Stacy, yes, I love the fact that you, Whit, Tony, Will, Brett, Dave, Dave, or anyone else comments here. In fact I find it highly amusing that anyone would comment here, it tickles me pink.
Brief flashback to a year ago; I moved to Atlanta, needed a place to crash while I house shopped and my parents made room for me. While crashing there, my dog (Savannah) did a great impression of paper shredder and ripped up their wallpaper.
Modern day; My folks went out of town and I decided this would be a *great* time to redo their wallpaper and hallway.
I hate wallpaper. I never want to see it, touch it, or smell it again. I fucking hate anything that has to do with wallpaper.
Anyways, tommorow is my favorite night of the year.
Happy New Year to all!!!
Friday, December 31, 2004
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Tsunami this
I know a lot of people and news sites are dealing with this topic, so I'll make my moaning about it brief.
CNN.com is now reporting that the death toll is at 80,000 people. Not that I believe CNN or Fox news, (something in between the two is normally correct). I find it very hard to imagine 80,000 people just vanishing. That is the capacity of Sanford Stadium when I started going to school there.
Jerry Orbach died last night of prostate cancer. What's the lesson here? You "put baby in a corner" and you get cancer.
CNN.com is now reporting that the death toll is at 80,000 people. Not that I believe CNN or Fox news, (something in between the two is normally correct). I find it very hard to imagine 80,000 people just vanishing. That is the capacity of Sanford Stadium when I started going to school there.
Jerry Orbach died last night of prostate cancer. What's the lesson here? You "put baby in a corner" and you get cancer.
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Armageddon this
Turns out we will not need Bruce Willis after all.
Further studies have shown that the asteroid, known as 2004 MN4, will not impact the Earth in 2029.
Full Story
Further studies have shown that the asteroid, known as 2004 MN4, will not impact the Earth in 2029.
Full Story
Monday, December 27, 2004
"It's the end of the world" this
There is a 1.6% chance that the asteroid known as "2004 MN4" will strike Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029. So don't make any plans past that.
On that date I will be 53 years old and if that's when I die, I'm ok with that. I'll be old enough to have enjoyed a full life yet still young enough not to force my kids to wipe my ass and push me around in a wheelchair.
First calculations suggested there was a 1-in-300 chance of an impact. On December 23rd, they were 1-in-60, but the new figures give better odds, if you can call it that. The current odds stand at 2.2% for impact or 97.8% that it will miss us. Either way I don't care for those odds.
Did you know that someone created a 1-10 scale to "categorize the threat of asteroids"? Neither did I, but it takes a sick scientist to sit around and come up with this.
Actual news story
By the way (and someone hold me to this) if we survive this, I'm taking you all out for drinks on Saturday April 14th.
On that date I will be 53 years old and if that's when I die, I'm ok with that. I'll be old enough to have enjoyed a full life yet still young enough not to force my kids to wipe my ass and push me around in a wheelchair.
First calculations suggested there was a 1-in-300 chance of an impact. On December 23rd, they were 1-in-60, but the new figures give better odds, if you can call it that. The current odds stand at 2.2% for impact or 97.8% that it will miss us. Either way I don't care for those odds.
Did you know that someone created a 1-10 scale to "categorize the threat of asteroids"? Neither did I, but it takes a sick scientist to sit around and come up with this.
Actual news story
By the way (and someone hold me to this) if we survive this, I'm taking you all out for drinks on Saturday April 14th.
Friday, December 24, 2004
Focker this
Brett came to town yesterday for an evening of holiday festivities.
First up, Meet the Fockers. There was something very fun about going up to the 16 year old box office attendant and saying, "Two for Fockers please".
Funny, funny stuff, and for a sequel, it's quite good. Not as good as the original but funny none the less and worth our hard earned money.
I started to write about the events of last night until I realized how domestic I have become and how boring my life really is. I'm not saying that I don't like the life I have, but rather that you don't want to hear about the pork chops I cooked and the rousing game of SNL Trivial Pursuit we played. By the way, SNL Trivial pursuit rocks. I won.
Before Brett got into town, I had a few last minute items to purchase for the holiday. My father wants a couple new ties. Fine, no problem, how hard can that possibly be? I figured Rich's would be a good place to go. Sure enough, Rich's has ties as far as the eye can see. The problem I soon discovered was that none of them were attractive. When did ugly ties become standard? It took 45 minutes to find two ties that did not make me want to vomit.
First up, Meet the Fockers. There was something very fun about going up to the 16 year old box office attendant and saying, "Two for Fockers please".
Funny, funny stuff, and for a sequel, it's quite good. Not as good as the original but funny none the less and worth our hard earned money.
I started to write about the events of last night until I realized how domestic I have become and how boring my life really is. I'm not saying that I don't like the life I have, but rather that you don't want to hear about the pork chops I cooked and the rousing game of SNL Trivial Pursuit we played. By the way, SNL Trivial pursuit rocks. I won.
Before Brett got into town, I had a few last minute items to purchase for the holiday. My father wants a couple new ties. Fine, no problem, how hard can that possibly be? I figured Rich's would be a good place to go. Sure enough, Rich's has ties as far as the eye can see. The problem I soon discovered was that none of them were attractive. When did ugly ties become standard? It took 45 minutes to find two ties that did not make me want to vomit.
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Close this
Well, as I said a few days ago, a coworker discovered my blog and this knowledge has spread to the rest of the store. Oops.................
So, there are a few provisos, a couple of quid pro quos regarding this site to protect both you and me.
1) Make no mention of where we work. This is to protect you and me from a lawsuit from which we would never recover from. Example: We announce where we work, more people read this site, sales decline because our customers do not want to be ridiculed on this site, sales go in the crapper, and suddenly I'm to blame. So, no outing us.
2) No more anonymous postings allowed.
3) I can't bring people back from the dead. It's not a pretty picture, I don't like doing it.
Today was my first experience closing a store. Not permanently but closing it for the day. I asked one of my co-workers what is entailed in closing the store. This co-worker will remain nameless but to give you a hint; her name is also an alcoholic beverage, the name of a 70's song by Looking Glass and also happens to rhyme with Randi.
Closing the store, she replies, without thinking, pausing, or hesitating.
"Not much, vacuuming, a little dusting, and we clean the bathroom."
My brain starts to fry.
"Excuse me? Are you looking at me? Did you rub my lamp? Did you wake me up? Did you bring me here? And now, all of the sudden you're walking out on me? I don't think so, not right now, you're getting your wishes, so sit down!" (Sorry for the overload of "Aladdin" quotes.)
At least, that's how I felt about it. I didn't see anything about cleaning an effin' bathroom in the job description. But fine, I'll do it today, but I am SO going to talk to the store manager tomorrow, because there's *somethings* we need to talk about.
From the time Randi finished saying "bathroom" to the time I was imagining which profane words I would be using with the Manager, was about 2.5 seconds. Then Randi tells me that she's just kidding. Ha ha ha, no one likes you.
(Funny side note about Randi, her sister used to date Philip of the Modern Skirts. It *is* a small world after all.)
Of course being the gullible idiot, she got me again about 10 minutes later about taking out the trash, which of course, we don't do either. Evidently, there's a cleaning lady.
So, there are a few provisos, a couple of quid pro quos regarding this site to protect both you and me.
1) Make no mention of where we work. This is to protect you and me from a lawsuit from which we would never recover from. Example: We announce where we work, more people read this site, sales decline because our customers do not want to be ridiculed on this site, sales go in the crapper, and suddenly I'm to blame. So, no outing us.
2) No more anonymous postings allowed.
3) I can't bring people back from the dead. It's not a pretty picture, I don't like doing it.
Today was my first experience closing a store. Not permanently but closing it for the day. I asked one of my co-workers what is entailed in closing the store. This co-worker will remain nameless but to give you a hint; her name is also an alcoholic beverage, the name of a 70's song by Looking Glass and also happens to rhyme with Randi.
