• Working at the Copy Center today to help them "get caught up." #
• This AM started badly. Didn't sleep well, forgot to shave in the shower & had to use the electric. Bought train ticket & didn't need it. #
• Then I left my ID badge at home. The day is going a little better now. #
• @ignernt Yes, @cnnbrk can use themselves as a source, monogodo confirms. in reply to ignernt #
• @ignernt @ov3n will back me up, confirms monogodo. in reply to ignernt #
• @JennywithaY fill a coffee mug with water. Place the uncooked egg in the mug. If it sinks, it's ok to eat. If it floats, it's bad. in reply to JennywithaY #
• @mc_frontalot Yep, I've seen them, there's one by her office. I've meant to comment about it but haven't. in reply to mc_frontalot #
• @JennywithaY It seems to. I've had very fresh eggs drop like stones, and some iffy ones slowly drift to the bottom, so I'm thinking yes. in reply to JennywithaY #
• @dbferguson bzzzzz. No itches here. in reply to dbferguson #
• @tombert That's one of my pet peeves, too. That & people who stand right in front of the elevator door, blocking people from getting off. in reply to tombert #
• At Victor Tangos on Henderson having Anniversary dinner with @dbferguson. #
• @Clay_Harrison too soon? in reply to Clay_Harrison #
• RT @Clay_Harrison: Steely Dan Patrick #cooolbandsmadeuncool Steely Danica Patrick #coolbandsmadeuncoolbutstillkindahot #
• Victor Tango's kicks ass. #
• @TheBloggess It made me laugh. in reply to TheBloggess #
• Waiting at a client site for the Xerox Color Specialist to arrive. #
• A view of Dallas facing north from Turrle Creek: http://twitpic.com/8a6j8 #
• @glamtart you mean here? http://twitpic.com/8a9ni in reply to glamtart #
• @tombert you can still go for a walk, just take more frequent breaks & drink plenty of fluids. in reply to tombert #
• @mediamyway I've got Burn Notice on a season pass on my TiVo. in reply to mediamyway #
• @glamtart I'm up on the 15th floor of 3811 Turtle Creek helping calibrate color machines. in reply to glamtart #
• Still haven't gone to lunch. I'm starving. #
• @digsby any word on the timeline for porting Digsby to Mac? #
• Is it just me, or is Goetze's Candy home page just wrong? http://www.goetzecandy.com/ (SFW) #
• @BrooklynAdam A pink panda California roll on a chain? in reply to BrooklynAdam #
• @TheBloggess no apologies necessary, I laughed in reply to TheBloggess #
• installed cool new versions of Command WorkStation, only to discover compatibility issues with my Canon imageRunners. #
• @Clay_Harrison @dbferguson & I are going. in reply to Clay_Harrison #
• @woofytexan have you tried Google Reader via the Google Mobile interface? in reply to woofytexan #
• If you're going to get up in her ear & whisper, it helps to actually whisper so the rest of the train doesn't hear what you're saying. #
• I found a friend at work: http://twitpic.com/8hrw7 #
• Bowling w/ the WordCamp crowd. I've forgotten the hashtag, so fuck it. Bowled a 109 first game. #
• Welcome part is over. About to head home. http://twitpic.com/8j7fu #
• @jeckles you're tempting me to watch it upconverted when I get home. in reply to jeckles #
• Awaiting WordCamp to start #wcdfw09: http://twitpic.com/8keod #
• @taylormark xl tshirt. #wcdfw09 #
• @dbferguson has no wifi connection. The guys in the row in front of us can't get online, either. #wcdfw09 #
• @Clay_Harrison no, this is the back row at WordCamp Dallas 09 #wcdfw09 http://twitpic.com/8kio3 in reply to Clay_Harrison #
• he's stepping on someone else's talk. #wcdfw09 #
• I still have an extra extension cord & power strip/surge protector if they're needed. #wcdfw09 #
• @gifts_gifts WordCampDallasFortWorth09 in reply to gifts_gifts #
• RT @jaredjanacek: #wcdfw09 Quick Poll… How many calories will @calilewis burn while walking back and forth on stage? #
• I hear waves of keyboard clicking, it's kinda cool. #wcdfw09 #
• The fan on my MacBook is spinning so fast I can hear it over the presenter. #wcdfw09 #
• My bottle of Coke cost $1.05, the same price as Freedom. #wcdfw09 #
• Thats's cool, I want the HD upgrade. RT @chilihead: Just so you know, I'm winning the MacBookPro so they rest of y'all step off. #wcdfw09 #
• @TAYLORMARK Thank you for the free T-shirt! #wcdfw09 in reply to TAYLORMARK #
• Someone here has nasty coffee breath. It must be bad if I can smell it in the back row. #wcdfw09 #
• @markramsey liar, you only have one sidebar! #wcdfw09 in reply to markramsey #
• I still have an extension cord and extra power strip if they're needed. #wcdfw09 #
• To whomever's Mac is being used by the presentators: change your background image. #wcdfw09 #
• @cabeeb Nice. #wcdfw09 in reply to cabeeb #
• @jfritsche same here. I use Tweetie for every day use. #wcdfw09 in reply to jfritsche #
• @daysies are you moving to England? in reply to daysies #
• I brought 2 and an extension cord. Only using one strip. RT @suredoc: For Sunday, bring a power strip & be a cof hero. #wcdfw09 #
• That explains our first date. RT @dbferguson: I learn by taste. I lick everything. #wcdfw09 #
• You win. RT @JerodMSF: Why didn't anyone tell us Death Cab for Cutie was presenting at #wcdfw09? #
• Crap, my Altoids gum got caught in my permanent retainer. #wcdfw09 #
• @donthorp There's a dental assistant/office manager 2 seats to my left. #wcdfw09 in reply to donthorp #
• @donthorp Probably not. but it came out now, so that's cool. #wcdfw09 in reply to donthorp #
• This is just wrong. http://twitpic.com/8n5uv #
• Washing MC Lars T-Shirt to wear at WordCamp Dallas tomorrow & watching Independence Day. I hope the party doesn't keep me up. #wcdfw09 #
• That should be @mc_lars t-shirt. #wcdfw09 #
• @Lolivision I've got power strips in place & items on your chairs. See ya soon. in reply to Lolivision #
• Was told that the A/C was fixed at 9pm. It sure feels cooler here. #wcdfw09 #
• @JennywithaY it wasn't too bad. The room was probably only 80. in reply to JennywithaY #
• Paneltime! #wcdfw09 #
• @pbelyeu woopra is crack mixed with heroin for web analytics #wcdfw09 in reply to pbelyeu #
• and we're officially going to start late. #wcdfw09 #
• Thanks for a great weekend at WordCamp #UTDallas #wcdfw09 #
• Aughhh! he's going to fast for me to catch all this! #wcdfw09 #
• I'm really enjoying Dave Moyer's presentation. #wcdfw09 #
• at 16 I was learning how to program Basic in TRSDOS on a TRS80 model 4P #wcdfw09 #
• I wish I'd been half as self-confident at 16 as @davemoyer is. Hell, I wish I were half as self-confident now as he is. #wcdfw09 #
• Just realized that my cat is older than @davemoyer #wcdfw09 #
• @rachcreative I'm wearing the same shorts as yesterday, but I washed them overnight. #wcdfw09 in reply to rachcreative #
• Looks like a new ASL interpreter today. #wcdfw09 #
• @mrspib She looked like a brunette yesterday. Today she looks like a red head. #wcdfw09 in reply to mrspib #
• @mrspib Hey, now she's got short black hair, what happened? (ASL interpreter) #wcdfw09 in reply to mrspib #
• @JennywithaY Just a little bit, but @dbferguson is ready to go. in reply to JennywithaY #
• RT @davemoyer: @dbferguson is up next! Get ready for some awesome. #wcdfw09 #
• RT @Veribatim: Bah. This is such an Apple biased event. #fail #wcdfw09 jealous? #
• I love you, too, @dbferguson. #wcdfw09 #
• RT @Dallas_Observer: nofactzone.net is Dallas-based. Cool! RT @dbferguson Speaking at WordCamp Dallas http://is.gd/1h6qd #wcdfw09 #
• Fixed: http://preview.tinyurl.com/nwdbmh RT @Veribatim: RT: @charleswilliams Venn diagram I whipped up for WordCamp Dallas 2009. / Awesome. #
• RT @robotviking: Also, I *heart* @dbferguson. Her presentation has been amazing. #wcdfw09 #
• I'm very proud of you @dbferguson! #wcdfw09 #
• I bid $15,601. RT @markramsey: I'd like to bid $15,600 on the showcase showdown, Bob. #wcdwf09 #
• @tracy1314 where are you? in reply to tracy1314 #
• Please no US/Brazil soccer updates. It's being TiVo'd. kthanksbai #wcdfw09 #
• @TheBloggess Mariah Carey isn't dead this month. in reply to TheBloggess #
• & now, on the main stage, Cali Lewis! #wcdfw09 #
• 13.3" MacBook for $949. http://tr.im/q5cY RT @Clay_Harrison: So much Mac love in the room, next giveaway is Steve Job's old liver #wcdfw09 #
• Speedtest results for UTD WiFi: http://tr.im/q5ht #wcdfw09 #
• It's a movie he recorded earlier. RT @erickosia: How is he typing without touching the keyboard? #wcdfw09 #
• done RT @markramsey: add the fan page http://facebook.pigskinradio.com I need 100 users to get a facebook name for page tonight #wcdfw09 #
• they've been up there all weekend. RT @alexfalk: Wordcamp Dallas has someone up front signing Mullenweg's talk. Nice. #wcdfw09 #
• pun intended? RT @alexfalk: @monogodo: Good to know, and great to see. #wcdfw09 #
• @markramsey OMG! Michael Jackson died? #

