My wife likes to watch dog shows on Animal Planet. Sometimes they’re interesting. But I’ve always wondered why they don’t put the dogs through any kind of skill test…kind of like the talent contest in beauty pagents.
After all, these dogs are being judged to see how they compare to the breed standard, and most dogs are bred for a particular purpose or task. So how can a dog be judged best of breed if they don’t test to see if the dog can do what it was bred for? Sure, a dog can look good, but what if it’s dumb as a post? Some best of breed that would be.
Grok make fire. Grok cook.
Just about to head out to the beach and grill my face off. The wife decided to organize a picnic/barbeque and invited a bunch of her classmates along. She’s completely incapable of planning any kind of event without turning it into a huge production, so I expect I’ll have my hands full grilling stacks of hamburgers and hotdogs while she entertains. Her planning skills usually make for memorable events though.
My pulled pork pseudo-barbeque came out very nicely again, but I’m hoping most people will want burgers so I can take most of it home with me :). I’ve got about 3 dozen burgers and a Sam’s Club sized package of hot dogs to cook. That and the 10 pounds of pulled pork ought to keep people happy.
I just hope we don’t get rained out before everything gets started.
Trying to lure me away?
I wonder if the number of recruiters and headhunters calling you has any relation to reputation. Lately all the calls I seem to be getting are from recruiting companies looking to fill positions and asking me if I’m interested.
DHCP issues with FC2
I’m sure it’s just me, but my FC2 box seems to be having issues holding onto IP addresses. Our DHCP server here issues IP addresses with a lease period of 1 week. So why is it that every time I have to reboot the Fedora box or the network connection drops on me I end up getting a new IP address?
Hmmm.
Haven’t started digging into it yet. No time at the moment, so it’ll just have to wait and I’ll just have to deal with it for the time being.
Naptime!
It’s almost 2AM. Way past my bedtime, but I can’t get to sleep. Had a nap earlier this evening when I knew I shouldn’t have, so now I’m wide awake watching an old rerun of Northern Exposure. Ironically enough, it’s the episode about the Northern Lights messing up everyone’s dreams.
I gotta say, I think Northern Exposure was one of the best TV shows ever made. It was quirky, the characters were interesting and it was just plain fun to watch. Ed was one of my favourite characters on the show. Ed was cool, in a kind of geeky sort of way.