He’s back

Brett Favre just can’t stay retired. Yes, that’s right: he’s back. He just can’t leave well enough alone. Well, maybe not that case, but still this is yet another has-been who’s coming back and will most likely get himself seriously hurt. Any, the NFL is making a couple of rule changes to accommodate the senior citizen players this year:

• On the sideline, there will be a registered nurse with prune juice, geritol, and a bran muffin.
• The offensive formations will be altered to allow him to use a walker, and failing that…
• An extra player may be appointed to push his wheelchair.
• There will also be extra time-outs to allow for the changing of the depends..
• And there will also be an extra time-put to allow him to find his dentures should he lose them…

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Attention Feedmil.com

I’m only going to say this once, so pull your face really close to the monitor to read this:

You’re a spammer. Go to hell.

Any questions?

And this would apply to anybody else wishing to send me unsolicited commercial email regarding my blog.

Even though it's summer

It still rains on my day off...

It's finally here again...

After 7 long months, it's back. Football season is here again. When I upgraded my cable a couple of months ago, I made sure that we were going to get the NFL Network. And now I'm watching a rerun of the Hall Of Fame game. Football ought to be watched in HD. With a home theater sound setup...

Now let's just see how many games I can actually watch...

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What wonderful summer weather...

Ok, the heat wave last week was a little too much the other way. But this is august, when we're supposed to have the token blue skies...

But I'll take the cloudy days over triple digit temperatures any day.

Edit: Yes, that’s what August in Washington State looks like on occasion. But we did hit triple digit temperatures last week….

Pull your pants up!

Yes, I'm sending a picture of a full moon. No really important reasom I'm doing this for. It's just with the clouds coming it, it looks kinda spooky. Almost enough to turn one into a lawyer...

Edit: Yes, I know it’s a crappy picture. If you think you can do a better job, then go get your own blog….

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The difference of one week.

It's been a week since the heat wave. Last wednesday, the tempuratures were well into triple digits. And I can assure I felt it all, with my bedroom having a westward facing window. And at the same time they were trying to paint the outside of my apartment' which meant covering my window with plastic film, thereby cutting off my only ventilation and adding only more misery. But the heat wave has broken, and temperatures are no where I can tolerate them.

My birthday is in two weeks. The rain should return then, like it did last year...

Let's have another shot at it...

Ok, one more try at this. If this doesn't work, I'll go back to MMS'ing Blogger directly...

Edit: I should probably just delete this post, but I’ll leave it in. This is just a test post from my Blackberry again.

Move Along Citizen. There Is Nothing To See Here. Again.

Never mind what you see here, I'm just playing around with my new phone. More exactly, I'm seeing how well I can blog from my phone. With my T619 and my Z3, I was basically limited to sending an MMS to go@blogger.com. And so I was limited to text and pictures. When I got my Shadow, I could download software to post directly, but was always hit or miss, usually the latter. Allegedly I can now post videos with this software, but that will wait for another post...

Edit: the software in question is cellspin on my Blackberry…

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Another new phone….

My T-Mobile Shadow finally died. It didn’t really die. I slid it open at work, and then I had to go take care of a customer, so I closed it, and I heard something snap. The spring that holds the keypad open or closed broke, and for the past two weeks, I’ve been using a rubber band to hold it together.

Today, I got paid. So I went to Wally World. And I was looking at the T-Mobile selections they had there, and I ended up ordering something I though I never would: A CrackBerry Curve (more precisely, a  CrackBerry Curve 8320) It’s a bit different than my previous WIndows Mobile phones. But then again, RIM probably does a better job than The Anti-Christ.

Unlike my Motorola Z3 and my Shadow, I bought this phone new. So I got a protection plan for it, because I don’t have the $500+ to replace it….

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Marriage explained….

Need I say more?

Best. LOTR. Remake. Ever.

Who said that the Spam sketch was irrelevant:

I think it’s so much better to have the Orcs marching to the spam song..

An important safety tip:

Never feed a T-Rex a cow vindaloo:

This is one of the funniest scenes. Ever.

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Quick! We need firefighter! With sideburns!

I’m not dead yet. But between facebook, day job, and various and sundry other duties, I don’t post as often….

