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But I'm a Libertarian.

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Karyna has made a new friend...

Sight-seeing up the Ohio...

Then we went on a bit of a sightseeing cruise up the Ohio River.


We got to see the underside of the Purple People Bridge


and the "Big Mac"

More Visitors!!!

Seems this is the standard way we see Karyna these days.


We have had some more visitors!!! Kat was out working and came up for dinner one evening, and...


Grandma and Grandpa A drove out with Aunt Karen.


We went to the Freedom Center


Janey pushed Grandpa around.


He didn't seem to mind.


She didn't seem to want to give up that job.


...

While we were already in Kentucky...


We checked out the distillers of one of the best Kentucky Bourbons that I have ever tasted...


Maker's Mark


Bung.... hehhehheh


They really do hand dip the bottles in that wax stuff!


Then, we dipped our own bottles.


Father & Son bonding moment...


This always cracks me up when driving to or from the Cincy Airport (located in Kentucky...)

Honest Abe's recreated cabin in a big granite box

Dad, Mom and Karyna are in town.


So, of course we have to do the touristy things...


The Lincoln Birthplace Memorial was on that list of stuff to see.


So, a fake log cabin inside a big granite building. This is what the house he was born inside is thought to have looked like. Well, other than the big building built around it. And the window might have had greased paper to keep the outside outside, and it would have been full of smoke from the fireplace without a chimney... Stuff like that.


So, there's a big hole in the ground that has water in it that our 16'th president might have drunk from from birth to age 2.


As Karyna describes it, "There's a big hole in the ground, with scum on it. And there's water coming out of the scum!"


She's my cutie!


and a heck of a photographer...

More signs that my life rocks...

My job is very cool. I am borrowing a laptop and a projector tonight to show movies on a wall in our house. It seems that I can borrow anything as long as it will not be missed overnight. The Bossman wants to find some CFD software that we can run on our supercomputers between drug discovery runs to design stuff like exhaust headers for our cars. I drove around on my lawn-mower the other evening to make our grass shorter. Janey and I have some friends coming over tonight for some BBQ that we will be cooking on our (now working) new BBQ. While I do miss our families, moving to Ohio has been one of the better moves that Janey and I could make at this time in our lives.

-Peter

not at work

So, I have been going out to different sales and educational seminars lately. The Microsoft had nothing to with what I am working on, nor did it have much of anything to do with anything we do at all. It was all about programming for Word. Today I'm at a seminar for administrating IBM Thinkpads and Think Centres. It does help a bit. But again, it's aimed slightly off from where I need stuff.

Anyways, as much as I love my job, I still like free days off....

summer??

The day is great, I'm wearing shorts, and I just found out that sandles will be acceptable. I'm not going to be abusing the sandles, but I will be wearing them often. t-shirt/shorts/sandels. What more could I want from a job.

Oh yeah. I do work, but not very hard, and most of it is messing around. today we got a new file server. "Peter, could you build this as Server '03 with raid 1 for the system disk and raid5 for the storage?" "Sure, no problem." Took 10 minutes to start the install. Walk away for 3 hours while it built the raid-5 array. 2.56Terrabytes... We need a bigger tape library. Right now we only have about 1.5 terrabyte native space on the tapes, and that leaves no room for multiple backups. Time to spend more money! I have a relaxed atmosphere with a techie boss and a nearly open budget as long as he can justify it to the techie director of our department and write good enough grants.

Damn you, Cathy!

Cathy keeps making me want to do these little tests. She gets some funny ones.

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Peter is...

Since my bro-in-law Richard did this (With very very good effect), I had to too. Googlism

