| Snooze... |
[Nov. 27th, 2009|03:57 pm] |
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Wow this is a slow day on the internets yet again... hardly any updates anywhere... no one online... going AFK to entertain myself in the living room for a bit. |
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| Grrrr... |
[Nov. 26th, 2009|02:34 pm] |
I was watching the Turkey Day episode of "WKRP" on Hulu, computer locked up halfway through. Had to do a hard reboot! |
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| Yawn... |
[Nov. 25th, 2009|04:59 pm] |
Well, probably because it's the night before Thanksgiving, the internets have become a tad boring... no one online it seems but me. Leaving the PC for a while, to watch some TV and DVDs, and some TV DVDs...
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| Not just prices are falling at Wal-Mart this holiday season... |
[Nov. 25th, 2009|10:29 am] |
This happened at the location I was previously employed at:
"Coroner: Woman Dies From Fallen Display at Walmart"
"WEST MONROE (KNOE 8 News) - KNOE 8 News has learned that an 86-year old Columbia woman died over the weekend. The chief investigator with the Ouachita Parish coroner's office, Warren Lee, tells KNOE that Margie Davis died Saturday from injuries she sustained at a local Walmart. According to Lee, a display on the end of an aisle fell on Davis sometime Friday at the West Monroe Walmart. Davis died Saturday at the hospital. Autopsy results show she died from head and chest injuries as a result from that accident. The coroner's office says the display was 7 to 8 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide. Davis's visitation is being held in Jena Monday at 4. "
So far, the family of the poor woman is getting NO cooperation from the store, they are getting passed off to corporate headquarters, who only say they are "investigating the matter". I hope they get the pants sued off them! |
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| Early Morning Accomplishments |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|11:12 am] |
Already this morning, I've washed dishes, went and applied for work three different places, and called to make an appointment for Eastwood for his yearly shots/examination(next Monday 10:30am). Groceries in the house are running low... debating on whether I want to go shopping this afternoon, or wait till tomorrow. The boy stayed up late last night with his game, since school is out for the week... it's after 11am, he's still asleep... probably completely unaware how busy I've been! |
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| Random Question...and other things... |
[Nov. 21st, 2009|09:01 am] |
Even though I'm not working, WHY did I still wake up at 6:30am on a Saturday?!?
Went to Lowe's yesterday, purchased a new mailbox and a new post (the old post was getting kinda rusty anyway). Had planned on mounting it today, but it has been sprinkling rain since I woke up.
If the rain doesn't stop, guess most of the morning/afternoon, I'll just be sitting here screwing around on the internets. Listening to "Handel on the Law" at the moment, after that, at 1pm central time, I'll probably watch Leo Laporte broadcast his "Tech Guy" radio show. If the rain continues, I'll try again on the mailbox tomorrow... no rain predicted then.
Already know what the boy has planned for the day, playing Modern Warfare 2 online with friends. He will be out of school all this week for the Thanksgiving holidays.
If anyone gets bored, wants to say "Hi", just a reminder I'm on most of the messenger programs(listed on the user info page). I'm a bit of a slow typer, and may not have anything interesting to say, but always nice to add a few more folks. |
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| Extremely Random DVD Related Post |
[Nov. 19th, 2009|03:36 pm] |
Even though I still have a HUGE stack of unwatched DVDs to go through, I'm thinking today I'm going to dig into the huge collection I've bought and watched in the past, watching bits and pieces at random. The reason, I'm wanting to see how some of the widescreen movies I have from a few years ago look on the newer LCD, upconverted on the Blu-ray player. I have a lot of older DVDs that I know aren't anamorphic widescreen, but I'm just curious how well they adapt to a widescreen TV, and last time I watched them was on the old 27" Sony CRT. I watched "Cabaret" again the other day, and was disappointed. It was a rectangular box in the middle of the screen, if left on "Full" view... somewhat improved on "Wide Zoom", but not much.
