The Workermonkey

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

interviews are fun 

# posted by josh @ 5/31/2006 08:30:00 PM

well, its official, starting monday i will no longer be the guy you can call any weekday to play golf. i took an offer from the firm down in new london. not surprisingly, it even pays better than camp.

also, today i had another interview in hartford before i heard from the first firm. well, we were nearing the end of lunch, when i feel something on my back. i thought maybe i had moved and my suit just hit my back or something. or maybe a waiter dropped a napkin or something. or at the very worst, some water. oh no, not at all. a waiter dropped salad dressing, and in a very violent manner. there was a streak of it on the floor, up my chair, and yes, onto my back.

of course, they were immediately apologetic and cleaned the back of my jacket, and gave me their card so they could pay for the dry cleaning. good times.


oh what a beautiful view
if you were never aware of what was around you

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welcome to the ranks of hte employed, now FASTER! HARDER! CHEAPER! *crack*

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Thursday, June 01, 2006 10:58:00 AM  

Sweet dude. Congrats. Your finally on your way to being a real fuckhead lawyer. No offense lawyers...its just i know so many unhappy lawyers these days...

By  Brancibeer, at Sunday, June 04, 2006 6:07:00 AM  

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The People's Pad 

# posted by wyldshaman @ 5/31/2006 09:04:00 AM

I Moved.

I will be having a little get together, for all interested, on Monday the 3rd of July. I moved to downtown Norwich and they will be having a fireworks show within walking distance of my place that night and there may be a Foxwoods run after that for any interested in learning Craps, ill DD?

On Wealth:
I was using my banks savings account for small change before moving money into short-term CD's, but then they changed the savings account into a Money Market account that makes about 0.3% if i have less then $5K in the account. So what do i do? I listen to my step-mom and open up an Orange Savings Account with ING that makes 4.25%. And when 6-month CD's are paying around 4.4% why not keep more money in a savings account, giving me easier access then even my 3-month CD's?

And here is the real kicker, if anyone is interested. If you fund your Orange Savings Account with $250 you get a $25 bonus right off the bat, and if you let me refer you i get a $10 bonus for that. So who's coming with me? If you post a comment below ill email you the link... if i have your email.

Quote of the Day:
"Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace" -The Dalai Lama

Final Thought:
Let us remember those slain at Haditha, our sisters and brothers. Women in their nightcloths, children 1, 2, 3 years old, slain by U.S. machinegun fire at point blank range.

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{sniffle, tear} I'm going to miss the US on the 4th when I'm not there for the first time during my favorite holiday. It sounds like a good plan, have fun!

That Orange account is a good idea for money you need access to and 0.3% for a MMA is laughable. My checking account pays 1.26% (it's high time they increase it, been there for six months I think) and I rotate other money in 2 six month CDs. Using the same site your 4.4% came from: why take the average, take the top; which is 5.35%. Not bad, my two CDs are at number 3 and 4 on the list sorted by APR. But you can send me a link because my checking account is getting a bit low so I don't think I can renew one of the CDs this time, I have thought about ING before.

Today I stumbled across none other than a Games Workshop store downtown! So I had to go in and look over the Warhammer and Space Marines figures they have painstaking painted and setup in elaborate battle scenes. The guy says he gets quite a lot of that, people coming to reminisce. Maybe I don't remember right, but it seems to storyline has changed a bit and I didn't see any of the tiny 5-guys-to-a-stand figures I used to have, only the bigger ones. The store was busy.

By  Damon, at Wednesday, May 31, 2006 11:17:00 AM  

Hey! I discovered ING like months ago and sent you all referral link! Bitches!

Hey Jesse, hope you new pad brings you new joy.

By  Brancibeer, at Saturday, June 03, 2006 8:41:00 PM  

Come on Tim and Jesse, nothing to say of Games Workshop? I almost grabbed some of the catalogs to send you, but I don't know addresses.

By  Damon, at Sunday, June 04, 2006 6:10:00 AM  

I still dabble. Epic isn't supported anymore, but fans keep it alive at http://www.specialist-games.com/epic/default.asp . My offer still stands to take that old epic stuff off your hands. If you can think of a fair price (I would reference ebay if you're really serious). Of course, I don't mean to impose if you're saving it or have already sold it.

In any case, Jesse, I'll be at your on the third. We can discuss details at your luxury. For all you who haven't been to Peoples Pad. It's Fantastic! It's perfectly located for all kinds of adventures and it's freedom friendly.

Anyways, the pork is beeping. Peace!

By  NoBrainRequired, at Monday, June 05, 2006 6:12:00 PM  

Unfortunately, I sold it all a long time ago. That's cool you still have some, I was thinking about in the store, but wow is it expensive.

By  Damon, at Tuesday, June 06, 2006 1:17:00 AM  

Oh that link took me back!

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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Like a workermonkey on crack... 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 5/30/2006 11:39:00 AM

i'm buzzing. So busy. its a short week and i'm on vacation next week. meetings, idiots and missing people are all adding the the crap i have to do today. plus it's like 85 in my office right now, fucking AC hasn't worked right in months. If i get out of here by 6 today i'll consider it a sign from the god i don't believe in that i've done something to appease him. Come on god, prove to the non believer you exist. i dare you. i double dog dare you, fucker.

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I second that! So much shit, so little time!

By  Brancibeer, at Tuesday, May 30, 2006 3:37:00 PM  

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Sunday, May 28, 2006

Yay Vermont! Yay Lamont! 

# posted by Damon @ 5/28/2006 09:23:00 AM

"Test scores are in: Northeast still has the dumbest drivers"

How negative; they could have just as easily named it "Test scores are in: Northwest still has smartest drivers." Although "dumbest" is quite close to "best."

Ah, but "One exception was Vermont, which ranked third." Go Vermont, continually proving my plan to adopt you as my home state a good one. Although this does surprise me a bit since VT drivers never seemed that sharp. But we know test performance isn't necessarily indicative of real world ability.

In other New Egland news, MoveOn.org had an online Senate primary to decide who to endorse, and 85% picked Ned Lamont to represent Dems instead of Lieberman! You can find out more about him, and maybe get a more left guy for the left party in the left leaning Senate.

