OT: Friday POSBANG/open thread
So it's Friday afternoon and no one wants to work. A fresh 12 inches here in the Mitten (at least for those on the west side of the state) should give us plenty of opportunity to do some skiing, sledding, etc this weekend. Took me over an hour to shovel the driveway this morning.
So what are you up to (besides wasting the workday on MGoBlog)? As for me, I'm plotting the purchase of a last-minute gift for my father's birthday. Deciding between the utilitarian (but more affordable) option and the pricey but enjoyable option. What say you, MGoBlog?
February 8th, 2013 at 2:39 PM ^
I live in St Louis and we don't have any of that white stuff on the ground here, so I'm going for a (cold) bike ride tomorrow. Should be refreshing!
February 8th, 2013 at 2:39 PM ^
Waiting for this endless day to end. I officialy got hired on at work today (after 90days) and I am leaving tomorrow for Ann Arbor for my son's bday! WHOOP!
February 8th, 2013 at 2:42 PM ^
Sounds like a good day. Congrats!
February 8th, 2013 at 2:42 PM ^
On the job and the trip to AA
February 8th, 2013 at 2:44 PM ^
Congratulations! See, reading MGoBlog does wonders for employment. You may never get any work done but your grammar will be great! Brian should use that in his advertising.
February 8th, 2013 at 5:46 PM ^
Last night I wondered aloud if I had incorrectly used "There's" instead of They are. My 12 year old says, "ooooo, mom, they'll get you on that!"
I love it. Keeps me on my toes...
February 8th, 2013 at 2:59 PM ^
Now this is an uplifting status. Safe travels and good luck on the new gig.
February 8th, 2013 at 2:44 PM ^
I finally gave up my annual fight against Winter. I just bought a new set of downhill skis this week and am excited to use them tommorrow. I haven't gone skiing in about 20 years. It looks like I will get some use out of them over the next several weeks.
February 8th, 2013 at 2:49 PM ^
February 8th, 2013 at 2:51 PM ^
Beat Wisconsin!!!
February 8th, 2013 at 2:52 PM ^
Trying to studying for an EECS 270 exam but too busy alerting my friends they are in a "Rapture Guy" gif on mgoblog
February 8th, 2013 at 2:57 PM ^
EECS 314 was the bane of my senior year. Why anyone would voluntarily study EECS is beyond me.
/Mechanical engineers ftw. Wanna start a flame war? EMP and my trebuchet still works...
/All in good fun. EECS was SO not for me, but we need you EECS guys around.
February 8th, 2013 at 3:12 PM ^
I second that EECS 314 was the worst. Probably two main reasons for that...
1) No one taking it gave a shit about EECS
2) Rumor had it that whichever professor in the EECS department receive the worst reviews from the EECS students had to teach the class. Based on my single data point, that is 100% true.
I do have to give that class credit though, it was responsible for one of my greatest college traditions: skipping class on Friday afternoon to drink 40's with my best friend before we'd go into work.
February 8th, 2013 at 5:48 PM ^
you know RAPTURE GUY?????? or overall girl?????? or just the supporting cast???
February 8th, 2013 at 2:53 PM ^
Trying to studying for an EECS 270 exam but too busy alerting my friends they are in a "Rapture Guy" gif on mgoblog
February 8th, 2013 at 2:54 PM ^
February 8th, 2013 at 2:57 PM ^
Bend over and we'll show you
February 8th, 2013 at 2:54 PM ^
Beat wiscy. Classes cancelled today so killing the day rewatching the ohio game!
February 8th, 2013 at 2:57 PM ^
February 8th, 2013 at 4:11 PM ^
classy enough to ride the white pony.
February 8th, 2013 at 2:57 PM ^
Posbang, you say? I think I went to one of these back in my college days. If this is the same as that, I'm up for it! There were so many prostitutes at that party. I had the time of my life. The aftermath was allegedly messy but I can't remember anything so its all good. Allegedly.
