Giants win it….

The San Francisco Giants have won the World Series in The New World Order (Mind-Control Division). This is the first time they’ve won it all since they moved well before I was born… Baseball is such a boring game. Instead I’m watching Peyton and some immature horses beat up a bunch of Texans…

So long Randy. Moss is getting shit-canned. Can’t perform, expect the axe. Though, I feel this is more because of attitude than performance… You should stop and think if you’re being released less than a month after being traded for…

Note to Washington: Don’t bench your starter on the final drive. Don’t bench your starter in favor of Rex Grossman. Or you’ll end up losing to a team that can’t even maul Christians… I don’t care how fat your coach thinks Donovan McNabb is.

Another reason to love Android

The only difference between the EVO and the HD2 is the radio. At least hardware wise, that is the case. Which means that the HD2 can run Android pretty well. Especially the music player. In Windows Mobile, you can multi-task, running other stuff while listening to music, but if you couldn't remember which track was playing, sometimes it was a PITA to look up WMP. In Android, its on the lockscreen. Or the status screen. Although, I've rumors that some of the WinMo chefs are trying to cook this into their ROMs as well.

Not that I'm knocking Windows Mobile. As criticized as it is, it is still relevant. It's as thought while world is just going to up and ditch their Rhodiums, Blackstones, Raphaels, and Pheobuses overnight.

To my boss..

Can I have a raise?

Please?

Yet another journal entry type post

Rebuilt my computer the first part of September. Just now got around to configuring Windows Live Writer, one of the few good things The Anti-Christ put out (that and the MechWarrior 4 franchise, which is now available for free, FLight Simulator X, Flight Simulator 2004, the Whole Combat Flight Simulator series….).

It has been said the The HTC HD2 will not get an official Windows Phone 7 upgrade. Which means Igwanarob might get a Windows Phone 7 before I do (AT&T is one of the launch customers for it). The operating term is “official”. The only difference between the currrent HD2 and the forthcoming HD7 (to be offered by T-Mobile) are a few button stickers. That’s it. They’ll both have the same processor, same camera, same 4.3 inch 800 x 480 display… If they can port Android over to it, then they can port Windows Phone 7 too (in fact, it has been done already, though the ROM hasn’t benn publicly released. Yet).

Speaking of Android on my HD2, I’ve noticed that there’s a mobile version of FIrefox out. I’m still playing with it, but so far, I’m sufficiently impressed. When I use Windows Mobile, I’m now an Opera 10 person. Mainly because it’s slightly easier than Internet Exploder. Too bad they killed Fennec. Windows Mobile is still a viable platform (as stigmatized as it is), and I don’t think the masses are going to jump to the new 7 en masse…

The main reason why this blog is so neglected nowadays is that I’m on Facebook more often than not. No, this blog won’t be taken down anytime soon. Facebook is good for embarrasing your boss and posting humiliating pictures of your family. But even with most of my postings going on Facebook, I still need my soapbox in the internet. And this is perfect. Having said that, Facebook recently changed the server interface, for want of a better way of saying it. The Android and iPhone apps were written by Facebook, iirc, and so they were able to deal with it (or they were upgraded). Not the WinMo version. Since it’s published my MicroSoft, it didn’t get the memo, and now the only way to make it work is to log out, and log back in every time you use it. They have said something about a forthcoming update, but I don’t believe it. Instead, I’d suggest the XDA Developers’ Edition…

The Sounders FC are in the playoffs. Again. Not too shabby for your second season. And with the new MLS teams in Portland and Vancouver, the rivalries are sure to become interesting.

And the Seahawks now have something they haven’t had in over two years: a winning record. And they’re on top the division, too. Pete Caroll has changed a lot personel since he came, and it appears to be working. Shit-canning the man-divas on the team and replacing them with players who actually play will do wonders for results. It’s one thing to have the talent. It’s another thing to produce the results. Any idiot can have a mouth, but actions speak louder than words…

Did I mention I like Football as much, if not even more than I like football?

The rain is now picking up again. This weekend we had the first real storm pass through the area. It woke me up at about 5 in morning Sunday. From the sound of the rain hitting the window, I figured it was coming straight against that side of the building. My brother sleeps right underneath his window. And he his window was open… (I learned that lesson a few weeks ago when another storm passed through, though it wasn’t as bad…) With the weather peoples saying that this will be a La Niña year, I’m pretty sure winter will be interesting, to say the least.

Oldest are still goodies...

So tonight. I'm watching The Naked Gun 2 1/2. It's as funny now as as it was when it was originally released. If OJ didn't go and get himself in all that trouble. You know, with killing his ex and all...

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Do not panic. Yet again.

There's nothing really important to see here. Just fooling around with Android on my HD2 (yes, I said Android on my HD2). It surprisingly works pretty well. The app store (or as I should say, the Android market) is very well stocked. I can see why every one likes Android. But, deep down, I'm still a Windows Mobile user. But I can have my cake and eat it, too. Windows installs to my phone's main memory, and Android runs off my memory card. It's almost like I can dual-boot, but I have to start Windows when I turn my phone on before I can go into Android.

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Happy Birthday Ditty!

Though this isn't the first time you made into a blog entry, I hope it'll be the first time I actually got something posted on time. Happy Birthday, and may you not have to wait till the after life to enjoy the Beer Volcano & Stripper Factory.....

Oh, Ernie's tonsure is a little dull. Could you polish it up a little bit?

Avast me hearties!

Ahoy! Today be International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Shiver yar timbers, and have a swashbuckling good day. And plunder!

Failing that, there's the Manning Bowl tonight on Sunday Night Football. Who will Archie Manning be rooting for. Or will both landlubbers be keel-hauled to Davy Jones' locker with a Tom Brady Well Deserved Beating?

It’s full 90 time… And a few other things

I just watch the Vikings get raped and pillaged by the Saints. Brett Favre received a Tom Brady Well-Deserved Beating. I guess he needs more Geritol. He kept his depends on, though…

It’s 52 minutes and change into the Sounders FC match with Real Salt Lake. And it’s a scoreless tie. Among the highlights tonight have been Casey Keller stopping a penalty kick, and only one yellow card so far. There should’ve been another penalty kick at the other end of the pitch, but that’s the one thing nearly all sports officials have in common: they’re blind. That’s the only reason why I can explain no-calls…

A couple of months ago, I upgraded my keyboard/mouse set to another wireless set. I’ve always used a PS/2 keyboard/mouse set (mainly becaue at the time, I was still playing with Win9x), and my new set was USB. My problem was it never worked until the OS loaded to a gui (which isn’t a problem until you need to boot to recovery console, or you need to format/partition your drive). It wasn’t until I Google’d it that I realized I should probably enable ‘legacy usb support’ in my BIOS.