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i think liberman still has presidential dreams so he's spent a lot of time trying not to piss off the republicans, but inturn he's pissed off the democrates.

VT for life baby. represent.

I was talking to shawn at harbor park the other night and i told him let me know if he wants to get up there and party in burlington a little. when you get back i'll take you up and show you around a little. Downtown is sweet, and unless you have something against hippies it's pretty cool.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Sunday, May 28, 2006 10:22:00 AM  

wait, i just read that thing, Rhoad island and DC are bringing us down!?! thats it, time for CT to invade RI. We shall be unstoppable with the added power of providence!

I think part of the problem is that driving tests in the midwest and west are much different, i've heard many instaces where they are much easier. also in a lot of those states you can get your liscence even younger than 16. VT might have a few exceptions for kids who live on farms too.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Sunday, May 28, 2006 10:27:00 AM  

[I think] everything you said it spot on. Last I knew Shawn said there was a 40% chance of him moving up there, has that changed? I still plan to move there and to live downtown so it'd be cool if you helped me get a fast start.

By  Damon, at Sunday, May 28, 2006 11:07:00 AM  

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A little drunk 

# posted by Brancibeer @ 5/28/2006 12:09:00 AM

Should i get another? Cause i'm out. Yes, i think i will. Vacation bitches. Well that settles it then.

So vacation. What does that really mean? I can tell you it means a lot to me right now. I look at myself lately and i do not know what i have become these days. I do not know who i am anymore. Some things are good about it. I am excelling in the the professional world- being able to talk, get things done, understand, dominate my point masterfully. I'm learning much about being off on my own. About myself. But then i realize i do not have a social life. Where did it go? What do i have besides work? Nothing. Nothing. I'm not sure if there is even time. No, there is time. Thats not true. I dont have a huge desire to have one though. What cost have i paid for this professional and personal development? I have problems i never thought i would have. Ridiculous problems. That is what i tell myself. They are almost laughable. I'm tense, i'm stressed, im strung out.

So vacation. I need it. I need more than it. I want to find that part of me that I have somehow lost of the past year. Yes, i remember. I used to have fun. I used to like having fun. I used to want to have fun. I want that back. I need it back. I'm not healthy now. This is not me. This is not my everything. There's more to life than this. There is more than my life to this. And its not simple. There's resistance. Things holding me back. Some of them ridiculous, some of them not. I'm going to work on that. The best i can.

So vacation. It's coming. Soon. And Murphy, i wanted to tell you before i came. I'm kinda fucked up. But its still me somewhere, the team. I'll be cool.

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Be cool man, be Cool.

By  wyldshaman, at Sunday, May 28, 2006 8:39:00 AM  

[I think] getting a complete and balanced life where your social life still exists despite high performance at work is not about vacations, it's about well, balance. But it must be hard in that hostile environment. Enjoy the time off, and try to keep the relaxing going when you return.

By  Damon, at Sunday, May 28, 2006 9:23:00 AM  

i'm going to mess you up. you need it buddy.

the balance between professional and social lifes is complicated because they are constantly at war with each other. most social lifes involve staying up late and drinking and being very irrisponsible, work requires the opposite. one is always going to affect the other. sometimes work wins, other times works looses, like wednesdays. work looses on wednesdays. and mondays are usually pretty rough too. and come to think of it, the first two hours of tuesday, thursday and friday don't have much of a chance either. I'd say, in any given week i really only do about 6 hours of real work. yet they still pay me. i must be good.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Sunday, May 28, 2006 10:17:00 AM  

At the mention of "social life" or "fun" it seems people assume drinking. [In my opinion] the most fun is outdoor activities like skiing and biking. Although you need daylight time off, they will not hurt work performance. By being fit and healthy they will improve it.

By  Damon, at Sunday, May 28, 2006 11:05:00 AM  

It's not about getting 'messed up' or not having time to drink, or battling hangovers at work. It goes deeper than that. Its in my head. Its in the foundations of functioning. Damon seems to be the most on with talking about a balance. The balance has shifted and moved things around. Its hard to explain.

By  Brancibeer, at Monday, May 29, 2006 12:22:00 AM  

embrace imbalance...

By  wyldshaman, at Monday, May 29, 2006 8:48:00 AM  

violent swings in the spectrum of life. the highest highs and the lowest lows.

you're thinking too much. your head hurts from excessive thought, you need to get messed up and distracted from all this other crap that gets you loopy. if its the type of questions like, why aren't we all brain surgens working in shrilanka to save lives, well, i don't have an answer for that. there isn't enough time in the day to accomplish everthing we all want to do.

in the end, look out for number one and take care of as many people as you can along the way with out destroying yourself. change is the only constant in any of our lives, nothing is ever going to stay the same for very long, so enjoy it while you can and get ready for whatever might come next.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Monday, May 29, 2006 3:31:00 PM  

~ come to south carolina ~ come to south carolina ~ come to south carolina ~ come to south carolina ~

By  sadielady, at Monday, May 29, 2006 6:18:00 PM  

There's that voice in my head again...

By  Brancibeer, at Tuesday, May 30, 2006 4:39:00 PM  

i hope it's your dick saying "go to south carolina!"

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Tuesday, May 30, 2006 5:25:00 PM  

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Friday, May 26, 2006

Can you say awesome? 

# posted by Brancibeer @ 5/26/2006 05:04:00 PM

Invisibility becoming a reality (maybe)

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wow...I could use that!

By  JLee, at Friday, May 26, 2006 9:31:00 PM  

...but not for peeping on my neighbors or anything.

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By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Sunday, May 28, 2006 10:28:00 AM  

i prefer to spell my awsome with only one E, thank you very much.

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Thursday, May 25, 2006

pomp and circumstance? 

# posted by murphy @ 5/25/2006 09:19:00 PM

yes of course. Lets see, minor uproar over branciteam and his 'lady'friend. Seems to be all in good fun. Hope sadie doesnt get jealous over the mountain girls i have lined up for the Hungerforce Himself. Matt i dont think its a good idea to endorse bin laden. But who knows print up some flyers and see what happens. Ron you look great in the Fenton river, Ill never forget Stone Mill. Damon Ill kill whoever you want if you get me on that helicopter...seriously though your livin the dream man and i comend you for it...whos the girl in the pix? Hope all is well with everyone else, drink a couple for me at the Park.

