The Life Of A LittlBUGer

Yup, it’s that time again where I say “wow, it’s been a long time since I last posted”.  And it’s true but it’s not the point.  I no longer own any of my stuff related to littlbuger.info and as such have more time to deal with my family and work and whatnot (yes, that was the excruciatingly short version of the whole long story, but whatever).  Thus this will probably be my last post here as there’s really no point, though I’m sure no one cares as my blog never really got read by anyone.

But just in case, thanks and farewell.  Here’s a couple final pictures that I thought were funny.  Enjoy…

The obvious (yet technically correct)…

and The Even More Obvious (and even more technically correct)…

So, though my family really has no money, my wife and I are freaking out as we have 3 kids and never enough time to do anything of anything.  So she really wanted to go on a ‘vacation’ for the weekend, which means to leave my 2 sons at home with with the grandparents and we go somewhere with our 8 month old.   Yippee…

So we go to a bed and breakfast about 1 hour away in another ‘city’ and had a decent time there in the small town of Red Lodge, Montana.  Food was good, shops were fun to look around, and bed and breakfast was nice.

But then I noticed something on the morning of Sunday when we woke up in the bed and breakfast… my throat hurt like hell.  But I didn’t sleep with my mouth open, nor did I do anything to cause this.  So I ignored it until later that night and then guess what?  I’m dog sick and today, being Monday, it’s much worse.  So now instead of being at work, which is actually where I long to go a lot, I’m stuck at home with 3 crazy screaming kids and a wife who constantly wants my help (how does she do anything WITHOUT me during the normal work week?), and I feel like my head is going to explode…

Anyway, all I want to say is, “Thanks for the sickness Jeff and Brook, you guys suck!” (Jeff and Brook being co-workers who went to work all week last week being sick themselves).  Oh well I guess, I got to play a couple extra hours of gaming and slept in another hour than usual eh?  :-\

Oh, and kudos to Xfire and their website April Fools joke.  I love the 1337-speak throughout.  Very funny. 

Finally, someone out there has expressed my pain in such a way that I never could.  And the story is called: Why I’ll Never Make Digg Popular

Not only does it express my feelings about Digg.com (even though I still like it), it expresses a bit about my feelings posting ON MY OWN BLOG!  So that’s why there’s few articles here, but I just don’t give a rat’s ass.

Enjoy your day!

Yes, tis the season to be jolly and happy and just spend your hard-earned cash like crazy, but it just doesn’t seem like it so much for me. Life has been so hectic lately that I feel like it’s just another day, Christmas I mean, another day that just took away like $500 worth of good money that could have went to pay off some of the bills. But oh no, my family has to be gi-normous and as thus, there’s lots of presents to be had. I pretty much know that our kids are going to receive about 5 million gifts while my wife and I get 1, and it’s sad. Why is it sad that my kids get more than us? Because my kids are already spoiled beyond belief and already have too many toys as it is that we have to literally give toys away, that it’s useless to give them more and try to make them understand about how to earn things in life. Then you have my wife who works her ass off to do just about everything, while all I do is work (overtime a lot lately) to make the money, and we get the shaft. It sucks, it’s sad, and it doesn’t feel like Christmas.

Actually lately nothing really feels right and I really just don’t care about things. All I want is to pay off our crap debt, give away the kids, and go on a damn vacation and then buy the stuff I’ve always wanted to buy and actually live happy and stress free. But America isn’t as free as the slogan goes…

And damit people, where’s my frickin Nintendo Wii?! I’m warning you, I may not continue to post if I don’t get a donation of one soon!

BAH HUM BUG!

Anyway, yea, I need to post something actually entertaining or news relevant soon or I’ll probably lose the 1 reader that I currently have! Any suggestions?

Seriously, something is wrong with me, or wrong with the world (well, that’s a given, but still). Either I’m not paying attention to time and space (and/or the space-time continuum) and just let about 6 days go by without notice, or ‘my head esplode!’, to somewhat properly quote Strong Bad Email. But seriously, I do feel bad about not posting as often as I should. I probably could post about random crap and other stuff once a day as I sure do find some crazy stuff each day to post, but I just am too damn busy or I just plain forget. “I just plain forgot”? Doesn’t that make me clinically insane or stupidly quoting the movie ‘Grumpy Old Men’?! Damit people, help me not get old and forget! Send me money and pie or a damn frickin Nintendo Wii and make it all better! OK, thanks! Until next time, here’s a funny story:

EU Adopts English - Link

And here’s the link of the day: The Least Used Page at Microsoft

Yay, it’s finally, FINALLY, snowing! Yes, I like snow and yes, we were supposed to get snow like 3-4 weeks ago, which is typical for where I live. But the weather has been strange this year as most of you know, so we didn’t get it until today. I usually don’t even listen to the weather people as 95% of the time they don’t know what the weather will be like until 10 minutes before it happens. But they were right about this, finally. It’s been snowing like crazy for the past couple hours and we’ve got maybe a good inch or so actually sticking. What fun it is! I know many people don’t like the snow and a lot of people don’t know how to drive in it… A LOT, but I do just fine in my little 1996 Nissan Pickup truck with 2-wheel drive and extra weight in the back. Lesson of the day for those who don’t know how to drive in snow: ALWAYS GO SLOW! And don’t drive at night when all of the melted snow is freezing (if it isn’t already). For those of you who don’t get snow at all, I pity you, you sad fools of the heat.

