Fun little stories

Here are some true stories from the life of yours truly.

Hot Alien Retribution

So the first time I went on a date with as-yet undisclosed foreigner, my car's check engine light comes on before the drive home. The first date went well by most accounts. The second date did not go quite as well, as the Bucks game was outrageously loud and gave both of us headaches. Yet the evening redeemed itself during an enjoyable dinner, for me at least. So therefore, my Audi, the jealous lover, scorned me once again. This time it was a brake light. I am convinced that my Audi knows what's going on in my social life and is protesting. The protest was not quite as adamant this time because of the up and down date. So it chose to break the brake light. It cost me only $4 to repair, a do-it-yourself deal. But now I must wonder what will happen if there is a third date and it goes well. Maybe I should take the bus!

Bucks Game

Even though the Bucks game was loud, there was a really fun halftime show. All the mascots for milwaukee teams, plus the mascot from applebee's, pizza hut, etc. arrived. They were split into teams of two, and they did a cute little relay race where they had to dribble an enormous basketball down the court, then ride back on a bicycle, then dunk a normal sized ball using a trampoline. Bango, the Bucks mascot, was quite impressive. He even made a second dunk-run and dunked himself through the basket somehow. Some of the other mascots are clearly lacking athleticism. Some hit their heads on the backboard, others couldn't even ride a bicycle. Even the yellow bird thing from the Brewers was not that impressive. Obviously the standards for hiring mascots have gone down in recent years.

Laser Cat

I read recently about a device called a CueCat. Apparently radioshack made them. They were barcode scanners that would take you to some advertising junk of whatever product you scanned. Ingenius people figured out how to turn them into standard bar code scanners that just spit out the item # when you scan. And another ingenius group of people made a piece of software where you can enter bar codes for your dvds and it will keep track of them all. So $12 and 1 hour of work later, I have my DVD collection online. I realized this morning I may have forgotten a couple on top of my TV, though. Still, now that my collection is online, everyone can think of some good movies I should own but don't and give them to me, without me having to put them on a wishlist. Happy shopping!

Signs of Intelligent Life

Wednesday morning, I planned to get a slightly later start than normal in the morning. This was so I could pick up a package from the post office. I set my alarm for 7:15 A.M. While setting it, Chopper jumped up on the night stand to watch. When I put the clock down, he started pawing it a bit. A few minutes later he had knocked it off the night stand. I picked it up and put it back on the night stand, then went to sleep.

The alarm goes off at 7:15 A.M. and I'm wondering why I am so unbelievably tired. After snoozing once, I get up, brush my teeth, then feed the cats. I then notice it's a bit dark outside. The clock in the kitchen says 5 A.M. What the?? It turns out the clock had reset to midnight PST when Chopper knocked it over. I then realize that Chopper is the most intelligent cat on earth. Every day at 5 A.M. he wakes me up by making lots of noise, jumping on the bed, and then cuddling. Now he knocks over the clock at precisely the right time for me to wake up at around 5 A.M. Good lord, what will he try next??