Whats new in Mt, since last you knew...

I stopped working at the bar and I am unemployed for the moment, that is until we start getting business at the raft company. I have been running lots of rivers though. did the Yellowstone a bunch last week. The current flows are around 18 thousand cubic feet/second which is as high as i have seen. Huge, almost flipped, one of the guides swam, we rescued him with a throw bag(bag of rope that you throw if man in water is in danger). Me and another guide ran the Gallatin river in a small raft, water was at 4500 cfs which is huge as well, no commercial trips run at that level. No carnage to speak of thank god.

Back to the yellowstone this weekend for more whitewater, birthday extravaganza and reaquainting myself with the females from last summer and hopefully some fresh ones who dont know a thing about me...target rich environment to say the least

Counting the days till Team Briancibaron hits the mean streets of Montucky. yeeeeehaaa boys

Im down the river like a finless brown.

Ps. dont worry sadie ill take good care of your boy, hes in good hands.

Take care of yourselves

murph

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Hmmmm. If Sadie actually knew you murph i'd say she wouldnt trust you at all. I sure as hell don't.

By  Brancibeer, at Friday, May 26, 2006 12:16:00 AM  

haha. oh, i'm not worried. maybe if i play my cards right, he'll come visit me this summer, too...

By  sadielady, at Friday, May 26, 2006 12:33:00 AM  

I'd trust my life w/ murphy.

maybe when I earn a full week's vacation I can come and seen what Mt is all about. Then again, I might go to Quebec.

By  ron, at Friday, May 26, 2006 1:27:00 AM  

Murphy if I told you who to kill, I'd be in more trouble than Matt must be now, since he probably got the NSA and Secret Service watching the site instead of the FBI.

The snowboarder with me is my Iraqi by ancestory, Bahrainian by birth, Canadian by citizenship friend Maral, who is in the same program as me and who unfortunately has shot down all of my attempts to further our relationship.

By  Damon, at Friday, May 26, 2006 3:04:00 AM  

I apparently will be trusting my life to Murphy in the coming weeks. Those waters sound dangerous...aka...fun.

Lets just hope he has more control over a raft than he has had over his previous 5 cars. Haha. Oh wait..thats not really funny.

By  Brancibeer, at Friday, May 26, 2006 10:50:00 AM  

thanks ron, branciteam youll be fine im a professional, damon your right about matt, matt your a fucking moron for saying that shit about bin laden, sadie from what i hear your a fox-south carolina kinda far for a booty call, even for me.

keep on rockin in the free world, and for all those govt folks, matt was just kidding

By  murphy, at Friday, May 26, 2006 3:29:00 PM  

uhh... yeah, i was umm, drunk, thats it drunk.

would anyone be disapointed if i deleated this blog and started a new one under an anonamous IP and name, you know, to actually throw the now multiple governemnt agents off. just wait until i get in real trouble and all this shit comes out in court, i may actually be able to plede insanity. this stuff must count as evidence. i'm so fucked.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Friday, May 26, 2006 3:57:00 PM  

don't worry, i'm a lawyer who's totally willing to go to court for you if need be to argue that this is bullshit totally unreliable just-for-fun evidence that can't be held against you. eh, you're fine. well, you're phones might be bugged though; maybe start using pay phones from now on. or change your name; yeah, maybe that's the better way to go.

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By  Damon, at Friday, May 26, 2006 7:33:00 PM  

[Reptetive complaint about Patriot Act]

Matt is right that Osama is smarter than Bush are more in touch with the people. Had we listend to him post 9/11 we'd have saved a lot of money and lives stopping terrorism by getting troops out of other countries and stopping sending money and support to Isreal. That's a lot faster and easier than invading and overthrowing every other country.

And Murphy keep it up! I need to live vicariously through you!

By  Damon, at Saturday, May 27, 2006 3:56:00 AM  

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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

bin Laden tape 

# posted by Damon @ 5/24/2006 12:54:00 AM

Anyone read the text of this tape?

Basically he argues that Zacarias Moussaoui and no one in Guantanamo had anything to do with Sept 11. This is probably true, since the more people that know about something like that, the less likely it is to work, so why would anyone not on one of the planes be told anything about it? Bin Laden further says that many of the prisoners at Guantanamo are not affiliated with al-Qaida, and some oppose its methods. This sounds reasonable. Then as he begins to conclude, I had to share a hearty laugh with him at this line:

"My mentioning of these facts isn't out of hope that Bush and his party will treat our brothers fairly in their cases, because that is something no rational person expects,"

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Thats sounds like terrorist talk to me.... My freedom feels threatened by your words.

By  Brancibeer, at Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:27:00 PM  

if someone asked me who i thought more highly of, Osama or bush, i'd have to say Osama,he's smarter than bush, is actually in touch with his people.. shit Bin Laden in '08 baby, I share more of the same views with him than bush.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:19:00 AM  

i love bush

By  murphy, at Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:43:00 PM  

How about a Osama/Obama ticket in '08?

By  Anonymous, at Friday, May 26, 2006 8:23:00 AM  

thier theme song could be a remix of that black eyed peas song hey ma'ma
"Hey bam'a, this that shit that make you move bama. get on the floor and move your booty bama. we the bast master blast'n out the bama. come on now bama"

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Friday, May 26, 2006 7:55:00 PM  

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Monday, May 22, 2006

# posted by josh @ 5/22/2006 02:13:00 PM

harbor park tomorrow night?


ron, sorry i missed your call saturday night. my cell doesnt really work at my house. it's probably moot though cuz i had a migraine and i might have actually been sleeping it off when you called. either way, hope dan's was fun...tomorrow night?

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let hangover wednesdays commence.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Monday, May 22, 2006 2:39:00 PM  

you know it...red sox/yankees this week too!

By  josh, at Monday, May 22, 2006 4:56:00 PM  

Capital idea. Re-instatement of Harbor Park. That should be good for you guys. Grab some ass for me

By  Brancibeer, at Wednesday, May 24, 2006 12:16:00 AM  

Oh brancy, how many times do I need to tell you? If you want some ass, (excuse me, that should be HOT ass), all you have to do is come to my house. I've given you the address....

