When did it become so important that I have to drop everything to save you from looking like a douche?
- Daily thought process, Me

Life. It’s quite amazing. The people that is. It’s amazing that more of ‘em don’t get hit by cars.
- G.D.

When Technology and Architecture collide, expect to see something akin to a 3-year-old vs. a pitbull stand-off.
- Me again

There should be a planned parenthood around the corner from this library.
- Guess who!?

I’m so tired, I could vote Republican.
- Anonymous

Quotingly,
Gregsta’

I don’t know why, but the silliest things make me happy.

Like my keyboard.

I give you the Microsoft Office Keyboard:

This is by far the best keyboard of all time. On the left, you have buttons Cut, Copy and Paste! How often do you find yourself doing the CTRL-C, CTRL-V routine? Never again with this keyboard.

There’s also the Scroll wheel on the left. I set this to Uber-fast mode. I use it to scan quickly through long documents and then use the scroll on my mouse for the more precise scrolling action.

Geeky? Yes. That’s the point. Too bad Microsoft discontinued this model after it’s first year of production. Fuckers. I’ve bought a few on eBay over the years. Stock piling for a bleak, otherwise unproductive existence.

There’s no doubt about it, geeks have ways to save time that anyone else can have. You just have to start thinking like one of us: Lazy. Anything you can do properly, a geek can do half-assed in a quarter of the time.

Then again, there is this sub-set of geeks that are perfectionists. I don’t claim to be one of them. I aspire, but I don’t achieve. These geeks tend to find themselves wondering why they spent their entire life perfecting something the rest of us figured out was a waste of time 20 years prior.

Okay, this blog has gone on too long.

If your curious: http://www.gigandbets.com

Gregsta’: Working late

I like not knowing what’s going on in the news. I feel like my little world is interesting enough. Why should I complicate it with a bunch of noise? Have you seen prime-time TV news in recent years? You have? What is it like?

The world could be suffering from plagues, famine, food shortages – I wouldn’t know or care. Nope. That’s me. Living in the here-and-here.

I suppose I’m no better than those people I complain about that know nothing about new technology, ’cause they ain’t been pay’n attention for the last 20 years.

I’m sure at some point my stuck-in-1999-and-happy-about-it will backfire on me. Until then, I’m going to put on some Bryan Adams and reminisce about the good ol’ days… like when Clinton was President, before NAFTA…

Waking up the Neighbours,
Gregsta’

I’m with Gooch on this issue. (Yes, the small hands comment, too) Main Page.

No drinking this week. I feel like poo this morning. I had more wine, booze and beer this weekend than should be allowed by law. I ate like French, Thai and American cuisine was going out of style. My head throbs, breakfast was difficult to get down and I’ve already ingested enough water to flood New Orleans again.

Working overtime this week to get some things done at the office. Updating the blog more. Eating better. Working out. Signing contracts.

Born to be miiiiilllldd…

Gregsta’

I suppose I should write here more often when I’m busy. That way, when times are slow, I’ve already set the precedent that I write in my blog all the time.

Self-imposed guilt is a bitch.

Worked from home yesterday. I got more done in the 6 hours I put in glued to my office chair than I ever get done in 8 hours at the office. Someday, when I work from home all the time, I’ll probably utter “I’d get more done if I was at the office.”

Exciting times in Gregster’s mild mannered existence. Wedding planning is going well. Some huge projects at the office are actually happening. Things are staying comfortably busy.

I’ve fallen off the exercise bandwagon this and last week. Lame excuse: Too tired and stressed out. I suppose that’s exactly WHY you would go exercise in the first place. Isn’t it amazing how we can make an excuse to do or not do just about anything?

Back to work.
Gregsta’

“I have ADD when it comes to boys.”
- Good friend, still single.

“When it Rains, it Pours.”
-Noah

“Half off sale in the kids underwear section? I’m there…”
-Michael Jackson

“Can I get a witness?”
-Rodney King

“Bring on the shots!”
-Me, my 30th Birthday @ the Bar

“Are those boy pants? I didn’t think so, either. I don’t think he’s going to be able to procreate after tonight.”
-Annonymous

“I’m never drinking again.”
-Jenn every Sunday (aka Jenn with “two n’s”)

“What the hell?”
-Me after finding out that I don’t have any more money in the joint account.

“Buy some shoes for yourself.”
-My last words before going into debt for life.

“No complaints yet!”
-My defacto standard response to the question ‘How are you today?’

Quotingly,
Gregsta’

The thing I love about blogging is that you can be a complete moron, but depending on a number of circumstances that you or anyone else have little or no control over – you’re opinion might be the deciding factor or basis for opinion of someone else, or for that matter – quite a few people.

These are in fact scary times. (ranting follows) I think the sharing of information is good, don’t get me wrong. Where I think folks are starting to get it wrong is their expectation for summarization. Nothing can quite beat the powers of discussion for hashing out opinions and making good decisions. Credibility, not so surprisingly, plays a key role that is often left out or forged online.

Why do we keep going back to the web seeking out information in this manner? Google and other resources used to be good at finding the end-all answers to all your questions. Now, that’s not always true. We then turn to other forms of information collection (forums, wikis, message boards, etc.) only to find the same weaknesses (and in most cases, even weaker) exist.

I suggest that a high degree of certainty and accuracy isn’t really possible anymore for any information found online, particularly considering how easy it is to manipulate data when motivated.

Time to start going back to the old fashioned way of finding things out – asking the real experts and validating that you are in fact talking to an expert. Hopefully this will be the Web 3.0 premise…

Gregsta’

Still drooling and I haven’t even fired it up yet…

Cookingly,
Gregsta’

More stuff from the Dutch having to do with my favorite subject…
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Gregsta’

I was searching for the recipe for a Duck Fart (a layered shot, not fowl flatulence) and this came up:

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The Dutch continue to be a source of misunderstanding and amusement. We love the Dutch. I would have my own children watch these kids shows (sans the amusing sub-titles) if they weren’t so damn scary sounding when they sing… It sounds more like a death march than a kids tune…

Gregsta’