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7 Horrific Boogeymen Used to Scare Kids Around The World
Edit: Bonus material!
7 Sex Tips from Cosmo That Will Put You in the Hospital
I'm still crying over #1. Waaaaay more horrifying than any monster. Way.
Friday, October 30
The New Power Suit
Put on your Blue jeans.
Who knew? I've been in style for years. :D
Seriously, I'm not certain about wearing this to a job interview, for instance. Depending on the dress code at an office, I suppose it would be fine. In my last job, I frequently wore a button-up shirt, sports coat, and jeans. I don't usually do the dress shoes thing though. I wear cowboy boots. Go figure.
Who knew? I've been in style for years. :D
Seriously, I'm not certain about wearing this to a job interview, for instance. Depending on the dress code at an office, I suppose it would be fine. In my last job, I frequently wore a button-up shirt, sports coat, and jeans. I don't usually do the dress shoes thing though. I wear cowboy boots. Go figure.
News Flash: Microsoft Screws the Pooch Again
You'd think after umpteen generations of Windows roll-outs, they'd get it right. Especially considering the drubbing they got due to Vista, they'd be on their toes and really do the roll-out for 7 right.
If you thought that, you thought wrong.
If you thought that, you thought wrong.
50 Interesting Science Facts
via India News
My favorite:
That is made of awesome.
My favorite:
22. It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog
throws up it's stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of it's mouth. Then
the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then
swallows the stomach back down again.
That is made of awesome.
Wouldn't That Be More Like Wolfing Out?
I don't know about you, but this doesn't look as much like an ad for building muscle as much as it does an ad for turning you into a werewolf.
Which, admittedly, would be cool.
Which, admittedly, would be cool.
Note to Self
...stay the hell out of the water if ever visiting Australia.
Great white shark mauled by greater white shark
Great white shark mauled by greater white shark
High Comedy?
A Day in the Life of an ATF agent via the LA Times.
My favorite quote: "Police work, it seemed, was harder than it looked."
All-in-all, it probably did that reporter some good.
My favorite quote: "Police work, it seemed, was harder than it looked."
All-in-all, it probably did that reporter some good.
Yeah, I Like Mine on Ice Too
Shackleton's Scotch Preserved in Antarctic Ice for 100 Years
Wouldn't you love to get ahold of one of those bottles?
dailymail.co.uk — They say whisky matures with age... but leaving it embedded in
the Antarctic ice for 100 years may be going a bit far. Two cases of MacKinlay's
Rare Old Whisky that Ernest Shackleton's team abandoned on their failed 1908
expedition to the South Pole have been uncovered intact and unopened.
Wouldn't you love to get ahold of one of those bottles?
Shameless Pandering
I'm keen to see about this new Motorola Droid Verizon is rolling out.
Say, if you guys want to send me one, I won't say no. I'll probably even write about it. :-)
Say, if you guys want to send me one, I won't say no. I'll probably even write about it. :-)
Coconuts: The Key Ingredient to Thermonuclear Power
Of Coconut Futures and Thermonuclear Fusion Power from H+ magazine.
The Professor and Gilligan could've told you that...
The Professor and Gilligan could've told you that...
Holy Crap, Batman!
One of my biggest beefs with buying computers is all the crap that's stuffed on the hard drive before you ever open the box. I've screamed for years about the effects of this stuff and have turned people off certain brands because of it. Heck, I've even devoted a chapter in the book I'm writing to removing it.
PC Pro has a nice article about crapware on some major label laptops, it's effects, and what you can do about it.
Nice to see someone else give a hoot. (although, I am forced to add that their website is an ad-saturated hell)
PC Pro has a nice article about crapware on some major label laptops, it's effects, and what you can do about it.
Nice to see someone else give a hoot. (although, I am forced to add that their website is an ad-saturated hell)
Wednesday, October 28
Tuesday, October 27
Simply Because It Kicks Butt!
Free Monster Truck Coloring pages!
I'm grabbing my crayons as we speak....
Edit: I won't mention what I was looking for when I found this.
I'm grabbing my crayons as we speak....
Edit: I won't mention what I was looking for when I found this.
That'll Help
As an IT guy, many times have I experienced the heartbreak of user's whose e-mail has crashed and .PST has decided to go belly-up.
Frequently you can repair and get their e-mail back, but I've faced several occasions where this was just not possible.
Now there may be hope.