Thinking I'm going to start with Blake Edwards "10", mainly because it's been a while since I watched it anyway, and it's one of my favorite movies... Dudley Moore makes me laugh my posterior off... and Bo Derek is rather fetching (still IS)! That is one of many movies I think has only had one DVD release, and desperately needs either a DVD upgrade or a Blu-ray re-issue!
If you get extremely bored and want to spy on a fat old coot sitting in front of a TV, you can do it here, or...
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| Random Bourbon... err... Question... |
[Nov. 19th, 2009|02:12 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | bourbon, drinks, woopie | ] |
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| |  curious | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | "Shake It Up" by the Cars on http://la105.com/ | ] |
Since I'm not working at the moment, do you think 2:08 in the afternoon is too early for bourbon and Pepsi? |
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| World FULL of "Asshats"! |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|11:17 am] |
If I'm not dealing with trolls on my website, now I'm dealing with asshats on my home turf (not related however I don't think). Went out to the mailbox a while ago, noticed that, apparently sometime overnight (wasn't like that yesterday), some dim-witted retard smacked it with some hard object! It is now so "out-of-whack" that the door won't even close properly! Guess now, I'll have to go buy a new mailbox... this seems to happen out here where I live every 4 years or so on average... one of the disadvantages to living in a semi-rural area I guess...
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| I have this terrible feeling of deja vu, I.... |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|02:06 pm] |
Spent more than I can technically afford again at the moment, but, being how much I like this TV series, and the only copies I have are rather fuzzy quality copies recorded off the local PBS station years ago, and the first DVD release from 2001 (which looks rotten on the new TV)...I just couldn't pass this up!
Instead of ordering it from Amazon this time, picked it up at the local "Best Buy" while I was out on a job search. Come to think of it, I think I was out of work when the first one was released also.
I've read numerous online reviews stating that the new set is leaps and bounds better in picture clarity than the previous one, or as well as it can get with standard-def tape sources from the 1970's. The previous set apparently used broadcast copies as the source, while the new set went back to the ORIGINAL source materials. Also, there are John Cleese commentaries on every episode, and new interviews with the cast... been wanting to see how Connie Booth has held up over the years...
I'll be heading to the living room shortly to start watching it, I'll give a report later.
UPDATE: Still a bit "fuzzy" as might be expected from 30 year old videotaped sources, but a VAST improvement over the previous DVD release... oh, and I'd STILL "hit" Connie Booth... |
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| Breakfast! |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|08:31 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | breakfast, food, yummy | ] |
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| |  hungry | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | "The Bill Handel Show" on KFI640.com | ] |
"Healthy" breakfast for someone with high blood pressure, eh?
And yes, I eat my eggs with ketchup! |
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| Hands Full |
[Nov. 14th, 2009|08:54 am] |
My mom, and my Uncle Barrett and Aunt Sybil, are leaving today for Jackson, Mississippi to visit with my Uncle Bill. Uncles Bill and Barrett will be hunting most of the time, while my mom and Aunt Sybil plan on fishing a lot... two things I never got into. They are scheduled to return to town on Wednesday.
So, I'll be on my own seeing after Andrew till then. I'll also have to go next door a couple times a day to check on "Booger", mom's cat. Andrew's councelor from "Cognitive Development" is expected to come visit with him sometime later today also, just for a regular meeting. |
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| Bleh... |
[Nov. 13th, 2009|06:00 pm] |
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| |  pissed off | ] |
Just had to ban another of those asshat trolls from my chat... |
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| Friday the 13th |
[Nov. 13th, 2009|04:44 pm] |
Well, Andrew had some bad luck this morning. He was getting good at getting up and catching the bus on his own... until today. He overslept, missed the bus. I've gotten too complacent I guess, by not waking up to make sure he's up and ready for school. That will change starting Monday morning, being I had to get up and drive him to the school.
I broke a glass washing dishes this morning... either I'm getting clumsy in my old age, or this IS a "bad luck" day!