By  sadielady, at Wednesday, May 24, 2006 1:47:00 AM  

How can you get so into a guy just from some rants and comments and a few pictures? Maybe I should understand it, since I get a lot of you pissed at me from just the same few things.

By  Damon, at Wednesday, May 24, 2006 8:41:00 AM  

oh, i get more from brancy than a few rants and comments and pics. much, much more. don't judge me, i'm his online girlfriend.

By  sadielady, at Wednesday, May 24, 2006 11:10:00 AM  

See? Sorry, I'm not judging you, I was wondering if there was private stuff going on as well, but that's your business so the case can be closed.

By  Damon, at Wednesday, May 24, 2006 11:42:00 AM  

it's ok. i was trying to go for a comedy-like tone when i made the "don't judge me" comment, but it doesn't translate very well in type, does it. ok, so now we can all have a new fun thing to do today: let's wait and see if he freaks out b/c i called myself his girlfriend on his blog! fun stuff.

By  sadielady, at Wednesday, May 24, 2006 12:01:00 PM  

Oh good, yeah how to show sarcasm on here? Anyway as long as we're online only, will he/you freak out when someone else shows some interest in joing the action ;)

By  Damon, at Wednesday, May 24, 2006 2:41:00 PM  

I will spray my load all over the wall.
All over the mof*ckin wall.

Now please demonstrate which punctuation would make it sarcastic! Perhaps the tilde ~~~~~

(should I have even joined in here?)

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Wednesday, May 24, 2006 7:26:00 PM  

whrere's this address? i could use some hot ass

seriously damon, not everyone operates on your reason or logic. I think that part of why you come off as an asshole is that you see things so reasonably simple you wonder "why doesn't everyone see this is the right way for something to be done?" Then you criticize, like clearly done here.

hey man, everyone marches to their own tune. What do you really care if sadielady flirts online w/ branciteam anyway?

By  ron, at Wednesday, May 24, 2006 9:37:00 PM  

Hey man...like leave my online girlfriend out of it ok! Ha ha, i'm out for a day (or 3) and you all start fighting!

Yes damon, there is a bit of 'private stuff' of sorts between Sadielady and I. Don't worry she's cool. And hot. Goddamn it she's hot.

By  Brancibeer, at Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:22:00 PM  

I'm not worried, I'm not critizing, I don't really care and I'm joking.

By  Damon, at Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:17:00 AM  

branci, your own words should be motivation enough to get up there.

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Sunday, May 21, 2006

NYG rumors from CBS Sportsline 

# posted by Damon @ 5/21/2006 11:59:00 AM

Giants report: Notes, quotes

--Latest rumor making the rounds is that the Giants might be interested in signing their former starting quarterback, Kerry Collins, as the backup for Eli Manning. Collins was in place the day the team made the trade with San Diego on Draft Day 2004 to secure Manning. It was an expensive, convoluted deal but most fans now feel it was worth it. Collins stormed out of the Giants' employ days later after a meeting with GM Ernie Accorsi, saying: "I ain't no f-----g baby-sitter." But he is without a team now and might feel differently.

Giants report: Inside slant

It is becoming more and more evident, although without any official confirmation, that the Giants are planning a significant adaptation of the 3-4 alignment in their defense.

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14-18 May at Riksgränsen 

# posted by Damon @ 5/21/2006 11:23:00 AM

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Heliskiing changes your life. I was smiling for 2 or 3 days straight afterwards, and since then I have been very calm and relaxed, even though two exams. Previously I often passed people on my fast bike ride to class and had never been passed. Now I have been passed at least 4 or 5 times in as many days, and when I walk, I stroll slowly like it's summer's last walk on the beach. I hope this continues as it's time to begin my thesis, for which I never turned in the proposal so I hope that is not stressing my advisor and department head any more than it is me.

By  Damon, at Tuesday, May 23, 2006 5:33:00 AM  

a little birdie told me that smokin weed has the same effect.

nice pics.

By  ron, at Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:23:00 PM  

And that is more portable and maybe cheaper depending on how often each is done. Not so safe in Sweden though, where they don't differentiate among drugs. Carrying weed is just like carrying heorin.

By  Damon, at Wednesday, May 24, 2006 12:54:00 AM  

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Saturday, May 20, 2006

Happy Birthday RPL 3! 

# posted by Brancibeer @ 5/20/2006 11:34:00 AM

Have Fun!

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hahaha nice pic.

happy birthday ron!

By  josh, at Saturday, May 20, 2006 5:16:00 PM  

thanks buddy

stone mill for life

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Friday, May 19, 2006

On sleep 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 5/19/2006 12:20:00 PM

whats the lest amount of sleep you've ever had in a one week period? i'm not talking over the course of a weekend, that's cake. i've spent plenty of weekends on less that 6 hours sleep. what if you put two of them back to back and then screw up and don't sleep at all during the week. As i'm thinking now, sleep is for suckers, i'll sleep when i'm dead. when i was younger i'd not sleep in fear of missing something, anything. i do think i need to humker down and pull off at least one or two good nights sleep during the week just so i don't mess up my body for good, but days between stuff which requires me to stay up late seem few and far between. Thoughts?

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I think you can get by with less sleep, as long you keep a regular sleep schedule. Me personally, I like 7 to 7.5 hours. If I sleep more than that I feel tired all day. Since I became fully integrated in the machine, my life has become much more structured. I usually get to bed at 10:00 (though if, ehem, things go my way, uh, you know I 'm in the bed at 9:00p). And every day my alarm clock goes off at 5:20, but I also seem to wake up a minute before it actually goes off. The ball&chain is a snoozer. I occasionally fall prey to the morning snuggle(sic). I'm not sure what (sic) actually means, but my instincts told me it was appropiate. Anyway's. The downside becomes the inability to burn the midnight oil. Fortunetly, whiskey is a suitable replacement for oil. Coffee is mans best friend, so long as you don't drink so much the night before that you can't stomach the coffee. There are "other" more tenable methods of staying awake if you want to work on minimum sleep. I'm not sure what "tenable" means, again, instincts. Weather, I'm told can affect this shit too. So can dehydration, lack of sex, late night videogames, CSI, and obesity. Not sure if any those really effect any of us.

