The other day a co-worker came over to my cube a little upset because she kept hearing the phrase "It is what it is.". She didn't like hearing that when it came to specifications for one of our product lines. She has heard it more than once, and more than twice. You get the idea.
To help alleviate some stress from her life, the infamous TJ and I helped her create this Demotivator.
This morning when I opened my laptop to shut it down before going to work at 4AM, yes 4AM, we had a code push this morning from 5-7, I had GMail up, and noticed that it looked a bit different than when I had closed my laptop last night.
And then I saw a message saying that GMail now has "themes" or skins. So, when I got in to work, I had to try them out! My favorite is "Pebbles", but I should give an honorable mention to the "Terminal" just because its hilarious!
If you're using GMail enjoy!
It is finally baseball season! It might be snowing here in Minnesota, but baseball is on!
The Twins won tonight 3-2 over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Hernandez got the start for the Twins. He pitched seven good innings. He is not the strike-out pitcher like Johan Santana, but he is a seasoned veteran. Pat Neshek had a good eight inning and then it was time for the Joe Nathan show! Nathan had two strikeouts and one ground out to finish the game.
The real hero of the game in my opinion was Carlos Gomez. Gomez took the place of Torii Hunter in center field, and boy did he tonight! Gomez had two hits, two runs and two stolen bases! He looks to be a great pickup for the Twins!
It could not have been scripted any better. A starting pitcher goes seven innings, go to the Twins amazing bench (maybe the best in the Major League), and go to the best closer in the Major League. Here's to the Twins first win of many this year!
I was going through ColdFusionBloggers.org tonight when I came upon a post by Rob Rohan on Play Old School Nintendo Games Online. I usually don't like to blog about a blog, but this is awesome!
Someone has written an emulator in Java for 100s of Nintendo (NES) games! Check it out at http://nintendo8.com/toplist/more/.
My favorite game from the Nintendo was Mega Man 2, and a close second was The Legend of Zelda. And, yup, he has them on there!
Now don't spend too much time playing these at work. Well, there are always Fridays, and those don't really count as work days...
I think everyone has seen Despair.com and their hilarious demotivators. My brother and I are huge fans of them. The other day my brother emailed me one that he put together. It is a phrase that my dad always has said to us. Now it is a demotivator. Enjoy!
As some of you already know, I am from New Ulm, MN. Something I have not blogged about yet, is that my parents own a Bed and Breakfast in New Ulm, called the Deutsche Strasse Bed and Breakfast. It is German for "German Street", because that is the street they live on.
They have owned it for almost 10 years now, and have had a great time with their guests and updating the house to its extremely beautiful appearance. The house is a huge Victorian built in the late 1880's with hard wood floors throughout.
They have five rooms, each with a private bath, and two with whirlpool tubs! The beds are very comfortable and the rooms are nicely decorated.
My mom cooks all the breakfasts, and is an excellent chef. Bring your appetite when staying there, as breakfast is a four course meal.
You can see their site here at http://www.deutschestrasse.com and they have a new blog you can find at http://www.deutschestrasse.com/blog/client/index.cfm.
If you are in the Southern Minnesota area, and need a place to stay, I would encourage you to stay at the Deutsche Strasse B&B!