Since I don't job search on weekends (places are usually too busy to talk to you I've found in the past), thought it'd be nice to "put down" a few drinks this evening, but totally out of Evan Williams... gonna make a trip to the store up the road immediately after "This Week in Fun" is over and rectify that problem! |
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| Random Note |
[Nov. 11th, 2009|04:26 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | gaming, ps3, son | ] |
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| |  groggy | ] |
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| | "Floss Weekly" on http://live.twit.tv/ | ] |
Son is pissed, can't play Modern Warfare 2 online... PS3 servers apparently hosed. |
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| Sore Ass |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|03:59 pm] |
Been sitting here in front of the computer over 5 hours straight, first listening to the "No Agenda" podcast with Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak... then all 3 hours of Leo Laporte's "The Tech Guy" radio show... and frankly, my ass is sore. Really need to invest in a better desk chair one of these days! |
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| Random Thought |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|10:38 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | horny, sex | ] |
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| |  horny | ] |
Just occurred to me... it's been over 12 years since my last time.... LOOONG overdue! |
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| Lists |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|08:59 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | internet, lists, twitter | ] |
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| | blah | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | "Handel on the News" on KFI640.com | ] |
Just spent too much time dividing my Twitter page into "lists"... |
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| Asshats |
[Nov. 5th, 2009|07:14 pm] |
Eventually, I may have to eliminate, or do away with altogether, the "interactive" parts of my website. Been having to delete so many "troll" comments lately on the "Guestbook" page, I finally just deleted the code that embedded the guestbook. In the chatroom(IRC based, but a Flash client on the site), which I'm assuming are the same trolls, since they are saying basically the same things, I've banned people over and over, but since they are using a "protected host", it's kind of hard to keep them banned.
Can't delete the entire "Guestbook" page yet however, then the link in the index will be COMPLETELY "dead"... got enough dead links on my site already! Haven't had the time (or the patience) yet to start the site redesign, which needs to be done so the pages can be edited in a "wysiwyg" editor (the old Yahoo Shitbuilder code, even after trying to clean it up, still goes wonky in any other editor). May start using the default Bluehost page creator, redesigning every page from scratch, sometime in the near future, but it is VERY limited, so my site will look more amateurish than before...
Leaving this post out in the open, just so I can say to the trolls responsible... "KISS MY ASS!!! YOUR MOM NEEDS TO BAN YOUR INTERNET PRIVILEGES!!"
/needs to learn to code one of these years... then use Notepad++...
//rant over... for the moment anywho... |
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| Screw You Wal-Mart! |
[Nov. 5th, 2009|11:39 am] |
I haven't bothered to mention this until today, but as of Monday, I was out of a job again. Got called into the office right after clocking in Monday, was told I was terminated. The reason: missing too many days in the past six months. They mainly cited the total of 11 days I took off recently with the flu. As I've stated on this journal in the past, Crap-Mart wants employees to come in to work even if they are at "death's door" (probably why, during my stay at the job, three employees died!). I wasn't going to risk the flu turning into pneumonia by going into that dairy cooler!
They had me contact the doctor while I was out, to have him fax them a "leave of absence" form, but they said the doctor didn't put on the form the exact date I was going to return to work. Even a doctor can't predict something like that... and I had to go back to him TWICE before I completely got over the illness!
An old co-worker from my Burger King days, who is now an assistant manager at the local Chik-Fil-A, told me a few months ago that if things didn't work out at Crap-Mart, to come by and see her. Well, yesterday I did. Filled out a job application, which has to be approved by a district manager, but she said she will put in good words for me(and at least I'll know I'll have every Sunday off if hired there!). If I haven't heard anything by Monday... going to actively hit the old job search trail again... hitting the convenience and discount stores like "Fred's" and "Dollar General" first...
I've vowed to NEVER set as much as a toe inside of a Shit-Mart again!
