The Thread of Randomness. . .

[Jeremy]

I need to stop being so cheap with my USB flash drives. USB 2.0 supports 30 MB/s and these bastards only write at 3.5 MB/s tops.

Sucks when you're trying to create some install images for a new system with no optical drive.

[davintosh]

Hmmm... I thought the red dot meant something else... It must be camouflaged somehow on non-Hindi women.

[Adam W in MN]

"epic" has become overused and diluted to the point of meaning nothing.

yahoo article: "Epic prank gone wrong"

jalopnik article: "Subaru STI crash test epic video, because FAIL"

Oh and while we're at it, that dumbass "because" thrown in many of the jalopnik titles shames their otherwise good writing.

[oldskool]

I feel these would accentuate the decorum with some of yous around here.
I can't wait to design my full-on dedicated man cave.

[davintosh]

I feel these would accentuate the decorum with some of yous around here.
I can't wait to design my full-on dedicated man cave.

Then you'll need one of these on the door of your man-cave...



http://www.gggaz.com/pistol-peep-door-viewers.html

[Brian in TN]

Current job. Do want to upgrade.

[davintosh]

As I pulled into a gas station to fill up the e32 yesterday, some mustachioed nerdy-type guy was in the process of pulling away from the pump with the nozzle still sticking out the filler on his generic Japanese car. Lucky for him it just popped out and fell to the ground. He hopped out of his car, checked to make sure nobody inside was looking, put the nozzle back on the pump, put his filler cap back on, and drove off in a bit of a hurry. I don't think anybody in the store even noticed.

[tig]

[Karl Grau]

We spent the weekend in the desert at a friends house. I can't believe how quiet and relaxing it was. There's no way I could live there full time but it's great in small doses. Also, out in the desert there are zillions of stars at night. You'd think they'd put 'em over the city where more people could enjoy them though.

[Adam W in MN]

It started with the occasional "Happy Friday" in the corporate hallways. Now it's guaranteed that a few people will offer that perky exclamation at the beginning or the end of a conf call on a Friday, or when they see you in the breakroom.

Now, it's Happy Monday. Happy Tuesday, and so on. And people are signing their emails with it.

Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays. Now fuck off.

[davintosh]

Heads-up, Minnesota.



Today started out pretty nice, compared to the last few days, but the weather turned downright nasty this afternoon, and it looks to be bearing down on the Twin Cities area. It's been raining -- hard -- here for the last hour or so, with some good sized hailstones and 70+mph winds thrown in for good measure. I'm at work, with the e32 parked out front. With the rain, nobody has ventured outside to see how much damage has been inflicted on the cars, but I have no doubt there is damage. Happy Monday indeed.

Much of Saturday was rain, then Sunday morning showed another 3.2" from the overnight monsoon. Last count showed about 12" of rain for the last few weeks. I think we somehow got relocated to the Pacific northwest.

This pic was taken about a mile from my house. Thankfully there is a bit of an elevation difference between that spot and my house. Higher ground FTW!

[Adam W in MN]

Wow and people still think "yeah, I'll drive through that and make it".

Tonight outside of Target a boomer generation dude is in a new Jeep Grand Cherokee parked in the fire lane. Right outside the doors by the curb. Engine running, driver side window down. I yelled "you know that isn't a parking spot" and he looked at me and said "it is now". I yelled a clean parting shot (my daughter was with me) and he didn't reply. What is it with the sense of entitlement? The rest of us park in the lot between the lines (mostly) and drag ass inside, but not him.

When we came out of Target 10 minutes later he was still there. I didn't engage further.

[Mike W.]

Wow and people still think "yeah, I'll drive through that and make it".

Tonight outside of Target a boomer generation dude is in a new Jeep Grand Cherokee parked in the fire lane. Right outside the doors by the curb. Engine running, driver side window down. I yelled "you know that isn't a parking spot" and he looked at me and said "it is now". I yelled a clean parting shot (my daughter was with me) and he didn't reply. What is it with the sense of entitlement? The rest of us park in the lot between the lines (mostly) and drag ass inside, but not him.

When we came out of Target 10 minutes later he was still there. I didn't engage further.

I've been known to ask people if they need a hand pushing it out of the way since it appears to be broken down.

[davintosh]

Wow and people still think "yeah, I'll drive through that and make it".

