Sunday, October 31, 2010
Journals in 2010
I can see the value of keeping a journal for my kids, and their kids, etc... But how best to keep one in 2010? Do I use this, a blog, as a journal or maybe some other sort of software to make a digital one, or do I go "old school" and use paper and a pen?
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Parkour... really
1st of all it's Free Running (mostly cuz I'm not french) because Parkour is basically the same thing and 2nd all "extreme" sports carry risk of death, hence "extreme"! For heaven sake, one of the pioneers died doing it... it's dangerous. But it doesn't have to be!
I've done just about all of the "extreme" sports growing up and was landed in the hospital only once (roof of a 3 story building jump) when I missed my air bag... dumb luck that. And after learning that you can quickly get into a lot of trouble and get hurt or die free climbing I turned to boldering and top-rope climbing for added safety.
So some 15yr old kid falls from a parking structure and the news jumps on this as the latest deadly fad propagated by the evil internets! Sacramento News Seriously?! It's sad that the kid died, any loss of life, ESPECIALLY of youth, is tragic. However, if it was due to a poor choice then why wouldn't the responsibility fall on the youth who made the bad choice and not on the fad? What if the next fad was juggling flaming chainsaws and some kid thought it would be cool to try and killed or dismembered himself. Would it be the fault of the fad, or the internet... nope, the person who thought it was a good idea to light a running chain saw on fire and toss it up in the air, followed by two just like it... duh!
I think the best way to pay respects to this kid and all those like him would be to learn a little of his sport! Next time you're walking somewhere take a detour over a park bench or up the retaining wall. Jump around like a little kid, jump and roll off of something tall.
Why would anyone do anything like this you ask? The best reason was given by my then 4-5yr old nephew, "It makes my hair go up!"
I've done just about all of the "extreme" sports growing up and was landed in the hospital only once (roof of a 3 story building jump) when I missed my air bag... dumb luck that. And after learning that you can quickly get into a lot of trouble and get hurt or die free climbing I turned to boldering and top-rope climbing for added safety.
So some 15yr old kid falls from a parking structure and the news jumps on this as the latest deadly fad propagated by the evil internets! Sacramento News Seriously?! It's sad that the kid died, any loss of life, ESPECIALLY of youth, is tragic. However, if it was due to a poor choice then why wouldn't the responsibility fall on the youth who made the bad choice and not on the fad? What if the next fad was juggling flaming chainsaws and some kid thought it would be cool to try and killed or dismembered himself. Would it be the fault of the fad, or the internet... nope, the person who thought it was a good idea to light a running chain saw on fire and toss it up in the air, followed by two just like it... duh!
I think the best way to pay respects to this kid and all those like him would be to learn a little of his sport! Next time you're walking somewhere take a detour over a park bench or up the retaining wall. Jump around like a little kid, jump and roll off of something tall.
Why would anyone do anything like this you ask? The best reason was given by my then 4-5yr old nephew, "It makes my hair go up!"
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Really LVM, really...
So we're doing some work on a server, and like always, the work must be done in the wee hours of the AM. So I'm working away creating LVM2 volumes and everything is going well. I'm even following what seems to be "best practices" by not using the raw device (dev/sdb) but instead creating a partition first then using that for LVM. On one of the servers I created a 600GB partition on (/dev/sdb1) which is basically the entire "disk" (its really just a fibre volume that can be expanded later but whatever). I create the LVM side making a LV of only 500GB to give me some wiggle room in the future... when the users say "oh no, the drive is full" I can tell them that if I work really hard and they pay me lots of OT I can maybe find another 100GBs in there somewhere... like that episode of ST:NG when Scotty is beamed aboard instead of some expendable crewman, long story short, Geordi tells the Cap. that Problem_A will take x hours to fix, Scotty asks "how long will it really take to fix" and is amazed that Geordi didn't pad the time (x * 3 or x * 5 etc.)...