By  NoBrainRequired, at Friday, May 19, 2006 7:15:00 PM  

i'm not so sure just getting by is what i had in mind. many nights i dream of 7 hours. coffee helps, until i've had too much and then it interfears with the sleep i'm trying to get.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Monday, May 22, 2006 4:54:00 PM  

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68 degrees, 25 minutes North 

# posted by Damon @ 5/19/2006 05:30:00 AM

Some pictures will follow when my friend sends them, but I need to say something about my ski trip. We left Sthlm where it was sunny and temps were around 21C (70F). The leaves were out, girls were in skirts, etc. Just an hour and a half flight North and the ground was covered in snow. More snow was falling in heavy winds. We took a bus another hour and a half to the northernmost ski area in the world. Riksgränsen is on the Norwegian border and boasts 2 chairlifts and 19 trails. Wow huh? How about several cliffs and avalanch tracks inbounds?

On our first day of skiing, you couldn't tell the ski from ground or ice from powder, which varied in depth from zero to waist deep. We ended up going down one of the avalanch prone chutes and although it was open, we didn't know to check. With a pitch at least 35 degrees, highly variable snow conditions, and visibility about 60 yards, it was interesting. There were no tracks in the snow, so we couldn't tell where drops began, which side of a fence was the cornice and which side was safe, etc, etc. Pretty intense.

Three days later, it was totally clear with blue skies in every direction as the helicopter left six of us on a nearby peak. You could see the fjords in Norway, and seemingly forever South into Sweden. The guide remarked it was one of the best days of the season as we started our way down into a bowl where the snow of the past week has been piling up and was untouched since there had not been flying conditions before that morning when we took off.

Having just taken an exam for "Advanced Refrigeration and Heat Pump Technology," I think the guide was right in saying once you do it, you have to make it a career. Of course it's unrealistic, but it's certainly tempting to ignore my thesis and start looking for places that need heliskiing guides.

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I can't even imagine how awesome that must be

By  Brancibeer, at Friday, May 19, 2006 10:18:00 AM  

you lucky bastard. You could probably be a heliski guide for part of the year and your career for the rest.

By  murphy, at Friday, May 19, 2006 12:12:00 PM  

Yeah I was thinking of that, doing the guide thing part time. Especially in Sweden since the resort doesn't open until March because it's too dark, and people get so much time off from regular jobs anyway.

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Thursday, May 18, 2006

Notable recent exchange in Brancibeer household 

# posted by Brancibeer @ 5/18/2006 04:08:00 PM

Conversation involved some religious connotation. Questions were raised about something.

[Roommate 1] "Wait wait....Don't we have a freakin Bible anywhere in this house?!"

[Me] "......No."

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you should have thanked god for that. hethan.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Thursday, May 18, 2006 4:35:00 PM  

"freakin' Bible" hahaha You may address any and all Bible questions to Pastor JLee.

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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

African proverb 

# posted by ron @ 5/17/2006 09:26:00 PM

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning a lion wakes up.
It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.
It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.
When the sun comes up, you better start running.

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Are you reading The World Is Flat?

By  wyldshaman, at Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:58:00 AM  

Nice. This kind of posting i like

By  Brancibeer, at Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:05:00 PM  

yup, good read, although its nothing really new to our generation.

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Tuesday, May 16, 2006

is that a jake brake? no one drives through here fast enough to use the jake brake?!? 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 5/16/2006 05:08:00 PM

To my surprise, this guy hit the railroad bridge, these pictures speak for themselves. I was sitting at my desk waiting to go home and i heard a trucks Jake Brake go off. i hear trucks go past us all the time and i never usually think twice about it but they never are going fast enough to have the jake brake kick in so i looked out the window. all i could see was the front half of the cab and it wasn't moving. "fuck yeah! someone hit the bridge!" rick, carol, and I all went out on the front lawn to see it. it was sweet. this guy totally fucked up the trailer. i got up on the railroad bridge with our camera and took these pictures befoer the cops showed up. We weren't the on;y gawkers either, the depot for this guy is like 1/2 mile up the road so a bunch of people from thier place litterally came running down the road to look at it. I'd have a picture of that too but the disk in the camera ran out of room, i took the pic and it said disk full "motherfucker!" reguardless this was kind of cool, but this poor guy who was driving is fucked but good.

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Couple Q's: What the hell is a Jake brake? And Why was the memory card full after 4 pics?

By  Brancibeer, at Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:24:00 PM  

you ever hear that WAAAaaa..da.da.da.da.da sound coming from a truck? the jake brake is kicking in and trying to slow it down with out the driver hitting the breaks. i'm not totally sure about the details on it. the camera we have uses those mini CDs and there was only enough room left for 4 pics on it.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Wednesday, May 17, 2006 8:24:00 AM  

the jake brake eleases the valves after the compression stroke witout firing the fuel mixture. think of using the engin to compress air, not ignite it then just vent it.

By  ron, at Wednesday, May 17, 2006 9:25:00 PM  

But the thing that makes it unique is not what provides the pressure, but that it acts only on the back wheels so that it has a straightening effect while not affecting steering isn't it?

By  Damon, at Thursday, May 18, 2006 2:43:00 PM  

never heard of it having a straightening effect.

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giant robots! 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 5/16/2006 01:24:00 PM

i told you the transformers were coming. test footage.

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am i the only one whos gets excited about giant robots?

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Wednesday, May 17, 2006 3:04:00 PM  

Thats cool. Is this going to be a movie?

By  Brancibeer, at Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:14:00 PM  

fuck yeah, next summer.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418279/
michael bay directs, spielberg produces.

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Monday, May 15, 2006

Welcome to the insanity that I call "Monday" 

# posted by Brancibeer @ 5/15/2006 11:04:00 AM

[Me] "My boss is such a scatterbrain. He took off this week and left all these loose ends for me to tie up. Its crazy mom, crazy.

[Mom] "How did this guy get that job anyway?"

[Me] "I dont really know. He has a Phd."

[Mom] "Yeah, but he doesn't have a clue."


Cheers mom. Cheers.

