“Crocs Are The Comic Sans Of Footwear”

That was a line uttered on last’s weeks “Five Hundy By Midnight” podcast. Did I ever mention that I was a typography nerd?

Question…
Did anyone see the final score from Saturday’s SEC Championship Game? Oh wait, here it is:

Alabama 20
Florida 31

MUHAHAHAHAHA! Hey Oklahoma, see you in Miami!

GO GATORS!

I’m A Hard Driving Man
Remember a few weeks ago when I was all geeked up about getting that hard drive cable kit? Well I put it to good use this weekend and had a great time cleaning up my past. This weekend I used the device to clean off:

• 1 – 120 GB PATA hard drive
• 1 – 160 GB PATA hard drive
• 1 – 500 GB SATA hard drive
• 1 – 16 GB GB PATA hard drive

Unfortunately, the 2.1 GB PATA hard drive had its power supply connector too close to the PATA connector, so I couldn’t clean it. But seriously, how much important data could I have put on a 2.1 GB hard drive?

I also used the device to verify that a 500 GB SATA hard drive that I purchased a few months ago was DOA (note to self: it should be under warranty), and that you cannot connect an old ZipDrive to a computer using a USB port and expect if to function.

Overall I conclude that buying that cable kit was money well spent.

ITP Flickr Pic
Yep, I found another one…

This was near a town called Bostwick, Georgia. I went out to an abandoned house with a few other Flickrites and was pleasantly surprised to find this nearby.

Unfortunately I Missed Santa
This weekend was East Atlanta Santa at Joe’s Coffee Shop. I really wanted to go sit in near Santa’s lap, but timing (and cash on hand) didn’t permit. However, here’s a shot of yours truly, twenty or so pounds lighter and nine years younger.

Bonus points to any one who can figure out who is in that Santa suit.

It’s A Tough Job But Somebody’s Got To Do It
For the past few years I have been one of the hares for the Atlanta Hash‘s Annual East Atlanta Pub Crawl. Tonight I will be meeting up with my co-hares Martha Screw-It and Portuguese Water Dog as we reccy the trail by performing our very own pub crawl. You see how hard it is to be a hare some times?

The Amazing Race: The Grand Finale, Were There Really Three Teams?
The Fat Frats won?!?!?! That was the most amazing comeback ever!!! Oh sorry, I just woke up from a horrible nightmare.

There are so many things I like about The Amazing Race. The show is entertaining, the editing is clever, and their season finale is only one hour long with no nonsensical “remembering the players past” or reunion segment.

In last night’s finale we see the Final Three take off from Russia on the same flight. And that’s the last time we see the Fat Frats near the other two teams. As (bad) luck would have they get a cabbie in their own country who doesn’t know the city! For a second I feel badly for them and then remember that they aren’t even supposed to still be racing.

So it’s down to the Final Two. Tina tries hard to remember of Nick and Starrrrrrr still “owe her” because she thinks this is the perfect time to play the “Remember that one time I said ‘YOU OWE ME!'” card. Unfortunately for her she looks into a mirror and scares herself so badly that the Wonder Twins get away. The Final Two get to the logging camp — Ken and Tina first because Nick and Starr’s cabbie missed a turn; I think about all sorts of jokes about Starr and wood, and then get put off when I see Tina there as well. For some reason Ken and Tina choose the climbing option, pssst Ken if you want to be a good partner you should remember things like Tina is afraid of heights. Nick and Starr finish first and are off, only to have their cabbie screw them again by missing a turn to the designated bridge.

The Final Two are neck-and-neck, the Fat Frats are on their way to Seattle, and perform a zip-line down to the ever-popular The Amazing Rave memory game (note to whomever wants to by my Amazing Race partner: I no longer have the ability to remember details). Nick and Starr’s youth and stamina help them get off quickly (yes, I went there) and make it to downtown Portland first. Luckily for them Ken and Tina’s cabbie takes a poor route downtown and then they get all confused about where the clue is hidden. At this point it seems a shoe-in that Nick and Starr to win this season of The Amazing Race…

But WAIT! Even though Nick and Starr are the first to get to the Russia food cubby, they get directions to the donut shop from Comic Book guy and not RenFest Woman. RenFest Woman provides a shorter route for Ken and Tina…..

The Final Two make it to the donut shop and then neither can find a cab! Were this France I would have assumed that the cabbies were on strike, but this was downtown Portland, Oregon so I have no idea why this was an issue. Two teams, two cabs, clever editing — WHO. WILL. WIN??? We see one cab slowly pull into the final Pit Stop and then one second later we see the Wonder Twins sprinting to the mat; “soon after” Ken and Tina arrive. And then, surprisingly while it was still light out, the Frats arrived. I am assuming that once Nick and Starr finished, or perhaps when Ken and Tina arrived, the show’s producers went out and spared the Frats from having to answer all of the questions, and then finding the green dinosaur, and then the Russian food cart, and then the donut shop. Fuck, typing that out makes me realize just how far behind they were.

It’s not until after the show that I realize that I never saw Toni and Dallas at the end. Strange, since all of the other teams were there, including those about whom I’ve long since forgotten. Later last night I read an interview with Dallas who cleared up the lost passport fiasco (he wasn’t completely to blame because production people intervened and the editing made it look worse than it was), the fact that even though their passports were returned to a US Embassy (not Suites I’m assuming) it was too late for them to get back for the ending, and that he and Starr are “doin’ it” (at least for now).

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Daily
Current Mood – okay, although slightly miffed
Current Music – Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Okkervil River — “Plus Ones”
Website Of The Day – Are you a RealiTV junkie? If so then check out Reality Blurred.
Mode Of Transportation To Work – my car
Exercise (b)Log – Saturday = 4 miles of hashing

Monthly
Foot Mileage – 4 miles
Wheel Mileage – 0 miles
Consecutive Days Of Bed-Making (Longest Streak) – 8 (8)
Vegetarian Days – 5
Carnivorous Days – 2
Marta Rides – 0

Ongoing
Books To Read To Earn Kindle – 4

December Goals
1) Lose no fewer than two pounds
2) Drink no soda
3) Run no fewer than 50 miles
4) Completely read no fewer than one book
5) Write at least one program using Ruby on Rails

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]