Like I said, one server worked fine with a 600GB disk, the other server however, is getting an upgrade from 1.8TB to 3TB. Well, as you know, you can't use fdisk to make a 3TB partition, you must use parted and the partition has to be a GPT. Well, when you make the PV everything seems fine, then you make a VG and do a pvdisplay and everything goes FUBAR!
You see, we're forced to us an OS version that is a little old... okay, REALLY old. We are on Fedora Core6, the current version (as of this writing) is 13, and they don't use the "Core" anymore! So there is this little "bug" in LVM that has been fixed since 2007ish (yeah, it's mid 2010) that is causing me some troubles...
A pvdisplay shows that only 1024 GB are usable and 8647 EB are not usable... I know it's late but it actually says EB (exabytes). To put this in prospective, it is postulated that the whole world (including iPods, Digital Cameras, laptops, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Amazon, etc.) in total is using less than 1000EB. So there is over eight times the world's total digital storage not currently usable on my server! I'll admit I was a little shocked it was not usable ;)
After some googling I found a bug report (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=365741) over at RHLE saying they will fix it in future builds. Well the bad news is, to use a newer build (one where that problem is fixed) I will need to completely rebuild both systems... now where am I going to get that kind of user downtime?! The good news is the bug report says it should just be an error in reporting and there is a work around (the work around didn't seem to work) so I decided to move forward and finish building out the volume. I'm writing this as I watch 700GB of data get copied over to the new volume... wee.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
How to improve your email etiquette [from Yahoo's Shine]
From the post found at Yahoo's Shine
Change the subject line every time you start a new conversation. The email subject line should tell the reader what the message is about. So if an email strand about “next Thursday’s meeting” suddenly morphs into a discussion about “Mary’s retirement party,” consider changing the subject line. Having descriptive subject lines helps people quickly scan their inbox to decide which messages to read first and also helps when searching for a message after a conversation has ended.
Don’t use email when another medium makes more sense. Use email only when it's the best method. In many work cultures (like at Yahoo!), instant messaging is popular for quick conversations and sending links back and forth. If you know a colleague is on the road a lot and more likely to see a text message than an email, then use text messaging. If you know someone is at her desk and might not check an email about a meeting change in half an hour, the old-fashioned land line might be the best choice.
Answer questions inline. When someone sends an email asking several questions, train yourself to reply inline, inserting your answers directly beneath each question. (Hat tip to Gina Trapani).
Don’t get the last word in. There is usually no reason to cap off a long exchange with "thank you" (and certainly, "you're welcome"). An email conversation has to end at some point.
Use the cc function sparingly. Try to cc only those who need to know and avoid cc-ing long lists of people unless it is important that everyone know who else received a message. Certainly don’t use the cc function if you don’t want people on the list to know the names of the other people receiving the same message.
Keep it brief. When was the last time you read a work-related email and wished it was longer?
Ask whether people prefer attachments or inline pasting. Many people dislike receiving attachments, but it's good to ask someone's preference if you're going to be sending documents back and forth. Consider tools that allow two people to share and work on a document together rather than attachments. I’m a big fan of Google Docs for this purpose. Gina Trapani turned me onto two other tools -- Zoho and Approver -- that also allow collaborators to share documents.
Give up cutesy handles. Try to stay as close to your name or a shorthand for your name as possible. "Purtygrl" might be just fine for your online dating life, but give it up when you're corresponding about work matters.
Use personal email for personal correspondence. That includes job searching.
Say no to chain letters and jokes. While the rare forwarded email evokes a smile or a warm feeling, they are mostly irritating. And while you expect those emails from your batty aunt, you don’t want to be getting them from professional contacts.
Avoid shared email addresses. Do not share an email with a spouse or partner (either the professional or the business kind.) Grown-ups should have their own email addresses.
Change the subject line every time you start a new conversation. The email subject line should tell the reader what the message is about. So if an email strand about “next Thursday’s meeting” suddenly morphs into a discussion about “Mary’s retirement party,” consider changing the subject line. Having descriptive subject lines helps people quickly scan their inbox to decide which messages to read first and also helps when searching for a message after a conversation has ended.
