Dec
21
Holiday Shut Down
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We’re closing up shop here at the blog for the holiday. I’ll probably make a brief return next week to post my yearly Dimmer Switch predictions (I did it last year, if I do it again this year it becomes a tradition). I reserve the right to use this downtime to either make some upgrades [...]
Dec
20
Haiku Wednesday #3 - Technology
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Technology leads to more excuses to miss work.
Wiimote to the face,
laptop battery explodes,
text messaging thumb.
Not a True Story
Husbands do take note:
when using wife’s computer,
delete the cookies.
Longing for the Guild
Laptop in the shop,
withdrawal symptoms develop
for World of Warcraft.
Dec
20
Computer Woes, Conclusion
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The laptop is finally back from the shop. Thankfully they were able to recover most of my data files from the old hard drive (New Year’s Resolution: backup files regularly). I spent most of last evening reinstalling programs, which was tedious since Windows had to reinstall many updates and reboot in between each installation, as [...]
Dec
18
Computer Woe Update
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The laptop is in the shop; the hard drive appears to have been corrupted (or at least the boot sector). The good news is it looks like they will be able to lift some data from the hard drive and transfer it over to the new one which has more capacity. Hopefully it will run [...]
Dec
17
Back in the Saddle
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I went horseback riding with my daughter on Saturday. She’s been taking lessons for about six months now and Saturday was her first time out of the corral and onto the trail. She was a bit nervous about trail riding; apparently some of the older kids had teased that on occasion the horses come back [...]
Dec
16
Weblog Awards Results
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This pretty much sums up my showing in the 2006 Weblog Awards:
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(except for the ‘why don’t you kill me’ part)
It was fun. I was in first for one brief moment, but it wasn’t meant to be. Besides, 6th place is much funnier.
Much thanks to those [...]
Dec
15
These things I know to be true:
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The sky is blue.
The grass is green.
Han shot first.
My dog will not eat grapes unless the skin has been broken.
The sharpest guy on the planet is Wilford Brimley.
I am going to lose badly. (Keep voting though, 6th place has special meaning to me)
Strawberry NesQuik sucks.
That is all.
Dec
15
Does Not Compute
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Last night while working on my computer I received the dreaded Blue Screen of Death. I rebooted as instructed by Mr Blue Screen, but the computer didn’t seem to want to come back on. After multiple attempts (and much clicking/whirring from the hard drive) the computer did come back on eventually, but locked up again [...]
Dec
14
What Would Bigfoot Do?
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I know what you’re thinking right now. You’re thinking, “Gee, this internet thing is neat and all, but what I really want to do is ask Sasquatch questions about life via telepathic communication.”
Ta-da!
Well, you won’t necessarily communicate telepathically with Sasquatch. But you can query ol’ Squatchie by submitting questions to the telepathic communication [...]
Dec
13
He will be missed
Peter Boyle has died.
He’ll be in heaven tonight,
Puttin’ on the Ritz.
The Return of Mel
Apocalypto,
Mel’s Mayans are number one.
Zionist plot foiled.
It wouldn’t fit in the overhead compartment anyways.
Heisman on a Plane?
Sorry Troy, it can’t go on.
But matches are fine.