tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49180893415224451122024-03-19T00:39:34.871-04:00badmoodguy in paradiseincoherent ramblings from an incoherent ramblerbadmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-58442961949849746882009-07-28T18:00:00.002-04:002009-07-28T18:27:50.173-04:00MurphyFig. 1: Murphy, laying in the yard.This is Murphy, our Tibetan Terrier. She was such a sweet little pain-in-the-ass. I will miss her kisses with her little soft tongue. She would get scared if someone cooked something that got a little smoky, like burgers or bacon, and she would track me down specifically and hide under my feet ... no one else's. She was stand-offish and would ignore you until badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-64780267743434012702009-05-29T22:30:00.000-04:002009-05-29T22:34:11.387-04:00Faulty Tape DriveThe tape drive on a server at work went belly up yesterday. I hoped that it was something simple that I could fix, but alas, it was not.The subject tape drive is a Compaq DLT 40/80 drive that uses DLT3 tapes and can hold up to 80Gb compressed. We use this tape drive to back up the data and applications on our old minicomputer, a DEC AlphaServer 2000 which runs HP's OpenVMS. DLT drives are great .badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-32001989606738071792009-05-26T22:30:00.001-04:002009-05-26T22:30:00.988-04:00O, CanadaI went to Canada over the weekend! I went, specifically, to attend Anime North 2009 and to visit with "Piper" and "Psyche".This was the first time that I had ever been to Canada. Upon arriving at the border for the immigration checkpoint, the agent was surprised ... well, shocked, really ... that me being as old as I am and living in Ohio had never been to Canada.The trip up and back was rather badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-29690691951030295102009-04-22T14:30:00.001-04:002009-04-22T14:49:16.828-04:00New Addiction: KheerI really do intend on blogging more. Really! I promise! I have a lot more "Nihonjin Nibbles" to do as well as I am slowly working through Orchid's care package...Within the last year my workmate and best friend CB started eating at a buffet south of town called Amar India. They put out a decent buffet spread for lunch and they are usually quite busy. It is very much enjoyable, but very much badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-19528576996183603752009-02-07T16:00:00.005-05:002009-02-07T16:21:34.788-05:00Nihonjin Nibbles: CrunkyAccording to Wikipedia...Crunk is a type of music which originated from southern hip hop and EDM in the early 1990's.The term "crunky" would then be seen as something to do with this type of music, not a Japanese candy bar.Fig. 1: A Crunky chocolate bar. The Crunky bar is manufactured by Lotte, a large South Korean company. The bar appears to be the Japanese answer to Nestle's Crunch bar, though badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-62947895985358152532009-02-07T15:30:00.010-05:002009-02-07T16:28:34.433-05:00Nihonjin Nibbles: Mikan PockyI have been away from blogging for far too long, so this will be the first of two today!Next in the series of Japanese Junk Food to review, and one that I have been especially excited to review is Mikan Pocky.Fig. 1: Mikan PockyI am familiar with the chocolate variety of Pocky, having had them before on shopping trips to the international market in Cincinnati. Every time I go I make sure to grab badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-65936290683507763502009-01-05T15:30:00.000-05:002009-01-05T15:37:50.310-05:00The Croaking DogOver the holidays, I spent lots of time at home napping. Napping is one of my favorite activities since I lead a relatively sedentary lifestyle, especially in winter. Sleeping is not really a problem for me, it is getting to sleep that can be a nightmare.In one of the houses behind me is a family that has a dog. That, in and of itself, is not unusual. The problem is that this dog does not bark, badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-4079464494911100292008-12-26T22:00:00.002-05:002008-12-27T13:12:38.084-05:00Nihonjin Nibbles: Halloween KitKatFig. 