Don’t use email when another medium makes more sense. Use email only when it's the best method. In many work cultures (like at Yahoo!), instant messaging is popular for quick conversations and sending links back and forth. If you know a colleague is on the road a lot and more likely to see a text message than an email, then use text messaging. If you know someone is at her desk and might not check an email about a meeting change in half an hour, the old-fashioned land line might be the best choice.
Answer questions inline. When someone sends an email asking several questions, train yourself to reply inline, inserting your answers directly beneath each question. (Hat tip to Gina Trapani).
Don’t get the last word in. There is usually no reason to cap off a long exchange with "thank you" (and certainly, "you're welcome"). An email conversation has to end at some point.
Use the cc function sparingly. Try to cc only those who need to know and avoid cc-ing long lists of people unless it is important that everyone know who else received a message. Certainly don’t use the cc function if you don’t want people on the list to know the names of the other people receiving the same message.
Keep it brief. When was the last time you read a work-related email and wished it was longer?
Ask whether people prefer attachments or inline pasting. Many people dislike receiving attachments, but it's good to ask someone's preference if you're going to be sending documents back and forth. Consider tools that allow two people to share and work on a document together rather than attachments. I’m a big fan of Google Docs for this purpose. Gina Trapani turned me onto two other tools -- Zoho and Approver -- that also allow collaborators to share documents.
Give up cutesy handles. Try to stay as close to your name or a shorthand for your name as possible. "Purtygrl" might be just fine for your online dating life, but give it up when you're corresponding about work matters.
Use personal email for personal correspondence. That includes job searching.
Say no to chain letters and jokes. While the rare forwarded email evokes a smile or a warm feeling, they are mostly irritating. And while you expect those emails from your batty aunt, you don’t want to be getting them from professional contacts.
Avoid shared email addresses. Do not share an email with a spouse or partner (either the professional or the business kind.) Grown-ups should have their own email addresses.
Monday, October 6, 2008
The Truth about Tea (Green Tea)
I'm not trying to change anyones mind about if one should drink Green Tea or not, but it is interesting to know some of the following...
Looks like Green tea benefits mostly males but since you share some of the problems that Green Tea has been proved to ease then you may want to talk to a doctor about it. It seems that it has an effect on reducing the risk or prostate cancer and can lower the levels of bad cholesterol in your blood (the kind that causes heart attacks). It also has been found to fight the onset of rheumatoid arthritis in rats.
For all of you Mormons (I am one too) it should be said that the Word of Wisdom (or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_of_Wisdom) seems kinda questionable when it comes to tea... it talks about "Hot Drink" but never tea by name. Joseph Smith said, "I understand that some of the people are excusing themselves in using tea and coffee, because the Lord only said 'hot drinks' in the revelation of the Word of Wisdom .... Tea and coffee ... are what the Lord meant when He said 'hot drinks.'" citing Joel H. Johnson's (1881). Voice from the Moutains (Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office) p. 12; cited in Church Educational System... Remember that the time of this quote the tea that was most prominent in the US was Black Tea, not Green Tea which is processed much differently, the latter keeping the antioxidants that are removed during the processing of the former, Black Tea.
The current version of the "Church Handbook of Instructions" (page 185) says, "The only official interpretation of 'hot drinks' (D&C 89:9) in the Word of Wisdom is the statement made by early Church leaders that the term 'hot drinks' means tea and coffee. Members should not use any substance that contains illegal drugs. Nor should members use harmful or habit-forming substances except under the care of a competent physician." Saying that things that can cause a habit should only be used with doctor supervision (go ask a doctor about Green Tea, if he/she says drink as much as you want then I guess that is your "pass", just don't ask about drinking Wine, he/she may say it's good for you). What is the difference between a manufactured drug that must be recommended by a doctor and the food that the drug is derived from being recommended by doctors as a good part of ones diet?
