What's going on? What year is it? Who's the president?

Ah Shit, it's still 2006, and Bush is still the man in charge. Of course just as I think Bush is the worst leader ever, I get back to back crazy from both the President of Iran Jamie Farr and El Presidente of Venezuela, Tattoo

Hey we sit on billions of gallons of oil but we NEED nuclear power!

What ever, I'm just venting because I'm busy as hell at work and my new kick-ass computer system is living up to it's name. Unfortunately it's kicking my ass up and down the block. This damn thing cost a lot of money and to have to be as buggy as it is really makes me want to poop. (Maybe it was all that bran I ate for lunch?) One thing did cheer me up and it was Weird Al's new video for his CD "Straight Outta Lynwood." The video is for the parody "White and Nerdy" and you can find it all on his website. I'm sure we will put "White and Nerdy" on the next podcast as soon as I get my audacity up and running again. Speaking about running, I hope I can get my bit torrent to start running so I can download some cool legal stuff. I can't think of any examples of what that might be but I am sure it's out there. After next Wednesday I will be done with a symposium that I am helping organize at work. If you are a young man or woman and want to make it rich please go into the hotel catering and AV business. On planet Sheraton a gallon of fruit punch will run you $45. I am not shitting you. $45 American dollars. Want coffee? That's $50 a gallon. Christ on a Popsicle stick, when I saw that on the invoice I almost shit right on the carpet. (catching a theme to my reaction to stress?) After I calmed down and looked for skid marks I looked at the AV costs. To use a laptop computer at the hotel it will cost me $250. For 6 hours. I will rent it again the next day for $250 for only 3 hours. A video projector will run me $500 a day. The microphone will cost me $40 and if I want to hear it that's another $40 for the mixer. 1/2 my budget will be going to the gadgets and the other half will go to food. The rooms are some of the cheapest things to pay for. (did I mention that the sodas are $3 a pop?)

Oh well, it ain't my money. In the end it will be worth it when one of my colleagues comes up to me at the $3K reception and complains about how he didn't get enough portabella mushrooms stuffed with goat cheese. (I'm sure around $15 of fungus) Such is life. Look for a new DAP coming soon.

Michael