tag:www.daisypit.net,2012://63 2012-03-30T01:00:49Z sometimes it is the world, and sometimes it is you. Movable Type 3.36 tag:www.daisypit.net,2012://63.5599 2012-03-30T00:50:06Z 2012-03-30T01:00:49Z

I was just reading an article about ways that a physician can resist a patient's inappropriate request for antibiotics. Evidently, this is a common issue where patients feel like they need "something" to "fix" their bad feelings, so they insist...

hey you http://www.daisypit.net/ here. i found the article pretty interesting, almost buddhist. There was one sentence that really resonated with me. It effectively said that if you are having trouble summoning empathy for another person, than it was possible that you are not getting your needs met and are on the road to compassion burn out. Or to say it another way, how can you effectively help others when you are not at your best? I think this is one of those magic tricks that we can all learn. How to transform assholes into normal people! If you are in that rare position of being able to impact or give a person something they need, you should! See if a few days of this makes them any better of a person. And the heck with others, how about yourself? Isn't it always a good time to work on your inner asshole? (let's ignore the outer asshole :) haha - so, that being said. How do we determine what we really need? Well, one fun way is to attempt to go without and then see what breaks. In the IT industry, this troubleshooting method is what we refer to as the "let's just disconnect the thing and see who complains". This is a fun way to do things, and it makes an assumption. That you can listen to yourself enough to actually notice what is broken. I see a lot of crazy people who can't hear themselves. Personally, i think this is when meditation is a good idea. but really people, we have to start listening to ourselves first. Thanks for all the fish! ]]> tag:www.daisypit.net,2012://63.5594 2012-03-12T23:37:06Z 2012-03-12T23:54:26Z

I had the inclination to go back through my blog entries this weekend. I wound up reading the last two years and it made me realize a few things: 1. I think I'm hilarious 2. I watched too much 'Buffy'...

hey you http://www.daisypit.net/ I had the inclination to go back through my blog entries this weekend. I wound up reading the last two years and it made me realize a few things: 1. I think I'm hilarious 2. I watched too much 'Buffy' (yo!) 3. My last ten entries sucked! So I deleted them. While I've always thought of this blog as a casual exercise in writing (note *making entries via iPad seems to have killed my ability to self-grammar check), it really appears to be more of an exercise in critical thinking. And that's why I nuked those entries. Cause they appear to have been written by a person with reality problems. And while I may indeed have problems, I certainly don't need to go broadcasting them. hah! So while not a whole lot has changed between now and the last ten entries (I still have a loml and mini-loml), I am going to attempt to think better. or mo' better betta.. and with that said, on with the crazy! ... So today I got kind of unprofessional with someone at work. I was totally provoked! but sure enough, while driving home, I got that bad bad feeling like I had screwed up. And after thinking it through a few times, I had to eat some reality and admit to myself that my reaction - not good. "But", i thought to myself, "I'm still young, making stupid mistakes." ooh no. Stop. stop now. I'm not young. I should know better. or in the words of Det. Murtough, "I'm too old for this shit". As indeed I am. Seriously, I spent several hours this weekend having the mini-loml throw up on me! Repeatedly! And you know what I was thinking as little miss puked in my hands? "Wow - I remember when a wild weekend meant that I was the one doing the puking". but no, I'm a big girl now; I catch other people's vomit at home. So why is it any different at work? (actually, i think it takes a lot of love to let someone throw up on you, but let's just go with it). So if I have to be old (and i am, just ask my babysitters), I might as well claim some of the alleged benefits, like wisdom, maturity, knowing better, and all that jazz.. and definitely before i start catching the negative bits, like crappy driving! tag:www.daisypit.net,2011://63.5534 2011-04-13T02:05:43Z 2011-04-13T02:19:18Z

the great thing about kids is all the stuff you get to learn. take this example, please. A few days ago, the loml turns to me and says "I know why parents play the airplane game". He's referring to that...

