I’ve been struggling to find something good to listen to while I work. Pandora turns flat after a couple days of playing the same ol’ same ol’. 10,000 mp3s arn’t thrillign me either. I want some variety. I want something unexpected.
Lately, I’ve spent more than a little time listening to The Bearout of Fort Wayne. The cookie moster-style metal bores me. The woman suggested I try K-Fly out of Eugene. I’ve got it on right now and so far so good.
Some f#ck-stick in a PT Cruiser tried to take me out this morning. I was coming down the ramp from Sandy onto I-84 West bound. The lane I am in runs for over a mile before exiting at 17th. A moron in a light blue PT Cruiser pulls out of the main flow and into my lane without a glance. I laid into my pathetic horn, tried to kick his front quarter panel as I was doing my best to avoid the concrete wall. I squirted past him in the end and let him know he was number one in my book this morning. Ugh.
How do I know it was a ‘him?’ He pulled up next to me near 17th after I merged into the flow. I glanced over and he was yelling out his window. Based upon his pale facial coloring and the lack of angry gestures, he might have been trying to appologize. I was too busy expressing his number one status to care.
How was your ride into work today?
Friday:
It is a beautiful day and I stuck at the office. My progress with WPF has been notable, but I still have a lot to learn to create good apps. It is a very different way of thinking about things. All of this gets shelved next week. I need to slide back into the WinForm world and finish up a data validation screen that I had been working on weeks ago. Now, I need to rework a few things and finish it up.
My ride home from work was amazing.
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Why are we always asked to pay for enlightenment? Are we sheep that MUST be lead via our checkbooks and credit cards?
What happened to freewill and the ability to reason and choose? This used to be a country based upon ideals and the harsh realities of living to those ideals. Sure you can go west and seek your fortune. Death may result, but you are free to try. Now we live in a nanny state where talking on my cell phone is a crime. You realize if the cops actually wrote tickets for idiots driving like idiots the roads would be much safer.
I’m guess I am ranting again. Just something to consider.
The pic comes from a Wired Article (link) on the web attacks on Scientology.
Obviously, I’m not sleeping again. This always comes in spells. Today was a busy day. I worked on the mower, setup/assembled a fan and water cooler at the office, cleaned the gutters, hung some art, patched a bare spot in the yard, sprayed all of the weeds, blah, blah, blah… I should be tired. I didn’t nap today but I did consume 5 glasses of Pepsi. That’s probably why I’m still awake. Read more…
We made it as far as BZ Corner. Traffic was bad and we got rolling 30 minutes later than I had hoped which sucked us into the worst of rush hour and more delays.
Free of the mess, we railed through the canyons near Sandy. Running up to BZ Corners, there were deer and dogs on the road. After fuel and food, we agreed that hitting the Klickitat River canyons after dark might not be suck a bright idea. So we reversed course and went back to SR14 and home. We still covered over 150 miles of twists and turns with minimal interstate action.
We are planning on doing it again next weekend, but farther…
Da plan:
Meet up with Scott around 16:30. Slice through the hills to Bull Run, Corbett, and across to Stevenson. Then dive back in on the north side of the river and lead Scott into the Klickitat river area. Amazing roads. I wonder how they faired this winter. I’ll know later today.
Lake Oswego to Stevenson: 75 Miles
View Lake Oswego, OR to Stevenson, WA in a larger map
Stevenson to Lyle: 98 Miles
View Stevenson, WA to Lyle, WA in a larger map
All of this is prep for the Saddle Sore 1000. We’ve got two distinct legs with exit options.
We shall see…
I had a great vacation. Now it’s back to work and I’m really grumpy. I didn’t sleep much the last two nights out and I didn’t sleep very much last night either, even though I was back in my own bed. So… I’m grumpy. Read more…