My HTC HD2 has enough ‘shoulders’ to run WinME. Though I dance in the street because there are several version of Android that work with it. Perfectly. With my Rhodium, there are a couple of version of Andriod avaialable, but there are still several issues with it. too bad, IgwanaRob…

After having way too many late night hypoglycemic episodes, the dietician my provider referred me to agreed with my suggestion that I take my Lantus shot in the morning instead of at bedtime. The other significant change was switching me from NovolinR to Humalog. Apparently though, I was supposed to get the pen, but the pharmacist didn’t read the prescription, and I got the vial instead. Oh well.

82 minutes and still tied…

A week to go...

Football season starts next week. I'm talking about the professionals. Yesterday, the hawks made their final cuts to get the 53 players. and among the shit-canned is TJ Lastnameicantdpell...Good Riddance to him. Teams don't need divas. Well, he may not have been a diva, but for what he was making, he should've been performing like Steve Largeant. It could be worse. At least we don't have to deal with Pac-Man Jones, TO, or Chad Ochocinco...

Elsewhere, I've heard that say least two Hiesman winners are now among the unemployed. The Dogs went to Provo, and were beat by the Quarterback Factory. The Cougars just got massacred. And that was before they even got into the stadium...

There may be hope for the Detroit Lions. They actually mauled a Christian....

Hawks vs. Vikings

It's the SeaHawks vs. the Vikings tonight. I think the Hawks will be the ones raping and pillaging tonight. And having a senior citizen on the team isn't going to help Minnesota... Anyway, the NFL had insituted s couple of rule changes with Favre coming back fir one more season: The Vikings will be allowed an extra center. One will snap the ball. and one will hand Brett his walker. Knocking Favre's dentures out will be sufficient to tackle him. If Brett gets lost, the nearest player id required to point him to the goal line. And finally: Geritol is now a banned performance enhancing substance... But this is all moot. done I have to work, and will miss it...

So I'm watching some pre-season football

Right now, its Minnesota vs. St. Louis. The best football I've seen through the years I'll admit has come from the preseason games. There's nothing like playing for your job to motivate you to perform. In the past, I've thought Seattle was The Team to beat. And than the regular would come along, and I would be disappointed when the season started. But I'm excited for the Hawks under Pete Carroll this year. And perhaps there's even hope for the Lions to even maul Christians this year...

it's mighty hot today...

And I have to work fortunately in an AC'd location. Enjoy the sun...

Hey Igwanarob!

The Energy ROMS run a lot better on the Leo than the Rhodium... Perhaps something to do with the fact that it's what Energy uses himself. BTW, did I mention that I have an HD2 now?

Leo vs. Rhodium

My boss got an HD2 a few months back, and promptly went back to his jsilbroken iPhone. He then put his phone up for sale. Yesterday, the price came down to something I could afford, so I took him up on it. It had a few pluses over the Rhodium. First, the speed: I've a full blown tower at home that's slower than this (although my Touch Pro is also faster than it as well, but you get the point...). Second, there's the memory: your apps will run faster if you don't have to install them to your memory card... Then there's the multi-touch screen, the more advanced Android development, the 800 x 600 display...

But a tiny part of me misses the stylus and the physical keyboard, but I can deal with that...

So Long, Don

Don Wakamatsu just got shit-canned today. The Mariners still suck. The Sounders FC, on the other hand, have clawed their way back to .500. Are you giving it your full 90?

The next sacrificial lamb in Seattle is Daren Brown, who comes to from AAA Tacoma, which unlike it’s affiliate up north can actually win games. Let’s hope he can bring that experience to the laughing stock of The New World Order (Mind-Control Division)… Who am I kidding? The Mariners suck. Your career is now officially over, Daren…

It’s back

Training camp started Saturday. I’m personally curious to see of the Seahawks can be better than they were last year, though that shouldn’t take too much effort.

Due to a new person at the day-job, and an ensuing change in my schedule, I won’t have to work sunup'\sundown every sunday. Which means hopefully I can get home for the Sunday Night game now (which is the Marquis NFL game now). I’ll still have Mondays off, so I can also watch the Monday Night game as well…

Go Hawks. Though I hear the Detroit Lions were actually able to finally maul a Christian the other day. There could be hope for them as well…

MySpace mating calls…

Back when MySpace was still just barely relevant, I created a MySpace page. I updated it almost daily. Then, a few weeks later, I realized Facebook was where it was at, at that’s where I do my Social networking now.

But since my MySpace page is open to the public (just like this blog), I’ve noticed on occasion, I’ll get messages from total strangers (all of them from the female persuasion).  And they’re seeking to be more than friends. And they’re all out of state. I know better than to reply to them or to even acknowledge that I’ve read their messages. Besides, most of them are from the other side of the country (though I also take what I see in the profiles with a grain of salt. This is the same Internet that would have me beleiving that Belgium really exists, and Elvis is dead…).

It never fails. I logon to MySpace, and I get a mating call. Don’t waste your breath. I’m not a fool.

Halftime

Are you giving your full 90? The Sounders FC are leading Colorado 2-1. Very Entertaining game. First goal came in the first few minutes. And the best way to respond to getting scored against is to score your own. Preferably in the next 30 seconds or less…

KISS on Leno

I still haven't forgiven NBC for what they did to Coco. In fact, I still won't have anything to do with any of their sponsors. Having said that, I was channel surfing tonight and noticed KISS was performing on the tonight show. I'm not impressed. Not at all. Paul Stanley is obviously having a bad hair day. And I thought I saw Gene Simmons wearing Depends... They're a bunch of has-beens, never-was's, and also-rans. I used to be a fan.Then they decided to use my email as an advertising medium, and this card-carrying soldier in the KISS Army took the Boulder Pledge and defected. Seriously, if a gimmick ever existed, they've tried it. Even Ted McGinley and Cousin Oliver have said that KISS has jumped one shark too many...

You're right. I'm not that big of a KISS fan...

Cleaning things up

As of Monday morning, I had 6 printers in my room. I bought one (and it did work at one time). The rest were given to me from various & sundry relatives. None of them actually worked, though one I installed on my computer because it was a multi-function printer, and the flat-bed scanner still worked. And I still had what was left of my previous computer lying about.

My father, in addition to surprising me with the brand-new printer, offered to drop all my stuff off for recycling. Now I actually have space in my closet now. Everything went, with the exception of the expansion cards from my old computer (they can fit in my junk drawer, and they may come in useful in the future) and my old hard drives (I am physically destroying those to ensure the data doesn’t fall in the wrong hands)…

George Snuffs it

George Steinbrenner has died. I’m sure he will be sorely missed in The New World Order (Mind-Control Division). But I will remember him for all the World Series rings. And the payroll. Seriously, A-Rod and Derek Jeeter’s salaries are greater than some nations’ GDP…

The way baseball is played will never be the same. And the same could be said for how it is managed…

So I'm on the bus to work...