Microsoft is going to open up Outlook's .PST format under their Open Specification Promise. That's not only good news for developers, but it'll be great news for IT support people. I imagine there will be all sorts of new tools for going in and hacking .PST files in the near future.
Frequently you can repair and get their e-mail back, but I've faced several occasions where this was just not possible.
Now there may be hope.
Microsoft is going to open up Outlook's .PST format under their Open Specification Promise. That's not only good news for developers, but it'll be great news for IT support people. I imagine there will be all sorts of new tools for going in and hacking .PST files in the near future.
Monday, October 26
That's a Really Good Idea
File this under: I don't know why I didn't think of this.
Lifehacker looks at a better way to carve a candle-friendly pumpkin.
Lifehacker looks at a better way to carve a candle-friendly pumpkin.
Sunday, October 25
NASA iPhone App
The NASA App for the iPhone and iPod touch is now available free of charge on the Apple App Store. The NASA App delivers a wealth of NASA's mission information, videos, images and news updates to people's fingertips.For more information about NASA's iPhone application, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/iphone
Saturday, October 24
Top Ten Busts in Video Games
Not those kinds of busts, you jammy bastards. Get your mind out of the gutter.
Friday, October 23
Free Windows 7 Upgrade!
...if you bought your computer between June 26, 2009 and January 10, 2010, and you're using Vista.
Sorry, XP users, no soup for you.
Different manufacturers have different requirements. Check out all the dirt at PCMag.com.
Sorry, XP users, no soup for you.
Different manufacturers have different requirements. Check out all the dirt at PCMag.com.
Star Trek 2: The Rumor Mill
Will Abrams be back in the directors chair? Will the next movie be 3D? Will Shatner actually appear? So many rumors, so little time.
Head over to IGN to check out the latest.
Head over to IGN to check out the latest.
Thursday, October 22
Wednesday, October 21
OK, Now I Feel Old
Happy 20th birthday to Pretty Hate Machine.
Wow, that's really hard to believe. I remember when that album came out. It was completely ground-breaking and I still listen to it.
A buddy and a female friend of ours went to see them in concert once. They were the opening act for the Jesus and Mary Chain. We showed up for the show wearing blue-jeans, t-shirts, and brown leather flight jackets. I say this because we were the only people there not dressed entirely in black!
We stayed for the end of the opening act and just long enough to hear J&MC play their one hit song and then cut out. Outside, we see NiN standing around on the street corner. My buddy (Uncle, of Saysuncle.com) goes up to them to tell them how much we appreciated their act. We get to talking about what's open in Knoxville at that time of night and good places to eat, and end up bumming the band some smokes.
I wonder if Trent even remembers that?
Wow, that's really hard to believe. I remember when that album came out. It was completely ground-breaking and I still listen to it.
A buddy and a female friend of ours went to see them in concert once. They were the opening act for the Jesus and Mary Chain. We showed up for the show wearing blue-jeans, t-shirts, and brown leather flight jackets. I say this because we were the only people there not dressed entirely in black!
We stayed for the end of the opening act and just long enough to hear J&MC play their one hit song and then cut out. Outside, we see NiN standing around on the street corner. My buddy (Uncle, of Saysuncle.com) goes up to them to tell them how much we appreciated their act. We get to talking about what's open in Knoxville at that time of night and good places to eat, and end up bumming the band some smokes.
I wonder if Trent even remembers that?
Will the Real Captain Kirk Please Stand Up?
Looks like Trekkies may be getting their wish: Shatner may appear in Star Trek 2!
I'll admit it. I was peaved when Shatner wasn't going to be in the first film, but once I saw it, I understood the reasoning. I'll be extremely happy if they can figure out a way to get Bill back up in front of the camera for the second film.
I'll admit it. I was peaved when Shatner wasn't going to be in the first film, but once I saw it, I understood the reasoning. I'll be extremely happy if they can figure out a way to get Bill back up in front of the camera for the second film.
Killer News: First Public White-Space Network Is Alive
Straight from /.
The first public white space network officially launched on
Wednesday in Claudville, Virginia. It uses sensing technology from Spectrum
Bridge with software and Web cams supplied by Microsoft and PCs from by Dell.
The project was funded the TDF Foundation. White space networks use unlicensed television spectrum
and have been called 'WiFi on steroids.' They offer more bandwidth, over larger
areas, than does WiFi. IT companies duked it out with broadcasters for years to
get white spaces approved by the FCC. They finally got the FCC's nod in
November, 2008.
