Friday, November 21, 2008

What kind of blogger are you?

I took the Meyers-Briggs personality assessment years ago as part of a team building exercise and I though I was ISTJ, but I've had a few beers since then. Also, I guess you can change over time...people do change, right?
Yet I definitely remember NOT being 'Feeling' and that is why I think I was also 'Judging' - I do recall the Introvert/Extrovert was borderline slightly "I".

Regardless, I saw this link and thought I would let it anal-ize my characteristic through my blog.
Here are the results:

ESFP - The Performers Are you sure about that?

The entertaining and friendly type. They are especially attuned to pleasure and beauty and like to fill their surroundings with soft fabrics, bright colors and sweet smells. They live in the present moment and don´t like to plan ahead - they are always in risk of exhausting themselves.

They enjoy work that makes them able to help other people in a concrete and visible way. They tend to avoid conflicts and rarely initiate confrontation - qualities that can make it hard for them in management positions.

Analysis: This show what parts of the brain that were dominant during writing.

I guess the front part of my brain is dead due to beating it against a wall at work!


OK, some of that is true, but the "soft fabrics, bright colors and sweet smells" I am not so sure about... not that I like 'unsweet' smells.
Case in point: Today, ok, I am wearing a soft fannel shirt, but that just cause it cold outside. Now bright colors: uh-uh
* Shirt: grey-black plaid,
* Pants: black jeans
* Undies: navy boxers (no skid marks) TMI, I know.
* Socks: white tennis bootie socks, OK I am a geek

...seriously, I not that swish am I? lol, whatever!


Why don't you give it a try @ typealyzer

If nothing else it's good for a laugh!

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

My kids cancelled out my vote....but I am still proud of them

While I wasn't an Obamanite, both my kids were. I actaully voted Libertarian. Screw the lesser of two evils vote, even though I knew I was throwing away my vote -- but that was my political statement.
Libertarian Party is really not that bad on Fiscal issues, I think it is the 4:20 aspect that keeps them from wider acceptance :-) [sorry Bigg]

It really is funny though, while my kids grew up in a conservative, yet openminded house.... they really have not stayed 'republican' in nature. They agreed that Univ. of Texas in Austin was too liberal and too many strange people hung around campus... so they went to the conservative university that both their parent attended. I always told them they could go anywhere they wanted, but if the wanted me to pay for it, they would go to TAMU.

We live in the suburbs of Austin (to distance us from t.u. , all the extremist liberals and crazy tree huggers - my apologies to the sane tree huggers).
Anyway, back to the tangent thought: A few years ago the Austin Chamber of Commerce came up with the slogan : 'Keep Austin Wierd"
My Alma Mater, Texas A&M University - WHOOP! - is in College Station and being the "anti-t.u." came up with the bumper sticker slogan: "Keep College Station Normal"
Our home town, not to be outdone started: "Keep Round Rock Mildly Amusing".
...but I digress from the reason for this post, other than to point out the polarizing aspects of the community they grew up in.

I guess College Station/TAMU has drifted to Ultra-conservative. You would think that sending your kids there would instill conservative value, but no... my kids have become a more liberal and I didn't understand that until this article was printed in the campus newspaper, "The Battalion":
Young Conservatives

HEY DUMBASS: Freedon of Speech still comes with responsibility. I think the actions of this group (not all of which were included in this article - let's just say reminds me of KKK antics) has caused my kids to want to distance themselves from their ideals...and I can't say that I blame them. btw, that is my son in the picture...made the t-shirt himself.
I have heard that even the Young Republicans distance themselves from this group...go figure.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

These are always fun...

What dog breed are you? I'm a Golden Retriever! Find out at Dogster.com

Golden Retriever
The Charmer
Laid-back, sociable and well-groomed, you've got your own hip little pack of groupies who just love to be around you. You have a brain inside that adorable little head of yours, though you use it mostly to organize your hectic social calendar. You never poop out at parties, and since you're popular with ladies and men, as well as children and adults, you dish out your wit, charm and luck to whomever is close enough to bask in it. The top dog likes you and wants to be your best friend, despite the fact that he doesn't really know what the heck you do. No one does, in fact, but everyone loves you all the same. A true foodie, you’ve got your keen ears fine-tuned to make sure you don't miss out on the opening of a trendy new place to nosh. But your youthful days of being able to wolf down food 24-7 are wagging behind you, meaning you've got to watch what you eat so you don’t pull a Brando and outgrow your coats. Learn more »
FAMOUS GOLDEN RETRIEVERS: Bono, Robert Redford, Joe Montana, Julia Roberts
LIKELY PROFESSIONS: Journalist, Intelligence Agent, Venture Capitalist

I might have to take it over again, there were some answers that I must have waffled on...
Hectic Social Calendar - Life of the Party... if I know everyone there maybe I'll be a wild and crazy guy, otherwise i am very reserved and I haven't been to a party in years!