Tonight outside of Target a boomer generation dude is in a new Jeep Grand Cherokee parked in the fire lane. Right outside the doors by the curb. Engine running, driver side window down. I yelled "you know that isn't a parking spot" and he looked at me and said "it is now". I yelled a clean parting shot (my daughter was with me) and he didn't reply. What is it with the sense of entitlement? The rest of us park in the lot between the lines (mostly) and drag ass inside, but not him.

When we came out of Target 10 minutes later he was still there. I didn't engage further.

I've been known to ask people if they need a hand pushing it out of the way since it appears to be broken down.

That's a good one, Mike. With the types who pull that stunt though the expected response would be a finger and an expletive or three.

What gets me is people that troll a half-full lot looking for a spot that's close to the building. They could've parked in the spot furthest from the door and walked in less time they spent trolling. Maybe it's the thrill of the hunt or something.

Another thing I don't get, around here especially, is leaving the car idling in the lot. People around here do it year-round; running the heater in the winter, A/C in the summer. I parked next to a car like that a few days ago, and the temp was in the 70's.

[Adam W in MN]

I agree completely about the people who leave the engine running with a/c or heat on. For 30 minutes, an hour! WTF. I'm sure if these same people were asked in a poll if they thought we had a problem with C02 emissions from cars they would say "yes, definitely, the govt should pass some laws!" meanwhile they can't see past their own idiotic behavior.

The typical offenders are in the soccer mom parking lot at a game or practice, the Toyota Sienna/Honda Oddysey/Cadillac Escalade parked with engine running, a/c cranked, and size of the pool of water under the vehicle as the indicator of how long they've been sitting there with the engine running.

[1st 5er]

Wifey won a dancing lessons coupon.
This is gonna be a stretch.

[adrian in florida]

We spent the weekend in the desert at a friends house. I can't believe how quiet and relaxing it was. There's no way I could live there full time but it's great in small doses. Also, out in the desert there are zillions of stars at night. You'd think they'd put 'em over the city where more people could enjoy them though.

In the desert I cant remember my name!

[davintosh]

'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain...

[tig]

This is just awesome in so many ways.

I Took My Ferrari To A Drag Strip In Rural North Georgia"

http://jalopnik.com/i-took-my-ferrari-t ... 1592768634

[Karl Grau]

This is just awesome in so many ways.

I Took My Ferrari To A Drag Strip In Rural North Georgia"

Thanks for posting that, I lol'd.

[1st 5er]

This is just awesome in so many ways.

I Took My Ferrari To A Drag Strip In Rural North Georgia"

Thanks for posting that, I lol'd.

Ditties.

[davintosh]

This is just awesome in so many ways.

I Took My Ferrari To A Drag Strip In Rural North Georgia"

Thanks for posting that, I lol'd.

Speaking of doing uncivilized things with fancy cars... Watch a Jaguar XJ220 do an epic, flaming burnout

[Brian in TN]

Step 1 completed.

[oldskool]

A day at the the beach.
The ribeye steaks were cross hatched perfectly. I will have sex tonight. Believe this.

[foolish]

With yourself I believe.

[oldskool]

With yourself I believe.

If all of your Craigslist hook-ups fall through, maybe not . . .

[davintosh]

A slightly geeky friend of mine bought a drone quadcopter, and has been busy shooting video from it; some pretty cool footage from it. Here's one of his videos I thought some might enjoy; an aerial tour of our city's namesake, the falls of the Big Sioux River. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz2BZkUEFuI

It's a DJI Phantom 2 Vision Plus; very cool toy.

[davintosh]

Random question of the day, from my 15 yr old son; "Which end of a female centaur would a baby centaur feed from, the back end like a horse, or the top end like a person?"

He's known around home as Captain Random. His older brother is Professor Tangent. The question came up after he watched The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. That kid cracks me up sometimes.

[MicahO]

That's an awesome question. No wonder he and Aidan had so much to talk about during and after our date at Bib's!

[Adam W in MN]

That is a great question.

Reminds me of my nephew when he was younger. It was around Halloween and they found some scary sounds websitefor the kids to play with. "What sound does the witch make?" cue, cacklling laughter. "What about a ghost?" cue some kind of moaning/whooo.

My nephew: "What sound does the pumpkin make?"

Umm....I don't know how to answer that???