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yeah, mondays suck. I'm usually ready to do a ton of stuff on monday but i always get bogged down by other people and nothing gets done. we hold out production meetings on mondays and they always kill about an hour and a half in the middle of the day. Today all i did was ask rick a simple question and it turned into an argument. this guy is amazing, i try to give him credit because just about every job goes through him because he buys the materials, so i ask simple questions like "where would a good place be to get a price on titanium tube?" not hard, he's the purchashing guy, i'd like to think he'd be the first place to stop and ask if i have a question like that, but no, he ends up giving me grief and it always turns into a big ordeal, today i just said fuck it. "rick, fine, i just won't give you credit anymore and i'll stop asking you anything, do you have a problem with that too?" he rambled on and i walked away. fucking mondays

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Monday, May 15, 2006 7:37:00 PM  

you could pull an "Office Space" on him...call in sick a few days...maybe then you'll get a promotion!*

*"Jlee takes no responibility if Brancibeer gets fired."

By  JLee, at Tuesday, May 16, 2006 9:56:00 AM  

"PCLoadLetter?!
The fuck is that?!?"

Each time I feel like I'm making progress on something I'll get a constituent calling for help with something. Then I end up researching like Medicare Part D for an hour and networking with state agencies to hook them up with some help. Seriously, if you guys are running into actual grief with something that the locals aren't handling - call your state legislator! But not me. Fortunately I take care of no towns any of you live in.

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Wednesday, May 17, 2006 7:14:00 PM  

haha...every time I make a copy at work, I say that line and giggle to myself as people eye me as if I were insane...perhaps I am?

By  JLee, at Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:24:00 AM  

My work showed office space in the auditorium. Then paid us to take the two hours to watch it. I don't think anyone in management had seen the movie though. I base that on there hearing complaints about the language afterwords. Either way it was good afternoon. Today they gave me a .05$ waterbottle that says {company name here} on it. I was all rosy until they doubled my work load, and suggested that I shorten my vacation. Oh well, such is life.

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Friday, May 12, 2006

moving party? 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 5/12/2006 03:38:00 PM

greg and megan are moving into a new place tomarrow and have asked for anyone who's willing to help. we shall be paid in beer and pizza. we should wear uniforms.

branci, in response to Wii, i can offer this:

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Nintendo Wii 

# posted by Brancibeer @ 5/12/2006 02:38:00 PM

The thought hit me yesterday. There's only one game Nintendo needs to make with their new technology: Starwars. If they can create a realistic litesaber fighting game....comeon you know as well as I its all over. The geeks would be running.

E3 article about Wii

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Well it seems to be that time again 

# posted by Brancibeer @ 5/12/2006 12:33:00 PM

Time. Yes it felt right and i knew. Time to listen to my complete collection of Led Zeppelin. Disc 1 track one all the way through to Traveling Riverside Blues on Coda. Not all at once of course. It's accompying me in the car to and fro to work. The brown bomber is in the player right now.

Leaves are falling all around, It's time I was on my way.
Thanks to you, I'm much obliged for such a pleasant stay.
But now it's time for me to go. The autumn moon lights my way.
For now I smell the rain, and with it pain, and it's headed my way.
Sometimes I grow so tired, but I know I've got one thing I got to do...

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are you a hippie?

By  JLee, at Friday, May 12, 2006 5:59:00 PM  

ramble on man.

By  ron, at Friday, May 12, 2006 8:43:00 PM  

Hippie? Na. There aints nothing wrong with getting the led out with my buddy samson though. 'Its been a long time since I' gave you 'a whole lotta love', but oh baby, 'your time is going to come'. 'How many more times' are we going to talk about 'what is and should never be', but still 'I cant quit you baby'. 'Thats the way' its going to be 'since i've been loving you', but watch out cause 'when the levee breaks' you better head 'over the hills and far away'. 'Thankyou'

By  Brancibeer, at Saturday, May 13, 2006 11:41:00 PM  

Although it's only Runes I really like, I must thank Ron for lending me his collection in middle school or sometime like that because I was making fun of that old stuff and he made me give it a chance. It's good stuff.

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006

I got Rumbled in Bozeman, MT 

# posted by murphy @ 5/10/2006 01:55:00 PM

Back in action, back in the saddle, in black, in town, into the swing of things and out of the woods of Idaho. Spent the last 4 days in the middle of nowhere Idaho. Got drunk, stoned, partied my ass off with crazy boating broads. Slept in the back of my van and it was awesome. Got a free t shirt, free beer coozie, got laid and got the hell out of there, but not before making some friends and contacts for a possible guiding job in the future. Successful trip?

yes

Back in Bozeangeles. I got a package from awesome incorporated. Idiots spelled the name of their own company wrong(awsome) and the package looked like it had been wrapped by a... a fucking worker monkey. opened, assembled, packed packed and packed. High, higher and nearly immobilized. Nice work, "If you do not have this product get it now, Awesome incorported has outdone themselves this time-nice fucking work"--Justin Murphy, master of ceremonies, 2000-2003

cant wait to see you freeks in a couple of weeks

yours truly

The great White Rastafarian

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"With our new Connecticut-Idaho shipping line, Awsome Inc. has gone international!!"

"The company's new tobacco bong unshackles my mind from concepts like 'good music' and 'harmony'. Thanks Awsome Inc.!!" - DJ The Great Matsby

"After trying Awsome Inc.'s products, I became immune to flame and frost." - Dr. Doom

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:17:00 PM  

i love you dr doom

the case of the missing "e" is to throw the FBI guy off.
I have the best customers

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Thursday, May 11, 2006 11:39:00 AM  

I'm sure the FBI guy's head is really spinning from that one. Whoa.

By  Brancibeer, at Thursday, May 11, 2006 1:25:00 PM  

google "awsome" and see what comes up.

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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

following suit 

# posted by josh @ 5/09/2006 11:15:00 PM

i guess we're all updating each other on our lives picture style, so since i dont really do much besides school these days, here are some pics of myself and my gilfriend, dominique. for those of you who check my blog occasionally these might be repeats, but i suspect you'll live. hope all are doing well. home in a week or so...we'll hit the links.

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Dominique seems surprised by 'the shocker'. Think she would be used to it my now eh barnes.

By  Brancibeer, at Tuesday, May 09, 2006 11:59:00 PM  

well, i think it was really more casual acceptance. but i wont totally discount surprise, i like to mix it up.