OK I took it again and this is what i got...
What dog breed are you? I'm a Labrador Retriever! Find out at Dogster.com

Labrador Retriever
The Caretaker
Your family is what makes you tick, and you never "flea" from an opportunity to hang out with the whole gang. A family picnic complete with hot dogs, deviled eggs and a refreshing swim in the lake is hard for you to stray from. Your sparky temperament and dogged intelligence mean you are not only a blast to hang out with, but great to work with as well. Your close pals appreciate your patience and forgiveness, knowing you'd rather let sleeping dogs lie than dwell on the mishaps of the past. Your dashing good looks may one day lead to a modelling career, if only you can tame the unfortunate clumsiness that sometimes causes you to go flailing from the catwalk. Learn more »
FAMOUS LABRADOR RETRIEVERS: Bill Cosby, Jackie Onassis, Dr. Phil, David Beckham
LIKELY PROFESSIONS: Doctor, Sales Executive, Teacher

David Beckham sounds nice...

Saturday, October 11, 2008

We are the Aggies, but...

I was initially impressed when Mike Sherman was selected as the next A&M coach and you do have the give the guy a little slack in his first year, except the only thing he proves is that if you don't play the first string you will loose. He finally put Javorskie Lane on 4th and Goal from the 1 yd line and he came through.... then later he did put him in, much to his credit on 3rd and Goal from 2yrd line, but called the exact same play...well I guess if it worked once maybe it would twice....but then on 4 and Goal on the next play, just calling the same play to other guard - that is not brilliant play calling. J-train can run more than one play, just look at the film from last year! A little off tackle shift and the ends were vulnerable.... come on Sherman, be a little more creative and use him more! It's pretty obvious when he comes in on only 3rd and Goal, the few times that we get that close, that he will be getting the ball. Put him in at other times and punish a few linemen to free up some holes for the other backs once they get a little 'gun shy' and sore.

That last dumb ass coach we had decimated the defense - a once a proud spot for A&M and Aggies everywhere - called the Wrecking Crew. Well it's still wrecked... and it really is depressing. We have absolutly no secondary. We did have Peterson, but he's been hurt and did not even play today. ...and under Sherman there has been not real improvement

I will get off of Gray's back, he did finally have a couple of good runs. He does have moves, he does have speed, he just doesn't use them at the same time... he finally put it together a couple of times, but he is not Goodson! ...yet... He is a Freshman, so there is hope for the future.

Unfortunately the rest of our schedule is mostly Top Ten ranked teams except Baylor and even Baylor has been improving - so we may competing against ourselves for basement of the Big 12...

I would just like to see some improvement in the defense... Our offense can move the ball most o fthe time, but when the defense can't make a stop, it's hard to keep up... The offense could help itself by not turningover the ball, but that's another story...

I just hope we don't have OU or tu, or even TxTech score over 70 ... but sadly it may be possible - heck K. State put 44 on us and could have done more...

Sunday, September 21, 2008

I will be glad when this wkend is over

Well, I didn't expect the Aggies to beat Miami, but I didn't think that they would make themselves look so bad either. I figured we would loose by two scores and we were still competitive to the half...in the 3 qtr. they just gave away two touchdowns early due to errors and dug a hole they could get out of....
What a depressing weekend this has turned out to be!

My daughter's best friend has been living with us (rent free - that was our graduation present to her) since she graduated from nursing school in May and got a job working at the local hospital. Her mom moved to Houston while she was in college - that is one reason for the arrangement. She moved out this weekend. I thought she left a nice thank you note, but 'the wife' could find reason to find fault in it. What a surprize - that is one of the things I really hate about her and just drives yet another wedge between us that I don't see can be (or don't want to) repair.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Life sucks and then you die

Today has been the shits...
First off, i forgot my phone at home.
Arrived at work for TeleConf. @10 and dialed in ahead of time. About 5 mins past start time they finally bothered to tell us the callin number changed.
There were charts they were sharing over the internet and the presenter did not know he was suppose to advance the screens, someone finally spoke up on screen 5 that our view was not changing.
I work with idiots sometime - "Plans, we don't need no stinking plans!"
That mtg was only planned for 1 hr... lasted to 1pm... at least that was when I left.
Got back from lunch to learn that a mtg was called 30 mins ago to review the mtg that took so long...
and then 'the wife' called me to tell me she got laid off from work...