peter is a terminally sad gear junkie - But that is really pronounced "Gadget Freak"
peter is released from prison
peter is set free
peter is 30
peter is the rock
peter is walking on the water
peter is great - you're damn straight
peter is looking for his canadian father - I thought he was from Nebraska(Although that is a bit like another country)
peter is coming home
peter is one crazy shit
peter is sick - In the head
peter is talking about food that pairs with the tasting wines
peter is considered the - fastest 3 fingered typist
peter is responsible for - finishing sentances
peter is peter
peter is reading - many blogs and books
peter is a dumb ass
peter is an old arse sweeper
peter is odds on favourite with working horses
peter is made of poop
peter is about to meet a bunch of chickies
peter is weer papa
peter is standing at the pearly gates
peter is spreading his own cum on the ass of his wife - Just what web is this from?
peter is one of the best in the country
peter is used by local authorities
peter is released from prison acts 12
peter is a dick
peter is raring to go
peter is a monkey
peter is off duty
peter is considered the gatekeeper of heaven?
peter is responsible for assisting in the development of salsa's strategic direction and market positioning - I think this means I eat alot of salsa
peter is very intelligent with important views on society and life in general - Yer damn straight, again
peter is reading page 2
peter is a teacher
peter is the most difficult
peter is auctioning off his race singlet used in this years race in kona - I miss Kona
peter is often seen as "the most prominent of jesus' disciples
peter is that he keeps blowing it out his arse
peter is mentioned 155 times and the rest of apostles combined are mentioned 130 times - Aren't I interesting?
peter is taking 17 credits at ohio university spring quarter
peter is a popular writer and lecturer on a wide variety of topics ranging from basic rehabilitation management skills for new or potential managers
peter is an internationally known author
peter is spoken of as the foundation
peter is a real estate agent that is known in the community of castlegar for his dedicated client service
peter is also investigating sampling
peter is the primary sponsor of smalltalk
peter is standing at the pearly gates one day when a pair of abo's stroll up
peter is a full service broker
peter is also running for parliament
peter is an editor of the australasian journal of philosophy and a member of the academy of humanities
peter is in the sheffield united's team for sunday's derby against sheffield wednesday
peter is dependent on the canonical gospels by oral remembrance of the gospels spoken
peter is now working on a book about the north
peter is very excited - WOOOHOOOO!
peter is now pursuing new avenues in his career by composing for dance
peter is active as a singer
peter is one such man
peter is a man with opinions and knowledge and the ability to express them - but without the wisdom to shut up
peter is the greek translation of cephas
peter is back on board dennis conner's stars & stripes team representing the new york yacht club in the 2003 america's cup - Lookit me, I'm sailing!!!
peter is one of britain's fastest

Peter is cutting this list short. Googlism is funny.

I feel so bad for Jane...

For the past week or so, I have been doing what I can to let Janey have enough time and space to study. I try to let her have as much time either home, or Barnes&Nipple, or at the GRI. She seems to be going through the material. I hate it when you get to that point where it all looks the same, and nothing stands out as something that you need to know. After I made coffee this morning I went back to the bedroom to see how she was doing. She looks up at me with a plaintive look on her face, "But what am I supposed to be getting from this?" she says. I prayed for her to do the best she could on this test... I just got a call from her. She just wanted me to look at her blog and that she would call me back later.

I had to take this 2x so I wouldn't be a girl Villan

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My wife rocks my socks!

So, Janey has been keeping a secret from me, and she almost got away with keeping it for the maximum time. She missed it by 2 days. She had me convinced that we were going on a little road-trip over my birthday weekend. She had me thinking that we were going somewhere just the 2 of us. Tuesday night she asked me what bag I was going to pack in. I said "One of the Roll-around samsonites..." She mumbled to herself "That'll still fit in the overhead compartment..." So, We're flying somewhere? Hmmm.... Well, I figured that it was either NYC or California... Janey didn't want me to try to change over our phones to Verizon quite yet... Hmmm.... so I say to her "Are we going to California." She says, "Dang, I almost had you all the way until Friday!!!" She later admits that she has had the flight booked for a month. She signed me up for Frequent Flyer miles through Northwest. She tells me to call Karyna as she is most upset that she can't tell me that I'm going to see her for my B-Day.

Karyna admitted to me that everytime that she got off the phone with us for the last month, she has had to go outside and yell, "You're coming here for your Birthday! You're coming here for your Birthday! You're coming here for your Birthday!"

Too cute.

So, today I get out of work early, we drive up and look at the house, and then off to the airport. We fly all evening and my parents pick us up around 11:40pm (If we don't get stuck in Minniapolis) tonight.

I love my wife. I am frustrated by my wife. My wife kicks butt.

Guys remember, your wife/girlfriend is infinitly more crafty than you.

Who are you??

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I had to...

So, Cathy did one of these, so I found the one for Cincinnati and Ohio.

Here goes...

You Know You're From Cincinnati When...