Here is the best statement (in my opinion) about meat consumption not tea, "Apostle George Teasdale taught the same thing [eat meat sparingly], and held that eating pork was a more serious breach of the Word of Wisdom than drinking tea or coffee." - Thomas G. Alexander, "The Word of Wisdom: From Principle to Requirement", Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 14:3 (1981) pp. 78–88. Looks like no more Ruth's Chris Stake House, or Black Angus... and doesn't this mean that the Jews were right about pork? I wonder what other things can be learned from the Kosher laws?
And lastly Heber J. Grant said, "I am not going to give any command, but I will ask it as a personal, individual favor to me, to let coca-cola [sic] alone. There are plenty of other things you can get at the soda fountains without drinking that which is injurious. The Lord does not want you to use any drug that creates an appetite for itself." He was talking about Coke specifically but I think says it best with the part about no habit forming foods... that would include chocolate (Peanut M&Ms) sugar, fats, etc... all are habit forming and lead to shorter lives! I only like the taste of Coke once in a while, so good thing for me, no habit there!
Looks like Tannic Acid is bad stuff but seems only tied to Black Teas and tree bark... and along with two other ingredients can guard against SARS! Cool, Black tea to help fight terrorism?
Tannic Acid is a form of Polyphenol which is found to have health benefits but only when consumed in moderation (as much as is in 5-10 cups of tea) and caution should be used when taking supplements with concentrate Green Tea extract as large doses of Polyphenol can mess up your liver. Notable sources of polyphenols include berries, tea, beer, grapes/wine, olive oil, chocolate/cocoa, coffee, walnuts, peanuts, pomegranates, yerba mate, and other fruits and vegetables. High levels of polyphenols can generally be found in the fruit skins."
Remember, I'm not trying to say Tea drinking is right or wrong, I'm just pointing out that it seems if Tea is something that should be shunned based on the "Word of Wisdom" then maybe some of those other things like meat consumption or anything that can cause a habit, should also be shunned and personally "enforced" with the same gusto as the personal enforcement of not drinking Tea.
Food for thought.
- Ivan Lawrence | Eco-Conscious Antiestablishmentarian -
Looks like Green tea benefits mostly males but since you share some of the problems that Green Tea has been proved to ease then you may want to talk to a doctor about it. It seems that it has an effect on reducing the risk or prostate cancer and can lower the levels of bad cholesterol in your blood (the kind that causes heart attacks). It also has been found to fight the onset of rheumatoid arthritis in rats.
For all of you Mormons (I am one too) it should be said that the Word of Wisdom (or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_of_Wisdom) seems kinda questionable when it comes to tea... it talks about "Hot Drink" but never tea by name. Joseph Smith said, "I understand that some of the people are excusing themselves in using tea and coffee, because the Lord only said 'hot drinks' in the revelation of the Word of Wisdom .... Tea and coffee ... are what the Lord meant when He said 'hot drinks.'" citing Joel H. Johnson's (1881). Voice from the Moutains (Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office) p. 12; cited in Church Educational System... Remember that the time of this quote the tea that was most prominent in the US was Black Tea, not Green Tea which is processed much differently, the latter keeping the antioxidants that are removed during the processing of the former, Black Tea.
The current version of the "Church Handbook of Instructions" (page 185) says, "The only official interpretation of 'hot drinks' (D&C 89:9) in the Word of Wisdom is the statement made by early Church leaders that the term 'hot drinks' means tea and coffee. Members should not use any substance that contains illegal drugs. Nor should members use harmful or habit-forming substances except under the care of a competent physician." Saying that things that can cause a habit should only be used with doctor supervision (go ask a doctor about Green Tea, if he/she says drink as much as you want then I guess that is your "pass", just don't ask about drinking Wine, he/she may say it's good for you). What is the difference between a manufactured drug that must be recommended by a doctor and the food that the drug is derived from being recommended by doctors as a good part of ones diet?
