Let's be honest...just about all the news this week was crappy so I'm gonna post up a joke my sister-in-law sent me and call it a day..........
Wrapping Presents With A Cat
1. Clear large space on table for wrapping present.
2. Go to wardrobe and collect bag in which present is contained, and close door.
3. Open door and remove cat from wardrobe.
4. Go to cupboard and retrieve rolls of wrapping paper.
5. Go back and remove cat from cupboard.
6. Go to drawer and collect transparent sticky tape, ribbons, scissors, labels, etc.
7. Lay out present and wrapping materials on table, to enable wrapping strategy to be formed.
8. Go back to drawer to get string, remove cat that has been in the drawer since last visit, and collect string.
9. Remove present from bag.
10. Remove cat from bag.
11. Open box to check present, remove cat from box, replace present.
12. Lay out paper to enable cutting to size.
13. Cut the paper to size, trying to keep the cutting line straight.
14. Throw away first sheet because cat tried to chase the scissors and tore paper.
15. Cut second sheet of paper to size by putting cat in the bag the present came out of.
16. Place present on cut-to-size paper.
17. Lift up edges of paper to seal in present, wonder why edges now don't reach, and find cat between present and paper. Remove cat and retry.
18. Place object on paper, to hold in place, while cutting transparent sticky tape.
19. Spend next 20 minutes carefully trying to remove transparent sticky tape from cat with pair of nail scissors.
20. Seal paper down with transparent sticky tape, making corners as neat as possible.
21. Look for roll of ribbon; chase cat down hall and retrieve ribbon.
22. Try to wrap present with ribbon in a two-directional turn.
23. Re-roll up ribbon and remove paper that is now torn, due to cat's enthusiasm in chasing ribbon end.
24. Repeat steps 12-22 until down to last sheet of paper.
25. Decide to skip steps 12-16 in order to save time and reduce risk of losing last sheet of paper. Retrieve old cardboard box that you know is right size for sheet of paper.
26. Put present in box, and tie down with string.
27. Remove string, open box and remove cat.
28. Put all packing materials in bag with present and head for lockable room.
29. Once inside room, lock door and start to re-lay out packing materials.
30. Remove cat from box, unlock door, put cat outside door, close door and re-lock.
31. Lay out last sheet of paper. (Admittedly this is difficult in the small area of the bathroom, but try your best!)
32. Seal box, wrap with paper and start repairs by very carefully sealing down tears with transparent stick y tape. Now tie up with ribbon and decorate with bows to hide worst affected areas.
33. Label, then sit back and admire your handiwork, congratulating yourself on making good of a bad job.
34. Unlock door, and go to kitchen to make drink and feed cat.
35. Spend next 15 minutes looking for cat, before coming to obvious conclusion.
36. Unwrap present, untie box and remove cat.
37. Retrieve all discarded sheets of wrapping paper, feed cat and retire to lockable room for last attempt, making certain you are alone and the door is locked.
38. At time of handing over present, smile sweetly at receiver's face, as they try and hide their contempt at being handed such a badly wrapped present.
39. Vow to yourself that next year, you will get the store to wrap the thing for you.
Till later.....
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
I thought for sure........
.....we would be..........I can't believe were not #1.
I know lots of folks choose to get divorced for all kinds of reasons.......all I know is that I found the woman of my dreams 25 years ago....she's a sweetie:-)
Our daughter got her passport in the mail yesterday, so she's all set for her trip to Italy this spring, how awesome is that? By the time she settles down and gets married, I hope she gets to travel all over the world......I've said it 9 bazillion times on this here blog-but we have great kids. Our son is totally digging his Xbox 360....it wouldn't surprise me if he ended up writing game software for a career.
Our kids are really the first generation to grow up with computers in school and at home from preschool on through high school.....you have to wonder what it's going to be like in 50 years when our kids are grandparents and they reminisce about the "old" days.
Here's a thought...........let the government run out of money for a year or two. Yeah, I know-that's wackjob thinking but look at how much money we'd save.
Sure seems like a lot of fuss over a movie.....As far as I know-I don't think anyone is gonna be forced at gunpoint into a theater to watch it. What's the big deal? Put things in perspective.
This guys entire life will be defined by this one incident. What a dumbass.
I want one of these. Puts a new meaning on "shredding".
till later.
I know lots of folks choose to get divorced for all kinds of reasons.......all I know is that I found the woman of my dreams 25 years ago....she's a sweetie:-)
Our daughter got her passport in the mail yesterday, so she's all set for her trip to Italy this spring, how awesome is that? By the time she settles down and gets married, I hope she gets to travel all over the world......I've said it 9 bazillion times on this here blog-but we have great kids. Our son is totally digging his Xbox 360....it wouldn't surprise me if he ended up writing game software for a career.
Our kids are really the first generation to grow up with computers in school and at home from preschool on through high school.....you have to wonder what it's going to be like in 50 years when our kids are grandparents and they reminisce about the "old" days.
Here's a thought...........let the government run out of money for a year or two. Yeah, I know-that's wackjob thinking but look at how much money we'd save.
Sure seems like a lot of fuss over a movie.....As far as I know-I don't think anyone is gonna be forced at gunpoint into a theater to watch it. What's the big deal? Put things in perspective.
This guys entire life will be defined by this one incident. What a dumbass.
I want one of these. Puts a new meaning on "shredding".
till later.
Monday, December 03, 2007
Snow? *Please*.
Every year I always look forward to the first snow scare of the season.
For those of us that are so very fortunate to work in retail......honestly, we all think most members of the general public are idiots. Present readers of this blog are excluded, of course.
Seriously, even if we had a huge blizzard, how many days do ya think you would be holed up? 2days? 3days? Everybody has enough Kraft Macaroni and Cheese stuffed into a cupboard somewhere to last a couple days easy.
I know I have some readers from Alaska and a few from the midwest....do people in your area act like they are on meth bender when snow is in the forecast?
In our area, the forecast was for some mixed participation early Sunday that would eventually turn to rain later in the day.
In our store.......eggs-gone....milk-wiped out......bread-sold out......toilet paper-cleaned out....and my favorite.....donuts-I made tons (almost double) extra for Saturday and we had less then 2 dozen left over. I guess that's why the toilet paper was sold out-everyone bought enough food for a week or two.
My wife and I stopped in Wal-Mart late Saturday afternoon......wow, what a cross section of humanity that place is on the weekends. All the fat people were using the motorized carts and some poor handicapped woman had to wait until one was free to do her shopping. Yeah, sure I know some folks are 75 pounds overweight and that's okay but damn ........do they all have to wear Dale Earnhardt belly shirts and ride around on "mobility" carts?
Look in a mirror before you head out the door....nobody needs to see your stretch marks.
I've bought 2 used games to play on our son's Xbox 360.....some poker game and a driving game...that'll keep me busy for at least a few months. I tried playing one of his shoot-em up games the other morning and I kept getting killed. Nobody gets shot in the back of the head with a laser gun playing Texas Hold-em on the 360, so I think I'll stick to that for now.
My wife and I watched the first DVD of Planet Earth last night.....it's the first time I wished we had one of those fancy HDTV's.....the images are breathtaking.
This game might make you toss your PC out the window....click on dots to try and trap the cat. It took me several tries to get the cat trapped....okay it took more then several tries-more like 20 or 25 tries, but I did eventually trap the cat.
Today's art break......it might be or it might not be art and you may or may not like it......but it was at the New York Public Library, so I think it qualifies as "art".
Somebody needs to give Helen Thomas a raise....
till later.
For those of us that are so very fortunate to work in retail......honestly, we all think most members of the general public are idiots. Present readers of this blog are excluded, of course.
Seriously, even if we had a huge blizzard, how many days do ya think you would be holed up? 2days? 3days? Everybody has enough Kraft Macaroni and Cheese stuffed into a cupboard somewhere to last a couple days easy.
I know I have some readers from Alaska and a few from the midwest....do people in your area act like they are on meth bender when snow is in the forecast?
In our area, the forecast was for some mixed participation early Sunday that would eventually turn to rain later in the day.
In our store.......eggs-gone....milk-wiped out......bread-sold out......toilet paper-cleaned out....and my favorite.....donuts-I made tons (almost double) extra for Saturday and we had less then 2 dozen left over. I guess that's why the toilet paper was sold out-everyone bought enough food for a week or two.
My wife and I stopped in Wal-Mart late Saturday afternoon......wow, what a cross section of humanity that place is on the weekends. All the fat people were using the motorized carts and some poor handicapped woman had to wait until one was free to do her shopping. Yeah, sure I know some folks are 75 pounds overweight and that's okay but damn ........do they all have to wear Dale Earnhardt belly shirts and ride around on "mobility" carts?
Look in a mirror before you head out the door....nobody needs to see your stretch marks.
I've bought 2 used games to play on our son's Xbox 360.....some poker game and a driving game...that'll keep me busy for at least a few months. I tried playing one of his shoot-em up games the other morning and I kept getting killed. Nobody gets shot in the back of the head with a laser gun playing Texas Hold-em on the 360, so I think I'll stick to that for now.
My wife and I watched the first DVD of Planet Earth last night.....it's the first time I wished we had one of those fancy HDTV's.....the images are breathtaking.
This game might make you toss your PC out the window....click on dots to try and trap the cat. It took me several tries to get the cat trapped....okay it took more then several tries-more like 20 or 25 tries, but I did eventually trap the cat.
Today's art break......it might be or it might not be art and you may or may not like it......but it was at the New York Public Library, so I think it qualifies as "art".
Somebody needs to give Helen Thomas a raise....
till later.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Total rebuild.......
Doing one of my favorite things...........totally wiping a clients hard drive and rebuilding it from scratch. Kinda fun, I'm only installing what the client wants and skipping a lot of fluff.
It's amazing how fast an XP box with only 512 megs of RAM can be.
I'll be doing the same thing to our daughter's new laptop when she comes home for Christmas only she is gonna have 2 1/2 gigs of RAM to run XP on.
Busy weekend, till later.
It's amazing how fast an XP box with only 512 megs of RAM can be.
I'll be doing the same thing to our daughter's new laptop when she comes home for Christmas only she is gonna have 2 1/2 gigs of RAM to run XP on.
Busy weekend, till later.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Go ahead and laugh if ya wanna....
Done laughing yet?
I read a study a few weeks ago that said that wearing glasses that block blue light can help you fall asleep and also help prevent SAD which I am afflicted with every winter. Seems to be working so far, only our son is petrified that someone he knows is gonna see him when I drop him off to school in the morning.
Since I go to bed at 8 in the morning, I've been wearing them when I come home from work at 5AM......looks funny, but if it works-I'm going with it.
I'll probably be posting a little less for the next few days, super busy with donuts, computer and consulting work and raking a metric ass-load of dead leaves out to the curb.
I have a client with a fairly large budget that's looking for an uber stout gaming PC.....I an hardly wait to get that system and set it up. We just have to sit down and decide exactly how much money he wants to spend. It's not that difficult to spend 5 or 6 grand on a gaming system if you really want to.
