http://blog.monhaut.com Not helping the situation since 1983 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:56:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After today's stock market closing (Google says the Dow Jones Industrial Average is at 8579.19, -678.91 points today, (-7.33% change in value) as of  Oct 9 4:07pm ET), my 401(k) is now -36.7% YTD with a net market change of -$8,825.40. The part that stinks the most for me, however, is ... http://blog.monhaut.com/20081009/401k-woes/ Went for a motorcycle ride with a few coworkers and the motorcycle club. Rode about 120 miles, out to Caliente and around the loop. Stopped at a little burger joint out in the literal middle of nowhere! The further you ride, the better the burger. http://blog.monhaut.com/20080817/the-further-you-ride-the-better-the-burger/ Irony (ī'rə-nē, ī'ər-) n., pl. -nies. 1) Watching the South Park episode, "Guitar Queer-O" (which parodies the video game Guitar Hero by implying it sucks), and seeing a commercial promoting the new Guitar Hero: Aerosmith game. http://blog.monhaut.com/20080702/irony/ I'm sleeping on the couch this week while my parents are visiting California. Thus, in keeping with a tradition that is now 15 years running, I did not wake up on the morning of my birthday in my own bed! http://blog.monhaut.com/20080701/quarter-life/ I Just got done rewatching John Carpenter's: Escape from New York on UniHD. I hadn't seen it for some time, and it reminded me that I haven't seen Escape from LA in quite some time, either. I think they should make a sequel: Escape from Chicago. And if that one is ... http://blog.monhaut.com/20080628/escape/ Is it just me, or is it starting to get harder to find what you want on Google now? Maybe I'm just accustomed to finding what I want on Google in seconds, but lately I've had to wade through pages of crap to find what I'm looking for. Some sites are ... http://blog.monhaut.com/20080511/google/ I've got 1083 miles on the VTX now. Awesome! The major miles were put on driving out to the Antelope Valley (200 round trip), Morro Bay (300 round trip), and joyriding around town as a weekend warrior. Lots of the miles were also driving to work, which is getting easier ... http://blog.monhaut.com/20080505/milestone/ I am now the Facilities Maintenance Team Leader, or, the manager in charge of the Facilities mechanics, at work. Role transition with the previous Team Leader starts, well, today really. I've been working for almost two years now, since graduating in May '06. This new job will be good for ... http://blog.monhaut.com/20080415/a-new-role/ Wow, Facebook. Maybe you should try to chill out a little bit... Here's a screenshot of the application requests (38 at latest count) I have right now on facebook, or at least the ones that I haven't deleted yet. I wonder if I can make it to 100? http://blog.monhaut.com/20080409/facebook-applications/ She doesn't exist until she's been photographed! Picked her up today, and rode her out to the freeway and back. Clocked 53 miles already today. I'll hit that 600 mile service before you know it! Photographic evidence: http://blog.monhaut.com/20080407/photographic-evidence/