Software De-Bugging Theme Song

I was reading the "design notes" of a recently released, non-beta version of an on-line game I play. They (the creators/programmers) were going to spend the day fixing known bugs in said game. They said that the day felt like it needed it's own theme song and they asked "Anyone want to write one?". Several people, including myself, decided they would and posted them in the game's forum pages. I was rather proud of the job I did, so I thought I'd share it here too. I haven't written any music for it, though. Not sure if I ever will. Want to collaborate? If you write an original score to go with the lyrics, I'll give you co-credit if I like and use it (if I don't like it for this song, I promise I won't use it for any others without your permission).


Bug-Smash (by TubaMeister)

They like to hide amongst the code,
Waiting…biding their time,
Until at last they strike quite bold;
More annoying than any mime.

We call them ‘bugs’; those little flaws
Created by us, the coders.
Late nights with coffee they will cause
As they slip past the loaders.

Chorus:
Hunt them down; find them all and cause their end;
It’s a bug-smash fest, I say.
Break out the “No-Doze” and pizza, my friend;
We’re fixing bugs today.


Misplaced decimals and typos, too;
Mostly they are those.
Though sometimes we’re without a clue
As to how they first arose.

(Chorus)

We pull our hair and cry at night
With much ado and fanfare
When tough ones cause a long drawn-out fight
Those buggy little nightmares.

(Chorus)

And once we think we’ve got them, Jack,
We start another round
Of coding which only brings them back
And many more are found.

(Repeat Chorus 2 times)

(Chorus and fade)



I think anyone who's done any type of programming would agree with those lyrics.

Favorite Sayings/Quotes

I thought I'd have a little fun today and post some of my favorite sayings, movie/TV quotes, other quotes, etc. Bonus points if you know from whence the movie/TV quotes came...


"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons; for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup."

"Inconceivable!"

"D'oh!"

"I drank WHAT?!?" - Socrates last words (supposedly, though not really - he was condemed to death and had a choice of how to die; he chose drinking hemlock)

"Missed it by 'that much'."

(Examining a dead body...) "I've seen worse."

"Well pinch my toes and call me a jelly doughnut!"

"Excellent!" (No, not from "Bill & Ted")

"I'M DOOOOOOOOOMED!"

"Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck!"

"Hoo, hoo, hoo! Look who knows so much!"

"What's your point?"

"Get your stinking paws off me, you damn, dirty ape!"

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

"That boys' about as subtle as a hand grenade in a barrel of oatmeal."

"Wokka, wokka!"

"They've gone to plaid!"

"I've got a bad feeling about this."

"Liar! Liar!"

-"Oh my God! They killed Kenny!" -"You Bastards!"

"He's dead, Jim."

"Never put off until tomorrow, what you can put off until the day-after-tomorrow."

"Oh, wise guy!"

"Homicide before suicide - there's always someone (else) more deserving."

"Hallo. I am Indigo Montoya. You killed my father; prepare to die."

"M'kay."

"Those who can't 'do', teach."

"We're dead! Game over, man! Game over!"

-"What do you think I am? Stupid?" -"I don't think, I know." -"Well, I don't think you know either!"


Ok, that's enough for now. Maybe I'll post some of the movie/TV answers later.

It's Official - I'm an Uncle...again.

Last Friday (6/9/06), my brother and his wife had their first child - a girl. Her arrival marks a milestone, of sorts: all of my siblings are now married, with children (why do I hear Frank Sinatra singing in my head?). My eldest sister has one girl (so far), my other sister (who is also older than I am) has four boys, and now, my younger brother has a girl. I'm an Uncle 6-times over (woohoo?). And the count is 4 and 2.

I'm sure there are several relatives of mine wondering when it will be my turn. I suppose that's to be expected, seeing as I am still single (and childless). And with no prospects on the horizon, I guess the answer is "I don't know."

Someone actually asked me recently that when I do get married (making the assumption that I eventually will, of course), how many kids do I want. My answer may surprise you: I said "I'll have as many as my wife wants - if she wants zero, then zero; if she wants 137, then 137." Ok, I don't think I actually said "137" (I think it was "10" - something like that anyway), but it gets the point across.

So, do I think I will actually ever get married? I honestly don't know. It's not like I'm in a hurry to get married or anything, but at the same time, I'm not getting any younger.

I'm not opposed to marriage. When people ask me why I'm not married, I tell them "Because no woman in her right mind would marry me...then again, I don't know if I'd want to marry a woman who's in her right mind." It usually get's a laugh - which it's supposed to. I then seriously answer "Either I haven't found her, or she hasn't found me, or both."

In the mean time, I guess I'll just have to settle for the role of Uncle. It's not such a bad job - I can get them all hopped-up on sugar, then send them home where they'll be bouncing off the walls until they collapse into a sugar coma.

Ah, such fun.