"Murphy was an optimist!"
How vivid are your dreams? August 14, 2008 9:19 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Health, Mental, PoetryMy dreams are filled with color, details, and sound. Last night I was watching a well machine, straight as an arrow, perfectly round one inch thick steel bar. While I looked at the bar from close distance, it hung in the air with no apparent forces being applied to the bar then without warning it snapped in the middle with an incredible, piercing pop! I flinched to miss any shrapnel, and in the process bolted upright in bed, wide awake, with my ears ringing and heart racing.
No interpretation needed. That dream is as clear as the single, ear splitting pop which came out of the dream and into the real world.
add a commentOf Grasshoppers August 13, 2008 11:56 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, PhilosophyStudent: All choices are wrong.
Master: All choices are nothing more than choices.
In Reality August 12, 2008 12:06 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Deep Thoughts, PhilosophyOver the years, I have been told that we have two ears and one mouth because we should be listening twice as much as we speak. The truth of the matter is that for the most part, speaking is a waste of effort. I think it takes most of our lives to realize this which is why its the old men who keep their lips shut; has very little to do with hearing loss.
add a commentFrom the mouths of babes August 10, 2008 2:13 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Evan, Family, From the mouths of babes, Love, Philosophy, PoetryEvan, 3 years old, going down for a nap:"Daddy. Wake up and go store. And play in water. Then come home and go sleep."
Dad:"Take a nap first."
Evan:"Okay."
I love that boy so much! I love all my children.
add a commentI juggle fire. August 8, 2008 11:21 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, Philosophy, Poetry
Firefox:
What if this isn’t real? August 6, 2008 10:48 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, PhilosophyWhat if the world we live in is actually a MMORPG? What if my life is really being controlled by some hormonal pissed off teenager whose parents keep complaining about the ridiculous amount of useless time he spends playing The Game of Earth? "I’m going to screw with my character today and make his notebook disappear! Because my rents don’t want me playing today. While I’m offline, I’ll let my character suffer and look for his notebook all day but he won’t find it because I’ve used my hex editor to remove it from the game! Ha!"
Where’s that coffee delivery boy?
9commentsMurph’s back! August 6, 2008 10:39 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Murph, PhilosophyI’ll explain Murphy later. In short he’s my guardian angel. But he’s more like a guardian pixie. He likes to humble me through bizarre life lessons. He also likes to screw with me. For instance, this weekend I bought a 11.4cm x 8.2cm notebook to carry with me at all times. When I have a thought that I don’t seen to Jott, I write it in the book. It becomes an ongoing list of things I won’t forget. A notebook like this quickly becomes invaluable. When it is not on my person, it lives to the left of my keyboard. That’s it. It’s either beside my keyboard or on my body; except right now! Right now I have no clue where it is and I need the gd thing right now! There is too much at stake right now in my life to have little distractions like this messing with me.
Last night I did a massive cleaning on my office which implies the notebook could have been moved but it was. I know didn’t move it and I’ve looked everywhere that it might have landed. Everytime I try to implement a system to reorganize my life, someone or something tears it to shreds. Guess this 3 day experiment failed. Back to RTM and Jott I suppose.
Update: The child sized notebook apparently walked by itself into a child’s room and was quickly discovered after I offered to do the finder’s chores today. I think I just taught my children embezzlement.
add a commentExcuse Me?! Bama Fan Badmouths TN August 5, 2008 8:27 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Publishing, Touchy Subjects, VideoThis video is going viral. It needs a rebuttal! For those of you who got your education at Alabama, a rebuttal is when someone replies to your argument and shows the flaws in your statements.
Update (Aug 6, 2008): When I posted this video yesterday, it had just over 100,000 views. In one day nearly 100,000 more people viewed the video. It now shows 201,290 views with 468 comments and 3 video responses.
add a commentBush or Batman July 26, 2008 11:33 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Of Interest, Politics, Quote, Touchy Subjects, United StatesWho said it?
add a commentToday’s Deep Thought July 24, 2008 1:41 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Deep Thoughts, PhilosophyMaintaining the illusion of normalcy during troubled times is like maintaining the illusion that you can breathe underwater. However, both are important.
add a commentToday’s Word of Caution July 21, 2008 3:40 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Of Being Dad, PhilosophyWhen using SuperGlue to fix something, don’t lick your finger to polish off some excess glue then lick your finger again.
add a commentQuote of the Day July 21, 2008 1:43 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, QuoteSeen on iWon:
add a commentChildren need models rather than critics.
– — Joseph Joubert
Bring Me A Rock July 17, 2008 8:19 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Of Interest, Programming, Quality Assurance, TechnologyWhen talking about software development and software quality assurance processes, I love to talk about the "Bring me a rock!" scenario. I found these renderings of a rock rather amusing. Of course, there are no coffee grounds in the house so that could be a contributing factor in the humor.
I also enjoy talking about delivering a baby in one month by using nine women. And I love the ugly baby syndrome. But those are for later.
add a commentThe Pursuit of Happiness July 16, 2008 11:40 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : PhilosophyYou know..like the greyhounds pursue the rabbit.
add a commentVerizon did something right July 16, 2008 3:45 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Of Interest, Publishing, VideoThe "Can you hear me now?" dude (and The Network) has the world’s coolest job!
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