Closing the store, she replies, without thinking, pausing, or hesitating.
"Not much, vacuuming, a little dusting, and we clean the bathroom."
My brain starts to fry.
"Excuse me? Are you looking at me? Did you rub my lamp? Did you wake me up? Did you bring me here? And now, all of the sudden you're walking out on me? I don't think so, not right now, you're getting your wishes, so sit down!" (Sorry for the overload of "Aladdin" quotes.)
At least, that's how I felt about it. I didn't see anything about cleaning an effin' bathroom in the job description. But fine, I'll do it today, but I am SO going to talk to the store manager tomorrow, because there's *somethings* we need to talk about.
From the time Randi finished saying "bathroom" to the time I was imagining which profane words I would be using with the Manager, was about 2.5 seconds. Then Randi tells me that she's just kidding. Ha ha ha, no one likes you.
(Funny side note about Randi, her sister used to date Philip of the Modern Skirts. It *is* a small world after all.)
Of course being the gullible idiot, she got me again about 10 minutes later about taking out the trash, which of course, we don't do either. Evidently, there's a cleaning lady.
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
BCS This
The deplorable experiment known as the BCS is coming to a close.
A few hours ago the Associated Press announced that it will no longer allow the BCS to use it's poll to determine rankings and subsequently bowl game placement. It has already been leaked that the next step (towards a playoff system) is for a committee to decide who gets to play for the championship game. Fine, whatever, I'm just counting the years until we get a playoff system.
Dear Santa,
Can I have a playoff system for Christmas?
Regards,
RRS
Dear Russell,
No, you may not have a playoff system for Christmas. Everyone knows me for my holiday activities, but during the "off-season", I serve as the President of the University of North Pole at Gwinnett. Like most college presidents, I do not want to give up any power and/or add any revenue to the already too powerful Athletic association. It's *my* school damn it and I will do things my way.
Regards,
Santa
P.S. We are starting a new fund raising campaign this fall for a new teaching facility that we can't afford to fill with teachers. The fund raising is for the building. It's the state's problem to find the money to pay the teachers, not mine. In the mean time, we will cheapen the University by having more Graduate students teach. So if you could send us a check, that would be great. I will be wiping with it just to let you know that I personally received it.
Sorry for getting off track, just venting.
The AP in my opinion is the number one poll. It is made up of people that watch, interview, and report on sports for a living. If I could write my way out of the proverbial paper bag and I knew enough about sports, I would want to be one of them.
If you like the BCS, your argument is going to be. "The BCS was created to match the number 1 and number 2 team in the nation for the Championship football game." Yes, the BCS did this and it did so every year of its existence. They just didn't do it to the satisfaction of the fans, coaches, press, donors, people, dogs (cats don't watch football), and alpaca farmers.
A few hours ago the Associated Press announced that it will no longer allow the BCS to use it's poll to determine rankings and subsequently bowl game placement. It has already been leaked that the next step (towards a playoff system) is for a committee to decide who gets to play for the championship game. Fine, whatever, I'm just counting the years until we get a playoff system.
Dear Santa,
Can I have a playoff system for Christmas?
Regards,
RRS
Dear Russell,
No, you may not have a playoff system for Christmas. Everyone knows me for my holiday activities, but during the "off-season", I serve as the President of the University of North Pole at Gwinnett. Like most college presidents, I do not want to give up any power and/or add any revenue to the already too powerful Athletic association. It's *my* school damn it and I will do things my way.
Regards,
Santa
P.S. We are starting a new fund raising campaign this fall for a new teaching facility that we can't afford to fill with teachers. The fund raising is for the building. It's the state's problem to find the money to pay the teachers, not mine. In the mean time, we will cheapen the University by having more Graduate students teach. So if you could send us a check, that would be great. I will be wiping with it just to let you know that I personally received it.
Sorry for getting off track, just venting.
The AP in my opinion is the number one poll. It is made up of people that watch, interview, and report on sports for a living. If I could write my way out of the proverbial paper bag and I knew enough about sports, I would want to be one of them.
If you like the BCS, your argument is going to be. "The BCS was created to match the number 1 and number 2 team in the nation for the Championship football game." Yes, the BCS did this and it did so every year of its existence. They just didn't do it to the satisfaction of the fans, coaches, press, donors, people, dogs (cats don't watch football), and alpaca farmers.
Interview this
Shower......................................................check
Lather.......................................................check
Rinse.........................................................check
Shave........................................................check
Scrub hard to reach places....................check
Dress Clothes...........................................check
Shine shoes..............................................check
Clean fingernails......................................check
Tie perfect Windsor knot.......................check
The perfect cheer....................................pass
Ready for interview
The drive to downtown was pleasant enough. I had a nice steaming cup of joe, some good tunes, and very little traffic. I thought the interview went well. It lasted for a bit over an hour and there were some good hard questions from both sides of the table. They are making a decision after the first of the year, so I'll find out then. The more they tell me about the company and the culture, the more I want to work there.
Brett is coming to town on Thursday. Good times ahead.
Thought of the day, courtesy of Hagood.net
Has anybody else noticed that after you do at least five shots of tequila, you can think more clearly, find the goodness in all people, throw darts more accurately and... hey! Someone dropped a perfectly good peanut on the bathroom floor! Yummm-may!
Lather.......................................................check
Rinse.........................................................check
Shave........................................................check
Scrub hard to reach places....................check
Dress Clothes...........................................check
Shine shoes..............................................check
Clean fingernails......................................check
Tie perfect Windsor knot.......................check
The perfect cheer....................................pass
Ready for interview
The drive to downtown was pleasant enough. I had a nice steaming cup of joe, some good tunes, and very little traffic. I thought the interview went well. It lasted for a bit over an hour and there were some good hard questions from both sides of the table. They are making a decision after the first of the year, so I'll find out then. The more they tell me about the company and the culture, the more I want to work there.
Brett is coming to town on Thursday. Good times ahead.
Thought of the day, courtesy of Hagood.net
Has anybody else noticed that after you do at least five shots of tequila, you can think more clearly, find the goodness in all people, throw darts more accurately and... hey! Someone dropped a perfectly good peanut on the bathroom floor! Yummm-may!
Monday, December 20, 2004
Reformat this
Ha ha, I beat you jackass.
You thought you could ruin my computer and destroy my files, well I showed you.
Reformatting accomplished, computer restored, new programs downloaded.
This was my first reformatting I've ever done, I never had a reason to do it before. And believe me, I am more surprised and pleased with myself for not screwing it up than I am happy that everything is back up and running properly.
Ok, an odd devolpments at the retail gig. It turns out someone at the store has discovered my blog. The way he told me was quite funny. He happens to have a very dry sense of humor, so while in the non-public area of the store he says to me, "I guess I shouldn't be reading your blog, eh?" Actually, he's not Canadian, so scratch the "eh". My dumbass fault for not cleaning the cache on a public machine. Oh well. That just adds a bit more pressure on the interview tomorrow.
Family Guy might be the funniest TV show I have ever seen. I've been cheating on Letterman every night for two weeks now and I don't feel guilty anymore, that's how good the show is. Very smart random comedy.
Here's a letter I sent to the Athens Banner Herald tonight.
Dear Mary Lou,
Good Bye.
Sincerely,
UGA
You thought you could ruin my computer and destroy my files, well I showed you.
Reformatting accomplished, computer restored, new programs downloaded.
This was my first reformatting I've ever done, I never had a reason to do it before. And believe me, I am more surprised and pleased with myself for not screwing it up than I am happy that everything is back up and running properly.
Ok, an odd devolpments at the retail gig. It turns out someone at the store has discovered my blog. The way he told me was quite funny. He happens to have a very dry sense of humor, so while in the non-public area of the store he says to me, "I guess I shouldn't be reading your blog, eh?" Actually, he's not Canadian, so scratch the "eh". My dumbass fault for not cleaning the cache on a public machine. Oh well. That just adds a bit more pressure on the interview tomorrow.
