http://www.goption.com/ Brian Casey's personal weblog and journal http://www.goption.com/archives/goption-logo-nt.png http://www.goption.com/ Brian Casey's personal weblog and journal 140 60 en-us bnc@goption.com 2010-03-08T13:37:33-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 7118@http://www.goption.com/ Technology 2010-03-08T13:37:33-08:00 I watched Chuck, season 1, episode 5 and half of episode 6 this morning.... 7115@http://www.goption.com/ Apheresis 2010-03-05T12:01:05-08:00 I woke up this morning around 7:15am to the sounds of heavy rain. Here's what I found in the backyard: Here's what caused it:... 7114@http://www.goption.com/ Doing 2010-02-27T07:35:25-08:00 James Burleigh, the sage of the FJR Forum posted a topic titled "Are motorcycles inherently dangerous?" this morning. After some supporting arguments, he boiled it down to this statement, which seems to sum it up nicely: Motorcycles are not inherently... 7113@http://www.goption.com/ FJR1300 2010-02-21T14:13:19-08:00 I watched most of Rocket Science this morning during my donation. I'll have to finish it to have an opinion, one way or another.... 7110@http://www.goption.com/ Apheresis 2010-02-19T10:36:39-08:00 My sister and I enjoy the occasional discussion/argument about grammar and punctuation. We're a little weird that way. We use Gregg's Ninth Edition as the arbiter. Today's discussion was about the proper way to punctuate a sentence that has two... 7111@http://www.goption.com/ Doing 2010-02-18T10:36:37-08:00 I have the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar (SPOGG) feed on Google Reader. My sister and I enjoy the odd grammar discussion, and SPOGG has a lot of fun posts about the problems that big-name web sites and... 7109@http://www.goption.com/ Doing 2010-01-19T09:46:35-08:00 From time to time I play a flash-based basketball game on the onlinesgames.com site. Normally I'm in the 40th percentile - around 200 out of 500 players. Just now, I made the top 5 for the first time ever. The... 7107@http://www.goption.com/ Doing 2010-01-16T19:05:58-08:00 Life got busy last night, so I didn't get to bed until about 11:45pm, with the alarm set for 6:05am. I was sleeping soundly, or so it seemed, when a boom shook the house, like a plane crashed into the... 7106@http://www.goption.com/ Doing 2010-01-13T12:11:42-08:00 My Dad gave me a generous Border's gift card for Christmas. I love to read, and having a gift card and a 33% off Borders Rewards coupon is like a little slice of heaven. (I didn't realize it, but I... 7105@http://www.goption.com/ Family & Friends 2010-01-12T12:20:07-08:00 After a long fight, my dentist (the fantastic and highly recommended Dr. James Crabtree in Arcadia) and I decided that my #3 upper right molar could not be saved. A botched crown some years back did the damage, but what... 7104@http://www.goption.com/ Doing 2010-01-08T12:20:06-08:00 Most years, I don't do anything special on New Year's Eve, but this year I doubled up, and it was all pretty cool. Back in October, my company had a massive reduction in force, and both my friends Cory and... 7102@http://www.goption.com/ Family & Friends 2010-01-01T14:32:39-08:00 I watched Julie & Julia this afternoon.... 7101@http://www.goption.com/ Apheresis 2009-12-21T20:39:32-08:00 I watched something, but I can't remember what right now.... 7100@http://www.goption.com/ Apheresis 2009-12-11T20:37:56-08:00 I watched Iron Man again, but about 50 minutes in the machine started beeping, and I noticed something wasn't right with the needle. They shut me down then, but at least they got almost two units. Here's the bruising on... 7098@http://www.goption.com/ Apheresis 2009-11-27T14:04:52-08:00