And I just noticed Northbound I-5 betwwen the Tacoma Mall and Lakewood is completely blocked due to an accident. Apparently people still don't know how to drive. I simply prefer to tap my pass and let the professionals do it...

The mother of all catch up posts. Well, maybe not…

Yes, I know I haven’t been posting that much as of late. I kept thinking it was because I just had one monitor. Then I added another monitor when I got my cheap, twin-headed video card. And I still kept slacking off. Then I thought I’d post more from my phone (you can tell those posts, as I no longer bother to tag those posts). Maybe it’s because just post to Facebook now. But don’t despair. I may not post as often as one would want, but I haven’t forgotten it completely. Anyway, in no particular order, here’s what’s up:

• I finally got a decent TV tuner in my computer. It’s still an ATI based chipset, but there are differences. For instance, no more ATI multimedia center (there were always at least three different programs and restarts involved to set up my old ATI TV wonder pro, which on one occasion was worth a post in it’s own right). The new card, just put the cd-rom in, and you’re good to go. It even has Windoze 7 drivers (from The Anti-Christ). But the one thing that has one me over is the fact that I can run my TV tuner in my second monitor, and not have the computer crash on me. Right now, I have the Sounders game on, and I’m giving my full 90 while writing this.
• I was at Best Buy a couple of week ago, buying a hard drive (yes, I filled up a 250 gig drive. Easily). I just wanted to get a 500 gig drive, and the Best Buy employee went to upsell me to a 1 tb drive. And all he did was point out that they were the same price (same brand, same model). So I got a 1tb hard drive. BTW, I also replaced my DVD burner (went all SATA, and I thought my original one going south on me…). I can now make major computer changes now with unplugging and dismantling the tower (however, I must add a serious do not try that at home, unless you like frying really expensive electronic components….)
• Also getting replaced was my printer. I ran out of ink a time ago, and I stopped using it (it eventually got pulled and put in the closet). I bought new ink for it recently, and discovered that it was broken. My mom upgraded her printer, and gave me her old one. It could still print, and it had ink, but I had to feed each individual sheet into it. Until my father surprised me with this.
• Cliff Lee got traded. Being a pitching ace is no guarantee in The New World Order (Mind-Control Division). I care more the Sounders FC than the Mariners…
• Miguel Montano just got a red card. Not a smart move for your first start…
• The summer weather has finally arrived. By tradition, the sunshine didn’t come until July 5. It was a little bit cooler today, but I think the summer weather will stick around until right before Labor Day weekend, when it will switch back to rain. Oh, and will rain on SeaFair weekend…
• I heard somewhere that 1 in 4 Americans don’t know who we declared independence from. I’ll fill you in on the truth: we declared independence from Mongolia when George Washington and Abraham Lincoln teamed to defeated Rodan.
• New Twilight is out. I’m still neither Team Edward nor Team Jacob. I’m still Team Grandpa Munster.
• Steve Caroll has a new flick out. It should be good. This was after all Gary from The Ambiguously Gay Dou…
• The Sounders are still getting some good chances. Shorthanded…

Its the fourth today...

And I hope everybody has a patriotic National Get Drunk And Blow Yourself Up Day... One out every four Americans doesn't even know who we declared independence from. I don't know if that's a poor reflection of our education system, or poor programming choices by the History Channel. There's one thing that America has in common with The Middle East, India, Pakistan, and most of Africa: we were all British territiory at one time. That's right. I blame all of problems of Middle East upon her majesty the Queen...

So I just left the doctors office...

And I was dissappointed. Steam wasn't coming out of her ears, and her head wasn't spinning. It cant't be that bad. My doctor's trying to protect me from a heart attack, and I'm trying to give her one.

BTW, doctors, when you start patients on a new medication, it would help to tell so. I can't take it if I don't know I'm on it...

Only in Parkland...

Only in Parkland can one get panhandled at 8 on a Sunday morning before getting on the bus. Twice.

BTW, happy Fathers Day. In years past the tradition was to get my dad a really tacky tie. And he actually wore some of them. O still know what I'm going to do this year for him...

So I'm watching Game 7...

And my only question is why can't anybody score? I thought defence in the NBA wasn't supposed to exist. Not that I'm that big of a NBA fan. I still haven't forgiven them for pulling the Sonics out from under us...

The Lakers can't shoot worth suit from the free-throw line.

FWIW, I'm rooting for Boston...

Are you ready for some Futbol!!!

Ok, I will admit it. I'm about as big a fan of soccer as I am a football fan. And the World Cup is on. Too bad I can't catch any games today (didn't realize it until it was too late to put in for a day off)...

Yet again I go to work...

And I've already the correlation between the state of the weather and whether I work. Yesterday we had some rain in the morning but it cleared up. It was supposed to be my day off. But the weather cleared the moment I got called in, which my father commented to me when I called him later that night.

Today, I'm scheduled to work an ??ber-long shift. Enjoy your sunshine...: Click Here for Location (via @zhiing)

Griffey is gone....

Ken Griffey Jr. retired from The New World Order (Mind-Control Division) yesterday. Everybody is gushing over his career and his performance. And I say good riddance, you ungrateful bastard. The taxpayers of King County are still paying for Safeco Field, which was built to keep you here, but you still decided to leave anyway. You then came back a has-been, and you couldn't even stay awake for all nine innings...

Good Riddance to you, Ken Griffey Jr. And don't let the door hit you on the way out...

RIP Arnold...

And lo! The Noodly Appendage has reached forth and The Flying Spaghetti Monster has called home Gary Coleman to frolic in the Beer Volcano and Stripper Factory.

Another child star I grew up watching on TV has gone. And what scares me is that he was not much older than I am. Life is fragile. Death doesn't care about your celebrity status. In fact, there are several well-known cases where ones celebrity status and the ensuing access to controlled substances has been a direct contributing factor to ones demise (or they will be).

So long Arnold...

It's bright and sunny outside

It figures. On a day that's as bright and sunny as today is, I have to go to work

Happy Mothers' Day

Happy Mothers' Day to all your mothers out there. Even if you couldn't get to see Betty White on SNL last night (she should've joined the cast after Golden Girls...). Since I usually work on Sundays, and today being no exception, I called my mom last night. Offered her Chinese, but she had other plans lined up already...

Betty on SNL...

Its probably going to be the funniest one this season.