So lately I’ve been watching a lot of Hulu. They seem to have a good model. You can watch full episodes with a few commercials (actually less than on TV…). Now, what have I been watching:

I think every boy goes through the stage where they want to be firefighters. I, too, was one of them. I just so happen to have grown up when this was on….

There are those out there who play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. I prefer Six Degrees of Kevin Tighe…

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We're going in!

Here’s footage from the Kaguya as it made it’s final orbit of the moon prior to crashing…

Someday we may return….

So, what’s been happening here?

Well, were do I start….

• Michael Jackson snuffed it. For all his eccentricities, he was still a person, and death is never a pleasant subject. As for the allegations of pedophilia, he did get his day in court, and the jury said ‘not guilty’ – that is sufficient for me. I remember growing up listening to his music – Beat it, Thriller… He will be missed.
• Oh, and Farrah Fawcett bought the big one, too.  Whoever says cancer doesn’t kill is full of it…
• My roommate got an HD TV when we moved in together. And I finally got a HD-DVR box for it. Since there’s a digital cable box in every room in the apartment now, I thought I should get some decent channels for it. My bill’s gonna be through the roof, but it’ll be worth it….
• I thought tonight was going to be Spaghetti Night. No. My roommate ordered pizza. Again.

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A sad day

Bob Bogle is no more. He was one of the founding members of one of my favorite music groups, The Ventures. IF you don’t know who they are, they were one of people responsible for the ‘surf’ sound out of the ‘60s.

Here’s a sample of there work:

And here’s their other version. Normally covering your own work is considered suicide in the music business, but the pulled it off.

The music scene will never be the same..

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Good Riddance…

For fourteen years, I had an account with Bank of America. They were good, but I could’ve done without the fees.  Lots of them. Then the customer service went downhill. I noticed after 9-11 that when I went to make a deposit, I had to completely fill out the slip, address and all. I wasn’t taking money out, I was putting money in. And I was being treated like a criminal or a terrorist. Then there was time at the Tacoma Mall branch when the teller (her name was Ro) called me up to her windows. And then promptly walked away into the backroom, and left me hung out to dry. And then I noticed as the lines grew longer, the tellers were getting even more annoying. I’m not one for small talk when I’m in a rush, nor do I answer personal questions if I don’t know you. SO the tellers of course had to ask them, and then turn rude on me when i refused to answer them. Or there was the merchant teller (Linda at the Federal Way branch) who while filling my change request, was arguing actively with her son. My complaints to them were of course ignored. The straw the broke the camel’s back came a couple of weeks ago, when they sent me a letter indicating that the  monthly service charge was being raised to $8.95 a month. I’m not paying that much to be treated like dirt.

Fortunately, I have a spare checking handy. I’m going with BECU. They’re free, they pay interest, and I’m far more satisfied with them.

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Yet another use for duct tape….

When I got my new computer last December, I migrated some hardware over, too (namely the TV Tuner and the Wi-Fi card). The only drawback was my new computer didn’t have a floppy drive (we’ll leave the arguments about whether or or a floppy drive is really necessary for another post).  Ok, I can pull the floppy from the old computer, but the screw holes don’t quite fit up… So I tried the handy-man’s secret weapon: Duct Tape.  And yes, duct tape does hole floppy drives in place….

Ok, I admit it

I had absolutely no idea. My mom had confided in me about it, but I didn't are the signs, and so I held my tongue. And then yesterday, my best friend told me he was gay. He's been practicing celibacy for 10 years now, but he's gay. And I had no idea. Not that it really matters. I mean, if you're practicing a lifestyle just for the approval of those around you, then you're doing it for the wrong reason. I do have my opinions on homosexuality, but I keep them to myself. I may not argue with you, but that doesn't mean that I agree with you. But of this I can only say but one thing: I have no gaydar.

On the economies of scale…

I just out of the pharmacy, and I was wondering why I was given 7 vials of insulin. And at least 3 months for my other meds. Then it occurred to me: it's just like Costco. The more you buy at once, the lower the unit price becomes. Sometimes even if you have no health insurance, it does pay to scale up. And there are pharmacies that are cheaper than Wally World. And they happen to be in walking distance of my house, too.

