What's that you say?

What kind of American Language (dialect) do you speak? This was a quick, fun little test.

Here are my results:

Your Linguistic Profile:

50% General American English

30% Yankee

15% Dixie

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

The Simpsons: They are a real family!

This is really well done! I wish I had the real start of the show to watch next to this.

Check it out.

A Fishing Tale!!!!

This is out of control! It's real!!!

Want a job at Google? Get ready to answer some pretty tough questions

Over at gamedev.net, one of the guys had a telephone interview with Google, and here were a few of their questions. Apparently, if you make it past this step - you sign a confidentiality agreement not do disclose any information.

Here are the questions:

Q: "You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and your mass is proportionally reduced so as to maintain your original density. You are then thrown into an empty glass blender. The blades will start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do?"

Q: "How would you find out if a machine's stack grows up or down in memory?"

Q: "Explain a database in three sentences to your eight-year-old nephew."

Q: "How many gas stations would you say there are in the United States?"

What? The height of a nickel? Stack? Ok, I could do the database one. Gas stations? Ahh, a lot?

And remember, this is the PHONE INTERVIEW. Imagine the next steps! Love Google. They make me feel so dumb.

Ever play a word association game?

I say: "cold one"

You say: "beer"

I say: "April 15th"

You say: "taxes" (and Becky's birthday)

I say: "My Blog"

You say: click here to say something



Wonder what people said? Click here to see.

Kaitlyn eating a feather from Paige's boa.

See Paige in her feather boa 

Now, that's how dinner with Gramma Kaine should be!

 

NASCAR 2006 on PS2. I kicked Joel's butt!

 

Every little kid needs to have an "embarrassing me in the bath" shot

 

Someone is JUST LIKE her mother!

 

Spy on searchers at DogPile.com

Ever wondered what other people were searching for?

Well, this little link lets you to proverbially stand over the world's shoulder and watch what they are searching for - in real time.

There are filtered and unfiltered results, so you can eliminate the smut if you must.

My new mailbox

Thank god the weather man was wrong about all the snow and ice we DIDN'T get today. It allowed me to spend some time digging a hole for our new mailbox.




















In other unrelated news, the Dollar Store in town has really helped improve quality shoppers.

Lithuanian Jackie Chan

This dude is INSANE! He is truly an amazing athlete... you gotta check this video out!!

I wonder how many bones have snapped while he is trying to be cool? He should have a movie contract!

You think you're so smart, mister?

I came across a little Mensa Test that Becky and I both did (part 1). She kicked my butt - but at least I'm cuter then her. Oh, no wait - I'm not.

The test is here http://www.intelligence-test.net/part1

There is also a follow up to it, supposedly a bit harder:

http://www.intelligence-test.net/part2

There is a brand new Movie Quiz. I took a quick look at this and it looks hard! (Scottie B will rock this!)

http://www.funwithmovies.com

I love this guy! Numa Numa

Don't ask my why, but I can't get enough of this guy. He is from NJ, and posted this video on his blog about the song the internet named Numa Numa. In reality, the song is entitled "Dragostea Din Tea" by the Romanian pop band "O-Zone".

In just a few weeks, the video has received more than 1 million hits on one of gman's web sites and has even been featured on CNN, VH-1 and Today on NBC. Brolsma is more surprised than anyone about his world wide fame. "You people are crazy!" he wrote.

We're crazy? Riiight.

Fancy meeting you here!

Long time no blog. Lots to catch up on...

Look around, what do you think of my new digs? (hint hint - new template) It was time to get some new paint and a few sexy couches for you guys to sit on. I'm good like that. It's not an official blogger template, so please let me know if things look weird or links aren't working.

The world is so small! I am getting hair cut and my cell rings. Caller ID reads: Scottie B. I'll take this - a few more minutes until she takes me. "What's up Scottie?" we chat about work and why I haven't blogged. "Where are you?" Scott asks. "At the barber on Sullivan Trail." "Where you at?" I bark. (I know it's improper English - me no care)

"I'm on Sullivan Trail!" and at that moment I look out the window and there he is! Big as life on the phone talking to moi. Small freekin' world. Scott lives 28 miles away from me!!! I get such a kick out of things like that!!!! Reminds me of this day when Boom and I saw each other.

Holy Shiit!

Can you say that? real link here

I take pictures, therefore I am

Did I ever tell you that a picture I took was published in a coffee table book? That's a story for another day.

On the right, you will see two new links under Photo Albums:

Ray and I spend 30 hours last weekend at the daycare. It needed it. We rock. I need a nap.






















Here are the offspring from Valentine's Day. Beck made each one of them a shirt... so damn cute! So damn different from each other! I love it!



















In one short week, Kaitlyn is pulling herself up to everything. The stairs, the tables, the bar. No wait, not yet - that was me.

I hate TIVO

TIVO makes me feel like I am a bad TV watcher.

Don't get me wrong: TIVO is the best damn gift I have ever received. It's an awesome gadget, and now I record every NASCAR event, and can pause live TV when the offspring are yelling about something.

I have about 15 shows with season passes. For those of you TIVOless - a season pass simply records every episode of that show. On my season pass list are:

24
Jay Leno
House
American Idol (shut up)
Medium
Ghost Whisperer (I get welled up)
CSI
Evening News
Fear Factor
NASCAR races
Mad TV
Dirty Jobs (love this)
Myth Busters
Sex in the City (Becky's. OK mine)

So, having a full time job, owning the daycare, being a Dad to 2 little angels, and a husband to an angel maker, I don't always have time to watch any shows.

Our TIVO is an 80 hour unit - so after a while, it has to delete shows to make room for others. This is where me hating TIVO comes in. I HAVE TO WATCH EVERY SINGLE SHOW. It's like it's my job... like I would waste money if I didn't get to see every damned show recorded!

And another small issue. Beck got behind a week on 24. That means that she hasn't seen 3 episodes including tonight's. I am being a good husband and waiting for her... but I can't wait much longer!! I haven't seen 24 in 2 weeks! I MUST WATCH CTU save planet Earth.

What's wrong with this sign?