Here we go again...

There is no virus that can survive format c:. So I wiped my computer tonight. And I cleaned up my room. It was my day off today. Some may think that cleaning my room isn't an all-day activity, but they've never seen my room.

It's official. My Touch Pro 2 has been junked. Today it went into The Drawer. It still works, though so it may find itself being needed in the future...

Marvel Comics Jumps The Shark! Again!

This might be rumor and inuendo, but this is a blog on the internet, so of course, I’m obligated to participate in the needless rumor-mongering. This isn’t the first time they’ve done it.

The Fantastic Four is due to become The Fantastic Three. Rumor has it that The Human Torch is on his way to The Beer Volcano and Stripper Factory.

But they brought back Captain America after they killed him off (presumably his alter ego is now Ted McGinley). They’ll bring back the Human Torch. The Fantastic Four has to have a Cousin Oliver….

The nature of progress

When I first had cable internet installed in the fall of 2003, it was only 1.5 megabits. And I thought it was the fastest thing. I didn't even have a cell phone st the time. 4 years later, I got a phone with a data plan (just a dumb Samsung T619, iirc), and the bit rate wasn't even 56k....

Fast forward to today, where I just did a speed test, and my 3g is now 1.6 megabits. And I know that is not even the fastest connection.... I think my current bandwidth from Comcast is 12 megs, but my modem caps out at 10...

Location : 3900-3998 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA 98418,

Its so sad, but behold...

Lo! The Noodley Appendage has once again reached forth to cal someone else home. May fitness guru Jack LaLane (i hope I got the spelling right) frolic for eternity in the Beer Volcano and Stripper Factory.... I don't remember much about him, I only sawa couple of advertisements for his products. But I feel he could routinely kick Richard Simmons' ass. He wasn't about having abs called the situation or being some oiled up hairless wonder who charges an opponent wearing nothing but leather underwear and a cape. He was about being fit. He kept his health up to just before the very end.

RIP, Jack...

Location : Fife, WA,

So disappointed...

Well, the Seahawks lost. You could've almost expected out, being in Chicago and all. But still, to let your opponent score 28 points without returning scoring yourself in the first quarter is not acceptable at all. Ok, Pete got us into the playoffs, so he can stay here another year. But still, we Seahawks fans ought to see 54 pillories in Qwest Field, so we can throw rotting vegetables at the team for there disappointing performance...

But it is nice to see Tom Brady get his Well-Deserved Beating. And I hear the Detroit Lions actually mauled Christians this year (as much as I like to make fun of them, I kinda sorta root for them...) And Favre is gone for good this time. The NFL has said no more walkers or Depends on the field... As for Super Bowl XLV, I shall root for the Ducks...

Due to a shift in my schedule, I may now be getting Saturdays off. Just in time for the Sounders FC season. Time to put in your full 90...

Location : 2822 A St, Tacoma, WA 98402,

Go Hawks, yet again....

They're in Chicago today. I think they have a chance. New Orleans learned the hard way not to underestimate us. And we've won in Chicago this season already. And Jay Cutler is so much of a diva that even Miss Piggy has given him a bitch-slap of late....

And I hope Tom Brady gets his Well-Deserved Beating today, as well...

Location : 12170-12198 C St S, Parkland, WA 98444,

It will be very cold tonight...

It's snowing in Hell tonight. The reigning world champions got knocked out by a team with a losing record in the regular season. 41-34. Drew Brees, enjoy your Tom Brady Well-Deserved Beating. On the bright side, there are now 53 man cards available in New Orleans...

See? Good things always happen when I have to miss the game due to work...

Location : 32263-32399 23rd Ave S, Federal Way, WA 98003,

They still might have a chance...

Historically, the Seahawks have only won when I've had to work. The two times when I had Sunday afternoon off were the times when they were massacred. Well, I'm not at work now, but I'm on my way there and therefore they may have a chance of wining today. A very remote chance...