Family Guy might be the funniest TV show I have ever seen. I've been cheating on Letterman every night for two weeks now and I don't feel guilty anymore, that's how good the show is. Very smart random comedy.
Here's a letter I sent to the Athens Banner Herald tonight.
Dear Mary Lou,
Good Bye.
Sincerely,
UGA
blah blah blah
Friday's celebration of Dave's promotion was a resounding success.
Good times with good people. Some of which I hadn't seen in a while.
The rest of the weekend was a blur, so we're moving on.
Snobb County + Working in retail + The holiday shopping = ass suck
In good news, health insurance is the best thing ever. The whole appendectomy cost $14,000 and change. We have paid a grand total of fifteen dollars. Thus the rest has been paid by Cigna. Thank you Cigna, you are my new best friend.
Tomorrow is the second interview, think happy thoughts.
Not a very good post at all. Here's hoping something exciting happens in the near future.
Good times with good people. Some of which I hadn't seen in a while.
The rest of the weekend was a blur, so we're moving on.
Snobb County + Working in retail + The holiday shopping = ass suck
In good news, health insurance is the best thing ever. The whole appendectomy cost $14,000 and change. We have paid a grand total of fifteen dollars. Thus the rest has been paid by Cigna. Thank you Cigna, you are my new best friend.
Tomorrow is the second interview, think happy thoughts.
Not a very good post at all. Here's hoping something exciting happens in the near future.
Friday, December 17, 2004
List this
A popular thing to do on these sites is to post a "100 things about me" list. After seeing this on many other sites I decided to give it a shot, after all how hard could it be? Evidently very hard.
This stupid 'effin list has taken me 4 days to complete and remember I have the wonderful privilege of working in retail to draw inspiration from.
Without further ado here is my list of 100 Things That Piss Me Off.
1. Rude People
2. When things don't work
3. Telemarketers
4. The price of gas
5. Bad Beer
6. Bad Music
7. When the CD skips
8. Biased news (Tell me what happened damnit! Not your opinion of it)
9. When my dog pees on the floor
10. Holiday TV specials
11. Holiday musak
12. Judgmental people
13. Bad television
14. Commercials
15. Bands that cover The Who
16. UGA losing
17. Tech, UF, or UT winning
18. Flat tires
19. Cold coffee
20. Starbucks (the fact that they exist and their coffee tastes like burnt feces)
21. Sprawl
22. John Barrow
23. Multi-million dollar athletes that complain about how hard it is to be them
24. Athletes that go on strike
25. Figure skating
26. Rhythmic Gymnastics
27. Bad Drivers
28. Buckhead and the attitude that goes with it
29. Bad service at Restaurants or Bars
30. Weak Drinks
31. Slow internet
32. Snobb County
33. My Band's Website I love my band, but I hate our site, it sucks.
34. Rap Music
35. Real World/Road Rules
36. Dan Rather
37. Makeover shows
38. Car Sales People
39. Crabgrass
40. The NBA
41. All Sales people
42. Flat Diet Coke
43. Music stars that make movies;
(Crossroads with Britney Spears; Glitter with Mariah Carey; Gigli with JLo)
44. Not having a job planning events
45. MTV
46. Cats, the animal, not the musical, but I haven't seen the musical, so maybe both.
47. The chandelier in the dining room
48. Traffic
49. Holiday shopping
50. Running out of toilet paper at the *wrong* moment
51. Jim Beam
52. White kitchen counter tops
53. Guys who wear pink
54. Musicians in crappy bands that think they're God's gift to music and the world around them
55. When people sing in the car
56. Pollen
57. Spicy Mustard
58. Professional Bowlers
59. Midgets (ok, they don't piss me off as much as they scare the shit out of me)
60. Performing poorly
61. Rosie O'Donnell
62. When people sing along with TV commercials
63. Balloon Twisters
64. Cynthia Tucker
65. Pat Buchanan
66. James Carville
67. The Ocean, not the song, the body of water. I just don't like it.
68. The Greeting Card Industry
69. People cheering when they hear this number. Grow Up!!!
70. Appendicitis
71. Gap and/or Old Navy Commercials
72. Pontiac's commercialization of "Rock and Roll" by Led Zepplin
73. People who talk during a movie
74. American Idol
75. Steve Spurrier
76. Dog Shows (the competition, not the movie, the movie is awesome)
77. Paul Cramer
78. Not living in Athens anymore
79. That the Aaron Sorkin dramedy, Sports Night, got cancelled
80. William Hung
81. Donald Trump's Hair
82. I'm balding
83. I have hair growing out of and on my ears that I have to trim on a regular basis
84. Organized religion (I'm not against religion, just man's version and structure of it)
85. Jehovah's Witnesses
86. Anyone who goes out of their way to be mean
87. Leno got the Tonight Show over Letterman
88. Claymation
89. Shoutouts
90. David Copperfield
91. Celebrities that tell us how we should vote
92. Clear Channel
93. People that are mean to animals
94. Really really really big SUVs
95. Wasps, bees, things that fly and sting you
(This is when my computer started acting up)
96. Pop-ups
97. Spy-ware
98. Adware
99. Reformatting my computer
100. People that don't/won't take the time to consider that they might be wrong
Now, I'm not saying that if you like American Idol we can't be friends, I just won't respect you much in the morning.
Thought of the day by Haygood.net
My Dad told me that masturbating would make hair grow on my palms. Now if I could just find a way to market this concept as a cure for baldness without creeping people out, I'd really have something.
This stupid 'effin list has taken me 4 days to complete and remember I have the wonderful privilege of working in retail to draw inspiration from.
Without further ado here is my list of 100 Things That Piss Me Off.
1. Rude People
2. When things don't work
3. Telemarketers
4. The price of gas
5. Bad Beer
6. Bad Music
7. When the CD skips
8. Biased news (Tell me what happened damnit! Not your opinion of it)
9. When my dog pees on the floor
10. Holiday TV specials
11. Holiday musak
12. Judgmental people
13. Bad television
14. Commercials
15. Bands that cover The Who
16. UGA losing
17. Tech, UF, or UT winning
18. Flat tires
19. Cold coffee
20. Starbucks (the fact that they exist and their coffee tastes like burnt feces)
21. Sprawl
22. John Barrow
23. Multi-million dollar athletes that complain about how hard it is to be them
24. Athletes that go on strike
25. Figure skating
26. Rhythmic Gymnastics
27. Bad Drivers
28. Buckhead and the attitude that goes with it
29. Bad service at Restaurants or Bars
30. Weak Drinks
31. Slow internet
32. Snobb County
33. My Band's Website I love my band, but I hate our site, it sucks.
34. Rap Music
35. Real World/Road Rules
36. Dan Rather
37. Makeover shows
38. Car Sales People
39. Crabgrass
40. The NBA
41. All Sales people
42. Flat Diet Coke
43. Music stars that make movies;
(Crossroads with Britney Spears; Glitter with Mariah Carey; Gigli with JLo)
44. Not having a job planning events
45. MTV
46. Cats, the animal, not the musical, but I haven't seen the musical, so maybe both.
47. The chandelier in the dining room
48. Traffic
49. Holiday shopping
50. Running out of toilet paper at the *wrong* moment
51. Jim Beam
52. White kitchen counter tops
53. Guys who wear pink
54. Musicians in crappy bands that think they're God's gift to music and the world around them
55. When people sing in the car
56. Pollen
57. Spicy Mustard
58. Professional Bowlers
59. Midgets (ok, they don't piss me off as much as they scare the shit out of me)
60. Performing poorly
61. Rosie O'Donnell
62. When people sing along with TV commercials
63. Balloon Twisters
64. Cynthia Tucker
65. Pat Buchanan
66. James Carville
67. The Ocean, not the song, the body of water. I just don't like it.
68. The Greeting Card Industry
69. People cheering when they hear this number. Grow Up!!!
70. Appendicitis
71. Gap and/or Old Navy Commercials
72. Pontiac's commercialization of "Rock and Roll" by Led Zepplin
73. People who talk during a movie
74. American Idol
75. Steve Spurrier
76. Dog Shows (the competition, not the movie, the movie is awesome)
77. Paul Cramer
78. Not living in Athens anymore
79. That the Aaron Sorkin dramedy, Sports Night, got cancelled
80. William Hung
81. Donald Trump's Hair
82. I'm balding
83. I have hair growing out of and on my ears that I have to trim on a regular basis
84. Organized religion (I'm not against religion, just man's version and structure of it)
85. Jehovah's Witnesses
86. Anyone who goes out of their way to be mean
87. Leno got the Tonight Show over Letterman
88. Claymation
89. Shoutouts
90. David Copperfield
91. Celebrities that tell us how we should vote
92. Clear Channel
93. People that are mean to animals
94. Really really really big SUVs
95. Wasps, bees, things that fly and sting you
(This is when my computer started acting up)
96. Pop-ups
97. Spy-ware
98. Adware
99. Reformatting my computer
100. People that don't/won't take the time to consider that they might be wrong
Now, I'm not saying that if you like American Idol we can't be friends, I just won't respect you much in the morning.