Screw you Chase

I’ve had an account with Chase since February. There was an issue with my then current financial institution, and I decided to have a back-up checking account. Bank Of America was out, for the obvious reasons. So I researched, and thought Cahse was the best option. My first clue that there was something rotten in Denmark was my first deposit. They sat on it for almost a week.  Then there was the $25 fee for my debit card. They said it was for a ‘rewards’ program, but never really let me look at the terms and conditions. As for ‘rewards’: Not Really Worth It. I don’t need to spend $500+ just to get a $5 Starbucks card. And the points would’ve expired before I could accumulate enough to get anything worthwhile.

Yesterday was the last straw. I needed to pay the rent, and I had to deposit my paycheck (no Chase branch near my store). My roommate gave me his rent money in cash. I deposit the items then asked for a money order. And the teller said the check wouldn’t be available until tomorrow morning. That was it. I decided to closed the account (they reversed the deposit), and then gave me some bullshit about it being the normal policy for all banks to sit on your deposit. I told her that I never had that issue with BofA (basically she lied to me). Then I was told there will be a $25 fee to close my account. Fine. I’ll eat my loss. Don’t ever expect me to recommend you to my friends.

I won’t mention the spam I’ve recieved from them either. By now, invoking the Boulder Pledge on them is kind of redundent.

Chase: I don’t need your fees, I don’t need your lies, and I don’t need your attitude. And you don’t need my business….

So I'm on my way to work...

And there's nothing much going on. The new Nightmare came out this weekend, and I hear they cast Ted McGinley as the new Freddy. And another Shrek is out soon. Seriously, has Hollywood run completely out of ideas?

Surprisingly, its overcast now.Usually its bight and sunny on my way to work. And I keep hearing rumors of it raining while I'm at work...

Its now official. I do more emailing from my phone than my computer. In fact, this post was written my phone...: Click Here for Location (via @zhiing)

Only in Washington State

Can one go from so sunny that I have to pull out the shades to pouring down rain. All in the space of a walk to the bus stop. Then it repeated this at least twice on the ride in to work. Whatever. Its all Jeff Renner's fault...: Click Here for Location (via @zhiing)

To follow up…

A few weeks ago, I posted a recent (at the time) experience about the Orca Card and bus service in general. You weren’t the only one to see it. I kinda sorta borrowed a page from The Consumerist and deployed an Executive Email Carpet Bomb. Going to the Peirce Transit web site, I found their Board of Commisioners, took down all their email addresses, and let it loose (along with a copy to main@soundtranist.org and contactus@orcacard.com). This was bound to get results, since among the members are the Pierce County Executive, the mayors of Tacoma and Puyallup, and the CEO of Pierce Transit. I immediately noticed hits to my blog from Seattle (headquarters of SoundTransit) and Lakewood (headquarters of Pierce Transit). This lasted for about three days (I sent it on a Wednesday night). And on Tuesday, I received an email from a Peirce Transit who was responsible for the implementation of the Orca Card). The formal letter of apology was in a PDF attachment. And they mailed it to me. Via certified mail. And I haven’t had a problem with being overcharged by the driver since then.

I’m sure they didn’t want to hear it this way, but when you’re customer service reps are condescending, rude, and incompetent, then you’re going to have to deal with customers like me…

Sometimes people do read their mail, though….

My Next Act of Stupidity….

I joined Twitter. Along with Facebook, and MySpace. I don’t update to MySpace that much anymore, but I’m still on it. I’m more likely to be on Facebook these days (especially since my phone can almost integrate my facebook into my address book). This blog will will still be my Internet Soapbox where I can air my grievances at the world. Twitter I think will be a place to post my GPS updates when I want the Internet to know where I’m at (though I can post that here, too)…

Edit: I decided to delete Twitter. Everything I can do on Twitter, I can do here. And I’m already established here…

And Lo!

The Noodly Appendage did reach forth, and The Flying Spaghetti Monster has called home Harry Wappler, so Wayne Cody can have a decent weather forecast while they both frolic among The Beer Volcanoes and Stripper Factories. Ramen…

I really didn’t watch KIRO TV growing up, but I do remember Wayne Cody and Harry Wappler. There was another show, Almost Live (a local equivalent of Saturday Night Live), and Wayne Cody was on occasion a target, owing to his size… Harry Wappler, IIRC was the first weather forecaster that I remember being called a meteorologist. I mainly got my local news fix from King 5, but I remember watching KIro on occaision.

RIP, Harry.

PS, for those of you who don’t know about Almost Live, here’s a little bit of what you missed. This was always my favorite sketch:

Always remember to behave yourself…

Nothing to see here. Don't panic.

I make regret this in the future, but then again, the ability to post your GPS to your blog may come in handy.

IgwanaRob, the SWYPE onscreen keyboard kicks ass... : Click Here for Location (via @zhiing)

A way to irritate my brother….

As you may know from reading my previous entries, aside from the fact that IgwanaRob has very much definitely voided the warranty on his phone (see the first comment…) is yes, I got a HTC Rhodium, aka the T-Mobile Touch Pro 2. My brother, who bought my BlackBerry when I went back to the Shadow, was intrigued by it. He actually said that I finally got something cool. At the time, he was looking for an upgrade for his phone. Apparetnly this was the phone he wanted, and I got it first. SO he sent me out to find him and HD2. Wasn’t going to happen. So he finally settled on a Touch Pro 2, as well. I think he’ll manage…

Spring must be in the air...

All the windows in the apartment are open. I have to wear my shades to the bus stop. Both buses I'm riding on the way to work have the AC on. Spring must be here. The Bright Yellow UFO is in the sky (some people call it the sun, but everyone in Washington knows an extraterrestrial invasion is more likely than sunny weather...)

I'll enjoy while it lasts. Jeff Renner will eventually sober up...

It must've been my day off.

The daily weather feature on my phone tracks my location via gps. It can also dollw the weather in several other locations. It must have been my day off today. All 8 locations I had programmed said 'rain'...

Some things never change...

It’s been al little bit over a week

Since I got my HTC Touch Pro 2. The Shadow has been retired for all intents and purposes.  ANd really don’t regret it…

The second day after I got it, I flashed the ROM. Went from Windows Mobile 6.1 to Windows Mobile 6.5 (and actually the first time that I had a 6.5 device without voiding the warranty…) (and while we’re at it, this is the first time, I’ve flashed a phone’s ROM and still had it under warranty…).

