Monthly Archives: August 2006

Thanks, Eoffs!

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We had some brilliant turkey burgers, french fries, and wine last night at the Eoff's house.  Muchas gracias!

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And, of course, I can't forget to mention their new addition, Stella:

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Congrats, guys!

Nearly 1 in 5 Chinese overweight or obese

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From this article on MSNBC:

Nearly one in every five of China’s more than 1.3 billion people are overweight or obese and the problem is getting worse among children, especially boys, according to a study.

The study, to be published in the Aug. 19 issue of the British Medical Journal, found that 10 million children from the ages of 7 to 18 were overweight in 2000, up 28 times from 1985.

I was about to gloat, until I got to this point in the article:

Comparatively, the U.S. has one of the highest rates of obesity in the world, with more than 60 percent of American adults considered overweight or obese, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

Frightening.

Edit: On a somewhat related note, Kelly coined a new term for corpulence today: Overbese.

Faith Hill is hairy

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I went with the inlaws last night to the Tim McGraw / Faith Hill "Soul2Soul II" concert at Arco Arena.  Here are my observations:

  • Faith Hill has the bushiest head of hair I have ever seen.  I wish I could have snapped a pic.  It was awe inspiring.  I'm still trying to shake the urge to lather up with Herbal Essences and moan like working girl.
  • The bartender in the Cantina on the top level of Arco (oh yes, our seats were THAT good) is the Coolest.  Bartender.  Evar.  Ask him for a shot of Jager, and he gives you half a CUP of Jager.  Brother-In-Law saw to it that I imbibed my fair share.
  • Coolest.  Bartender.  Evar.  helped me to realize that I can no longer run with the big dogs, though at least I didn't pull a Captain RedStar.
  • I need to listen to more country music.  I only recognized like 3 songs all night.
  • Arco Arena really is an outdated piece of junk.  I hope the bond measure passes this November.
  • Mother-In-Law is the Coolest.  Mother-In-Law.  Evar.  for taking us out for a night on the town.

Regarding our seats, these tickets must have been in high demand, because I ordered them the day they went on sale, at the hour they went on sale, and we still got stuck up in the nosebleeds – one row down from the very top!  That's okay, though — the music sounds just as good up there as it does down on the floor.

Death by spoon to those who developed this methodology

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Link: Developing IIS Applications with Webclasses

Wow.  Maybe it seemed like a good idea at the time, but what a horrible joke this is.  Or maybe the fault lies with the 3rd-party company who wrote this software that I am now helping to maintain.  Either way, there is no escaping the fact that my eyes are bleeding from trying to comprehend this monstrosity.  “Spaghetti” doesn’t even begin to describe the crap that is going on here.

/rant

Hope your Saturday is more blissful than mine!

New blog theme (again)

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Upgraded Community Server to the latest bits, and to my pleasant surprise, they have included some professionally-designed blog themes.  Also, I'm finally running the .NET 2.0 version, and I definitely notice the site is a little snappier than I am used to. 

Scott, Joan, and the kids

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Yesterday I did something that I haven’t done in quite a while: just hang out in someone’s backyard all day and do nothing.  We played wiffle ball, and we went into town to get root beer floats, but that was about the extent of our exploration.  The rest of the time we just sat around and visited.  I can’t tell you how nice that was. 


Anyway, it was nice to see Scott, Joan, and the kids.  I haven’t seen them since April or May 2005 when I was over in Virginia on business for IMA.  They’re good people.  I enjoy hanging out with them a lot.


Nothing else to say, really, except that I need to try harder to find time to just relax.


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