Let’s watch some jeopardy

You know, Jeopardy is the favorite game show of my father and my grandmother.

Yes, I think Will Ferrill is a better Alex Trebek than Alex Trebek…

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Skyfire is out!

Hello, gentles all. If your phone is powered by Symbian or Windows Mobile, then listen up. There is a new browser out there. It's called Skyfire.

Basically it can do anything that the grown-up browsers on your computer can do. You know, like YouTube, Hulu, flash, etc. You can also zoom in and out, and it renders webpages like they appear on a regular computer.  Granted The Anti-Christ hasn’t really fückered up Internet Exploder in windows mobile yet, I’m not taking any chances. Although the Facebook app they put out isn’t really that shabby… I hear they’re also working on a mobile version of Firefox (called Fennec), but everytime I try to install it on my T-Mobile Shadow, it just doesn’t work…

The first paragraph of the post was written in Skyfire. The rest was finished Windows Live Writer…

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More spam from Target

After my last post, I got a reply back from Claudia at Target, who basically told me to click the unsubscribe link, and that she had completed it for me, and that I would be getting it for two weeks.  I’m not going to repeat my reply to her, but I’m not impressed with it, to say the least.  When I look closer at it, I am ever further disgusted with Target. Not only did they spam me, but they sold my address to a 3rd party, basically means, that my spam load is going to increase.  Basically, my address is going to get put on the ‘mllions’ cd and sold to other spammers. I’ve been through this before. I’ve been an admin on spam blocklists before. If I still was, Target’s corporate servers would be there right now. Spammers Lie. Target Lies. End of discussion.

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I thought they were one of the good guys. I was treated rudely at the food avenue a couple of weeks ago, and I sent complaint through the web form. I got the auto-ack from them where they basically they were dev/null’ing my complaint, which isn’t good. And then this showed up in my inbox today:

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Needless to say, I’m taking the Boulder Pledge on Target, and I will never shop there again. Period. It’s one thing to be rude to your costumers. It’s another thing to spam them.

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One of the definitions of Happiness…

Is a warm, sunny weekend. Too bad I have to go to work. At least SoundTransit still has AC'ed buses…

Under way & wireless….

I knew this day would come.  When my brother and I moved in to our current apartment, it was decided that there would be no more snaking Ethernet cable through the house.  His brand new computer had wi-fi already installed on it, so it wasn’t that difficult to persuade him to get a wireless router.  Originally, the cable modem was in my room on my outlet, but eventually we started having problems with signal (something about two digital boxes and one modem on one outlet…). SO the modem had to go to the other outlet in the living room. And just in time, I finally get my wi-fi card working….

I’ve always said

Give me Guinness or give me death.

My roommate/younger brother had a six pack of Corona in the fridge, and I finally broke down and tried one.  Tasted like crap.  I tried a Fosters @ my nephew’s birthday. Again, tasted like piddle.  The same with O’Douls.  Then I realized they were all lagers. SO I decided to try Guinness, a stout.

Tonight, I tried Guinness for the first time.  To me, all beer tastes the same.  It all tastes like urine.  This is why I don’t drink.  I just don’t like it….

Happy Cinco De Mayo, people

It’s Cinco De Mayo today.  If I understand it, it’s a day when the French Foreign Legion got defeated by by a band of Mexicans. In a war which the Mexicans eventually lost. But I”m no authority on that matter, and if you can read this than you’ve probably have sufficient internet access to look it up yourself. They say that Americans celebrate even more than Mexicans.

But I know how I’m going to celebrate it. I got Guinness…

What a wonderful Sunny Day…

And I have to work. Taken from the 512 park & ride. For some reason the weather is always sunnier on the days that I have to work. Must be a conspiracy on the part of my boss & Jeff Renner...

