Kopaka's Ice Engineering

Hattu!

Erebus:

I remain employed by the New Orleans office, even though I haven't been there in over a year. I'm on a field assignment that relocated be 900 miles away. Once that assignment is done, I report to work in the office. In other words, I will not be looking for work in Illinois, in fact, I will move and not look back.

B6:

According to the website, it's MLK weekend, not President's Day. We may end up there yet.

Pinkie,er, Smeag:

The bird will make an entry this year. If a trip to the mid-Atlantic happens this August, it will not include Bonnie: she flew with us only because there was no other way, and we will avoid that until she's older. She may yet be that old in 10 months' time: we'll know then.

GNG:

Which bridge? Did I actually talk about my bridge here?

Kew

Eff

Tee

Thank you, and good night.

-KIE

Ditto.

A thousand times ditto.

*can't wait to move back to a place whose Januaries are marked by brown terrain instead of white*

-KIE

A day will come that we will make our triumphant return to Washington, DC. There's a chance that day will be 2011, but more likely, 2012.

-KIE

Check again: I'm taking Northwestern straight up and Michigan and State against the spread.

I needed to see more against tOSU for me to take Iowa over Mizzou.

I will have my moment, then, where the Astros made it two weeks into September before being mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.

Call me a hater, but I'm glad the Cardinals didn't win the Central this year.

-KIE

Well, we got to go to Olive Garden last night, after having to go into Orland Park to find some winter gear for work purposes.. Thought I'd go ahead and update this.

-KIE

Only $90? You theater guys have it easy. I remember how my chem books were roughly $350. And that was just for one class.

How do you know a car belongs to an engineering student? The books inside are worth more than the vehicle itself.

Seriously, I was paying up to $1400 a semester on my books.

-KIE

Renting textbooks is always an option.

Also, I would exhort you to not believe the upperclassmen when they say there's virtue in skipping class. It varies largely on what you're in college for: if a degree is your goal, class is where you belong. Quality Points won't come any easier than they do in the first 1-3 semesters.

If you're coasting along for something else, then priorities obviously shift.

-KIE

I've heard that on Fridays in St. Bernard Parish, five o'clock comes at 11:30.

I was born 13 weeks before the 80's. :\

No August this year. Probably next year.

He can jump through panes of glass twice as fast and twice as high as Saxton Hale.

-KIE

Still working on hat #1.

They didn't win last year. Last year, the Steelers won.

Colts won SB XLI after the 2006 season.

You are all Saints fans, anyway. *Jedi hand wave*

-KIE

Hydro for the win. Hydro will always win.

*hefty grin*

My question is as follows:

"WHO DAT SAY DEY GONNA BEAT DEM SAINTS?"

The correct response, of course, is "Not Dem Cardinals, Not Dem Vikings, and Not Dem Colts"

-KIE

WHO DAT!

WHO DAT!

WHO DAT SAY DEY GONNA BEAT DEM SAINTS!

It's a party in N'Awlins!

-KIE

WHO DAT!

WHO DAT!

WHO DAT SAY DEY GONNA BEAT DEM SAINTS!

No team should win a game with a -4 turnover margin. No quarterback should throw over the middle late in the game. No quarterback should ever throw across his body when rolling out.

You live by Favre, you die by Favre: just ask the 2007 Packers.

Thank you, Vikings, for a most memorable, if not exhausting, game. Even though you still lead the all-time series 20-8 (2-1 in the playoffs), you are officially welcome on the Saints bandwagon to Miami.

-KIE

We do have a router, but it's not wireless. I'll just have to unplug TiVo and plug in the Wii win the occasion calls for it. That, or move the cable modem & router to the front room. Since we're moving in two-three months, I'm not sure it will happen soon.

Mario Kart is a future possibility, but Mario Bros. is going to be quite a stretch. The first two we plan to pick up are Wii Fit+ and Wii Sports Resort.

No, see, the line is "Who dat say dey gonna beat them Saints!"

The response this week is, of course, "Not dem Vikings."

Ain't happening this year. This year is finally the Next Year we've talked about when we'd say "Wait till next year." This is the year of the Black & Gold Super Bowl.

Your team's road victories include Cleveland (5-11), St. Louis (1-15), Detroit (2-14), and Green Bay (emotional game for 4). Your team's road losses include Arizona, Carolina (not a playoff team), Pittsburgh (not a playoff team), and Chicago (not a playoff team until Cutler leaves). There is no way New Orleans doesn't become your 5th road loss this campaign.

WHO DAT NATION REPRESENT!

-KIE

Makes perfect sense to me.

Math is so cool.