May Drew Brees receive a Tom Brady Well-Deserved Beating. And if the hawks lose, may Matt Hasselbeck get a Matt Hasselbeck Well-Deserved Shit-Canning...

Location : Lakewood, WA 98499,

The HTC HD2 is still relevant….

My first real smartphone was the T-Mobile Shadow. I bought it used from my boss. Then when it broke on me, I went to a BlackBerry. After 2 months, I realized I hated it and got another Shadow. A few months later, the Shadow started showing its age, and I decided to upgrade to a Rhodium (aka the HTC Touch Pro 2), which is what IgwanaRob had when he last posted about it. I tried the Energy ROM’s with it, and I was impressed. Then one day I walked into work, and my boss offered me terms on his HTC HD2 that I could afford (he’d been trying to sell it to me for a while, but I was sufficiently happy my phone that I wasn’t really biting on his previous offers). I was really impressed with the Energy ROMS, probably because Energy uses an HD2 as his phone, too. A while back, I switched my main phone OS to Android, but at the time, I still had to keep windows installed on my phone, as ‘Driod was installed to the memory card, and you had to boot into windows first, the load android. Not anymore. You can now install Android into your HD2’s main memory, and ditch windows altogether. So, I’m now windows-free. And I’m loving it. Though I do keep a recent Energy ROM on hand, just in case.

I, for one, shed no tears that The Anti-Christ has decreed that the HD2 will not get Windows Phone 7. Though our friends at XDA-Developers are working on that, too… Tough the last time I walked the local T-Mobile stores, they were having a BOGO special in the HD7 (which is an HD2 with a different sticker over some buttons, and windows phone 7…), something you normally don’t see unless the phone isn’t selling….

The HTC HD2 is still relevant. As an Android phone. Which it runs very well (even better than Windows Mobile). Probably because it’s the bastard cousin of the Nexus One, the EVO, and the HTC Desire (in fact, a lot of the Android ROMS/builds are based on the HTC Desire, so similar is their hardware….)

RIP Gerry Rafferty

It’s a little bit late, but Gerry Rafferty has gone to the Beer Volcano… For thos of you who don’t know who he is:

Video Killed the Radio Star may have been the very first music video on MTV, but IIRC, this was the second. I first heard it some 20+ years after it originally came out on a mall’s intercom when I was walking though it. As old as it is, I still like it…

UFO sighted...

Theres this bright yellow ufo in the sky right now in Western Washington. I know it can't be the sun because its my day off today...

See the attached evidence. We're being invaded.



Location : 301 121st St S, Tacoma, WA 98444,

The Hawks are in….

If I didn’t see it, I wouldn’t have believed it. The Seahawks are in the playoffs. Even though they’re 7-9 (yes, that’s with a losing record). Now, looking forward, their first game in the playoffs will be vs the world champion New Orleans Saint. The ‘hawks are screwed…. But still, they did better this year than last year. And the year before. Which is good. I like Coach Pete. Matt Hasselback, I think, will need to be shit-canned in the off season. But Charlie Whitehurst is ready to take the lead…

Better....

It was in the twenties this morning. Makes for an invigorating walk to the transit center to catch the bus. Who am I kidding? I froze my balls off. But I won't despair. It'll start raining again this week, and it'll be back to normal....

Location : 200-310 120th St S, Parkland, WA 98444,

New Year’s at the Needle…

I don’t why they do anything. With all the post 9-11 paranoia the law enforcement community has shown, I have to ask questions as to why they don’t do anything about the attempt to blow up the Space Needle every new year…

This year, I couldn’t decide whether or not to celebrate the New Year with Martinelli’s (the carbonated apple juice) or Stout (Hooray Guinness). I went with both. It gives me an excuse to bust out the pilsner glasses my sister gave me for Christmas a few years back… Since I drink Guinness, maybe I should look into getting a pint glass…

Anyway, Happy New Year, and drive sober…