Good News, Everyone!

In celebration of New Futurama Episodes!!!!!111one airing tonight, I give to you my list of favorite original Futurama episodes (seasons 1-4). If you’ve not seen them, you should go watch them all. Right now. Then watch them again. It’s a funny show, and you like to laugh.

10. Future Stock

An 80′s guy with Boneitis takes over Planet Express and Fry becomes his protege.
Favorite line: “Don’t you worry about Planet Express. Let me worry about blank.”

9. Time Keeps on Slippin’

The Globe Trotters arrive on earth, and the Professor’s use of Chronotons messes with the flow of time.
Favorite line: “So he’s not perfect… you don’t want to end up old and lonely like Zoidberg!”

8. Where No Fan Has Gone Before

The cast of Star Trek is forced to entertain their most annoying fan for eternity.
Favorite line: “Like a balloon.. and something bad happens!”

7. Jurassic Bark

They discover the petrified remains of Fry’s old dog, and work to bring him back to life. Flashbacks!
Favorite line: “What Do you want?” “Fry’s Dog!” “When do you want it?” “Fry’s Dog!”

6. Spanish Fry

Fry is abducted by aliens, and loses his human horn. Wooooo!
Favorite line: “Hehe..That guy won’t be going home to his kids.”

5. The Sting

Fry is killed, and Leela goes insane.
Favorite line: “Oh, I made myself sad.”

4. 300 Big Boys

The government gives everyone a $300 surplus, and Fry uses it all on coffee.
Favorite line: “And it’s powered by love… also you have to wind it.”

3. The Devil’s Hands are Idle Playthings

Fry acquires the Robot Devil’s Hands, and composes a holophoner opera for Leela
Favorite line: “This opera is as lousy as it is brilliant. You’re lyrics lack subtlety. You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel. That makes me feel angry!”

2. Roswell That Ends Well

The Crew travel back in time, and Fry becomes his own grandpa.
Favorite line: “Hey, what smells like blue?”

1. The Farnsworth Parabox

The Professor creates a box containing a parallel universe. Featuring 2 Zoidbergs!
Favorite line: “The box says.. no!”

Santoism #4

Pat: We’d like to congratulate Producer-Engineer Matt Boltz and his lovely wife who became parents last week: “Emma Lucille”… and Ronny, I have to say that’s a very strange name for a little boy.

Das Boot #6

So.. despite some rather welcome distractions, work on the model ship has continued. Having completed the group of steps related to the framing of the ship and construction of the hull and deck, I’ve moved on to some more intricate work creating items for the deck, and spots for the riggings to be secured. This has meant a lot of shaping small pieces, tiny (and I mean tiny) hole drilling, and plenty of sanding and filing. The drilling required some creative tool making (a small super-ball proved most helpful), and a healthy dose of patience (drilling 11 holes in a small strip of wood only to have the 12th hole split the entire piece was not fun). She’s shaping up to be a fine ship.




2010 Resolutions.

  1. Average wake up time of 9am each week.
  2. Work a full 40 hours (+/-1ish) each week.
  3. Adhere to my previous $100 a week budget.
  4. Limit soda consumption to Pizza, Fast Food, and dinners out (when needed to keep to #3)
  5. Complete the Spare room (fix the walls, paint, carpet, heat) by Dec 31.
  6. Get in at least 3 hours of legitimate exercise each week (this is mainly a winter thing..)

So far… not so good.

A Tale of Two Hikes

Near the end of our Hawaii trip, Luke, Mandy, Claire, Morgan, and I all headed out together to do a little hiking and enjoy the sights. The Bakers were going to take a hike down to see the tide pools, while Morgan and I were headed up to hike to a lighthouse. As we reached a turn in our hike we gave Luke a call, and had him take a photo of us, and we took a shot of them. Enjoy:


The Baker family hiking to the tide pools

Ron and Morgan hiking to the lighthouse.
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Hawaii ii

The “Honeymoon”

It had been remarked by more than one person that Morgan and I looked very much like we were on our honeymoon. Given some of these photos, it is hard to disagree.[Update: We just held hands on the beach.]

Oh, one other thing: Hawaii is awesome.

The Pittsburgh/Baltimore Trip

UPDATE: All the pictures are now up: Baltimore/Pittsburgh 2009

Sven and I took our annual baseball trip this past weekend, hitting Baltimore and Pittsburgh. Both cities were quite nice (Pittsburgh amazed me), both stadiums were beautiful, and our seats at both games were fantastic. The rest of the pictures are soon to come.


Me at Camden Yards

Inside Camden Yards

Sven caught a foul ball!

Me on the Clemente Bridge

Me in Pittsburgh

Me at PNC Park

Our seats at PNC.

“Hot Dog” Races

Pujols: Homerun. Amazing.

Fireworks

Top Five: Little Things People Do That Drive Me Crazy

  • Leave their shopping cart in the middle of the parking lot.
  • Refusing to use their turn signal when changing lanes or turning.
  • Leaving their cell phone ringer on loud when in a public place, even after it rang.
  • Littering, especially out of the window of their car.
  • Failing to obey basic traffic laws while biking on the street.