Please enjoy a crappy pic of what it currently looks like here:

Hello all and sorry that I haven’t been posting much as of late. I just haven’t seen, heard of, or been through enough drama or crap lately to make any meaningful posts. Though, I guess my grandfather’s 80th birthday was something special, but nothing worth noting here. And I do have some crapified issues at work I can express to the world here, but still not good enough. Eh, oh well, I guess I’ll leave you all with a fun poem I found. Enjoy.

A Poem for Computer Users Over 40

A computer was something on TV
From a science fiction show of note
A window was something you hated to clean
And ram was the cousin of a goat.

Meg was the name of my girlfriend
And gig was a job for the nights
Now they all mean different things
And that really mega bytes.

An application was for employment
A program was a TV show
A cursor used profanity
A keyboard was a piano.

Memory was something that you lost with age
A CD was a bank account
And if you had a 3-inch floppy
You hoped nobody found out.

Compress was something you did to the garbage
Not something you did to a file
And if you unzipped anything in public
You’d be in jail for a while.

Log on was adding wood to the fire
Hard drive was a long trip on the road
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived
And a backup happened to your commode.

Cut you did with a pocketknife
Paste you did with glue
A web was a spider’s home
And a virus was the flu.

I’ll stick to my pad and paper
And the memory in my head
No one’s been killed in a computer crash
But it makes their face turn red!

Well, Halloween has come and gone, and so comes the time of year, where the next couple of months is spent on gaining 30 pounds after first eating candy for weeks, then eating Thanksgiving food for weeks, and then Christmas food after that.  Seriously, for people like me, who just don’t have the time (motivation) to exercise and work out, it just damn sucks.  But we get through it, only to realize Valentine’s Day will be near and so on and so forth.

Sadly, yes, I’ve actually thought about every single month of the year which holidays happen, how much it costs, etc., etc.  I got sick an tired of always having things change and always having to compensate our budget for holidays and special occasions, so I tried to figure out which time of the year things would calm down and be nice and quiet.  Because there’s people out there, like me, who don’t have savings, and who have a family to feed and just get by on the money we make each month.  Well, it turns out, it never does get calm and quiet damit!:

• January:  New Year’s Eve - Where you get drunk off your ass and don’t remember where that $500 went to… or that stripper you gave it to.
• February: Valentine’s Day - Can’t you just hear the fat melting off of you during your passionate love making?  No?  Neither can we… the fat remains while the sex does not.
• March: St. Patrick’s Day - Seriously, must we repeat the month of January so soon?  Oh, we throw in the color green and crazy leprechauns? Party!
• April: April Fool’s Day - Where either you paid to make the big laughs, or clean up after them.  So who’s the fool?  The fool that fools the fool or the fool who’s fooled by the fool?
• April (2): Easter - Shall we learn about Christ and praise Jesus on this holy or create ridiculous candy, food and games loosely based on bible themes that almost shame the purpose of the day?  I bet you voted for the candy!
• May: Memorial Day - Eh… yea you’re right, that doesn’t count.  Onward!
• May (2): Cinco De Mayo - Yes, this IS a real holiday!  :p
• May (3): Mother’s Day - It’s bad enough we have the wife’s birthday and Valentine’s Day and our Anniversary and other crap to deal with and buy shit for, but this too?  Damn…
• June: Flag Day - Seriously, this is a big…. oh who am I kidding, this doesn’t count either!
• June (2): Father’s Day - Don’t worry dads, you don’t actually get a day to yourself and not have to spend any money.  You should have re-thought that joint checking account and 5 kids idea…
• July: Independence Day - A time where it’s actually fun to spend your money because you get to blow people shit up!
• August: Don’t worry, though there’s no big holiday this month, you’ll have plenty of birthdays, anniversaries, fall parties, and other things to empty your pockets with.
• September: Labor Day - Hey, what do you know, you may end up not spending any less than $10 this day.  Good for you!
• September (2): Grandparents Day - The time of year where millions of people see and smell the joy of silly sweatshirts, cotton socks, and Old Spice cologne!
• October: Columbus Day - I need to seriously stop posting these useless holidays… but it’s just so fun!
• October (2): Halloween - Haven’t we just recently been over this before? 
• November: Veteran’s Day - Sorry, I had to post one more just one last time!
• November (2): Thanksgiving - Nothing says ‘thanks’ more than a bunch of old guys with beer guts hanging out yelling at the TV.
• December: Christmas - The grandest and most expensive day of the year… so big, it sometimes begins in late October and ends in early September.  Now that’s celebrating The Lord isn’t it!  Wait, screw that, I just want the gifts…

So, as you see, there’s no end to the misery of your money, time and energy floating away for you.  Because big business is smarter than us and we seem to accept that.  Oh well then eh?  Let’s go out and buy a new computer, because everyone knows, Christmas start on November 1st!  What about Thanksgiving?  Who cares! 