hey you http://www.daisypit.net/ the great thing about kids is all the stuff you get to learn. take this example, please. A few days ago, the loml turns to me and says "I know why parents play the airplane game". He's referring to that feeding ritual where the parent holds a spoon of food in their hand, and moves it through the air, like a plane, before putting the food in the kid's mouth. Anyway, I bite, "ok, why do people play the airplane game?" "Most people think its to get the baby to open their mouth", he says, "but really, its to stop the kid from grabbing the spoon when they get fed." "oooh", says I. "My sister just holds the bowl in front of the mini-loml. Then when she tries to grab it, she sticks the spoon in her mouth". "Whatever", says the loml, "My way is easier. So hey, that's pretty interesting right. But even more interesting to me, is the conversation that I have with my sister yesterday. "I know why parents play the airplane game!", she says. And I get this feeling of deja vu, but I ask her anyway. "Why do people play the airplane game?" "Its to get the baby to open their mouth!" I think I mutter some sort of acknowledgment at this point. but the good news is, no matter what people think is going on, the baby is getting fed. tag:www.daisypit.net,2011://63.5529 2011-04-03T14:55:04Z 2011-04-03T15:07:50Z

yesterday i finally had the chance to clear out the garden bed and side planting area at Meowderly. The weather was tolerable and the little loml was taking a nap. This area of the yard has presented some challenge in...

hey you http://www.daisypit.net/ yesterday i finally had the chance to clear out the garden bed and side planting area at Meowderly. The weather was tolerable and the little loml was taking a nap. This area of the yard has presented some challenge in the past. The previous owner had taken an approach that resulted in a look between "desert survival" and "untended yard scrapple". The first year we moved in, we did very little besides some pruning. The second year, the loml graciously installed a raised bed for me to grow edibles, a fun experiment that resulted in a random crop since I didn't heat treat the compost. That year, I randomly planted some pretty flowers (phlox and hibiscus) in the yard, tried to get the existing plants to flourish (lavender and forsythia), and then got completely sidelined by my pregnancy. This year, I'm finally ready to take some action. My friend Yijia keeps insisting that I need to plan out what I want to do, otherwise this yard will wind up like the other side yard which is an experiment in "I wonder what the plants are going to do now?" well, I'm pretty bad at planning out the yard, but after performing this initial cleanup, I definitely have some ground rules: 1 - Day Lilies are officially being accorded "weed" status. With the exception of a decorative border, they will be removed. 2 - The Lavender and Forsythia are being given notice. Either they start flourishing and looking pretty, or I am going to rip them out and possibly NOT REPLANT them. They are in pretty bad locations as it is. 3 - Where is my phlox? I planted two of them last year and I'm not actually sure where they are or what they are doing. Must locate! 4 - I need to lay down some mulch or ground cover or whatever it is you do when you define where things are. There is a new sheriff in town! tag:www.daisypit.net,2011://63.5528 2011-04-01T01:40:04Z 2011-04-01T01:49:25Z

I recently "upgraded" to Office 2010 (for work). and as far as I can tell, its not much crazier than 2007 with the ribbon of whack but Outlook seems to be trying to take over my desktop. But this is...

hey you http://www.daisypit.net/ I recently "upgraded" to Office 2010 (for work). and as far as I can tell, its not much crazier than 2007 with the ribbon of whack but Outlook seems to be trying to take over my desktop. But this is nothing really; I'm just looking for an excuse to transition into what I really want to talk about. Which is my TOTALLY AWESOME spreadsheet for all the plants I am growing from seed, indoors ( I did my spreadsheet in Excel 2010 - see! ). Anyway, I've got about 31 jiffy pellets/pots of various sizes underneath my grow light, containing a variety of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, beets, and kohlrabi. Because they are all in different sizes, I keep rearranging them, and pruning off the undesired sprouts, and generally micro-managing the heck out of them. Which is why I needed a spreadsheet, because the constant redrawing of my seed pot vegetable configuration on post-it notes was getting old. And my spreadsheet is so cool! Using the data validation and conditional formatting options in excel, I've got it set up so that I can drop-down list populate any cell from a master inventory list, and once the cell is populated, it automatically color codes itself based on the type of vegetable it is!!! I can create a color-coded representation of my plants in seconds, EVERY TIME I REARRANGE THEM! who knew gardening was so fun?! tag:www.daisypit.net,2011://63.5526 2011-03-15T01:08:18Z 2011-03-15T01:41:48Z

As you may have guessed by my frequent rant-er-riffic movie review entries, I love movies! I especially have a soft spot for bad movies, specifically in the category of sappy foreign romance (I heart you andy lau), awful video game...

