Stuart Smalley says:

I'm reaching my classy middle-aged house cat stride, folks. Evidence, you say?

- Did the dishes, sorted paperwork, setup "pods" of raw ingredients to make dinner for the next few meals
- Expertly screwed the woman into a hot mess, then kicked her out the door to her pilates class
- Picked up a bottle of cheap champagne to surprise her with when she gets back later
- Performed routine vehicle maintenance, prepped for this prof. dev. this weekend
- Swapped "war stories" like a boss with an old friend in a similar industry

Gold star for me.

...

I've eaten moldy stuff, stuff that was just killed and stuff out of garbage cans, but never a pair of boots.

Damn, Detroit has made you tough, girlfriend. You've been expertly hardened.

 

I think, and hope, my stinginess with power usage in the house is paying off. My electric bill was under $65 last month. I'm going to keep that going as long as I can.

Cha-CHING!

 

I don't just have friends, I have people with connections. Today I made two phone calls that will effect me for the next couple decades and I feel great about the hands I'm in.

 

I got super perler bead crafty tonight for my last few Christmas present accessories, and I'm proud of how they turned out, since I was making up most of the patterns as I went along.

A set of Adventure Time coasters or magnets (whatever she wants to use them as) for @damnitall (which @snowy will probably appreciate)



A Homer Simpson



And because I love him so, I had to include @plan9

ALL HAIL THE PARTY GOD.

(I'll give this to you soon)



He's a little wonky and on drugs, but PARTY FOREVER.

 

Hah, melty bead crafts! I did that all the time as a kid.

SO FRIGGIN' AWESOME. I love the Party God, too.

You're so good to me, @GeneticShift. FEEL THE LUBB.

 

I have titled it "Ultra-Deranged Party God goes into Anaphylactic Shock"

 

I will hug it and love it and call it George.

 

Damn right.

 

I'm feeling good about what I've done in the lab lately.

 

We had a near perfect game in trivia tonight, and the highest score ever for our team. We ended up in a 3-way tie for first place and lost the tiebreaker, but I'm really proud of us!

 

The Snow Ball (dance) of my last winter carnival as an undergrad, I got to play with the Jazz Lab Band again.
On top of that, I got to play lead, and I managed to out-screech the original lead player on some notes.

Feels really, really good.

 

I went to see a movie by myself for the very first time in my life this evening... and I didn't die of shyness or self-consciousness!

Oh, and I rode my bike there, and the parking options were pretty shitty, but whatever.

 

I love going to the movies by myself.

 

I admit, I could easily see it growing on me.

 

I first went to the movies as a kid and watched Poltergeist. What was I thinking?!?
I was still proud of myself, though.

 

The squeamish against super-nerdy Linux-y things might consider looking away.

I just wrote this one-liner:

Code:

grep -E '^Mon*|35h|36h' data.txt | sed -r 's/^.+\| //g' | sed -r 's/ degrees C//g' | paste -d, - - - > data.csv

which turned this:

Code:

...data data data...
Mon Mar 10 02:50:06 EDT 2014
ESM Frt I/O Temp | 31h | ok  | 12.0 | 28 degrees C
ESM CPU 1 Temp   | 32h | ns  |  3.1 | No Reading
ESM CPU 2 Temp   | 33h | ns  |  3.2 | No Reading
ESM Riser Temp   | 34h | ok  | 16.0 | 35 degrees C
ESM CPU 1 Temp   | 35h | ok  |  3.1 | 34 degrees C
ESM CPU 2 Temp   | 36h | ok  |  3.2 | 33 degrees C
BP Bottom Temp   | 03h | ok  | 15.1 | 29 degrees C
BP Top Temp      | 02h | ok  | 15.1 | 29 degrees C
Mon Mar 10 02:55:06 EDT 2014
ESM Frt I/O Temp | 31h | ok  | 12.0 | 28 degrees C
ESM CPU 1 Temp   | 32h | ns  |  3.1 | No Reading
ESM CPU 2 Temp   | 33h | ns  |  3.2 | No Reading
ESM Riser Temp   | 34h | ok  | 16.0 | 35 degrees C
ESM CPU 1 Temp   | 35h | ok  |  3.1 | 38 degrees C
ESM CPU 2 Temp   | 36h | ok  |  3.2 | 39 degrees C
BP Bottom Temp   | 03h | ok  | 15.1 | 29 degrees C
BP Top Temp      | 02h | ok  | 15.1 | 29 degrees C
...data data data...

into this:

Code:

...data data data...
Mon Mar 10 02:50:06 EDT 2014,34,33
Mon Mar 10 02:55:06 EDT 2014,38,39
...data data data...

To you guys with more experience at this than me, this might seem kind of trivial. But for me, this is *awesome.*
Also a much-needed ego boost.

 

I think I finally just found the source of my parasitic power draw on my vehicle. And I may or may not have fixed the source of said power draw using an Ethernet cable.
(It's not as cool as you think.)

I also fixed my rear window washer, which is now functional for the first time in the 3 years since I've owned the vehicle.