Third time’s a charm

I hope at least.  The one thing I’ve realized is that nothing ever goes the way you plan it.  I decided very recently to wipe and reinstall everything on my computer (I know of no virus that can survive a ‘format C:’ command).  But usually what happens is it takes me mulptiple tries to get it right.  On my old computer, most of those tries usually were involving me going really Old Skool and trying to put Windows ME on my machine when I usually absolutely no reason to…).  In the past 36 hours I’ve wiped and reinstalled Windows XP 3 times.  And I think I’ve just got it right this time (at least I made it past the windows update stage.  400 megabytes, not including Office, which had been done separately…)

But on the bright side, since this was a new version of windows that came with this computer, I can still activate over the internet (my previous copy had been activated so many times from my misadventures, that I had to call The Anti-Christ everytime to activate it.  My opinions of Microsoft aside, Indians are really nice people.).

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It used to be

It used to be that I'd be able to fit everything in my computer on CD-ROM. Then I got a DVD burner, and I then did all my back-ups to DVD. Now, I don't have the patience (or the DVDs). Now, I'm using my two spare hard drives for back-ups. It took some rearranging of my computer hardware (mainly moving drives around so I don't have to fight cables…). The main advantage to this is it's a lot quicker to write to a hard drive than it is to a DVD/CD, and you don't need special software to use a hard drive. And the fact that a 160 gig hard drive has slightly more space than a 4.7 gig DVD may also prove to be a slight advantage...

There's something wrong with me…

I'm watching the Mariners game. Of my own free will. And I'm enjoying it. The New World Order (Mind-Control Division) must be employing new methods. Or maybe, my AFDB just needs replacement. Having said that, the Mariners are kicking some serious ass this year. It could be for many reasons. I personally think it's just they're healthy this year, and they're playing for the team, not for their egos. And how's about them Sounders FC? It is possible to best them. You just need to give the goalie a red card first…

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Always remember people:

Don’t eat you shrimp cocktail without singing the Banana Boat song first:

Aw Fudge!

I bought my new computer last December.  And I’ve been able to go this long without wiping it.  But I may have to. Firefox is acting up of late.  Maybe I’ll just rebuild the profile later.  I got the computer working the way I want it to, and I don’t quite have the time anymore to spend reinstalling everything… At least it’s not the fault of The Anti-Christ. At least not yet…

One of the better things in life…

Is a nice sunny day. On my day off even. A very rare event indeed.

It's that time of year

It's April 15 today. The day we all render unto Ceasar. I originally thought of filing an extension this year mainly because my tax forms were at home, and my W-2s were at work, but I decided to come in way too early and file them. As bad as a reputation the IRS has, the late payment interest is actually less than the average credit card. And in all my dealings with them, well let's just say that I've deal with worse creditors.....

As for the rest of the story, I'll invoke the fifth for now...

For Scott Gaines….

If you’re not Scott from Pierce Transit, then disregard this post. Or you can read it, too.

• Making transfers and connections would be a lot easier if your drivers would actually be on their buses at the scheduled departure times. Some of your passengers’ employers don’t tolerate excuses. And neither do some of your passengers.
• When somebody makes a complaint, and you take more than 48 hours to follow-up on it, then don’t bother with it. You might as well dev/null it. If the driver has to kick off a passenger, and then she stays there to continue arguing because she has to get the final point across, then she can also call ahead to make the other connections hold…
• Having functional wheelchair lifts on your buses does wonders with regards to on time arrivals/departures.

There is no difference between incompetence and malice. Excuses are not tolerated. Only results. If you think I complain too much, then Pierce Transit ought to try something new with its job: Doing It.

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A bit of advice

One of the stores next to my $day-job asked to look at one of their computers.  Apparently, they told me, it had a whole load of virii.  I get to the laptop, and notice no virus activity.  What caught my eye was the fact that there were three anti-virus programs.  So I immediately uninstall 2 out of the 3 programs (and yes, I took Norton off.  When it comes to crappy, half-assed software, Symantec is even worse than The Anti-Christ). That’s all I did. nd ti improved performance dramatically. I was amazed it would even boot up….

Moral of the story: Choose your AV wisely, because whatever choice you make, you can only install one. Because if you call me to fix it, I will charge you for it. And it won’t be cheap. Learn quickly, or part with your brass….

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UFO sighting

All over the Puget Sound region, there was a UFO in the sky.  I saw it myself.  Everyone has seen it.  But it wasn’t in the news. I could best describe it as a bright yellow ball that travelled through the sky slowly.  It took literally all day to cross the sky. I’m surprised nobody noticed it, or raised a commotion…

Now is the time to start panicking…

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A good start

No, I have died. But I do have a Real Life, and I can’t get to my computer as often as I’d like to.