By  josh, at Wednesday, May 10, 2006 12:56:00 AM  

This is for Macunas, but I didn't know if he would scroll down so far as his post. I've just met a Swedish girl who is going to Hartford in a few weeks for two months. I have scared her by telling her it's a pretty quiet city, so now she's afraid of being bored or unable to find parties. She already has some friends there, but do you want to help?

By  Damon, at Wednesday, May 10, 2006 2:37:00 AM  

she can find any frat boy she'd ever want at the dickyard (brickyard). talk about a sausage fest...

By  josh, at Wednesday, May 10, 2006 12:47:00 PM  

Pretty girl, good work.

By  NoBrainRequired, at Wednesday, May 10, 2006 5:28:00 PM  

That ho is blazin'. Barnes - you remain The Man.

Damon - yes yes yes.

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:03:00 PM  

so is Dicta like a "guest star" on this blog? Kinda like Pinky Tuscadero on "Happy Days"?

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Monday, May 08, 2006

my lost brother 

# posted by ron @ 5/08/2006 10:01:00 PM

One of my buddies at work found this pic after he saw my staff profile pic

its Rik from the BBC comedy The Young Ones! I've never seen it but fuck it stirred up quite a laugh around the office.

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oh my god, that show is so funny...you HAVE to find it and watch it!!

By  JLee, at Monday, May 08, 2006 10:34:00 PM  

hahahaha thats dead on...brilliant

By  josh, at Tuesday, May 09, 2006 1:30:00 AM  

Dude, i thought you WEREN'T smoking??

By  Brancibeer, at Tuesday, May 09, 2006 1:18:00 PM  

Your brother smokes cigs by the fistfull?

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Tuesday, May 09, 2006 9:20:00 PM  

I hope you all think of me the next time you step on a plane.

... carry the one.,..color all the red stresses blue.... yup, yup sure, it'll fly

By  ron, at Tuesday, May 09, 2006 11:06:00 PM  

i hope you think of guys like me first. you can model all the crap you want but we build the parts that coat the blades and other parst that are used to make engine parts. you tell me how thick to make it, then it comes out however the hell i feel like. is that enough argon in the chamber? beats the hell out of me but it won't get coated proppery if the holes in the gas ring are too small. maybe i'll save a few bucks by making it out of 601 instead of inconel 600. maybe those masking cans don't fit togeather right after the 10th run. there are about a million places to fuck up an engine after you get done with it. i'm sure i've told a bunch of you the story about all the parts inthe back of hte test cells.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:17:00 PM  

i hope that was early in the morning, you really do look stoned

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Sunday, May 07, 2006

Stogies 

# posted by DJ Booze Piñata @ 5/07/2006 09:26:00 PM

Oh you better believe it.

So this year is a short legislative session because it's an even year, where most bills pertain to financial matters unless they are approved by a joint standing committee. The legislative session ended Wednesday, May 3 when midnight struck towards Thursday. The positive tension was building up by 9-10pm, when network news crews began doing their reports. Backlight umbrellas full of light would spill out into the House Chamber, which saw new people each minute. Interns and sessional employees came in to see not only the last few minutes of law, but the first few hours of partylaw.

This is me with Speaker of the House Jim Amann. Anyone who works for the House of Representatives works for this guy, really. He's a good guy, and I had the privilage of smoking my cigar whilst sitting in the speaker's chair. The whole Capitol Building was filled with smoke. The smoke of celebration. Each caucus would open up their rooms so folks could party, and the one I work for is the biggest and best because we're Democrats, goddamnit. The inside wings of the Capitol resemble the floors of a mall: hollow until the bottom. From the 5th floor there was a get-the-ring-over-the-Nathan Hale-statue game using hula-hoops. If you were on one of the middle floors you'd just see these hula-hoops dropping like:
".....the fuck?"
Of course I would be yelling out "Eli Whitney!!" if someone hit.

More to come on the things we actually accomplished during the session, which were significant. I am now extremely happy that I will not be pulling any more virtual all-nighters, but moreover because I'm only working one job now instead of two. I was hired on as a sessional employee as the house roll-call clerk in February, but then hired on permenantly in March to replace a Legislative Assistant. Now I can finally focus on the people. Because it's the people that matter.

The people who get state benefits.


"Check please!"

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Fuck yeah. I actually just looked at that pic you sent via verizon text notification.

Good work macunas, keep it up. You'll be rolling in "Abrihoffesque" dow in no time.

Nobody parties like Democrats. But i'm sure the Repubs had their fair share of blow that night.

By  Brancibeer, at Sunday, May 07, 2006 11:18:00 PM  

Great! I have been following the happenings at the Capital, i think it was a very good session, glad Rell got on the healthy school nutrition side, i was telling everyone about that. Now i only have her crazy-car-tax idea to bash her on, its not that strong, as most people just see it as less taxes, but most of them dont pay anyway, we already get up to $350 back.

Amann seems all about the Rail and mass-transit so i like him. Lets get the New London-to-Springfield Line going, i want a stop in Norwich, Utopia maybe.

There arent many Republicans in the assembly(because CT is cool) so i bet they didnt party as hard... right?

By  wyldshaman, at Monday, May 08, 2006 12:55:00 PM  

republicans do it behind closed doors

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Monday, May 08, 2006 1:04:00 PM  

macunas...its just crazy enough to work. nice clothes, the grandmas'll love em. Straight to the top with this kid. nice fucking work

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Saturday, May 06, 2006

Weekfull 

# posted by Brancibeer @ 5/06/2006 11:48:00 PM

Busy week huh? Yeah, I would say so. Went to the keys this week for meetings. What type of meetings you may ask? Well, drug cartels friends. Drug cartels. After a smooth transition with my Cuban connections I thought the hard part was over. I thought wrong…. I had some company. Blast! It’s the State:

Those biologists are pesky ones, for they don’t give up easy. Luckily I’ve played my fair share of GTA vice city and I knew how to handle such environments. I made a heading for this tropical island:

After a series of pursuits I lay crouched in some scraggly bushes. I was doomed. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. Ahh, but alas....remember your Bible belt training. Quick Brancibeer, think. Think. Oh yes! How could i forget! No need to worry because:

So really, the keys was pretty good. I didn't take a whole lot of pics, just a few. Note to self: hangovers + boating in 4-5ft seas = not cool. I got some snorkling in, however, had to struggle to hold it together while the boat was swaying and bouncing around like a toy in gods hands. I believe the quote of the week was, "If this boat doesn't start fucking moving soon...i'm going to seriously start blowing chunks". That was by another girl in the boat, however, i certainly seconded the notion.

