Randomness

On the way to work today, I was driving behind a car with the following bumper sticker: "Horn Not Working - Watch For Finger". Which I've seen before, but this one was next to a fish symbol with "WWJD" written inside it. For those who don't know, the Fish on the back of a car represents Christianity, and WWJD stands for "What Would Jesus Do?" I guess Jesus would flip you the bird if his horn was broken.

I used to think birds were cool, but now I hate them. You'd think that since they're advanced enough fly, smart enough to fly in formations and build nests, that they would be way past the "spraying-their-crap-wherever" link in the stage of evolution. That's so unbelievably inconsiderate, I mean, do I go into your nest and take a dump on your eggs and stuff? No, so how about you foos stop dropping your nastiness on my car. It even eats through the clear coat, what's up with that.

There's one of these public awareness signs at work that says "Beware the Social Engineers!" and lists the suspicious characteristics to watch out for, like "outwardly friendly", "appear harmless" or "social conversationalists". It's actually a warning telling people not to talk about their project details with everyone, because there could be spies you don't know about who "appear harmless" as an average engineer. I just thought it was funny that there's a sign telling us to be wary of "outwardly friendly" and "social" engineers. It's true in general, if you think about it. Not many engineers are like me, the life of every party I walk into.

You know, if some ping pong balls had bounced differently in the NBA Lottery last year, we might have been looking at Yao Ming playing for the Bulls. That would've been awesome.

I think second-hand smoke is one of the worst things imaginable. Not only the "increased odds of lung cancer" thing, but basically, you get to smell and feel nasty without ever enjoying the nicotine high yourself.

Some guy just stopped by my house and when I answered the door, he was like "Is your mom or dad home?" What, do I look like a 12 year old? You need to talk to my mommy and daddy? Anyways, he was talking about wheelchair basketball or something so I was still polite.