The Mariners won 6-1 today.  And Griffey resumed what he was doing when he left: hitting the long ball.  It’s a good start.  Maybe they won’t go for over 100 losses this year like they did last year. Although being The New World Order (Mind-Control Division), I would still seriously advise an AFDB, and limiting your exposure.  Fortunately, this year around, we have the Sounders FC, and they are kicking ass.  Nobody has yet to score against them so far….

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The spaghetti harvest is in.

And once again it looks like try another bountiful crop. The spaghetti trees in Switzerland were overburdened with the Noodly Goodness this year.

Yes, I suppose I could be a little but more creative with April Fools', but this is a classic, and you can never go wrong with it...

Iron Man vs Bruce Lee

If you ever wondered who would win in Iron Man Vs. Bruce Lee, wonder no more:

Who would’ve thought that Iron Man is really Frodo and Sam?

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Extreme Sheepherding

Over the weekend, I noticed that YouTube had put out a Windows Mobile application and I downloaded it to my cell phone.  It’s stow low and buggy, but it’s YouTube where I would otherwise not have it…

Anyhow, this is the first video I watched on it:

And so we learn that there ways to have too much time with sheep that don’t involve certain things that will not be discussed in this post…

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When I say no parking,

I mean no parking!

We all get old

Aging happens.  Some of us try to deny it.  But we will all get old. You. Me.  Even the Dark Lord Of The Sith. Darth Vader has prostate cancer.  OK, so it’s only the actor who played him, but still Vader’s getting old….

Shall we dance

The Big Dance is upon us.  Both the Udub and Gonzaga are in.  Historically, both teams have been able to make it to the Sweet 16, and then they choke it.  Maybe they’ll do better this year….

Fun at work….

Recently at work there was a need to hire someone (only a temp position, just to cover someone who was on an extended vacation).  The first day we had the opening, I got a phone call from someone inquiring about a position. I was sufficiently impressed with this person to go ahead and schedule an interview, and I set the appointment.  On the day of the interview, this person shows up three hours prior, and I give her an application, and again remind her to come at the appointed time.  The appointed time comes and passes, and she no shows.  My rule is you no show an interview, I don’t hire you.  She called me the next day, and I called her our on the no-show, and she just said that it was a miscommunication.  I’ll buy many excuses for missing an interview, upto and including extraterrestrial abduction, but miscommunication is not one of them. I told her I would call her back (a variation of don’t call me, I’ll call you).  Three minutes later she calls me again.  Finally I have to lay down the law, and I tell her that her ship has already left the port.

Today’s lesson, gentles: if you’re really serious about working for me, then show the fuck up for your interview!

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Welcome to Citibank

Saw this at The Consumerist. Welcome to the new Citibank:

The New F***ing Citibank - watch more funny videos

I don’t bank with Citibank, and my credit card with them has been paid off.  But still this hits the nail on the head.

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Not been a good week

Saturday, I got a call that I didn’t want to get.  Bob Brisky, one of my best friends died Wednesday.  He died of lung cancer.  If somebody tells you that tobacco doesn’t kill, they’re full of shit…

30 Years Old…

It finally turned 30.  It’s the CD.  I was nearly 22 when I finally got my first CD player (what can I say?  I grew up broke, and I had to pay for all my toys myself).  A few years later, I got a stereo with a 51 CD changer.  Then I got my computer and discovered mp3.  But that is the nature of progress…

Proof once again that the Buffalo Bills are stupid

I was busy last week, so I didn’t get the chance to post an entry about T.O. getting shit-canned.  He may have talent, but there’s an awful lot of drama to go with that talent, and it takes away too much from the game than what he can bring.

Anyway, T.O. is a diva.  But the Buffalo Bills are stupid.  After all, they signed him….

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So little has gone on…

Or so much has happened, and I’m just too lazy to write about it.