Thought of the day by Haygood.net
My Dad told me that masturbating would make hair grow on my palms. Now if I could just find a way to market this concept as a cure for baldness without creeping people out, I'd really have something.
A bunch of profanity
Even with Norton, Spybot, and Google I have managed to contract a nasty adware program that has slowed my computer to a crawl and reorgazined how I access the web.
I have a site meter on this blog that allows me track how many people are looking at this site and even where they are coming from. I often check what other sites are leading you to this wonderful insight to my brain. One such referal site was another blog that I was unsure of who's it was. As soon as I clicked on the site, my computer became infected. Fine, lesson learned, not all blogs are good. I'm surprised that the neighbors haven't come over to ask "who died" with all of the very loud cussing that was coming from my house.
Needless to say, I won't be posting as often for a day or two while I endure the wonderful process of reformatting my hard drive and recustomising my machine.
I have a site meter on this blog that allows me track how many people are looking at this site and even where they are coming from. I often check what other sites are leading you to this wonderful insight to my brain. One such referal site was another blog that I was unsure of who's it was. As soon as I clicked on the site, my computer became infected. Fine, lesson learned, not all blogs are good. I'm surprised that the neighbors haven't come over to ask "who died" with all of the very loud cussing that was coming from my house.
Needless to say, I won't be posting as often for a day or two while I endure the wonderful process of reformatting my hard drive and recustomising my machine.
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Slacker this
I'm off today and tomorrow and thus my weekend is in full swing, but the downside is that when you all are enjoying your weekend...I'll be a work.
I lit the fireplace tonight for the first time. I have "gas logs". I'm not really sure how they work, but it keeps me warm and I don't have to throw a new log on every 30 minutes. But, truth be told, it was kind of odd having a fire and not having to tend to it. I think I should have used the word "stoke" or "stoking" at some point during this post, but I'll save that word for something more entertaining.
A friend wrote the other day asking about plans for watching the Outback Bowl. Unfortunately, the game kicks off at 11:00 AM the morning after we ring in the new year. So, does anyone have any ideas? I suggested that we tell Keith that he's having a party, but I don't know if he'll be home by then.
I lit the fireplace tonight for the first time. I have "gas logs". I'm not really sure how they work, but it keeps me warm and I don't have to throw a new log on every 30 minutes. But, truth be told, it was kind of odd having a fire and not having to tend to it. I think I should have used the word "stoke" or "stoking" at some point during this post, but I'll save that word for something more entertaining.
A friend wrote the other day asking about plans for watching the Outback Bowl. Unfortunately, the game kicks off at 11:00 AM the morning after we ring in the new year. So, does anyone have any ideas? I suggested that we tell Keith that he's having a party, but I don't know if he'll be home by then.
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Comment this
Thanks for the recent feed back on the Peterson blog.
I am/was very interested in fiding out what others thought. Thus the posting.
Personally, do I think he did it? You bet. But still how we (the American justice system) came this to this end result, bothers me a bit.
Thanks for playing
I am/was very interested in fiding out what others thought. Thus the posting.
Personally, do I think he did it? You bet. But still how we (the American justice system) came this to this end result, bothers me a bit.
Thanks for playing
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Employ this
Two pieces of good news.
1) The interview last Friday went well enough to warrant a second. I'm going back in next Tuesday for round 2. It is down to me and three others. Thanks for the good thoughts.
2) Big claps to Dave D. who has recently been named the Operations Manager of a major United States symphony. Congrats Dave!!!
1) The interview last Friday went well enough to warrant a second. I'm going back in next Tuesday for round 2. It is down to me and three others. Thanks for the good thoughts.
2) Big claps to Dave D. who has recently been named the Operations Manager of a major United States symphony. Congrats Dave!!!
Peterson this
If you don't care about your rights, the legal system, or the recently concluded Peterson Trial then stop reading, I'll see you tomorrow.
Giving credit where credit is due: The information below are from cnn.com, foxnews.com, nbcnews.com, and abcnews.com. The opinions come from my tiny mind.
Our system of justice just recommended the death penalty for a man found guilty by circumstantial evidence. Is circumstantial evidence enough to convict someone and is it enough to recommend the death penalty? Evidently so and that's ridiculous. Everyone in this country is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around.
Here are some thing to consider.
The medical examiner never ruled the cause of Laci's death was homicide. The medical examiner was never able to determine the cause of Laci's death, or even prove to what week that she died. The ME knows that she disappeared n Christmas Eve, but that's it.
Teams of detectives and forensic experts searched the Peterson home and found no evidence that a crime occurred. A crime scene was never established and a murder weapon was never found.
There was never an eye witness who had seen or heard Scott argue with, fight with, or kill Laci near the time of her disappearance.
The ONLY forensic evidence produced in court that linked Scott to the death was a strand of hair that DNA showed to be Laci's. It was found in a pair of pliers on Scott's boat. The rules of forensic transference says that trace particles between a husband and wife who lived together is common, and not indicative of foul play.
No witness ever saw Laci in the fishing boat, nor did any witness ever see Scott bring a package that could contain a body onto his fishing boat. The speculation that Scott dumping her body using that boat should not have been permitted.
No evidence was presented that showed Scott was planning a murder. He was not seen buying or shopping for a weapon or poison. Police detectives found no records in his computer that he was researching methods of murder. There was no evidence that he ever thought or tried to hire someone to kill her.
To sum up, we have a murder that
didn't have a witness,
didn't have a crime scene,
didn't have a murder weapon,
didn't have any direct forensic evidence connecting the defendant to the victim,
I'm not saying the guy is innocent, but I am saying that I hope this incident of convicting someone without evidence doesn't become the trend in our court system.
Giving credit where credit is due: The information below are from cnn.com, foxnews.com, nbcnews.com, and abcnews.com. The opinions come from my tiny mind.
Our system of justice just recommended the death penalty for a man found guilty by circumstantial evidence. Is circumstantial evidence enough to convict someone and is it enough to recommend the death penalty? Evidently so and that's ridiculous. Everyone in this country is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around.
Here are some thing to consider.
The medical examiner never ruled the cause of Laci's death was homicide. The medical examiner was never able to determine the cause of Laci's death, or even prove to what week that she died. The ME knows that she disappeared n Christmas Eve, but that's it.
Teams of detectives and forensic experts searched the Peterson home and found no evidence that a crime occurred. A crime scene was never established and a murder weapon was never found.
There was never an eye witness who had seen or heard Scott argue with, fight with, or kill Laci near the time of her disappearance.
The ONLY forensic evidence produced in court that linked Scott to the death was a strand of hair that DNA showed to be Laci's. It was found in a pair of pliers on Scott's boat. The rules of forensic transference says that trace particles between a husband and wife who lived together is common, and not indicative of foul play.
