MOAR OT: Whatcha all working on/doing this afternoon?

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May 4th, 2012 at 1:42 PM
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profitgoblue
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MOAR OT: Whatcha all working on/doing this afternoon?

Some of you enjoyed this thread last Friday so I figured I'd strike it up again today.

I'm not going to do a damn thing for the rest of the day.  The majority of my business people are at the Wells Fargo Championshio down here at Quail Hollow (which is a beautiful course, by the way) and I'm stuck here.  So I've decided to take a flier for the rest of the day.  My plan is to:

1.  Do some research on YouTube to become a better Battlefield 3 multiplayer.  There is a staggering number of videos and I intend to spend a good 2 hours watching some.

2.  The little dude is coming up to the office to monkey around a bit.  He loves visiting daddy at work.

3.  Probably going to hit up Chick-fil-A for a chocolate milkshake before we head for home.

4.  Profit (no pun intended).

Whatcha all up to on your end?  Anything exciting?

 

P.S.  I'll be playing some Battlefield 3 late-night tonight (starting at around 1am). if anyone is interested, PSN me and we'll shoot some enemies.

 

Disgruntled former moderator.  I got a lot of problems with you people!

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May 4th, 2012 at 1:45 PM | Imma go (Score:5 Normal)
NomadicBlue
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tip back some brass monkey in honor of MCA.  Nothin else. 

Journal Entry - Day 782 of living amongst inbreds - Actually heard this today, "I don't see what the big deal is.  All he was doin' was protectin' the players. What's wrong with that?" 

May 4th, 2012 at 2:23 PM | I'm bumpin the greatest hits (Score:5 Normal)
jackfl33
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I'm bumpin the greatest hits right now. RIP That Funky Money

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May 4th, 2012 at 1:46 PM | Wanigan's Deli in bay city. (Score:5 Normal)
NFG
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Wanigan's Deli in bay city. #7. if you don't know what I'm talking about, you haven't lived!

May 4th, 2012 at 1:50 PM | I'll be sharpening my (Score:5 Normal)
champswest
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ice skates.

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May 4th, 2012 at 1:51 PM | falling asleep at my desk due (Score:5 Normal)
MGoPork
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falling asleep at my desk due to lack of sleep from Avengers

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May 4th, 2012 at 2:03 PM | Up late at the midnight (Score:5 Normal)
74polSKA
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Up late at the midnight showing or just couldn't sleep like a kid on Christmas Eve?

May 4th, 2012 at 1:51 PM | At a meeting (Score:5 Normal)
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Arguing about the proper definition of "academic disengagement" with colleagues from other research universities. Feeling a little smug because of U-M's recognized stature in the world. #sorrynotsorry

 

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May 4th, 2012 at 1:52 PM | Credit and financial analyses (Score:5 Normal)
Hands Free
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Credit and financial analyses - I need to regularly check in here so I don't go mad.

May 4th, 2012 at 1:53 PM | Filing paperwork (Score:5 Normal)
JeepinBen
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The best thing to do on a Friday! As someone who works in the Auto industry... it's so much paperwork. You have no idea how obnoxious getting anything done on a car is.  

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May 4th, 2012 at 3:35 PM | Ben, what do you do in the (Score:3 Normal)
MGoRyan
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Ben, what do you do in the auto industry?  Work for a dealership?

May 4th, 2012 at 3:44 PM | I actually work for an Auto Supplier (Score:3 Normal)
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BSME 2009 from Michigan, I work for a tier 1 (and sometimes tier 2) auto supplier outside Chicago (not where the company is headquartered) as a product engineer. I work with OEMs to design components that they want and then work within the plant/manufacturing side to get them made.

"Over? Did you say, over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!"

May 4th, 2012 at 3:47 PM | Gotcha, I work with a (Score:3 Normal)
MGoRyan
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Gotcha, I work with a technology company that produces software solutions for dealerships.  We are based out of Chicago, but are nationwide.  Thought we might have known some of the same people.

May 4th, 2012 at 3:59 PM | Probably not then (Score:3 Normal)
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I've only been at the job since August and I deal mostly with OEMs. It's a fun industry though, and definitely a fun time to be in it. Politics aside, before the economy went boom in 2008 (right before I graduated... wasn't that awesome) Americans bought 16M cars a year like clockwork. After the April numbers came in it seems like 14.5-15M is on the table for 2012... which is pretty sweet for the industry. Tons of new cars are coming out all the time, pretty much the whole mid-size (D) and compact (C) segments are new. The sub-compact (B) segment just came to the States... it's a great time to be a car nerd.

"Over? Did you say, over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!"

May 4th, 2012 at 1:54 PM | Setting up a Oracle JDBC (Score:5 Normal)
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Setting up an Oracle JDBC datasource on an Apache Tomcat server, since you asked

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May 4th, 2012 at 3:24 PM | Nice! You're a nerd after my (Score:3 Normal)
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Nice! You're a nerd after my my own heart

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May 4th, 2012 at 1:56 PM | Trying to figure out the NCAA ... (Score:5 Normal)
cheef16
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for real. Developing a forecast of my employer's NCAA revenue for the next fiscal year.