• One of my best friends is dying of lung cancer.  The first round of chemo didn’t work, and he’s too weak for another round.  If anyone tells you that tobacco doesn’t kill, they’re full of shit….
• TJ Houshmandzadeh is going to sign with the Seahawks.  I’ve never really foolowed him, to be honest.  He just has an interesting name.  May we have more success this year than the past…  And speaking of players with interesting names, we need to sign Maurice Jones-Drew.  The Seahawks do need a good running back…
• I don’t know if anybody told you, but the economy sucks.  AIG i heard is bleeding $460,000 dollars a minute, Citibank is close to being nationalized, and The Anti-Christ even shit-canned their entire Flight SImulator development team.  The former two, I could care less about, but the latter is going to hurt…
• My phone bill is going up.  I saw this rumor on The Consumerist, and so I longed on to T-Mobile, and it was true.  For only $10.00 more, I now have unlimited voice.  And that to my unlimited texting, and my total internet access, and my phone bill is not going to be the cheapest.  But, I’m happy with it, and since my cell phone is my only phone, I can justify it.  Besides, it’s still cheaper than when I was on the AT&T Digital One Rate ($110.00 a month for 600 minutes, no internet, no texting….).
• In 2 1/2 weeks Sounders FC will start their first season.  Yes, I am a soccer fan. It’s not as boring as The New World Order (Mind-Control Division), and I can leave the tin-foil hat behind…  You got to hand to the Mariners.  It does take a considerable effort to have a $100 million payroll, and still have a 100 loss season….

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Oooooh Shit……….

Griffey is coming back….  I don’t know what the Mariners have been smoking, or if The New World Order (Mind-Control Division) itself is high….

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no fan of his.  He’s an ungrateful jack-ass.  The people of King County are burdened with a stadium that he insisted on being built, and yet he spent less than one season here.  I think if they’re going to call Safeco Field the house that Griffey built, then Griffey should pay for it. Personally.

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Nothing to see here. Move along. Again.

This is nothing really. Apparently one can now post straight from one's mobile phone straight to blogger...

Let’s have some opera!

Just because I can, here’s the entire Ring Cycle.  Slight truncated….

Betcha didn’t know that Elmer Fudd sang Wagner…

Oh, and he also did Rossini too:

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So what’s been happening…

I haven’t dropped off the face of the earth yet.  Real Life sometimes intervenes, and I end up away form my computer.  Or it could be I’m just too farking lazy to click on the icon to fire up windows live writer….. A little bit of column A and a little bit of column b is involved.

Anyway, one of the stores located near my work called me in recently as there computer and a Very Important Piece of hardware wasn’t working (not a printer or a scanner, and what it is/was is irrelevant to the post at hand).  There problem was the drivers and the software were written for Windows XP, but the computer they were using had Windows Vista.  I showed them how to use compatibility mode, and we both agreed that there are two ways to lose money: gambling is the quickest, and upgrading to Vista is the surest…  I just hope that one day The Anti-Christ would put out something that doesn’t suck…

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The latest toy

And I mean it literally.  Someone is designing a Lego cell phone.  I had Legos when I was growing up, and I made all sots of thing, but a functioning cell phone wasn’t one of them…

And in a Lego cell phone isn't your thing, then there’s also the Lego Space Battle cruiser Yamato…

And this was found form somewhere on them intertubes:

Just a reminder people

I just want to remind people that cocaine/frosted flakes and gunpowder do not mix…

Don’t try this at home (not that it’s really possible….)

Ok, I watched Star wars growing up.  You shoot laser.  Stuff blows up.  Like a planet, perhaps?  One of the scenes that stuck out in my mind was when they blew up Alderaan.  Anyway, somebody with way too much time on there hands has finally figured out how powerful the Death Star needed to be here.  Don’t let reality get in way of your Science Fiction…..

Six and a half years later

And I finally beat MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries…  The Anti-Christ actually did a fairly decent job (usually I just play the instant action).  Too bad they cancelled any further versions (I hear they even let go the Flight Sim people during the recent layoffs).  Damn, and this was better than any version of widows, too.

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Spock. Now. You. Can. Try. This. At. Home.

Yep.  It’s the Star Trek Episode Plot Generator.  Pointy ears not included.  And neither is William Shatner’s toupee.  But then again, William Shatner isn’t included, either…

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