2manybikes

This thread is always about dogs.

rpenmanparker 

And those other animals...the ones that poop and pee in the house and nobody cares. What are they called. Oh yeah, cats.

I still remember how horrified Mrs. rpen and I were when we went to see "Cats" and found out it was about, of all things, cats. Who knew?

Bah Humbug

My old boss (now my boss's boss) has a pair of litter-box-trained dogs.

rpenmanparker 

And he's proud of that? Maybe that is why they promoted him...because he is so resourceful.

I am assuming it was not you who was demoted.

LAJ

Winner winner, kibble dinner.

BillyD

Are those legos? Kewl!

rpenmanparker 

It really is, isn't it?

Bah Humbug

She. And no, not demoted. Quite the opposite; she's just gone up more than me. Apparently she told my current boss, though, that I really ought to be her direct report again now, so I may be going up again this year.

Bah Humbug

Yup! I take it you didn't see my bird shot from last time, then:

20141228_23 by m1keayer, on Flickr

It's a set of Lego sculptures at the San Antonio Botanical Garden I went to with Atomic Girl over the weekend. Here are a couple more good ones:

20141228_15 by m1keayer, on Flickr

20141228_09 by m1keayer, on Flickr

rpenmanparker 

Be sure to keep us plugged in.

rpenmanparker 

I am starting to make plans to celebrate my 10,000th post in the not too distant future. Anyone got any ideas? (Be nice, huh.)

Bah Humbug

That or I could say "eff this 'working for a giant bank' crap" and go work for one of the many actual interesting, cool companies in Austin.

rpenmanparker 

Absolutely. You could bag groceries for Whole Foods. Lots of cash drawers there too.

Bradleykd

I don't always contribute to this thread, but when I do, I'm making triple time with noting better to do....

Bah Humbug

What I do for the bank has nothing to do with cash drawers. Banks do a lot of software work, internal and external.

I could go work for MapMyFitness. Or HomeAway. Or Volusion. All would be more interesting and satisfying.

rpenmanparker 

When I was a teen, we talked about girls that had "change in their drawers" as a way of saying they were rich. I guess that is different from a cash drawer, but it just came to mind. Oh, I hope I haven't offended anyone. Boys do talk, ya know. I hear that girls do too though.

BillyD

Those are amazing. I saw the hummer last week when you posted it but thought it was papier mache.

BillyD

Ah, good 'ol holiday pay. Ye old blood money. Be sure to spend it on something worthwhile.

Bradleykd

Indeed. I don't do it for the money though......

Bradleykd

I do it for the vacation day that I get back to schedule some other time in the year.. You know, when it's warm.

I am on the downhill side of a full week of this. Soon it will be back to the normal grind!

Edonis13

i was lights out by 10 last night. I was exhausted from spending about 12 hours at car dealers over the last 2 days. it took some work, but we got my fiancee the new car she wanted with numbers i was comfortable with.

we got a subaru xv crosstrek. my 5th subaru.

Bradleykd

I believe I'll buy bicycle parts. Trying to decide if I want to put a better crank-set on my mediocre bike (currently an FSA Viero with chain rings that have to be smacked with a mallet every so often to get the wobble out of them) or Ultegra 6700 shifters so I can put the 105 shifters and a spare 105 RD on my old Merckx to make it 10 speed.

rpenmanparker 

When I smack something (not someone) with a mallet, it general puts a wobble into it. Actually I had a Nashbar compact crank once that needed to be straightened periodically.

rpenmanparker 

I learned a long time ago that the new year will arrive whether I am there to attend to the delivery or not. That frees me up to get good night's sleep.

3alarmer

...I dearly love the Washington, D.C. in which I grew up, and which no longer exists.
The current metropolitan area of the nation's capital is difficult for me to lovingly embrace.