Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Potluck
Kudos to Lon "Don" Derry for writing a very funny comment on the 12.3.06 entry, which seemed to be longer than the actual entry itself.
I've been trying to sell this PXR-4 digital recorder that I've had for a while, but no luck so far. I figured that if I wasn't going to sell it, then I should probably learn how to use it. I'd like a hard copy of the instructions, which are available online. The only printer readily available to me is the one at work, but today I found out that the instructions were 100 pages long, which is hardly a subtle exploitation of company time/money/equipment. Like Andy Dufresne in Shawshank Redemption, I might have to be patient and complete this task over time. I think I can print 10 pages or so every day without causing much of a backup, putting me at a mere 10 business days until the instructions are mine, all mine.
As I have been known to do on occasion, I called into the local conservative talk radio show tonight to make the ride home from work pass by a little more quickly. For whatever reason, I couldn't seem to form a coherent thought once I got on the air, which only made me panic more and forget my point almost entirely. Being an experienced radio guy, the host seemed to recognize my inability to get any point across and gave me the pity hang-up -- not announcing that he was letting me go, but just continuing to talk until the commercial break. Shameful.
Below we have Andy Bean, friend of MesteeBlogger, doing his best job miming the playing of a banjo while riding a unicycle. Doing him one up, however is Christian Adam (right), who holds the world record for riding a bicycle (less impressive) backwards (more impressive) while playing violin. Christian Adam did this for 60 kilometers and said that he was he was surprised by the good acoustics of the motorway tunnels. If I was him, I would be more surprised that I could ride a bicycle backwards for 60 kilometers while playing the violin.


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I've been trying to sell this PXR-4 digital recorder that I've had for a while, but no luck so far. I figured that if I wasn't going to sell it, then I should probably learn how to use it. I'd like a hard copy of the instructions, which are available online. The only printer readily available to me is the one at work, but today I found out that the instructions were 100 pages long, which is hardly a subtle exploitation of company time/money/equipment. Like Andy Dufresne in Shawshank Redemption, I might have to be patient and complete this task over time. I think I can print 10 pages or so every day without causing much of a backup, putting me at a mere 10 business days until the instructions are mine, all mine.
As I have been known to do on occasion, I called into the local conservative talk radio show tonight to make the ride home from work pass by a little more quickly. For whatever reason, I couldn't seem to form a coherent thought once I got on the air, which only made me panic more and forget my point almost entirely. Being an experienced radio guy, the host seemed to recognize my inability to get any point across and gave me the pity hang-up -- not announcing that he was letting me go, but just continuing to talk until the commercial break. Shameful.
Below we have Andy Bean, friend of MesteeBlogger, doing his best job miming the playing of a banjo while riding a unicycle. Doing him one up, however is Christian Adam (right), who holds the world record for riding a bicycle (less impressive) backwards (more impressive) while playing violin. Christian Adam did this for 60 kilometers and said that he was he was surprised by the good acoustics of the motorway tunnels. If I was him, I would be more surprised that I could ride a bicycle backwards for 60 kilometers while playing the violin.


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