Or something like that. Anyway, I have no cat pictures, so here’s the one I LOL’d from John Scalzi’s site.

I should, because I have a very early morning tomorrow. But I can’t. I’m not sure why.

I did WIN over at Nathan’s site, which is teh awesome. But still, I can’t sleep now. And that stinks.

Just thought I’d share. 😉

First off, I highly recommend you do not watch “America’s Got Talent” — it’s almost entirely absurd. Their adoption of Jerry Springer as host only exemplifies that. That said, it was on TV while I was in my office, so I left it on for background noise. I heard a young man singing, and I was moved by his passion. Note: I was not moved by his amazing ability. He’s a good singer, but had timing issues, and his drawing out of the last bit of the song took away from the finish as opposed to adding to it (the latter being his hope I’m sure).

But the boy’s got passion. I wish I had the musical talent this young man has, because expressing emotion is not as easy as it sounds. Writing tends to be my shtick (well, videos too I guess), and I find it difficult, or at least seemingly more challenging to express emotion in the same way music allows. Perhaps it’s just the desire to have a talent I don’t possess, but whatever the reason, there’s no denying that music is powerful. Here’s a clip of Eli Mattson in action:

Do Want! This isn’t the first time I’ve been interested in tentacular fodder. Perhaps I have some deeper issues…

That said, I think the tentacle arms might be easier to persuade my wife into. 😀

(Ok, neither is very likely… sigh…)

In a very depressing bit of news, Star Trek: The Experience is apparently closing on September 1st of this year. STTE has been one of those places I hoped to visit someday, and I don’t see how I can possibly get there before Sept. 1.

I really can’t tell you how sad I am. I just can’t explain it. *sigh*

After 4 months of calling, complaining, calling, begging, calling, ranting, and then calling again — Charter finally sent out a technician that agreed to do what I asked the original guys in March to do. That is, to replace the coax cable from the road to my house. The connector at the house sat exposed to the elements for years when we had satellite, and were badly corroded. Sure, they clipped off the end and started “fresh”, but my suspicion was that water had damaged the cable itself.

According to the signal loss in the cable, I was right. I’m sure my head will soon expand to the point I can’t get in the door. Anyway, the new cable is installed, and my Internet connection hasn’t gone offline for over 5 hours. I’m guardedly optimistic. 🙂

So, now with the Internet connection going at (hopefully) full tilt, maybe I’ll get around to like posting and stuff. Ya know?

So… Kate made me a super cool header graphic for my website. In my spare time (HA!), I’m looking for a new theme that goes well with it. I am, needless to say, pretty excited about it. While I like the current picture of Mars, I’ve never really liked this theme. The widgets are funny. And not in a ha ha way, rather in an annoying way.

So yeah, in the near future, things will be changing a bit. Thanks again Kate!

I also got my time machine working, but that has nothing to do with this post. Srsly. Proof? You want proof that I won? Fine, here ya go:

(Click to embiggify)

I also was already contacted by Future Nathan, and he assured me my prize of a Dominos Pizza should be delivered any minute now. I’m so excited!

My Linux Journal video this week is a far cry from my normal silliness. There’s a part of me that hopes my change of pace further exemplifies how serious I feel about computer vendors and their lack of openness. I’ll admit, this video was awkward for me to release, because it’s not my normal shtick. Feel free to disagree with my opinions, but rest assured, it’s not an act. Srsly.

No really, I do. See:

I assure you, that’s not photoshopped. So far, this massive muscle hasn’t proved terribly useful, other than it’s wide enough that it gets chomped between my jaws more than I’d like. If it were long instead of wide, it might be more useful, like for licking my eyeballs or something. As it is, I have amazing ice cream cone consumption abilities, and not much else.

So what’s weird about you?