Life sucks sometimes

Thursday, September 18, 2008

OMG! Is Austin going to have a FALL Season this year?

After the cold front pushed IKE east of Austin, I figured it would be just another ONE DAY of 'cool-ish temps.' and then back to 90+ degrees in the waning Dog Days of Summer which usually last until Christmas. Indian Summer is putting it lightly. Yet it is still cool today!

Today was the first morning I got to ride the Vectrix into work and I had to zip my jacket up to the neck and I was thinking I need to either find the glove my Son lost or buy new gloves...
I was sortta thinking I would be able to just wait and put it on my Christmas Wish list, but now I don't know...


Other event: Went to Sargent, TX to see if the house was still there. We had heard reports about Sargent Beach having sustained the worst damage in 100 yrs, so we weren't sure what to expect... Luckily the house only lost the cable tv dish which we found on the side of the house and the down stairs was probably under about 2 inches of water the best we could tell and this house is one mile from the beach...
There was a lot of 'flotsom' from trees, piers and houses scattered in the yard so you could tell about where the water line was...
We drove to the beach and any house that was not on a bluff lost the first floor if not more. The storm surge must have pushed the walls and garage doors out... in those houses the top story usually survived. If the land the house sat on was 'beach level' there usually was more damage...
The beach is another story... there is no sand. It is all gone...much like they saw at Galveston. Before: About event 50 yards there were picnic cabanas with 'really' heavy cement tables and benches that had little driveways to park a couple of cars on... well, use to have a little driveways... now they are even smaller - if there at all - maybe get one car on and is four to six feet about the surrounding ground. The surge ate the dunes and excavated about 4 to 6 feet of beach sand down to the clay base. The beach use to extend about 30 - 50 ft from the Cabanas to the water, now is maybe 15-20 ft.
What's that bible verse about building houses on shifting sand!
We noticed that most of the tables survived, but may be moved, most of the benches might still be there, but no longer in the cabana.

Just lucky...thank God! yet, even here, there is going to be a lot of clean up - 45 miles S. of Galveston.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Last of the Family Contacted

Finally got my brother, they do not have Electricity in Conroe area and all the cell phones died. They got a generator yesterday, but don't expect to get Electricity until 29th.... they are hoping that date is an exaggeration and will be sooner, but didn't want to tell people a date too soon and not make it.
Let's see it hit the 13th and will be 29th before they get Electricity again - geeze. That means the well isn't pumping water either.

But it was basically good news, the house withstood the winds and none of the tall pine trees fell on the roof, but it did leak a little.

Thank God for keeping them safe...

My son stayed in College Station and even though they were on the 'dry side' of Ike - they still got 3.5 inches of rain and flooded the yards.

Austin was breezy and warm - not a drop of rain and we really could have used 3.5 inches

Wha tis crazy is Ingleside - Port Aransas way down by Corpus experienced flooding from the waves of the storm surge making it all the way down south to Padre Island... I hear the Island had some flooding, but my Mom wasn't specific.

Hope if you have family and friends in the area that they are all OK

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Smooth Sailing and Rough Waters at the same time

It only took a few days to get the Vectrix repaired and I have been afraid to jinx it, but things have been going rather well with it lately...
Meanwhile, my son's EVT-4000e's charger when on the fritz! Suppose to hear from the dealer today about when the new replacement will be shipped...it's been two weeks trying to get that info!

We are going to head South tomorrow to Matagorda and see if the house is still there...
The report was Sargent sustained the worse damage in many years with Ike, but it was not anything like Galveston... We just finished a renovation on the exterior too...geeze - with any luck it will still be there.

Still haven't heard from my brother in Conroe... I am hoping it is just that they are busy recovering/recooping...

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Early Adopter woes...

I could not get the Vectrix to start this morning. I called the store. Apparently, the Tech and the owner are working out their differences. Yea for that!
Unfortunately, it looks like the circuit board that charges the battery is messed up and they came and picked up my baby and hauled it away to the shop. Hope it won't be gone too long.
The problem seemed to start when I rode it through the rain puddles... I hope that is not going to be a recurring problem.