I'm fairly happy with my computer business so far; just with word-of-mouth advertising-I've built up a nice clientèle base in the last year. If it grows at the nice slow pace it has been....who knows where it'll end up? Maybe our son can take it over and be his own boss after he graduates from college.
Do bears shit in the woods? Yes, here's proof.
till later.
Monday, November 26, 2007
No hot water...........
I'm sure glad our plumber doesn't hunt. Our water heater crapped out Sunday evening.....sure don't realize how much you take something for granted until you don't have it.
Anyways, one of the life lessons my pop taught me was to make sure you have a reliable mechanic to work on your cars and a good plumber.
It was amazing how much smarter my old man got the older I got. When I was 16.....I knew way more then he did.....now that I'm 48 and he's 70.....I think we are almost even. Sometimes I find myself thinking I still know more then he does, but he's still pretty darn smart.
Our daughter went back to school yesterday and already the house is too quiet. Yeah, I know once she gets her degree and starts her career, she'll probably chose to have her own place to live instead of living here, but we sure do enjoy having her around during school breaks.
I had a comment on a previous post concerning my politics .....which I promptly deleted. I know that blogging about politics will bring out the trolls and I'm perfectly okay if you wanna disagree with me-just be civil about it. Go ahead and post opposing views, I enjoy an intelligent debate- but lets not resort to name calling and mud slinging shall we?
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I have to disagree with No 2....that's my all time favorite movie....and I didn't even go to college.
Here's what's wrong with the media....all CBS gives a shit about is a tongue stud.....and they don't even discuss this.
lib•er•tar•ian........sums it up for me. Who am I voting for next election? Not sure yet, but I'd really like to see some radical changes.
The UN might have a valid point here. I've seen enough Youtube videos of police officers using Tasers to know when they are being used inappropriately. Like tasing an unarmed woman for refusing to get out of her vehicle. Sure she had an attitude but damn....... 2 big burly cops couldn't deal with her without resorting to a Taser gun?
I'm surprised George didn't have Dick shoot it.
till later.
Anyways, one of the life lessons my pop taught me was to make sure you have a reliable mechanic to work on your cars and a good plumber.
It was amazing how much smarter my old man got the older I got. When I was 16.....I knew way more then he did.....now that I'm 48 and he's 70.....I think we are almost even. Sometimes I find myself thinking I still know more then he does, but he's still pretty darn smart.
Our daughter went back to school yesterday and already the house is too quiet. Yeah, I know once she gets her degree and starts her career, she'll probably chose to have her own place to live instead of living here, but we sure do enjoy having her around during school breaks.
I had a comment on a previous post concerning my politics .....which I promptly deleted. I know that blogging about politics will bring out the trolls and I'm perfectly okay if you wanna disagree with me-just be civil about it. Go ahead and post opposing views, I enjoy an intelligent debate- but lets not resort to name calling and mud slinging shall we?
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I have to disagree with No 2....that's my all time favorite movie....and I didn't even go to college.
Here's what's wrong with the media....all CBS gives a shit about is a tongue stud.....and they don't even discuss this.
lib•er•tar•ian........sums it up for me. Who am I voting for next election? Not sure yet, but I'd really like to see some radical changes.
The UN might have a valid point here. I've seen enough Youtube videos of police officers using Tasers to know when they are being used inappropriately. Like tasing an unarmed woman for refusing to get out of her vehicle. Sure she had an attitude but damn....... 2 big burly cops couldn't deal with her without resorting to a Taser gun?
I'm surprised George didn't have Dick shoot it.
till later.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Burl Ives can bite me.....
Seriously, if I never hear Burl Ives sing "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" ever again.........that would be A-OK with me. Unfortunately, where I work they play Muzuk 24/7 and they offer up about 6 or 7 Christmas songs interspersed with the occasional Celine Dion song.
One of these nights.....I'm gonna go off.
It's probably gonna be on the guy that comes in at 3AM every damn night and asks if the Boston custard donuts are done. I've patiently explained that it's one of the last variety of donuts I finish and that they aren't usually done until 4:30 in the morning.
Doesn't stop him from asking every night...........
Here's how you know you were too fat.
Our son was playing a game on Xbox 360 called Call of Duty 4.....wow. I can easily see how someone could get sucked into playing 360 non stop for days on end. Kinda like an old fashioned shoot'em up game only it's extremely life like and realistic. I was having fun just watching him.
For the most part, he's pretty good about not spending too much time playing stuff like that-he's limited during the week by his part time job and homework......
This is gonna hurt.
Till later.
One of these nights.....I'm gonna go off.
It's probably gonna be on the guy that comes in at 3AM every damn night and asks if the Boston custard donuts are done. I've patiently explained that it's one of the last variety of donuts I finish and that they aren't usually done until 4:30 in the morning.
Doesn't stop him from asking every night...........
Here's how you know you were too fat.
Our son was playing a game on Xbox 360 called Call of Duty 4.....wow. I can easily see how someone could get sucked into playing 360 non stop for days on end. Kinda like an old fashioned shoot'em up game only it's extremely life like and realistic. I was having fun just watching him.
For the most part, he's pretty good about not spending too much time playing stuff like that-he's limited during the week by his part time job and homework......
This is gonna hurt.
Till later.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
An electronic free for all..........
Our daughter is one smart shopper.
She stood in line at 3 AM Friday for a killer deal on a Sony Viao laptop. Excellent specs for 400 dollars. All it needs is a bump up to 2 gigs of RAM and she'll be good to go for several years. Out of all of us in the family, she uses a laptop computer like they are supposed to be used, it gets carried around a lot so I wasn't totally surprised that her old one crapped out after 3 years.
My wife found a good deal on an Xbox 360 for our son, 350 bucks for the mid level unit and it includes 2 games and Guitar Hero.
Of course since I'm writing about it on this blog.....it's no secret that we gave it to him early.
Kinda hard not too since every one else in the family got their Christmas presents early.
Not much time for linkies today.........
Passiveaggressivenotes.com has some great notes.....you can just feel the love.
Till later.
She stood in line at 3 AM Friday for a killer deal on a Sony Viao laptop. Excellent specs for 400 dollars. All it needs is a bump up to 2 gigs of RAM and she'll be good to go for several years. Out of all of us in the family, she uses a laptop computer like they are supposed to be used, it gets carried around a lot so I wasn't totally surprised that her old one crapped out after 3 years.
My wife found a good deal on an Xbox 360 for our son, 350 bucks for the mid level unit and it includes 2 games and Guitar Hero.
Of course since I'm writing about it on this blog.....it's no secret that we gave it to him early.
Kinda hard not too since every one else in the family got their Christmas presents early.
Not much time for linkies today.........
Passiveaggressivenotes.com has some great notes.....you can just feel the love.
Till later.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Tryptophan induced coma........
I without a doubt, have the best wife in the world.
One of the many reasons?
She made a turkey the day before Thanksgiving so I could have turkey sandwiches for breakfast when I came home from work this (Thursday) morning.
Our daughter is home for the weekend and it's great having the whole family under one roof for a few days. I work the whole week and weekend, but it's still nice having her around.....
When this thing is less then 400 bucks.....I'm gonna buy one. To me, it's worth the 400 bucks but my wife would probably kill me if I bought another gadget....I can't help it, I love gadgets and I love books.
Thankful as always.....
till later.
One of the many reasons?
She made a turkey the day before Thanksgiving so I could have turkey sandwiches for breakfast when I came home from work this (Thursday) morning.
Our daughter is home for the weekend and it's great having the whole family under one roof for a few days. I work the whole week and weekend, but it's still nice having her around.....
When this thing is less then 400 bucks.....I'm gonna buy one. To me, it's worth the 400 bucks but my wife would probably kill me if I bought another gadget....I can't help it, I love gadgets and I love books.
Thankful as always.....
till later.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Sometimes people are assholes.....
First thing I have to say is "guilty as charged".
Sure, I've said some things to people I probably shouldn't have and for that... I'm sorry.
No, seriously-I mean it.
Well actually........I mean it most of the time.
I guess what I'm trying to convey is that society is just flat out meaner then it was 10 or 15 years ago.
Let me provide an example.
Our store ran out of eggs two days before Thanksgiving. Yeah, somebody messed up and didn't order enough....it was a mistake and mistakes happen.
I had a very well dressed customer (mid 40's wearing a very nice business suit) walk up to me in the bakery and ask me what she was supposed to do because she needed eggs and we didn't have any. I apologized and told her that we would be getting more in Wednesday morning.
She said "unf**kingbelievable" under her breath and started to walk off.... but not before I managed to wish her a Happy Thanksgiving.
I do believe I trumped her "mean" card with my "nice" card....I'm sure she thought I was being an asshole by wishing her a pleasant holiday after her unpleasant exchange.
Me, be an asshole?
Nah. I love working retail during the holidays.
Sure, I've said some things to people I probably shouldn't have and for that... I'm sorry.
No, seriously-I mean it.
Well actually........I mean it most of the time.
I guess what I'm trying to convey is that society is just flat out meaner then it was 10 or 15 years ago.
Let me provide an example.
Our store ran out of eggs two days before Thanksgiving. Yeah, somebody messed up and didn't order enough....it was a mistake and mistakes happen.
I had a very well dressed customer (mid 40's wearing a very nice business suit) walk up to me in the bakery and ask me what she was supposed to do because she needed eggs and we didn't have any. I apologized and told her that we would be getting more in Wednesday morning.
She said "unf**kingbelievable" under her breath and started to walk off.... but not before I managed to wish her a Happy Thanksgiving.
I do believe I trumped her "mean" card with my "nice" card....I'm sure she thought I was being an asshole by wishing her a pleasant holiday after her unpleasant exchange.
Me, be an asshole?
Nah. I love working retail during the holidays.
Happy turkey day.......
My friend hank sent me this........
The Parrot
A young man named John received a parrot as a gift.
The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary.
Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot.
The parrot yelled back.
John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and ever ruder. John, in desperation, threw up his hand, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer. For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed.
Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute. Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said.....
"I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."
John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued,
"May I ask what the turkey did?"
...not sure how the holiday started nor do I really care. Nowadays it's just a reason for family and friends to get together. To be honest-that works for me.
If we didn't have Thanksgiving, all the stores would go directly into Christmas mode right after Labor Day....for that-I'm thankful.
till later.
The Parrot
A young man named John received a parrot as a gift.
The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary.
Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot.
The parrot yelled back.
John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and ever ruder. John, in desperation, threw up his hand, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer. For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed.
Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute. Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said.....
"I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."
John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued,
"May I ask what the turkey did?"
...not sure how the holiday started nor do I really care. Nowadays it's just a reason for family and friends to get together. To be honest-that works for me.
If we didn't have Thanksgiving, all the stores would go directly into Christmas mode right after Labor Day....for that-I'm thankful.
till later.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Sty in my eye........
I'll save y'all the details but I feel like crap and it feels like I have a small log in my right eye.
I just love it when a plan comes together.
Anyone ever notice that when you aren't feeling well that time slows down? I wouldn't say I am out and out sick, I just feel like a bear with a sore ass.
Nothing that 10 or 14 hours of sleep won't fix.....
till later.
I just love it when a plan comes together.
