PerfessorEvil's Ramblings

Quote for truth

2009-12-01T21:05:50Z

From kobold
http://kobold.livejournal.com/714347.html
"If you're opposed to gay marriage because of the Bible, you think it'll hurt the sanctity of marriage, or that "we don't know how it'll affect families" bullshit (ps - we do - other people have been doing it for a long time and it's no different than straight families) but you won't stand against divorce with the same vigor and rage over what IT does, then you are a hypocrite. End of story."

Tis the season

2009-09-25T00:50:18Z

Just finished my Casa Fear pneumatic groundbreaker... well, the functional part at least.
Still need to do some padding and come up with a better option for the head.
I start my Halloween build this weekend.

... Only to face a new nightmare

2009-08-24T19:31:38Z

As flemco would say, we're screwed.

Bwahahahaha...

2009-08-19T21:13:54Z

Barney Frank gets the last word...

From multiple friends.

SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM

2009-08-19T17:42:32Z

We're seeing Spamalot on Sept 18th in San Jose.
Pretty decent seats too.

All hail Frond, the green and leafy!

2009-06-15T00:58:15Z

I'm cleaning the garage in prep for the August CalHauntS Norcal meeting, and my workbench has been completely overrun by some sort of fern.

I swear, these photos are not staged or rearranged... the skeleton is from last Halloween, and I just haven't gotten around to putting it away.

This stuff is amazing... I've had it braid itself around power cords, the "vines" are barbed, and I literally use wire cutters to clear it.

My favorite... look at how it's worked its way through the nose and out the mouth. Just amazing.

Anyone know what this stuff is?

45 minutes of work...

2009-05-27T02:54:53Z

And yet it takes me until almost JUNE to update PerfessorEvil.com with pics and video from Halloween last year.

God I'm lazy.

Gratuitous Macro post

2009-05-22T00:43:44Z

Fricking clowns.

No good deed...

2009-04-19T06:31:03Z

I was at Big Lots today, browsing the cheap foodstuffs, and a woman asked me if I could reach something on the top shelf for her.

Much as I stretched, I couldn't *quite* manage to grab it, but I was able to grab the cardboard flat it was on and let her take her own.

Putting that flat back, on the other hand... thought it went fine when I heard a distinctive *plop*-*splat* on the next aisle.

Not only had I managed to knock over a good sized container of nacho cheese (and at this point, it was nacho cheeze, not my cheeze, not anyone's cheeze but the tile's), but I almost took out a little old lady.

I do have to admit, my first instinct was to run, not walk, out of the store and pretend it didn't happen.

Instead, I spoke to said little old lady, ascertained she was fine, and then found a Big Lot's employee and confessed. All these years of reading http://notalwaysright.com/ paid off, and the employee said not to worry about it.

Makes me feel good that I at least wasn't an asshole enough to run from the scene of my crime, but I still feel like an idiot.

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night

2009-03-29T04:31:15Z

The wife is out tonight with friends.

A friend recently gave me two mannequins for my Halloween stuff.

Yes, these two items are connected.

When she gets home, she's going to turn the corner from the front door and see this:

She's going to murder me in my sleep. :)

Fun fun fun

2009-02-20T01:31:39Z

I picked up a whole truckfull of burlap coffee sacks last summer as a favor for a friend. After filling his Prius to the brim and giving a lot away, I still had a metric shit-ton (shit-tons are a metric measure, right?) of burlap sacks left.

No problem! I use them for Halloween stuff.

I had them in a big mound in my nice, dry garage.

That is, until the drainage for the garage roof plugged up and we had the rainiest day of the year.

Ok, so, what do I do with a huge pile of sodden bags?

If our house happens to burn down, there is NO way they won't think it was arson.

The sucky part is knowing that in a few days, I'm going to have to go pick those all up.

Halloween 2008

2009-02-15T06:40:45Z

Well, I still haven't gotten off my lazy arse and updated http://www.perfessorevil.com , but our former roommate Vicki did an awesome job as usual on the video.

This years theme was Killer Klowns/Evil Circus. I didn't get everything done that I wanted to, but hey, always next year. I'm definitely sticking with the theme for 2009... I have too many things I want to do that I didn't get around to.

Here's the video.