On a brighter note, just for fun…

The Portal Game End Song Lyrics:

This was a triumph,
I’m making a note here: Huge Success.
It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction.

Aperture Science…
We do what we must because we can,
For the good of all of us,
Except the ones who are dead.

But there’s no sense crying over every mistake,
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun,
For the people who are still alive.

I’m not even angry,
I’m being so sincere right now.
Even though you broke my heart and killed me,

And tore me to pieces,
And threw every piece into a fire.
As they burned it hurt because,
I was so happy for you.

Now these points of data make a beautiful line,
And we’re out of beta, we’re releasing on time.
So I’m GLad I got burned, think of all the things we learned,
For the people who are still alive.

Go ahead and leave me,
I think I’d prefer to stay inside.
Maybe you’ll find someone else to help you.

Maybe Black Mesa…
That was a joke, ha ha, FAT CHANCE.
Anyway this cake is great,
It’s so delicious and moist.

Look at me still talking when there’s science to do,
When I look out there it makes me GLad I’m not you.
I’ve experiments to run, there is research to be done,
On the people who are still alive.

And believe me I am still alive.
I’m doing science and I’m still alive.
I feel fantastic and I’m still alive.
And while you’re dying I’ll be still alive.
And when you’re dead I will be still alive.
Still alive…
Still alive…

Oj joy, the fun begins tonight.  Me and my Transformers costume, here I come!  Seriously though, it should be fun.  My wife goes crazy on Halloween though, a little too crazy.  I know transforming the house and the yard and whatnot is always a must for her, and that we must have a huge party before we go trick-or-treating, but sometimes… it goes a bit overboard.  Like this year, instead of a few pumpkins to carve and/paint, we had 10.  Instead of one strand of outside and inside lights, we have around 10 (inside AND outside).  And instead of covering the ceiling of one room of the house with spider web and spiders and whatnot, she covered THE ENTIRE HOUSE with the damn web.  I can’t take a single step without having web get in my face or stuck in my hair.  Grrr…  But what are you gonna do eh?  You love your wife so you bow down to her needs, then you yell and whine at her, then eventually bow down to her again because  you prefer getting laid over getting your way or being right.  Yes, that’s right ladies, we men know what we are doing… sometimes… 

As for my server, the move basically went pretty well and all seems to be OK for the most part.  Sorry about the downtime and delays in posting.  If anyone sees any problems, please let me know.   Enjoy the new server!

Oh yes, who could forget:  How to Get Laid in 1977 and Your Ass Kicked in 2007

Once upon a midnight dreary,
Fingers cramped and vision bleary,
System manuals piled high and wasted paper on the floor,
Longing for the warmth of bedsheets,
Still I sat here doing spreadsheets:
Having reached the bottom line, I took a floppy from the drawer.

Typing with a steady hand,
I then invoked the “save” command
But got instead a reprimand: it read, “Abort, Retry, Ignore?”
Was this some occult illusion?
Some manacal type intrusion?
These were choices Solomon himself had never faced before.

Carefully I weighed my options…
These three seemed to be the top ones.
Clearly I must now adopt one; choose: Abort, Retry, Ignore?
With my fingers pale and trembling
Slowly toward the keyboard bending,
Longing for a happy ending, hoping all would be restored

Praying for some guarantee,
Finally I pressed a key.
But what on the screen did I see? Again “Abort, Retry, Ignore?”
I tried to catch the chips off guard -
I pressed again, but twice as hard,
But luck was just not on the cards, I saw what I had seen before.

Now I typed in desperation
Trying random combinations.
Still there came the incantation “Abort, Retry, Ignore.”
There I sat, distraught, exhausted,
By my own machine accosted
getting up, I turned away and paced across the office floor.

And then I saw an awful sight
A bold and blinding flash of light
A lightening bolt that cut the night, and shook me to my very core.
The PC screen collapsed and died.
“OH NO! MY DATABASE!” I cried.
I heard a distant voice reply, “You’ll see your spreadsheets…nevermore!”

To this day I do not know
The place to which our data goes.
perhaps it goes to heaven, where the angels have it stored.
But as for Productivity, well,
I fear this has gone straight to Hell.
And that’s the tale I have to tell - your choice: Abort, Retry, Ignore.