• @CaptShutter it sounds like your wife caught some shit from you for not catching any fish. in reply to CaptShutter #
• Pulled staples for an hour: http://twitpic.com/7h4pu #
• Back to scanning files. I've noticed that the battery life on my iPhone seems to have taken a hit since it was reset yesterday. #
• Overheard at work: "it has a neutral charge." #
• It's awfully warm in the copy room. #
• I'm breaking a sweat standing still. #
• @jendraknet yeah, but it's a dry cool. in reply to jendraknet #
• iPhone still has the same WiFi connectivity issue that I reset it for. I hope iPhone 3.0 firmware will fix it. If not, it's warranty time. #
• Tired today. It's Christian Bale's fault. Stayed up too late watching Batman Begins on AMC. #
• @tombert maybe that's her goal. in reply to tombert #
• Still pulling staples & scanning. Should finish it today. #
• I am so tired. I guess I can't stay up as late as I used to & still fully function the next day. Getting old sucks. #
• Still feel tired. Not a good way to start the day. At least it's not raining. #
• @daysies It's one of the controls in iTunes. More iPhone 3.0 tips here: http://tinyurl.com/lkro3b in reply to daysies #
• Installing Acrobat Std so I can break apart the files I scanned earlier. #
• Got 5 new polo shirts from work today. I was the only one to get all 5 of mine. #
• Found out today that the Copy Center made 30% profit in May. #
• Had I been there all month, the profit would have only been 25%, all else being equal. #
• One of my former employer's biggest accounts is one of my current employer's accounts now. #
• Waiting on the 6:35 train. It's hot. Africa hot. #
• Just checked. It's 90F. Not quite Africa hot, but close. #
• updating to iPhone 3.0. Here's hoping it works. #
• @sleepypika considering we lost money each month for the last 5+ months, I'd say it's great. in reply to sleepypika #
• YAY!!! 3.0 upgrade was successful! #
• So the iPhone 3.0 update didn't fix my WiFi problem, so I'm gonna try to make an appointment to get it replaced. #
• Wanna know where I'll be Sat @ 1:30 pm? @ the Knox St. Apple store getting a replacement iPhone. #
• Got stuck behind a family that couldn't figure out the ticket machine for the DART train. #
• Billing for the copy center has tripled in $ value in 5 days. #
• just consolidated the contents of 21 storage boxes down to 1 that we'll keep & 5 that get shredded. #
• Let's see how much PDF work I can get done in the next 30 minutes. #
• Well, crap. just as I sent that last update, Acrobat froze. #
• Was able to extract 333 pages of 625 in 30 minutes. not to bad. Time to head home. #
• @swisstoni you might want to do a full restore to the 3.0 firmware as opposed to just a simple upgrade. It's supposed to be faster. in reply to swisstoni #
• @daysies & @tombert: there's a difference between your plan & your contract. @dbferguson has a 2G iPhone & is eligible. My 3G is not in reply to daysies #
• @daysies yes, each phone is separate depending on when they were upgraded. in reply to daysies #
• @daysies don't know about 3G vs. 3GS data plans. in reply to daysies #
• @Lord_Darkstar they never claimed that video, voice command & MMS made it unique or were original ideas. in reply to Lord_Darkstar #
• Waiting @ a vendor to pick up a good imagePass M2 to swap with the bad one @ the copy center. #
• Riding the train home, where redemption (hopefully) awaits. #
• @MacTastic we're seeing X-Men: Wolverine. in reply to MacTastic #
• Waiting to see X-Men: Wolverine w/ @dbferguson. Dinner @ Texas Roadhouse was great. #
• Pre-movie BS has started. #
• Movie was good. #
• Got up @ 6 to feed Lance, & I see 3 people @ the pool across the street, each w/ their own bottle of champaign. #
• I don't think they live there. #
• @kissthedog since they're now gone, I'm guessing it was a continuation of the night before. in reply to kissthedog #
• @JennywithaY The organizers are considering streaming it live. If they do, once I know the URL I'll share it with you. in reply to JennywithaY #
• installing the backup to my warranty replaced iPhone 3G. #
• @dbferguson so take off all your clothes… in reply to dbferguson #
• well, crap, the replacement phone has 2.2 on it, and needs to be upgraded to 3.0 #
• Saw a kid at a bus stop drop his bottle in the sidewalk. His mom picked it up, wiped it on his blanket & handed it to him. #
• Setting up my iPhone. Again. #
• @bikehugger Gov. Perry of Texas just vetoed a similar law, the bastard. in reply to bikehugger #
• @glamtart nice frames in reply to glamtart #
• trying to get our all-in-one printer/scanner/copier installed on a computer so @dbferguson can scan a document. 3rd try in progress now. #
• @ignernt that looks nice. My HP is decent, but I just discovered that the scanner is fucked up. Wish I hadn't given away my old flatbed. in reply to ignernt #
• The scanner part of the all-in-1 is borked. Not sure if it needs cleaning or what the deal is. #
• @ignernt I'm wanting to pick up a Canon or HP wireless printer, since we have up to 4 computers that might need to print at any one time. in reply to ignernt #
• @ignernt Brawndo, it's what plants crave! It's got electrolytes! in reply to ignernt #
• @Lord_Darkstar fucker, now I've got the Mary Jane Girls stuck in my head. in reply to Lord_Darkstar #