Windows? Not so much....
I won't say I've ever been a rabid fan-boy of Microsoft's, but I will say I've always preferred their OS to others. This probably has a lot to do with what I'm used to using, and the fact that I'm basically lazy coupled with my job, which is to support sed software.
I do believe that may be changing.
A little story before I get into what's going on.
My very first foray into the world of computers was actually on a Mac II. I was a college student going to a big university. I couldn't afford my own computer, so I had to use what was in the "computer lab". The only things sitting in this so called lab were Mac II's. So, I spent many nights hammering out papers (and losing them - freakin' lab was constantly losing power). While I like the little Macs, I knew I could never afford one. Let's face it, in the 80's, cars were cheaper.
My second foray was in engineering classes. In those days, they didn't expect anyone to know anything about computers, so about half of your freshman year was to get you up-to-speed on computing in general, and mainframes in specific. Our particular brand at this university was VAX. Now Fortran and I did NOT get along well. I was so spectacularly bad at it, I crashed the VAX system. This astounded so many people I was accused of being a hacker by the sysadmins until my professor stood up for me (sort of) and told them I was a complete idiot who was failing his class.
Since my first two forays were less than positive, it was a while before I tried again, and really I was snuck up on by the next. My mother brought home an IBM PC. This large, non-descript beige box sat intimidatingly upon our kitchen counter. The fans were so loud on this beast (yeah, a big 286) that it basically screamed whenever it was powered on. The thing that really impressed me about it was how incredibly over-engineered it was. Hardware-wise, IBM really knew how to put together a case. I've seen tanks with less metal on them. And the OS wasn't as slick as Apples, but man, was it easy to figure out. It beat the VAX system by a mile, as you can imagine it would to a complete novice. Pretty soon, I was playing a text-based D&D clone, writing papers, and surfing the local BBS'. I was sold. Windows was it.
So, ever since, I've been a Windows "fan". I am not a Microsoft apologist, nor have I ever been one. I have given them the benefit of the doubt and suggested others do so as well. I am not one of those Windows-centrists that hates or poo-poo's other OS'. I always admired the Apple OS' (and later, slick case designs starting with the G3), but could never afford one. So I stuck it out with Windows.
I've used every generation of Windows since 3.1. I hated 95 because it was glitchy as hell, but it sure made gaming easier. I loved 98 (particularly SE) in spite of its glitches. By that point, I knew how to either fix them or get around them. I liked NT for the most part because it mostly made my life easier and was relatively easy to fix. I adored 2000 because it offered all the usability and friendliness of 98 with better stability of NT. We won't discuss ME (I'm still in denial over that piece of crap). I worshipped XP, especially when SP2 released (probably still their best desktop OS). I really liked Vista, even. I have it loaded on my laptop even now, but I've got to tell you, it's really lost its luster.
I've been afraid of Linux for quite a while. It's probably a pathological condition (or conditioning, if you believe some websites), but mostly it's probably sheer laziness. Why bother switching OS' when the one I have works perfectly well, especially since I'll have to learn this whole new set of commands and bugs and everything!?!
Well, I'll tell you what has changed my mind.
I have a laptop with a 60Gb hard drive (I know, don't bug me, it's fine). For me, that should be enough space for years. I only run web apps, MS Office, and World of Warcraft on this machine. I only need it for school and entertainment in other words. As I said before, this thing runs Vista (Business, to be specific). While WoW is a monster hog of a program, this should still leave tons of room. I re-imaged this laptop about a month-and-a-half ago. When I finished, it had about 60% of the hard drive free. OK, no problem.
This last weekend, I took a quick peek at the hard drive in preparation for running defrag (I like to do it about 1/month), and what do my eyes behold? I'm down to less than 25% free space! WTF!?!?
A little poking around reveals the problem. I left Windows updates on and wide open. Freakin' Windows downloaded the Library of Congress with every update imaginable. It installed Internet Explorer 8 against my express wishes (the one thing I told it NOT to do). It took restore points every few minutes (slight exageration), and it's freakin' index services decided to build a database that was huuuuuuuuge. It was at this point I decided that enough was enough.
