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Overheard in the office

Boss:  What happened?
DaddyBear:  We had SSH sessions open to two servers, and we put the ‘reboot’ command into the wrong window.  Box was down about 5 minutes, but it doesn’t look like it had any impact to the customers.
Co-Worker:  It was me, I put in the reboot command.
Boss:  Well, I’ve been waiting for this for a long time…. Give me your badges.  You’re out of here.

Shocked silence

Boss: Gotcha!

That is not funny!

by daddybear71 on August 30, 2011  •  Permalink
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News Roundup

  • From the “Bad Timing” Department – UAW-represented Ford employees are voting on whether to authorize a strike as part of their ‘negotiations’ with Ford on their new contract.  The UAW wants to get back at least some of the pay and benefits that were conceeded to the company during the last recession, and they want the threat of a labor walkout as a tool at the bargaining table.  Someone needs to show the ‘leadership’ of the UAW a trending chart on the U.S. economy and ask them if they really want to start taking money out of Ford’s pocket right now.  Better a job where you think you might be getting hosed than no job at all, guys.
  • From the “Going to Hell on a Scholarship” Department – Thieves have broken into a Catholic church in California several times, stealing security cameras, and a large amount of copper wire.  Someone needs to tell these guys that copper is an excellent conductor of lightning. 
  • From the “Soon to be an Un-Person” Department – A video of a Chinese general discussing espionage cases that were covered up and called such things as “corruption” has surfaced on YouTube.  In other news, there is an open slot for promotion to general in the Chinese military after the former holder of the rank had a 9mm aneurism.
  • From the “Nothing for me Today, Thanks” Department – A man in Pennsylvania has been arrested for a second time for stuffing a rack of ribs down his pants.  Dude, I told you to put the meat in the crock pot, not the…. aw, never mind.
  • From the “Dead Man Walking” Department – A man in Australia accidentally threw away his wife’s jewelry when he hid it in trash bags to keep it from being stolen.  Irish Woman isn’t really a jewelry kind of girl, but she does like things that twinkle a bit.  That being said, if I were to ever throw away $50k worth of gold, she’d cut my heart out with a spoon.
by daddybear71 on August 30, 2011  •  Permalink
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Quote of the Day

Any right not exercised is a right lost.  If you do not speak out and address an injustice, you have abridged your freedom of speech.  If you fail to meet your friends for any reason except you don’t want to, you have abridged your freedom of assembly.  Let us say you refuse to file a complaint against a police officer who mistreats you because of fear of reprisal, you have given up your right against unreasonable search and seizure.



This extremely well thought out position on why we should make use of all of our rights was brought to you by Sean D. Sorrentino’s father.  Mr. Sorrentino is apparently becoming more active in the Second Amendment rights movement, and explains his decision to open carry his sidearm.   

by daddybear71 on August 29, 2011  •  Permalink
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News Roundup

  • From the “Mace is a Condiment”  Department – A study has shown that for people suffering from nasal inflammation the use of nasal sprays that include the active ingredient of hot peppers could bring relief.  I expect that police unions will come out against this.  Who wants to have a product on the market that Mookie can use to do the iocane powder routine against Officer Friendly’s pepper spray?
  • From the “Jewelry for Cancer?” Department – A first grader in Texas has been suspended because he wears his hair long and is wearing a diamond earring in violation of his school’s dress code.  His mother claims he’s growing his hair out for Locks of Love, a charity that provides real hair to make hair pieces for cancer patients. I’d probably buy that and condemn the school if it weren’t for the diamond earring.  Take the shiny tackle out of the boy’s ear and we’ll talk about feeling empathy for him.  Ask me sometime about my experience with dress codes, a diamond earring, and a small scar I have on my earlobe.  It’s a riot if you like Clint Eastwood movies.
  • From the “This is my Shocked Face” Department – A former TSA agent has admitted in federal court that she used her position to assist a drug smuggler in evading airport security.  Shocked, yes shocked, I am that another TSA agent has been caught breaking the law.  Why, everyone knows that the government spent massive amounts of time and money to properly organize the TSA and does a thorough screening and monitoring job of its employees.  How could something like this happen again and again and again?
  • From the “Apples to Oranges” Department – Former Vice-President Al Gore recently made comments comparing the global warming debate to the American civil rights movement.  Yeah, because police in the American Southeast are using firehoses to keep Prius owners down.  Oh, and the federal government is sending the 101st Airborne Division to make sure that climate scientists aren’t forced to publish their raw data.  Mr. Gore, do us all a favor: Go home, drink a bottle or two of wine, and spend the evening polishing your Nobel Peace Prize while cruising the Internet you claim to have invented.
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Thought for the Day

The two highest compliments I can give someone are “That’s OK, I know you’d do it for me.” and “I’d trust you to walk behind me with a loaded gun in your hand.”.

by daddybear71 on August 29, 2011  •  Permalink
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Missed a good party

Brigid over at Home on the Range has a good write-up of today’s Indy Blogmeet.  Looks like I missed an opportunity to have dinner with a lot of the great people from the blogosphere that I’ve met over the past couple of years. I would pay good money to sit in a room and listen to Og, OldNFO, and BRM swap stories. I definitely need to head up to Indy one of these days.  And I definitely need to get one of those Secret Squirrel velcro patches!

Congratulations to Tam on the sixth anniversary of View From the Porch!  It’s great that her blogiversary coincided with a blogmeet.  Tam’s one of the nicest people I’ve ever met at a shooting range, and I wish her luck as she continues to dish out the USDA recommended dose of snark.

by daddybear71 on August 29, 2011  •  Permalink
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Message

Hi, this is DaddyBear.  I’m away from the blog at the moment, but your reading is important to me.  Please leave your message after the beep, and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

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BEEEPPP!!!

by daddybear71 on August 28, 2011  •  Permalink
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Well, looky there

If you’ll check the top of the blog, you’ll notice something new.  Robb Allen used his mighty talents and came up with a new paw-print symbol for me, and I used it to build a new banner for the page.

Many thanks to Robb for the great set of claws!
by daddybear71 on August 27, 2011  •  Permalink
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Saturday Spider Pics

Not sure if this is going to be a recurring theme here, but I have more spider pics for a Saturday morning.

This big fellow was relaxing on his web between two shrubs at the StopnRob when Girlie Bear and I stopped off to pick up a couple sodas last night.  I didn’t get too close so I wouldn’t disturb him, but he looked to be about 2 inches long, with some really interesting black, tan, white, and yellow markings on him.

by daddybear71 on August 27, 2011  •  Permalink
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Contest for a Cause

Carteach is holding a contest, and the result is donations to a good cause.

If you make a donation to the Wounded Warrior Project, he’ll put your name into a hat and then draw for prizes from the official goody bag.

Wounded Warrior provides services to help our wounded get back into normal life.  They do good work for those who have already given too much.

If you’ve got a few extra shekels, consider sending them to a good cause.  Who knows, you might just get something back.

by daddybear71 on August 27, 2011  •  Permalink
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