Anyone ever notice that when you aren't feeling well that time slows down? I wouldn't say I am out and out sick, I just feel like a bear with a sore ass.
Nothing that 10 or 14 hours of sleep won't fix.....
till later.
Monday, November 19, 2007
New cars........
Wow, there sure are lots of car dealerships were we live.
My lovely wife and I spent a few hours traipsing all over York County yesterday afternoon checking out new cars.....I took pictures of all the models my wife is interested in and since we have a subscription to the online version of Consumer Reports, she can look up all the facts and figures of all the models she likes.
It will be interesting to see what she comes up with. My wife isn't your normal car shopper, she isn't that interested in looks or colors- the only option she wants for sure is heated seats. Mileage numbers are going to be the major determining factor in what she buys.
My son and I decided to give my wife one of her Christmas presents early....we bought her a Slanket ,we couldn't stand to see her being all chilly....so it looks like we'll have to find something else to get her for Christmas.
We also went to Sam's Club yesterday where they had "Taste of Sam's".....don't wanna be too indelicate here, but it's basically White Trash Nation with free food....they all crowd around the poor sample ladies and hoover up all the samples as soon as they are put out. I like Sam's but I usually go there early in the morning when they only let business owners in. Yeah, I know that sounds snobby, but I hate big crowds of people.
Why you Should Start your Own Business Now..........part of the reason I started up my business fixing computers. I like the extra money and maybe some day our son could do this instead of working for someone else.
I might vote for Huckabee just because of this ad.
Religious intolerance is alive and well in Texas. Class move on the part of the synagogue.
Still smoking? This might help you change your mind. I am proud to be one of those "asshole former smokers". Don't even get close to me with a lit cigarette.
So.........how much is the TV?
Back up.
Common sense ? Nah, we don't need any of that.....
till later.
My lovely wife and I spent a few hours traipsing all over York County yesterday afternoon checking out new cars.....I took pictures of all the models my wife is interested in and since we have a subscription to the online version of Consumer Reports, she can look up all the facts and figures of all the models she likes.
It will be interesting to see what she comes up with. My wife isn't your normal car shopper, she isn't that interested in looks or colors- the only option she wants for sure is heated seats. Mileage numbers are going to be the major determining factor in what she buys.
My son and I decided to give my wife one of her Christmas presents early....we bought her a Slanket ,we couldn't stand to see her being all chilly....so it looks like we'll have to find something else to get her for Christmas.
We also went to Sam's Club yesterday where they had "Taste of Sam's".....don't wanna be too indelicate here, but it's basically White Trash Nation with free food....they all crowd around the poor sample ladies and hoover up all the samples as soon as they are put out. I like Sam's but I usually go there early in the morning when they only let business owners in. Yeah, I know that sounds snobby, but I hate big crowds of people.
Why you Should Start your Own Business Now..........part of the reason I started up my business fixing computers. I like the extra money and maybe some day our son could do this instead of working for someone else.
I might vote for Huckabee just because of this ad.
Religious intolerance is alive and well in Texas. Class move on the part of the synagogue.
Still smoking? This might help you change your mind. I am proud to be one of those "asshole former smokers". Don't even get close to me with a lit cigarette.
So.........how much is the TV?
Back up.
Common sense ? Nah, we don't need any of that.....
till later.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Not sold in stores......
I got home from work this morning and our son was sleeping out in the living room with the TV on. By the time I get home at 4:30 AM, there are usually infomercials on.
Some of my favorites......
There's a whole ton on this site. My favorite? This one-the whole family will have the same haircut.
The Magic Bullet is another winner....
I wonder if this crap will fix all the dents on my minivan?
I can't find the link to another of my favs, it's a really skinny spooky looking guy that sells some sort of product that cleans your colon.
I guess folks buy all that worthless junk because they continue to advertise it......
My wife and I are doing one of our least favorite things this Sunday...shopping for a new car.
Looking for something cheap, AWD and fairly decent on gas. New cars are nice and all, but it's also nice having the cash to spend on other stuff. Our daughter is going to need a car at college in the near future, so we're out looking at 2007 leftovers.
I hate dealing with car salesmen, cars are one of the few products where the "price" isn't really the price. I don't care about monthly payments, leases, terms or anything else except how much the damn car costs. Why is getting that one single number so hard?
I'm sure we'll narrow it down to a couple different models and print out the wholesale pricing you can buy from Consumers Report and then go piss some salespeople off.
I hate wasting time sitting in some guys cubicle while he talks to his manager. I can imagine we'll probably end up walking out of a few places.......there's only something like 4 bazillion places that sell cars where we live-we'll find something.
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Barry is innocent. His head got as big as a watermelon all by itself.
These assholes are just as bad as Bush. 2 week break? I say get your swollen heads back in there and figure something out.
Here's some more mental masturbation. The thing that's scary? One of those rocket scientists are gonna be the next President. Hopefully this guy won't win....but at least this guy has pretty hair. Honestly, I have no idea where any of those bobbleheads stand on the issues because they change their opinions every week.
My favorite candidate is too popular.
Go ahead and light my ass up for this opinion.....but I think Al Sharpton is 10 pounds of manure packed into a five pound bag.
They have a 35 hour work week.....I'm having a hard time feeling any pity.
The Taser company covers their ass. The cops woulda been better off just macing the guy and then clubbing him in the knees once or twice. Sounds mean as hell, but he'd still be alive.
King Juan Carlos has a set of balls. Should he apologize? Not for me to say, I admire him for saying what needed said when he said it.
This isn't to hard to believe. It's pretty easy to compete with a company that sells a cup of coffee for 5 bucks. Why can't they just call their 3 sizes small, medium and large? I don't go there because I feel like an idiot asking for a Venti coffee. I'm going to stick to gas store coffee.
She really needs to move to Montana and hire a driver.
They're both as boring as watching paint dry.
I love this site and my wife will probably like this particular video.....I wish I looked like Bruce Willis.
till later...
Some of my favorites......
There's a whole ton on this site. My favorite? This one-the whole family will have the same haircut.
The Magic Bullet is another winner....
I wonder if this crap will fix all the dents on my minivan?
I can't find the link to another of my favs, it's a really skinny spooky looking guy that sells some sort of product that cleans your colon.
I guess folks buy all that worthless junk because they continue to advertise it......
My wife and I are doing one of our least favorite things this Sunday...shopping for a new car.
Looking for something cheap, AWD and fairly decent on gas. New cars are nice and all, but it's also nice having the cash to spend on other stuff. Our daughter is going to need a car at college in the near future, so we're out looking at 2007 leftovers.
I hate dealing with car salesmen, cars are one of the few products where the "price" isn't really the price. I don't care about monthly payments, leases, terms or anything else except how much the damn car costs. Why is getting that one single number so hard?
I'm sure we'll narrow it down to a couple different models and print out the wholesale pricing you can buy from Consumers Report and then go piss some salespeople off.
I hate wasting time sitting in some guys cubicle while he talks to his manager. I can imagine we'll probably end up walking out of a few places.......there's only something like 4 bazillion places that sell cars where we live-we'll find something.
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Barry is innocent. His head got as big as a watermelon all by itself.
These assholes are just as bad as Bush. 2 week break? I say get your swollen heads back in there and figure something out.
Here's some more mental masturbation. The thing that's scary? One of those rocket scientists are gonna be the next President. Hopefully this guy won't win....but at least this guy has pretty hair. Honestly, I have no idea where any of those bobbleheads stand on the issues because they change their opinions every week.
My favorite candidate is too popular.
Go ahead and light my ass up for this opinion.....but I think Al Sharpton is 10 pounds of manure packed into a five pound bag.
They have a 35 hour work week.....I'm having a hard time feeling any pity.
The Taser company covers their ass. The cops woulda been better off just macing the guy and then clubbing him in the knees once or twice. Sounds mean as hell, but he'd still be alive.
King Juan Carlos has a set of balls. Should he apologize? Not for me to say, I admire him for saying what needed said when he said it.
This isn't to hard to believe. It's pretty easy to compete with a company that sells a cup of coffee for 5 bucks. Why can't they just call their 3 sizes small, medium and large? I don't go there because I feel like an idiot asking for a Venti coffee. I'm going to stick to gas store coffee.
She really needs to move to Montana and hire a driver.
They're both as boring as watching paint dry.
I love this site and my wife will probably like this particular video.....I wish I looked like Bruce Willis.
till later...
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Cat causes internet outage........
As I was typing this into my browser.....a little window came up that said I was disconnected from the internet. Comcast has a history of doing updates early in the AM and going offline for a few minutes at a time....so I didn't think much of it. Turns out the cat pulled the power cord out of the router......I figured that out when I went downstairs and everything on the table where the router is was knocked over.
This is cool. Now I can have my 2 favorite groups alternate songs in a playlist. I kinda doubt AC/DC and The Beach Boys are gonna be doing a live double bill any time soon.
Speaking about music......I ripped 10 CD's of an audiobook for my wife to listen to on her iPod. Last night Windows decided to update and restart all by itself and for some reason...all 10 Cd's are missing in action. Not that big a deal, but it still kinda pissed me off.
Not sure when winter is going to get here, today it's about 60 degrees and raining...there are still green leaves on some of our trees and I heard seagulls in our yard yesterday. It's probably gonna be one of those deals where it's 60 degrees one week and we'll have 3 feet of snow the next week.
Best blender ever.....you gotta check out the video.
Today's science break, courtesy of National Geographic.
Turkey is good, bacon wrapped turkey is better. About the only thing I could imagine beating that would be a turkey wrapped turducken. I wonder how many folks will burn their house down next Thursday.
Gotta admire those folks in Russia.......I woulda called out sick. Nobody needs donuts that damn bad.
till later.
This is cool. Now I can have my 2 favorite groups alternate songs in a playlist. I kinda doubt AC/DC and The Beach Boys are gonna be doing a live double bill any time soon.
Speaking about music......I ripped 10 CD's of an audiobook for my wife to listen to on her iPod. Last night Windows decided to update and restart all by itself and for some reason...all 10 Cd's are missing in action. Not that big a deal, but it still kinda pissed me off.
Not sure when winter is going to get here, today it's about 60 degrees and raining...there are still green leaves on some of our trees and I heard seagulls in our yard yesterday. It's probably gonna be one of those deals where it's 60 degrees one week and we'll have 3 feet of snow the next week.
Best blender ever.....you gotta check out the video.
Today's science break, courtesy of National Geographic.
Turkey is good, bacon wrapped turkey is better. About the only thing I could imagine beating that would be a turkey wrapped turducken. I wonder how many folks will burn their house down next Thursday.
Gotta admire those folks in Russia.......I woulda called out sick. Nobody needs donuts that damn bad.
till later.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
Pictures...
Our son and I got up to Rocky Ridge yesterday afternoon for a little bit....
I took a whole bunch of pictures, here a few of them. I was basically playing around with all the settings to see what kind of pics I'd get. I took something like 150 of them....most of them were pretty boring.
All kinds of settings on my new camera....the best part is I'm not wasting film while I'm playing around with all the buttons and dials-just wasting time. Any time I get to spend outside with our son "wasting" time is time well spent in my book.