hey you http://www.daisypit.net/ Blood of Beasts' (note that it appears they attempted a re-release with a different title a couple of years after it was made). There were all kinds of harbingers of doom on this one. When the loml saw it, he totally got miffed about how crappy it was going to be (i think this was based on the title and the fact that I requested it in the first place). So I figured I should watch it quickly and then dispose of it. So I popped it into the DVD player and immediately noticed something else. Production quality was low. low low low. The titles looked like they had been done with power point. but I persisted. Then I noticed that one of the actors was Justin Whalin.. that name sounded familiar, and when I saw him I knew I had to stop watching this movie. Mainly because a) he used to be Jimmy Olsen on 'Lois & Clark' and has been in *nothing* worth watching since and b) all the guys in this movie had really bad weaves. This is supposed to be some kind of medieval adventure, so all the men have long hair. But instead of investing in wigs, these ren-festers decided to go with, I kid you not, really bad weave jobs. I think it was the sight of this bad hair that really made me decide to quit. So I ejected the DVD, turned to the loml, and said, "That's it. Maybe I should start using some kind of rating system before I add things to my Netflix queue. Like a rotten tomatoes rating. I'll just figure out what my threshold for bad movies is, and take the average of that." The response from the loml wasn't really transcribable, but suffice to say, he still loves me even though my funny ideas are no longer funny to him. anyway, I tried looking up movies that were on my threshold of bad, like 'dragonball: evolution' but the ratings wound up too low to use (13% is too low). So, I started checking out other movies for fun. Did you know 'Conan the Barbarian' has a 76% rating? I love that movie. So I realized that instead of trying to avoid bad movies, maybe I should look for good movies instead. So I checked out my top 3 movies that I think are genuinely good, well made, and that I enjoyed. 1. Inception - 86% 2. Sex, Lies, and Video Tape - 97% (my favourite movie of all time from 2003 to now) 3. Dangerous Liasons - 93% (my previous favourite movie of all time from 1993 - 2003) which gives me an average of...92%. Well, that certainly would have saved me from watching that glorified 3D piece of **** movie named 'Avatar' (came in at 83%). So this number must be good. Which leads me to the next problem. How can I find a listing of movies at 92% and up so I can build my netflix list? Does rotten tomatoes have this option??? --- quick update --- looks like they do have something. Check out their top movies list here. ]]> tag:www.daisypit.net,2011://63.5524 2011-03-04T12:30:08Z 2011-03-04T21:36:32Z

Why can't Michael Rosenbaum catch a break? This guy is a good actor. I knew it the moment I first saw him in 'Sorority Boys' and confirmed when I re-watched 'Urban Legend', this time not focusing on Jared Leto. But...

hey you http://www.daisypit.net/ Michael Rosenbaum catch a break? This guy is a good actor. I knew it the moment I first saw him in 'Sorority Boys' and confirmed when I re-watched 'Urban Legend', this time not focusing on Jared Leto. But yes I know, those movies weren't very good. But seriously! Michael Rosenbaum is way better than James Franco! James Franco is like one step up from Keanu Reeves. And I love James Franco! I loved him in 'Pineapple Express' and I love that he got himself some episodes on General Hospital, and I especially love that he was in '127 Hours' but more because I really dig the Aron Ralston story... but that doesn't mean he's a good actor. So why is he doing so freakin' well when Michael Rosenbaum looks like he's gonna spend his career like Mark Walhberg (cute but massively unappreciated for his acting)? I suppose it would help if Mr. Rosenbaum weren't participating in movies like 'Dragonlance: Dragons of the Autumn Twilight'. which, yes, I had the dubious honor of watching last night. and yes, you caught me, this whole rant is just a sneaky way to back into a movie review for something you never want to see. Dragonlance: DotAT is an animated version of the the Weiss/Hickman fantasy novels from the 80's. Or as the loml comments, "no, i didn't read them. Those books were stupid." and to which I can now add, "omg. do NOT watch that movie. It was really bad." And normally, I enjoy a bad movie. I even enjoy bad kids movies, like 'the last airbender'. But this, this was seriously horrible. I will now sum up the horrible in three points so that we can never mention it again:

1. They off-shored the animation. Did you know that India has an animation industry? No? Well, I think I know why. The animation in this movie was so bad, I initially thought that the work had been done in the 80's, left abandoned in a vault, quickly touched up in the 90's, abandoned again, and then was finally released with voice work in 2008. but no. evidently all this stuff was done on purpose sometime around 2007. AND IT SUCKS! If the studio really wanted to save money, they could've just farmed it out to a mass of college students working in computer visual arts programs around the country and then just compiled the work... It would've been so much better.
2. Confusing violence. A lot of people die in this movie. Women, children, old people, young people, and a fair amount of monsters. but for some reason, not everybody bleeds, and only at odd times in the movie. Was this movie for kids? Cause a lot of them get killed, pretty obviously, in the story. and yet, there is also some weird sexual tension and I don't know what else. the content-level was really just a mess.
3. That's about it really. The first two points really cover 95% of the bad that was this movie. Of small note, is the fanboy puling that they shouldn't have attempted to jam the plot line of the entire book into one small movie, but really that's small potatoes at this point.

Oh well.. one can only hope that Michael Rosenbaum strikes it lucky with his next movie. whenever he gets one. I promise to watch it!]]> tag:www.daisypit.net,2011://63.5522 2011-02-25T13:50:04Z 2011-02-25T14:42:20Z

So a couple of weeks ago, I decided to try Tim Ferris' Four hour body diet. Basically, he said that a super low carb diet is the key to losing body fat. So I did it. For six days, all...

hey you http://www.daisypit.net/ So a couple of weeks ago, I decided to try Tim Ferris' Four hour body diet. Basically, he said that a super low carb diet is the key to losing body fat. So I did it. For six days, all I did was eat vegetable omelets, cottage cheese, salsa, 15 bean soup, vegetable stir fry with no rice, salad, nuts, and sea weed. and lots and lots of water. And then I measured myself. I lost about 3 lbs, a half a percent of body fat, 1 inch from my waist and 2 inches off my hips. I consider the inches to be the success of the week. thus emboldened, I decided to add some sort of physical exercise to the mix. Plus, my sister (pissed off because I stopped eating her breakfast cooking) kept saying that if I didn't exercise then my diet wasn't going to work the way I thought it would. On a side note, all I wanted was some results for cheap effort. And I must admit, when you cut out carbs, its amazingly easy to convince your body to eat omelets and bean soup for a week straight. And, I actually feel better. So I decided to move onto phase 2: the kettleball. Tim Ferris recommends a 36 lb kettleball for women, and only one basic exercise - the two handed swing. So I went online to buy me one. Which leads me to a mini rant about how exercise is marketed towards women. This isn't the same rant that Tim Ferris has in his book, where he basically says that specific exercises for women are bullshit. This is the one about how the kettleballs that are marketed towards women, and I can tell because they colored them pink and yellow, are all three or five pounds. Are you kidding me?!! You can't accomplish anything doing a two handed swing with a five pound kettleball. I've had five pound handweights for years, and a fat lot of good they ever did me. I need at least thirty pounds to get anywhere. Where is my pink thirty pound kettleball??? So fine, I got an amazing good deal with cheap shipping on a thirty pound, black kettleball from wal-mart. When it arrived I named it 'Al' (short for Almost Pood - A pood is a russian unit of mass used for kettleballs, approx 36 lbs) and started using it as Tim suggested. About five minutes a day on monday, wednesday, and friday coupled with some back stretches. Now I can hear you say "5 minutes a day!" What was all the ranting about if you are only going to use it 15 minutes a week. Well, like I said, I'm looking for cheap results - which is really what Tim Ferris' book is about. Tomorrow, I'll be doing another set of body measurements and we'll see what happens. Note* I did start eating carbs again but I did reduce a lot of them based on what I learned during my week of dieting. tag:www.daisypit.net,2011://63.5517 2011-02-14T23:16:23Z 2011-02-14T23:29:01Z

sooo... along with starting a new 30 day food plan (as dictated by 'the four-hour body') I also started a food diary, but instead of writing anything down I just take a picture and post it with the flickr iphone...

hey you http://www.daisypit.net/ my Flickr food here.]]> tag:www.daisypit.net,2011://63.5514 2011-02-13T01:00:14Z 2011-02-13T01:11:58Z

So Tim Ferris came out with another book called 'The Four Hour Body' and I bought it. Because I believe Tim Ferris. His first book, 'The Four-Hour workweek', was my bible for about 3 months in 2008. And yes, it...