May 4th, 2012 at 1:59 PM | Crafting a report informing a (Score:5 Normal)
Trebor
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Crafting a report informing a nuclear power plant how to load their latest batch of fuel. And then finishing opening up my pool so I can float around drinking in it until October/November.

May 4th, 2012 at 2:00 PM | Finishing up my honeymoon in (Score:5 Normal)
Teepodum
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Finishing up my honeymoon in Hawaii =) is it sad that I'm still checking mgoblog multiple times a day?

May 4th, 2012 at 2:06 PM | Pretty sad, but completely (Score:3 Normal)
profitgoblue
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Pretty sad, but completely understandable.  You have an addiction and we are your enablers.

 

Disgruntled former moderator.  I got a lot of problems with you people!

May 4th, 2012 at 2:13 PM | Don't feel guilty. (Score:5 Normal)
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I was trying to follow the MLB playoffs on my honeymoon in Greece in 2004 with no laptop/smartphone.  I was upset at the lack of info until I realized the Yankees were collapsing against Boston.  Let's just say I'll always remember that playoff year, though I deny it happened since I was out of the USA.

May 4th, 2012 at 2:00 PM | Going to talladega race track (Score:5 Normal)
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Going to talladega race track meeting some NASCAR drivers.

Go Blue

May 4th, 2012 at 2:00 PM | Updating a water network with (Score:5 Normal)
74polSKA
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Updating a water network with GPS I collected yesterday.  Not as exciting as it sounds.  Laid off the Swiss Cake rolls and Coke this week because I had Waffle House for lunch.  I was going to make a comment about your #2 activity until I realized your kid was involved.  The first sentence still makes me laugh (yes, I am a ten year old).  My daughter's molars are coming in so I'm sure I'll have a pitiful little girl waiting for me at home.  I actually enjoy her wanting comfort since she's become so independent recently.  Happy weekend all!

May 4th, 2012 at 2:01 PM | Posbang thread? (Score:5 Normal)
a2_electricboogaloo
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Posbang thread.

I'll be doing MCAT stuff from now until I pass out around 2 tonight.  Probably going to grab some delicious tacobell in a bit to break things up though.

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May 4th, 2012 at 2:08 PM | Since you mentioned it, I (Score:5 Normal)
profitgoblue
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Since you mentioned it, I think I'm going to posbang my own thread.  I've never done it before and it sounds fun . . .

[Edit:  I was right - it was very enjoyable.]

 

Disgruntled former moderator.  I got a lot of problems with you people!

May 4th, 2012 at 2:15 PM | I've been posbangin my own (Score:5 Normal)
74polSKA
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I've been posbangin my own thread for years ;)  Sorry, we are in the midst of a high risk pregnancy and I haven't, well, you know, for a while.

May 4th, 2012 at 2:20 PM | Insert Kate Upton GIF here (Score:5 Normal)
a2_electricboogaloo
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*Insert Kate Upton GIF here for 74polSKA*

I can't as I'm on my phone at the moment.

 

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May 4th, 2012 at 2:39 PM | Not a gif but... good enuf? (Score:3 Normal)
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May 4th, 2012 at 2:23 PM | Good luck to you both, kind (Score:2 Normal)
profitgoblue
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Good luck to you both, kind sir!

 

Disgruntled former moderator.  I got a lot of problems with you people!

May 4th, 2012 at 2:33 PM | Thanks.  Our daughter was 7+ (Score:4 Normal)
74polSKA
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Thanks.  Our daughter was 7+ weeks early, so it's not completely uncharted water but any reassurance is welcome.

May 4th, 2012 at 2:18 PM | I wonder if anyone has made a (Score:5 Normal)
a2_electricboogaloo
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I wonder if anyone has made a second account, gotten it to 100 points, and then used the secondary account to posbang themselves all the time.

USING GRATUITOUS AMOUNTS OF CAPS LOCK SINCE APRIL 2011

May 4th, 2012 at 8:19 PM | This sounds a lot like a (Score:1)
thisisme08
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This sounds a lot like a dutch rudder from "Zack and Miri Make a Porno"

and if you dont know what a dutch rudder is...I warned you.

 

Blue is Faster

May 4th, 2012 at 2:04 PM | Quail Hollow as in (Score:5 Normal)
MaizeAndBlueWahoo
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Quail Hollow as in Charlotte?  A mere stone's throw from where my grandparents used to live.

I don't think this is going to be a productive afternoon.  Check back next week when I've actually started my job.  I did put the screen windows up this morning.  That probably earned me my evening drink(s) later on.

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May 4th, 2012 at 2:07 PM | Yes sir.  Charlotte is a (Score:3 Normal)
profitgoblue
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Yes sir.  Charlotte is a great city.