I bought one of those digital photo frames-kinda neat, you can put a couple hundred pics in it and share your pictures.
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Obviously, Toyota has never been to York Pa. I'm not saying my hometown is a craphole, but it used to be nicer......you know it's a nice place to live when they bill it as the "Factory Tour Capitol of the World".
This guy does have a point.....it's more like Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee then soup....still looks like something I'd eat.
I'd love to have this job. I had a lot of practice with my first car. It was a 68 VW and I beat that poor car senseless. I fixed it up and gave it to my parents and they drove it for a few years....I wish I still had it-it was a fun car except for when you had to scrape the inside of the windshield in the winter.
Sad thing is....this story is almost believable.
This is a way cool tool to find the nearest mailbox.....wait, do people still use mailboxes?
Good advice if you're starting a blog. Me? I break a few of those rules......I do it just because I like doing it. Not much of a reason, huh?
till later.....
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Thanksgiving is when????
Just seems like summer was over only a few weeks ago. I'm hoping that all the leaves fall out of the trees before our township has its last leaf pick-up.
A few years ago I waited until the last pick-up of the season and it snowed about 6 inches on all the leaves I had piled out onto the street. Since we have so many trees, our street is reduced to one lane when I put all the leaves out. The snow plow driver really had no choice but to plow the snow and leaves back up onto my lawn.
It was quite a mess, they eventually had to get a front end loader out in the spring to pick up all the dead composted leave matter on our street.
I'm sure I piss my next door neighbor off, he's anal about his yard and blows his leaves out to the street about 3 or 4 times a week.
Me? ......I just let mine blow around until most of them end up over in his yard.....I kinda like the way they look when they cover the ground. It's fall after all.....
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Tell me this guy didn't use at least some crazy glue.....
Maybe I'm an old geezer ........but I really much prefer the gorilla.
First thing we do......let's kill all the lawyers. I can see suing for the cost of the flowers.......but 400,000 dollars is totally asinine. Something to think about when I'm out talking to new clients.
Stick what up my ass?
This is a good fake ad.
A firefighter was working on the engine outside the station when he noticed a little girl nearby in a little red wagon with little ladders hung off the sides & a garden hose tightly coiled in the middle.
The girl was wearing a firefighter's helmet. The wagon was being pulled by her dog & her cat. The fire fighter walked over to take a closer look. "That sure is a nice fire truck," the firefighter said with admiration.
"Thanks," the girl replied.
The firefighter looked a little closer & noticed the girl had tied the wagon to her dog's collar & to the cat's testicles.
"Little partner," the firefighter said "I don't want to tell you how to run your rig, but if you were to tie that rope around the cat's collar, I think you could go faster.
" The little girl replied thoughtfully, "You're probably right, but then I wouldn't have a siren."
This would be nice if it happened. Our Comcast bill has gone up by over 30% over the last two years and we haven't added anything.
You might be a redneck if.....you have a monster truck shopping cart
You're definitely a redneck if you do this.
Heck, you don't even have to live in America to be a redneck.
I sure am dating myself here, but .......does anyone remember this? I saw Gordon Lightfoot a couple years afterwards and it gave me goosebumps when he sang that song. Hard to believe that was 32 years ago.
I don't know for sure, but by this point........if it comes from China-it probably contains lead or some other nasty chemical........it's almost like they put poison on stuff automatically.
I graduated from school in 1977....the same year this catalog came out. Gotta thank my good friend Hank for the link......I can't believe people used to dress like that......
Britney just can't get a break.........red light? Hell, with all the flashbulbs going off, it's a wonder she could see at all. If I were here, I'd seriously consider getting a Secret Service style Suburban and letting someone else drive.
How to handle people that wear those dumbass Bluetooth earpieces.
How to not second guess your doctor.
till later.
A few years ago I waited until the last pick-up of the season and it snowed about 6 inches on all the leaves I had piled out onto the street. Since we have so many trees, our street is reduced to one lane when I put all the leaves out. The snow plow driver really had no choice but to plow the snow and leaves back up onto my lawn.
It was quite a mess, they eventually had to get a front end loader out in the spring to pick up all the dead composted leave matter on our street.
I'm sure I piss my next door neighbor off, he's anal about his yard and blows his leaves out to the street about 3 or 4 times a week.
Me? ......I just let mine blow around until most of them end up over in his yard.....I kinda like the way they look when they cover the ground. It's fall after all.....
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Tell me this guy didn't use at least some crazy glue.....
Maybe I'm an old geezer ........but I really much prefer the gorilla.
First thing we do......let's kill all the lawyers. I can see suing for the cost of the flowers.......but 400,000 dollars is totally asinine. Something to think about when I'm out talking to new clients.
Stick what up my ass?
This is a good fake ad.
A firefighter was working on the engine outside the station when he noticed a little girl nearby in a little red wagon with little ladders hung off the sides & a garden hose tightly coiled in the middle.
The girl was wearing a firefighter's helmet. The wagon was being pulled by her dog & her cat. The fire fighter walked over to take a closer look. "That sure is a nice fire truck," the firefighter said with admiration.
"Thanks," the girl replied.
The firefighter looked a little closer & noticed the girl had tied the wagon to her dog's collar & to the cat's testicles.
"Little partner," the firefighter said "I don't want to tell you how to run your rig, but if you were to tie that rope around the cat's collar, I think you could go faster.
" The little girl replied thoughtfully, "You're probably right, but then I wouldn't have a siren."
This would be nice if it happened. Our Comcast bill has gone up by over 30% over the last two years and we haven't added anything.
You might be a redneck if.....you have a monster truck shopping cart
You're definitely a redneck if you do this.
Heck, you don't even have to live in America to be a redneck.
I sure am dating myself here, but .......does anyone remember this? I saw Gordon Lightfoot a couple years afterwards and it gave me goosebumps when he sang that song. Hard to believe that was 32 years ago.
I don't know for sure, but by this point........if it comes from China-it probably contains lead or some other nasty chemical........it's almost like they put poison on stuff automatically.
I graduated from school in 1977....the same year this catalog came out. Gotta thank my good friend Hank for the link......I can't believe people used to dress like that......
Britney just can't get a break.........red light? Hell, with all the flashbulbs going off, it's a wonder she could see at all. If I were here, I'd seriously consider getting a Secret Service style Suburban and letting someone else drive.
How to handle people that wear those dumbass Bluetooth earpieces.
How to not second guess your doctor.
till later.
Friday, November 09, 2007
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Eyeball headache
Anyone ever get one of those kind of headaches where it feels like there is a fully pumped up balloon right behind your eye sockets? I had one yesterday and I pretty much wanted to gouge out an eyeball. They must be contagious, our son has one today.......
Who needs friends when you can have Elvis around. Click the "Watch the Animatronic Singing And Talking Elvis in Action" link on the page for extra weirdness....gotta thank Doug for that one.
More from 2007's Mom of the Year. It must be tough having kids and money.
till later
Who needs friends when you can have Elvis around. Click the "Watch the Animatronic Singing And Talking Elvis in Action" link on the page for extra weirdness....gotta thank Doug for that one.
More from 2007's Mom of the Year. It must be tough having kids and money.
till later
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Front door pictures.....
Our daughters laptop seems like it kinda died yesterday. Kinda of a bummer, looks like we'll be shopping for a new one for her when she comes home on Thanksgiving break.
One project I wanted to do this week was to scan some pictures into my laptop and upload them to Picasa. Every year my mom and dad have taken a picture of our children on their birthday by their front door.
We call them "Front Door Pictures"........
Here's our daughter.
Here's our son.
Pretty neat, huh?
One project I wanted to do this week was to scan some pictures into my laptop and upload them to Picasa. Every year my mom and dad have taken a picture of our children on their birthday by their front door.
We call them "Front Door Pictures"........
Here's our daughter.
Here's our son.
Pretty neat, huh?
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Honor roll
Our son has made the honor roll for this semester......I gotta say-WAY TO GO DAN!!!!
I think he has found a balance between work, school and everything else.
Good job sir.
Dan is better at math then these folks.
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I think he has found a balance between work, school and everything else.
Good job sir.
Dan is better at math then these folks.
till later...
Sunday, November 04, 2007
another vacation.....ho hum.
Kinda weird having another week of vacation so close to the last one. Not that I'm complaining or anything. It took me about a week to get back into the working 3rd shift..........I really need to win the lottery or something.
Donuts, fast food, processed food and just about anything that tastes good isn't good for you and will kill you early. Unless America radically changes it's eating habits.....I think my job is safe for awhile. If our store only sold things that were good for you...it wouldn't have 110,000 square feet of sales floor.
The announcer gets a tad excited while he calls the play. Whatever, I guess I ain't much of a football fan. I know where my daughter goes to college...their football team has been undefeated for years.
This is kinda illegal but it sure would be fun to have one sometimes.
Quandry? I still think it's hate speech. Replace the word "Fag" on their signs with the "N" word and see how they would be perceived.
This coffee tastes like crap.
till later.
Donuts, fast food, processed food and just about anything that tastes good isn't good for you and will kill you early. Unless America radically changes it's eating habits.....I think my job is safe for awhile. If our store only sold things that were good for you...it wouldn't have 110,000 square feet of sales floor.
The announcer gets a tad excited while he calls the play. Whatever, I guess I ain't much of a football fan. I know where my daughter goes to college...their football team has been undefeated for years.
This is kinda illegal but it sure would be fun to have one sometimes.
Quandry? I still think it's hate speech. Replace the word "Fag" on their signs with the "N" word and see how they would be perceived.
This coffee tastes like crap.
till later.
Friday, November 02, 2007
One more week........
Yay, I have 1 more night of work then I'm on vacation again.
Gonna be takin' pictures and going for some nice easy bike rides. My knees haven't quite recovered yet from the hike my wife and I took a couple weeks ago.
I think I'll buy a couple rolls of sport tape and tape those suckers up before I do that again.
A joke......
A woman accompanied her husband to the doctor's office. After his checkup, the doctor called the wife into his office alone. He said, "Your husband is suffering from a very severe stress disorder. If you don't follow my instructions carefully, your husband will surely die. "Each morning, fix him a healthy breakfast. Be pleasant at all times. For lunch make him a nutritious meal. For dinner prepare an especially nice meal for him. "Don't burden him with chores. Don't discuss your problems with him; it will only make his stress worse. Do not nag him. Most importantly, make love to him regularly. "If you can do this for the next 10 months to a year, I think your husband will regain his health completely." On the way home, the husband asked his wife, "What did the doctor say?" "He said you're going to die," she replied.
I'm addicted to JelloCar. Kinda funny how the simple games can be the most fun to play.
I hope this guy wins any challenges to his decision. I'm all for freedom of speech but I think the signs the church members display are hate speech, not freedom of speech.......big difference in my book, doesn't matter if they were 1000 feet away or 1000 miles away.
I've found a car that's smaller then the Smart Car.
Sure hope my neighbors have a sense of humor....
Till later.
Gonna be takin' pictures and going for some nice easy bike rides. My knees haven't quite recovered yet from the hike my wife and I took a couple weeks ago.
I think I'll buy a couple rolls of sport tape and tape those suckers up before I do that again.
A joke......