Your idea of a three-way is chilli over spaghetti topped with cheddar You know what goetta is - and you've eaten it You hate Cleveland, but you don't know why, and you've never been there You think Pete Rose and Marge Schott were railroaded You say "Please?" instead of "Excuse me?" You think Northern Kentucky is part of Ohio You've been to California, Wyoming, Coney Island, and Over-the-Rhine in one day There are less than 100 murders a year, and you still think you're in Detroit You think Dayton is a Third World country What groundhog? It's the St. Patrick's Day parade leprechaun that forecasts how much longer winter will last. Losing football teams draw more fans than winning baseball teams. Indiana is about 20 miles away, but it takes about four hours to get there. It's too cold in the winter, and too hot and humid in the summer, to ever stay outside for very long. You drive to Columbus or Louisville to avoid the prices at the Cincinnati airport. City council members hold debates on whether or not they should debate in the first place. Tourists still flock downtown to catch a glimpse of cast members from "WKRP," even though the show hasn't aired on network television since 1984, and the show was filmed in LA anyway. You ask lifetime residents where the President Taft house is, but they don't know either. If you do something -- anything -- in public long enough, sooner or later it will be banned. Your low-fat diet is never low enough to exclude Graeter's ice cream. You get through winter listening to Marty and Joe's broadcasts from the grapefruit leagues. Big Red Smokies are a ballpark treat, not cause to dial 9-1-1. If necessary, the city could easily be sliced into two new cities: East and West, and it would take 20 years for anyone to notice something happened. Chocolate and cinnamon, not peppers and beans, are in your chili. You can drive 30 minutes in any direction to hear a different accent than your own. You can accurately judge people's social status by which Kroger's store they frequent. You can go to any church festival in any neighborhood on any weekend and see at least five people you either work with, went to school with, or dated. Even the slightest mention of former baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti makes your blood boil and your ears steam. If the temperature hits 45 degrees, and the sun comes out in any month between November and April, people walk around downtown wearing shades and no jackets. The top stories on the local 6 o'clock evening news look suspiciously like the articles you read in the newspaper that very morning -- and even use the same quotes. Any carbonated beverage is a "coke." Your favorite convenient store sounds like a labor union. You can't hear the words "Mike Brown" without getting angry. You honestly believe that Pete Rose should be in the Baseball Hall Fame. You have more stadiums, coliseums, and arenas than you know what to do with. It doesn't seem weird to you that everyone has an Uncle Al. Your favorite Coney Island isn't in New York. You like Nick Clooney better than George Clooney. You know how Jerry Springer got his start. You know what a pony keg is. You have friends and neighbors with names like Machenheimer, Guckenberger, Schlottman, Schoenling, and Schweitering. You know that cars (like eggs) are cheaper in the country. An all-boys or all-girls school doesn't seem that odd to you You think a mixed marriage is when an East Sider marries a West Sider. You know the difference between Hudy and "Who Dey." You know what cream ale is, and you think that cream soda should be bright red. You think Kentucky is only slightly more civilized than Afghanistan. You know in which state the Greater Cincinnati Airport is located. You actually understand the word, "CRAVE" and white castle burgers. You can almost name the seven "hills" minus one or two.

Nevermind on the Ohio one. It's just stupid. ;)

I'm old...

You Are 32 Years Old

32 Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

I wonder why my office is warm....

This is a typical day at Peter's Desk


What you don't really see is the other computer that is under the desk. The silver box is a Shuttle PC. It's one of the top 4 fastest computers in the building. One of these days, I'll have to take pictures of the super computers that we have here.

Right now, the office inventory goes something like this...

Shuttle PC (For Video editing and for the Visualization room)
Dell Wireless Notebook (Dave Millhorn's - Director of the department)
Dell POS cheap ass computer that is going into a Zebra Fish lab and will be for the sole purpose of taking the temperature of 6 tanks.
Dell Semi-POS that is MY Work computer. At least it's got a hyperthreading processor.

Here's another shot of some of the stuff.....

New Project...

At work... I have a new project. I am building a web-page for our little IT group. It will have some common instructions. Such as use of the Terminal Server, or how to access the file server, or how to setup your e-mail. I have started taking screen shots that I can cut bits out of. I have also been culling screen-shots from different web sites that I can use.

More snow drivin'

Now I know why most cars in Cincy have dents and/or missing trim pieces. They expect to get into accidents in the snow. I'm of another school. I want to avoid contact with other cars at all costs. I would rather take an hour to drive 10 miles than hit other cars trying to do it quickly. Good God I hate Cincy drivers.

Janey had some work to do in the lab, so....

We went to the Vontz center today.


We took the truck because of the oft-mentioned summer only tires on the Miata.

Nothing sadder than a Miata on Azeni's in the snow.


At least there weren't many cars on the road.


We had the camera with us so while we were driving I suggested to Janey that she might take some pictures.

