Star Wars/Monty Python combination.

DonÂ’t underestimate the powers of the black knight.

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1 Heh. Love that :-)

Posted by: Harvey at March 05, 2007 01:56 AM (L7a63)

2 LOL!

Posted by: vw bug at March 05, 2007 06:09 AM (h9cSr)

3 The best of both worlds...

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This video has some pretty cool shotguns in it, the A-12 MKII and the A-10 MKI.

They look like they would be a lot of fun, but IÂ’m not sure I would want to own either of them. From the way the guys shooting them are moving around, it looks like there is a lot of kick to them. If anyone has one they want to let me test fire to review however, IÂ’d be more then happy to.

Now here's one that looks like it doesn't have as much kick.

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1 Killing a poor, defenseless, stuffed lion? How brutal this world has become.

Posted by: That 1 Guy at March 03, 2007 12:21 PM (Hn1Gg)

2 They edited it, but it pulled a knife on the guy.

Damn those look like fun

Posted by: Graumagus at March 04, 2007 04:28 PM (ZEzoY)

3 Sweeet!

Posted by: Wes at March 05, 2007 03:18 PM (jsV0Y)

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People do a lot of stupid things just to have fun. But why in the hell would anyone want to do this:

or this:

You have to have some kind of serious death wish is all IÂ’m saying.

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IÂ’m not sure if this story is true or not, but damn itÂ’s funny anyway.

The sad thing is that I’ve known women like this. They would rather have a miserable marriage with a man who they “trapped” by getting pregnant, than to actually fall in love with someone.

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IÂ’m struggling right now in a decision. I really want to get a new camera. IÂ’m not talking about any old point and click, but a nice camera. Photography has always been a love of mine, and I take a lot of pictures, I just donÂ’t share them with people. There is something personal about them to me. So IÂ’ve been looking and to get the camera I want along with the new lenses IÂ’m looking at about $1,500.00.

Then there is the fact that I really could use a lap top computer. IÂ’m looking at one that has all the stuff the features I want so I can do everything on it. I want to be able to take it on trips and be able to keep up with blogging, get work done, play games and just be able to have a second computer in the house so that Ktreva and I both can be online at the same time. Pricing the computer with all the features I want, itÂ’s about $1,500.00

IÂ’ve wanted to get a Thompson sub-machine gun for years. No, itÂ’s not the most powerful, the most accurate or the fastest out there, but I like them. There is something about them and the history behind it that really attracts me to it. To get the one that I want before the assault weapon ban gets re-instated, itÂ’s going to cost me about $1,500.00.

With my annual bonus at work, I could, in theory, afford to pick up one of theseÂ… (IÂ’d also have to talk Ktreva into it.) The problem is that itÂ’s only one, and I really want all three and I really want all three NOW.

GAH! I hate decisions like this.

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1 Sell one of the kids. It's fun and easy to make another!

Kidding, of course.

Me, when faced with that kind of dilemma, I usually find someone who has something they need fixed really bad, and fix it for them. Side gigging on weekends paid for several of my little firearm friends. And other toys. Besides, who needs that social life anyway?

Posted by: og at March 02, 2007 07:39 PM (iqbdN)

2 Get the Thompson. Then I'll come visit you and you can take me to fire it! I've always wanted to play with one!

Posted by: caltechgirl at March 02, 2007 09:12 PM (r0kgl)

3 I would go with the Thompson. I don't think there are any plans to ban cameras and laptops on the table right now, but if there were it would be a different story. ;-)

Posted by: Jabbah at March 02, 2007 09:39 PM (fwe8t)

4 The Thompson would be an investment.

Plus, I'd get to shoot it. Or else

Posted by: Graumagus at March 02, 2007 11:18 PM (ZEzoY)

5 Yeah, I'm liking the idea of the Thompson, but on the other hand the other two would get me into less trouble with the wife.

Posted by: Contagion at March 03, 2007 07:41 AM (pBx72)

6 Thompson. Used properly, it can get you the camera and laptop for free.

Posted by: That 1 Guy at March 03, 2007 12:34 PM (Hn1Gg)

7 Camera - Used properly, it can get you the Thompson and the laptop for free.

Depending on how Ktreva poses...

Anyway, post a list of your requirements for the camera & the laptop so that your friends can do some bargain hunting for you.

Posted by: Harvey at March 05, 2007 02:09 AM (L7a63)

8 Dude, get the Thompson. Sure, you want all three, but you *really* want the Thompson...

Posted by: Wes at March 05, 2007 03:31 PM (jsV0Y)

9 Thompson wins, hands-down.

What's she going to do, really? She's already tried to turn you into a hippie... Thompson is the best Anti-Hippie hardware on the list - in more ways than one!

Posted by: Bitterroot at March 14, 2007 06:14 AM (9FXen)

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When I was a near perfect child. Rarely did I ever do anything wrong. Occasionally I would misbehave a little, but nothing that would embarrass my parents. Unfortunately I had a warped sense of humor. At times I would come up with something that was humorous to me, but would end up backfiring on me.

When I was in High School I bought a set of three six-sided loaded dice that would roll sixes almost every time. Unless my buddy Moritz rolled them, then he would get ones. The reason behind these dice was so that when rolling up a Dungeons and Dragons character, you would get a score of 18, the highest possible roll for each attribute. Yea, I know, IÂ’ve come to terms with my geekyness. Of course any time I tried to use them in a game someone would notice and they where banned from play. Thus I ended up keeping them separate from the rest of my dice.

My parents, mainly my mother, are very religious. They are die-hard Lutherans and donÂ’t take to joking about god, religion or anything related. One does not challenge my parentsÂ’ values and morals in their homes, many of my friends will attest to this. My parents are practical in their views however. They did not view Dungeons and Dragons as satanic or the devils work. They saw it to be just the game that it is. There were no issues with me playing D&D or buying the books or other tools of the game. I was even allowed to host gaming sessions at the house. (YEAH YEAH YEAH, Geek, IÂ’ve got it!).

However, if you mix the facts above into one incident, you have a bad situation in the making. Oh, I need to add one more fact to the mix. My mother has run a daycare out of the house since before I was born. She still does.

It was over the summer and the day care kids would roam all over the house. Occasionally one of the older kids (between 6-12) would wander into my room when I was there. Depending on my mood I would sometimes I would talk with them or let them play with some of my stuff. One day I was feeling a little mischievous when one of the older kids walked into my room. I had been putting away my D&D stuff. He picked up my dice and started playing with them. It didnÂ’t take him long to notice that three of them rolled sixes all the time.

This 10-year-old boy was fascinated and wanted to know how they did that. Looking at them, I picked up the three dice and rolled them over and over, always rolling 18. After a couple of rolls I explained to him, “These are my satanic dice. You can tell because they always roll 6-6-6.” At that point my mother flies into my room and screams “Contagion D Smartarse give me those dice right now! DO NOT TELL THE KIDS STUFF LIKE THAT! These dice are now mine and you are NEVER getting them back. Lil' traumatized Tommy (He was brought up die-hard Catholic), don’t listen to Contagion. He is being mean and telling stories.”

I ended up getting those dice back about two weeks later. I found where she put them and reacquired them. They are still in my possession, and I know exactly where they are.

I hadn’t thought about this story for years. But something happened today to remind me. One of the ladies I work with was telling a story of something her son had done the previous day in school, Catholic School. He had found a sticker at the mall that was a pentagram. He thought it would be funny to place it on a bible and take it to school and try to convince the other kids it was a “Satanic Bible”.

Hey, at least I didnÂ’t get suspendedÂ… well at least not for that stunt.

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