Friday, May 23, 2008

No more ghetto phone. Hurray!

No credit card debt. Hip-Hip Hurray!

I also survived my 11-day Maymester Technical Speech class.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

I'm the only one working in this wing of the building today.
Dennis, Charles, and Don are upstairs.
That is all.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Bridget, C-4's tough little sister, getting her ears pierced.


Compass Bank Blows

Bank of America


Deposit Slip: Not required if no less cash
Online Access: Deposits visible with in minutes
Notification/Alert: Available for a balance amount you choose, text messages, email
Overdraft Fees: Determined by balance at midnight
Service: No lines, smiles and complimentary cookies :)

Compass Bank

Deposit Slip: Required for every deposit
Online Access: Next day
Notification/Alert: Not available (or at least not well advertised online)
Overdraft Fees: If daily purchases exceed previous midnight balance
Service: 30 minute wait

Conclusion: Compass Bank is dead to me.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

I plan on having a life in a little more than a year. Until then, I miss you guys.

But hey, I think I successfully created a flight simulation last night. Enter rudder, aileron, elevator deflection or throttle change and watch what happens!

Too bad my computer still has E-WORMS. I should have used the INTERNETTE.

Anyone craving some proof reading!?

Sunday, March 09, 2008

Friday, February 22, 2008

Your Results:

1. Theoretical Ideal Candidate (100%)
2. Kent McManigal (campaign suspended) (86%) Information link
3. Ron Paul (79%) Information link
4. Wayne Allyn Root (78%) Information link
5. Alan Keyes (78%) Information link
6. John McCain (66%) Information link
7. Chuck Hagel (not running) (65%) Information link
8. Tom Tancredo (withdrawn, endorsed Romney) (65%) Information link
9. Mitt Romney (withdrawn, endorsed McCain) (63%) Information link
10. Newt Gingrich (says he will not run) (59%) Information link
11. Jim Gilmore (withdrawn) (58%) Information link
12. Stephen Colbert (campaign halted) (56%) Information link
13. Sam Brownback (withdrawn, endorsed McCain) (56%) Information link
14. Duncan Hunter (withdrawn, endorsed Huckabee) (53%) Information link
15. Fred Thompson (withdrawn) (53%) Information link
16. Barack Obama (48%) Information link
17. Rudolph Giuliani (withdrawn, endorsed McCain) (47%) Information link
18. Bill Richardson (withdrawn) (46%) Information link
19. Al Gore (not announced) (45%) Information link
20. Christopher Dodd (withdrawn) (45%) Information link
21. Tommy Thompson (withdrawn, endorsed Giuliani) (44%) Information link
22. Hillary Clinton (43%) Information link
23. Wesley Clark (not running, endorsed Clinton) (40%) Information link
24. Mike Huckabee (39%) Information link
25. Joseph Biden (withdrawn) (39%) Information link
26. Dennis Kucinich (withdrawn) (39%) Information link
27. John Edwards (withdrawn) (37%) Information link
28. Michael Bloomberg (says he will not run) (36%) Information link
29. Alan Augustson (campaign suspended) (35%) Information link
30. Mike Gravel (34%) Information link
31. Elaine Brown (8%) Information link

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Here is what puts a (viscous) damper (or dashpot) on my social life:

Compressible Aerodynamics
Aircraft Sructural Dynamics
Flight Dynamics
Modeling and Symulation of Dynamic Systems
Special Topics in Aerodynamics
I often sit at my desk with razor blades.
just by the by


I am 1 part shipping and receiving department, 1 part quality department, and 1 part "don't look board when my boss doesn't have anything for me to do" department.

Friday, February 01, 2008

The old man storms into the office my boss and I share. Through heavy breaths he says "well there was a fire today." We gave a courtesy laugh assuming he was joking. Yesterday my boss, Corey, asked Stan if there was a fire in the sheet metal room. Stan gave him a hard time for not knowing what the explosion mold, grinding and welding smell like. Stan wasn't laughing any more. Yesterday he was grinding with sparks flying at the wall. Today he rotated his "rig." Most of the sparks were flying at the wall. Others found a dry shop towel on the floor and began to smolder. Not far away was a can of MEK, a strong liquid solvent with flammable vapors, that Stan claims he closed. Stan looks up from his work after the room becomes very bright. The old man's pure white hair and handlebar mustache run for the fire extinguisher that has never been used in the history of this company. A yellowish-white powder suffocates the flame. A plume of smoke exists the building through large box fans installed in the exterior walls of the shop room. Stan looks at his work bench, tools and hardware covered with powder. A bag melted to shreds gives freedom to 3000 tiny rivets. Corey and I explode with authentic laughter as we evaluate the scene. Stan’s still not laughing; he's upset about the mess on his project. The old man gathers his Girl Scout cookies and flannel coat and goes home.

Monday, January 21, 2008

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Ammusing Excerts from http://www.vote-smart.org

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Senator John Sidney McCain III (AZ)

Birthplace: Panama Canal Zone, Panama

Professional Experience:
Senate Navy Liaison, 1977-1981
Captain, United States Navy, Vietnam, 1958-1981
Beer Distributor.
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Michael D. 'Mike' Huckabee (NA)

State Budget: Indicate the funding levels you will support for the following general categories.
Greatly Increase Funding a) Education (Higher)
Greatly Increase Funding b) Education (K-12)
Slightly Increase Funding c) Environment
Greatly Increase Funding d) Health care
Slightly Increase Funding e) Law enforcement
Slightly Increase Funding f) Transportation and Highway infrastructure
Maintain Funding Status g) Welfare
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Representative Ronald Ernest 'Ron' Paul (TX)

Indicate what changes you support (if any) concerning levels of federal funding for the following categories. Select one number only.
Greatly Decrease a) AIDS Programs
Greatly Decrease b) Arts funding
Greatly Decrease c) Education (K-12)
Greatly Decrease d) Environmental programs
Greatly Decrease e) Housing projects
Greatly Decrease f) Job training programs
Greatly Decrease g) Law enforcement
Greatly Decrease h) Medicaid
Greatly Decrease i) Medicare
Greatly Decrease j) NASA
Greatly Decrease k) Student loan programs
Greatly Decrease l) Welfare (AFDC)
Greatly Decreasem) Other




Indicate which level of government should have primary responsibility for the following services. Select one level only.
Federal 1) Border security
State 2) Civil rights enforcement
Local 3) Education
State 4) Environmental cleanup
None 5) Job training
State 6) Law enforcement
None 7) Low-income housing
State 8) Medicaid
Federal 9) Medicare
State10) Welfare (AFDC)



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Thursday, December 20, 2007

I passed!

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

My Astronautics class makes me happy. This is the first thing I stumbled this morning.

Friday, October 12, 2007

Cellphoneless
Fully alive....debatable.

I'm going to go home and sleep like this. Any attempts to wake me will fail.

I just can't quite get my feet on the ground.

I'm lost in the world of aerodynamics. I can't figure out how to step down out of the confusion. I whine and bark in frustration.

I could use a good aero textbook to just suck on for a while.

All I can do is laugh.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Divine Academic Achievement.

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

I like sleep.

This is how I feel about my aircraft structures midterm.