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Do people know me?

Asa (as usual), seems to be creepy, and talk about things that I’ve been thinking about as well (as if he can read my mind).

So here’s what I got from NameStatistics.com:

Robert is the #3 most common male name. 3.143% of men in the US are named Robert. Around 3850175 US men are named Robert!

Robert is the #996 most common female name. 0.008% of females in the US are named Robert. Around 10200 US females are named Robert!

Robert is the #2533 most common last name. 0.005% of last names in the US are Robert. Around 12500 US last names are Robert!

That’s interesting. But look what I found perhaps 2 hours before reading his post… Google knows me enough to correct people who butcher my name:
Robert Acettura
Robert Acetura
Robert Accetura
Even the Humorous

I dominate when searching for Accettura

Robert, Mozilla I’m a little deeper

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Happy New Years

Happy New Years!

Peace, health, and fun.

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Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS
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Happy birthday to Me

You say it’s your birthday
Well it’s my birthday too yeah
They say it’s your birthday
We’re gonna have a good time
I’m glad it’s your birthday
Happy birthday to you

Yes we’re going to a party party
Yes we’re going to a party party
Yes we’re going to a party party

I would like you to dance (birthday)
Take a cha-cha-cha-chance (birthday)
I would like you to dance (birthday)
Dance

I would like you to dance (birthday)
Take a cha-cha-cha-chance (birthday)
I would like you to dance (birthday)
Dance

You say it’s your birthday
Well it’s my birthday too yeah
You say it’s your birthday
We’re gonna have a good time
I’m glad it’s your birthday
Happy birthday to you

– The Beatles

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Finals coming around

Ugh. Finals approaching.

Don’t expect to hear much from me over the next few days, unless you send me a “good luck” message via your favorite form of communication (Email, comment), in which case you might get a “Thank you” if I get a chance to breath. πŸ˜‰

Lucky me, the worst hits hard, then the easy comes later in the week, meaning by Tuesday afternoon, I can start to relax a bit, knowing the bad is over, and the easy is here.

Exception: You may here something from me if you have something important, interesting, or if I know you. In that case, bring it on. πŸ˜€ Otherwise, let me be.

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Tis a busy day

Already cleaned snow (damn snow plow blocked the driveway, as usual), for the third time this weekend. Worked out, going to take a shower and eat. After that, I get to write my 4th speech for public speaking, make a visual, program, study for finals, and of course watch the Simpsons, and Malcolm in the Middle. Oh, and a take home quiz for Statistics I.

Going to be a busy 24 hrs. Then next week is going to stink.

Then an easy 4 weeks 😎

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Worked way to late/early

Worked way to late last night… well early this morning. Started at 6:30… finished 4:00 (a few minutes early).

It was a bad experience, and I’m not thrilled. I’m quite tired, but that nap I took helped a ton. Will take another later so I can watch South park. Then to bed.

Still, a moment of downtime, so I’m working more on that CMS.

Yet another side note: For those that don’t know already, Jay Allen’s MT-Blacklist/Comment Spam Clearinghouse is a godsend. Since I’ve been using it, nothing has gotten by so far.

I’m just waiting for perl based auto-updating of the master-blacklist. I don’t do Python here. I recommend it to all my blogging buddies. It’s a great product. And props to Jay for the release. He’s saved blogging.

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Happy Thanksgiving

As I normally don’t work on Thanksgiving, let me say now HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

For those non-Americans, Thanksgiving is when the US invades Turkey, and kills Turkeys that weight several pounds (babies if you will), and eat them. It’s a proud tradition. Some more progressive Americans feel it’s discrimination, so they eat meat from several ethnic backgrounds and countries, as to not offend.

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Why must my ass get kicked?

School is starting to kick my ass. I’ve got lots of studying this week, meaning much less outside work (read: anything visible online) will be done in the next few days. Unfortunately, MacVillage is coming along, and is becoming very standards compliant. I’m thrilled to be working with standards more than ever. So much so, I’m becoming addicted to it (yikes).

But cool stuff will follow the silence.

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Why I can’t be an accountant

I can’t be an accountant because:

  1. Accounting is boring.
  2. Accounting involves math, I have an allergy to math.
  3. Accounting involves pencils, I like pens.
  4. Accountants are CPA’s. Not exactly a catchy title.
  5. Accounting is examining other people’s money… not my own.
  6. Accounting as “counting” in the name. Not exactly something to impress people with.
  7. Accounting office parties just sound lame… they must be 10X worse than they sound.
  8. Top of the line Accounting software is “Peach Tree”. Not “Peach”, not “tree”, “Peach Tree”. A little fruity. At least “Apple” sounds cool. “Peach” just doesn’t.
  9. Celebrating the Fiscal New Year sounds like the most depressing new year yet.
  10. I don’t want to be somebody’s “Bob from Accounting”. Eek.

“Call Bob from accounting. See if he has those TPS reports ready” [Sound of gunshot as Bob kills himself]

Needless to say, Accounting I is a pain in the butt.