Finished replacing the drainpipe in the basement. I'm so glad I'm not a plumber, that was some nasty shit right there.

That and you're too skinny to have a proper plumbers crack.

Fought a losing battle against stupidity.

Slept 'till 2pm since I was up until 6am this morning digitizing CMA footage for the network.

Fought a losing battle against stupidity.

It's always a losing battle. (a) They have numbers on their side. ( Everyone fighting against stupidity end up fighting for different things, but the idiots are by their very nature united in their goal.

Do we necessarily have to assume this was an external battle? It's not for me.

As stupid as we may be--and I am admittedly pretty stupid--theirs goes up to 11.

Just got back from the Neko Case show... She definitely didn't disappoint! That voice... Damn. Good stuff. No, make that great stuff!

And Calexico opened. They've been on my list of bands to check out for a while, and I just never got around to it. But I'll certainly be exploring their catalog now.

That and you're too skinny to have a proper plumbers crack.

What about an improper plumbers crack?

Just got back from the Neko Case show... She definitely didn't disappoint! That voice... Damn. Good stuff. No, make that great stuff!

And Calexico opened. They've been on my list of bands to check out for a while, and I just never got around to it. But I'll certainly be exploring their catalog now.

Calexio is quite awesome. Check out their stuff with Iron and Wine

OMG, Calexico opened? I love Calexico, and live they are stupendous. They never disappoint.

EDIT: Oh, it's just Joey and John. They're missing the pedal steel guitarist, I have no idea if I'd like them in the duo format. Nvrmnd.

OMG, Calexico opened? I love Calexico, and live they are stupendous. They never disappoint.

EDIT: Oh, it's just Joey and John. They're missing the pedal steel guitarist, I have no idea if I'd like them in the duo format. Nvrmnd.

They were still pretty good. And Paul Rigby (guitar) and Jon Rauhouse (pedal steel) from Neko's band joined the guys from Calexico for two songs which really opened things up.

Today I did some math...

It's been 903 days

or 2 years, 5 months, 19 days

or 78,019,200 seconds

or 1,300,320 minutes

or 21,672 hours

or 129 weeks

since I was last regularly employed.

Today I found out that I get my ID made up on Monday and start work on Tuesday. It's a 2.5 month long project, reasonable pay for the job, good hours (8am-4:30pm... that's considered "normal", right? I worked so many shifts that were all over the clock just to be able to work around other schedules and then on to full-time parent mode, a schedule is just alien to me), and a proper paycheck.

I'm excited.

Today, so far, has been a good day.

**BRENT**

P.S. My condolences to those of you who who make unemployed jokes at my expense. You're going to have to broaden your repertoire... or at least wait til February.

What does the math say about how many seconds after 8am Tuesday morning it will be until you can afford JH13?

Congrats though Brent. Hopefully you can make it turn into even more.

Pfft. I cashed my last paycheck more than five years ago. Wonder if I can freeload through an entire decade? No need to retire the jokes. Recycle!

P.S. My condolences to those of you who who make unemployed jokes at my expense. You're going to have to broaden your repertoire... or at least wait til February.

From experience, they will probably change the "you're unemployed" jokes to "you were unemployed" jokes. Which are about as funny as refurbished comedy can be, I.E. not.

What does the math say about how many seconds after 8am Tuesday morning it will be until you can afford JH13?

1,491,840

**BRENT**

1,491,840

**BRENT**

Great. Not another word about them until then.

Great. Not another word about them until then.

:rollseyes:

FWIW, that's the number for exactly 8 hours/day w/o overtime, and pre-tax.

J-Day is Friday December 4th at 2:24pm if I'm late to MikeFest, Monday December 7th at 2:24pm if I'm on time.

**BRENT**

mmmmm.... Andromeda Strain.

**BRENT**

got JH-13/5 universals for the NYC meet tomorrow

Havent stopped listening since I've gotten them

i had my first decontamination today. the agreement i signed for the CDC doesn't allow me to say anything more.

the whole thing was super cool, i can say that. very Andromeda Strain. i like where i work

Check that NDA again and make sure you aren't restricted from disclosing that there's an NDA.

Check that NDA again and make sure you aren't restricted from disclosing that there's an NDA.

Did you see the story a couple weeks ago about the newspaper in England that got gag ordered to not reveal that they were gag ordered?

God bless Twiiter. It took about two hours to tweet the lid off that one.

Then the tweetfest was in the wild to be covered by everybody. I love it when stupidity backfires.

Sometimes you can beat back the hordes.

Brewed my first batch of beer in YEARS.

Belgian Blonde, partial grain brew. 7 lbs munton's light, 1 lb mixed belgian grain, 1 lb belgian beet sugar, 1 cup dextrose, plus some hops or other that's name is eluding me at the moment. I'll add the yeast in the morning, when it's down to room temp.

Hmmm, sounds good, but the sugar is an interesting inclusion. I was always taught that sugar (well, fructose in particular) was a big no-no unless you were using, say, molasses or brown sugar in a porter or stout. But I never tried to brew a Belgian Blonde either.

In any case...... do you keg or bottle?

Hmmm, sounds good, but the sugar is an interesting inclusion. I was always taught that sugar (well, fructose in particular) was a big no-no unless you were using, say, molasses or brown sugar in a porter or stout. But I never tried to brew a Belgian Blonde either.

In any case...... do you keg or bottle?

Keg

The sugar will all get converted before it's done.