Here is the best statement (in my opinion) about meat consumption not tea, "Apostle George Teasdale taught the same thing [eat meat sparingly], and held that eating pork was a more serious breach of the Word of Wisdom than drinking tea or coffee." - Thomas G. Alexander, "The Word of Wisdom: From Principle to Requirement", Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 14:3 (1981) pp. 78–88. Looks like no more Ruth's Chris Stake House, or Black Angus... and doesn't this mean that the Jews were right about pork? I wonder what other things can be learned from the Kosher laws?
And lastly Heber J. Grant said, "I am not going to give any command, but I will ask it as a personal, individual favor to me, to let coca-cola [sic] alone. There are plenty of other things you can get at the soda fountains without drinking that which is injurious. The Lord does not want you to use any drug that creates an appetite for itself." He was talking about Coke specifically but I think says it best with the part about no habit forming foods... that would include chocolate (Peanut M&Ms) sugar, fats, etc... all are habit forming and lead to shorter lives! I only like the taste of Coke once in a while, so good thing for me, no habit there!
Looks like Tannic Acid is bad stuff but seems only tied to Black Teas and tree bark... and along with two other ingredients can guard against SARS! Cool, Black tea to help fight terrorism?
Tannic Acid is a form of Polyphenol which is found to have health benefits but only when consumed in moderation (as much as is in 5-10 cups of tea) and caution should be used when taking supplements with concentrate Green Tea extract as large doses of Polyphenol can mess up your liver. Notable sources of polyphenols include berries, tea, beer, grapes/wine, olive oil, chocolate/cocoa, coffee, walnuts, peanuts, pomegranates, yerba mate, and other fruits and vegetables. High levels of polyphenols can generally be found in the fruit skins."
Remember, I'm not trying to say Tea drinking is right or wrong, I'm just pointing out that it seems if Tea is something that should be shunned based on the "Word of Wisdom" then maybe some of those other things like meat consumption or anything that can cause a habit, should also be shunned and personally "enforced" with the same gusto as the personal enforcement of not drinking Tea.
Food for thought.
- Ivan Lawrence | Eco-Conscious Antiestablishmentarian -
Monday, July 21, 2008
Where should I sit in a movie theater?
The age old question of where to sit in a theater has finally be answered...
HowStuffWorks.com says you should, “Choose a row about two thirds of the distance from the screen to the back of the theater. Try to sit one or two seats from the exact center of the row. The reason is that most sound technicians check the audio levels from the center seat about two thirds back from the screen. Since the sound from right and left speakers are equalized for the center, you want to sit slightly off-center to enhance the stereo effect.”
Sounds good, but doesn't add a virtual experience like that of a dream (where you feel what happens).
The wiki about IMAX theaters talks about the experience throughout the history of IMAX and talks about, “About 5 million visitors viewed the screen, which covered a person's total field of vision when looking directly forward. This easily created a sensation of motion for nearly everyone, and motion sickness in a few viewers.” This points out that people who watch either a HUGE screen or just sit close (like me I guess) are more effected by camera pans and experience more “motion” during the film.
Looks like I was still wrong about the dream thing but this is a good answer as to why one would still like to sit closer.
Lastly, when you build a home theater you need to worry about things like the resolution, viewing angles and how big to build your screen, much like the big screens but on a smaller scale (every bit helps). There is a confusing bit of math that is done to find the best screen size at the distance you want to put your screen, etc... this site has a little graph that shows the industry spec. for viewing distances that allow a theater to be a “certified” theater (either THX or SMTPE) they have to have seats that are within a set distance to the screen, for an average theater that distance is 13’ - 20’ but does not go into detail as to distances after that minimum distance.
The conclusion is the distance YOU enjoy sitting at is really up to you. If you sit back farther then center you experience a sharper over all image and you don’t have to move your eyes or head to see the whole screen, and if you are about 2/3rds back and a little off center you will have the “best” sound. If you want to experience the film’s “Thrill Ride” effect then you need to sit close enough to have the screen fully engulf your field of vision.
Now no one is miss informed.
