"In Iran, we don't have homosexuals"

Ahmadinejad: In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country
America: LOL

kindergarten 1, calculus 0

12:57 <Syd> doing the best stuff here
12:57 <Syd> we print out 24x36 hard copies for county records
12:57 <Syd> and I am folding them
12:58 <Syd> kindergarten: still proving more useful than calculus

Bizarre Bedtime Bookends

Last night, for about an hour, we had helicopters circling our area. They were flying relatively low, and I started out by making jokes to myself about them making a wrong turn on their way to Nevada; as the time went by, I went from bad jokes to wigged out to just annoyed all to hell.

Then, this morning I woke up to Steve Inskeep and Joe Palca singing about Moray eels on Morning Edition.

11:38 <@Sporks> I like my work
11:39 <@Sporks> because I can proclaim, "time to make Bloxorz my bitch"
11:39 <@Sporks> and people just cheer me on

SharePoint

12:43 < Teran> Whee I get to set up a test environment. Hmmm
12:43 < Teran> SQL, Exchange and what else should I set up
12:43 < Teran> sharepoint?
12:43 <@Sporks> friends don't let friends set up sharepoint
12:44 < Teran> Yeah but we work with a lot of sharepoint servers
12:44 < Teran> It's the new groupwise
12:44 < Teran> Which is like saying horseshit is the new dogshit

Lawn chair pilot flies with 105 balloons - Yahoo! News

Lawn chair pilot flies with 105 balloons - Yahoo! News

I'm so jealous.

11:27 <syd|> I loved anything that uses a BB gun as an ad hoc control surface
11:27 <syd|> if only the concorde had a pilot shooting BBs at the flaps it'd have been so much better

08:57 < Elliot> I need shoes with rollerskates in them
08:57 < Elliot> it's a trade off though
08:57 < Elliot> how cool would it be to roll around on them vs. how big a douche would I be for having shoes made for 6 year olds

[09:07] Spleen: in celebration of my impending success, i'm listening to 60's synth art-rock interpretations of modern classical pieces.
[09:08] Sporks: dammit.

[12:47] Spleen: i'm going to celebrate my victory over faxing software by listening to Iron Maiden. fyi.

Puppet safety concerns

Someone posted this on a board between the men's and women's bathrooms at work. It's probably a joke, but I hope it's serious--it's so much funnier if it is.

In case my phone picture is too blurry, it says:

"As a result of last week's incident, and due to growing safety concerns, puppets will no longer be allowed in the break area or bathrooms.

Thank you for your cooperation."

Communication

The secret to a good marriage: communication.

[10:53] Sporks: I miss being able to drive myself places <<=(
[10:54] Sporks: I hate having to make you go everywhere with me
[10:55] MrSporks: <:(
[10:55] Sporks: it's not that I don't want your company but I hate not being able to
[10:55] MrSporks: i understand
[10:55] MrSporks: you think i'm fat.
[10:55] Sporks: exactly.

15:26 <Syd> I need to invent a heated hose, teach me how to mix electricity and water

Goats!

Seattle City Light is bringing goats in to manage blackberries, etc. I like picturing this as an army of Seattle City Light-helmeted goats. Some of them wear bright orange vests in this mental picture.