Some of the new features I like with this phone:

1. The 3G. At my definitely non-IT day-job, we just had DSL installed very recently, and I commented to my boss that my phone still has a faster connection. Though knowing how ‘thrifty’ some employers can be, perhaps even the EDGE network of my previous phone might still be faster.  BTW, there’s now WI-FI at work… And it’s really great to watch youtube without it having to buffer…
2. The GPS. If your phone has a data plan, chances are you can get a pseudo-gps by triangulating the signal from the cell towers. Sometimes it’ll work, if you just need accuracy to the nearest ZIP code. WIth GPS however, I can fire up Google Maps, and follow my bus ride in real time (and theere are apps available that will track you speed and distance).
3. The touch-screen. There’s something to be said about being able to scroll by merely flicking your screen. On the BlackBerry, the track-ball has died, and my brother is stuck until he buys his new phone). And the on-screen keyboard ain’t too shabby, either… Which brings me to:
4. The keyboard. A five row qwerty keyboard. The Shadow has what can best be described as a SureType keyboard. It got the job done, and it was easier than a normal cell phone key pad, but there were still moments when I texted gibberish because the system didn’t understand what I was saying. It’s a godsend for entering usernames and passwords…
5. The memory. I hated the BlackBerry because of the piss-poor memory. I think I could only install  5 or six apps from the BlackBerry app store before I ran out of memory. The Shadow had a lot more memory, and also had the option of installing to the memory card. The Touch Pro has a whole shit-load more (and if necessary, I can also install to the memory card, too).
6. The speed. The BlackBerry was about average. It could handle everything you threw at it. The Shadow when I was running the original ROM could keep up with it, but when I went to 6.5, I had to start overclocking the processor. This one has the jiuce to spare…
7. The battery. With the Shadow, two batteries were the norm, and even then I still had to watch what I was doing (or keep a charger with me). I have yet to run the battery down with this one to worry about it…

All and all, I’d say I like the new phone. I’m not going to cook the ROM yet, but there is a well-developed community for software develpoment for when the warranty expires (or I just decide to say fark it and hack the phone anyway).

Now Igwanarob and I have one more thing in common.

Burp!...

There's only one thing that's better than homemade cooking. And that's Mom's homemade cooking. And even if Mom doesn't do a food job, at least I don't have to cook it. And she even made Spaghetti, so I can commune with The Noodly Master. Ramen.

Nothing to see here. Move along. Again.

So it's time my Shadow was retired. It hasn't died. Yet. But it is showing its age. I'm probably the second or third owner, and it has performed honorably. But dammit I want a new phone, and I'm finally in a position where i can afford a new phone (not used or second-hand). So I got a HTC Touch Pro 2, aka the HTC Rhodium. So far, I'm impressed. We'll see if its a keeper. I've two weeks to return it...

Rob McKenna

Does not represent my wishes, my interest, or my will. As an elected official, he needs to comprehend that he needs to out his constituents before his party's ideology. Unfortunately, this is not to be. He's joined the lawsuit against health care reform...

Why can't republicans just understand that there is a reason that they're the minority party now?

It’s Alive!

My mother had a laptop. An HP Pavilion dv 2000. One of these. Yes, it had issues. Since, I’m her tech support desk, I spent a good deal of time trying to fix it.  Finally, it just died. I tried to restore it, and the display kept going dark, and we were both getting fustrated with it. And she decided to finally replace it. Got a new desktop with Windows 7. And she gave me the laptop. I tried the restore DVDs. And I got them to work. After a half dozen attempts (it kept hanging on me, or it would just die).

So I now have a semi-functioning laptop. With a bunch of known issues and an expired warranty. But a free yet crappy laptop is still a free one. Know I just have to tame Vista… I just don’t trust The Anti-Christ. They shit-canned the one group that didn’t put out crap (and that was the fine people behind the Flight Simulator)…

EDIT: It died today. Attempts at resuscitation have been unsuccessful so far…

A step…

Sometimes a step in the wrong direction is better than no step at all. The House Of Representatives has passed the health care reform bill. A lot of people are up in arms over this, and  I may even disagree with the bill as it is passed….

But the status quo is unacceptable. Take my case. I have type I diabetes. When I first suspected it and went to the doctor to get tested for it, I had health insurance through my employer. Within 24 hours (literally) of my boss finding out I most likely had diabetes, I was fired and out of health insurance. Tad bit on the unethical and possibly illegal side, but that’s what happens. Now this is normally considered a ‘pre-existing’ condition, which means that under the current system, I will never be able to get good health insurance again (let’s think realistically here). The system needs to be reformed.

You can step to the left, or you can step to the right. But you have to step. Just standing there doing nothing and filibustering isn’t going to get things done. Regardless of your respective views, something has to be done.

And it looks like President Obama has finally done it…

UFO sighted!!!

There is this bright, shiny, yellow UFO in the ships of Western Washington today. As you can see, it's casting its own shadow. Some people are calling the extra-terrestrial race behind this phenomenon "The Sun". EVERYBODY PANIC! Some are calling for the military to be deployed, but I've seen Men In Black and Coneheads. We don't need to call out the military. We need to call Immigration…

OK….

I think we may see the Nobel Committee may Jump The Shark. Last year, President Obama won it, IMO more for his campaign (he was nominated less than a month into office). Al Gore has also won it (I think it was for his quest to protect us from ManBearPig)…

And now this, year, one of Al Gore’s creations is being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. If it happens, then I hear next year Ted McGinley and cousin Oliver will get it, too…

Jeff Renner has found his stash!

Jeff Renner has found his stash again. Usually the modus operandi of a weather forecaster in the great Pacific NorthWet is to simply say rain every five minutes. Especially when it’s my day off (he’s in cahoots with my boss. I know it). But we got snow this week. After a couple of weeks of wonderful, sunny weather, too.

I don’t usually mind whatever Jeff is one. But aside form the obvious legal technicalities, I do have one issue: Why isn’t he sharing?

ORCA card = FRAUD!

A little set up. The ORCA card is an electronic, rfid card that Pierce Transit, SoundTransit, King County Metro, and a few other local agencies now use for their passes. On SoundTransit, if you want a transfer now (or if you want to transfer between different bus systems, i.e. Metro or Pierce Transit), you have to use the ORCA card. You can put various products on the ORCA card:

• a regional pass (i.e. the PugetPass)
• an E-purse, which makes it a stored value card (like the bastard child of a debit card).
• Or, you can put both on, which is what I do. I have a monthly Puget Pass at a $1.75 ride value (which is what Pierce Transit’s fare is), and I usually have an E-Purse to cover the occasions when I need to take a bus that charges a higher fare (like the ST Express and/or King County Metro).

Now how it’s supposed to work is when you board your buss, you tap the card on the reader (I don’t even have to take it all of my wallet), and if your pass value is equal or exceeds the fare value, you’re good to go. If the value of the fare exceeds you pass value, then the difference is taken from your E-Purse, or if you don’t have one, you have to make up the difference.