HowStuffWorks.com says you should, “Choose a row about two thirds of the distance from the screen to the back of the theater. Try to sit one or two seats from the exact center of the row. The reason is that most sound technicians check the audio levels from the center seat about two thirds back from the screen. Since the sound from right and left speakers are equalized for the center, you want to sit slightly off-center to enhance the stereo effect.”
Sounds good, but doesn't add a virtual experience like that of a dream (where you feel what happens).
The wiki about IMAX theaters talks about the experience throughout the history of IMAX and talks about, “About 5 million visitors viewed the screen, which covered a person's total field of vision when looking directly forward. This easily created a sensation of motion for nearly everyone, and motion sickness in a few viewers.” This points out that people who watch either a HUGE screen or just sit close (like me I guess) are more effected by camera pans and experience more “motion” during the film.
Looks like I was still wrong about the dream thing but this is a good answer as to why one would still like to sit closer.
Lastly, when you build a home theater you need to worry about things like the resolution, viewing angles and how big to build your screen, much like the big screens but on a smaller scale (every bit helps). There is a confusing bit of math that is done to find the best screen size at the distance you want to put your screen, etc... this site has a little graph that shows the industry spec. for viewing distances that allow a theater to be a “certified” theater (either THX or SMTPE) they have to have seats that are within a set distance to the screen, for an average theater that distance is 13’ - 20’ but does not go into detail as to distances after that minimum distance.
The conclusion is the distance YOU enjoy sitting at is really up to you. If you sit back farther then center you experience a sharper over all image and you don’t have to move your eyes or head to see the whole screen, and if you are about 2/3rds back and a little off center you will have the “best” sound. If you want to experience the film’s “Thrill Ride” effect then you need to sit close enough to have the screen fully engulf your field of vision.
Now no one is miss informed.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Wow, what a night... and a Thursday no less...
So here it goes...
Sam Mason had an intimate dinner get together t celebrate his birth day (he's 27 now) at Kabuki in Burbank. We had a good time and finished up kinda early and thought the night was over... till we went outside! As we (Sam "B-day boy", Heather "the wife", Brandon Hart, and Mike Olson) stood on the curb saying our good-byes we noticed some yells and some little fat guy in a jersey running down the street away from us. There was a woman carrying a car seat running toward the intersection the man was running from but really it was less like running and more like lumbering slowly... Someone yelled, "The car is rolling" and Sam and I noticed that the car had no driver and was slowly rolling up hill into the intersection!
Okay, at this point I am thinking, domestic dispute and the guy is running off because he is scare? The man stole the woman's puers/diaper bag and was running away (accept he was not carrying anything, just trying to pull up his paints)... It turns out that the man was stealing the woman's car, the woman (and party) walked out of the restaurant and noticed their car driving away!
Sam jumped into the driver seat and pulled the car through the intersection and the woman slowly approved the car and thanked us for the help, etc. etc... The woman called the police who showed up in about 2 mins! Good ol' Burbank PD (not LAPD)!!
Well, Sam gave his report, the helicopter flew by and some more cops passed looking for the suspect, etc. etc....
Heather and I went home for the night but when we got home we remembered that the condo was having a "Grand re-opening" party with a mini circus and free booze! We wanted to see what it was lick and made it right in time for the scantily clad dancers! We talked with some of my old co-workers and then decided to go home since it was around 11pm or so. On the walk home Heather and I stopped to see some of the upgrades in the sales office (swanky) and such but really wanted to just get home! As we rounded the of the neighboring building I could hear a faint squeaking sound and didn't seem to come from any one place... It wasn't till Heather noticed it that we found the source!
Now some may find this mildly offensive so stop reading if you are put off by immoral acts ;)
The squeak was caused by the bad suspension of a parked vehicle with fogged windows! As we both squelched laughter till we were farther away we tried to peer into the bouncing car but to no avail! We decided that we needed to walk by again to get a better look and truly asses the situation! We decided that we "wanted to look at the new gym" so we would have to walk buy again... and it was at that point that the frequency of the squeak increased ;) We ran by, not being able to contain our laughter but not wanting to spoil anything and came to rest behind a near by car where in clear eye and ear shot!
