I use it a lot – does a good job and is pretty quick about it. In fact, you can set iTunes up to do the conversion as it imports the file.

I ask mostly because I absolutely did not “get it.” I actually started flipping pages looking for the rest of the story.

But really, the best part is that a kiwi made my tongue bleed. That’s just hilarious.

For a faster pace and perhaps a more madcap taste, the Drabblecast is becoming a favorite of mine.

My favorites so far:
109 Babel Probe
104 The Food Processor

Beware though, the main feed is one of those Apple formats. If you want mp3s, you’ll have to find the right feed. Or I could paste it here:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/DrabblecastMp3

http://www.starshipsofa.com/

They rely on authors donating stories to get narrated, so the only agenda is what they can get.

So we (the folks working directly under him) started this little game whereby you would make-up technical words and terms and then during private conversations with this guy, you would casually drop these terms into sentences without any explanation of what they were supposed to mean.

Once a day we would all compare notes and tell each other what words to keep a watch out for and see how many times this guy would repeat them to others.
You got bonus points if he used one of your made up words during a staff meeting (“I’ll need each of you to double check the QC on your Credicforus readings for projects before they go out.”) SCORE!!!!!!!

Over at PsuedoPod – EP006 “What Dead People Are Supposed To Do” had me laughing out loud in Public. It includes the idea that the Credit Card Companies won’t let a little thing like DEATH, keep you from paying them back.

if a podcast can make you cry … that one will. *sniff*

Some of my favorites (I’m scrolling backward through the list)
194: Exhalation
193: Article of Faith
192: Sumo 21
190: Origin Story
187: Summer in Paris, Light from the Sky
184: As Dry Leaves That Before the Wild Hurricane Fly
181: Resistance
174: Private Detective Molly
173: Robots Don’t Cry
168: Family Values
162: God Juice
159: Elites
146: Edward Bear and the Very Long Walk
144: Friction

Alright, that’s enough to get started. I wanted to scroll back far enough to get to Friction, which is a high water mark of Escape Pod.

Van made me want to open up the Gordon Lightfoot folder on my computer. :-)

New assy phrase being thrown around my office by the business analyst set: “pencil down” as a verb. As in, “We’ll need to ‘pencil down’ on that project ASAP.” And they really do put the quotes around it when they use it in writing.

My prediction for the next big phrase: “shovel ready”. I know that one is being thrown around willy-nilly everywhere, but I think it will really shine when being used to talk about exploiting Special Education stimulus money.

I really dislike my job, y’all.

My iTunes library is back!! Yippee!!

Anyone have a great audiobook suggestion? Sly B and I are preparing for a 10 hr (1-way) drive to BFE, Kansas Friday; home on Sunday. We already have the new Sookie book locked and loaded, but need a second.

How are you fantastic bastards tonight?

I need to watch them all again though. . . . . someday.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/724-Valkyria-Chronicles

Or, at least share them with the class…..

I am totally rad today.

Our house is surrounded by trees and bushes. Every year the birds like to make nests in them. This year a robin family set up shop in a fairly precarious position on a bush right next to the drive way. I found out about it when I came home from martial arts yesterday and brushed the bush with my car, causing one of the eggs to fall from the nest. I went into the house with a sad puppy dog face and told hubby, making him sad too.

Today, when I went to Future Shop I checked on the nest. We had a bit of a wind storm last night. I guess it knocked the nest on its side. All the eggs were out and broken on my driveway and the robin is gone.

:cry:

I was giving one of my process (chemical) engineer buddies a hard time about something guys in his department were causing me trouble with on my job. His response –

“It’s that 80% of process engineers out there that give the rest of us a bad name.”

Feel free to adapt as appropriate.

That is all.

Later gators!