Haggling

I’m trying to sell our ‘88 Honda Civic hatchback with 219,000 miles to the guy that works at the video store.

Me: “I want to return these two movies.”
Him: “Okay.”
Me: “Also, I found my keys finally so I can turn that car on now.”
Him: “Oh, did you bring it or something?”
Me: “Yeah.”

Him: “Here? Now?”

Me: “Yeah, you wanna go look?”

(He sprints out of the store, out to the parking lot. I have just enough time to turn it on and have the CD player kick in before he goes back inside the store. When I finally catch up with him …)

Me: “So what do you think?”
Him: “How much you asking for it?”
Me: “$200.”
Him: “I’ll give you $185.”

Me: “Okay.”

Him: “Um …. ”
Me: “What was that, haggling?”
Him: “I thought that’s what we were supposed to do … ”
Me: “Yeah, I guess. I’ve never really done that before … ”
Him: “Me neither. Oh well.”

Yes I Was Trying To Drive Her Nuts

[1:44:12 PM] Hoss Hogaboom says: How’re you on router configuration these balmy days?
[1:44:53 PM] Hoss Hogaboom says: Balmy days of yore, if you will.
[1:45:10 PM] Doc Golbeck says: What type of router config?
[1:45:41 PM] Hoss Hogaboom says: Either using the VLAN stuff in the powerconnect, or using a spare IP to give our conference room segregated internet access.
[1:45:58 PM] Hoss Hogaboom says: It’s becoming trendy for people around here to ask for that.
[1:46:19 PM] Doc Golbeck says: It was my understanding that Jim did not want the segregated internet access in the conference room…
[1:46:27 PM] Hoss Hogaboom says: Ah, that is not the case.
[1:46:33 PM] Doc Golbeck says:
[1:46:51 PM] Doc Golbeck says: Yeah because he doesn’t want people to have to VPN in to get access to our network..
[1:46:59 PM] Hoss Hogaboom says: The big thing is to have a segregated network for WIFI right now.
[1:47:02 PM] Hoss Hogaboom says: Yeah, maybe you’re right.
[1:47:29 PM] Hoss Hogaboom says: But he is ok with both APs being used, WPA on the lan and WEP on the segregated vlan.
[1:47:38 PM] Doc Golbeck says: |-) Hoss, We just discussed that at our last big meeting and he said he didn’t want that.
[1:47:56 PM] Hoss Hogaboom says: Holl, I have had several high-level and high-function meetings with him.
[1:47:56 PM] Doc Golbeck says: You trying to drive me nuts?
[1:48:00 PM] Hoss Hogaboom says: No, I’m not.
[1:48:06 PM] Hoss Hogaboom says: You’re clearly already mad.
[1:48:18 PM] Hoss Hogaboom says: Why, I read in your employee file that you clawed your way out of an asylum.
[1:49:19 PM] Doc Golbeck says: very funny. I’m not mad but we’ve been through this before and that is what I recommended but Jim didn’t like the idea and felt that with the new wireless security it was an overkill…
[1:49:24 PM] Hoss Hogaboom says: So, this sailor walks into a bar. He has a steering wheel in the front of his pants.
The bartender says “Why’s that down your pants?”
The sailer says “Arrgggh, it’s drivin’ me nuts!”
[1:49:33 PM] Doc Golbeck says: Dios Mio!
[1:49:54 PM] Doc Golbeck says: ring ring

I Love Jack Handey

Whenever someone asks me to define love, I usually think for a minute, then I spin around and pin the guy’s arm behind his back. NOW who’s asking the questions?

Pointless Post

[8:48:22 AM] Doc Golbeck says: Hey, I am trying to get a pw and this is what I get:

Server object error ‘ASP 0177 : 8007007f’
Server.CreateObject Failed
/lib/libhogaboom.asp, line 24
8007007f

[8:48:41 AM] Hoss says: Yeah, hang on 1 seconds … I’m working on that right now …

[8:48:49 AM] Doc Golbeck says: oh, ok

[8:49:19 AM] Hoss says: You can get it from my machine for right now.

[8:49:28 AM] Doc Golbeck says: Thanks!

[8:50:13 AM] Doc Golbeck says: can’t resolve by netbios name, what’s the IP?

[8:50:29 AM] Hoss says: .187.

[8:50:37 AM] Doc Golbeck says: thx

[9:06:39 AM] Hoss says: I rebooted that server on Saturday. It did have SP1 on it …. it came up from reboot just fine. BUT – apparently, there’s something in in that stops ADO connections, like what I use to access an Access database.

[9:06:56 AM] Hoss says: SO – for now, it is broken. I’ll let you know when I get it back up.

[9:08:59 AM] Doc Golbeck says: k

Update: And for the record, installing SP1 and rebooting the application sererfixed it.

Yesterday morning Sophie was kissing me goodbye as I was on my way out to work. She said, very sweetly:

“Daddy, can you bring me some claws home from your work today?”

She’s been fixed on dinosaurs as of late, which I’m guessing is the source of interest in natural defense. So I made her some claws.

She played with them off and on last night for quite awhile. Then said:

“Daddy, would you make me some scary teeth?”