I haven’t really been all that motivated to do much online lately other than play Kakuro. I think it’s because my job duties have changed since the first week of April.

Sales at the Copy Center had been dismally low, so my boss pulled me out of there and had me do odd projects for her around the Corporate Office. First I spent a week cleaning out our old warehouse so that we could vacate the building, thus saving the cost of the lease. I got to take a Sawzall to old desks & other large items in order to safely get them in the bed of a pickup & haul them to the dumpster. In the space of 4 days I hauled off 5 dumpster loads of trash.

After the warehouse was empty, she had me go to the Corporate Office to work on a spreadsheet listing of file boxes being stored. I had to color code them by type (Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, & Human Resources). I then had to calculate destroy dates based on how long we’re to retain them. Next I had to sort them by destroy date and assign a new box number to make it easier to find them. That took about 2 weeks, what with being interrupted with other little projects.

Once I got the spreadsheet & box numbers figured out, I generated labels and went to the warehouse to tag the boxes & organize them. There were between 3000 & 4000 boxes. I handled each of them at least twice. Some were stacked on shelves, some were on pallets. Some of the pallets were stacked in the middle of the floor, others were 10′+ off the floor. I used a riding forklift, a walk-behind forklift, and a pallet jack to move the pallets around. The whole job took 7.5 days to complete. There is actually quite a bit more room for box storage now than before, and nothing was disposed of, it’s just organized better. Now anyone can go in and find a specific box easily. What used to take them a day or longer can now be done in less than 5 minutes.

After that project was done, my boss had me doing all kinds of other things, from getting duplicate vehicle titles to researching a color laser printer that can handle envelopes to helping out other stores. I spent a day and a half at one store scanning binders to PDFs. They had 21 binders that came in at noon on a Wednesday that needed to be scanned & burned to CD by noon on the following Monday. Normally, they’d be finalizing the burn at 11:30am on Monday, and would have worked pretty much all weekend on it. I started scanning them at 3pm on Wednesday, and had 12 done by 6pm. I returned at 9am on Thursday and spent an hour correcting errors in some of the binders that had already been scanned. I’d initially been given incorrect instructions as to what had to be scanned. Once that was done, I finished the other 8 binders that I had left (someone else did the other binder). While I was working on those, another person was scanning the large format items that my machine couldn’t handle. I then had to insert those scans in the proper place in my scans. Including an hour lunch, I had everything complete & ready to be checked & burned to disc by 3pm. I ended up finishing up the day there by helping out on other jobs they had.