I backed up everything near and dear to my heart and I went through the computer with a sledgehammer. I removed all the manufacturer's crap-ware. I killed the system restore (because I know how to fix the freakin' thing, thank you very much!), I killed indexing, and I removed any update from Microsoft that wasn't absolutely critical. I could've rebuilt it from scratch, but I'd be going through this again another month from now. Once I completed this major work, I went shopping.
Hitting the internet, I went looking for Linux. I read the reviews, I read the tech sites, I read everything I could on what this thing was and how can I learn to use it.
I settled on Ubuntu, made myself an install on a USB drive, and went to work.
Two days later, I'm able to do everything but run one program that I want on the system (Ventrillo), but I'm sure I'll figure it out shortly. WoW runs smoother than it EVER did on Windows. My laptop, since the first time I owned it, feels sveldt and light on its feet. Everything seems to work better.
I was concerned at first about my Office 2007 docs, but that has turned out to be a complete non-issue. Open Office and I are getting along just fine, thank you very much!
And you know what the best part of the whole thing is for me? If something breaks, I don't have to deal with the freakin' Bing search engine in the futile effort to find a solution. I can drive this bitch from under the hood. Loves me some CTRL+ALT+F1.
I still have a Windows partition on my machine, but I suspect it's about to go the way of the dinosaurs.
I do believe that may be changing.
A little story before I get into what's going on.
My very first foray into the world of computers was actually on a Mac II. I was a college student going to a big university. I couldn't afford my own computer, so I had to use what was in the "computer lab". The only things sitting in this so called lab were Mac II's. So, I spent many nights hammering out papers (and losing them - freakin' lab was constantly losing power). While I like the little Macs, I knew I could never afford one. Let's face it, in the 80's, cars were cheaper.
My second foray was in engineering classes. In those days, they didn't expect anyone to know anything about computers, so about half of your freshman year was to get you up-to-speed on computing in general, and mainframes in specific. Our particular brand at this university was VAX. Now Fortran and I did NOT get along well. I was so spectacularly bad at it, I crashed the VAX system. This astounded so many people I was accused of being a hacker by the sysadmins until my professor stood up for me (sort of) and told them I was a complete idiot who was failing his class.
Since my first two forays were less than positive, it was a while before I tried again, and really I was snuck up on by the next. My mother brought home an IBM PC. This large, non-descript beige box sat intimidatingly upon our kitchen counter. The fans were so loud on this beast (yeah, a big 286) that it basically screamed whenever it was powered on. The thing that really impressed me about it was how incredibly over-engineered it was. Hardware-wise, IBM really knew how to put together a case. I've seen tanks with less metal on them. And the OS wasn't as slick as Apples, but man, was it easy to figure out. It beat the VAX system by a mile, as you can imagine it would to a complete novice. Pretty soon, I was playing a text-based D&D clone, writing papers, and surfing the local BBS'. I was sold. Windows was it.
So, ever since, I've been a Windows "fan". I am not a Microsoft apologist, nor have I ever been one. I have given them the benefit of the doubt and suggested others do so as well. I am not one of those Windows-centrists that hates or poo-poo's other OS'. I always admired the Apple OS' (and later, slick case designs starting with the G3), but could never afford one. So I stuck it out with Windows.
I've used every generation of Windows since 3.1. I hated 95 because it was glitchy as hell, but it sure made gaming easier. I loved 98 (particularly SE) in spite of its glitches. By that point, I knew how to either fix them or get around them. I liked NT for the most part because it mostly made my life easier and was relatively easy to fix. I adored 2000 because it offered all the usability and friendliness of 98 with better stability of NT. We won't discuss ME (I'm still in denial over that piece of crap). I worshipped XP, especially when SP2 released (probably still their best desktop OS). I really liked Vista, even. I have it loaded on my laptop even now, but I've got to tell you, it's really lost its luster.
I've been afraid of Linux for quite a while. It's probably a pathological condition (or conditioning, if you believe some websites), but mostly it's probably sheer laziness. Why bother switching OS' when the one I have works perfectly well, especially since I'll have to learn this whole new set of commands and bugs and everything!?!
Well, I'll tell you what has changed my mind.
I have a laptop with a 60Gb hard drive (I know, don't bug me, it's fine). For me, that should be enough space for years. I only run web apps, MS Office, and World of Warcraft on this machine. I only need it for school and entertainment in other words. As I said before, this thing runs Vista (Business, to be specific). While WoW is a monster hog of a program, this should still leave tons of room. I re-imaged this laptop about a month-and-a-half ago. When I finished, it had about 60% of the hard drive free. OK, no problem.