February 8th, 2013 at 3:18 PM ^
February 8th, 2013 at 2:59 PM ^
typing a lot and erasing so my boss thinks i am typing an email
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February 8th, 2013 at 3:18 PM ^
1) If your office supports it, walk around in a hurry with some papers in your hands. Good mid-day cardio.
2) Open up a document and slowly scroll through it, as if reading. Switch back to non-work when shoulder-surfers leave.
3) Mad scientist look, when you put your elbows on your desk and bottoms of your palms just over your eyebrows, with fingers curled over the top of your head. Take quick nap.
4) Check work phone voicemail over and over again.
5) Open a very long or dense file and start changing stuff, only to cancel the save at the end (risky, though).
6) General mean-muggin'. Come at me with your tasking, I dare you.
February 8th, 2013 at 3:26 PM ^
In addition to what Run The Football said, if you have a system at work that displays tons of charts and updates every so often automatically, always leave that open and, as people walk by, switch to it and stare at it intently. For me, where I work, the tab that always accompanies MGoBlog in Explorer (*insert all Explorer-related complaints here*) is the outage duration and case listings screen. The only problem is that I will actually have to start producing these root cause analysis and reliability graphs that I said I was working on.
February 8th, 2013 at 2:59 PM ^
Just got back from a run. Looking forward to a good night!
Beat Bucky!
February 8th, 2013 at 3:03 PM ^
MGoClimb: what kind of climbing are you in to?
February 8th, 2013 at 3:13 PM ^
I've done some 14ers in Colorado, as well as Mount Rainier twice via different routes. My avatar is from the first when we were climbing in 60+ mph winds.
February 8th, 2013 at 10:15 PM ^
Well I'll be jiggered. I've very recently gotten into climbing, and as a challenge to myself to keep doing it, I've set goals for myself to do the Grand Teton and Rainier
February 8th, 2013 at 3:01 PM ^
February 8th, 2013 at 3:03 PM ^
What is he, some kind of sleeper recruit? I don't see him listed on Rivals or Scout. I hope the coaches know what they are doing with all these under-the-radar types.
February 8th, 2013 at 3:15 PM ^
Hopefully Meyer doesn't go after him.
February 8th, 2013 at 3:02 PM ^
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February 8th, 2013 at 3:20 PM ^
Take the tour that takes you out to the USS Arizona. Very somber, very historic...something every American should see.
February 8th, 2013 at 9:04 PM ^
cousin I never met.
RIP, S2c T. Simmons - USS California (MIA)
February 8th, 2013 at 3:06 PM ^
February 8th, 2013 at 3:08 PM ^
Just got back to Madison, WI from the U.P. My arse is sore from the drive. Lots of vehicles in the snow north of Green Bay....looked like a war zone with vehicles littered in the median and in the ditch.
Now on to stubhub for another glance at tickets for tomorrow's game. My front row seats fell through, so now I'm in panic mode. Time to crack a bottle of Founder's to aid my search.
February 8th, 2013 at 3:10 PM ^
Haven't seen snow since I left Michigan in early 2006. I would love to see what 1-3" would look like in the bay area. Yesterday I saw a man using a scraper to remove dew off the roof of his car.
February 8th, 2013 at 3:11 PM ^
Four day weekend at the one and only Hope College. Thank God for winter break.
Go blue, beat Wisconsin! (Also, Go Hope, beat Calvin)
February 8th, 2013 at 3:52 PM ^
Did you by any chance go to HCHS?
February 8th, 2013 at 6:05 PM ^
February 8th, 2013 at 6:57 PM ^
Haha, I figured between the Hope thing and your username you had to have gone there. If you are who I think you are then I'm one of your brother's friends from school. He told me you had an account on this blog.
February 8th, 2013 at 10:16 PM ^
Screw that, beat Hope!
February 8th, 2013 at 3:14 PM ^