Earlier that morning, I was told that the store manager had asked one of the assistant managers why I was so much faster than they were. He was told that I was faster because I knew the machine better than they did. They’d been scanning pretty much every sheet as its own file, then combining the 150+ files together into one document at the end. I knew that by simply touching one button on screen while scanning the first page, that I could scan the entire binder as one PDF file, thus saving tons of time on the back end. Being the nice guy that I am, I was sure to show three of them how to do the same thing in the future.

I also learned how to do billing for my location, and how to close out the month. Sales have started to pick up, so I don’t know how much longer I’ll be helping out at Corporate. I’m kinda hoping that my boss will see the value in keeping me up there and will instead hire a new delivery guy for the Copy Center. She’d just have to convince her bosses that it would be a good idea to do so.

Another project I’ve been working on is scanning new account credit applications to PDF. I scanned 7 file boxes of apps, and discovered that two of them didn’t need to be scanned. Since I simply pulled the staples and scanned them as large 300+ page documents, I now have to go through the files and extract out each account’s documents & name them with their account number, account name, and the state where they’re located.

On the home front, I haven’t been bike riding as much as I’d like to, mainly because of my work schedule. Instead of walking 3 blocks to/from work every day, I have to take the DART Light Rail train 30 minutes each way. So instead of clocking out at 6pm and being home by 6:05pm, I get home between 6:45 & 7, depending on which train I catch. That pretty much kills any bike riding, mainly because I’d have no time to get changed & out the door to make it to the group. I know I could ride on my own, but that’s no fun. Plus I’m usually exhausted at the end of the day. Cynthia is now working 9-6 & getting home between 6:45 & 7, so we’re eating dinner later.

So everything is pretty much going well now. There were a couple hiccups earlier in the year, but they’ve been resolved in a manner that’s left us in an even better position than before, so that’s good.

Oh, I had to get my iPhone replaced again. It had been forgetting the settings for known WiFi hotspots, mainly the one at home. I’d go to connect with it, and it would ask for the password, which it should have in its memory. I’d key in the password, and would get a message telling me that it was incorrect. All our other WiFi devices (TiVo, MacBook, Netbook) connect to the network just fine, so I knew the issue was with the phone. The staff at the Genius Bar had me do a full reset last Sunday. That didn’t fix it. When the iPhone 3.0 update came out on Wednesday, I thought it might help. No such luck. So I went in this afternoon and they gave me a new phone. Here’s hoping it works at least until the end of September, before the year warranty runs out, or even better, another year or more.

• Heading off to bed. @dbferguson starts her new job in 8h 45m. Good luck, sweetie. bzzzzz #
• This scanner is pissing me off. It lost 200 pages. #
• @bikehugger no, but if I were on my laptop & not on my iPhone, I’d bobroll you. in reply to bikehugger #
• Just got off the phone with my mother in the hospital. She’ll live. #
• I second that. RT @tombert: It’s too early in the morning to be awake. #
• So tired today. Got an OK amount of sleep, so I don’t know what’s up. #
• In other news, mother’s in hospital w/ mystery ailment, maternal grandma is not doing well, & paternal grandma had a stroke. #
• Just found out I spent the last 2 work days scanning files that didn’t need to be scanned. Oh, well. #
• I’ve now had a half-liter of Mtn Dew, & I’m still sleepy. WTF is up w/ that? #
• Someone in A/R entered a client’s street address as Natural Bridge Caveins Road, instead of Natural Bridge Caverns Road. #
• That was a good lunch, even if the break room is noisy. #
• Just pulled out 4 staples that were being used to hold 4 sheets of 20# paper together. Can you say overkill? #
• I’m really starting to dislike pullin staples. #
• @woofytexan set it up via the Apple online first. You won’t need text msgs for push. Only get them if you text a lot. in reply to woofytexan #
• About to hit the hot tub with @dbferguson & my boss & her husband. #
• back from pool. Boss & her husband are on their way home. @dbferguson is showering to get rid of chlorine. #
• I think my iphone is dying. It keeps freezing for no reason. #
• WTF is up with this train driver? I can walk faster than this. #
• Bastard train operator went so slow that he added 3 minutes to my commute. Also, the woman next to me smelled drunk. #
• More scanning today. There are a total of 4 file boxes to be scanned. I can probably do 2/day. I hope to do more. #
• @daysies Nilla wafers are great when you dip them in Julie’s Organic Caramel Ice Cream. in reply to daysies #
• @Lord_Darkstar the things my iPhone doesn’t do that the new one does are things I never did anyway. in reply to Lord_Darkstar #
• Sitting in a too-fucking-loud Irish Pub waiting to order food. #
• Within the realm of the arts no form reveals the magic of collaboration more beautifully than that of music. #
• @jendraknet this is from The Weather Channel: http://twitpic.com/75wuz in reply to jendraknet #
• @Lord_Darkstar I’ve got pic mail. I can email a pic to anyone w/ an email address & can receive them, too. in reply to Lord_Darkstar #
• @jendraknet just saw that Radio Shack has a weather radio for $19.99. in reply to jendraknet #
• @Lord_Darkstar I can send/receive email on my iPhone. Surely other 3G phones can do the same. Hell, my 2G Sony Ericsson could do that. in reply to Lord_Darkstar #
• Just did billing for the 1st half of June. It’s not looking good. But they do have some large color jobs pending. #
• @daysies if you had a C in you last name, you’d have my mom’s name. in reply to daysies #
• There’s another progressive dinner Downtown. $65/person (+ tip). Limit 50 people. In the Arts District. We were still hungry after last 1. #
• @tombert I knew that. in reply to tombert #
• facebook.com/dan.bates #
• g’night, all #
• Based on the waiting passengers, if I didn’t know better I’d think this airline was Greyhound. #
• Chillin’ @ Starbucks w/ @dbferguson in Euless. #
• WTF is it with today’s youth? GET OFF MY LAWN! #
• There’s another woman with no top on by the pool across the street. But she’s lying face-down & I can see the bikini straps next to her. #
• @JennywithaY if she does I’m sure she’ll re-tie her bra straps before doing so. in reply to JennywithaY #
• @lnorthrup The next flight out isn’t until tomorrow, and runs $400, so it’s out of the under-$100 budget. Sorry. in reply to lnorthrup #
• Pho has been consumed: http://twitpic.com/7c80c #
• Just finished eating french toast & fried eggs. #
• Waiting at the Genius Bar for my iPhone appt. #