Burnett Woods looked very pretty while we were driving


Janey's parking pass only let us park on the top (Uncovered) floor of the parking garage, so we couldn't see the lines. We should have taken pics of it, but it was just the truck in a sea of white. Times like this that I sort of wish that she had taken the post at AECOM. It would have been a case of walk across the street to go to the lab.

The Vontz looks even cooler in the snow


Janey was dressed for the weather (Other than the shoes...)


I wasn't so much. But I stayed warm.


Note to self. Zipper-hoodie might not be quite enough protection from the wind. Time to get out the ski-jacket. And wear a light sweater underneat it. THe Sweater for warmth and the ski-jacket is just a shell, but it's good enough for keping out the wind.

a sort of impromptu date...

Woke up late. Ate breakfast around noon. Did Laundry. Watched Janey attempt to study. Around 2:30 we looked at each other and we both knew it was time to drive up north to look at our house. I quickly logged on to Walgreens to put in an refil order for Janey's no-baby-stickers so we could pick them up while we were in the area, then we took off.Attempted a different way in to Maineville and found a kick-butt "B" road that we will have to take some more in the summer. Top down looking at all the green that will be there. Very nice twisty road. The pickup wasn't the best vehicle for it, but I still don't have even all-season tires on the Miata (after bringing back the factory wheels when we came back from California) so the Azeni's weren't going anywhere when there's chances for snow.

Anyway, we left the apartment. Mostly just to get both of us out of the apartment and not in to work. We went up to the house site, and looked at our basement (That's still all it is...) and talked to our sales lady. Then we went down to the local Walgreens, then we went to Costco, followed by a quick side trip to HomeDepot. We found some wallpaper that we thought was cool, but we are waiting until we have the house so we can take the book to our house to look at colors on location before ordering the wall-paper. I even found a silvery and blue hot-rod flame border print that I want to put in the garage. Looks very very dude-ish.

Then we went out to dinner. We normally avoid that expense, but it seemed like a night that we should spend a bit of money on ourselves.

We tried a Pizza place that we had been smelling every time we were headed up to Maineville. It's called Pizza Tower. Best Pizza we've had in Cincy. Even better than the pizza we had while drunk up at Mt. Adams. I thought it was even better than the pizza we had over in Newport, Kentucky.

Then we went back to our apartment. Overall it was a very enjoyable day. I love my wife, I love my job, & I really really like it here in Cincy.

Whistling in the dark...

Somedays I will sit at my desk at work and I will suddenly start to whistle. It will be a real song, but somedays I won't know the words or where it came from. It's just a bit of a tune in my head.

A couple of days ago, I had this wonderful song pop up and I had to whistle it, but it took me about 4 hours to remember where it came from. It was the main theme from the movie "The Last Emperor". Then today, I was whistling the song from the wedding scene in the end of "The Muppets Take Manhattan".

Pop quiz. Does anybody remember the names of the 2 old guys that sit in the balcony in the Muppet Show that make fun of all the other characters? I remember it, but then again, I am a total movie and TV show nerd. They even refer to each other by their proper names when riding in a horse drawn carriage in the Central Park scene in Muppets take Manhattan. Here's a hint. One is named the same as a pen company, and the other is named the same as a salad.

Comments with your guesses will be expected.

Rachel's gone nuts!!!

I can't believe that my little siter has gone and bought a full sized SUV with 8 seatbelts. She's a single mom with only one kid!!!


Has she gone crazy?


Methinks that she has!


Anyways, if she feels the need for something that size, then at least she's gotten a Honda. As I write this, She and pop's are in the drive-through in ElPaso, Texas. It's a wonder if they make it back without one killing the other.

Janey pooh!

Snapped a pic last night. Janey says that it makes her nose look too flat.

Toys at work.

I love my job. This week more toys came in. Got this neat little flashlight buddy.


We keep getting more tool kits recently. We are also getting ready to build a few new PC's. The director of the department requested a new fast PC. He's going to end up with the second fastest PC that doesn't fall into our SuperComputer description. We have a couple of those. Like our 16 node SGI Altix 3000 system. Gotta love anything that has 16 CPUs all sharing one bank of RAM. Our new super computer should be in soon. It's a 40 node dual AMD Opteron setup with the 40 seperate motherboards connected on Infiniband (That's about 2x the speed of the standard FibreOptic networks. Should be around 4000bits/sec full duplex) and running a version of a Linux Beowolf cluster. We should be faster than anything in Ohio other than OSC's Cray.

I love my job.

Peter's got an office!!!

I have an Office!


I have a pretty cool PC (Dual P4 3.2Ghz, 1Gb of RAM)


And a fair amount of desk-space.