Every Damn Morning

Just making my daily rounds of the internets, and read xkcd for today. This perfectly sums up how I wake up each day! (Don’t get me going on the dream I had last night involving Morgan Webb! And no, it’s not what you think!) Check it out HERE.

Sex Scouts

Recently, I became the Assistant (to the) Scout Leader for my daughters Girl Scout Brownie troop.  It’s a lot of fun, but much more work then I thought it would be.  It requires organizational skills I havent used in years, skills that have since atrophied in my head.

Well, the girls want to go camping.  But before we are allowed to take a group of girls into the woods, one of the Scout Leaders has to take the official Girl Scout Camping Course.  I have signed up to do this.

Now, in our troop, I am the only active dad.  I have only seen one other father come to a scouting event, and that was to buy some cookies.  It’s me and a bunch of ladies.  Well, I don’t think they know what to make of me yet.  In my head, I like to fantasize that they are my harem of women, all to do my bidding and pleasure me, but the reality is far from this dream.

But to get back to the Girl Scout Camping Course, this is an over night affair (bad choice of words there) for adults only.  And if our troop is any indication, I’m guessing it will be me and a lot of ladies in the woods.  And this, of course, has caused my imagination to get away from me!  Perhaps if I offer these scout moms badges in lovemaking they will take me up on my offer of physical pleasure, I will be able to bed down one or more of them.  Or something like that. 

Of course nothing will happen.  I’m a happily married man, and a big dork when it comes to wooing women.  But still, I’m not dead, and a guy can dream, right?  Or am I just a pervert?

Sleep Problems

My sleep schedual has been all screwed up lately.  Normally, I don’t get enough sleep; about 4 to 6 hours a night, about 4 nights a week.  But for teh past week or two, my schedule has been even more “wacky”, leading to some 30 hour days between sleeps, or nights with only 3 hours of sleep, and then I crash and end up sleeping for 12 plus hours when I can.  Let me tell you from personal experience, that a bad sleep schedule will fuck you up.  It will make you sick, it will drag you down, and it will crush your soul!  And I have been doing this for nearly a decade now; no wonder I hate the world most days.

Anyway, earlier in the week, I went through my annual Red Cross CPR, AED and First Aid training.  I do this through my employer, as part of their “first responder” team.  Basically, if someone at work is hurt or is having a heart attack, one of us with the training will be there to assist for the few minutes before the real EMT’s can arrive (luckily, across the street from our office is a fire station).  These are good skills to have, and I hope I never need to use them.  In the six years that I have been on the first responder team, I have never needed to help anyone.

So, after a week of no sleeping, after a night of only three hours of rest, I had to sit through the eight hour Red Cross training.  Most of it was watching films and discussions with the trainers.  There was some hands on work with dummies (and I’m not talking about my co-workers, ha!), but most of it consisted of sitting there in a comfy chair, in a dimly lit room, listening.  As you can imagine, this did not do much to help keep me alert.

Soon into the night, my eye lids became heavy and started to droop.  I fought off sleep with all my might, and I’m pretty sure I didn’t begin to snooze.  Instead, something else happened.  i think.  I cant be sure.  I think I began to hullicenate.

The characters in the Red Cross started to do things I don’t think they  were really doing.  The man having the stroke became a zombie and was trying to eat the brains of the other people in the restaurant.  The girl with the bee sting allergies was someone I knew in high school.  And the young man suffering from heat stroke, well, lets just say, suddenly, he was joined by two ladies and well.. Never mind.

You probably think I’m making this up, but I’m not!  My mind started to wonder and in the haze of no sleep, my imagination took over.  And i couldn’t control it!  At the time, it didn’t scare me, but now, it kind of worries me.  What if I do get the call to help someone, and I suddenly start having flashbacks?  What if my boss suddenly has a stroke, and I end up shooting him in the head (which is the only way to really kill a zombie, ya know!)?  Sure, i don’t carry a gun, but still, yeah never know, weirder things have happened.

Anyway, the moral of this story is to make sure that you get enough sleep.  Otherwise, you could end up like me, and I wouldn’t wish that on anyone!

Bad Spelling & Good Blog Stats

I’m a bad speller.  Even with spell check, many misspellings have made it onto this page.  And oddly enough, a misspelling has lead to many people discovering this site!

I was checking my blog stats the other day, and on May 23rd, I had the most visits ever to this site (A Whooping 115 Unique Visitors!!!)  This was surprising to me, and it made me happy, in a weird egotistical way.  But, I got curious about why and how people where discovering this little site o’mine. (and then I lost that weird happy feeling when I discovered the truth.)