Wine bottles

2009-02-14T17:22:08Z

Wow, two posts in a day, and neither one a meme? That's gotta be a record for me... I think I average one every 5 months.

So, yeah, I admit it. We lived one valley over from Napa for years... we now live not to far outside the start of the Livermore wine country. We've tasted probably hundreds of wines.

So how do we pick our wine when we are at the store? Do we check Wine Spectator reviews? Nope.
Do we look at the Wilfred Wong, the BevMo shill's rating? Nope.

We tend to buy because of the funny name or purty pictures on the bottle.

By now, everyone has seen the Vampire Merlot, and some people are familiar with Werewolf wines. At Cost Plus a few weeks ago, we saw these.

How were they? Eh... the Chard tasted more like a Sauvignon blanc than a Chardonnay. The Zin was too sweet & cloying. Maybe just a hint of zombified grape?

The labels were pretty cool though.

Expensive roses

2009-02-14T16:59:52Z

Now these are flowers any guy would be happy to get on Valentine's day.

valiaderekin and I are doing a lot of running around this weekend... Dinner and Friday the 13th last night, Rosicrucian Museum today, Livermore wine tasting tomorrow. I had yesterday off, so I picked us up some money for the weekend and, it being the horrible VD day today, a dozen roses.

I think I made a nice arrangement.

Eh, what the heck

2009-02-10T23:54:33Z

Q: Type in "[your name] needs" in the Google search.
Rik Needs to Know What You Want

Q: Type in "[your name] looks like" in Google search.
Rik looks like he just heard a good joke

Q: Type in "[your name] says" in Google search.
Rik says funny things

Q: Type in "[your name] wants" in Google search.
Rik wants YOU!

Q:Type in "[your name] does" in Google search.
Rik does early 80s Contortionism

Q: Type in "[your name] hates" in Google search.
Threads Tagged with rik hates his girlfriend (But LOVES his wife!)

Q: Type in "[your name] asks" in Google search.
Rik asks me to lie down so we can get started on the cross

Q: Type in "[your name] likes" in Google search.
Rik likes kittens...........? (in stew!)

Q: Type in "[your name] eats" in Google search.
Rik eats Chris' ass some more. (Ewwwww... I don't think I'll actually visit that site)

Meme

2008-11-27T01:41:59Z

Eh, I don't do this much, but...

Your rainbow is shaded black and violet.

What is says about you: You are a creative person. You appreciate mystery. You are patient and will keep trying to understand something until you've mastered it. You may meet people who are afraid of you.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

Ridiculously excited

2008-10-14T19:50:33Z

One of my favorite books is David R. Palmer's "Emergence", published in 1985.

I just happened to hit his Wiki page, and saw this:
A sequel to Emergence, Tracking, was serialized in three parts, beginning in the July/August 2008 issue of Analog. Tracking was continued in the September issue and concluded in the October issue of the magazine.

I've already emailed Analog to see if they have those back issues.
They are available as eBooks here, but I want hard copies for this.
http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook68549.htm?cache
http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook69454.htm?cache
http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook70483.htm?cache

Must be seen to be believed...

2008-07-09T20:34:53Z

To quote flemco:
Slightly NSFW, depending. A music video which contains many things, not the least of which is a Viking Gorbachov killing zombie Stalinists with lasers fired from his eyes, I shit you not.
GORBACHOV: THE MUSIC VIDEO

Ah shit...

2008-06-23T05:51:34Z

RIP George Carlin. The world is a worse place without you.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/ts_nm/carlin_dc

(edit) And, in honor, a clip from George
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o

Bike update

2008-06-21T04:26:14Z

Got it! Looks great. Next step is to get it registered and fixed.

Bike

2008-06-18T00:28:28Z

I've been thinking about getting a motorcycle lately.

May be an early mid-life crisis, may be that I just got back in touch with an old high school buddy who rides, may just be because I've wanted one for years, but I had a timeline in mind.

Take the CHP motorcycle training course this summer (which gives you a license when you complete it), and then get a bike next year when the finances are better.

Well, looks like that timeline just got seriously revised.