1: Halloween Theme KitKat The first item up for review is a Halloween Theme Kit-Kat. The first striking thing is the packaging. It is bright and colorful in a blue, orange and yellow themed wrapper and has some of the typical accoutrements that we Americans associate with Halloween…bats, witch’s hats, ghosts, the moon, stars and houses.Halloween seems to be a relatively appropriate holiday badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-59478179824880983932008-12-25T21:30:00.001-05:002008-12-25T21:46:30.365-05:00Care Package from the Land of the Rising SunJapan: the Land of the Rising Sun, home of Japanese people, ninjas, sushi, good cars, lasers, robots, five million varieties of KitKats and VCRs. I love Japan and the idea of Japan. It has this mystery and alien-ness to it that I find so appealing. I can't quite put my finger on why; I'm not particularly fond of anime, but I love me some sushi; I could never quite bring myself to buy a Japanese badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-21279012379687387092008-11-13T09:30:00.002-05:002008-11-13T09:50:36.177-05:00Another Math JokeHere's a funny one from Neatorama, one of my favorite websites in the whole wide web...There were three medieval kingdoms on the shores of a lake. There was an island in the middle of the lake, over which the kingdoms had been fighting for years. Finally, the three kings decided that they would send their knights out to do battle, and the winner would take the island.The night before the battle, badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-59450958750880659482008-10-25T12:30:00.000-04:002008-10-25T12:40:31.006-04:00NuthatchThere's a little nuthatch that keeps visiting the pine tree in my front yard for some of the many bird and squirrel goodies mother sets out for them. I managed to shoot a few pictures when it would stay still long enough, so here they are for your enjoyment.Fig. 1: Closeup at 300mm, f5.6 @ 1/125.Fig. 2: Closeup at 300mm, f5.6 @ 1/320.Fig. 3: Closeup at 300mm, f5.6 @ 1/125.I was able to get ratherbadmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-57079646376758715732008-10-23T11:00:00.002-04:002008-10-23T11:07:23.530-04:00Power OutageSeptember is usually uneventful here in Ohio...as is pretty much every month. However, September of 2008 will go down in infamy as being the windiest on record. On Sunday, September 14, the remains of Hurricane Ike blew through our area and knocked out power to about 330,000 people in the Dayton area. In other words, everybody.I have never, ever heard the wind howl like this. Ever. And it wasn't badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-76746279803489146712008-09-22T21:30:00.002-04:002008-09-22T21:46:22.668-04:00I will miss you, dearest Beverly...I was planning on putting up a posting tonight about the hurricane and power outages here in Ohio, and some musings about some of the stupidity and interesting things that went on during the extended blackout. I swear I had it all ready in my head, complete with pictures!That, of course, was in a perfect world where I could come home from an extremely annoying day at work and vegetate. This, alasbadmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-39082149459736762102008-09-17T08:30:00.001-04:002008-09-17T08:30:01.587-04:00Hurricane IkeNo one expects the Spanish Inquisition!The bits and pieces of Hurricane Ike blew through the Dayton area on Sunday afternoon knocking out power and throwing full-grown trees around like matchsticks. There were wind gusts of up to 75 mph throughout the area and this went on for hours and hours. About 225,000 people are still without power.I have been powerless since Sunday at 1pm EDT. Other than badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-74155164999328415662008-09-07T19:30:00.001-04:002008-09-07T19:35:40.955-04:00Another One Bites the DustFig. 1: The remains of Mailbox No. 2When I moved in to my little house, one of the first things I did was replace the mailbox. The mailbox that was here was kinda funky and falling apart, so I decided to get a new one to start my house on its way to a non-amateur-pharmacy identity.The post you see in figure 1, above, I purchased for it and bought a heavy duty mailbox made out of thick steel. I badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-77706997753722314232008-09-06T22:00:00.001-04:002008-09-06T22:20:45.355-04:00Another Pointless VictoryFig. 