Well, after digging deeper, I discovered that people who are searching for funnyman Jon Lajoie are coming to my site.  Apparently, when you search Google for “JohnLajoie.com“, the second listing that comes up is an old version of this blog (which is still sitting there over on Blogger), which then links to this page.  And when people look for Jon Lajoie on this site, they can find an old post entitled “Funny Ha Ha“.

(on a side note, if you want to got to “JohnLajoie.com“, why search for it on Google, and not just go right to the site?  I dont get it.)

Anyway, maybe you have already caught the typo/misspelling/glitch that causes people to find SenselessBabble.com…  The mans name is Jon Lajoie, yet I link to JohnLajoie.com.  See the propblem?  See the “H”?  Ah ha!

So, the actually site is JonLajoie.com.  JohnLajoie.com appears to be a “non-site” site. So, now I’m torn; do I correct the mistake?  And possible loose the biggest draw to this site, or do I correct it and hope some good e-karma will come my way?  Well, I’ve decided to do both!

I will correct the typo on this site, so that people who visit SenselessBabble.com will be brought to Mr. Lajoies real site (which is very funny, have a look if you haven’t visited it yet!  Tell ‘im SB sent ya!), BUT, I will leave the mistaken link alone on the old Blogger version of this site.  It’s a dead/abandoned site anyway, so, it would be kinda morbid to dig up it’s bones at this late date just to fix the cuff links on the suit of the corpse. (gonning with a bad metaphor here folks, stay with me.)

So, there ya go.  Another blog post about the blog, which normally I hate.  But this time out, I think it’s kinda interesting.  Also, just a hello to any Jon (and John) Lajoie fans who have stumbled onto this site.  Leave me a comment or send me and email just to say hello!  Thanks!

Link-O-Rama

If I had one wish for this site, it would be..  No, strike that, let me start over.  If I was ever going to turn this site into a “real” site, other then my little personalized corner of the interwebs, I would love to make it one of those sites that is nothing more then a collection of links of other sites.  Some sites (like Dark Roasted Blend) give you just the links, while others give their opinion or a pithy comment on the link (Geekologie is one of my favorites in this cataory.  The comments are justs as entertaining as the links themelves, in my opinion.  Sure, the “lads” humor, as the Brits call it, isn’t for every one, but it fits my tastes!), but no matter the format, I quite enjoy this type of site as a way to pass the time and to keep up with the world.

But, since I don’t have the time or energy to scan the webby-tubes each day to find hundreds of kewl links for all of you, my faithful readers, this site will just have to be what it is; dull, and limited in links.

That said, let me show you a few neat things I found today…

From Film School Rejects… A series of clips from movies, remade with Typography.  I’ve seen two od these before, but FSR has collected a slow of them together for you.  ~CLICK HERE FOR THE ARTICLE~     ps..no nudity, but NSFW due to language.

Next, an article from Boing Boing.  I’ll admit it, I’m a closeted Micheal Jackson fan.  Sure, his personal life is as freaky as all get out, but as a performer, I think he is pretty grand!  Anyway, here is a version of the “Smooth Criminal” video, remade with Fred Astair films.  Astair was a big influence on Jacksons dancing style, and you can see it here.  ~CLICK HERE FOR THE ARTICLE~

That’s all I have for links today.  As I find more, I’ll post them, if the fancy strikes me, or what ever that phrase is.

Italian Spiderman

There’s nothing I can say.  You just have to see it.

How Many Cannibals Could You Feed?

I could feed 9. How about you?

OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets

Science & Religion

Heres a comic that made me smile today.  —> LINK HERE

Funny

This kind of makes me hungry.

Internet Related Videos

I stumbled upon the new Weezer video today for their new song “Pork and Beans” (via Waxy). I liked it, because I’m into the whole “Internet culture” thing, so thought I would post it. Wait, didn’tt the Barenaked Ladies also do a video like this a few years ago? Yeah, they did! I better post that too, since I have nothing original myself to say. Thanks, enjoy the tunes.

Oh, an here are two more videos (the non music type) that make me laugh. I’m tossing them in, just ‘cuz.

more about “Internet Related Videos“, posted with vodpod

Breakfast & Cats

I’ve often read the complaint about blogs that too many are just people talking about what they ate for breakfast and their cats. I can understand this complaint having read many many bad blogs. And having written many Many MANY bad blog posts. So what am I going to do today? I’m going to write about what I had for breakfast and my cats.

I woke up last week at 10:30 PM and I had breakfast four hours later. I made myself a cheeseburger.

Now onto my cat. This is all about Peter. Peter is 14 years old, he is 14 pounds, he is white, gray, and fluffy. Very very fluffy! We think he is part Maine Coon cat.