No witness ever saw Laci in the fishing boat, nor did any witness ever see Scott bring a package that could contain a body onto his fishing boat. The speculation that Scott dumping her body using that boat should not have been permitted.
No evidence was presented that showed Scott was planning a murder. He was not seen buying or shopping for a weapon or poison. Police detectives found no records in his computer that he was researching methods of murder. There was no evidence that he ever thought or tried to hire someone to kill her.
To sum up, we have a murder that
didn't have a witness,
didn't have a crime scene,
didn't have a murder weapon,
didn't have any direct forensic evidence connecting the defendant to the victim,
I'm not saying the guy is innocent, but I am saying that I hope this incident of convicting someone without evidence doesn't become the trend in our court system.
Monday, December 13, 2004
Picture this
"Picture book, pictures of your mama, taken by your papa a long time ago.
Picture book, of people with each other, to prove they love each other a long ago."
I love the marketing campaign that HP has going on right now. you + HPDigital photography
My favorite is François.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/hpads/you/photography/
Every time I see any of the commercials, I am blown away.
Can you imagine the meeting in which the marketing department had to explain the concept of the ads to the guys in production? Had to be fun to watch.
In concert news, The Modern Skirts are playing in Atlanta tomorrow night at The Earl. Come support if you can. The cost is free, doors at 8, music at 9.
And in, other concert news, Funkle is not playing at Andrew's Upstairs on January 10th as I previously posted. We are in fact playing there on January 21st. Sorry for the confusion.
Picture book, of people with each other, to prove they love each other a long ago."
I love the marketing campaign that HP has going on right now. you + HPDigital photography
My favorite is François.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/hpads/you/photography/
Every time I see any of the commercials, I am blown away.
Can you imagine the meeting in which the marketing department had to explain the concept of the ads to the guys in production? Had to be fun to watch.
In concert news, The Modern Skirts are playing in Atlanta tomorrow night at The Earl. Come support if you can. The cost is free, doors at 8, music at 9.
And in, other concert news, Funkle is not playing at Andrew's Upstairs on January 10th as I previously posted. We are in fact playing there on January 21st. Sorry for the confusion.
Friday, December 10, 2004
Focker this
I hated Zoolander, I just didn't get it.
So I was very skeptical about spending 90-110 minutes of my life watching
"Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story".
It is awesome!!! really, REALLY funny!!!
Go right now to your closest video lender and pick it up.
"Effin' Chuck Norris!"
Tomorrow is the interview with the __________ (insert name of company here). Then lunch with the wife, followed by a screening of Ocean's 12 with or without Daly. Then off to Eatontonland.
Happy weekending!!!
So I was very skeptical about spending 90-110 minutes of my life watching
"Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story".
It is awesome!!! really, REALLY funny!!!
Go right now to your closest video lender and pick it up.
"Effin' Chuck Norris!"
Tomorrow is the interview with the __________ (insert name of company here). Then lunch with the wife, followed by a screening of Ocean's 12 with or without Daly. Then off to Eatontonland.
Happy weekending!!!
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Lyrics I like
Being that the last post was a little bitter and very long, here's something a little lighter and a lot short.
Lyrics that I find amusing.
From Feable Weiner's Dear Hot Chick
"Catalyst"
We tried our best to talk to them
They said they were the Creme dela Creme
And said that we were nonsense
So we jumped to karate stance and said
We are not the nonsense
We are the Catalyst
We are not the nonsense
We not the Catalyst
"Lameface"
You said this song was lame
And I said so is your face!
You said this song could be better
And I said so could your face!
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Warranty this
Bear with me for a minute.
Best Buy's purpose is to gather many different types of products from many different manufacturers and place them on display for the public to come in and choose the best product for their needs that fits into their financial capabilities. Best Buy goes one step further and hires people for the public to talk to that are knowledgeable. More or less that is the service that Best Buy provides to us.
So, you go to Best Buy and purchase a Sony TV for $1000. Best Buy has a 30 day exchange/return policy if ANYTHING is wrong with it. Buyer's remorse, defective, whatever, but for the first 30 days, Best Buy will take it back no questions asked. On top of that Sony gives you a one year warranty in case you got a bum unit.
Now imagine if your $1000 TV started dying 18 months after you purchased it. Would you go to Best Buy to scold, ridicule, and insult the person that just happens to be working in the TV area? Would you even go to Best Buy to complain? Would you even think to blame Best Buy? Probably not. You would do what normal people do and call, write, email, or send a Carrier pigeon to Sony, the manufacturer of the product.
Although the sales person probably feels sorry for you, Best Buy is NOT going to just give you a new $1000 TV because yours started dying 18 months after you bought it and 6 months after the warranty has expired. It's just not going to happen.
But what if, what if, Best Buy said, "I'll give you a new $1200 Sony TV at 50% off, but in addition to the discounted price of the TV, you have to promise to use Best Buy as your cable provider for $50.00 a month for the next two years." Well, you're going to have to pay for cable with someone right? and you get a new TV for half off? That's something right?
I do not work at Best Buy, but this is the situation I found myself in today and not on the consumer end. I received a verbal lashing from an East Snobb Grandma because the product "we" sold her started to go bad after her warranty had run out.
Similar to the example above, I work in a store where we sell a service that supports a product that we also sell. We have many styles of products that are provided to us by a variety of manufacturers. We have the previously explained 30 day return policy and the one year warranty. And I offered the East Snobb Grandma a brand new product for 50% off plus other crap, plus other crap, and tried everything I could to make this *woman* happy. No avail.
So, in response,
Dear East Snobb Grandma,
I didn't make, sell you, or break your defective unit. It is not under warranty anymore. I tried to help you but you were the example of rude, unrefined, and overall bitch. Take your complaint up with the manufacturer, I didn't do anything wrong, and GET OFF MY 'EFFIN BACK!!!
Sincerely,
Your retail slave
P.S. I thought the hospitality industry was humbling, retail tops it. Please try and be nice to us retail folks this holiday season.
(Don't strain yourself trying to figure out where I work. You've either figured it out or you won't and I'm not telling because I like to make fun of it and I don't want to get sued by the company.)
New topic
Note:
For those of you who saw the band I play with on an "off" night (all of our "off" nights happened at one of two clubs, either the Tin Roof Cantina or The Beer Mug, both of which coincidently have shut down.) I'm sorry. Please come see us again.
For the Atlantans, we're back at Andrew's Upstairs in Buckhead on January 10th. Put it on your calendar. We're back in Athens sometime in January too, but the date escapes me and I refuse to publish the name of our website because it sucks like a 14 year old girl friend with braces.
With that said, I can't wait until Friday. We haven't played a show in a while and I miss it. We are playing a dive in Eatonton, actually for Eatonton it's a 3 star restaurant, but they pay well. There is no stage, we set up in the corner of a room and we bring our own P.A.
I'm trying to talk Dave D. into blowing off work early to drive to Conyers (on the way to Eatonton) to see an afternoon screening of Ocean's 12. Then head onto Eatonton. Thus we avoid Atlanta traffic and catch a movie we want to see. It's a win-win situation Daly, you're skippin work, plan on it!!!
Best Buy's purpose is to gather many different types of products from many different manufacturers and place them on display for the public to come in and choose the best product for their needs that fits into their financial capabilities. Best Buy goes one step further and hires people for the public to talk to that are knowledgeable. More or less that is the service that Best Buy provides to us.
So, you go to Best Buy and purchase a Sony TV for $1000. Best Buy has a 30 day exchange/return policy if ANYTHING is wrong with it. Buyer's remorse, defective, whatever, but for the first 30 days, Best Buy will take it back no questions asked. On top of that Sony gives you a one year warranty in case you got a bum unit.
Now imagine if your $1000 TV started dying 18 months after you purchased it. Would you go to Best Buy to scold, ridicule, and insult the person that just happens to be working in the TV area? Would you even go to Best Buy to complain? Would you even think to blame Best Buy? Probably not. You would do what normal people do and call, write, email, or send a Carrier pigeon to Sony, the manufacturer of the product.