A woman accompanied her husband to the doctor's office. After his checkup, the doctor called the wife into his office alone. He said, "Your husband is suffering from a very severe stress disorder. If you don't follow my instructions carefully, your husband will surely die. "Each morning, fix him a healthy breakfast. Be pleasant at all times. For lunch make him a nutritious meal. For dinner prepare an especially nice meal for him. "Don't burden him with chores. Don't discuss your problems with him; it will only make his stress worse. Do not nag him. Most importantly, make love to him regularly. "If you can do this for the next 10 months to a year, I think your husband will regain his health completely." On the way home, the husband asked his wife, "What did the doctor say?" "He said you're going to die," she replied.
I'm addicted to JelloCar. Kinda funny how the simple games can be the most fun to play.
I hope this guy wins any challenges to his decision. I'm all for freedom of speech but I think the signs the church members display are hate speech, not freedom of speech.......big difference in my book, doesn't matter if they were 1000 feet away or 1000 miles away.
I've found a car that's smaller then the Smart Car.
Sure hope my neighbors have a sense of humor....
Till later.
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Halloween aftermath........
The best part of working in a supermarket in the middle of the night is..........checking out some of our wackjob customers. Sure we get a few shift workers shopping for groceries at 1 in the morning but let's face it-most normal people are in bed sleeping at that hour.
My vote for best Halloween costume was for the very large man with a shaved head wearing a ballet outfit at 2 in the morning buying a gallon of milk. He was at least 6 ft 6 in, was built like a sumo wrestler and he was wearing pink tights.....that dude was scary.
Our cat goes wacko when I buy her catnip. This picture is of her at 4:30 in the morning. I bought a package of 3 catnip stuffed mice and they are already strewn all over the house. I'm not sure what's in catnip, but our cat is wired for sound right now....
I brake for cake. My wife makes the best cake on planet Earth....and no I'm not sharing.
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There is all kinds of bad news out there today......and I ain't linking to any of it. Except this.
Besides coffee and bottled water......what did we drink 10 years ago? Me? I used to drink a ton of diet soda, now I'm addicted to green tea.
I think I've linked to this before, don't waste your money.... just let a professional (me) make you as heavy as a freight train.
till later.
My vote for best Halloween costume was for the very large man with a shaved head wearing a ballet outfit at 2 in the morning buying a gallon of milk. He was at least 6 ft 6 in, was built like a sumo wrestler and he was wearing pink tights.....that dude was scary.
Our cat goes wacko when I buy her catnip. This picture is of her at 4:30 in the morning. I bought a package of 3 catnip stuffed mice and they are already strewn all over the house. I'm not sure what's in catnip, but our cat is wired for sound right now....
I brake for cake. My wife makes the best cake on planet Earth....and no I'm not sharing.
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There is all kinds of bad news out there today......and I ain't linking to any of it. Except this.
Besides coffee and bottled water......what did we drink 10 years ago? Me? I used to drink a ton of diet soda, now I'm addicted to green tea.
I think I've linked to this before, don't waste your money.... just let a professional (me) make you as heavy as a freight train.
till later.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
ARGH!!!! MY EYES!!!!!!
Sorry about the color scheme, but Halloween is awesome...I'll change it back to something normal on Thursday. Those donuts in the picture were created by yours truly. Our son wanted me to go to Dunkin' Donuts to buy him some donuts.....if anyone ever sees me in a Dunkin' Donut.....shoot me please.
We have another local chain around here that I would buy donuts from because they contribute quite a bit of money back into the community and I used to work for them.....but Dunkin' Donuts? They've slipped quite a bit in the past couple of years.
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Today's science break. I'm a science geek, I love reading stuff like that....check out this guys other essays at the bottom of the page.
This is kinda cool.
This looks like a good book. I know I'm gonna sound like an old fart when I say this.....but things were so much different when I was a kid.
Oh wait...........I'm still a kid. At least on the inside.
Have an orange day.
till later
We have another local chain around here that I would buy donuts from because they contribute quite a bit of money back into the community and I used to work for them.....but Dunkin' Donuts? They've slipped quite a bit in the past couple of years.
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Today's science break. I'm a science geek, I love reading stuff like that....check out this guys other essays at the bottom of the page.
This is kinda cool.
This looks like a good book. I know I'm gonna sound like an old fart when I say this.....but things were so much different when I was a kid.
Oh wait...........I'm still a kid. At least on the inside.
Have an orange day.
till later
You know you're tired........
You know you're tired when you get into the shower and you're still wearing your glasses. Sometimes, I even surprise myself with my own absentmindedness....I am the king of forgetting stuff.
I bought myself a simple Palm Pilot a year ago, I don't know how I'd get through life without it. If I am supposed to be somewhere or pick something up from the store...I gotta write it down in the Palm or 9 times out of 10-I'll blank out.
Ever walk into a room and forgot what you wanted to do or why you were even there? Sometimes, I'll have whole days like that.
I'm on vacation again next week, I am hoping to hit the foliage peak right on the money.
I'm dyin' to get out and play with my new camera....
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Ironic.
I think #13 is my favorite.
till later.
I bought myself a simple Palm Pilot a year ago, I don't know how I'd get through life without it. If I am supposed to be somewhere or pick something up from the store...I gotta write it down in the Palm or 9 times out of 10-I'll blank out.
Ever walk into a room and forgot what you wanted to do or why you were even there? Sometimes, I'll have whole days like that.
I'm on vacation again next week, I am hoping to hit the foliage peak right on the money.
I'm dyin' to get out and play with my new camera....
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Ironic.
I think #13 is my favorite.
till later.
Monday, October 29, 2007
One thing about working shift work is that nights off can really screw up your sleep schedule. For instance, this is my night off and I took a short nap right when I got home from work Sunday morning and then another one Sunday evening and now it's 1:30 AM Monday morning and I'm wide awake.
This would be cool if I could actually do something besides watch TV and screw around on the internet. I'd like to cut the grass and fertilize but 2 in the morning isn't the best time to fire up the mower........
Quiz.....
1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?
6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters ' dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them.
7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them?
8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S.'
I've been reading about the wildfires out in Cali...between the fires, the traffic, earthquakes and housing prices-why does anyone choose to live there? I guess the climate is pleasant.
I don't know but when you have 2,700 factories making stuff for you on the other side of the world...some stuff is gonna slide by.
I ain't the smartest guy in the world, but it sure would be nice if we could figure out a way to make sure all kids under the age of 18 had healthcare....and yeah, I'd pay more taxes to make it happen.
Here's a really spiffy weather map. Just put your zip code into the box on the upper right.
This link might be dead by the time you read this, but if it isn't....click on the players names....somebody at Barton Collage was having fun.
If you've seen this video...........you've reached the end of the internet.
Butthole marketing.
Answers....
1. Boxing.
2. Niagara Falls (The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.)
3. Asparagus and rhubarb.
4. Strawberry
5. It grew inside the bottle. (The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.)
6. Dwarf, dwell and dwindle.
7. Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.
8. Lettuce
9. Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.
till later..
Sunday, October 28, 2007
"Stop Dressing Your Six Year Old Like a Skank."
"Stop Dressing Your Six Year Old Like a Skank."
Next time I see a 12 year old with "Juicy" printed on her ass..........
Next time I see a 12 year old with "Juicy" printed on her ass..........
I'm not much of a web page designer...
I was working on our churches web site and took a second look at the pages I had started to set up....I kinda didn't like them, so I deleted the lot of them and decided to start over.
Sometimes, life is just like that.
I only have one client appointment so far this week, so I should have plenty of time to do some more experimentation. It's mostly simple stuff with large, easy to read graphics.
Lots of the potential users don't spend a lot of time using a computer-so the easier the site is to navigate-the better.
till later.
Sometimes, life is just like that.
I only have one client appointment so far this week, so I should have plenty of time to do some more experimentation. It's mostly simple stuff with large, easy to read graphics.
Lots of the potential users don't spend a lot of time using a computer-so the easier the site is to navigate-the better.
till later.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Bored........
Since I had everything recently backed up on my laptop............I decided to play around some.
I managed to pretty much make it look like Vista without crashing anything.....
till later.
I managed to pretty much make it look like Vista without crashing anything.....
till later.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Ouch....
So last night was kinda cold and drizzly..........my knees were absolutely killing me. So much so that I bought a tube of Icy Hot to slather on them. I went to the restroom, dropped trou and put a generous amount on both knees.
Not sure how it happened but some of the Icy Hot must have gotten on to my trousers.
After a few minutes, I noticed some things getting warm that really weren't supposed to be warm. Since my daughter and my mom read this blog........I'll leave those body parts up to your imagination.
Moral of the story.......be careful with where you put Icy Hot....it works good-sometimes a little too good.
I saw a commercial for Charmin toilet paper yesterday.....the commercial was touting the fact that Charmin leaves fewer pieces behind. Unless I get into a car accident and have to go to the hospital...........exactly how many people will know if I left a few pieces behind? What a dumbass commercial.
Our daughter is going to Italy sometime next year........not sure of all the details but I think it's way cool.
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We need more people like Ed around........great job!
That's all for today......I'm a busy boy.
till later
Not sure how it happened but some of the Icy Hot must have gotten on to my trousers.
After a few minutes, I noticed some things getting warm that really weren't supposed to be warm. Since my daughter and my mom read this blog........I'll leave those body parts up to your imagination.
Moral of the story.......be careful with where you put Icy Hot....it works good-sometimes a little too good.
I saw a commercial for Charmin toilet paper yesterday.....the commercial was touting the fact that Charmin leaves fewer pieces behind. Unless I get into a car accident and have to go to the hospital...........exactly how many people will know if I left a few pieces behind? What a dumbass commercial.
Our daughter is going to Italy sometime next year........not sure of all the details but I think it's way cool.
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We need more people like Ed around........great job!
That's all for today......I'm a busy boy.
till later
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
An easy fix.......
I went to a clients house to fix their printer.........pretty easy fix as it wasn't plugged the whole way into the computer. I wish all the fixes were that easy. I didn't charge them anything....I didn't have the heart and it wouldn't have been right. Sometimes tech stuff can be easy...sometimes it can be hard.
In the next couple weeks, I'm gonna be spending a lot of my free time setting up a simple to use web site for our church.....so if ya'll don't see me post much-you know why.
This morning coming out from work was the first time this year that it felt like fall. Windy, rainy and cold....good sleeping weather, but not much good for anything else. Lucky for me...that's what I plan to do...catch up on some sleep. If there's one thing I do well, it's sleep. I might even be considered a professional sleeper.....I'm that good at it.
I love me some 80's music.
Why it's good to wear a full face helmet (don't worry-no gore). A friend of mine at work had a get-off earlier this year...his head hit the guard rail. Without the helmet....he woulda probably been killed.
Till later.
In the next couple weeks, I'm gonna be spending a lot of my free time setting up a simple to use web site for our church.....so if ya'll don't see me post much-you know why.
This morning coming out from work was the first time this year that it felt like fall. Windy, rainy and cold....good sleeping weather, but not much good for anything else. Lucky for me...that's what I plan to do...catch up on some sleep. If there's one thing I do well, it's sleep. I might even be considered a professional sleeper.....I'm that good at it.
