29 convicts executed in Iran – CNN.com

29 convicts executed in Iran – CNN.com.

I bet this saved the government a fortune.  I bet if the U.S. did something like this we could save money too.  On the other hand, if we took everyone who has been executed in the last 10 years and waited for one particular day, the hysteria would be amazing.  This country couldn’t take that much killing in one day, plus the DOC Union would require a lunch break and only so much time on your feet, smoke breaks, etc.

WordPress for iPhone

Finally, the whole reason I got an iPhone, the WordPress app. Now that I can upload phone pics, things should get a lot less boring. Right now I wish that this program supported landscape mode because this phone is not wide enough to make typing comfortable.

….a few things I left out of the last post.

I forgot to add two pictures in the last post because they were in my old phone.

My chair and truck in the #1 position.

Here I am, 21 hours before launch.  You can’t see the table I had set up next to me, very handy.  Here I sat for hours until I was relieved.  This is what #1 looks like.

There is a strong chance that these are the phones being deliverd on the day before launch.

There was much speculation as to what the Apple-esque boxes contained, the day before iPhone launch.  The FedEx guy stopped when he saw me taking the picture so I think he knew what they were too.  You had to be #1 to get this shot.

That’s it, my fame isn’t all it has cracked up to be so I need to milk it some more.  I’m going to report on my new job soon.

I’m A Superstar! (or how I waited in line for a phone that I was not really going to get) iPhone 3G launch

I waited in line for the iPhone, my first line wait ever. Read the story:
iPhone craze: The sequel | Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, FL ‏

I parked my truck at 11 am Thursday morning, a full 21 hours before launch. I didn’t have company for another 4 hours. Maybe I blew my load a little early but there is no better feeling than being first for something and suffering for it (I think). I’ll tell the story with pictures:

Sign pointing to line.

This is the sign that the campers got.  AT&T spared no expense on this one.  One of the employees actually finished coloring in the arrow while it was taped to the pole.

Jim and I cheers to our good fortune and good drink!

Once the employees had left their mandatory meeting around 10:00pm, Jimbo and I poured the whiskey.  Nothing says “badass” like sipping Gentlemen Jack in a Solo cup while waiting overnight in humid, 87 degree heat….for an iPhone.

Apple laptops in the iphone line

This is Jim and 4th in line Zach banging away at their laptops.  I’m really not sure what either of them were actually doing.  Zach is still in High School and school is out so he is definitely not doing homework and Jim, uh maybe he is working?  Who knows.  Jim acquired a Sprint aircard and shared the connection with everyone in line.  The line sitters really appreciated it until we let the guy who actually owns the aircard and pays the bill cut in line.  Then suddenly everyone forgot his generosity and wanted his blood.

Zach sleeping on the concrete overnight.

Zach fell out at about 12:30 or so.  He was trying to sleep on the concrete but was obviously having a rough go at it.  I had blown up an air mattress in the back of my truck but since Jimmy was home taking his 3rd dump of the day, I let Zach take it.   I was too excited to sleep, up until it was time to actually by the phone.  I passed my time by canceling my T-Mobile contract free of charge, drinking, and talking to the pretty girl that joined us in line around 3:30.  She obviously worked in a bar.

Looking down the iPhone line at night.

This was the Motley Crew at around midnight.  The two on the end eventually got chairs to sit on.  I heard that the bugs were bad near the end of the line but I had a Thermacell and never had a problem.  Had to change the pad once and that was it, highly recommended.

Employees install the iPhone display moments before the doors open.

This is where things get hazy.  At this point I am so wired that I can not speak properly (as the news interview showed) and can not hold still.  The store employees rolled in around 7:00 and started getting ready….all of them.

Line before the doors open.

Here it is, the line moments before the doors opened.  It was a media circus too.  Every reporter was looking for the first in line.  I would no answer questions unless Jim was close because I really couldn’t formulate the answers.  I was a mess and everyone wanted to talk to me.  I had a lot of fun the night before but at this point I didn’t give a damn about the phone, I wanted to go to bed.  I still had to work that night and wake up early the next day.

Jimmy receiving his iPhone

The moment Jim had been waiting for, he is given his iPhone.  Look!  It’s still wrapped in plastic.  For some reason, it took Jim 3 times as long as it took the rest of us to get his phone.  He was the only one in line that still had an original iPhone!!  Not really sure why it happened, I heard later that the activation server was starting to get flaky at this point.  Good job Jim!  Got yours just in the nick of time.  You can imagine how I felt waiting when i already had mine and wanted to go to bed.

Jimmy gets his picture taken while buying his iPhone.

Here is a testament to our stardom.  This is the photographer that mis-labeled every picture he took.  Here he is taking a picture of Jim that I had just taken.  Who is the visionary now?  Ha!

So that’s it.  We got our phones and hauled ass.  Well not so fast, everyone in line before us had decided to use my tailgate as a trashcan.  That really bugs me because Jim and I were talking about bringing a grill and making free food for everyone.  And, after the night of free inernet, these people were still assholes.  Oh well, I got a phone and someone, somewhere behind me didn’t.  Thanks for your trash ass-face!

[My] Commentary: Was burglary worth killing 2 men? – CNN.com

Commentary: Was burglary worth killing 2 men? – CNN.com

I have wanted to comment on this article for some time, I just had to wait until I could square my thoughts away.