That’s where I have problems. I have an E-Purse with my pass on my card. Whenever I take the ST Express and tap my card, it shows up on the reader as “PASS + .75” (if I take the 574), or if I take the Seattle Express (route 590, 591, 594, etc) it shows up as “PASS + 1.25”, and I see the corresponding reduction on the E-Purse. And yet, I’m still challenged by the drivers on almost a daily basis to pay the difference in cash, even though I’ve already paid this electronically. Sometimes I win the argument, sometimes I pay, and then there’s the time I got kicked off the bus):

It happened February 17th. I attempted to board the 594 (coach 9706) @ the 512 park & ride. I knew I had enough on my ORCA card's e-purse to cover the fare, and I saw it deducted from my balance. The driver still insisted that I owed money, and he refused to let me board. See the proof, a screenshot from my card’s transaction history: Clearly, you can see that the remaining balance on my E-Purse was sufficient to cover the difference, and in fact it was deducted from the card.

 

Clearly, you can see that the remaining balance on my E-Purse was sufficient to cover the difference, and in fact it was deducted from the card. I immediately called Pierce Transit’s customer service line, and to say I was blown off would be an understatement. Pierce Transit really should put something on their website and/or in their literature about how rude and condescending their telephone representatives are. Anyway rather than referring me to management, I was told to call ORCA (the only person I didn’t need to call since the equipment works). I called ORCA, and explained it to their representative, and he tried to contact Pierce Transit himself, and I guess they blew him off. He did say that I was right, and that he would be sending me a free ride voucher, though. That may had settled the matter, had I actually got it (in hindsight, he probably lied to me to get me off my case). I also direct-dialed one of the senior supervisors/assistant managers at Peirce Transit and left a voicemail. I then emailed SoundTransit (the agency that subcontracts Pierce Transit to do this route), and I got essentially the same answer back:

<quote>

Thank you for contacting Sound Transit about your trip on the ST 594 on February 17, 2010 using your ORCA card.

 

The ST 594 is operated by Pierce Transit on behalf of Sound Transit.  Your ORCA account has been verified and had sufficient funds to ride this trip without paying any additional cash fares.  I apologize for the inconvenience.  This will be reported to Pierce Transit for further investigation.  I will be mailing you a complimentary free ride bus ticket for your next trip on a Sound Transit express bus.  We appreciate you riding Sound Transit and

</quote>

Three hours later, a secretary called me, and we conversed on this matter. She looked at my ride history and again said I shouldn’t have been charged extra and referred this to management. The next day I got a call from ‘Jerry’, who said he talked to the driver, and the driver lied to him and said I still owed money. NOTWITHSTANDING THE EVIDENCE ALREADY SHOWN TO ORCA, SOUNDTRANSIT, AND POSTED HERE! I offered to give my card number so he could look it up himself, but he said he doesn’t do that kind of stuff and basically said he believed the driver more than me. Essentially he has no fucking clue what’s going on, and no idea how the ORCA card reader is supposed to work. And this stupidity is the senior management at Pierce Transit!

Through all of this, two of the parties said they would be sending free ride tickets. It’s been two weeks since this happened, and I’ve never received them. Even though they have my address…

Fast forward to this past Saturday. I had to take the 574 to Federal Way. That very morning I had reloaded my ORCA card with the March PugetPass and E-Purse. I boarded the bus, tapped my card, and the driver grabbed my elbow as if to assault me or throw me off the bus. I told him I had an E-purse and he let me go. That was the last time I rode ST Express. I still need to go up to Seattle to look at a computer system that my boss has directed me to set up, but I don’t want to have to fight another losing battle with illiterate bus driver, and I’m now concerned for my safety. I don’t want to be physically accosted, compelled to pay extra or get off the bus. I just want to go to my destination…

The ORCA Card is a crock and a fraud. I’ve had more trouble with it than it’s worth, but I’m forced to use it. I’m sure it’s a valid concept, but when liars and incompetent clods are the ones implementing it, all bets are off.

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You can see the sun again…

Because the US Airways pilot with the brass balls that could block the sun is retiring. We have way too few heroes. Although I’d prefer that he not wear his shorts on the outside…

Why yes, it is possible...

To see an Olympic Hockey player get a 5-minute game misconduct. And I think some Olympic officials may be relieving a player of his hardship of playing. And possibly the NHL will want to have a chat with him as well. Yes, I am watching the Finland/Sweden match.

So I just the cable guy come out.

Previous repair calls from Comcast have usually been less than satisfactory. Nine times out of ten I ended up fixing problems myself after the cable guy says there’s nothing he can do.

Today it was slightly different. Friday I noticed the box in my room stopped functioning. I tired a different box. No results. So I called Comcrap. He got no response over the phone to either box. SO the tech had to come out. It turns out my outlet had not signal, and in fact it had actually been disconnected (and my account was/still is in good standing). Not good for Comcast (for not checking before arbitrarily disconnecting), but good for them for reconnecting it…

This did not affect my internet access, as the cable modem is now on the living room outlet (courtesy of wi-fi)…

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Coke with BSOD

I was at a local mall recently, and noticed this at a nearby coke machine. I've heard of all sorts of bonuses that may come with Coca- Cola, but I'll pass on the Blue Screen Of Death with mine. Maybe The Anti-Christ bought out Coca-Cola…

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Just when I think I've got it right.

I thought this reinstall of windows of windows was going well. Then it came time to install the video driver. Went terribly wrong. So after a string of expletives, I decided that no software issue will survive the format c: command.

Back to square 1...

Sorry Doctor Evil….

You may have your secret moon base and your clone 1/8 your size. But the Air Force now has “lasers”, too. And darn, good ones, too. Maybe you should try your “tractor beam”…

At last some people have found work…

All the has-beens and never-was’s in the NFL now can have work again. The NFL Network is going to air Arena Football. It’s nice to know that people are going back to work…

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One of the advantages of two monitors…

Is that I can watch a DVD in one monitor (in this case Episode 1 of Cosmos) in one monitor, and blog about it in the other monitor. And surf the web. And to other things…

Yes I have to say I have two monitors, and I’m a fan of Carl Sagan….

Bon Voyage, Phil…

Phil Harris, the captain of the Cornelia Marie has died. I never watched Deadliest Catch on Discovery Channel that much. I’m more into Dirty Jobs, Mythbuster, and anything else that featured Adam Savage in pain or Mike Rowe soiling himself. Although Mike Rowe does the voice over work for Deadliest Catch…

In a totally unrelated story, I got Cosmos from the library again today. Let’s see how may times I can watch it….

You know all those fancy thingamagigs we keep sending to Mars?

It turns out some of them had cameras on them. And they can take some pretty awesome pictures.

Just goes to show one that you can find some good pistures on the Internet that aren’t pr0n…

So I backed up my system last night...

