Sooooo good!!!

http://www.hulu.com/watch/55259/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-wed-jan-28-2009

Great interview with Neil DeGrasse Tyson!! Check it out!

"Who are we training to land on that thing with nuclear weapons?"

Even better:

Oh yeah, baby.

Look what's coming to Sprocketplug's house tomorrow!!!




Oh 1080p Matrix. Will you as beautiful as I hope you will?

For the last time...

The world is not going to end in 2012. Seriously.

So say we all.

Dudes and Dudettes,
Well, it's time for my biannual blog. Since last I wrote I've been to a party celebrating the 75th anniversary of the repeal of prohibition. I've been to California, to Boston, and to Florida. I ended Fall quarter and started Winter quarter. I designed a time-travel device only to have my future self travel back and destroy it before its first run. I have loved, lost, and played a crap load of Left 4 Dead on the Xbox 360. Corporations have crumbled, economies have tumbled, and Solstice has passed. I learned the true meaning of christmas only to have woodland nymphs (dryads) steal the memories from me (or so I was told).

I bought a new phone, a new TV, and a new spleen. I think Graham Crackers are underrated. I spent 15 minutes watching Dr. Phil simply because the HD picture was so amazing. I'm looking forward to Joss Whedon's new show Dollhouse, I am looking forward to the X-Men: Wolverine movie. I am looking forward to playing Fallout 3.

here are some photos.













P.S. I love Starbuck.

Update!

Hi. Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Updates coming soon.

How's it sit? Pretty cunning, don'tchya think?

"A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything."

updates abound

Well I haven't written anything substantive in the past month or so, but much has been happening in the life of The Sprocketplug.

1) I have a new girlfriend. The Fighting Librarian
She's cooler than a slap bracelet and hotter than princess Leia in a metallic bikini.

2) I broke my foot (pictured below). It's been three weeks and I no longer need the crutches, but it still hurts, forcing me to walk not unlike the living dead.



3) I bought an Xbox 360 which, indirectly, lead to the breaking of my foot.

4) I made the most kick ass halloween costume of my life.



So you can't really see the whole thing but I got
a) Leather holster
b) replica .36 calibur pistol
c) lambskin vest
d) leather cowboy boots with spurs
e) little cigars

et alius, making me look like Clint Eastwood in his "man with no name" series. It was so fun. We went to high street and i hobbled around with my cowboy boot on one foot and my walking cast on the other. Two vicodin and a vodka martini later I was having the time of my life. hot girlfriend on my arm, surrounded by costumes of every sort, 'twas a night to remember. I was in a little pain for the next two days due to the fact that I wasn't supposed to be walking without crutches, but it was well worth it.

5) I got Barack Obama elected by giving him Ohio.

No thanks necessary, I was just doing my job to keep the world safe. Plus, I owed it to you guys after the 2004 election.

I hope you all are well!!!

-SP

High-larious

In The Know: Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?

YES WE CAN!

whoa

www.nytimes.com

The Happening On BluRay

With the DVD and Blu-Ray releases of M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening," I feel it my duty to once again implore you to avoid this film in any and all of its nefarious forms.
Even if you are given a free copy of this film by a beloved friend or relative, I beg of you, do not watch it. If you are captured by a band of marauding pirates and given the choice between walking the plank and watching the DVD with director's commentary, I urge you to seriously contemplate your decision.

I wish you all a wonderful day.

-SP

Doing manly things.

So, I brought my shotgun back to Ohio with me and I decided it was time to give her a thorough cleaning. Since I had never done such a thing I went out to a Gander Mountain and bought the necessary supplies. Next was finding the owners manual for my Mossberg 500-A online and reading how to dis- and then reassemble my firearm.

Before:


During:



Oh shit, I didn't mean to disassemble the safety:



after about 3 hours and a dozen websites detailing the assembly of the safety mechanism:



Complete! Now who's ready for the Zombie Apocalypse?

Realizations

New for Autumn!

I'm adding this to all my syllabi

Zombies: Should the zombie apocalypse occur during this quarter, all students will be excused from attending class.


rawr

...and the world spins madly on.

I believe in imagination, the hopeless romantic, the quixotic hero, the villain with the handlebar mustache, and honeycrisp apples. I believe King Arthur was real, I believe there is life on other planets, I believe there is life on this planet. I believe in the
smooth, straight flight of a monster backhand huck into the endzone. I believe that America should adopt the metric system, cover the roadways with solar panels and send a human to mars. I believe in the perseverance of the human spirit, the undeniable power of a brilliant idea, and that everyone looks beautiful by candlelight. I believe in fantasies, heartache, and that moment before climax when the world stands absolutely still.


Your turn.

Thank you for this, Carl.

http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

Which also reminds me of this http://qntm.org/?board, and this http://qntm.org/?geocide

Funny stuff what with the end of days upon us.

I'm feeling good, are you guys?

_SprocketPlug_

My Summer Vacation.

Statistical Scavenger Hunt

In order for my students to collect their final project, they had to go on a quasi-scavenger hunt. This was the video that launched the hunt.

background: we did a lot of examples involving Hannah Montana during the term.

Bouncetastic

So far so good

The joke I invented today:

Q: How can you make stir-fry in space?

A: With a moon wok!




So funny. Not 15 minutes later, Mr. and Mrs. Gubbins and I were eating our chinese food and we started talking about porpoises. I told him they're difficult to own, because you have to milk them three times a day.

Mr. Gubbins: I wonder what you can make with porpoise milk.
Sprocketplug: Seabiscuits?


I'm on a freaking roll.

Bouncy castle party tomorrow. Be there or be square. fotos and video to follow.

-SP