Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Year End Punch List

Now that 2009 is but a few hours away, i have decided to make a todo list for next years blizzard, icy hinterlands return.

  • Urinate in the Snow. Unsanitary, gotta do it though. The horses do.
  • Snow angels. Make note to avoid urine impregnated snow, i.e. yellow snow
  • Snowman or men/women. My second snowperson needs to be to scale. Evil nightmarish indian burial ground vibe aside, not impressive if my boots tower over it
  • Build snow gatling gun, trebuchet, or snow siege device.
  • Snow castle!
  • Snow starship!
  • Working replica V8 engine done entirely of snow!
  • Take Ed's idea and make a snow cocktail of somesort. Again, avoid the urine snow.
  • Snow plate lunch!

That is all for now.

Happy New Year!

Saturday, December 27, 2008

That White Stuff Gets Wet...

The snow has begun to melt across Yamhill county. Giant dirty boulders of snow and ice litter freshly plowed parking lots and roads. It's warming up a little, enough so i don' have to worry about the water tub freezing over, not enough to start thinking about shorts or putting away the winter duds. As if.

On another note, we went to McMenamins after a giant Hillsboro chinese firedrill. In particular, this one.

So there. When having an expedition in Oregon, one must venture to a McMenamins to add to the experience. How can you not love a place that plays Thin Lizzy?

Friday, December 26, 2008

Old enough to think this is still cool

Merry Christmas

It's a day late; the roads were icy, what can i say?

Merry Christmas from me, M, JC, S, T, En, Em, W, JG, BKD, BKD2, and BKD3


Send sushi. There is no sushi in Yamhill. Did i mention that there is no sushi in Yamhill? Yes, there is no sushi in Yamhill, Oregon. In Yamhill no sushi there is.

Mele Kalikimaka!

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

24 Dec 2008

Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say,
On a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day,
That's the island greeting that we send to you
From the land where palm trees sway,
Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright,
The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night,
Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way
To say "Merry Christmas" to you...

-R. Alex Anderson


Sunday, December 21, 2008

In Memoriam: Majel Barrett-Roddenberry

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry
Feb 23, 1932- Dec 18, 2008


Sleighbells Ring, Are YOU Listening?

In a world covered in snow, one blogger... will post pictures of Yamhill.
Cold yeah?


Saturday, December 20, 2008

The Shining

I have just come to grips with the fact that i have just walked through 1.5 to 2 feet of snow. In my yard. In my yard,in Yamhill, Oregon. For emergency use only, i have kept two dollars worth of quarters in my nightstand. Yes, this is bus fare from Yamhill to Mililani. Do you think i have get a transfer?


Please send axes and typewriters. Good scotch, blowtorches, and alien technology (transwarp drives, wormhole generators, and sushi molds) are much appreciated.

Mabuhay and Aloha!

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Violate EULA is not a type of flower...

Do you like computers? I like computers. Look at this website, it's about computers. I hope you will enjoy it fully, without let or hindrance.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

12.

It dropped to 12°F overnight. Brutally Brutal Brutality! The snow and the low temperatures are to continue throughout the week-into the weekend.

This is what cold looks like:



Couple of tips:

1)Wear your damn gloves

2)If it looks like pavement, it probably isn't; step in the snow to avoid the Curly Shuffle

3)Wear a damn hat with your damn gloves

4)....

5) Profit!

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Run To The Hills

via NOAA:

000
WGHW50 PHFO 112008
FFWHFO
HIC003-112315-
/O.EXT.PHFO.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-081211T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1008 AM HST THU DEC 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY

* UNTIL 115 PM HST.

* AT 1005 AM HST... THE USGS GAGE ON LAKE WILSON SHOWED A WATER
LEVEL OF 82.81 FEET AND THE HONOLULU DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT IS PREPARING TO EVACUATE OTAKE CAMP IN WAIALUA. RUNOFF
FROM EARLIER RAINFALL ALSO REMAINS VERY HIGH ESPECIALLY ALONG
KAUKONAHUA STREAM AND WAIKELE STREAM IN CENTRAL OAHU. RAIN
GAGE AND RADAR DATA OVER EAST OAHU SHOWED RAIN RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR.

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL LOCATIONS ON OAHU.

THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE PRE-EXISTING WARNING THAT WAS
IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.

RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN.

WE HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF CLOSED ROADS. DO NOT CROSS
FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT. TURN
AROUND...DON/T DROWN.

THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 115 PM HST IF FLASH
FLOODING PERSISTS.

LAT...LON 2159 15833 2179 15793 2125 15755 2125 15817

$$
KODAMA



Happy Birthday

Yesterday was M's b-day. Happy Birthday!

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

JCHS. Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, United States

Some good does come out of Ewa Beach, after all:

Campbell High a rising star of college prep on Leeward Coast.


via The Honolulu Advertiser

Computers? I have heard of these devices, tell me more....

Monday, December 8, 2008

DSL Blues in A Minor

Duh da duh da duh..


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ick. 89 KB UP? I got me "The train keeps my DSL upload capped" blues..

A Vodka Martini

Here is a recipe:

1 1/2 oz vodka
3/4 oz dry vermouth

Shake vodka and vermouth together with several ice cubes in a shaker. Strain into a cocktail glass, garnish with an olive and serve.

Commonly known as the "Vodka Martini" more correctly, a "Vodka Cocktail"...looks pretty easy right?

In Yamhill, ordering a Vodka Martini is like having three two inch high number 6's branded onto your forehead -or something similar. It is our humble goal to bring some of that fancy pants Hawaii vibe to this corner of Oregon, one fancy pants glass at a time.

Now if we can only get a Sashimi pupu platter as regular bar fare..