x-treme glider, $2.00

goodwill. asking $10. i ask to look at the peices and the main stick of carbon fiber is broken. i offer them $5. they talk themselves down to $2. explain that.
a bic pen and coat hanger with thin wire to 'pull' the main rod together fix the problem.
oh yeah, and it glides too. i've yet to find it sold on the internet, but the label lists www.xkites.com as the manufacture and that is the ONLY mention. no company address.

streaker

after reading about Another Golden Palace Streaker (old news) I found this helpful bit of information.



how do i find this crap you ask?
this blog was the starting point.

more spam

Count the "F's" in the following text:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE
EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...

problem statement

I now this is not fair as you do not have the Entity Relationship Diagram for the database, but it's something to think about.
using SQL, answer the following question.
which camp events (like archery) is a camper allowed to join?
conditions: they can only join events that are not full.
they can remain in a camp that is full during an edit if they do not choose an alternate class.
only return classes the camper may join (or stay in)

solution:
IF @Type = 'U' --we're a user asking the question, not an administrator
Begin
SELECT Event.Event_ID, Event.Event_Name,
(Select Count(@Camper_ID) from Camper_Event where Camper_Event.Event_ID = Event.Event_ID and Camper_Event.Camper_Camp_Event_ID=@Camp_Event_ID And Camper_Event.Camper_ID=@Camper_ID And Camper_Event.Camper_Event_Period_Number=@PeriodID) as camperatclass,
(Select Event.Event_Capacity) as Capacity,
(Select Count(@Camper_ID) from Camper_Event where Camper_Event.Event_ID = Event.Event_ID and Camper_Event.Camper_Camp_Event_ID=@Camp_Event_ID And Camper_Event.Camper_Event_Period_Number=@PeriodID) as atclass
FROM Class_Period INNER JOIN
Period_Event ON Class_Period.Class_Period_ID = Period_Event.Class_Period_ID INNER JOIN
Camp_Session_Event ON Period_Event.Camp_Session_Event_ID = Camp_Session_Event.Camp_Session_Event_ID INNER JOIN
Event ON Camp_Session_Event.Event_ID = Event.Event_ID
WHERE (Camp_Session_Event.Camp_Session_ID = @campsessionid) AND
(Class_Period.Period_Number = @PeriodID) and
(((Select Event.Event_Capacity) > (Select Count(@Camper_ID) from Camper_Event where Camper_Event.Event_ID = Event.Event_ID and Camper_Event.Camper_Camp_Event_ID=@Camp_Event_ID And Camper_Event.Camper_Event_Period_Number=@PeriodID)) OR --capacity!
(Select Count(@Camper_ID) from Camper_Event where Camper_Event.Event_ID = Event.Event_ID and Camper_Event.Camper_Camp_Event_ID=@Camp_Event_ID And Camper_Event.Camper_ID=@Camper_ID And Camper_Event.Camper_Event_Period_Number=@PeriodID)>0) --in class
And -1 < (Select Count(@Camper_ID) from Camper_Event where Camper_Event.Event_ID = Event.Event_ID and Camper_Event.Camper_Camp_Event_ID=@Camp_Event_ID And Camper_Event.Camper_ID=@Camper_ID)
ORDER BY Event.Event_Name
end


conclusion: that is one HAIRY statemtn to write by hand. bummer i dont' know how to do it in a GUI tool.

this kinda makes my modification to the blogger hack look a little less impressive!

Edit: ho ho ho. vs7 reversed it and drew it in the gui for me. nice.

shine that shield

That person i live with now calls me Spartacus.

she claims her nickname is better then the one i call her (Seniorita and Gertrude).

sooooo, now i'm like 2100 years old and have no shield and am destined to die in a revolt. great.

----------------
Plutarch wrote.

Spartacus, seeing that he could no longer avoid a pitched battle, set his army in array. When his horse was brought to him, he drew out his sword and killed it, saying that if he won the day he would get a better horse from the enemy; and if he lost the day he should have no need of any horse.

coworker darin's rejection letter

he did not get the job he wanted when he graduated, so he wrote them this letter in response to his rejection:

Thank you for your letter of July 17. After careful consideration I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me employment with your firm. This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually large number of rejection letters.
With such a varied and promising field of corporate candidates it is impossible for me to accept all refusals for employment.
Despite your company's outstanding qualifications and previous experience in rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet my needs at this time. Therefore, I will initiate employment with your firm immediately following graduation.
I look forward to seeing you then.
Best of luck in rejecting future candidates.

wife and i joing small group friday nights

wife wrote to darin to let him know we'd join his small bible study group on friday night:

Kevin and I would like to join w/ you guys in your small group. But if you snub us, we’re outta there. And Kevin says “YEAH

And they have to agree with everything I say, AND feed me good food.�

So, if you can work with us on this, let us know :)

Alodia


Darin responds with acceptance and the following comments
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
Hey great! Most of us are glad to have you!
haha, just teasing, we are ALL glad to have you....
...for now anyway.
This week we meet at 6pm at our gorgeous estate, perhaps you can find it? Natalie will be sending dinner instructions shortly (potluck style), you've met her? She thinks she's quite witty, but just ignore that...
...like the rest of us have learned to do.
Anyway, obviously we will have to negotiate among our group about your "joining the group - contract" requirements.
I cannot speak for the rest of the group, but I would say, since we are being asked to "agree with everything you share, AND feed you good food," then we should be allowed to "make fun of you at ANY time, with no warning, nor apology." Does that sound fair?
Well, I guess it doesn't matter, because that is what's going to happen week after week whether you agree to it or not. That's really what our group is all about. Building ourselves up, through tearing each other down. Some groups build each other up. Not our group. One time I was vulnerable and shared a story of how a bully punched me at school. The simple fact that the bully was a couple years younger than me did nothing to heighten the sympathy of my "friends." They laughed and laughed. They didn't laugh WITH me, they laughed AT me. But it's all in good fun! And over time we heal.
See you there, glad to have you and Kevin's infamous new "Bible" involved!
Darin

the 'bible' darin is referring to is a parafrased bible from england called 'the word on the street' that does not claim to be a bible but rather another way of telling the same story and is VERY contraversial. that's why I have it. it's missing entire chapters for Daniel and i've not even looked at revelation yet. IT wouldn't surprise me to find an entire book omitted. it is fun to discuss though.

more office spam.

i actually liked this one.

ROMANCE MATHEMATICS
Smart man + smart woman = romance
Smart man + dumb woman = affair
Dumb man + smart woman = marriage
Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy

OFFICE ARITHMETIC
Smart boss + smart employee = profit
Smart boss + dumb employee = production
Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime

SHOPPING MATH
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need.

GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

HAPPINESS
To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.

LONGEVITY
Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die.

PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.

DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED
Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

SEND THIS TO A SMART WOMAN WHO NEEDS A LAUGH AND TO THE SMART GUYS YOU KNOW CAN HANDLE IT

projectors: lcd found.

here's my little picture sequence of taking it appart (i did not take pics as i put it back together)

alodia sick

alodia sick for two days. fever between 100 and 102. I guess my cooking finally got to her.