1: Screen capture of my record Solitaire score.I play Solitaire way too much. It is pretty much a mindless game that can be easily worked in while waiting for something, to alleviate boredom or whatever. It is an interesting game because each deal results in a different combination of luck and skill required to complete the game. A lot of the time it works out that you can't place any of thebadmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-44822309225353344592008-08-30T14:00:00.001-04:002008-08-30T14:11:06.944-04:00The "Griefer" ExperienceThe always lovely Orchid, in her blog entry titled Griefers, related experiences about how many people seem to get a charge out of causing pain, anguish and difficulty to others. This was in the context of an online game that her husband was playing.This type of behavior seems to happen a lot in the online world. Unfortunately, some circumstances can cause it to get out of hand quickly, badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-43725456033733440562008-08-29T22:30:00.001-04:002008-08-29T22:39:41.552-04:00Stuck in TrafficI had some errands to run today, so I left early. After completing them, before going home, I needed to go to the car dealer to get my oil changed, tires rotated and have some annoying rattles looked at.I tried to get on the highway and was almost at the end of the ramp when I and numerous others were stopped by security escorts for the motorcade carrying presidential hopeful John McCain and his badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-71970475566939641142008-08-26T20:30:00.000-04:002008-08-26T20:41:42.402-04:00Pointless VictoriesI was aggravated today at work and decided to play a few hands of Solitaire on my computer rather than deal with dumb things and people. In one game I played, I beat it in 93 seconds for an end score of 8,222.It is these pointless, stupid little victories that can make life kinda sweet and calm the nerves.badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-85739048112044046822008-08-25T14:30:00.003-04:002008-08-25T14:55:27.130-04:00World According to Uncle DanFig. 1: The Art of Dan, in his Black & White period.The image above was sent to me by my friend, Chris, whom I work with. It was drawn by his son, Dan. It was sent along by his wife...Chris' wife, not Dan's...with the following (unedited) explanation as was dictated to her by the artist himself.The attached illustration depicts how Daniel views his family lifestyle.On the left, we notice thatbadmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-7356307644550368522008-08-23T13:15:00.004-04:002008-10-25T12:41:23.827-04:00Leaf CreatureI believe that the image below is one of the few that could change history. Study it carefully, for this is a scout working for our future insect masters. He/she/it is obviously scoping out territory and gauging our expected response to their impending invasion.Fig. 1: One of our future insect masters.Sony alpha 200, Minolta Macro Zoom 300mm, f5.6 @ 1/200 sec., ISO 400.Enclicken the image for a badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-28170837670691764522008-08-22T21:00:00.007-04:002008-08-23T12:29:25.166-04:00Thinking of PapawI was thinking of my dearly departed grandfather on my mother's side, or papaw as I always called him.I remember a riddle that he would tell me all the time, and I was thinking of it just now for some odd reason.On my way to St. Ives,I met a man with seven wives.The seven wives had seven sacks,the seven sacks held seven cats, each cat had seven kits.Kits, cats, sacks and wives;how many were goingbadmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-54993812127285313042008-08-14T23:00:00.003-04:002008-08-14T23:00:00.686-04:00First AnniversaryI had a Dr Appointment today with my radiation oncologist. He mentioned that it is my first anniversary. I officially started cancer treatments on August 15, 2007.It doesn't seem like it has been a year. Time keeps on slipping...Anyhow, I am still doing just fine. I have gained 10 lbs, so that means that I am about 90 lbs down from when I started the adventure a year ago. I find that this weight badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-78813908043403578782008-07-30T11:00:00.001-04:002008-07-30T11:00:01.328-04:00The Stars at Night......are big and bright in New Madison, Ohio.Since I got my new digital camera, one thing that I had been itching to try is a bit of astrophotography. Nothing special, just pictures of the stars. I had seen numerous images of the stars flowing in circular arcs and thought those were just way cool and wanted to do it quite badly.However, in my former life of having film cameras there was too much badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918089341522445112.post-15691714720693077782008-07-16T10:30:00.001-04:002008-07-21T10:37:49.908-04:00The '80sSince I am on vacation this week I managed to get caught up with all the programs that I had recorded on my DVR.One of the programs is "Alf", one of the quintessential television programs of the 1980s, which is now shown regularly on WGN out of Chicago. I had seen is advertised and set it to record, but I had not watched it up until now.Just hearing the theme music set off a series of brainfarts badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com1