Dr. Bishop

No matter how crappy my mood is, Dr. Bishop from Fringe always makes me smile/laugh. :)

I think he's probably one of my all-time favorite TV characters. His innocence and eagerness to help in any situation evokes a gentle, childlike sympathy. His convictions and constant desire for wisdom beyond scientific gain, inspires me!

So kudos to John Noble for portraying such a delightful persona! It's fun to see him go from angry Denethor in LotR, to excitable Walter. :D



I was gonna put a bunch of great Walter quotes here, but out of context, they're not that funny and there's usually a prior conversation involved or another character. But I do have to post this one... one of my favorite moments of Fringe, when Bishop and Bell (played by the enigmatic Leonard Nimoy) have just seen each other after 30 years apart:

Dr. Bishop— [angrily] Hello, William.
William Bell— [unemotional] Walter.
Dr. Bishop— I see you've aged.
William Bell— It appears I'm not the only one!

Okay this one is pretty decent, too:

Dr. Bishop: [on the phone] Hello Peter, this is me, your father, Walter Bishop.
Peter Bishop: [annoyed] Thank you, Walter. I know who you are.
Dr. Bishop: Excellent!

One more, without someone else... :)

Dr. Bishop: To understand what happened at the diner, we use Mr. Papaya. [places the papaya in the container and steps back to avoid an inevitable explosion]
Dr. Bishop: [happily] This is upsetting because he is the friendliest of fruits.

Things I Saw Today

• A little girls' tricycle on the shoulder of a freeway ramp, undamaged, on its side. Not very interesting but a bit disturbing for some reason...

• Dexter eating a strawberries! Aww puppeh!



• An older woman, mowing her lawn, with a leopard coat and hat on (in 65° weather).
This was just too weird so I had to find images to show you what she looked like:



Again, weird!!!

Kiss my ass, Spammers!

The e-mail address I've had for about a decade (the 'professional' one I created once I left high-school), has been hacked... whatever you take that to mean.

My friends/family received some lovely 'omg you have to see this! [evil link]' e-mails, with their first names in the Subject line. Haha, stupid Spammers, jokes on you... I would never call my dad 'Mark' (he is 'Pa!'), nor would I put that in the subject line of an e-mail... idiots.



Soak in all the horrible, mind-stabbing FAILS! I would never compose an e-mail of such grammar atrocity! Luckily my peeps know this... and who knows where that double-http link goes. :/ Some sort of scary, itchy, black-hole of the internet...

I also love the spam I get from 'Blizzard':



So long-story-short, I changed one letter in my e-mail address and started fresh. It's like losing your wallet or moving, and having to update piles of forms in your life, but digital. :P

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Here's a nice, proper e-mail from the real Blizzard people. :)

Culture Of Fear

"When I told my mother I was planning to ride my Vespa from San Francisco to New York, she gasped. She was not alone in her horror — I soon learned the common reaction was one of shock and fear. Many people expressed concern over every horrible thing that might happen to me on the road. One way of looking at my decision to go is that our freedom can be taken, in various ways, without warning — so why allow one's fear to take it? And everything "bad" that could have happened to me on the trip could happen to me anywhere, anytime, in the most seemingly benign environment ... bad things happen to give us the opportunity to realize there are no bad things. To not have gone would have been to turn my back on faith..."

–Shreve, Vespa Vagabond

New Job

Day 2 of my new job today! After six years at Target, I've finally escaped... er, I mean, resigned. :P

I definitely miss some things from the old post... my standing desk, my workload, my India peeps... and my co-workers, of course (sup!). But no dress code, a mid-shift, no politics and being able to drink at work... yup... :)

So, new job = new life outlook! This year will be epic...!!!

Handwriting

Yup... 'bout sums it up!

The Oatmeal - Handwriting

Meds

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