Saw this post on Freecycle today:

I recently upgraded my ride, and I am now looking for a new home for
my 1985 Honda Nighthawk 650. The battery is dead so it's not running;
I initially stopped riding it because it was smoking. (I took it to
my moto-mechanic and he said that the carbs probably just need re-
tuning -- there's oil in the airbox which is sort of a sign that it's
just running rich -- but it might be dripping oil into the engine
which could be costly and/or time consuming to fix.

It's been a great bike and was extremely reliable -- every time I ever
got on it, it started right up. Right now I'm interested in finding
someone to give it the TLC it so desperately needs.

Thanks fer readin'!

Yep, I jumped on it. I'll be picking it up Friday evening or Sunday.

She said this is what it looked like new:

Got registered for the riding class today, I'll be doing the classroom portion July 31st, and the coursework Aug 2nd and 3rd.

I'm freaking excited... I hope it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to get running.

Combining two memes...

2008-06-13T16:17:29Z

Combining the Obama phrase generator with the Blog Like its the End of the World day, gets you...

Generate a Barack Obama Quote!

"I think it's time we had a national conversation about running out of food. We need to get past all the Republicans and recognize that we are our own best hope for overcoming brain eaters. We need shotguns, not zombies. Shotguns are our living another day. And we need to have change in running out of food."
Generate your Barack Obama quote at Buttafly.com

A thought...

2008-04-22T16:38:17Z

As I was walking at my treadmill desk at work this morning, I thought of something.
I'm not "dieting" or "exercising".
I'm trying to max out my Strength, Stamina, and Speed, while negatively leveling my weight.
Man, I'm sooooo close to dinging 240.
Level cap is 175, unless of course I get the Unexpansion pack.

Meme? Why not...

2008-04-04T17:21:05Z

You are a
Social Liberal
(73% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(26% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Democrat

Link: The Politics Test on OkCupid.com: Free Online Dating
Also : The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

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Cruise recap

2008-01-23T17:49:36Z

Bloody Mary Crazy Bob Moonlight Fantasy Cruise recap
Had a great time on the cruise! Last year was our first year, and it was a lot of fun to go on a cruise with a bunch of other like-minded people (in other words, freaks :) ).
This year it was easily three times as fun, since we actually felt like we knew almost everyone.

FINALLY got to meet Witchypoo, Doc Bones, Spirit Kanaka, and Spirit Wahine in person. Great people, had a super fun time hanging out with them. And Doc Bones literally saved our vacation by doing a cabin-call to fix MistressEvil's poor aching back. Thanks Doc!

Puerto Vallarta we did a pirate cruise with about 25 other people in our group. We were pretty much 1/3 of all the passengers on the ship, and had a lot of fun cheering on the mutinous scurvey pirate dogs as they tried to take over the ship.
The pirates dropped us at a beach, and I spent most of the next hour and a half or so in the water. MistressEvil got tumbled into the rocks and scaped her boobie. Poor poor boobie! :( She was ok though.

Next stop, Mazatlan! We took a Sierra Madre tour, which basically drove us three hours into the mountains. Got to see an adobe brick factory, furniture makers, a couple of chuches.

Cabo San Lucas, we did the Land and Sea tour. A 40 minute catamaran ride around the arches to the Pacific side, then back to a bus. Toured a glassblowing factory, walked around San Jose de Cabo, and got to see a nifty cactus exibit.

For the pre-cruise party, MistressEvil went as Jessica Rabbit, and I went as a dead Roger Rabbit. I had tire tracks across me, and she was carrying a steering wheel. Guess I shouldn't have gotten that large insurance policy. I won for best makeup, although I'm not quite sure how. It was my first attempt at using a facial prosthetic, and I didn't do all that great a job in my opinion.

On board, the party theme was "Interview with a Vampire". MistressEvil and I took 2nd place in the "Glamor Vampire Couple" category, with the Mortons taking a well deserved 1st place with their Vampires of Moulin Rouge.

We had sooo much fun... next year's cruise is out of Gavistan, and we'd love to go, but I don't think it is in the cards. We are committed to Christmas at my sisters in South Carolina, and I don't think we can afford both. Oh well... there is always 2010.

I took way too many pictures, so if you are on dial-up (is anyone still on dial-up?), sucks to be you.

Pictures here:
http://www.perfessorevil.com/cruise2008.asp