Mr. Martin brings up an interesting point about weather or not an individual would be able to kill another man at that moment.  I’ll revisit that later.  The thing that strikes me in this story and in most self-defense cases is that those against it suggest putting your guns down and letting the police do their job.  Suppose if, as I type this, someone started kicking in my door with the intent to harm me.  Should I take Mr. Martin’s advice and wait for the police?  Although the police in this country on the whole, do the best job they can with what they have, the fact still remains that the probability of a law enforcement officer being at the scene of a crime at that moment is very slim.  Waiting for the police in this situation would be a bad decision, I would be dead or hurt long before anyone showed up and the criminal would be long gone.

Since I have started carrying a firearm for self-defense, I have yet to hear a cop tell me that personal self-defense with deadly force is a bad idea.  On the contrary, many police I have talked to said that it is a great idea and wish that more people would carry.  I have even heard an officer say that it is irresponsible NOT to carry a firearm with intent to protect yourself or your family.  I’m not sure why the cops would want citizens to be armed, maybe to make their job easier or simply because it is a right granted by the constitution who knows, but the idea that once the police arrive at the scene they will not know who the criminal is versus who the victim is is absurd.  Permitted, responsible gun owners know what to do in a situation where guns will need to come out, it’s the illegal gun owner that is a problem.

I don’t know what the gun laws are in Texas, I still get images of the wild west when I think about it.  Here in Florida, as far as I know, what Mr. Horn did (the shooter in the story) would be a violation.  In Florida, you or your family needs to be in imminent personal danger before you can use deadly force in self defense; and that is only after you have made an attempt to flee unless you are in your home or car.  Someone who is obviously intending to steal and not harm is not threatening your life and therefore no self-defense is necessary (a huge grey area).  Had I been in that situation, the burglars’ would have gotten away.  My position on this incident has no bearing on if I think Mr. Horn is wrong or right, a jury of his peers has decided that he was right and like it or not, that is the system that we live in.

As far as taking another mans life, that is a situation I know nothing about but now Mr. Horn does.  Each gun owner will deal with the situation differently.  When I applied for my permit and bought my first gun, I was fully aware of what I may be faced with and accapted that responsibiliy, I know that I did not buy a toy and this is not a game.  I shoot often and keep my equipment in immaculate condition, hoping that I will never have to use deadly force as I believe most gun owners do but I have prepared myself mentally for any consequences that may come up as a result of actions and decisions I hope never to have to make.

C++

  In true me fashion I have waited until the day before something was due, then locked myself up to work on it. So, after 3 hours, my C++ project is done and turned in. This would usually take longer except, I may actually be learning something. I hate this kind of work because after I have banged out lines of code for hours, I compile and get like 50 errors. Today, the biggest, most involved program yet, I had…one. I forgot to capitalize a letter in a variable name. After some serious testing, I have come to the conclusion that I have either learned C++ syntax and can write simple programs or there is a major flaw somewhere that only my professor can find (which she always does). I look at my code and I can help but feel like there is some redundancy and repetition that is not needed. In the program I wrote today, I multiplied two numbers then sent the result to a module that divided them. I think back now and wonder if that was necessary. Mental note: keep an eye out for stuff like that.

  Enough about this crap, Cali Lewis just twittered a new show so I’m going to watch it.

A Cool Shirt And A New Job

  While I was waiting to order subs the other day, I saw this kid and I really liked his shirt. I would have offered to buy it but I liked the shirt I was wearing that day and didn’t want to have to give it to him. I wish I was Jewish so I could wear cool stuff like that.

  After 6 months I have finally found another job. Like like a job that pays and might be fun but a job that will help pay the bills while I finish school. After all my years of management, I am finally working at the very bottom company. Although I will start at minimum wage, I’m pretty stoked to be just working and not managing. Hooray me!

How To Not Be A Jackass In The Apartment Complex Gym

As part of my ongoing series on how to do stuff, I will explain what you shouldn’t do at the small gym your apartment complex may have.

  I had to work out in silence today because my iPod is down and I refuse to watch a tv while I’m lifting. Believe me, lifting weight in complete silence is a pretty tough thing to do. There is no rhythm to follow and the sound of your own grunting echoing off the walls is pretty discouraging. At the hour and a half mark of my two hour workout, something more disturbing than listening to my own sounds of pain happened. Some guy walked in, flipped on all of the lights (which I had off except one), turned the TV on, and cranked up the volume. That sounds bad enough I know, but the details of his actions make it worse. This guy turned on the TV and turned up the volume on what I think was a home shopping network, AND HE DIDN’T EVEN WATCH IT!!! He literally turned on this noise box and turned his back, it could have been on any channel and it wouldn’t have mattered to him. But wait, it gets worse. After he came in and totally ruined abs for me, he left. This guy literally did about 6 reps of some..thing, (I had never seen it) and hauled ass….LEAVING THE TV ON!!!! After faking a workout, this guy did not have the courtesy to turn off the massive distraction he caused or turn the lights off again.

So here it is, what not to do at the apartment complex gym:

Be a jackass and piss of the people already in there (your neighbors).

  Honestly, why would you even go in there if you weren’t really going to do anything anyway. My only guess is that this guy is not used to dark quiet place and must have every inch of his universe loud and brightly lit. Asshole.

Man Down!

This is what I look like after a run:

It’s pretty sad, I’m half my dad’s age and I look just like him.

Also for those who don’t know already:  Never go shopping at Wal-Mart on a Sunday.  There is nothing on the shelves and it’s just a huge clusterfuck.

What You Search Is What You Get

I just found out that my site is found most by people searching the phrase: “girl pants”.  How funny is that?

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