The Insomniac Coder

I like to keep a TV running to give me background noise while I work. Daytime TV like talk shows and arbitration shows are better because they have very loose formats. Documentaries don't work very well, if anything turns remotely interesting I would start paying attention to it instead of work. WWII documentaries about the Nazi are usually good for this, especially if the narrator has a droning voice. Thanks to this I have sort of developed a taste for judge shows. I think I like most of them, maybe because when you have a job that demands such a high attention to detail, and with such horrible stress, that watching complete strangers get yelled at for doing stupid things becomes sort of medicinal. Every now and then some idiot goes on print or TV to complain about these judges giving a bad example about how the judicial system works, but they are missing the point: this is all about entertainment. Here's my current "honor roll": Judge Judy Sheindlin: the ...

First Lady Michelle Obama Visits Fort Jackson, SC, to Highlight Intersection of Childhood Obesity and Military Readiness | The White House This is actually one of the chow halls at my Army Basic Training regiment , the 2nd Battalion of the 39th Infantry. That flag is probably covering the tray conveyor window. How do I know? Look at the chairs, our motto is: AAA-O, Anything, Anytime, Anywhere -- Bar Nothing . When we were in basic training most of us were annoyed by having to use it as a greeting (TRIPLE A OH SIR ) but years later I looked into it and learned two things that made me change my mind about it: AAA-O is recognized as a Special Unit Designation , which means that not only it is official, but it can only be used by the 39th Infantry Regiment .  Truth being stranger than fiction, the Germans in WWII were so impressed with the 39th that they assumed AAA-O designated shock troops and they had expected the Allied landings to be spearheaded by troops sporting the AAA...