The "Comedy" ensued for about 20min or so while frequency both increased then trailed off and other people would walk by and notice what was happening too! Heather and I finally decided to leave them alone and just go home. As we walked and I could finally gather myself I realized that that type of car was the same type as a friend I had seen earlier in the circus tent?! I told heather and she agreed, I gave them a few more mins and then decided to text my friend... who took some time to reply but finally called me back! I asked what was up, and was told that [my friend] was walking from building 2 to building 4 to see some friends... This friend of mine does not live here yet so it would seem a good reason to be "doing it" in the back seat of a car in the guest paring lot! I asked if [my friend] was alone and was told now, they were walking with just one person!
I have to admit that I still don't "know" if it was really them or someone else but I plan on finding out today... I'll keep you posted :)
Sam Mason had an intimate dinner get together t celebrate his birth day (he's 27 now) at Kabuki in Burbank. We had a good time and finished up kinda early and thought the night was over... till we went outside! As we (Sam "B-day boy", Heather "the wife", Brandon Hart, and Mike Olson) stood on the curb saying our good-byes we noticed some yells and some little fat guy in a jersey running down the street away from us. There was a woman carrying a car seat running toward the intersection the man was running from but really it was less like running and more like lumbering slowly... Someone yelled, "The car is rolling" and Sam and I noticed that the car had no driver and was slowly rolling up hill into the intersection!
Okay, at this point I am thinking, domestic dispute and the guy is running off because he is scare? The man stole the woman's puers/diaper bag and was running away (accept he was not carrying anything, just trying to pull up his paints)... It turns out that the man was stealing the woman's car, the woman (and party) walked out of the restaurant and noticed their car driving away!
Sam jumped into the driver seat and pulled the car through the intersection and the woman slowly approved the car and thanked us for the help, etc. etc... The woman called the police who showed up in about 2 mins! Good ol' Burbank PD (not LAPD)!!
Well, Sam gave his report, the helicopter flew by and some more cops passed looking for the suspect, etc. etc....
Heather and I went home for the night but when we got home we remembered that the condo was having a "Grand re-opening" party with a mini circus and free booze! We wanted to see what it was lick and made it right in time for the scantily clad dancers! We talked with some of my old co-workers and then decided to go home since it was around 11pm or so. On the walk home Heather and I stopped to see some of the upgrades in the sales office (swanky) and such but really wanted to just get home! As we rounded the of the neighboring building I could hear a faint squeaking sound and didn't seem to come from any one place... It wasn't till Heather noticed it that we found the source!
Now some may find this mildly offensive so stop reading if you are put off by immoral acts ;)
The squeak was caused by the bad suspension of a parked vehicle with fogged windows! As we both squelched laughter till we were farther away we tried to peer into the bouncing car but to no avail! We decided that we needed to walk by again to get a better look and truly asses the situation! We decided that we "wanted to look at the new gym" so we would have to walk buy again... and it was at that point that the frequency of the squeak increased ;) We ran by, not being able to contain our laughter but not wanting to spoil anything and came to rest behind a near by car where in clear eye and ear shot!
The "Comedy" ensued for about 20min or so while frequency both increased then trailed off and other people would walk by and notice what was happening too! Heather and I finally decided to leave them alone and just go home. As we walked and I could finally gather myself I realized that that type of car was the same type as a friend I had seen earlier in the circus tent?! I told heather and she agreed, I gave them a few more mins and then decided to text my friend... who took some time to reply but finally called me back! I asked what was up, and was told that [my friend] was walking from building 2 to building 4 to see some friends... This friend of mine does not live here yet so it would seem a good reason to be "doing it" in the back seat of a car in the guest paring lot! I asked if [my friend] was alone and was told now, they were walking with just one person!
I have to admit that I still don't "know" if it was really them or someone else but I plan on finding out today... I'll keep you posted :)
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