Year: 2005

Really strong performances this week, and Randy and Paula are making bigger asses of themselves. Avert ye eyes all who hate this crap.

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No way am I getting around to sorting all of the pictures tonight or writing about the trip. Work wasn’t so bad, but the weather and the commute were terrible. Sliding home in my Saturn doesn’t exactly give me a chance to relax. Thankfully there’s more than enough beer around to help me chill out. That, and plenty of DVR. We got two nights of American Idol (thanks to their screw-up last night) and last night’s House to watch. Which reminds me, I need to write about House at some point -very cool show that Lisa and I look forward to each week.

As for AI, Bo still rocks and Mikalah still sucks. And Randy, thanks for proving my point about your stupid “pitchy” comments. While you nailed Mikalah on it, you really blew it by calling Scott’s vocals anything but off. And I now fear that someone like Jessica or Anthony will be cut before either of those two.

Yes, I am back from Florida. Yes, it was a very nice vacation. Yes, the weather was beautiful. Yes, it sucks to be back in the cold. I love the Northeast, and you’d be hard pressed to get me out of here, but I was hoping that things would have cleared up by the time we got back. Instead, we get snow.

I’ll do a more indepth post tonight. For now, let it be known that I found an amazing camera shop, and look forward to going there at least once a year when we visit Lisa’s parents. The guy had little trouble talking me into a killer lens, and hopefully I’ll put up some shots to show it was money well spent. For now I’m still de-compressing at work.

Lisa and I are off to Florida for a few days. Some fun in the sun and good ol’ fashion R ‘n’ R. I don’t know what the Internet situation is down there (quick, someone throw out a “do they have electricity in the South” joke), so there’s a good chance no updates until next week. At that time I will make vague promises of posting pictures that I never get around to. As long as it’s understood, it’ll be easier.

I’m such a junkie, it really does bother me being away from my connection so long. Maybe not having the option will help me to relax…

Is it a cardinal sin to use the same title for two different posts? Oh well… I guess I’ll change it to Top Twelve instead of Final Twelve. Maybe I’ll work some consistency in around here… doubtful. Of course I didn’t last long with the whole “I’m not watching” mantra and ended up catching most of last night’s performance. What can I say, I’m a sucker. For those uninterested – DON’T CLICK NOW!

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What a weekend. Somehow I saw no problems with cooking dinner for my entire family, let alone inviting them all into my apartment. And for that, I’ve apologized to Lisa.

Continue reading “I’m so sorry, honey”

Just a quick offer for friends of mine thinking about starting a website or looking for something to do with their domains. Currently this site runs as part of a shared reseller package with my host. I’ve got a section of their server, and I divvy it up amongst my domains and and some others. But it’s still not completely utilized.

I’ve already mentioned to a couple of you that if you want some room, I can set you up with some server space for your site for a nominal fee. This is really meant to be a friendly offer, I’m not interested in trying to start a business here. It just seems like the easiest way to offset some of my own costs and improve services for myself and anyone interested.

So if you are interested, let me know and we’ll talk about it.

The reason I’m up so late was a near breakdown at work this evening. Obviously I’m not going to cover any real details here (both for my sake and the company’s), but a worse case scenario nearly was nearly realized. Fortunately Dell Tech Support really came through for me, and a complete rebuild was not necessary. Leading up to the solution, however, was sheer panic for me. I slowly saw my entire weekend being flushed down the crapper. In the end, however, everything worked out and I learned something new – including some better monitoring techniques.

And in case there was any doubt how amazing Lisa is, she came by with dinner for me and helped ease the tension. Now it’s finally time for bed.

Sometimes you find an idea so simple, it’s brilliant. And then you laugh so hard chocolate milk comes out your nose. Looking for some useful Firefox extensions, I came across a real gem. Now in the lower right corner of my browser, I can instantly determine the current status of Abe Vigoda as reported by, you guessed it, abevigoda.com. I found some background info on the Wikipedia entry, and you can find even more celebrity death mix-ups on the Dead People Server.

!@(images/newglasses.jpg popimg: “Check out the awesome case”)…the blur is gone. No, seriously, the new glasses were ready last night. Of course the hellish ice storm that locked down half of the highways around here prevented me from picking them up. I did, however, pick up one juicy steak with a couple co-workers. So the sheer danger of the evening did not ruin all. Wait, I was talking about my glasses, wasn’t I?

!@(images/armanib0i.jpg:R100 popimg: “The consumer whore look is in”)They’re Armani. I probably mentioned that before, but it deserves mentioning again. I am such a consumer whore. But they’re so cool looking. The legs are cylindrical. And comfortable. They’re so freakin’ light it’s amazing. I swear my old pair must have weighed a pound.

!@(images/glasseshistory.jpg:L100 popimg: “The march to tiny specs”)I found another old pair of mine, and it’s humorous to see the change in styles. You have to realize that the first pair is probably from around ’94 or so. They seem HUGE now. And oddly, both of my old pairs had the tip of the left leg broken off. Weird. I’ll keep the last ones as a spare, but the others will be donated.