Came back friday to attend a cinco day mayo party hosted by a loose friend. Found out there might actually be some decent people in this shitty afterall. My one complaint though- "Hey, are you actually going to put any alcohol in these margaritas?" Brancibeer had to continually 'irish' up his weak drinks. And somehow i managed to stay mostly sober anyway. But that was ok, cause i made up for it today at the wedding i attended. I know what your thinking and the answers no. Brancibeers hands stayed strictly to himself, although his eyes surely were allowed to wander a bit. Eventhough there wasn't much to wander to... Finally, a nice pic outside of the church. I believe this was the first time in a long time i deemed a tie.



THE END

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cool pics...lookin spiffy

By  josh, at Sunday, May 07, 2006 2:49:00 AM  

oh, your eyes wandered, huh? funny, you didn't tell me about THAT part of your weekend...

look at my sweet baby in his tie. such a cutie.

By  sadielady, at Sunday, May 07, 2006 12:25:00 PM  

Easy Sadie, you know where my eyes are LOCKED lately.

By  Brancibeer, at Sunday, May 07, 2006 11:22:00 PM  

nice weekend.

gta3, cartels, damn flashbeack to 2003.

willi oaks rules!

By  ron, at Monday, May 08, 2006 9:39:00 PM  

you telling me nothing not even a blumpkin? Nice restraint branciteam, youll have to teach me how to say no. Nice pic, you Ron Jeremy and Courtney love for co workers and no porn, those to have GOT to be fuckin

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Thursday, May 04, 2006

FREE! they're fucking FREE! 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 5/04/2006 09:09:00 AM

thats right, once again its Free Comic Book Day this saturday. i have to admit that the line up of free swag this year is less than impressive, but its fucking free. i can't really think of too many instances were an entire industry gives away its products for free. The last time i saw any store giving away free stuff was Ben and Jerry's free ice cream day. the lines stretched down the street for about a half mile. I was in burlington so it's kind of a local thing but it was awesome (with the E) and i got a free scoop. Either way, support a good idea, visit a comic shop and pick up some cool stuff.

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wow that one's hard to miss

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Thursday, May 04, 2006 4:11:00 PM  

I missed free comic book day... damn. But hey, i did get my free ice cream after work the other day.

By  wyldshaman, at Sunday, May 07, 2006 6:57:00 AM  

actually, i missed it too. i got my oil changed instead. doh!

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Wednesday, May 03, 2006

I'm in too deep, but i'm still head and shoulders above the rest 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 5/03/2006 03:41:00 PM

ever get that feeling you're just cheating your way through life, work, play, etc. Today i was doing a little HX design at work and i had a problem. There is a guy who helps me with this stuff when i have problems so i sent it to him and told him the whole story and how i thought i was really close but my numbers didn't add up. he wrote back that i was totally wrong in what i was doing and i had to find a bunch of numbers that are not easy to find and do all this math that i don't want to spend the time doing. "oh fuck". i suddenly got the feeling that i'm really just cheating my way through this whole HX design crap and i actually have no idea what i'm doing. i think this happens about once ever two months. something happens and i just feel like i'm totally in over my head. these people are relying on me (and paying me) to design this stuff, yet apparently i have no idea what i'm doing. great. once again i can't help but think "they pay me for this?!?".

Of course the flip side is when someone who's been doing stuff like this thier entire career, then turns and asks me a question. the guy across the office from me asked me a few questions about autocad and how layouts should look for bending something. i actually had an answer for it and suddenly felt useful again. maybe thats what they pay me for. Of course this morning i was once again asked a few odd questions about hiring and firing people by HB (Hot Boss). I think it's time to steal person #2 from the old company. apparently we let someone go and one of the guys in the shop i like is leaving. so now we're down a man and i was asked if i know anyone else. tom seems to be working out well, so now i'm a bastion for finding good people. I may not know all the crap i'm supposed to with my big bad engineering degree, but i can sneak my way through it and be really useful in other situations. apparently thats good enough.

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funny, i was just thinking about this today as i began studying for my advanced tax final. i know enough to get thru these classes, but really i dont know shit. and next year wont help me, cuz its just more classes. and they're all electives, my requirements are done. and the schedule is terrible so you can really only take certain classes cuz there are lots of timing conflicts.

i have 2 finals left. my hardest 2. i'm so close to done. but then i have a whole last year, but it will only be more of the same. i'm getting sick of school, and i dont know what i want to do for a job. fuck, i dont have a job for this summer yet. just a nice big pile of "oh we're sorry but we'll keep your resume on file cuz that will make everything ok" letters. i'm getting sick of this.

By  josh, at Wednesday, May 03, 2006 6:00:00 PM  

were short a couple of guides for the raft company if you want a job josh

By  murphy, at Friday, May 05, 2006 1:21:00 PM  

barone and i are scouting out that prospect

By  Brancibeer, at Sunday, May 07, 2006 8:52:00 PM  

yeah, if i freak out again and quit/get fired maybe rafting guide will be a nice career change.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Monday, May 08, 2006 8:20:00 AM  

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Tuesday, May 02, 2006

en route 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 5/02/2006 07:06:00 PM

Awsome Inc. has now shipped it's first package. one "murphy" will be recieving The Rumbler^TM in about a week. complete with instructions. and yes, i'm now just spelling it wrong for the hell of it.

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Monday, May 01, 2006

Nelson! 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 5/01/2006 08:15:00 AM

can't believe i saw this today.

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And this one "Giants, George Mason basketball giant Lewis agree to deal" CBS Sportsline.com

By  Damon, at Tuesday, May 02, 2006 1:26:00 AM  

i saw that too, is everyone trying to find the next antonio gates?

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Tuesday, May 02, 2006 8:21:00 AM  

yes.

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