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God bless my parents. They have been going over to my house during the week while I am at work and going crazy with all the bathroom remodeling. If they weren’t involved in this, I would probably be paying a contractor thousands of dollars that I’d rather spend on something else. Needless to say, I am going to take them to a very nice dinner when we are done. A nice steak for my Dad, and since my Mom doesn’t eat meat, a nice, thick, juicy salad for her. Anyway, things are coming along pretty good. The master bathroom is 95% done now. The second bathroom is, I would say, about 65% done now. Hopefully they can both be done in about a week. That will be a huge accomplishment, since the bathrooms are definitely the most difficult part of this project. It would be nice to get that part out of the way.
So I’ve noticed Max and Murphy aren’t happy. Anyone that has been to my house knows that I have a decent size deck in my backyard. Usually the dogs hang out on the deck, lounging around during the day and barking at the moon at night. But since we started this home remodeling project, we set up the wet saw on the deck and have other various tools are scattered about there. Well, Max and Murph haven’t cared too much for that. They’ve abandoned hanging out on the deck and now hang out next to the tool shed. Whenever I look over there, I see them both giving me the glare. Believe it or not, I can feel the glare. Kind of creepy. Hang on, boys. We’re going through the home stretch! You can reclaim the deck soon. 
-Dave Q.
There are times in life when you can do the right thing for your country. When the cries of those regular people getting screwed by the government on a daily basis can’t be tuned out anymore, you must act. And considering the two candidates we have to choose from, somebody has to step up to the plate. Because, quite frankly, they both suck.
I have been waiting for a third option. Hoping for another choice. And so far, zip. Well, my fellow Americans, someone has to step up to the plate. And I am that someone. Today, I am announcing my candidacy for President of the World United States. I mean, I don’t think I can do any worse than McCain and Obama.
Ever since the Primaries were settled, I have been telling people that I probably wouldn’t vote, since I have no confidence in either candidate. But I myself have always been pretty self-confident. So there you go. A candidate I can be confident about!
Since I am so confident I will win, I went ahead and offered my VP slot to Brian. He said no. Then I bought him a Dr. Pepper. VP position filled.
-Dave Q.
I have to thank my buddy Norm for this one…
So I have been kicking this around in my head. Check it out…
Roughly about a week ago I checked an email account that I haven’t used in a while. In it there were several “friend requests” from some friends of mine for one of those social networks. They had accumulated in there since I really don’t log into any of those sites much. So I logged in to approve those friends, who know doubt by now thought I was dissing them (one had been in there close to 2 months).
After I went in there and got that done, I started clicking around. And clicked around some more. And then a couple more clicks on various things. At that point I came across the profile of someone from my past. We’re talking, like, a decade ago. Six degrees of seperation. Seriously. Anyway, I briefly looked and saw what she had been up to, and gathered that she is married now with children and seems to be doing very well for herself. Great to see. And then I clicked on some other stuff, got distracted by something and that was it. Kind of forgot about it.
So today I started thinking about emailing her a harmless hello. And was about to do just that when I started having second thoughts. I mean, we didn’t hate each other when things ended, did we? Or at least I didn’t hate her. Hmmm… I honestly couldn’t tell you if things ended badly or not. I think we were cool, and just went our separate ways. But I’ve been wrong before. God knows I’ve been wrong before.
So in that regard, I definitely wouldn’t want to stir up any bad memories. And although there may have been some good memories, there were definitely some bad ones. But a harmless hello? Would it really be that bad? I really have nothing to gain by saying hello. I’d like to just to catch up. And she is a married woman and I would not want to disrespect anyone. But she is also an adult and I’m sure her husband wouldn’t care about a piddly email. I don’t know.
I’m definitely leaning towards not emailing her now. I haven’t really thought twice about it until another dork friend of mine wanted to get into my friend list today on that same website. Don’t worry, Albert. I’ll put you in there. So I’m thinking I will just leave it alone. Life has been just fine without communication with her. What do you think?
-Dave Q.
I have been an Atlanta Braves fan since they sucked beyond belief back in the ’80s. They were always on TBS and became my favorite team. And through all those losing seasons I watched as I learned the game, there was that familiar, witty, sarcastic commentary from Skip Caray that made it all easier to accept. Well, Mr. Caray passed away on Sunday in his sleep. I’m shocked and saddened by this. Not having Skip Caray around makes baseball that much less enjoyable. No doubt his Pop greeted him at the pearly gates.
