Bitterness only hurts you, nobody else.

Check it in, check it out
Let me begin
Cut that old box
To me that's a sin.

If only I had a CNC milling machine at work. Dad does, I don't. Then again, I have a PCB machine. Still, I want both.

Funny how "equipment for the group" becomes known as "Ben's toys."

Do you know how many times people get shown around work and I hear, "Check this out! bla, bla, bla. OOOooh! Awwww! That's so totally awesome. Yeah, Ben gets all the cool toys."

Then again, we have the Benz -- three of us who sit in Ben Row.

Man, I've been busy recently. I still want to work retail. HUNGRY! MUST FEED!

See that? I machined that!

Ok, ok, so it's really simple, but, hey... I learned how to turn something down on a lathe. Oh, that and cut.
(And, yes, they're robot parts.)

Robot Parts

I'm rather pleased with the front panel Front Panel Express made for me:
Newest May Day robot is on the way!

Elitches 2009 (When we remembered to log)

Happy!

Remember that 8hr test I had to take a few months ago? Well, I found out today that I passed -- YAHOO!

Nobel Peace Prize

Mommy's Little Helper

Canada Sneezing Rules

Thanks to Nathan, we have yet another great video!

Becky's Brilliant Breakdown

I always say it's great to have friends -- at dinner a few nights ago, I whacked the back of Beck's chair at dinner the other night and she said, "Ouch." I put on my falsely-accused whiny voice and complained, "I whacked your chair, not you." She replied by saying, "Kinetic energy."

Man, is that a great way to sum it up or what? With that one phrase, Becky provided more than several paragraphs of explanation, discussing every aspect of the chair rungs striking her back, from impulse to the physical relationships between velocity and pain. Talk about brilliant! (Though, I still say my hand would have been hurt worse than her back :-)

Thanks, Beck -- I was still thinking about that as I was going to sleep last night :-)

Joke

Hehe... Nicole and I exchanged "lame" jokes and she gave me one I haven't heard before: (I only seem to get "lame" jokes.)

There was a man from Spain.
He came to America, but didn't know any English. So he turned on the T.V...

The first thing that he heard, was a McDonald commercial, and he learned I'm lovin it. Next he turned on a silverware commercial, and learned Forks and Knives, Forks and Knives. Then he turned on a candy commercial, and learned Goody goody gumdrops, Goody goody gumdrops. Then he turned on another commercial, and learned Plug it in, plug it in.

He went out into the street, feeling very happy, and met a police man. "Hi", said the man, the police man says, " Do you know anything about the murder that has happened here?", the man says, "I'm lovin it." Then the police man said, " What did you kill him with?" The man says, "forks and knives, forks and knives,". The police man said, "You're going to jail buddy". The man says, "Goody goody gumdrops, goody goody gumdrops". The police man said, "Alright, wise man, your going to the electric chair." The man said, "Plug it in plug it in... Goodbye," and walked away.

Cats are so dramatic!

Somehow, that looks too real to be Photoshoped...

Peektures

Store Wars

(Thanks to Nathan for this one!)