I love me some 80's music.
Why it's good to wear a full face helmet (don't worry-no gore). A friend of mine at work had a get-off earlier this year...his head hit the guard rail. Without the helmet....he woulda probably been killed.
Till later.
NPR : Maine Middle School to Issue Birth Control Pills
My son sent this link to me.....
NPR : Maine Middle School to Issue Birth Control Pills
Jeez, when I was 11 years old, I was more concerned about building model cars and lighting them fire then I was about birth control.
Wait a sec...........I'm not even sure if I knew what birth control was when I was that old.
NPR : Maine Middle School to Issue Birth Control Pills
Jeez, when I was 11 years old, I was more concerned about building model cars and lighting them fire then I was about birth control.
Wait a sec...........I'm not even sure if I knew what birth control was when I was that old.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Work sucks............
Okay, maybe that's a bit harsh, work doesn't really suck....but my knees ain't used to standing up for 8 hours straight....I was a hurtin' pup when I got off this morning.
I was gonna try to post some good news from current events........but I could find any. Hell, even the guy who invented Rice-A-Roni died.
till later.
I was gonna try to post some good news from current events........but I could find any. Hell, even the guy who invented Rice-A-Roni died.
till later.
Monday, October 22, 2007
I'm a nice guy....honest.
Dumbledore is gay. I say........how bout it? I'm sure the news will piss off lots of conservatives, but lets face it-the world is made up of all kinds of people and the sooner we all get along......the better.
Speaking of trying to get along.....the neighbor directly behind us let their dog on their back patio all day this past Saturday. The only problem with that is that it barked for 4 hours straight. After it got dark, I walked over and calmly asked them how much longer they were planning on letting the dog out there barking. I got a "huh" look.
How can people be so damn dumb and inconsiderate? Next time, I'll just call the police and let them handle it. Not sure if bothering the police for such a trivial manner is okay or not-but they might be able to get through the guy's thick skull better them me.
More about getting along.....the neighbor next to me, is pissed because I mowed a strip of his property 8 inches wide by 20 feet. He asked me not to cut it because I cut it too short. 8 inches dude.......get a freakin' life. His wife has recently left him so he probably a little unstable, I'll try to be nice to him, but it's gonna be an effort.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot the neighbor on the other side of me.....they recently moved this past summer and while they've been busy with remodeling their house-they have let their yard go. I asked them to trim and weed an extremely overgrown flowerbed bordering our property a while back because it was seeding our yard with all kinds of weird weeds and plants.
Nothing happened for awhile....so I weeded it myself .......with a bottle of Roundup. No roots, no weeds, no problem. Except they give me dirty looks whenever they see me.
And don't get me started on dog owners that think it's okay for their dogs to defecate and urinate all over my yard and then try to clean most of it up with a shovel and a baggie........
Sounds like I'm a real asshole huh? Not at all...I'm a nice guy-honest. Just ask my mom.
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Heros.......to zeros.
Huh?
I know what I'm wearing this Halloween.
This is kinda scary....it's one of the reasons I went to Linux on one of my computers. You never know.....
I think I would go by "Bill" instead of "Willie".
This is a really good article about alternative fuels and some guy in Kansas who makes 800 horsepower Hummers. Me? I'm not looking for a Hummer with enough power to rotate the Earth, but I'll settle for a Smart car that gets 75 mpg.
till later.
Speaking of trying to get along.....the neighbor directly behind us let their dog on their back patio all day this past Saturday. The only problem with that is that it barked for 4 hours straight. After it got dark, I walked over and calmly asked them how much longer they were planning on letting the dog out there barking. I got a "huh" look.
How can people be so damn dumb and inconsiderate? Next time, I'll just call the police and let them handle it. Not sure if bothering the police for such a trivial manner is okay or not-but they might be able to get through the guy's thick skull better them me.
More about getting along.....the neighbor next to me, is pissed because I mowed a strip of his property 8 inches wide by 20 feet. He asked me not to cut it because I cut it too short. 8 inches dude.......get a freakin' life. His wife has recently left him so he probably a little unstable, I'll try to be nice to him, but it's gonna be an effort.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot the neighbor on the other side of me.....they recently moved this past summer and while they've been busy with remodeling their house-they have let their yard go. I asked them to trim and weed an extremely overgrown flowerbed bordering our property a while back because it was seeding our yard with all kinds of weird weeds and plants.
Nothing happened for awhile....so I weeded it myself .......with a bottle of Roundup. No roots, no weeds, no problem. Except they give me dirty looks whenever they see me.
And don't get me started on dog owners that think it's okay for their dogs to defecate and urinate all over my yard and then try to clean most of it up with a shovel and a baggie........
Sounds like I'm a real asshole huh? Not at all...I'm a nice guy-honest. Just ask my mom.
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Heros.......to zeros.
Huh?
I know what I'm wearing this Halloween.
This is kinda scary....it's one of the reasons I went to Linux on one of my computers. You never know.....
I think I would go by "Bill" instead of "Willie".
This is a really good article about alternative fuels and some guy in Kansas who makes 800 horsepower Hummers. Me? I'm not looking for a Hummer with enough power to rotate the Earth, but I'll settle for a Smart car that gets 75 mpg.
till later.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
A hiking we will go......
I got to take some good pics yesterday-my wife and I went on a hike around Lake Williams. As you can see, it was close to 4 miles-nothing too tough but we both are feeling it a little bit. Actually, my knees are feeling it a LOT...but it was worth it.
You know you are getting old when you take Celebrex before you go out for a walk.
As you can see...there ain't a whole lot of Lake Williams left. It's really surprising that there hasn't been much coverage in the local media concerning how low our water reservoir is.
We walked past where all the clear cutting in the park took place several years ago, at the time-the Parks and the York Water company promised that they would reseed the logged areas with new trees.
I didn't see any new trees, just a lot of garbage vegetation. I guess the money the York Water Company got for the logged trees was more important then restoring what they destroyed. I know we need paper products, but jeez.....did they have to saw down trees in one of our county parks? I digress.....
Here are more pictures here of different locations along the trail.
I had my camera on full auto for all the pictures, I didn't want to hold up my lovely wife while I goofed around with settings...she likes to keep a nice steady pace. We did the hike in about 90 minutes so we didn't do much standing around.
Even with having the camera make all the decisions....I think it does a really nice job.
My friend Hank sent me this. My favorite is the pic with the bigger brother that decorates his baby brother with magic marker. I'm sure he got in a little trouble for that one.
I still think Rush Limbaugh is ten pounds of shit packed into a 5 pound bag, but hats off to him for doing this.
If you trouble falling asleep, listen to this.
24%........this country is f**ked up.
I didn't know this was a sport.
There's birthday cakes and then there are birthday cakes.
till later.
You know you are getting old when you take Celebrex before you go out for a walk.
As you can see...there ain't a whole lot of Lake Williams left. It's really surprising that there hasn't been much coverage in the local media concerning how low our water reservoir is.
We walked past where all the clear cutting in the park took place several years ago, at the time-the Parks and the York Water company promised that they would reseed the logged areas with new trees.
I didn't see any new trees, just a lot of garbage vegetation. I guess the money the York Water Company got for the logged trees was more important then restoring what they destroyed. I know we need paper products, but jeez.....did they have to saw down trees in one of our county parks? I digress.....
Here are more pictures here of different locations along the trail.
I had my camera on full auto for all the pictures, I didn't want to hold up my lovely wife while I goofed around with settings...she likes to keep a nice steady pace. We did the hike in about 90 minutes so we didn't do much standing around.
Even with having the camera make all the decisions....I think it does a really nice job.
My friend Hank sent me this. My favorite is the pic with the bigger brother that decorates his baby brother with magic marker. I'm sure he got in a little trouble for that one.
I still think Rush Limbaugh is ten pounds of shit packed into a 5 pound bag, but hats off to him for doing this.
If you trouble falling asleep, listen to this.
24%........this country is f**ked up.
I didn't know this was a sport.
There's birthday cakes and then there are birthday cakes.
till later.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
I'm geeked out.....
How you know you might be a geek when you...........
Use two computers with different OS'es at the same time.
I'm liking Ubuntu quite a bit, there isn't much that it can't do that Windows doesn't do. It even runs fairly well on my 8 year old PC. I'm no Linux expert, but I like having something different to learn, and fortunately.....I have a few readers that can help me out if I get stuck on something.
The weather here in Central PA has just been insane. I'm sitting here at 6 in the morning wearing shorts and a t-shirt. Saturday and Sunday are supposed to be in the mid 70's....not bad for late October. I'd be perfectly okay with a mild winter. I like the cooler temps but I can do without the snow, sleet and freezing rain.
With any luck, I'll be out later today to play around with my camera, I've pretty much mastered the basic settings and besides....it ain't rocket science-it's just getting out there and getting some shots.
I've found the candidate I'm voting for in 2008..........I'm going with the toad........I'm tired of all the bullshit.
till later.
Use two computers with different OS'es at the same time.
I'm liking Ubuntu quite a bit, there isn't much that it can't do that Windows doesn't do. It even runs fairly well on my 8 year old PC. I'm no Linux expert, but I like having something different to learn, and fortunately.....I have a few readers that can help me out if I get stuck on something.
The weather here in Central PA has just been insane. I'm sitting here at 6 in the morning wearing shorts and a t-shirt. Saturday and Sunday are supposed to be in the mid 70's....not bad for late October. I'd be perfectly okay with a mild winter. I like the cooler temps but I can do without the snow, sleet and freezing rain.
With any luck, I'll be out later today to play around with my camera, I've pretty much mastered the basic settings and besides....it ain't rocket science-it's just getting out there and getting some shots.
I've found the candidate I'm voting for in 2008..........I'm going with the toad........I'm tired of all the bullshit.
till later.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
I made a little money......
Wasn't feeling all that spiffy yesterday but I did a simple web site for my brother-in-law....nothing really fancy-actually, it's exactly how he wants it....simple and easy to navigate.
He's been talking to someone that does web sites for the last 6 months and been getting pretty much nowhere. I'm not a web designer by any stretch of the imagination, but I threw something together while he was here yesterday working on my windows.
He's happy-I'm happy and I get to put a little more money in the bank.
A joke......
A cabbie picks up a nun. She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome cab driver won't stop staring at her.
She asks him why he is staring.
He replies..."I have a question to ask you, but I don't want to offend you,"
She answers, "My son, you cannot offend me. When you're as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just About everything. I'm sure that there's nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive.
"Well, I've always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me."
She responds, "Well, let's see what we can do about that:
#1, you have to be single and #2, you must be Catholic." The cab driver is very excited and says, "Yes, I'm single and Catholic!
"OK" the nun says. "Pull into the next alley.
" The nun fulfills his fantasy with a kiss that would make a hooker blush. But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.
"My dear child," said the nun, "Why are you crying?" "Forgive me, but I've sinned. I lied and I must confess, I'm married and I'm Jewish."
The nun says, "That's OK. My name is Kevin and I'm going to a Halloween Party."
........gotta love Halloween.