I brought Peter home one day as a surprise for my wife back when you’ve just living together, before we were married. (yes, we were living in sin.  Isn’t that horrible?)  At the time we shared in an appartment with another couple. The female half of that couple was getting ready to move out and go to grad school. She took with her their two cats. Her two cats were the playmates of Wendy, the cat we already had. Now, I didn’t want Wendy to be all alone, so I brought home Peter. (Do you get it yet, the name, Wendy and and Peter? Huh, Huh, do you get it?) (On a sad tangent, we lost Wendy about two years ago.  She went insane.  Litterally.  But that’s another story for another day.)

Well, Peter was the tiniest kitten I had ever seen. The people at the animal shelter said that he and his sisters had been abandoned in the attic of a vacant building. Apparently the mother had left them their, and sadly never came back. I can only guess that the mother came to a sad end.

Peter was so tiny, see was the size that his head is now. He was malnourished and very tiny. And very sad. So of course, he was the one I picked and brought home.

We loved him instantly, probably because he was so sad and tiny. Unfortunately, the roommate we were still living with, the male half of the other couple, he did not want another cat in the apartment. This led to a week long argument that ended with my wife and I moving out. But that’s a story for another time.

Anyway, with lots of love and lots of food Peter grew and grew and grew. No, he’s not quite Clifford the big red dog, but darn close.  Peter became one of the greatest cats ever. Ever! His attitude is almost that of a dog. When our children came into the home, our other cats scampered away to hide. But Peter stood there and took all of their love/abuse that only infants and toddlers can give to a big fuzzy kitty

So, flash forward to today, or this month actually. Peter had been losing some weight. Also, he had been drinking lots and lots of water. So much water, that the clumping kitty litter could not handle it, and the cat box was becoming almost muddy. No, I shouldn’t say almost muddy, it WAS becoming muddy. Disgusting! And stinky.

After a quick Google search, we figured he had either kidney failure, liver failure, or diabetes. Well, a $400 vet visit later we learned that it was diabetes.

Diabetes is a treatable disease. Even for cat’s. With a change in diet, to very expensive specialty food that we can only get from the veterinarian, (must look online for cheaper alternatives) and with a daily insulin shot, Peter will be okay. In fact, after a week I’ve already noticed a lot less urine in the cat box.

So, that’s my story about my cat Peter. The doctors say he should be fine, at least for another two years, fingers crossed.  Wish him luck!

Spam

I had a bit of spam in my comments today, but that is normal. Most (no, nearly ALL) of my comments are spam. But this comment linked to a YouTube video that I actually found funny! So, who ever spammed me, I thank you for the laugh. Here you go, I pass along to you… “My Anus Is Bleeding!”

New Software

Today I purchased MacSpeech Dictate, a software program similar to Dragon NaturallySpeaking.  I am speaking into a microphone, and what is said is dictated into a notepad. I’ve gone through the tutorial to teach the computer my voice and now I’m testing its ability to understand me. I am wondering if this will make posting easier. In the past I have written that I wanted to make video posts, but I can’t bring myself to actually turn on the camera and talk to it; it’s it’s just a little too weird for me. I guess I’m more self conscious then I thought I was.  Talking is also a little too weird right now, I think it may be faster than simply writing, and in time many alow me to post more, and more easily, but it’s going to take some time to get used to.

Okay one paragraph down and so far it’s not too bad.  I see a few edits I need to make before posting this online, but I like it so far. Well, I like that it works, but getting used to talking out loud instead of writing is going to take some time to get used to. Simply because I don’t speak the same way that I write, and vice versa. Like I said, it’s a little weird, it’s a little odd.

Let me try some random stuff, and I wont edit it, the phrases below are as they software dictated them…

To be quick random (brown) fox jumped over the lazy brown dog.

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

The wind is blowing through the true use (trees).

I invade a command (am the eggman), I am the walrus, Newton in June we (goo goo ga joob)

I can see a command (am the eggman), I am the walrus, do you think you. (goo goo ga joob)

May the force be with you.

And what’s the deal with airline food?

This little taking went to market, this little piggy stayed on (home). This little piggy had a roast in the and (beef), and in this little piggy and (had) none. And this little piggy went in the (wee) wee meet (wee) all the way home.

Okay, the first two paragraphs turned out better thenthese test lines, but, oh well, that’s what ya get.  We are far from Star Trek-like voice communications with our ‘puters.