hey you http://www.daisypit.net/ The Four Hour Body' and I bought it. Because I believe Tim Ferris. His first book, 'The Four-Hour workweek', was my bible for about 3 months in 2008. And yes, it worked for me. I know a lot of people think Tim Ferris is a liar or just someone trying to push a gimmick. I think he is a genius who has figured out how to screw around in life, do what he wants, and make a living doing it. I also think he tells the truth. So back to the four-hour body. Its a collection of body hacks, not a diet book. But I wouldn't know because instead of reading the 'reducing body fat' section, I skipped ahead to some of the other stuff (which I may or may not cover later). but one funny thing is that in the first chapter or two of the book, Tim asks you, the reader, to do some actions to get yourself invested in improving your body. So I committed and got the loml to take some pics of me in my underwear, printed them onto a 4x6 magnet, and stuck that sucker on the fridge. First of all, it was a pretty funny conversation: "Honey, can you take some pictures of me in my underwear?" which would have been kind of fun except i'm in my 'last pair of ugly underwear that is the signal to do a load of laundry' underwear. And, I'm in the post-pregnancy phase of skinny-fat. And I don't give a shit what any of you out there are saying. Just because I'm a size 4 does not mean that I'm in shape. Of course during all this, my sister comes upstairs, and I'm all like "How come you always show up when the weird shit is going on?" to which she responds "What? its not you aren't running around in your underwear half the time anyway.." (note* this is not true - I don't know what she is talking about). Anyway, so now I have this pic of me on the fridge. and its taunting me. like every time I walk through the kitchen. I had no idea how creepy it would be. but don't worry folks, if you visit, I'll probably wind up hiding it somewhere. ]]> tag:www.daisypit.net,2011://63.5513 2011-02-10T01:11:15Z 2011-02-10T01:16:38Z

So evidently, my memory is worse than previously imagined (and i was imagining pretty bad). This morning, I got up and did my morning routine o' stuff. About 6 hours later, I stopped in the bathroom and was just amazed...

hey you http://www.daisypit.net/ So evidently, my memory is worse than previously imagined (and i was imagining pretty bad). This morning, I got up and did my morning routine o' stuff. About 6 hours later, I stopped in the bathroom and was just amazed by my hair. "It's mighty frisky today!" was what I was thinking... and about twenty seconds later I remembered that I was on a no-shampoo/conditioner trial with my hair. I think I better remove those bottles from my shower before I forget again and blow the 'speriment. Something else I remembered was the last time I stayed at home for an extended period of time, I kind of went nuts. For those of you who haven't read those slightly whacked out blog entries, I was gainfully unemployed for four months back in '08. man, i hope that doesn't happen again. tag:www.daisypit.net,2011://63.5512 2011-02-09T03:17:19Z 2011-02-09T03:21:56Z

So this week, I was removed from my office at work. Evidently, while my company is super awesome in all other respects, they're not above a little aggressive cost cutting. So to spare you all the whinging, I am basically...

hey you http://www.daisypit.net/ So this week, I was removed from my office at work. Evidently, while my company is super awesome in all other respects, they're not above a little aggressive cost cutting. So to spare you all the whinging, I am basically working out of my serenity room for now. There are some perks, but the downsides are there. I keep sneaking off to write e-mails as the thoughts strike me, so some mental discipline needs to be learned. and it also looks like my dress has also started to slide. I've started wearing jeans during the week, even though I did stop by the office each day. and other little things have started to creep in.. like maybe I can start up on lifestyle experimentation again. I've really been dying to stop washing my hair for a couple of months now. I'm convinced that if I just stop subjecting my hair to all these shampoo and conditioning treatments, that my scalp will achieve some sort of natural balance with its own oils, and the resulting hair style will be wonderous. or maybe not. but I still want to find out. So from now on, its water only. at least until I break. tag:www.daisypit.net,2011://63.5511 2011-02-01T03:28:29Z 2011-02-01T03:46:53Z

maybe its the half a Costco pizza that I just had for dinner, but the thought of the upcoming Mir vs Roy Nelson fight just leaves me feeling ill. Seriously. Ill. I'm talking about upcoming UFC 130 fight card. ugh....