UPDATE: Was looking up articles online about Shit-Mart's policies, came across THIS interesting read:"Wal-Mart's stingy sick-leave policy may contribute to swine flu's spread"... |
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| Random Question #BR549z |
[Oct. 31st, 2009|09:50 pm] |
Don't you feel a tad disappointed when you think a member of the opposite sex is "damn hot", then discover later that, even though they are out of your league to start with, they are also playing for their "own team"?
Granted, I have no problems with two women being together (mostly provided I'm in between them...), but still... it's a bit of a let down... |
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| DST Reminder |
[Oct. 31st, 2009|03:39 pm] |
If you live in an area that observes daylight savings time, remember to set your clocks back an hour before retiring tonight! |
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| Halloween? Shmalloween! |
[Oct. 31st, 2009|12:45 pm] |
I've been asked repeatedly what I'm doing for Halloween this year. My answer, not a damn thing! Off on a rare weekend, so gonna sit on my posterior and relax! |
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| Bleh... |
[Oct. 29th, 2009|01:29 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | ill, sick | ] |
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| | blah | ] |
I've had a bad stomach ache since I got up this morning... feeling a tad feverish again also. :-( |
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| He can't fool me |
[Oct. 28th, 2009|11:48 pm] |
My son keeps trying to fool my mother or me to spend money we can't afford, on frivolous things. His game this evening was his PS3 game system... the second one he has had in a three year time span. I bought an extended warranty on the newest one (he sold the older one, three months out of warranty, to a local game shop for $60, because the optical drive went out). He is trying to say it freezes up a lot because hard drive space is getting low. Below... the FACTS...
1. He talked my mom into buying him an external USB hard drive for the thing to store downloaded games.
2. He keeps trying to tell me the 22GB/74GB reading on the info screen means he only has 22GB left, which is causing the freeze-ups
3. I know, from years of PC use, it means he has 52GB left on the PS3, which would not cause a freeze.
4. He griped if I took it to Best Buy, which under the warranty, it'd be gone a couple of weeks to get sent back to Sony, he'd be without it.
5. After I argued that fact with him, he said he downloaded a 315MB demo of a game, and the first number went from 22GB to 18GB... IMPOSSIBLE!
6. He argued he wanted to replace the hard drive IN the PS3 with a larger capacity one, I told him it would void the expensive extended warranty I bought.
7. Told him, if the warranty was voided, he wouldn't get another expensive game system... he went to his room.
I'm not into gaming myself, but geesh... am I wrong? Gaming seems to be pre-occupying him too much already! Have to remind him to shower every night! Otherwise, he'll stay on that damn gaming system till time for bed! I know I'm a bit of an internet addict, but I don't let it affect my job or bathing habits!
He keeps this complaining up a week longer, I'll unhook the router, just keep this computer online! |
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| Anyone got some floaters? |
[Oct. 26th, 2009|01:45 pm] |
It's getting ready to rain yet AGAIN....Grrrr!
The nearby river is already two feet above flood stage, and creeping up the levees! |
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| Senility? |
[Oct. 24th, 2009|11:51 am] |
Okay, my mind appears to be on the blink. Got my electric bill today, and it was for two months, with a late fee added. Got to digging around on my desk, found last months bill still unopened! Also found a credit card bill that was due 9 days ago. What the heck is wrong with me lately? Can't seem to remember one second to the next! It's a wonder my power wasn't shut off!
Not realizing I had a couple of unpaid bills finally prompted me to clean a bunch of garbage off my desk. I can now see my right computer speaker for the first time in months!
In other news, had a message from the provider of the IRC chat I use on my website. A few people working for the organization apparently left it, so the name has been changed from "irc.wyldryde.org" to "irc.geekshed.net". Sooo, I changed the setting in Xchat to reflect the new server, and did a little editing on the "streaming" page of my site, where I have the flash version of the chat embedded. Eventually, I'll need to go through the rest of my site and change some links also, but might not do it today though. |
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