Although the sales person probably feels sorry for you, Best Buy is NOT going to just give you a new $1000 TV because yours started dying 18 months after you bought it and 6 months after the warranty has expired. It's just not going to happen.
But what if, what if, Best Buy said, "I'll give you a new $1200 Sony TV at 50% off, but in addition to the discounted price of the TV, you have to promise to use Best Buy as your cable provider for $50.00 a month for the next two years." Well, you're going to have to pay for cable with someone right? and you get a new TV for half off? That's something right?
I do not work at Best Buy, but this is the situation I found myself in today and not on the consumer end. I received a verbal lashing from an East Snobb Grandma because the product "we" sold her started to go bad after her warranty had run out.
Similar to the example above, I work in a store where we sell a service that supports a product that we also sell. We have many styles of products that are provided to us by a variety of manufacturers. We have the previously explained 30 day return policy and the one year warranty. And I offered the East Snobb Grandma a brand new product for 50% off plus other crap, plus other crap, and tried everything I could to make this *woman* happy. No avail.
So, in response,
Dear East Snobb Grandma,
I didn't make, sell you, or break your defective unit. It is not under warranty anymore. I tried to help you but you were the example of rude, unrefined, and overall bitch. Take your complaint up with the manufacturer, I didn't do anything wrong, and GET OFF MY 'EFFIN BACK!!!
Sincerely,
Your retail slave
P.S. I thought the hospitality industry was humbling, retail tops it. Please try and be nice to us retail folks this holiday season.
(Don't strain yourself trying to figure out where I work. You've either figured it out or you won't and I'm not telling because I like to make fun of it and I don't want to get sued by the company.)
New topic
Note:
For those of you who saw the band I play with on an "off" night (all of our "off" nights happened at one of two clubs, either the Tin Roof Cantina or The Beer Mug, both of which coincidently have shut down.) I'm sorry. Please come see us again.
For the Atlantans, we're back at Andrew's Upstairs in Buckhead on January 10th. Put it on your calendar. We're back in Athens sometime in January too, but the date escapes me and I refuse to publish the name of our website because it sucks like a 14 year old girl friend with braces.
With that said, I can't wait until Friday. We haven't played a show in a while and I miss it. We are playing a dive in Eatonton, actually for Eatonton it's a 3 star restaurant, but they pay well. There is no stage, we set up in the corner of a room and we bring our own P.A.
I'm trying to talk Dave D. into blowing off work early to drive to Conyers (on the way to Eatonton) to see an afternoon screening of Ocean's 12. Then head onto Eatonton. Thus we avoid Atlanta traffic and catch a movie we want to see. It's a win-win situation Daly, you're skippin work, plan on it!!!
Bad Roker, No biscuit
A few things of note from the Today Show this morning.
The sub for Ann Curry at the news desk this morning was/is very cute. But, I can't remember her name and I can't find her on the web, sorry. Imagine Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger but younger and really REALLY good looking.
Her last story before sending it outside to Al was about a man that went to the doctor for recurring headaches. Turns out he had a two inch nail embedded in his head. (Insert your own statement about stupidity and how someone wouldn't know if they had a nail stuck in their head.) Add to this that the nail was in the middle of his forehead and he never saw it. Unfortunately, the guy is going to be just fine.
After this story, hot chick reporter sent "it" outside to Al Roker. The first thing out of Al's mouth was,
"Well, he got *nailed*, didn't he."
Effin' puns!!! Can we not?!?!?
Dear Today Show,
You are the number one morning news show in America, act like it!!!
Speaking of acting like it.
Dear Ga Tech,
Congratulations on your recent victories over UGA. Volleyball, Women's Basketball and Men's Basketball. I understand rubbing it Georgia fan's faces about the Women's B-ball victory. I get it, you knocked off the number 6 team in the nation and that should be celebrated. What I do not understand is your absurdness for shoving and reminding me daily of the men's b-ball victory.
Let's compare, Tech was a 33 point favorite going into the UGA game. Tech is the number 3 team in the nation. Tech was in the championship game last year. Tech has a VERY good team.
UGA men's team has a grand total of seven players on scholarship and none of them are juniors or seniors. The majority of players on our team are walkons. UGA has a VERY bad team.
Tech was predicted to win, and won convincingly. You looked like that number 3 team in the nation. Now act like it.
The sub for Ann Curry at the news desk this morning was/is very cute. But, I can't remember her name and I can't find her on the web, sorry. Imagine Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger but younger and really REALLY good looking.
Her last story before sending it outside to Al was about a man that went to the doctor for recurring headaches. Turns out he had a two inch nail embedded in his head. (Insert your own statement about stupidity and how someone wouldn't know if they had a nail stuck in their head.) Add to this that the nail was in the middle of his forehead and he never saw it. Unfortunately, the guy is going to be just fine.
After this story, hot chick reporter sent "it" outside to Al Roker. The first thing out of Al's mouth was,
"Well, he got *nailed*, didn't he."
Effin' puns!!! Can we not?!?!?
Dear Today Show,
You are the number one morning news show in America, act like it!!!
Speaking of acting like it.
Dear Ga Tech,
Congratulations on your recent victories over UGA. Volleyball, Women's Basketball and Men's Basketball. I understand rubbing it Georgia fan's faces about the Women's B-ball victory. I get it, you knocked off the number 6 team in the nation and that should be celebrated. What I do not understand is your absurdness for shoving and reminding me daily of the men's b-ball victory.
Let's compare, Tech was a 33 point favorite going into the UGA game. Tech is the number 3 team in the nation. Tech was in the championship game last year. Tech has a VERY good team.
UGA men's team has a grand total of seven players on scholarship and none of them are juniors or seniors. The majority of players on our team are walkons. UGA has a VERY bad team.
Tech was predicted to win, and won convincingly. You looked like that number 3 team in the nation. Now act like it.
Isn't it nice when things just....work?
I am being very lazy and unimaginative today.
The link below is one of my favorite clips. It has been around the net for about a year, but if you haven't seen it, it's worth your time. I'm on a cable modem at home, so I'm not sure how this is going to view on DSL or heaven forbid, dial up.
The link http://194.29.64.17/thecog/movie.html
The story behind it:
New Honda commercial in the UK. Very important that you understand: There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in the film. Everything you see really happened in real time exactly as you see it.The film took 606 takes. On the first 605 takes, something, Usually very minor, didn't work. They would then have to set the whole thing up again.
The crew spent weeks shooting night and day. The film cost $6 million and took three months to complete including a full engineering the sequence.
In addition, it's two minutes long so every time Honda airs the Film on British television, they're shelling out enough dough to keep any one of us in clover for a lifetime. However, it is fast becoming the most downloaded advertisement in Internet history. Honda executives figure the ad will soon pay for itself simply in "free" viewings (Honda isn't paying a dime to have you watch this commercial!).
When the ad was pitched to senior executives, they signed off on it immediately without any hesitation -- including the costs. There are 6 hand-made accords in the world. To the horror of Honda engineers,the filmmakers disassembled two of them to make the film.
Everything you see in the film (aside from the walls, floor, ramp, and complete Honda Accord) are parts from those two cars. The voiceover is Garrison Keillor.When the ad was shown to Honda executives, they liked it and commented on how amazing computer graphics have gotten. They fell off their chairs when they found out it was for real. Oh, and about those funky windshield wipers...On the new Accords, the windshield wipers have water sensors and are designed to start doing their thing automatically as soon as they become wet. It looks a bit weird in the commercial. Watch and see.Be sure to read the article link -- it explains the tires rolling uphill. http://myweb.cableone.net/gryphon/honda.html
The link below is one of my favorite clips. It has been around the net for about a year, but if you haven't seen it, it's worth your time. I'm on a cable modem at home, so I'm not sure how this is going to view on DSL or heaven forbid, dial up.