hey you http://www.daisypit.net/ maybe its the half a Costco pizza that I just had for dinner, but the thought of the upcoming Mir vs Roy Nelson fight just leaves me feeling ill. Seriously. Ill. I'm talking about upcoming UFC 130 fight card. ugh. (that's MMA for the rest of you. I suppose every gal has to have one sport that she's gung ho about, and badminton just hasn't been cutting it for me lately). Just the thought of seeing Nelson up against Mir, its like setting down last week's frito pie next to a nice piece of steak. gah! well, i know Frank Mir won't let me down. He may be overly self-serving, but he's got a good grip on reality - unlike some of those other guys and today I mean you, BJ Penn. I haven't been able to take you seriously for at over a year now and counting. I'm curious to see how "Big Country" comes out for this one, especially after that last loss to Junior Dos Santos. If memory serves me correctly, I think Roy was just athletically outclassed on that one. The only thing that really stood him well was his ability to take repeated punches to the head without getting knocked out. And that was impressive. Sad to watch though. So hopefully Mir will be able to finish this fight off sooner than later. So come on Frank, I've like you ever since you coached on UFC. You are my favourite asshole of the whole bunch. And witnessing the competition, that's saying a lot. tag:www.daisypit.net,2011://63.5510 2011-01-15T00:46:46Z 2011-01-15T00:57:56Z

Tonight, I'm gonna play Warcraft! Oh yeah.. Is it gonna be awesome? Yeah Are you gonna kick ass? Yeah!!! ... Actually, that's probably a lie. I'm probably gonna die for awhile. Then I'll go herbing, and probably sell some shit...

hey you http://www.daisypit.net/ Tonight, I'm gonna play Warcraft! Oh yeah.. Is it gonna be awesome? Yeah Are you gonna kick ass? Yeah!!! ... Actually, that's probably a lie. I'm probably gonna die for awhile. Then I'll go herbing, and probably sell some shit to try to make some money... Then I might make a new character and then hide out for awhile trying to get to level 10. hah! hah!]]> tag:www.daisypit.net,2011://63.5509 2011-01-08T00:41:08Z 2011-01-08T01:03:49Z

This is my "Tron: Legacy" rant. Its not really a review but it does contain spoilers for the movie, so please, do not read this if you are planning on watching the movie. First of all, I love the original...

hey you http://www.daisypit.net/ This is my "Tron: Legacy" rant. Its not really a review but it does contain spoilers for the movie, so please, do not read this if you are planning on watching the movie. First of all, I love the original "Tron" movie. I know its cheesy and that the effects are dated. But for what it is, I think its awesome. So with that in mind, I have got to tell you that my favourite parts of the new Tron movie were when they paid homage to the old movie. The bits with tron and the light-sail thingy and the cycles, and especially the dramatic poses at the end with Sam and Cora. love love love. I'm also a sucker for thematic music and pretty graphics, so if you saw the movie then you know that for me, the entire movie was practically a love-fest in my head. but after all that, I did have a couple of issues.. or more. First of all, I have a sneaking suspicion that if you were a member of the audience who wasn't familiar with the original movie, then quite possibly, you thought this movie sucked. The technical details were a bit ridiculous. Did we really need to see the bits of command line or have Flynn trying to explain code in the grid to the audience? In the first movie, Flynn bring a program back to life just by touching her. So why did they have to make things complicated? Trying to mock up this computer shit for an audience never pans out. So why did they try? and the plot? What was that? Did we need a Zen Flynn? Did we really need a mystical race of native information life forms that were somehow the hope of the digital future? I think we would have been ok with evil-Flynn (CLU) just attempting to take over the internet or whatever. Isn't that enough? Did we all forget that the plot line of the original movie was just about a programmer trying to get credit for a computer game? And (in my mind) the saddest mistake in the movie was they shorted Tron. You know, Tron, the guy that the movie is named after??? Its a beautifully tragic side story. Tron is the original champion, gets corrupted by CLU while defending Flynn, and then triumphs in the end by somehow winning an internal battle and returning to the side of the light, even though it costs him his life (we suspect). But somehow, this amazing character and his tragic story only got about 5 minutes of screen time during which they mostly showcase some ninja fighting skills. Now, I'm not saying we needed to drama this up. But would it have killed them to finally show his face at the end, with maybe a couple of pithy exit lines? Think something like how Darth Vader gets to say "You were right, Luke. You were right. eeecccchhh" before he finally kicks the bucket. That's all I was asking for, a noble ending for a great character. so that's what I thought. Hows about you?