Did the usual back-up on my computer last night. The last time I tried this, it took 8 DVD's to do it. While I do have enough DVD's to do it this time, I've now found it's easier to get my screwdriver out, and put one of my spare hard drives in. Then it's just a simple copy and paste. A lot easier than 10 to 12 discs. But I'm beginning to realize a problem. My 'spare' drive is a 160 gb capacity, and I can very easily fill it up. I think it's time to upgrade…

If you’re wondering

Whether or not a HTC Phoebus (aka the T-Mobile Shadow 2007) can support a memory card greater than 4 gigabytes (which is what T-Mobile advertised), it can. I just put an 8 gig one in my phone today, and am currently filling it up with heavy metal music. Who needs an iPhone?…

All we need is a secret moon-base…

And a clone 1/8 our size. A one megajoule “laser” has been demonstrated. Allegedly this is for research into nuclear fusion, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the “lasers” showed up attached to sharks’ heads, or if America started getting extortion notes demanding a million dollars…

mp3 players in the morning.

I get up, get out the house, and somewhere along the lines, I fired up my mp3 player. And only pon my mp3 player can one go from KISS to The Glenn Miller Orchestra to Metallica. Good morning, people.

Airbus A320 for sale…

The miracle on the Hudson flight plane is for sale. Some slight water damage. It’s being sold ‘as-is’, and the engines aren’t included. Neither is the pilot with the big brass balls who can land without engines…

Well it took only about 17 years….

But The Anti-Christ appears to have now published the patch that China was using in their attack on Google. I wonder what the hurry was for….

Anyway, Microsoft’s approach to safe web borowsing and avoiding spoofed websites is simple: “Stop using Firefox and use Internet Explorer 8.”

BTW, Firefox 3.6 is out. Off to go update….

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I have absolutely no comment…

Other than to say it is possible to gift-wrap a cat:

Yes, Ditty. I did steal this from your Facebook post…

This is what would happen….

If Christmas ever got outsourced to India:

One nut job deserves another….

Sarah Palin (you know, the Born-Again Bimbo was the VP candidate in the ‘08 election) has a new job. She’s going to be a commentator on Fox News apparently.

BTW, here’s what you can expect:

It’s a good thing I get my news from google. Usually.

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He admits it!

Everyone knew it. And now Mark McGwire has admitted to being on the juice. I don’t think that The New World Order (Mind-Control Division) will really be able to do anything to him (steroids weren’t technically banned by MLB until after he retired. However he could be on the hook for lying about it….

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Good Riddance….

Jim Mora got shit-canned. Good Riddance to him. True, this was his first season, but only going 5-11, with losing the last four games of the season isn’t acceptable. Even the Lions are better. Well, not exactly, but still, we had the talent, and we were let down.

If it were up to me, the entire team would be shit-canned. Especially the starters. You make the big bucks, you deliver the goods. You can say something about injuries, but that responsibility still lies with the players. You make the big bucks, you’re responsible for keeping yourself healthy.

No excuses. Only results….

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Wood, Bones, and no porn…..

Italian scientists have found a way to make a bone substitute out of wood. No pornography involved….

Yet another day off

This is my second day off of 2010. I know I missed the first one, but I was too busy cleaning (when you get two single sharing an apartment, sometimes, it gets a little bit dirty…). And today was laundry day. But all the cleaning’s now done. Now on to more important stuff, like putting the new ROM on my phone….

So, It's 2010…

And I'm celebrating the same way I always do: watching the Space Needle get blown up on TV.

Anyway Happy New Year People.

Screw Amazon!

And Borders. And Barnes & Noble. And Waldenbooks…

At one of my employer’s locations, there is a Borders right next to us, and I’ve gone in there and looked around. But I’ve never bought anything. Nothing at all. Why should i? I’m just going to read it once, and then it’ll get shoved into the bathroom cabinet & forgotten, or even worse. So Borders will never see any of my money again. And I tell this to every Borders employee I know.

Never mind the mind that fact that I live only three blocks away from the public library, and I can place my library requests online a 2 am, like I just did…

Technorati Tags: Pierce County Library,Borders,Spamazon,Barne & Noble

Frelling cheap Chinese rip-offs!

The Chinese do have a reputation for making cheap knock-offs of mainstream merchandise. Here they are ripping off the leaning tower of Pisa:

I hear Pisa’s not really amused…

Don’t Drink and Drive

That’s all I have to say (for the most part) to you New Years’ Eve partygoers:

Then again, if you can’t even open the cork, then perhaps you shouldn’t be drinking in the first place…

How to shoot down a UAV. On the Fourth…

Don’t ask me why:

Posted without comment….

Feeling somewhat better

Yes, I know I missed the chance to exhort you to have a productive Airing of Grievances and Feats of Strength with Festivus. And then there was the Godless Pagan Holiday we had yesterday.

Unfortunately, I've had a serious head cold this week. One of the down side of being diabetic is that bugs like this are very much worse. Normally, I avoid taking cold and flu remedies and just try to sweat it out. I would go for cough drops and tylenol (the headache does no one any good). The one thing I do miss is sudafed. I can’t find it anymore because the damn tweakers caused it to pulled of the shelf. But I’m feeling somewaht better of late (the 12 hours of sleep last night may have helped, too….).

Anyway today allegedly was Christmas. But I celebrated my Christmas on Christmas Eve at the Big Family reunion. There was fun. family, the obligatory church  service…. In years past, we practiced a modified Secret Santa (where we drew names from a hat, and that was who we shopped for), which was good. This year, the order was white elephant (where you spent $10.00 at most, and this year the presents were given out by lottery). Of course, I threw a monkey wrench into the process by bringing an extra, ‘spare’ gift. I don’t regret it (I never know which cousin’s bringing a significant other, or if we’re going to have an unexpected guest). Anyway, a blast was had by all, an the fact that they were distributed via lottery makes it all the more funny. You don’t have to really score the loot to have a good time. The most funny moment was when one of my cousins opened her present and realized that it was a photo album. For babies. Unfortunately, children are definitely not in their future (that’s what she said…). Although I think the dreidel I got for my very much Christian uncle was funnier…

So Merry Christmas (late), Happy New Year, Happy Godless Pagan Holiday, and Happy Festivus….

I admit it…

I’m a geek…

Yes, I know it’s ad-supported, but I can imbed it. And I like it. I think that’s all the reason I need to post it…

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Tonight’s adventures

When I had my BlackBerry, I had a choice when it came to my PC Bluetooth connection. I could:

• Not use the Bluetooth software that came with the dongle, and be able to sync my BlackBerry wirelessly, or
• I could use the software that came with it, and be able to use my Bluetooth stereo headphones with the computer. Owing to pairing issues with my headphones and my BlackBerry, I wouldn’t be able to pair the headphones with both…

I chose to go with the latter (my BlackBerry came with headphones anyway, so I used the Bluetooth headphones with my computer). But tonight, I decided to see if I can pair my Windows Mobile phone up with my computer. A couple of starts and stops later, and I can sync my phone with my computer, and still be able to use the audio services (it’s complicated, but with the crackberry, I had to choose between one or the other, because RIM and The Anti-Christ are id10ts when it comes to product compatibility)…

BTW, I finally got Windows Mobile 6.5 to install and work on my phone.