The link http://194.29.64.17/thecog/movie.html
The story behind it:
New Honda commercial in the UK. Very important that you understand: There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in the film. Everything you see really happened in real time exactly as you see it.The film took 606 takes. On the first 605 takes, something, Usually very minor, didn't work. They would then have to set the whole thing up again.
The crew spent weeks shooting night and day. The film cost $6 million and took three months to complete including a full engineering the sequence.
In addition, it's two minutes long so every time Honda airs the Film on British television, they're shelling out enough dough to keep any one of us in clover for a lifetime. However, it is fast becoming the most downloaded advertisement in Internet history. Honda executives figure the ad will soon pay for itself simply in "free" viewings (Honda isn't paying a dime to have you watch this commercial!).
When the ad was pitched to senior executives, they signed off on it immediately without any hesitation -- including the costs. There are 6 hand-made accords in the world. To the horror of Honda engineers,the filmmakers disassembled two of them to make the film.
Everything you see in the film (aside from the walls, floor, ramp, and complete Honda Accord) are parts from those two cars. The voiceover is Garrison Keillor.When the ad was shown to Honda executives, they liked it and commented on how amazing computer graphics have gotten. They fell off their chairs when they found out it was for real. Oh, and about those funky windshield wipers...On the new Accords, the windshield wipers have water sensors and are designed to start doing their thing automatically as soon as they become wet. It looks a bit weird in the commercial. Watch and see.Be sure to read the article link -- it explains the tires rolling uphill. http://myweb.cableone.net/gryphon/honda.html
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
I want to ride my......
So, I've lost weight and I've been keeping it off so far. But what I've also learned is that I am truly out of shape. My father-in-law helped me, (I mean, did all of the work himself) put a bike together so I could use it as an exercise tool.
Well, Sheena (the name I gave the bike) and I took a brief starter ride today to Blockbuster. One of the good things about Snobb County is that you are always going to be close to two things; some type of coffee establishment and a Blockbuster. The ride was not very hilly nor was it very far. Thus a very big conclusion, I am more out of shape than I thought.
Does this posting suck? Yup, sure does.
Well, Sheena (the name I gave the bike) and I took a brief starter ride today to Blockbuster. One of the good things about Snobb County is that you are always going to be close to two things; some type of coffee establishment and a Blockbuster. The ride was not very hilly nor was it very far. Thus a very big conclusion, I am more out of shape than I thought.
Does this posting suck? Yup, sure does.
Blogs and music
I really enjoy reading other blogs. There are a few a day I checkout by people I know and then I always click the button in the upper right hand corner to see what I can find. There is a new trend (or at least new to me) that I find thoroughly annoying. As soon as the site starts to load, a piece of music, and by music I mean the crappiest excuses that people are finding to call music, starts to play.
Well, I'm not surfing blogs to expand my knowledge of music. I don't need your musical tastes influencing me at all. In fact, if you are thinking about putting some auto-music on your blog, just stop right there. No one wants to hear it and in fact most of us that are blog surfing are doing so at work and we don't want or need extra attention being drawn to us by our speakers blaring out the new Ashley Simpson song.
End of soap box.
Well, I'm not surfing blogs to expand my knowledge of music. I don't need your musical tastes influencing me at all. In fact, if you are thinking about putting some auto-music on your blog, just stop right there. No one wants to hear it and in fact most of us that are blog surfing are doing so at work and we don't want or need extra attention being drawn to us by our speakers blaring out the new Ashley Simpson song.
End of soap box.
Monday, December 06, 2004
Taking a day
Yesterday I returned my father's ladder and painting supplies. Stuff we borrowed to help us get settled. While there I scored a wireless mic receiver and body pack. Unfortunately, the lav mics that came with it, are A) for speaking and will not be able to handle the load of a trumpet and B) about a foot to short to reach from the body pack to the end of my bell. Thus, it's research day with the great folks at audio-technica!!!
Bryan with a-t helped me figure out the correct mic to use with this system and to top it off he gave me three local dealers that happen to have it in stock. Woo-hoo!!!
What this means:
I am no longer tethered to the stage by a cable. You decide for yourself whether that is a good or bad thing, I know what my fellow Funkles are going to say.
I'm heading up to Ken Stanton to go play with this mic. if all goes well, I will be getting it for Christmas.
Brandon was supposed to move out of out parent's house today. I told him I would help but he never called. I'm not surprised. Read down to see why he's moving out.
Shameless plug............If you happen to live out in Eatonton, I and 7 of my friends are coming to visit you this Friday night. Funkle is playing at the Silver Moon Cafe. This gig is an ironman gig, four hours, from 9 until 1 and then the lovely hour and ten minute drive home.
Shameless plug number 2...........New Year's Eve. I will be mentioning this about once a week. If you want to do something special, come out to this http://www.nationalmillenium.com/.
There will be a ton of bands playing something for everyone, open bar for 6 hours, enough food to feed an army of drunk people. It is a little steep but this is the second time we've done this gig and the first time was pretty incredible.
Bryan with a-t helped me figure out the correct mic to use with this system and to top it off he gave me three local dealers that happen to have it in stock. Woo-hoo!!!
What this means:
I am no longer tethered to the stage by a cable. You decide for yourself whether that is a good or bad thing, I know what my fellow Funkles are going to say.
I'm heading up to Ken Stanton to go play with this mic. if all goes well, I will be getting it for Christmas.
Brandon was supposed to move out of out parent's house today. I told him I would help but he never called. I'm not surprised. Read down to see why he's moving out.
Shameless plug............If you happen to live out in Eatonton, I and 7 of my friends are coming to visit you this Friday night. Funkle is playing at the Silver Moon Cafe. This gig is an ironman gig, four hours, from 9 until 1 and then the lovely hour and ten minute drive home.
Shameless plug number 2...........New Year's Eve. I will be mentioning this about once a week. If you want to do something special, come out to this http://www.nationalmillenium.com/.
There will be a ton of bands playing something for everyone, open bar for 6 hours, enough food to feed an army of drunk people. It is a little steep but this is the second time we've done this gig and the first time was pretty incredible.
Dyson this
I can't wait for our current dirt sucker to die. It works fine and their is nothing wring with it, but I want a Dyson.
Dyson: the first vacuum cleaner that doesn't lose suction.
Mr. Dyson often says in his commercials that, "I just think things should work properly." I wish everyone I bought something from had that attitude.
Cingular screwed up my voicemail overnight. They changed "platforms" last night and forgot to tell the customers that would be affected.
This is the letter I wrote them this morning.
Dear Cingular,
I pay you for a service every month, I have been a loyal customer of yours since 1998 and normally I am satisfied with my level of service.
I missed a phone call this morning that could have a been a job for me. They were unable to leave a message due to your upgrading of the system. I called the customer support center and tried to voice my complaint. My complaint was that you should warn customers before making changes that could effect service. The response I was given was less than desirable.
So if you could, please remove the corporate attitude, "we were upgrading your voicemail, you should thank us, not be mad that you missed a voicemail" from my rectum and from your customer support center.
Sincerely,
Not happy with you right now
Dyson: the first vacuum cleaner that doesn't lose suction.
Mr. Dyson often says in his commercials that, "I just think things should work properly." I wish everyone I bought something from had that attitude.
Cingular screwed up my voicemail overnight. They changed "platforms" last night and forgot to tell the customers that would be affected.
This is the letter I wrote them this morning.
Dear Cingular,
I pay you for a service every month, I have been a loyal customer of yours since 1998 and normally I am satisfied with my level of service.
I missed a phone call this morning that could have a been a job for me. They were unable to leave a message due to your upgrading of the system. I called the customer support center and tried to voice my complaint. My complaint was that you should warn customers before making changes that could effect service. The response I was given was less than desirable.
So if you could, please remove the corporate attitude, "we were upgrading your voicemail, you should thank us, not be mad that you missed a voicemail" from my rectum and from your customer support center.
