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[06 Feb 2008|09:28am] |
For any who care, I have created a new LJ, ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) thegfiles, in which I will put Deep Thoughts. This LJ will remain for random wibblings about my life, crappy quizzes and misleading memes.
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| Excerpts from the Log Book |
[03 Feb 2008|02:07pm] |
So, for those who don't know, I'm currently working as a security guard. Mostly, I drive a car with a blinky light on top and a company logo on the side around Wal-Mart parking lots all night. Last night was semi-eventful so here's a few ACTUAL ENTRIES from my log of it to illustrate the most interesting of these events:
( Read more... )
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| Yes, folks, in case you didn't already know... |
[02 Sep 2007|12:33pm] |
I am a nerd.
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| Saint Patrick's Phone Number... A MYSTERY! |
[24 May 2007|12:55pm] |
So, I was playing Civilization IV earlier today when I came across an interesting occurrence. Just as the Great Prophet Saint Patrick was born in my capital of Athens, I get this display (click for full screen):
That number "2147483647" immediately jumped out at me as a phone number, not least of all because I live in Dallas, where 214 is a local area code; my cell phone has a 214 number and I know lots of people around here who have 214 numbers. So naturally I assumed that Civ IV had somehow accidentally stumbled into my registration or phonebook or something. However, that was not the case. I don't know anyone with the phone number 214-748-3647.
Which leads to a great mystery. Can YOU guess why St. Patrick lives in the Dallas area and why his phone number appears in Civ IV? Oh, and searching the internet for the answer is cheating. ;)
The answer is ( behind the cut... )
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| Truth through pix |
[28 Apr 2007|02:25am] |
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| It's... RANDOM DREAM TIME! |
[21 Apr 2007|11:36pm] |
So, I had a random dream and, in the great and ancient tradition of this LiveJournal, I decided to post it here for the enjoyment and betterment of all mankind, etc.
( Here it is )
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| One of those "Song Randomizer Knows All" Memes |
[06 Feb 2007|10:55pm] |
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( You know the drill )
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| Da Vote |
[29 Oct 2006|03:13am] |
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Woo, I just got my voter registration in the mail. Now I just have to figure out who to vote for...
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| MyHeritage |
[24 Sep 2006|12:44am] |
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| Randomeme |
[10 Jun 2006|11:40pm] |
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( Randomeme )
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| The Meme to End all Memes |
[04 Jun 2006|10:18pm] |
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( OMGWTFSOLONG! )
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| Ah, customers... |
[21 Apr 2006|08:40pm] |
For those who don't know, I work at Fry's Electronics now. So yesterday, I'm talking with a customer and my supervisor comes up and says, "Graham, when you're done with him, there's a woman over by the computer cases who needs some help." So I say OK, hurry up with the first customer, and go over to the cases. I see her walking away, about to leave, so I hurry over and ask if I can help her find something.
( Strange Conversation )
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| Gayest LotR Commercial EVER |
[03 Apr 2006|10:02pm] |
OMG, I can't believe that I actually saw this on real life television. It's like that spoof trailer for "Brokeback to the Future". Only for REAL!
(apologies for the low video quality, I just pointed my digicam at the TV and hit "record video")
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| The (or "A", really) Book Meme |
[04 Feb 2006|04:19pm] |
Here are the current top 50 books from http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com. Bold the books you have read. Italicise the books you might read. Cross out the books you probably won't read. Pass it on:
The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story - George Orwell
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller (I'm actually in the process of reading this ATM)
The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Mark Haddon
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
1984 - George Orwell
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
Neuromancer - William Gibson
Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Good Omens - Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
Atonement - Ian McEwan
The Shadow Of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Dune - Frank Herbert (I started reading this years ago but couldn't get past the part with whatshisface's hand in the "pain box")
I've actually never even heard of (that I can recall) any of the "plain" books.
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