I sold my Redline Monocog yesterday.....it's going to a reader of this blog and I'm sure he's gonna be using it a lot more then I've been. I hate to see it go, but being realistic-ain't no way I'm gonna be riding it with my creaky knees. At least it went to another computer geek-you gotta like that.
Still have my Cannondale R500 if anyone's interested.....
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The pot calling the kettle black.....honestly, he's starting to scare me.
This is even scarier then Bush........these guys are actually intelligent.
Yay, the newest version of Ubuntu is here. Been using the previous version for a couple months, it's an excellent way to breathe life into an old computer.
Check out the cardboard bikes.
A list of lists........don't blame me if you are reading this at work and don't get anything done today.
Cat.
till later.
He's been talking to someone that does web sites for the last 6 months and been getting pretty much nowhere. I'm not a web designer by any stretch of the imagination, but I threw something together while he was here yesterday working on my windows.
He's happy-I'm happy and I get to put a little more money in the bank.
A joke......
A cabbie picks up a nun. She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome cab driver won't stop staring at her.
She asks him why he is staring.
He replies..."I have a question to ask you, but I don't want to offend you,"
She answers, "My son, you cannot offend me. When you're as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just About everything. I'm sure that there's nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive.
"Well, I've always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me."
She responds, "Well, let's see what we can do about that:
#1, you have to be single and #2, you must be Catholic." The cab driver is very excited and says, "Yes, I'm single and Catholic!
"OK" the nun says. "Pull into the next alley.
" The nun fulfills his fantasy with a kiss that would make a hooker blush. But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.
"My dear child," said the nun, "Why are you crying?" "Forgive me, but I've sinned. I lied and I must confess, I'm married and I'm Jewish."
The nun says, "That's OK. My name is Kevin and I'm going to a Halloween Party."
........gotta love Halloween.
I sold my Redline Monocog yesterday.....it's going to a reader of this blog and I'm sure he's gonna be using it a lot more then I've been. I hate to see it go, but being realistic-ain't no way I'm gonna be riding it with my creaky knees. At least it went to another computer geek-you gotta like that.
Still have my Cannondale R500 if anyone's interested.....
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The pot calling the kettle black.....honestly, he's starting to scare me.
This is even scarier then Bush........these guys are actually intelligent.
Yay, the newest version of Ubuntu is here. Been using the previous version for a couple months, it's an excellent way to breathe life into an old computer.
Check out the cardboard bikes.
A list of lists........don't blame me if you are reading this at work and don't get anything done today.
Cat.
till later.
I'm a slacker....
Jeez, I forgot how much fun it is to just wake up in the morning with no set plans until I go back to bed in the evening. I guess that's why they call it vacation.
My brother-in-law is a contractor and this week he's installing all new windows and patio doors in our humble abode. I'd post his name, but he already has way more business then he can handle. The dude is a total perfectionist and deals mainly with high end clients-he's real good.
I caught me a little bit of a cold or something, I got a flu shot the other day-that might have something to do with it. It's not where I'd call myself "sick".... just enough of a cold to where I just wanna flop around the house and take it easy. Since it's going to be rainy for the next couple days-I'm not too upset about it.
I'm a wallpaper junkie, these are some very nice high resolution pics.
I also like trying out new software.....anyone remember Netscape Navigator? They have a new version that's mostly a copy of Firefox. It's pretty much the same but I kept it anyways, it's a good back up in case I corrupt Firefox somehow.
How fresh is your Sushi?
I kinda like #1 the best.
Till later....
My brother-in-law is a contractor and this week he's installing all new windows and patio doors in our humble abode. I'd post his name, but he already has way more business then he can handle. The dude is a total perfectionist and deals mainly with high end clients-he's real good.
I caught me a little bit of a cold or something, I got a flu shot the other day-that might have something to do with it. It's not where I'd call myself "sick".... just enough of a cold to where I just wanna flop around the house and take it easy. Since it's going to be rainy for the next couple days-I'm not too upset about it.
I'm a wallpaper junkie, these are some very nice high resolution pics.
I also like trying out new software.....anyone remember Netscape Navigator? They have a new version that's mostly a copy of Firefox. It's pretty much the same but I kept it anyways, it's a good back up in case I corrupt Firefox somehow.
How fresh is your Sushi?
I kinda like #1 the best.
Till later....
Monday, October 15, 2007
Time for some goofing off....
I haven't had one of those vacations where all I do is goof off for awhile.
My brother-in-law is a contractor and will be spending most of the week here putting in new windows so I can't stray too far.
It's just nice to wake up and other then taking our son to school.......the rest of the day is open.
Yay.
I've decided to sell my Cannondale R500 road bike, I've ridden it exactly 5 times this entire year. I'm much more comfortable on my Cross-Check and I'm gonna use the money for computer stuff. I need PC equipment more then I need a bike that I never ride. You can check out more here if you're local and wanna buy a nearly new road bike.
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This is wrong on so many levels.
Darth plays a mean harmonica.
Good news for my 2nd favorite band.
The visual puns in this ad make me want to go to the bathroom.....now.
It would be easier to just eat a banana or two.
Till later.
My brother-in-law is a contractor and will be spending most of the week here putting in new windows so I can't stray too far.
It's just nice to wake up and other then taking our son to school.......the rest of the day is open.
Yay.
I've decided to sell my Cannondale R500 road bike, I've ridden it exactly 5 times this entire year. I'm much more comfortable on my Cross-Check and I'm gonna use the money for computer stuff. I need PC equipment more then I need a bike that I never ride. You can check out more here if you're local and wanna buy a nearly new road bike.
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This is wrong on so many levels.
Darth plays a mean harmonica.
Good news for my 2nd favorite band.
The visual puns in this ad make me want to go to the bathroom.....now.
It would be easier to just eat a banana or two.
Till later.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Settings settings and more settings
Well, so far I've gotten about half-way through the manual on my camera and there are all kinds of settings for just about everything. It's kind of intimidating but to be honest....I'm kind of digging it. I'm sure once I learn what all the buttons, menus and settings do...it's gonna be awesome.
Just finished setting up a new PC for a client yesterday. They went from a Windows 98 machine with a 14 inch CRT display and dial up to a pimped out Vista desktop with a 20 inch LCD widescreen monitor with broadband. Super nice guy and he very well might have stayed up all night playing around with it....I know that if I was in the same situation, I woulda.
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This guy has way too much time on his hands.
Me........I'm kinda busy.
till later.
Just finished setting up a new PC for a client yesterday. They went from a Windows 98 machine with a 14 inch CRT display and dial up to a pimped out Vista desktop with a 20 inch LCD widescreen monitor with broadband. Super nice guy and he very well might have stayed up all night playing around with it....I know that if I was in the same situation, I woulda.
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This guy has way too much time on his hands.
Me........I'm kinda busy.
till later.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
I like my camera......
I really like my birthday present.........I'm kinda busy with computer stuff this weekend, look for some pics next week-I'm on vacation and plan to do some major league slacking. I'll be taking some hikes and whatnot-gotta catch some fall scenery.
Till later.
Till later.
Friday, October 12, 2007
48
Mmmm, funny-except for extremely creaky knees......I don't feel like I'm 48.
I know I sure don't act like I'm 48.
Which is at least half the fun.
What did I get for my birthday? Lots of love from my family. My wife puts up with electronic stuff all over the place so I can pursue my dream of running my own business, so I don't think I could ask for more......I guess I could ask for more, but I don't think I'd get it:-)
Last night at work they had a crew of guys come in and strip all the old wax off the floor and re-wax everything. Not sure what's in that floor stripper but none of those guys on the floor crew can have very many functioning brain cells remaining.
It gave me one helluva a headache.
I'm just glad I only have to smell it twice a year when they re-do the floors....those guys smell it every night. I'm thinking they probably have a hard time stringing meaningful words together to form sentences.
Working on a brand setting up a brand new computer this weekend and trying to restore an old one that's infested with spyware. I really hate to use the nuclear option when I try to save someone computer but this particular computer is just being used for browsing and doesn't have any documents or programs installed so it's getting formatted and a fresh XP install.
I'm gonna make it so fireworks go off if the client tries to open or download anything other then web pages:-)
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Boing Boing TV is a lot of fun.....you might even learn something.
I was never that big of an Al Gore fan, but I think he's learned a lot in the past 8 years.....after winning the Nobel-I'd like to see him run for President.
I think Ann might have crossed a line this time.
Here's the ultimate NASCAR dad redneck pickup if you want a sporty car and a pickup but can't have both.
Being a business owner.........this is an interesting article. If someone tried to bargain with me? I'd tell them to shop my price around-it's already pretty good.
till later
I know I sure don't act like I'm 48.
Which is at least half the fun.
What did I get for my birthday? Lots of love from my family. My wife puts up with electronic stuff all over the place so I can pursue my dream of running my own business, so I don't think I could ask for more......I guess I could ask for more, but I don't think I'd get it:-)
Last night at work they had a crew of guys come in and strip all the old wax off the floor and re-wax everything. Not sure what's in that floor stripper but none of those guys on the floor crew can have very many functioning brain cells remaining.
It gave me one helluva a headache.
I'm just glad I only have to smell it twice a year when they re-do the floors....those guys smell it every night. I'm thinking they probably have a hard time stringing meaningful words together to form sentences.
Working on a brand setting up a brand new computer this weekend and trying to restore an old one that's infested with spyware. I really hate to use the nuclear option when I try to save someone computer but this particular computer is just being used for browsing and doesn't have any documents or programs installed so it's getting formatted and a fresh XP install.
I'm gonna make it so fireworks go off if the client tries to open or download anything other then web pages:-)
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Boing Boing TV is a lot of fun.....you might even learn something.
I was never that big of an Al Gore fan, but I think he's learned a lot in the past 8 years.....after winning the Nobel-I'd like to see him run for President.
I think Ann might have crossed a line this time.
Here's the ultimate NASCAR dad redneck pickup if you want a sporty car and a pickup but can't have both.
Being a business owner.........this is an interesting article. If someone tried to bargain with me? I'd tell them to shop my price around-it's already pretty good.
till later
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Better then last time.......
Soooo, I went to the doctor for a normal checkup and to get more arthritis meds.....I lost 7 pounds and dropped my blood pressure down to the high end of normal.....yay.
I'm looking forward to some cool weather but my knees always seem to bother me when it gets chilly. Meh, lots of folks have way worse problems than painful joints, so I'll shut up now.
Not much time to blog this week, busy as heck with computer stuff.
Cows. Lots of cows.
I love the hair in a can stuff. I wonder how well it would look on my shiny forehead?
Our daughter just learned to knit....she might like the site in this video.
How come they didn't have cool stuff like this when I was 3 years old?
Jesus gets busted. Think about it.....you know darn well it would go down like that.
10 idiots, read up.
When I'm 75...........I could see me doing this.
This site is a time sink. Don't blame me if you sign on and wonder where 4 hours went. I'm kinda partial to the Texas Hold'em.
I hope I live past 80............you can whatever you want and nobody gives you shit for it. J.C. wasn't that great a President....if he knew then what he knows now-things woulda been different.
Mmmm, I dunno, but maybe if he hadn't snorted and smoked his body weight in cocaine over the past 15 years.......he wouldn't be having heart attack scares. Just saying.