• @dbferguson The trumpet could be from the Sunday night thing that goes on at Opening Bell. in reply to dbferguson #
• Sweating up a storm from working in the new warehouse. Was only in there for 20 minutes, but am soaking wet. #
• I’ve finally cooled off from sweating in the warehouse. Not sure what else I’m to be doing all day at work. Boss isn’t here yet. #
• It’s actually nice outside (in the shade), it’s just stiflingly hot in the warehouse. Been pulling orders with Shrek. #
• Just split the FRONT of my pants while moving boxes at work. Not sure what I’m to do about it. #
• putting on socks & shoes, about to go for a bike ride with friends. The shoes, FYI, are Diadora Chili’s. #
• @ignernt I use Diadora cycling shoes almost exclusively. They always feel like they were made specifically for me. in reply to ignernt #
• @tombert I suggest Airwolf via Hulu Desktop. in reply to tombert #
• Hanging out at Kyle’s About to head home. #
• @tombert yeah, some of the Paranormal State episodes can be rather creepy. in reply to tombert #
• Waiting just out of the rain for the rain. #
• @alyankovic I see a blank spot where your pic should be. in reply to alyankovic #
• I know this isn’t funny, but it kinda is: http://twitter.com/susanschrock/status/2008825887 #
• I’m hungry & sleepy & happy. #
• @mc_frontalot mmmm, Boddingtons is one of my favorites. in reply to mc_frontalot #
• The guy sitting across the aisle from me is reading his Bible. He’s highlighted every single thing on the pages. #
• @dbferguson I was at Routh & McKinney at noon & heard them, too. I just figures it was a Noon whistle. in reply to dbferguson #
• @daysies if it’s your MacBook, it’ll be the easiest thing you’ve ever done. in reply to daysies #
• Helping scan a job at a store that doesn’t understand that they don’t need my help. No 3G signal here. #
• @daysies it was pretty easy to do, wasn’t it. in reply to daysies #
• @daysies I love that there’s directions printed in the battery compartment on how to upgrade the memory. in reply to daysies #
• @lnorthrup forklift racing can be fun. I had a blast driving the forklift in our warehouse. in reply to lnorthrup #
• @ignernt try looking for the music video here: http://www.mtvmusic.com/ in reply to ignernt #
• Interesting things @ work today #1: store mgr asked dept mgr why I was able to scan the books so much faster than their staff. #
• #2: most of the staff has asked the dept mgr who I am. #
• @dbferguson & @JennywithaY: thanks to you two, I’m hungry for breakast tacos. in reply to JennywithaY #
• @dbferguson yes, we can get some Saturday, but that doesn’t help me now. in reply to dbferguson #
• If feels like it’s Friday night. #
• @JennywithaY I watched it last weekend, and really enjoyed it. in reply to JennywithaY #
• Watching “Should I Smoke Dope” on BBC America. It’s like Morgan Spurlock’s “30 Days”, but w/ a British chick. It’s also very funny. #
• Just accidentally deleted an app off my iPhone, but I don’t know what it was. #
• @lnorthrup No shit? A new toilet? Crap, how cool is that? in reply to lnorthrup #
• I’m hungry, but it’s too late to eat dinner. #
• So I’m sitting here eating Ben & Jerry’s Mission To Marzipan and I hit a pocket of the marzipan swirl. Oh. My. God. That’s all I can say. #
• @webkittyn It’s a new flavor, and I strongly suggest you hunt it down. in reply to webkittyn #
• @jendraknet AIM keeps doing weird things for me, too in reply to jendraknet #
• More scanning today, this time it’s customer account documents for AR. #
• @dbferguson Remember to feed the tarantulas. #
• got picked up from work. going out to dinner with wife. (via @CaptShutter) Same is about to happen to me. I hope my meal ends better. #
• @vicmag76 & @glamtart The guy didn’t read far enough in the plans, ’cause he failed to mention the park over the freeway. in reply to vicmag76 #
• Dinner is done. Waiting to see Up – 3D. #
• Guess where I am: http://twitpic.com/6ppfa #
• @JennywithaY no, we’re full from Texas Roadhouse. CFS for the win! in reply to JennywithaY #
• These jazz riffs are worse torture than waterboarding. #
• @lnorthrup don’t forget the #hashtag. in reply to lnorthrup #
• @Clay_Harrison were they dental-grade roofies? in reply to Clay_Harrison #
• @bikehugger Just did a google search and found this: http://bit.ly/jQArE in reply to bikehugger #
• Whatever happened to Q-Feel? #
• @webkittyn Just watched a crappy quality video on YouTube of Dancing In Heaven. in reply to webkittyn #
• The benefits of living downtown with a view of a rooftop pool: http://twitpic.com/6r9bl #
• @tombert I could try to set up the webcam for you. in reply to tombert #
• damn, she’s on her front now, tanning her back. #
• Pool party is in full swing: http://twitpic.com/6s3nb #
• Another view: http://twitpic.com/6s3tc #
• Watching douchbags play bean bag toss on the pool deck. http://twitpic.com/6sbe2 #
• How do I know they’re douchbags? Easy. They’re playing beanbag toss on the pool deck. #
• Putting phone up & getting a drink for @dbferguson. #
• One to beam down: http://twitpic.com/6sva1 #
• Better pic. 1 to beam up: http://twitpic.com/6svtu #

