I got one of those forwards and am filling it out. Click below to jump to the actual Q and A. I’m supposed to send it back to Pearl because she sent it to me but hey whatever. It’ll be here for whenver she wants to look at it. Continue reading ‘Internet forward (my apologies)’
Archive for November, 2005
This Thanksgiving, I joined Eric and Lizzie for their engagement party. But it was in Columbia, SC! I didn’t really think that I would ever travel for Turkey Day, but hey, that’s cool. Also, it turned out that I was the only friend who showed up. Except for Eric’s sister’s boyfriend, I suppose. Because of this, I got to stay at the house and do family things and hear some funny family stories.
And apparently, this is something to thank me for because I kept on being thanked for coming. Don’t they know I just just enjoying myself on vacation and mooching off their food? Eh whatever, I sent a thank you card via mail. I really did enjoy myself *shrug*
By the way, Keith (the boyfriend) was singing a marvelous song about me. Just replace “Glen” with “Lee.”
Then on Sunday, I celebrated Pearl’s birthday with her family.
Happy birthday Pearl!
Somehow her family likes me too. Her aunt made a fabulous meal… and forwhatever reason, her family thanked me for coming too!
So anyway, to you families out there: should I continue to mooch off of you and you’ll thank me? Is that the deal? Because I like it.
Remember that show Family Feud? This is a conversation that I had with my parents today when the newer version was on:
Dad: oh wow I used to love this show! What is it–family ties?
Me: No, it’s Family Feud.
Dad: Oh and isn’t that the guy from Home Improvement?
Me: Yeah he went downhill after that show to this show.
Dad: They just won! Do you think that they will split the money?
Me: I don’t know, it’s a family, right? Family Feud…?
Mom: What’s with all the blonds?
Me: It’s a family. Family Feud.
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Me: Do I need to remind you guys again that this is Family Feud?
I love you Mom and Dad!
So: this is I think the 12th day since I started going to the gym at a regular pace. Nay, a hyper pace. If I go to the gym today, then it will be the 8th day that I’ve been in the same time period. I had two days of rest a couple of days ago and am ready for more punishment.
Lizzie’s totally been a great gym buddy… ask her to tell you about the boogers that she found on her machine. I love that story.
Still no sign of my six pack, but goddamn, all I wanted for Hannukah (besides what is on my wishlist and a flat screen monitor) was that six pack!
Also, for those of you who were worried that I walk across the gym locker room too much, I want you to know that I have as much towel time as possible. Ack! I’ve said too much!
Today in databases class, we had two guest speakers talk about Internet worms and how their company defends against everything. I think that one of them was the top 80th CIO but I’m not sure.
What really struck me was that they know that companies exist in Russia that just try to spam computers and infest them with profitable worms (btw, Lizzie says that there are companies like this in Romania). Furthermore, the worst attacks they’ve seen are from a university in South Korea and… you guessed it… GA Tech. Oh man am I proud of my school.
I got a missed call from St. Louis but I’m not calling back in case it really wasn’t for me or in case it was a solicitation. Does anyone know a number that starts with (314) 863-xxxx? I hate when they don’t leave a message.
nevermind I know who it was now.
I’m just about done making a program for a phylogenetic tree. I just wanted to show you another function of a bioinformatician besides the one before.
For those of you who don’t know, a phylogenetic tree is like a tree of life, where it shows you which species evolved from what.
And please don’t give me intelligent design crap. I might have to entertain your comments about that in person, but I will probably ignore it on this blog.
HAHAHA I love this site!
http://www.heptune.com/farts.html
When it is cold outside and you fart, can you see it like you can see your breath?
(Question submitted by Anderson G.).Now, that’s an interesting idea! My guess would be yes, since farts are nice and moist like our breath, but this is one question that I’m not in a position to answer. I live in the tropics, and it never gets cold here.
Several people have tried the experiment and have written to tell me the results. Most people said that they could indeed see their farts, but one person said that he couldn’t see it even with his pants off.Here is what anywhere32 reported: “In the boys’ locker room after morning water polo practice it was cold out and one of the players only had on his speedo and let out a fart. About four of us saw it and couldn’t contain our laughter for the rest of the day.”
John of the UK said, “Farts expelled in cold air leave what can only be described as a long bushy
tail. This is quite funny waiting on a train station platform on a cold dark frosty morning. A person will move away from everyone to a safe distance, and then release a long quiet fart, only to have a sudden and dramatic long bushy white tail coming from their anus; it goes down a little way and slowly curves up ending in a point, just like a dogs tail!”
I learned that this past week, my brother, Jeff, was initiated into the fraternity, AEPi.
Any comments, Jeff? Gonna tell us the fraternity secrets yet?
So after a short getting together of things and cleaning up of things, we managed to make a nice, comfortable atmosphere for my cousin Lev. It’ll be cool with him living down the hallway, in my sister’s old room.
So when I go out with you guys and you see this new guy hanging around me and I forget to introduce him, it’s Lev. Be nice. He’ll be here in our house for at least a month, I estimate, and then he’ll still be in Atlanta. This is very cool because I am not used to having extended family living anywhere near me.
After getting spammed a lot through comments and through advice questions, I have come up with a few securities on the site.
- Upgrading my blog to have anti-spam (and this cool new template!)
- Adding a security image to other forms, which you can see at the advice section and at the guestbook section.
Man what a crappy post. Maybe it’s just good enough to explain why things got blue around here all of a sudden, and that’s all the reason you needed to read this.
Did anyone see Arrested Development tonight? It was some of the funniest. Well, that’s not really accurate. It was way up to par, as always. After all, how can it be better than how it’s already been doing?
Lee’s hightlights of the full hour:
- Michael’s taking “oxycontinent” to restore his oxygen for his triathelon. “continent” refers to a person’s being able to hold one’s urine voluntarilly, and “oxy” meaning oxygen. What he really took was probably oxycotine, which relieves pain like no one’s business.
- No one can catch anything, and so they all turn their backs to whatever is being thrown at them
- The chocolate prize at the end that Rita steals
- And lastly, the best scene: Tobias and George Michael fight over a fake village as a rocketman and as godzilla. In front of surprised Japanese investors.
I’ve decided that Google Talk is far, far superior than any of the other major instant messaging programs. Why? Simplicity. The program takes about a third of the memory requirement that AIM takes up, and AIM had been my favorite thus far. The only problem is that no one is on google talk yet. If you are, add me to your list!
Reasons why I love Google Talk:
- Simplicity: each chat window only has the email and call buttons
- Ads: none
- Inbox link: get your gmail faster and know what emails have arrived as they come
- History: Every time you re-open a chat window, it tells you what you have previously said to that person.
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This movie clip is just how I feel about teeth.