Till later.
I'm looking forward to some cool weather but my knees always seem to bother me when it gets chilly. Meh, lots of folks have way worse problems than painful joints, so I'll shut up now.
Not much time to blog this week, busy as heck with computer stuff.
Cows. Lots of cows.
I love the hair in a can stuff. I wonder how well it would look on my shiny forehead?
Our daughter just learned to knit....she might like the site in this video.
How come they didn't have cool stuff like this when I was 3 years old?
Jesus gets busted. Think about it.....you know darn well it would go down like that.
10 idiots, read up.
When I'm 75...........I could see me doing this.
This site is a time sink. Don't blame me if you sign on and wonder where 4 hours went. I'm kinda partial to the Texas Hold'em.
I hope I live past 80............you can whatever you want and nobody gives you shit for it. J.C. wasn't that great a President....if he knew then what he knows now-things woulda been different.
Mmmm, I dunno, but maybe if he hadn't snorted and smoked his body weight in cocaine over the past 15 years.......he wouldn't be having heart attack scares. Just saying.
Till later.
Best Aunt ever..........
My Aunt Helen passed away two years ago today.
I have lots of aunts and uncles but I only had one Aunt Helen.
One of my favorite memories of her was when I got to stay over at her house in the summer.
She always thought my mom and dad were too strict with me when I was a kid, so as a result....I got to do all kinds of fun stuff when I stayed over. Nothing too out of control, but when you're 12 or 13 years old......staying up 2 or 3 hours past your normal bedtime was sheer craziness.
......I'll always miss her.
Saturday, October 06, 2007
PhD's don't work at gas stations...
So I pull into the local mini mart to get gas on the way home this morning.....get the nozzle into the van and the guy inside say something like "Hidhgf kfheodsbb, gheosbcpqwu...BEFUSRID over the outside PA system. Then about 10 seconds later, he says the same thing but at the end he adds...those assholes don't listen. I assume that he thought he was off-mike when he said the last part.....
Since it's 4 AM and I'm the only customer on the property---I figure he's talking to me. I walk inside and tell him I'm the asshole that wasn't listening, but it was hard to understand what he was saying because it sounded like he was talking through a wet blanket.
Turns out he normally sounds like he is talking through a wet blanket and probably has a room temperature IQ at best because he doesn't apologize for calling me an asshole, he just tells me that I need to reset the pump.
I didn't try it, but I managed to tip over a 24 oz coffee all over his counter when I was checking out either so I guess we're even. Oh, if anyone from Rutter's follows the link back to my blog-the guy's name is Emory and he works at the Haines Acres store-he needs to learn some manners.
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I know it doesn't mean much to most folks, but I finally figured out how to convert Matroska files to AVI.....I'm so proud of myself.
Even if you don't like it...you gotta to pay the tax man.
One of these days.....I'm going.
That's one big-ass plane.
I stay away from most religious topics in this blog- I think a person's beliefs are private matter....but this link is a good read.
Even if you aren't a computer geek.......you should read this article and download the PDF file.
Ain't no way I'd spend 400 bucks on a phone, but if i did.....I'd wanna tinker with it.
Lard.......mmmm yummy.
Sometimes a logo is worth a thousand words.
I wish this wasn't true but I'm sure there's alot of this crap going on with computer techs.
Me?
I'm 100% upfront with people and if I can't fix their computer or don't fix it to their satisfaction....I refund 100% of their money. So far, I haven't had to refund a penny.
I can't afford to have any unhappy customers, all my business comes from word of mouth and bad news travels way faster then good news.
Till later.
Since it's 4 AM and I'm the only customer on the property---I figure he's talking to me. I walk inside and tell him I'm the asshole that wasn't listening, but it was hard to understand what he was saying because it sounded like he was talking through a wet blanket.
Turns out he normally sounds like he is talking through a wet blanket and probably has a room temperature IQ at best because he doesn't apologize for calling me an asshole, he just tells me that I need to reset the pump.
I didn't try it, but I managed to tip over a 24 oz coffee all over his counter when I was checking out either so I guess we're even. Oh, if anyone from Rutter's follows the link back to my blog-the guy's name is Emory and he works at the Haines Acres store-he needs to learn some manners.
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I know it doesn't mean much to most folks, but I finally figured out how to convert Matroska files to AVI.....I'm so proud of myself.
Even if you don't like it...you gotta to pay the tax man.
One of these days.....I'm going.
That's one big-ass plane.
I stay away from most religious topics in this blog- I think a person's beliefs are private matter....but this link is a good read.
Even if you aren't a computer geek.......you should read this article and download the PDF file.
Ain't no way I'd spend 400 bucks on a phone, but if i did.....I'd wanna tinker with it.
Lard.......mmmm yummy.
Sometimes a logo is worth a thousand words.
I wish this wasn't true but I'm sure there's alot of this crap going on with computer techs.
Me?
I'm 100% upfront with people and if I can't fix their computer or don't fix it to their satisfaction....I refund 100% of their money. So far, I haven't had to refund a penny.
I can't afford to have any unhappy customers, all my business comes from word of mouth and bad news travels way faster then good news.
Till later.
One less teenager around the house.....
20 years ago today at around 5 PM.....my lovely wife gave birth to the best daughter a father could ever hope to have.
We're prouder of our kids then words can describe.
Happy Birthday Katie :-)
Love dad.
We're prouder of our kids then words can describe.
Happy Birthday Katie :-)
Love dad.
Friday, October 05, 2007
Where the heck is Fall?
Holy cow, it's October 5th and we have the AC cranking. I checked the weather forecast for the weekend and we are supposed to get close to 90 degrees. Holy crap. My only misgivings with the warmer weather is that we're gonna miss out on the crisp cool weather and go right into winter. That would kinda tick me off....fall is my favorite season.
Yay, I got my laptop back and they got it all fixed up without having to format the hard drive. I had all my stuff backed up but it's still a pain to have to reinstall everything. Our son has a better laptop then me, it was fun using his for the past week.
Our daughter is coming home today to celebrate her 20th birthday tomorrow. We have a party and celebrate her birthday, my dad's birthday and mine all at once. Good times....
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I'm having a hard time figuring out why anyone listens to this guy. He'd be a lot more believable if he didn't dodge the draft because he had a boil on his ass.
Today's science break....you're gonna have to be a real science geek to enjoy this one. Me? I like it so far, it's already in my RSS reader.
I like this guy's idea. I contribute 5 bucks a week off my paycheck every week to one of our local food banks...he's right-most of the money being donated to various charities does squat for people that really need it.
Apple has been getting a lot of bad press lately. Here's some more. I own a couple of iPods but I don't think I'll be switching over to Macbooks or iMacs anytime soon.
Ummmm....if I had to guess-I'd say he downloaded it.
Everyone could learn a lesson from these folks.
Well, he did move his arms and legs.
Superworm is coming. Just fixed a computer with this problem. I'm pretty sure the client was about ready to throw his laptop out the window. I know how he feels, I've been there. I used to get extremely frustrated when problems cropped up. It's a lot easier to solve problems if you have another functioning computer that can access the internet to do research.
The media are eating this guy alive. Me? I think the whole deal is kinda sad. Whatever the guy does.....he's always gonna be known as Mr. Wide Stance.
Nobody likes a cheater.
Get Your War On.....it's a political cartoon but it's not even close to being work or family safe due to language. Normally I don't post links to stuff with lots of F-bombs, but these cartoons will make you think.
Thinking is good.
till later
Yay, I got my laptop back and they got it all fixed up without having to format the hard drive. I had all my stuff backed up but it's still a pain to have to reinstall everything. Our son has a better laptop then me, it was fun using his for the past week.
Our daughter is coming home today to celebrate her 20th birthday tomorrow. We have a party and celebrate her birthday, my dad's birthday and mine all at once. Good times....
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I'm having a hard time figuring out why anyone listens to this guy. He'd be a lot more believable if he didn't dodge the draft because he had a boil on his ass.
Today's science break....you're gonna have to be a real science geek to enjoy this one. Me? I like it so far, it's already in my RSS reader.
I like this guy's idea. I contribute 5 bucks a week off my paycheck every week to one of our local food banks...he's right-most of the money being donated to various charities does squat for people that really need it.
Apple has been getting a lot of bad press lately. Here's some more. I own a couple of iPods but I don't think I'll be switching over to Macbooks or iMacs anytime soon.
Ummmm....if I had to guess-I'd say he downloaded it.
Everyone could learn a lesson from these folks.
Well, he did move his arms and legs.
Superworm is coming. Just fixed a computer with this problem. I'm pretty sure the client was about ready to throw his laptop out the window. I know how he feels, I've been there. I used to get extremely frustrated when problems cropped up. It's a lot easier to solve problems if you have another functioning computer that can access the internet to do research.
The media are eating this guy alive. Me? I think the whole deal is kinda sad. Whatever the guy does.....he's always gonna be known as Mr. Wide Stance.
Nobody likes a cheater.
Get Your War On.....it's a political cartoon but it's not even close to being work or family safe due to language. Normally I don't post links to stuff with lots of F-bombs, but these cartoons will make you think.
Thinking is good.
till later
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
My old man was a player....
Here he is back in the day.....does he look like a badass or what?
I'm guessing this is about 1958.
Anyways, today is his 70th birthday and he is probably celebrating by working. If my dad has taught me one thing.... it's that hard work is how you make it in this world. I've had some sort of job since I've been 12 years old.
One of my favorite memories was when I was 14 or so and I had a Sunday morning paper route. Whenever it was raining on Sunday mornings, I'd go into my parents bedroom and wake him up and ask him to "help" with delivering the papers.
We would do the paper route and then go to Dunkin' Donuts and have breakfast....good times. I think he enjoyed rainy Sunday mornings as much as I did.
He's still out there working full time at age 70 not because he has to, it's because he'd probably drive my mom up the wall if he was home all day goofing off.
He's one of the hardest working guys I know and he's my pop.
I love you dad:-)
One of these days he's gonna retire and drive my mom crazy.
....My laptop is on it's way back to me, hopefully it's uptight and outtasight, because while the Indian tech support guy I spoke to was very professional-I don't wanna have to deal with the language barrier again.
It was annoying having to ask him to repeat nearly everything he said. I had a fairly straightforward situation, I'd hate to have a complicated problem to explain to someone that doesn't speak English very well.
I bought a laptop made by an American company that was manufactured in China that has tech support from India. It's a multi-cultural world out there.....I just have a hard time understanding foreign accents over a long distance phone connection.
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This guy makes a lot of sense.
This guy is a scumbag, but he still has freedom of speech like anyone else in America...Congress should do something constructive...if that's possible.
What the heck kind of fish is that? Possible NSFW ads.
I usually ignore, but sometimes it's fun to engage for some laughs.
Don't steal or do drugs or this will happen.
This is a used car with lots of miles.
I like this lady.
Better living through chemistry....donuts with caffeine.
What will they think of next?
till later.
Monday, October 01, 2007
I don't think so......
Click on the Reskin bike patch section......ain't no way. I'm imagining how much it hurts when you peel it off.....
till later
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