Monthly Archive for October, 2010

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Heads Up: Rum Day is October 16

Published on October 7, 2010 in Baby Boomer. 2 Comments Tags: , .

Or August 21, or October 21. It’s kind of like International Procrastination Day or International Doobie Day.
Whatev, dude!

Just to keep things on the up and up, I will be commemorating International Rum Week next week in Barbados.

BTW:  We burned the house and all our belongings. The Dodge Magnum Hemi Station Wagon was totaled in a massive collision with a rogue tobacco wagon.

Maker's Mark Kayak on top of Smart ForTwo Cabriolet

I am taking our Smart and my Maker’s Mark kayak with us.

The dogs have not been fed, wormed,  or vaccinated. I have mistreated them horribly so they are vicious and hate the sight of anything with hands and arms.

There is nothing left of our homestead – so unless you have a real hankerin’ for some burned up bluegrass sod, that’s about all that is left to steal. Just move along you pirates, there be better bounty at the neighbors.

I have been honing my skills as a Rum Drinker in preparation. Dulling the Bourbon buds if you will. I’m finding a sincere appreciation for my creation, the Sierra Mist Sister Twister (four of these and you’ll be looking at nuns a whole new way):

In a 24 ounce souvenir cup…

  • 12 ounce can of Diet Sierra Mist Cranberry
  • 4 ounces of pineapple juice
  • 11 ice cubes
  • Cheapo rum to the top

My rum of choice in Barbados will be the bottle in front of me – remember: I would rather have a free bottle in front of me than a pre-frontal lobotomy.

I will be tasting the Mahiki brand since

The taste is medium weight in flavours, with vanilla, baked banana and sweet raisin with a long and sweet finish.

This long aged rum uses a blend of pot and column distilled rums to ensure it has a long and sweet finish.

It has then been aged in Bourbon and Madeira casks in order to create a full-bodied rum which can be enjoyed on its own, with a mixer or as a more elaborate cocktail.

Barbados is the home of Mount Gay rum and I will fulfill my duties as a Kentucky Colonel to check their distillery and dutifully scoff at their methods and proclaim

Hey Bubba! Watch This! I’m drinking Gay rum!

…as I chug their finest rum with nary a whisper of a breath as it goes down my gullet. Rum is only 40 proof! Kiddy drinks with umbrellas!

I’m Enjoying My New Stress Diet

Published on October 6, 2010 in Baby Boomer. 2 Comments Tags: .


Baby Boomer Baloney has some good stuff… the latest is this Stress Diet.

There is a complete daily diet that starts slowly and builds – just like my stress. The next to last meal is

Dinner:
2 loaves garlic bread
4 cans or 1 large pitcher Coke
1 large sausage, mushroom and cheese pizza
3 Snickers bars

There are diet-friendly rules associated with Boomer Baloney’s Stress Diet plan. Do not deviate or you will suffer the consequences.

Geeky Animated Gif Monday

Published on October 4, 2010 in Baby Boomer. 0 Comments

Frog-scratching-eye-rubbing-belly animated gif

Translation via Kermit The Frog, who for the longest time I thought was named Kermithy Frog.

Eye nose I need something in my belly.

The Social Network

Published on October 3, 2010 in Baby Boomer. 0 Comments Tags: .


We saw The Social Network this afternoon.
First, $7 for a matinee? So that means $8.50 for an evening movie? Wow, no wonder Netflix is so popular. We go to movies this time of year because we aren’t football or golf on tv fans… and it was too cool to sit outside and watch the world go by.

I really liked The Social Network story. From what I have read, it’s pretty close to accurate. I don’t know that anybody knows Mark Zuckerberg’s personality type, but it’s easy believe that he would act in real life as portrayed in the movie.

The fact that Micheal Cera looks like Zuckerberg was a bonus. I like Justin Timberlake as an actor.

A couple things amazed me.

First: that there are parties as out of control as shown… probably right here in Smallburg! (But that’s a whole ‘nother rant.)

Second was the realization that there are people in the world that can write computer code as fast as the movie showed.

Not just a few people, but millions of people write computer code faster than I can type! And one misplaced “>” or “!” means the thousands of lines of code will just render a blank screen.

I know some coders visit here… so some elementary questions:

  • is there spell check for coding? like a “forgot closing tag” hint for example?
  • can sections of code be tested to see if it functions as it should?
  • what is the hot language?

On a scale of 1 – 10 how stupid are those questions?

If you are a Facebook user and interested in how one guy changed the way the world interacts, I think The Social Network would interest you.

Sunday Stealing: Running Into Myself

Published on October 3, 2010 in Baby Boomer. 2 Comments



Sunday Stealing: The Time Traveler Meme

Emily’s Rules:

1. Depending on your age, go back 10, 15, 20, or even more years.
2. Tell us how many years back you have traveled and why.
3. Pretend you have met yourself during that era, and tell us where you are.
4. You only have one “date” with this former self.
5. Answer these questions.

Okay, as we start, what year is it and how old are you? 1970, 23

1. Would your younger self (YYS, from here) recognize you when you first meet? Nope, not a chance, he would think he was seeing my dad.

2. Would YYS be surprised to discover what you are doing job wise? Nope, same shit, different town.

3. What piece of fashion advice would you give YYS? Ditch the leisure suit.

4. What do you think YYS is most going to want to know? Am I rich?

5. How would you answer YYS’s question? Are you nuts? Look at the career you picked.

6. What would probably be the best thing to tell YYS? Switch jobs, keep in touch with your acquaintances and make them friends.

7. What is something that you probably wouldn’t tell YYS?  You’ll make compromises that you will regret

8. What do you think will most surprise YYS about you? How snarky (some would call it cynical) I’ve become.

9. What do you think will least surprise YYS? That I still lust after a car that will do 0 -100 in a quarter mile

10. At this point in your life, would YYS like to run into “you” from the future? Not really.