What Works for Me

I was talking to a friend on IM, when I was suddenly pelted with slanders based on the outdated and outmoded stereotypes of Minnesotan behavior. I struck back for Minnesotans everywhere:

fun chat, im

I sent the following IMs (I’m the blue/gray one) to a co-worker, in an attempt to get her to laugh in front of our boss:

fun, real life im, potato, tato

We had a problem user that was bothering other users, and there was a question as to what we should do with this person.

My suggestion was a brief email from Customer Service:

Dear [Problem User], Shut your ugly face. Just shut it. Nobody wants to be friends with you EVER. Everyone is out eating Blizzards and making fun of you.

I’d be great at Customer Service.

fun, real life customer service

A friendly chat between me and a co-worker, admiring her recently-posted Employee Profile!

Chat
(2:59:22 PM) Me: Hey I saw your profile up in the brunch room
(2:59:52 PM) Co-worker: did you like it
(3:00:21 PM) Me: I did
(3:00:24 PM) Me: except for all the cursing
(3:00:56 PM) Co-worker: what cursing?
(3:01:22 PM) Me: lotta swears
(3:01:38 PM) Me: it’s like a sailor wrote it while on shore leave
(3:02:06 PM) Co-worker: I don’t think you were reading mine
(3:02:36 PM) Me: it had a picture of you giving the "bird"

fun, real life im, work

C – Caffeine
It’s cheap and it’s ubiquitous. It ain’t exactly safe, but at least its effects are predictable, and there’s a general agreement that it’s just the de facto drug of choice.

Assembly – Cocaine
It’s faster than C, but it’s also scary, so not many people are going to do it with you.

Ada – LSD
Ada and LSD were both created by the government in order to punish people (and coincidentally, they were both created for military purposes). You’ll see strange things, but you won’t like ‘em.

Ruby – Ecstacy
It’s what the kids do, it’s colorful, and it makes people happy. However, like ecstacy, the morning after a Ruby hit will leave you forlorn and depressed, as your happiness fades and you realize that Ruby is just another programming language.

Perl – Magic Mushrooms
You’re going to see a lot of things that don’t make a lot of sense, but repeated exposure isn’t going to elucidate anything.

Java – Clove cigarettes
It’s safer, but it’s also not much fun after the first few times.

fun, programming languages, programming

Hi everyone,

I’ve created a new mix CD for your enjoyment. Have a great Spring!!

Download the CD
http://lavalantern.org/mix_spring09/

Track listing

01 - MGMT - Time To Pretend.mp3

02 - Jackson and His Computer Band - Hard Tits.mp3

03 - Junkie XL - Not Enough.mp3

04 - Sigur Ros - Saeglopur.mp3

05 - Dr. Dog - The Breeze.mp3

06 - Friends of Dean Martinez - Dusk.mp3

07 - The Sounds - Night After Night.mp3

08 - Kings of Leon - I Want You.mp3

09 - A Man Called Adam - Easter Song.mp3

10 - Stars - Ageless Beauty.mp3

fun mix, music

At my work, a couple of co-workers and I enjoy going to this restaurant in Eagan called Hovie’s. They sell bargain-basement sandwiches in a diner/lunch counter atmosphere. If a $4 club sandwich while watching Maury is your idea of heaven, Hovie’s may be the place for you.

We get to talking about our love of Hovie’s now and then, and today was no different (I’m in red):

fun, real life hovies, im

At my work, people buy bagels when it’s someone’s birthday. An odd way to celebrate, but people generally go for it.

At about mid-morning I decided I’d go grab one, only to discover that my favorite, and arguably best flavor - “cinnamon cruncher” (my name) – was all gone. I wasn’t surprised, since they only buy like 2 or 3 of them (for a 30-person office), and that led to the following IM exchange (I’m in red):

fun, real life bagel, debacle

I love Mutts, but because I don’t enjoy visiting a full web page for one single comic, I never read it; Mutts doesn’t have an RSS feed.

So what’d I do? I created an RSS feed for Mutts.

The same restrictions apply:

• The most recent comic available is the comic from two weeks before the day you’re requesting the RSS feed
• The oldest comic available is from five weeks before the most recent one

Want to subscribe to this sick RSS feed? Click here!

fun comic, mutts, rss

I went on Craiglist looking for some seeds and birdfeeds, in preparation for Springtime, and I ran into some problems:

This is where my quest ended. Jim was most unhelpful.

fun birdseed, craigslist, seeds, spring