Wednesday Thoughts

• The carwash on Eagle Drive SUCKS. The stuff there hardly ever works right.
• Do you remember Arcadia (the Duran Duran side project)? Check out these two songs. Their big hit and their other hit with Sting singing backup vocals. Greatness.
• I am having 'focus' issues now. I can't find anything to be excited about.

Patsy watching Red Dwarf

Astromechs at work

Monday Thoughts

• Went to WinStar Friday night to see Duran Duran. FANTASTIC. A lot of moms coming unhinged at that concert (acting like teens again).
• Note to self... NEVER go to WinStar on a Friday night.
• Only got to gamble for like twenty minutes. :(
• I hauled out the slide projector this weekend. I love that thing. Viva la 'Old Technology'!
• Got the garden started too. Last year all we had success with was cilantro.
• I also moved my PC back to the 'library room' since the cold weather is over and I won't get frozen out.

That's Simon from the Duran Duran concert Friday.

Flew the old kite Sunday... man that's fun.

Wednesday Thoughts

• I used the tractor the contractor left at my house last night... oops.
• I had some Ebay buyer troubles this last week. You ahve to watch out for people who have 0 feedback. They don't know how Ebay works...
• I called their customer service (which I guess is in India). I got my issue resolved.
• With my model business I do ALOT of shipping at the post office.
• When I had my comic books store in 2002 I did $14,000 worth of shipping with them!

Rest stop sign in Texas (when we were heading to Colorado).

This is a 'sign fail' on one of the empty lots out near my house. Really, how hard is it to spell land???

Monday Thoughts

• Remember my last post when I talked about how much reporters love disasters? Have you been watching the Japan coverage? I think you see my point, don't you?
• BBC reporters are just as bad (if not worse) as any US reporter as well.
• Still waiting on the house work to be finished.
• stuck at work until 8 friday night because some decided to change out a piece of important hardware on a Friday afternoon... who does that?
• We went to Sam's Club this weekend... yikes! That place is where people go to mooch free samples of food. I doubt anyone was actually buying anything there.
• There were also all these sales people bugging you... sheeh!
• Note to self: go to Sams only uring the 7a-8a 'business only' hours in future, not on the weekends.

Outside the gas station in Rhome.

What's that coming out of her torso?!? Inside that gas station in Rhome.

Tuesday Thoughts

Did you know that in 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt outlawed the private ownership of gold because of the Great Depression?

I am stuck at home today while workers level my house.

I have always thought NPR were a bunch of smug, 'I'm better than you' types. This article only proves it.

Watching coverage in Lybia of reporters right in the middle of fighting reminds me that News Agencies and Reports love disaster and mayhem (despite ANYTHING they say). I bet 9/11 was like a giant reporter orgasm. They couldn't have been happier.

I am having lots of fun with my iPhone 3GS. I hate Apple but this device is OUTSTANDING. Worth the $50.00 I paid for it ten times over.

The house 'before' all the work...

Wednesday Thoughts

• My truck looks to be giving out finally. Time to shop for a new one and put up with all the dealer crap.
• I saw some nurse poke and prod half of the cookies in the cafe this morning. You would have thought she was buying a car.
• A UNT clinic here in North Texas is having a United Way drive with a vasectomy as the grand prize! I kid you not!
• I got an iPhone. I am still refusing to load iTunes on my PC.
• What the hell does the 'i' stand for?
• I noticed that a lot of companies use that 'i'.
• Down at the pool there are some toddler swim pants called iSwim... really???

Friday Thoughts

• Can you believe that Obama staffer won Mayor of Chicago? The guy didn't even live there, who can he possibly know what the heck is gonig on there?
• I think the same thing happened with Hillary Clinton and New York.
• The Radio Shack here in Decatur sucks. We really need a proper electroincs store in this town.
• The AT&T wireless store (Wise Wireless) attached to the Radio Shack sucks too. I got a phone line added there and the had me sign a 2 year contact even though I brought my own equipment in. After dealing with AT&T on the phone about it for a while they called and informed the store they were doing it wrong. They claimed they have always been (ripping off) doing it that way.
• Now I have to drive 60 miles to go to a company owned store to fix the issue.

Monday Thoughts

• I read that the average Wisconsin teacher makes $100,000 a year... Those guys need to STFU and deal with it!
• Many are happy just to have a job right now.
• Their greed is shining through. They preach to us that we need to take care of them like they take care of our kids but what happens when their $$$ is threatened... they cut class and leave the kids up the creek (and the family that have to stay home and watch them).
• I think this represents one of the biggest problems with our government today. I heard on NPR that the average government worker makes 2 to 3 times what their private sector counterpart makes.
• Now I am not waving the flag of socialism but I think AT LEAST government jobs need to be in line with private sector ones.

Friday Thoughts

• Why are most Sci-fi TV shirts no larger than 1X is size? Hello?! I doubt that would fit 1/2 of the Sci-fi fans out there!
• Ate at Casa Torres for lunch. Still no better place around.
• What the heck is going on in the world? Everyone is going nuts... I guess that the 'change' we were promised.
• I went with my boss to that full service car wash next to Lowes. That's pretty cool, expensive but cool.
• My coworker got a no seatbelt ticket for driving directly from one parkinglot across a small side street into another parkinglot... really???
• State troopers are ruthless up here.