The man was good at what he did. He knew his stuff and had many memorable great calls. But I will never forget this one. Quite possibly his greatest…
“The 2-1. Swung, line drive, left field! One run is in! Here comes Bream! Throw to the plate! He is … safe! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win!”
Rest in peace, Skip. You will be missed.
-Dave Q.
This Snickers ad featuring Mr. T. was recently pulled because some morons consider it ‘homophobic’. Please. Are you telling me that only gay people do speed walking? Give me a break.
Homophobic? Nope. Funny? Hell yes!
The ad was being aired in the U.K., but apparently someone in the USA got Snickers to stop airing it. Way to make real Americans proud, ass-clown.
-Dave Q.
Today is Sysadmin Day. A day for everyone from all aspects of IT to get some props for a job well done. So far today I have gotten one ‘thank you’. I guess most of the population is still in the dark regarding this glorious worldwide holiday. Not a problem. I’m not going to hold a grudge. However, I can tell you the problems the people in my building will suddenly have when trying to login after lunch is in no way related.
Anyway, to all my IT brothers and sisters out there, I wish you all a Happy Sysadmin Day. And by all means, spread the word. Maybe in the future we can come in to work on this day and be showered with gifts, desserts, and all kinds of crazy love. If not, then we will just disable their user logins.
Time for lunch…
-Dave Q.
Election years are really a drag to me. I hear about the scandals. The mud slinging. The attack ads. It get old pretty damn quick. In fact there are only two things I can look forward to on an election year. Clever poltical sketches on Saturday Night Live, and a JibJab cartoon.
This is the latest from JibJab.com. Not as funny as the one that came out in 2004,but not bad. You can even insert a picture of yourself and email it to friends. Let me find a pic where I look annoyed and getting screwed at the same time. Would be perfect for this political season.
-Dave Q.
Those that know me know I am very critical about movies in general. Bad plots, poor writing, lousy directing, and horrid acting drive me up the %$#& wall! So when I tell you to go and watch The Dark Knight, you will thank me later. Unlike every imbecile that told me to go see Transformers, you can have faith in what I’m telling you. Seriously, there is very little I would change about this movie. Let’s see, how can I describe this movie? It is sexual arousing. There. I said it.
The casting was almost perfect. Every actor that came back from Batman Begins (Bale, Caine, Freeman, Oldman) did great jobs. Heath Ledger (R.I.P) was friggin’ fantastic as The Joker! I mean, I had my doubts when I heard that one of the gay cowboys from Brokeback Mountain was going to play The Joker, but he couldn’t have done a better job. The Joker was sadistic and creepy as hell. And that is what he was always supposed to be. Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent was brilliant as well. Great makeup and special effects to bring his character along in the second half of the film.
‘The Dark Knight’ is one of the best movies I have seen in years. Period.
-David Quesada, “The Quesada Chronicles”.
But just like any movie, something could have been done different to produce an even better product. Maggie Gyllenhaal. Why is she in the film? I know she played an important character, but… Maggie Gyllenhaal??? For those that don’t remember, the character of “Rachel Dawes” was played by a smoking hot, pre-crazy Katie Holmes in Batman Begins. So they replace her hotness with… Maggie Gyllenhaal? So they replaced this with this?? A girl that wouldn’t get a second look… anywhere?!?!? The scenes where they tried to make Gyllenhaal attractive were a wast of time. And believe me they tried. I can think of several suitable replacements for Katie Holmes that would have been acceptable in place of Gyllenhaal. I would have taken a full on insane Katie Holmes over Gyllenhaal! Anyway, that was the only real thing wrong with the movie. So I guess I shouldn’t complain too much.But honestly, Christian Bale and Aaron Eckhart vying for the affections of Maggie Gyllenhaal? Out of that entire movie, that was the thing I had the hardest time believing.
Scariest part of the whole thing, you may ask? That’s easy. Just before the previews, there was a promo for the chick-flick musical Mama-Mia sponsored by Ponds makeup remover, or something to that effect. Well, ladies and gentlemen, the last thing I want to see is Meryl Streep with no makeup! So, needless to say, I didn’t sleep very well last night.
-Dave Q.