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Happy Godless Pagan Holiday!…

Well, it just turned midnight. IIRC, it is now winter solstice. Most of your so-called 'Christian' traditions at Christmas actually have Pagan origins. So, go out and celebrate a pagan holiday.

Please note: As much as I know some of you would like to go really Old Skool, given the current legal climate, I would not recommend human sacrifices…

Old, Old Skool Communication…

When it came to wireless communications, I went straight to a cell phone. I never had a pager. My first cell phone was a simple analog phone. My second phone was sufficiently digital that I could recieve numeric pages, but I usually just answered the phone (after all, it was a cell phone). And from then on, all of my cell phones were text capable. So I never had a pager, and therefore never learned the art of the beeper code.

Anyway, if you wanted to know what they were, here is a list of codes people used for numeric pagers.

I should mention my current phone not only does texting, but it also does email (in fact most of my email is actually done from my phone now)…

It's foggy out tonight…

A foggy night in Washington State. I hope you're hoping for clear weather on Christmas Eve. Santa doesn't have any Navaids. And Rudolph lost his red nose when he have up drinking…

To cleanse the palate…

With the upcoming Godless, Pagan Holiday, we’re being bombarded with all manner of Christmas carols. Some are catchy, and some…. Well, let’s just say I will not be responsible for my actions the next I hear the little drummer boy…

So, here’s a little something to clear your head from all the Christmas carols.

And now I’ll leave you to wonder why Rob Halford put out a Christmas album this year….

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Feeling Hungry?

Why don’t you go to Taco Bell? And order something off the 99 cent menu (like a taco, perhaps). I myself would be partial to the 7-layer burrito, but that’s another story…

Anyway, guy goes into Taco Bell, buys 99 cent taco, pays $72.00 for it, and says pretty much ‘keep the change.’ The biggest tip I ever left at a restaurant was a $20.00, and the waiter came back out to make sure that I wanted to leave it. Then again, it was Nordstrom, and it was the same level of service that on would expect at Nordstrom…

I can turn the heat off now…

The cold snap is over. We now are back to our standard-issue Pacific Northwest rain. Drawback is that I’m now very much aware of the holes in my shoes…

A letter to Sbarro…

Hi. I work in the <redacted so the Internet doesn’t know where I work>, Washington. I'm not going to disclose where I work at, lest you retaliate, but I won't be doing business with you. Ever. Here's why:

First off: Right when your store opened (I believe that very night), I was approached by one of the employees (possibly the manager), and he asked me if I wanted to trade product after closing. It took repeated 'no's' for him to get the point. Every company that I've ever worked for has one word to describe this: STEALING. I've seen this individual at other locations, so I can only assume that he's in some form of management (ie store or district manager). And he propositioned me to steal from my employer. Who knows how many other merchants he's tried this with.

That wouldn't be bad enough. A few weeks later, I was asked by my boss to go get a slice of pizza for him. Right there, in front of everyone at the register, again I was propositioned again to steal from my employer in exchange for pizza. The only reason why I didn't walk out right then and there was because it was my boss's money, and he wanted his pizza. I've since let him know that if he wants your pizza, he can get it himself. My integrity will be above reproach.

I wouldn't have complained about those two episodes if it wasn't for tonight. The straw that broke the camel's back happened tonight. I was taking a customer's order when one of your employees approached. You must be running some kind of special tomorrow for mall employees, because he immediately went into his pitch. In the middle of my customer placing her order. Of course, I took his coupons and threw them right in the trash right in front of him, and reminded him that he interrupted a customer. I couldn't understand what he replied to me, but I don't think it was something repeatable. So what if I did that to you? You'd hit the roof. I don't go disrupting your sales, but obviously you just don't care.

You've disrespected me. You've disrespected my employer. And you've disrespected my customers. Not acceptable at all. Don't bother with any apologies. You are thieves, and I do not hear the words of thieves. My integrity will remain above reproach, and I will accept nothing from you. Just know I will never do business with you, and I will let everyone know what scum you really are...

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Getting into the proper spirit…

Well ,a certain godless, pagan holiday is 2 weeks and change away. I thought’s I’d get into the proper spirit. So I put Handel’s Messiah on my phone’s mp3 player. I don’t know why I did it. There’s no ‘Bah, Humbug’ in it, nor is there The Airing Of Grievances…

What am I thinking?…

Just another reminder

Always zip your back-pack before you leave for work. I didn’t, and I noticed my spare cell phone battery, my belt clip and my bluetooth headset are no more. Fortunately, found and eBay auction for the battery dirt cheap, and I was wearing the really expensive bluetooth set. And I have two other holsters/belt clips. Lesson learned. Not as expensive that it could’ve been, but still it sucks….

The experiment is over

I went back to Windows Mobile 6.1. I can get 6.5 to work, but there’s too much effort to get everything to display properly, and I can do everthing in the 6.1 ROM already that I can do in the 6.5 ROM…

Possibly coming back?

Mike Holmgren could be coming back? One can only hope. Pretty muck the Seahawks (or as I call them, the B-Hawks) suck. Even the Detroit Lions are playing better than they are (I hear they actually mauled Christians the other day)….

Brrr…!

Those of you who are dieting should come to Parkland the next few days. You'll freeze your arse off, for sure. And I forgot my gloves. Oh well, who needs feeling in one's fingertips?

Trying new things…

As I’ve siad before many a time, I have a Shadow. The 2007 one. It came with Windows Mobile 6.0 on it. After about 7 months or so, I discovered a Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM that would work on it (in a nut-shell, it’s a port of the HTC S740 aka the HTC Rose). Anyway, I like it enough that it’s what I usually run nowadays on my phone.

A few months ago, though, somebody ported Windows Mobile 6.5 to the Shadow. Yes, this may be a stretch (the phone’s been officially disco’ed for over a year, and the processor is bit too slow), but there’s still development work going on for it…. The only drawback is that everytime I try it, I encounter some issue, and I end up going back to my previous ROM.

Anyway, I’m giving 6.5 another try. It’s a good thing I’ve got everything backed up…

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Don’t drink and drive….

Don’t drink and drive. Especially if you’re a police officer about to go on shift. And perhaps the booze in your locker might not be such a good idea either…