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Archive for June, 2005

First Signs of Life Beyond All This

Posted by Chief Oddball on Tuesday, June 28th, 2005 in Life

Just as the title states, today I received my first glimpse of the light at the end of this tunnel I find myself being flung through. I reminded the CEO of my current workplace that Thursday was my last day on site, and that if any future tasks were asked of me, I would [...]

10 Years of Decapitated Grand Prixs

Posted by Chief Oddball on Saturday, June 18th, 2005 in Cars

Destroyed Grand Prix

Back in 1995, I remember seeing a newspaper article in the Detroit Free Press about a couple of teenagers who were killed when a drunk driver T-boned their car at some insane rate of speed. The victims were riding in a teal, [...]

Redefining “Commercial” Radio

Posted by Chief Oddball on Saturday, June 18th, 2005 in Rants

When I say “redefining commercial radio,” I really mean “putting the commercial in commercial radio.” I mention this because our local AM news/talk channel received my coveted Strangulation-Inducing Advertisement Overload Award this morning. I simply cannot believe how many commericals there are on that station—but what’s far worse than the mind-boggling frequency with [...]

Toyota, the Computer, and Thailand

Posted by Chief Oddball on Wednesday, June 15th, 2005 in Randomness

Hey, I said I’d be posting a lot of stuff now that the cat’s out of the bag, didn’t I?
First of all, you have got to read this rant over at AutoExtremist. Over the years, out of all the automobile manufacturers out there, I’ve decided I like Toyota the least—because of their unrelenting arrogance [...]

I Just Put Xerxes on the Floor…

Posted by Chief Oddball on Wednesday, June 15th, 2005 in Computers

…And I can’t believe how much quieter this room is for it. Not to mention the fact that now the machine runs 2°C cooler than it did before—an idle temp of 42°C now. Sweet merciful crap. My new machine is so definitely going on the floor too.
For all these years [...]

A Change of Venue

Posted by Chief Oddball on Wednesday, June 15th, 2005 in Life

It’s time to break the news: I’ve decided to quit my job.
Of course, the ironic thing is that by now, this should be news to absolutely no one—no one who reads this site, anyway, as I’ve informed most of them already through other channels. I wanted to wait to post about it here until [...]

I’m Not Dead

Posted by Chief Oddball on Monday, June 13th, 2005 in Life

…Just hibernating.
No, I’m not hibernating either. I’m running at full-tilt. Some major life-changing events have been stacking up around here. I was going to post about them, but I want to wait until they’ve been beaten into the ground with a big ol’ club…well, what I mean is, I want to wait [...]