I’m going to wrap this up, I’m worried that my wife is going to think I’m talking to myself, so I’m turning this off now.  I have a long list of of stuff I want to post, since I haven’t really written much in the last two weeks or so, but that will have to wait until tomorrow.  For now, it is time for me to go to bed.  Sorry for another boring entry, I just needed to try this software out.  I think I’ll stick with it for now.  I’ll keep you informed on my thoughts and opinions about this project.

I’m Famous! Part Three

Sorry to keep going back to ROFLcon related topics, but this event last month was the only interesting thing I have done in years. Anyway, today I found that Martin Sargents “Internet Superstar” has posted the episode of his show that he filmed while at ROFLcon. If you watch, at the 12 minute mark, when Martin says “Thank You Sir!”, well, that’s me, I’m the sir! Pretty cool!

Crud, I Cant Get The Video To Work On This Site (I’m loving WordPress, EXCEPT for the limitations on videos. Ugh!) –> SO, Please Click HERE To See The Video!

PS - Speaking of ROFLcon, they have finally started to post the videos of the discussions held that great weekend at M.I.T. –> Check It Out HERE

Where am I?

Last week was the week of no sleep - 7 days in a row with only 5 hours (or less) a night.  No energy to blog

This week the wife is home from work, using some vacation time.  She’s keeping me busy.  No time to blog.

Just wanted to let anyone and every one who might be worried about me know what I haven’t been online.

Be back next week, promise!

My Old Stomping Grounds

Tuesday night, I went to bed just after midnight.  I woke up with my son around 6 a.m. on Wednesday morning.  And other then a 2 hour nap on the couch, I’ve been awake ever since.  It’s now near 4 p.m. on Thuresday.  you do the math!  (thus, no energy to write today, sorry!)

Anyway, my old stomping grounds have made the news recently.  Here the article in the New York Times.

Politics and News

After a morning of working in my sons preschool classroom, and an evening of Girl Scouts with my daughter, I’m finally going to get out and see Iron Man! Yippeeeee!!! Cant wait. - And so, in no way related, I give you too links I found today. - Clinton/Obama & Obama/Africa - Enjoy.

I’m Famous! Part Two

At ROFLcon, Current TV was following the Tron Guy around. Today, the story they did on him came out. And I’m in it! (for three seconds, starting at the 4:43 mark)! Enjoy!

Here’s The Link!

Life Insurance

Yesterday, the wife turns to me and says we need more life insurance. This scared me. I’ve no worries when it comes to my own death (we all die, so what’s the big deal?), but I’m afraid of yet another bill. Ugh. Money sucks. Death, not so much. But living with financial woes, now that, that really sucks.

Don’t Forget…

Today is Free Comic Book Day!!!

a post about nothing

I spent yesterday half asleep on the couch.  My son was not happy with me.  I’m still feeling a bit run down from the flue last week.  Speaking of last week, my report about Day 2 of ROFLcon should be up tomorrow.  Maybe.  I know there are so many of you sitting on the edge of your seat waiting.  - That’s sarcasm.  No one is reading.  But that’s okay.  I think.  Ugh.  i don’t know.  ugh.

I’m not doing anything important right now, but I really want to play GTA IV.  But I cant.  It’s not a game I feel comfortable playing in front of the kids.  To much “naughty language”.  The violence isn’t so bad, I just dont want the kids dropping the f-bomb. - my early thoughts on the game: great too look at, and fun, but I’m not finding anything “new” in the game, as compared to the last few versions.  (though I haven’t tried multiplayer yet)  And I find Nikko, the main character, to be a likable guy, so it makes me not want to do horrible things with him.  Is that odd?

Besides finding some alone time to play games (which I doubt will happen!), I need to finish scanning the slides for my in laws.  I also need to finish the family movies I started putting on disk a few weeks ago.  I also need to finish figuring out Final Cut Express.  Damn, I never finish anything.

Speaking of unfinished, I also have some half finished posts to post.  I’m thinking of moving to video posts soon.  talking is faster then writing.  Though, I’m more comfortable with writing.  But, I think I’m going to give it a try next week.  So, prepair yourself for some whiny video posts, coming soon.

Also, I payed the $5.00 fee to use Metafilter.  I really want to per sue my “Can I Act?” video project, but haven’t found any takers yet.  No one has responded and sent me some scripts.  So, I though I would try the good people at Metafilter (I’m a long time reader, never posted till now.) After spending my $5.oo, I have to wait a week before I can post.  I hope I get some takers!

Well, that’s a wrap up of my last two days.  Just some senseless babble, thus the name of the page.  Thanks for visiting.

I’m Famous!

I made it onto Rocketboom!  Kinda.

I’m the guy at the 3:50 mark, when the camera zooms in.  I’m the one in the center of the screen, in the green cap.

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