This last weekend, I took a quick peek at the hard drive in preparation for running defrag (I like to do it about 1/month), and what do my eyes behold? I'm down to less than 25% free space! WTF!?!?
A little poking around reveals the problem. I left Windows updates on and wide open. Freakin' Windows downloaded the Library of Congress with every update imaginable. It installed Internet Explorer 8 against my express wishes (the one thing I told it NOT to do). It took restore points every few minutes (slight exageration), and it's freakin' index services decided to build a database that was huuuuuuuuge. It was at this point I decided that enough was enough.
I backed up everything near and dear to my heart and I went through the computer with a sledgehammer. I removed all the manufacturer's crap-ware. I killed the system restore (because I know how to fix the freakin' thing, thank you very much!), I killed indexing, and I removed any update from Microsoft that wasn't absolutely critical. I could've rebuilt it from scratch, but I'd be going through this again another month from now. Once I completed this major work, I went shopping.
Hitting the internet, I went looking for Linux. I read the reviews, I read the tech sites, I read everything I could on what this thing was and how can I learn to use it.
I settled on Ubuntu, made myself an install on a USB drive, and went to work.
Two days later, I'm able to do everything but run one program that I want on the system (Ventrillo), but I'm sure I'll figure it out shortly. WoW runs smoother than it EVER did on Windows. My laptop, since the first time I owned it, feels sveldt and light on its feet. Everything seems to work better.
I was concerned at first about my Office 2007 docs, but that has turned out to be a complete non-issue. Open Office and I are getting along just fine, thank you very much!
And you know what the best part of the whole thing is for me? If something breaks, I don't have to deal with the freakin' Bing search engine in the futile effort to find a solution. I can drive this bitch from under the hood. Loves me some CTRL+ALT+F1.
I still have a Windows partition on my machine, but I suspect it's about to go the way of the dinosaurs.
Paradigm Shift-ing Gears
Let's face it, Google is the 800 pound gorilla you have to beat if you want the search market.
But when a new idea comes along and snags my attention like this one, I sit up and take notice. We've all seen different search engines come and go, but this is an idea that has some merit.
Go check out Wowd for your very own paradigm shift.
But when a new idea comes along and snags my attention like this one, I sit up and take notice. We've all seen different search engines come and go, but this is an idea that has some merit.
Go check out Wowd for your very own paradigm shift.
Tuesday, October 20
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
I recently interviewed for a position as IT Director of a bank. Admittedly, this was a bit of a stretch for me, so the whole thing was a long-shot in my book.
The IT Director-thingy I could swing. IT is IT, just about anywhere you go. Since I deal with issues all over the world, I can certainly testify about this. I don't care what language you speak or what OS you use, your problems are recognizable. But banking? Talk about your final frontiers.
Needless to say, I have zilch experience when it comes to banking-specific IT issues, but I played up my ability to learn and adapt quickly. Network security, check. Network stability, check. ATM maintenance, not so much.
Well, I got word yesterday that I was in the running but was aced out by someone with a background in banking.
I can't say I'm not disappointed. It would have been a fantastic opportunity to learn new things, and as we all know, anything new is good. (Gratuitous Groundhog Day reference)
The IT Director-thingy I could swing. IT is IT, just about anywhere you go. Since I deal with issues all over the world, I can certainly testify about this. I don't care what language you speak or what OS you use, your problems are recognizable. But banking? Talk about your final frontiers.
Needless to say, I have zilch experience when it comes to banking-specific IT issues, but I played up my ability to learn and adapt quickly. Network security, check. Network stability, check. ATM maintenance, not so much.
Well, I got word yesterday that I was in the running but was aced out by someone with a background in banking.
I can't say I'm not disappointed. It would have been a fantastic opportunity to learn new things, and as we all know, anything new is good. (Gratuitous Groundhog Day reference)
Scientists Say: "Quit Being Crazy!"
Apparently they got tired of being innundated with questions about December 21, 2012 being the end of the world. Now they're telling everyone to get a grip.
Doc Brown's Got Nothing on These Guys
1.21 Gigawatts? Pshaw.
Try a 300 Gigawatt laser.
And if that's not good enough, they're using all that power to simulate a black hole.
Try a 300 Gigawatt laser.
And if that's not good enough, they're using all that power to simulate a black hole.
