The only reason to watch

Now, I hate the Olympics.  But when stuff like this happens, I love it.

This guy eats a whole plate of teriyaki through the back of his head:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpSw7p0PQt0

Say what you want about the snow

At least it will melt!

Java volcano sends thousands fleeing

Some 200,000 people are told to evacuate their homes in Indonesia after a volcano erupts on the island of Java, with at least two people killed.

Read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26183880


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Letting the toilet know

That it's number 11 in my book

Charging up for manual labor

With a Taylor's ham, egg, and Brie sammich:

Duo lingo waxes morbid

Strange sequence for a language app!

The dilbert guide to life

Pretty dead on. From the comparison of youthful idealism in the workplace to skydiving with a handkerchief, to the many all too true statements like the one below.

If he's including the incompetent under "imbecile" then I wholeheartedly agree.

Most interactions with management will leave you nothing but a slimy, dirty feeling. As if you need to immediately find an acid bath and dive in.

A fun read for engineers and scientists

Yesterday, there was a job posting for a print production specialist that paid up to $82k on USAJOBs. Alternatively, I found a posting for a supervisory general engineer that started at $84k. Both in the DC area.

That triggered some humorous exchanges with my navy colleagues. Then, I found the story below this morning:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/education/the-stem-crisis-is-a-myth

Apparently, people don't stay in STEM. And for good reason. The pay sucks when compared to required effort.  An excerpt from the story is provided above.

The rest of the story is a funny read.  Or depressing, depending on your outlook.  Funny because you may as well get a job at Kinko's rather than going to college.  Depressing in that most of us wasted a ton of time and money to get jobs we hate  and buy shit we don't need.

New do

Messed up the alignment on my first try. Will take more care next time and get it right.

Should match the tactical pants I wear to work every day. With the added benefit of scaring the living shit out of my cubicle neighbors.

Attack on Titan

Pretty gruesome Netflix anime - but I agree with its general world view. . . .

Now self destruction . . . . .

On track so far . . . . My exercise goals for 2014 are somewhat designed to inflict maximum pain.  After all, "I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all."

Exercise Goals for 2014:

Running:  650 miles (12.5 miles / week)

Biking:  1500 miles (29 miles / week)

Swimming:  100 km (~1 mile / week)

Complete 26 Sprint Triathlons (750m swim / 20km bike / 5km run) - 1 per pay period

Complete full 5X Devil's Basement in 1 hour (1000 pushups, 1500 situps / 110 pullups)

In addition, complete the following workouts as many times as practicable in 2014:

Carneal Cuatro:  Sprint Triathlon + 3x Devil's Basement (600 pushups / 900 situps / 66 pullups)

V for Vendetta:  1000 m swim, 5 mile run, 25 km bike, 5 X Devil's Basement Workout

Going with a theme

Jobs we hate. Now all I need is a couple more logos for my current and past jobs as an engineer.

The background is VT because I hate them most of all.