• Just finishing watching Leathernecks. Cute movie. #
• Just finished watching Leatherheads. Cute movie #
• finally watching Planet Terror that we DVR’d Friday night. Should be fun. #
• Planet Terror kicked ass. Heading to bed now. Getting up early to drive back to Dallas. #
• Nobody doesn’t like Sarah Lee. #
• Packing the car will take 2 minutes. Waiting on @dbferguson to shut down her netbook. #
• Lunch at Chicken Express in Durant, OK. That’s a 5-piece. http://twitpic.com/5xns3 #
• @JennywithaY Yep, fried okra. More than we could eat. So we’ve got leftovers if you want me to send them to you. in reply to JennywithaY #
• Got home about 30 minutes ago. Debating between taking a nap or going to the pool. #
• Now I’ve got the Theme to Top Gun stuck in my head from watching the final 25 minutes of it. #
• Gotta get up early tomorrow (today?) to pick up billing at the copy center & head up to corporate with it. Heading off to bed. #
• I knew 7am would come too soon after 1am. #
• Waiting on the train. Gonna be a hot @ muggy day. Glad I used some Gold Bond this AM. #
• Wore my sunglasses out of the house, got to work & realized I forgot my regular glasses at home. #
• the numbers from the copy center are much better this month. Almost as much as the last two months combined. #
• @bikehugger here ya go: http://tinyurl.com/qn5y49 in reply to bikehugger #
• @daysies because the CBI is a state agency & the State of California is broke. in reply to daysies #
• My iPhone is filthy. #
• Took over a call for my boss. They had her on death hold. Now I’m on death hold. Oh, wait, it’s ringing. #
• The fuckers disconnected me. Now I’ve got to call them back. Bastards. #
• Finally got through to a live person! #
• Wow. I was on hold for 31 minutes, not including the 20+ that prior to being disconnected. #
• Looking for solution to share access to a spreadsheet while protecting 1 column from edits & ability to print mailmerge for multiple users. #
• Google Docs won’t do it. Downloading OpenOffice to see if it’ll work. Would need to store file on web server & hope users upload changes. #
• @mangoradio I thought you were unhappy with your Jetta, why pimp it? in reply to mangoradio #
• so sleepy. must feed cats, then off to bed. oh, and my finger hurts again. #
• @jeckles Could you shoot me an email listing all your reasons for the hatred? Thanks. in reply to jeckles #
• http://twitpic.com/66ew8 – @malfouka maybe the Post-It was left by this guy. #
• It’s about time I got a decent night’s sleep. Only woke up twice. #
• A beautiful day today. The view while waiting to be picked up at the train station: http://twitpic.com/66l7g #
• @dbferguson I should leave soon so I make it in time on the train. in reply to dbferguson #
• I ganked Leon’s 5-port switch so I don’t have to swap the network cable among the 3 computers on my desk. He won’t miss it. #
• Just passed a set of twin Asian women in Catholic schoolgirl outfits. No time to take a pic for proof. #
• @dbferguson I beg to differ on the Chivas & Coke. in reply to dbferguson #
• Walking thru Downtown to the grocery store & tweeting while drunk is fun! #
• That’s odd, they don’t look gay. #
• Our $10 nachos have, ew dog pee, turned into $20 nachos. #
• I HABE TO PEE REALLY BAD!!!! #
• Belay that last tweet, the bathroom was actually unoccupied. #
• Oh, & HABE = HAVE. #
• @dbferguson Don’t forget free appetizers & drinks last night. in reply to dbferguson #
• Hulu Desktop is evil. Seriously. #
• I just spent the last 5+ hours watching Airwolf on Hulu. That is an evil, evil software. #

• Just registered @dbferguson & myself for @WordCampDallas. #wcdfw09 #
• Catching train back to Downtown. Apparently I was to work at the Copy Center all week. #
• Coming back to work at the Copy Center after working at Corporate is like going back to Bud Light after having Guinness. . #
• @jendraknet I think they have a show on TLC called “John & Kate +8″ about their family of 8 small children. in reply to jendraknet #
• Just figured out that if @dbferguson had been laid off 14 days later, my employer would have owed me $100. #
• @jendraknet That’s a good idea, actually. Repubs did it with Obama & Clinton, we should do it with Parry & KBH. in reply to jendraknet #
• @lnorthrup From what I understand, she has a large ass. She was on Big Bachelor or The Brother or some such “reality” show. in reply to lnorthrup #
• @mangoradio what model VW do you have? in reply to mangoradio #
• @mangoradio When our New Beetle dies, we’re never getting another VW. They’re too damn hard to work on & expensive to repair. in reply to mangoradio #
• Did 3 loads of laundry last night to prep for trip to NWA. Need to get old router out of storage & pack. #
• Customer came to talk about changes to proof. She looked like she got her makeup tips from watching Shaun of the Dead. #
• Does no one pay attention to the signature line of an email? #
• Yay! While going thru old Zip discs, I found a CSI story board that @toonbates did. I thought I’d lost it. #
• @malfouka the # is called a hashtag. It’s for tracking topics. in reply to malfouka #
• @kissthedog my wife and I love our iPhones. The new ones are supposed to be out in June/July, but the 3G is still a decent phone. in reply to kissthedog #
• Well, shit. #
• @JennywithaY no, but it’s not my place to say. in reply to JennywithaY #
• @jendraknet I’ll have to talk to you about the radio station when I’m not on the iPhone. in reply to jendraknet #
• @jendraknet “talk” = IM in reply to jendraknet #
• Trying to decide if it’s worth it to stay up to watch Grindhouse Presents: Planet Terror. #
• It’s Sayed! #
• & Fergie! #
• Isn’t this the movie where Rose McGowan has her leg replaced with a machine gun? #
• @mrmarkreed We recorded it on the DVR rather than stay up ungodly early to watch it. It looks fun. in reply to mrmarkreed #
• When did Ice Cube turn into Eddie Murphy? #
• Watched “Wanted” & “Slumdog Millionaire”. 1st was ok, 2nd was great. About to watch “Smart People”. #
• My mother-in-law just said I have magic fingers. #