Monday, October 19
Hey, You Guys Can Call Me
Apparently the "Balloon Boy" family hoax-thing was all a bid to get a reality TV show.
Tell you what, Mr. Reality-TV-Show-Producer, you can call me. I'm endlessly fascinating, all dogs and small children love me, and I come with a snappy title built in. What more could you ask for?
Tell you what, Mr. Reality-TV-Show-Producer, you can call me. I'm endlessly fascinating, all dogs and small children love me, and I come with a snappy title built in. What more could you ask for?
And What Are You Doing for Halloween?
Every year I try to convince the family to all dress up in some sort of theme for Halloween, and every year I fail miserably. That's OK. I'm not bitter.
This year, the kids are going as a motley variety of Bakugan, High School Musical, and Witches of Waverly Place. Naturally, I was having a lot of trouble trying to figure out what I could go as to fit in with such a wild bunch.
I wanted to go as Mike Rowe (of Dirty Jobs fame), but then, what would the wife dress up as? See, Mrs. Mad isn't really a Halloween sort-of gal. She dresses up but only to humor me. Usually she picks something exceptionally easy to do (and very minamilistic). One year, when I went as Elmer Fudd from the Night at the Opera episode (Speaw and magic Hewmet!), she wore grew sweats and bunny ears. Yep, Bugs. Well, since she wanted to play that way, I thought I could go as Mike Rowe and put her into pink sweats with a pig nose and ears.
My suggestion did not go over well.
So instead, I've been wracking my brains trying to figure something out. I thought I'd come up with something classic, so I showed the wife. I've got this old wig/beard combo I bought for a Gandalf costume a few Halloweens ago. It's big and bushy. I put it on, put a red ballcap over the top, a Hawaiian shirt, and said, "Look, honey, I'm a Beach Boy!"
She shot me down quickly.
But, she did offer a suggestion. Keep the beard/wig/ballcap combo, wear my Bubba-Gump t-shirt (one of my favorite restaurants), and put on some jogging shorts. Instant Forrest Gump!
So I'm going as Forrest this Halloween. I can't wait to have the kids embarrassed to be seen with me as I run up and down the neighborhood yelling "Jeeeeeennnnnaaaaay!" and "I got to pee!"
Still the question begs, what's the Mrs. going as? Anyone have any suggestions?
Say, That's Pretty Slick
I'm really looking forward to the new Android phones coming out in the next year or so. They look pretty slick and will hopefully have enough features to compete with the iPhone.
Now, you should know, I'm no iPhone hater. Quite the opposite. I think it's the best non-business PDA on the market, but a little competition is a good thing. While the iPhone does a lot of stuff right, it could do a lot of things better, too.
Click over to Gizmodo to see their preview of Android 2.0.
Yeah, OK, I Skipped a Couple of Months There...
So much for having more time to blog. :-)
Just in case anyone is curious, I'm working (the wife says "yay!"), but the downside is it's all at night. Why is this a downside, you ask? Well, if you've never worked exclusively nights, I'll explain.
1. When you get home in the mornings, it's time for everyone else to get up.
2. If you want to sleep, you've got to use black-out shades and earplugs. Non-negotiable.
3. When you do get up, you feel like you haven't slept and at least half the day is gone.
4. By the time you finally wake up, it's time to pick up the kids, do the good Daddy bit and take them to gymnastics, karate, etc., and then go home and cook supper.
5. Once all of the above is complete, it's time to go to work.
6. It's completely impossible to find some alone time with the wife. The only time we're both awake (and at home) is when the kids are.
Man, I've got to find a day job, just for #6 if nothing else.
Just in case anyone is curious, I'm working (the wife says "yay!"), but the downside is it's all at night. Why is this a downside, you ask? Well, if you've never worked exclusively nights, I'll explain.
1. When you get home in the mornings, it's time for everyone else to get up.
2. If you want to sleep, you've got to use black-out shades and earplugs. Non-negotiable.
3. When you do get up, you feel like you haven't slept and at least half the day is gone.
4. By the time you finally wake up, it's time to pick up the kids, do the good Daddy bit and take them to gymnastics, karate, etc., and then go home and cook supper.
5. Once all of the above is complete, it's time to go to work.
6. It's completely impossible to find some alone time with the wife. The only time we're both awake (and at home) is when the kids are.
Man, I've got to find a day job, just for #6 if nothing else.
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