Monthly Archives: March 2009

Motivation Drinks

Forget Redbull or Monster. My personal motivation drink is Coffee. Keep your soda’s and softdrinks. Forget your teas and herbal infusions. Give me coffee.

There is a problem with this particular vice: My office mates like different kinds of coffee. Most prefer weaker brands. I prefer a strong cup of coffee. We also have a problem with our water in this building–it tastes bad. Even our coffee has a metallic taste.

Our solution is to get a water filter and a bigger fridge. Till then, I am going to be stuck with substandard motivation.


Ask A Bastard: Vonnie Edition 2

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Vonnie asked the following questions.

Dear Ask A Bastard -
I feel like I might die without my computer. Will I die without my computer? How can I make Best Buy expedite my computer repair? Also, why didn’t you call me to go for sushi? I would totally have done that…..

Dearest Vonnie:
You are experiencing withdrawal. It is worse than death. When the shakes begin, I recommend treating them with strong German beer. You probably have no problem getting strong German beer.

As for making Best Buy hurry up the repair, there is one way to do that. Call them every day. Talk to supervisors. Discuss how they’ve promised to have things done sooner, how they’ve been uncooperative. Also, demand that you get back ups and that they keep you updated.

To your final point: On Saturday, I wanted to be left alone. I wanted to eat sushi, play WoW and work on a short story. I was a crank bastard.

Any additional questions?


Bacon. On a Stick


First Showing

Today we had our first showing of the condo. I have no idea how it went–but I left a message with the Realtor. I am not going to worry about this until I hear from him.

Now then. I’m thinking about Sushi for dinner. You?


Ask a Bastard: Vonnie 101

Last Monday, I promised to answer all of your questions about VONNIE. These answers have been painstakingly researched. I can assure you that they are also 110% accurate.

Kristin and Niall asked one question each:

Niall and I want to know where is the strangest place Von has made “whoopie”

and

And if Von was a part of the body, what would she be?

The strangest place Von has ever made whoopie was five minutes before the creation of this universe. That’s right. VON comes from the previous universe. Her orgasm not only destroyed the previous universe, but gave birth to ours.

If Von was a part of the body, she’d be the Prefrontal Cortex. She makes, and enforces, decisions.

My long time friend Aerin asked: How did you meet Von?

I met VON in a dream, the only dream I remembered. I was about nine. I was having a dream about Star Wars, as I was want to do, and I was being chased by Darth Vader. Not only did VON kick his ass in the greatest fight scene ever choreographed, she drove me to Japan. From Iowa. I said it was a dream. They don’t make sense.

AG asked two questions: How would Von’s life be different if she had been born one day later than she actually was?

and

What are her thoughts on g-d?

It wouldn’t just be VON’s life that would be different if she was one day older: All of Creation would be affected. Remember how her organism ended the previous universe and created this one? The Universe would be billions of years older (time is weird like that, look it up). Second, the people of that other universe may have figured out a way to cross over and screw things up for the rest of us. If VON Was born one day later, humanity would be enslaved by Beings from The Other World. Thank the Flying Speghetti Monster that she was born when she was.

As for GD, VON is expressely opposed to Gangsta Disciples. She has no need of gangs. Gangs were formed out of fear of VON.

Mendacious D Asked: I am curious to know how the Tricycle of Awesome was named.

Ask Shannon. I can promise you it involves a nipple or two.

Seth asked: What steps should I take to be awesome like Von

The right combination of amino acids, spiritual growth and pure chance can never be replicated or duplicated. You will never be as awesome as VON. EVER.

A close approximation would be: Find and tame a Narwhal. Ride said Narwhal around the seas. Have the Narwhal pull you on waterskis. Have the narwhal skewer your foes. That’s as close as you could get…and i’m pretty sure you can’t tame a Narwhal. VON Could. She has like three in her back yard.

This one is named Captain NoPants. unicorns

If you have to ask, “How did VON get that Narwhal into her back yard in Chicago” then you truly do not know Von.

Next week, I will answer more of life’s less complex (and less interesting) mysteries.

Cheers.


Friday Fiction: Over by There

It’s here.


Delay #2

Still working on Ask A Bastard. Here is the weather we are up against:

Nice weather > blog post


Slow

On occasion, my brain slows down so I can properly address the stresses of modern living. Some people call this slacking.

Those people aren’t necessarily wrong.

I’m working on a variety or projects at work (and at home). The most important ones are completed (evals, logs, the condo staged), but the ones I want to finish are no where near done (writing, blogging, a clean desk).

Ask A Bastard is one of these products. It’ll be done when my slow ass brain says it is done.


A change

No matter what else is said about tonight’s press conference, isn’t it nice to have a president who can speak intelligently and eloquent on a range of topics?

That being said, liberals need to get their asses into gear and work at improving the country.


AaB: Delayed

Given technical difficulties for both me and VONNIE, ask a bastard is delayed for a bit. Till then, enjoy this picture.


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