• There were a bunch of Goth kids hanging outside Opening Bell when I left tonight. #
• I could sing this song w/o the lyrics, why can’t this guy do it with them? #
• I love the new no smoking in bars ordinance. #
• @dbferguson it was Love The One You’re With in reply to dbferguson #
• Had to close the warehouse door, rain was coming in. #
• Italian Torpedo for lunch, then catch the shuttle to #3 & home. Will work at NM this afternoon. #
• Had to get maintenance to unlock my door since I didn’t have my keys. #
• Still waiting for maintnance to unlock my door. It’s warm in the hall. I need to shower & dress for work. Can’t do that in the hall. #
• Home for the day. Back is sore from moving boxes, & there’s nothing for me to do at NM. Will be working at Corp & Store 8 tomorrow. #
• @dbferguson I didn’t go to the store. I can get a lemon if you like. in reply to dbferguson #
• Just got up from a 3+ hour nap w/ @dbferguson. Dreamt about palletizing file boxes on. Only took 7.5 days for that to occur. Kinda scary. #
• Waiting in the mist at the train station to be picked up by Leon. #
• Made it in. Lance reclaimed the monitor from the area where I work. #
• @jendraknet damn, I’d think 40 min of my time was worth more than any discount I’d get from Travelicity. in reply to jendraknet #
• Back from lunch. Now I get to teach Kenneth how to set up an Excel spreadsheet. #
• @dbferguson kinda makes you miss working here, doesn’t it. in reply to dbferguson #
• On the way back from lunch my boss told me that a Minneapolis store needs training on a 242 & asked if I wanted to go. I of course said yes. #
• She said she’d probably get Xerox to do it. #
• I told her that if it was cheaper to send me, I’d go. I could visit my aunt & uncle while there. #
• @jendraknet my boss chuckled when she heard it. in reply to jendraknet #
• “Oh, I’m gonna buy the car, I’m thinking about twiffy.” #
• Eating a Luann platter at Luby’s before the Jonathan Coulton show at the Granada. #
• The people who chose to hate me a couple years ago are here. All but 1 pointedly ignored me. I guess they won’t get any merch tonight. #
• @daysies if you tweet any Lost spoilers I will hunt you down & taunt you. Just sayin’. in reply to daysies #
• @ignernt My day job is making copies. Tonight I worked the Merch Table at the @JonathanCoulton show in Dallas. in reply to ignernt #
• @debosophy not yet. It’s on TiVo, waiting to be viewed. in reply to debosophy #
• #earworm of the morning: @jonathancoulton’s version of Baby Got Back. #
• @JennywithaY there’s always the possibility that he’s accessing the site via Safari on his iPhone. It is Stephen, after all. in reply to JennywithaY #
• A 500mL bottle of Mtn Dew has helped me to wake up this morning. Listing the bottle size in mL makes it sound like it’s medication. #
• @JennywithaY 500mL = 16.9 oz. in reply to JennywithaY #
• @zeuscomics it’s going to be an autistic boy playing with a snow globe in his living room in Boston. in reply to zeuscomics #
• @ignernt 500mL. I can take a pic later if you like. in reply to ignernt #
• Saw 2 nuns in a car on the freeway while on my way to the DMV. #
• @ignernt we also get 500mL bottles of Dr Pepper & Coke products. in reply to ignernt #
• Apparently the DMV decided to ignore their form & require more documents than they say they do. #
• @Lord_Darkstar better to find them that way than to find it on the bed. in reply to Lord_Darkstar #
• Waiting for TXDoT to get new titles back to me & I have a headache. #
• There’s a Sno-Cone hut across the street from the TXDoT office. Very tempting… #
• The 5:20 train is more popular than the after 6pm trains. #
• CVS doesn’t sell bread. Having to wlmalk 3 more blocks to the grocery store. #
• Changed my pic. Might change it again. #
• @ignernt here’s a Pepsi 500mL bottle: http://twitpic.com/57zgb #
• The Copy Center has received 7 lookbook orders in the last 2 days, requiring 40000+ sheets of 28# paper. Looks like I’ll be busy next week. #
• The #’s for May should look good, too. #
• Waiting on my boss to be ready to leave so we can run Doc240 color drums to the Copy Center & then go work on boxes at the warehouse. #
• I’m up, for some reason. Maybe because I’ve gotten used to getting 6 hours of sleep. #
• It’s raining & I have things to do today. Buy $4/lb cat food by noon is one. #
• @swisstoni Was just gonna suggest Tweetie. I switched to it yesterday & love it so far. My wife’s been using it for a few weeks & loves it. in reply to swisstoni #
• Damn, the has to be the slowest gas pump ever. I’ve already washed all the windows, & it’s barely half-way though pumping 14 gallons. #
• Installing OSX update 10.5.7. Let’s hope it goes through w/o a hitch. #
• @swisstoni nope, Tweetie doesn’t highlight unread tweets, but it’s good about having the last read tweet at the top of the list. in reply to swisstoni #
• OSX 10.5.7 update successful. #
• @Lord_Darkstar He’s recognizing your position as head of the house. Seriously. Was the mouse carcass headless? in reply to Lord_Darkstar #
• was about to head out to dinner & a movie, but a friend of @dbferguson just called, so there’ll be a delay. #
• Waiting in theater for Star Trek to start. There are only 2 other people here. #
• #earworms this AM: Prince – When Doves Cry, followed by a Led Zeppelin song that I can’t figure out the name of. #
• Typing when middle finger on left hand is in pain is very difficult. E’s are easy to hit, D’s not so much, and C’s are extremely painful. #
• Ripping, err, “importing” @paulandstorm CDs into iTunes. #
• @JennywithaY I think I’ve got arthritis. in reply to JennywithaY #
• @JennywithaY yes, but only the middle finger. in reply to JennywithaY #
• How can a restaurant run out of half of their soft drink options? Only one choice for caffeine: Pepsi. #