Sincerely,
Not happy with you right now
Saturday, December 04, 2004
Not a sex change
Ok, so here is the story of the news that I couldn't share two weeks ago.
Around November 13th my brother Brandon asked Whitney to marry him and surprisingly enough, she said yes. They picked December 4th to actually get married. Yes, that equals a three week engagement and I'll go ahead and tell you, No, she is not preggers. The happy couple shared this news with my parents and myself two weeks ago.
I won't even go into how my parents are dealing with this, just use your imagination.
Now, I'll be honest, in the hour I have spent with Whitney, she is very charming, intelligent, and seems to be the kind of person that if Brandon was going to get married like this, you would want the girl to be her.
Of course I have my reservations about the whole thing. They have only known each other for three months, he's 23, she's only 20 (and turns 21 this New Year's Eve) and they currently both live with their respective parental units.
We had to BEG them to go register. This is their first apartment for either of them and we all know that they need......well.......everything. Shower curtain, trash cans, toilet brush, plates, cups, tooth brush holders, soap, paper towels, pots, pans, cleaning products, the list goes on and on. So after watching all of us hang our heads wondering how they were going to buy everything they would need, we convinced them to register at Target so we could help them out.
But Brandon is being true to form and registering is on their to do list for next week.
I took him out for drinks last night. Very good times. But being the older brother, I still worry for him and for her, but only time will tell.
Here's a pic of them at Thanksgiving, her hair is a little askew, but I'll put some wedding pictures up later tonight. She's the one on the right.
Around November 13th my brother Brandon asked Whitney to marry him and surprisingly enough, she said yes. They picked December 4th to actually get married. Yes, that equals a three week engagement and I'll go ahead and tell you, No, she is not preggers. The happy couple shared this news with my parents and myself two weeks ago.
I won't even go into how my parents are dealing with this, just use your imagination.
Now, I'll be honest, in the hour I have spent with Whitney, she is very charming, intelligent, and seems to be the kind of person that if Brandon was going to get married like this, you would want the girl to be her.
Of course I have my reservations about the whole thing. They have only known each other for three months, he's 23, she's only 20 (and turns 21 this New Year's Eve) and they currently both live with their respective parental units.
We had to BEG them to go register. This is their first apartment for either of them and we all know that they need......well.......everything. Shower curtain, trash cans, toilet brush, plates, cups, tooth brush holders, soap, paper towels, pots, pans, cleaning products, the list goes on and on. So after watching all of us hang our heads wondering how they were going to buy everything they would need, we convinced them to register at Target so we could help them out.
But Brandon is being true to form and registering is on their to do list for next week.
I took him out for drinks last night. Very good times. But being the older brother, I still worry for him and for her, but only time will tell.
Here's a pic of them at Thanksgiving, her hair is a little askew, but I'll put some wedding pictures up later tonight. She's the one on the right.
Friday, December 03, 2004
Let the weekend begin
What I have done today
Two cups of coffee
Read the AJC
Read Onlineathens.com
Read usatoday.com
Read cnn.com
Read foxnews.com
Read reviewjournal.com
Read blogs I like
Feeling politically balanced
Not working
What I will do today
Go to the bank
Fold Laundry
Drinks at The Four Seasons on someone else's tab
Christmas shopping - Maybe
Take my brother out for a beer late tonight
Two cups of coffee
Read the AJC
Read Onlineathens.com
Read usatoday.com
Read cnn.com
Read foxnews.com
Read reviewjournal.com
Read blogs I like
Feeling politically balanced
Not working
What I will do today
Go to the bank
Fold Laundry
Drinks at The Four Seasons on someone else's tab
Christmas shopping - Maybe
Take my brother out for a beer late tonight
Thursday, December 02, 2004
Comment on this
If you remember back to election night and the jems that Dan Rather left us.
"This situation in Ohio would give an aspirin a headache.''
(To Joe Lockhart) "What about Michigan? It's been out there for a long time. Is that making your fingernails sweat?"
"We need Billy Crystal to Analyze This"
"The election is closer than Lassie and Timmy"
But it's not just Dan bringing down the national IQ. Tonight I was watching ESPN's coverage of the MAC chamionship game when Toledo scored. The commentator decided that football is best watched while listening to lyrics from a 1970's disco song. The song? "More, more, more". The quote given right after a touchdown was, "How do you like it, How do you like it. More More More" I kid you not.
I want to go back to intelligent commentators that raised the level of debate and/or taught us something in the process of their comments. The last thing we need while having our brains sucked out by the boob toob is having the talking heads blabbering nonsense at the same time.
Who am I kidding, we'd be going back to something that never existed.
"This situation in Ohio would give an aspirin a headache.''
(To Joe Lockhart) "What about Michigan? It's been out there for a long time. Is that making your fingernails sweat?"
"We need Billy Crystal to Analyze This"
"The election is closer than Lassie and Timmy"
But it's not just Dan bringing down the national IQ. Tonight I was watching ESPN's coverage of the MAC chamionship game when Toledo scored. The commentator decided that football is best watched while listening to lyrics from a 1970's disco song. The song? "More, more, more". The quote given right after a touchdown was, "How do you like it, How do you like it. More More More" I kid you not.
I want to go back to intelligent commentators that raised the level of debate and/or taught us something in the process of their comments. The last thing we need while having our brains sucked out by the boob toob is having the talking heads blabbering nonsense at the same time.
Who am I kidding, we'd be going back to something that never existed.
Hooray for ............
If you have ever been out of work for an extended period of time, you know how great it feels to get a phone call from a company that you applied with. I got a phone call today from ______ (insert the name of a company here) we had a great conversation and I have an interview with them next Friday. Event Specialist position, for a recognizable company, Woo-Hoo!!!
Say a little prayer to whatever invisible being you talk to.
Say a little prayer to whatever invisible being you talk to.
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
I have posted four times today, and I think I sprained something in the process.
Does it bother anyone else that even though she broke the law and is serving time, Martha Stewart is still out there influencing shoppers?
I just saw a K-mart commercial featuring the Martha Stewart line of home living accessories. Does anyone else find this odd? Do you see a line of food seasonings with Jeffrey Dahmer's name on it? How about the Charles Manson line of Cutlery? Or the Ray Marsh home cremating kit?
In the words of Mike Knight, "Jee-zis"
Does it bother anyone else that even though she broke the law and is serving time, Martha Stewart is still out there influencing shoppers?
I just saw a K-mart commercial featuring the Martha Stewart line of home living accessories. Does anyone else find this odd? Do you see a line of food seasonings with Jeffrey Dahmer's name on it? How about the Charles Manson line of Cutlery? Or the Ray Marsh home cremating kit?
In the words of Mike Knight, "Jee-zis"
Scary TV
During the Halloween season (does Halloween really get a season?) there are all kinds of scary movies and shows on TV. "Friday the 13th" marathons on the Sci-fi Channel, the "Phantasm" movies on Bravo, and the scariest of all, "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown", just to name a few.
But when did the scare extend into December? When did a show so bone-chilling, spine shivering, and scary enough to send me hiding under my bed make it to prime time in December. What show could do this to me? You got it, "Nick and Jessica's Christmas Special". So, tonight at 9:00 I will be hiding under my bed with my teddy praying for the madness to end.
Actually, I'll be watching "The West Wing".
But when did the scare extend into December? When did a show so bone-chilling, spine shivering, and scary enough to send me hiding under my bed make it to prime time in December. What show could do this to me? You got it, "Nick and Jessica's Christmas Special". So, tonight at 9:00 I will be hiding under my bed with my teddy praying for the madness to end.
Actually, I'll be watching "The West Wing".
Bye Tom
I just watched Tom's last broadcast. Bittersweet would be a good way to sum it up. As I watched, I kept an eye on the clock knowing that it would end soon. It was as if someone was dying and they had a countdown timer attached to their forehead. He choked up a tiny bit, he rushed through a section of his goodbye and you could tell his eyes were filling up at the end. I hope he is happy about retiring. I hope I am when I get there.
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