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20:58:25 friend: and contrary to her mom's story, the cat was not a kitten but was rather ~11
20:58:27 me: you don't want that person's offspring pooping in your gene pool
20:58:34 friend: no
20:58:43 friend: her grandma thinks it's normal to have sex with dogs
20:58:47 me: uhhh
20:58:59 me: i think i should put that on my blog
20:59:21 friend: she breeds dogs and has this phillipino lover who lives with her, and she has him jack them off

To the friend who knows what I'm talking about. That is all I have to say.

Question: What's your favorite quote?

My Answer: My email sig files have a bunch of them, but perhaps my favorite is this one: "It ain't braggin' if you can do it." - Dizzy Dean, 1930's baseball player.

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People continue to let me down. Day in, day out. I know myself pretty well, and I've got damn high standards for myself. I let myself down quite often, and I beat myself up for it. But dammit, how low do my standards for other people have to be in order to survive in this world? What's the bare minimum I should require of people? I'm sick of lowering the bar of expectations. The thing is nearly subterranean at this point!

Perhaps that's where it belongs. Perhaps that's where the moles, shrews, worms, snakes, and whatnot can finally make it over. I'm so sick of lowering the bar!

I'm utterly, completely disgusted. Fuck most of the people in the world, man. I refuse to lower my standards anymore. If that means I'm going to be disappointed, well, I'll become a hermit and fish every day. Fish don't lie, cheat, steal, backstab, undercut, and whatnot.

Fuggit.

Question: If you could bankrupt any company in the world, which would it be and why?

My Answer: Let's go with whatever company runs Gap, Banana Republic, and every other $99-for-a-shirt-that's-already-torn-but-is-"good-fashion" cookie-cutter whatever.

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Question: What percentage of your time is spent using the terminal (if 100% = terminal + "GUI apps")?

My Answer: 5%, but that's also a good thing: it demonstrates that I can get in and get out very quickly when I need to do CLI work.

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Question: What's the sexiest thing a woman can wear?

My Answer: I've always been a big fan of comfort breeding confidence, and confidence being sexy. So is cuddling, and those times when you make out for four hours on the couch. So, jeans and a t-shirt. Nothing shows off a woman's ass and legs better than a pair of jeans, I think, and they're typically a comfortable, active set of clothes.

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I had a hot date tonight. That having been said, I mentioned to a friend at 11:20 that I'd had time to watch West Wing after the date. In other words, it didn't go so well.

She was happy to have found someone who was intelligent, motivated, and funny. I was bored nearly to tears. What is it about overly beautiful ((No, clearly not all "overly beautiful" people are dull imbeciles. It just seems like it sometimes.)) people that make them so completely boring? Perhaps they don't have to work at getting and keeping attention, so they never develop certain skills. I lose interest in dull people quickly, but tonight had to be a record. She asked me if I was going to kiss her at the end of the evening, and I made up an excuse about having celery stuck in my teeth.

I never eat celery.

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Y'know what, after having a certain someone run through his (albeit meager) paces, I can't say comment registration would be such a bad thing. Nor would comment moderation.

This person, upset that his inability to comprehend simple English has been pointed out, is on a tear (in his mind). He's leaving comments using other people's names across my blog. All comments are critical or simply stupid. He's easily found, though - people who comment here regularly leave an email address along with a URL, oftentimes with some anti-spam string inside. Because MovableType shows visitors only the URL, I can compare suspected "fake" posts with the 50 or more posts by the person of the same name.

To this person, grow up. Certainly you've got better things to do, don't you? Or would you rather I talk about Britney some more?

Either way, comment registration will solve this "problem" fairly easily. Not that it's not amusing (and easy) right now…

Question: Say you're throwing a little get-together for your birthday, and you invite a few of your guy friends to hang out. Is it cool if one of them brings a girl (without asking)?

My Answer: Nah. It's decidedly not cool. And yes, this is a message. I'm not pissed or anything, but hey, it's not what I wanted either.

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Here's what I need to do daily:

1. Look up data in a MySQL database from a PHP script.
2. Insert that data into an Excel template.
3. Email the Excel template.

I can send a .xls file via email the same way I send a vCard, but only the kind you can create by tab-delimiting text and attaching it as an ".xls" file (which the recipient's machine "automatically" opens in Excel due to the extension). I have no idea how to add something to an Excel template (or how to recreate the template in PHP).

Clearly I could use AppleScript to do this, but I doubt that this will work if a user isn't logged in. Any solutions need to operate successfully when the machine is online. A root cronjob properly runs when nobody is logged in, but probably can't go around scripting Excel itself.

Question: How long after you get a girl's phone number should you wait to call her to set up a date?

My Answer: Hell if I know! That's why I'm asking!

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Hey, a 5 out of 5! I couldn't ask for a better birthday present! Thanks Tim.

It's interesting to look back a year ago and see how things have changed: the gal has revealed herself to be a bit, uhhh, less savory than my first impression, and José has been nothing but a good friend in the intermediate year. One of the best people I've ever known, that boy is. 🙂

Anyway, Rock Star remains $9 for the "MacAddict" celebration, so go get your copy today eh? Any purchases made today would be some nice birthday presents too… 😉

Question: I wanna know… have you ever seeeeen the snow?

My Answer: Apologies to Creedence Clearwater Revival. I grew up in it, yes. I walked to school through it. I'm surprised, however, by the number of people who haven't, so sound out if you've never seen snow.

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Question: What are your thoughts on comment registration, TypeKey, etc.?

My Answer: I am not sure. The more I read about MT 3.0, the more I wish to get away from MovableType. It has almost no improvements, and where is this "Pro" version they said would be released last summer? Rebuilds are still necessary, and so on. Will I force people to register to leave comments? I don't think I like relying on another server when people are going to comment on my blog. If the authentication server is down, can I even comment on my own blog? No. And that's just silly.

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