 

Disgruntled former moderator.  I got a lot of problems with you people!

May 4th, 2012 at 2:06 PM | Your mom.             It had (Score:5 Normal)
dosleches
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Your mom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It had to be done.

May 4th, 2012 at 2:09 PM | Same thing I do everyday (Score:5 Normal)
BlueBadger
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not a thing...just graduated, grad school starts in July, so couldn't get an internship. I will also be checking the mgoboard about once every 10 minutes to alleviate the boredom.

Warning: My imagination is inefficient.

May 4th, 2012 at 2:11 PM | On The Docket... (Score:5 Normal)
LSAClassOf2000
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Glad somebody is curious...

I am finishing up some statistics on the relative contribution of various planning areas with our service region of the company to the backlogged jobs in the design queue. It's not terribly interesting unless you plan to attend a meeting where they will be asking your group why it takes you so long to design work for electric distribution systems.

Yes, I admit...I have an Excel problem.

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May 4th, 2012 at 2:13 PM | KALAHARI (Score:5 Normal)
dbarrett23
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Taking the kids to Kalahari Water Park in "ohio", going to relax all weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May 4th, 2012 at 2:15 PM | Watching my students take a (Score:5 Normal)
GoBlueInNYC
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Watching my students take a stats exam.

Paired sample t-tests, ho!

I am this close to going all Dark Blue in here.

May 4th, 2012 at 3:28 PM | Studying for stats exam (Score:3 Normal)
archaeomath
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I'm studying for my math stats final. I just don't understand the delta method/propogation of errors method for obtaining the large sample distribution of an estimator. I'm looking at my class notes, and I can't get an intuition for how it's derived and justified. Starting to get a sinking feeling here.

May 4th, 2012 at 2:15 PM | Seeing patients until (Score:5 Normal)
gopoohgo
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Seeing patients until 5PM

Probably will hit Annapolis with the wife, doggy if it doesn't rain.  50 cent oysters at McGarvey's until 8PM!

May 4th, 2012 at 3:07 PM | Raw or Steamed? (Score:5 Normal)
UMGooch
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Raw or steamed? How do you prefer?'

Just be careful with the wife and the dog around... I hear oysters are great aphrodisiacs.

Hail.

May 4th, 2012 at 3:47 PM | Raw.  They are delicious.  (Score:5 Normal)
gopoohgo
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Raw.  They are delicious.  HepA risk be damned.

My dog has been fixed so no worries, and heck, my wife wants a kid anyways,  hahaha.

Bom-chicka-bom!

May 4th, 2012 at 2:15 PM | Being a bum (Score:4 Normal)
ChopBlock
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Just bullcrapped my way into a Chick-Fil-A convention for execs and scored some free (quality) food. A suit and a few neologisms will get you a long way. Apparently neither the long hippie-type hair nor the fact that I'm 15 years younger than everyone else tipped them off...

"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"

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May 4th, 2012 at 2:19 PM | I'm sure Truett Cathy would (Score:5 Normal)
74polSKA
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I'm sure Truett Cathy would appreciate the ingenuity.  Free food is always good.

May 4th, 2012 at 2:27 PM | Yes it is (Score:4 Normal)
ChopBlock
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And no, they didn't have chicken. The stuffed mushrooms were delicious though

"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"

"When you have Denard Robinson, you can have everything"

~George Walden

May 4th, 2012 at 8:21 PM | I'm in love with chicken (Score:3 Normal)
thisisme08
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I'm in love with chicken biscuits...glorious food.

Blue is Faster

May 4th, 2012 at 2:16 PM | Wrapped up my patient (Score:5 Normal)
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Wrapped up my patient follow-up and email early for the week, so I'm going to get some non-work tasks done at work, while refreshing mgoblog every 5.

May 4th, 2012 at 2:17 PM | I imagine a section of the (Score:5 Normal)
ESNY
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I imagine a section of the newspaper and the lovely extra tall, throne-like toilet in the handicapped stall will feature prominently in my afternoon

May 4th, 2012 at 2:28 PM | Dude, speakin' of which... we (Score:5 Normal)
Moleskyn
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Dude, speakin' of which... we have a 1-person bathroom at work that I like to use to crap in (am I the only one who doesn't like crapping in the bathrooms with multiple stalls and urinals? In college it didn't matter, but I don't want my co-workers to hear my farty noises, you know?), and every time I've checked so far this afternoon, it's been occupied. I'm approaching the breaking point (the point at which I say, "Ah screw it, I'm using the 'other' bathroom").

May 4th, 2012 at 2:49 PM | I go in anonymity.  Benefits (Score:5 Normal)
ESNY
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I go in anonymity.  Benefits of working for a huge company that occupies dozens of floors in my building... I crash other floors and use their bathroom.  The group that sits on the floor below mine travels frequently and there is rarely more than half a dozen people on the entire floor, so their facilities are like my own personal 3 stall, 3 urinal bathroom.

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