Friday, July 25, 2008

Trouble in Paradise, tell me it is so

The Vectrix Tech where we bought the motorcycle at said he wanted me to put some miles on it than come back so he could 'flatten' the batteries and then to reset some level so the batteries would get a complete charge each time. Plus run some diagnositics since the first bike I got had some problems.

Well I have a 200+ miles on it now. Everything has been going well ...until last Wednesday. I drove home after a heavy rain (Hurricane Dolly cast off) and I had a little problem. I basically was almost home when wife called on the cell, we were meeting for supper at a resturant. Not like you can talk on the cell and drive the Motorcycle very safely, so I pulled over... When I started back up, the bike started acting a little funny. The battery check light came on went off a number of time before staying on permanently. The expected range reserve when from 15 miles to 18, flashed to 12 and then 0 in a span of about 20 feet and I swear one of the gauges read, 'bullshit' -- later I saw it was 'buSult'... maybe that was polish programmer humor for you ain't got no more power dumb ass.

Anyway, today I called Scott on his cell to see if he was going to be at the store on Saturday... We have gotten to be friends and I trusted him. I felt he was really honest and upfront about everything that was going on in those first months of ups and downs. (New Technology bugs). He tells me his quit yesterday because of some disagreements with the owner over customer service issues/concerns. Plus she chewed him out in front of customers.... not really a confidence builder if you are the customer witnessing all that. ick!

Well, technically he still is the Vectirx service rep for this region - just not associated with the store that sold me the bike any longer. Unfortunately, the owner will not let him have the cables necessary to connect his laptop to the bike to run the diagnostics and Vectrix had previously told Scott not to release the software to anyone who was not a certified Vectrix Technician.... he was the only one certified at the store. Damn!

I wish/hope they work this out. I am left in the lerch if this really is a 'real' problem. Plus I like Scott - he seems to have strong ethics and is just a good guy, ta boot! The owner is fine, but I have felt that she would say what ever you wanted to hear without always knowing for sure or following up...or at least getting back in touch with you if you were waiting on a reply...

lBM is finally doing Family Day again

Use to be that Family Day at IBM was a big free carnival on site with a giant ferris wheel, games, kid and adult rides, building tours and such - more food than a glutton could consume. They would always have local musical entertainment through out the day and have a concert with someone (i.e. some rudely say - hasbeen) formerly famous, but still was good time and good show following by a spectacular fireworks display. It was strickly for 'immediate Family' and you had to be creative to sneak in an extra relative or kid...

When times got hard in the Dot.Com bust, Family Day ceased to exist. They said it would be biennial or every 5 years, but that has not happened - at least in the old form. IBM actually sold off half the property in Austin (where the carnival was held). It has evolved into 'field trips' to Fiesta Texas Six Flags in San Antonio or this year it is Sea World. You pay a reduced rate to get in, but this year you can get 6 tickets no questions asked.... so the sneaking in visiting relatives has gotten easier :-)

We haven't gone in the past cause, first we had season tickets to Fiesta Texas when the kids were younger, then there were other reasons others years. But this year we are going to Sea World and bringing two extra guests - not having to sneak them in. Yippee! Hope it doesn't rain....

yet I still miss the old local carnival atmosphere at the IBM Century Oaks Park...progress.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Wow, I was going to be happy with something in the 80% range...

You know the Bible 90%!

Wow! You are awesome! You are a true Biblical scholar, not just a hearer but a personal reader! The books, the characters, the events, the verses - you know it all! You are fantastic!

Ultimate Bible Quiz
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Friday, April 04, 2008

3 bucks was my limit, not Global Warming - geeze


We have a Honda Hybrid already and I bought the kids an Electric Moped from Alien Scooters in S. Austin to use in College Station, however, I said to myself when Gas hits $3 bucks I was going to do something ....buy a Vectrix Electic Motorcycle...or start riding my bike to work....

I also play games with the Honda, like just how high MPG can I get on this tankful. This week I have been trying not to go over 50mph, and if I have to only go 55 mph. I am getting 49.5 - 50.3 mpg! ...and while that is really good mpg, the allure of the motorcycle kept call ing to me... call it a mid-life crisis, but it really is an economic decision.... really Regardless, we ordered it today and should be here in 10 days.... WOO HOO!


Thursday, March 20, 2008

Gigilo Meter

Dang and i was hoping I was worth $5,500 like a NYC whore... Oh well I guess I'll be keeping the day job...

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