• @dbferguson it looks like my site, only with your logo & posts. in reply to dbferguson #
• I do not feel like working today. I also can’t work from home, & I barely have 1 sick day left. So I’m @ work. #
• Overheard @ work: “Holla dolla mofo bitch. Nomeen mofo huh. Holla dolla mina muthafucka. How she gon dodat?” At least it sounded like that. #
• “A Hatian from Haiti would contact his contact with the information.” #
• I’m wiped out. Gonna head to bed. #
• @ignernt ampersand = &. @ is called the “at sign”. in reply to ignernt #

• just got up from a ~3hr nap. It’s been a long weekend, but not long enough. #
• I make the best grilled cheese sandwiches, just ask @dbferguson. #
• Been laying in bed for the last hour listening to the violent thunderstorm outside. I just want to sit at home today and enjoy it. #
• @kissthedog Have you seen the Dallas Weather radar for this morning? http://tr.im/jO9l in reply to kissthedog #
• Luis has called in sick today, so it looks like I’ll be working at the Copy Center instead of at Corporate today. #
• Got to work & discovered my area trashed. Then I smacked the shit out of my skull on a server rack. #
• Good news is they haven’t ordered any stock this month, so expenses will be lower to help offset the dismal sales. #
• About to head back to work from lunch. Not looking forward to it. It’s humid as a mofo out there. It’s also humid as a mofo at work. #
• Watching 2009 Women’s Cyclocross Championships on NBC Universal. #
• @MacTastic dude, pho totally rocks. It’s a Vietnamese noodle soup. in reply to MacTastic #
• Waiting to be picked up at Arapaho Station. It’s kinda chilly today, & foggy in Richardson. It was sunny Downtown. #
• Entering billing for NM. Here’s hoping it isn’t crappy again. #
• Woohoo! 3 jobs just more than doubled the sales total! #
• The numbers for April are better than for March. #
• @JennywithaY they still suck ass, though. They might not be too bad, though, since my payroll won’t affect it & they didn’t order stock. in reply to JennywithaY #
• There’s a guy at the next table on the patio at Potbelly’s smoking a Capri. #
• Excel formula: =IF(D5+E5=0,” “,(IF(K5<=I5,DATE(H5+4,I5,J5),DATE(H5+5,I5,J5)))) #
• I get to pick up my boss at the auto repair shop on my way to work today. #
• @debosophy since she’s reimbursing my train fare & letting me use a company vehicle, I doubt it. in reply to debosophy #
• @debosophy yeah, I never expected you of all people to make that assumption. in reply to debosophy #
• Didn’t pick up my boss this AM after all. She walked the 2 blocks instead. She then had me go to the old warehouse & haul more trash. #
• @dbferguson except we have Spinal Tap tix & there’s a reptile show in Arlington. in reply to dbferguson #
• @tombert yes, it is worth it to sleep tonight. @dbferguson & I stayed up prior to our NYC trip & it blew the 1st day of the trip. in reply to tombert #
• Cursebird Report: @monogodo swears like a Gangsta Rapper. Ranked: 107,521st worldwide. – http://cursebird.com/monogodo #
• I’m a moron. Been looking thru a stack of labels for the right one. Realized I can searhc the excel file & find it faster. #
• @vicmag76 I know of 3 people who flew today, 1 on AA. in reply to vicmag76 #
• Apparently people on Stemmons Freeway think the highway designation (35) is the speed limit. Fucktards. #
• Chillin’ in @dbferguson’s cube ’cause I failed to call her to let her know I was on my way. She works in a nice office. #
• In a really loud Buffalo Wild Wings for Boneless Thursday. TV is blaring. Oh good, the screaming kid just left, as did the loud lesbians. #
• Our female cat is going to town bathing her genitals. She’s making all kinds of wet slurpy sounds. #
• @dbferguson I’ll wait for your assessment before I get it. If it’s faster than TwitterFon, it might just be worth it. in reply to dbferguson #
• The Hole In The Wall Burgers & Blues is cash only, do I’m at Quizno’s. #
• Let’s see how this Torpedo is. #
• @dbferguson it’s not too bad. I had the Beef Backn & Cheddar. in reply to dbferguson #
• Backn = Bacon #
• W/ happy ending? RT @mcuban: is there anything better than a long scalp massage when u get yr haircut? I would pay extra for another 15mins! #
• I’m used to geting magazines in the mail before the month starts, but c’mon @BicyclingMag, the June issue arrived May 1? #
• about to head out for breakfast & banking. Have to pick up my expense check on the way. Dishes & laundry when we get back, then Spinal Tap! #
• @jendraknet That’s our pool area. You have to come up for a visit. in reply to jendraknet #
• In line at Nokia Theatre for a Spinal Tap T-shirt. #
• @dbferguson is going thru connectivity withdrawals ’cause there is next to no signal @ our seats. We’ll actually have to talk to each other. #
• I was hoping for a douchbag-free evening. Alas, no such luck. #
• Pics to prove it happened: Spinal Tap. http://twitpic.com/4ghfa #
• @swisstoni re: Wolverine. Good to know. We won’t waste our $20 on tickets & will instead wait to see it on basic cable. in reply to swisstoni #
• Interesting conversation at the next table. Topic changes every minute or so. #
• There’s a woman putting on her makeup while pumping gas at 7-11. #
• @Clay_Harrison That makes two people I know who disapprove of Wolverine. in reply to Clay_Harrison #
• about to head down to the hot tub. Won’t be bringing the iPhone, don’t want to risk it getting wet. #