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Taormina, Italy
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Taornimo
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Pisa
The tower, it leans
There are many more pictures but my favorite is a sign that I saw all over Italy.
In American the children walk. Having seen the Roman driver, I understand why the children RUN!
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The other half and I are going on vacation. We're taking a cruise to the Mediterranean. Sweet! We're going to Barcelona then taking the ship to Medina, Sicily, then Naples, the Civitavecchia(Rome), then Florence/Pisa (Livorno) then its on to Villefranche (Nice) and Monaco. We are going on tours of Possitano, Sorento, Taormino, Rome, Florence, Pisa and Monaco. Whew!
I've been packed for about a month 
. There's a catalog company called Travelsmith that has the coolest travel toys. Many of their items are wrinkle and stain resistant. Chris needs clothes like that.
Any Italian TV.Commers wanna come wave at the boat?
How to Shop in a Bookstore
Though I should be pleased as punch that TV.Com is soooo easy to hang with and I somehow picked up new Editorship, that doesn't matter. Well, actually it does matter but I've been saving up a rant and I will not be denied
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There is a terrible misconception out there. Some people seem to think that customers who frequent bookstores can read. I know that it would stand to reason that a person walking into a bookstore, for a book, would have some idea about the alphabet and all that. It has been my experience that a large portion of the reading public gets all shook up when asked to read alphabetically.
Dear friends, if an authors name begins with J and you look at a shelf and you see the following last name : Conway, you are not in the J's. If the shelf next to it has last names that begin with the letter D, then a pattern should emerge. If you step to the side and see the last name Franklin then I'd think that a lightbulb would soon shine. If the shelf ends, that does not mean that the alphabet ends there, my friends. Like hallways, shelves also turn corners. I wouldn't give up my search for the book at that corner, I would look at the shelf on the other side and see what happens. A majority of the time you will find that the alphabet will continue.
Given that I have WAY too many people who ask me if the books are alphabetized my title or author, I shouldn't be surprised. I'm sorry but what the hell kind of sense would it make to alphabetize by title? That doesn't even make sense. If you want more than one book that an author has written, wouldn't it be easier if they were together? Doesn't the logic if that system stike anyone as feasible?
Number two on my bookstore rants is this:
Most bookstore employees shelve books. There is generally only one employee per section. When we shelve books we want you to find the books. The books are shelved in their place so you can find them. That means if you take a book from the shelf, we'd appreciate it if you put it back where got it. Not on the floor, not shoved randomly on top of the books and not halfway across the store. I know that some people will leave the store, disappointed that the book they want isn't there, when in fact some inconsiderate person has shoved the book somewhere.
Personal rant:
There is a woman who comes in our store every Thurday. She will go down every aisle, pick up a book and shove them on top of the books. Every Thursday, I will go behind her and reshelve the books. Most people would take the hint and not be rude but she refuses to take the hint. She will take books from one part of the section to the other then shove it on top of the books. Now, I have a finite amount of time to get as many books as possible out for the public to buy. I will spent time reshelving after this woman instead of getting new merchandise out. Again, I know that someone isn't finding what they are looking for because I'm cleaning up after one person. I know that this woman knows what she's doing because this has been going on for six months. Oh the things I want to say to her 
Last rant:
The cart a worker uses is there work area. If you, the customer, shrts picking up and moving items that are on t, you are screwing with our work area. If you are looking for something, PLEASE, ask us for it. We are there to help you. You will be the focus of massive HATE if you pick at our work area. If I ask people if they are looking for anything in particular and the answer is generally "No, I'm just looking." Why not look somewhere that isn't in my way? As I've said, I have a finite amount of time but an infinite amount of work. I want you to find what you are lookng for, I want to help you anyway that I can, I want you to leave our store happy that you've found everything that you're looking for but I can't if I have to fix a mess before I start or can't get to my cart.
End Rant-for now
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Wow look at all the cool new emblems. I'm using the Beta Version of Tv.Com and I like it. I hope some of the people who quit Tv.Com will flock back now that there seems to be a consentrated effoft to address some of their complaints. There's even an emblem for People Editorships. The QoD has been made managable again. I only have 2 pending and they are only a week old or so. Super Wow!
I'm keeping all the user Emblems 'cuz I think they're neat.
I really have nothing much to say. I shall ponder my thoughts.
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Wow look at all the cool new emblems. I'm using the Beta Version of Tv.Com and I like it. I hope some of the people who quit Tv.Com will flock back now that there seems to be a consentrated effoft to address some of their complaints. There's even an emblem for People Editorships. The QoD has been made managable again. I only have 2 pending and they are only a week old or so. Super Wow!
I'm keeping all the user Emblems 'cuz I think they're neat.
I really have nothing much to say. I shall ponder my thoughts.
My Poor Old Dog
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Cripes, I can't update my emblem.
Anywho,
Since I also am having trouble putting a picture in my blog, I can't post a picture of my most senior of dogs, Misty. Maybe this link will work Misty Dawn. Yes, it does
. Misty turned 15 last December. My vet refers to her as the Enegizer Bunny and not just because she's very cute. She has had a couple a serious health issues that she bounced back from quite nicely, thank you very much. A recurring issue has been her teeth. The Other Half has been against getting major dental work for Misty because of her size and age. Our vet was not pushing the issue until earlier this year. As detailed (sorta) in this blog HERE!. I rushed Misty to the vet last December. While there they did some blood work and noticed that her potassium was low along with some other stuff that I didn't understand. The vet gave me some vitamins for her and thought that her teeth were the problem. Poodles are known for having crappy teeth and dental issues. He thought that she had a lot a bacteria from her teeth coursing through her body that was making it hard on her.
When I took her back to the vet two weeks later, her blood work was completely normal, of course, but we both agreed that she was going to have to have some serious dental work. He also said that he too had been hesitant to tackle the job because of her age. He said "I thought the teeth would outlast the dog" but since Misty refuses to let any health issue get to her, he figured we may as well take care of it. In the end poor Misty had all but 3 teeth removed. Because she has a bit of arthritis the pain meds she got for her mouth have put a big dose of pep in her step.
She is very demanding now and I'm spoiling her rotten. She's on Science Diet K/D wet but if I'm too slow to feed her she'll eat the other dogs dry food. She has put on almost 2 pounds and all in all doing better. She has a good chance of making it quite a few more years.
Happy Birthday to Me
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Coconut Phone Level 25 (+0)Todays my birthday Ta na na nana Happy birthday to me Ta na na na nana
Hello, my name is Chris and I'm an Aries.:8
Aries is a sign of new beginnings, and as an Arian you tend to be a quick thinker and doer, but you are apt to lack patience with those who aren't. You are enthusiastic, full of energy, and always ready to try something new. You like to pick subjects which are "yours" and put your head to work on them down to the tiniest details, but then ignore the finer points of other matters which might be just as important but are not quite your "thing"
. Because of this you begin many projects and do them well until you lose interest in them; then you just quit uh..yep . And (there's no nice way to say this) you can be a bit of a slob (I like to think of it as temporarily unorganized).On the upside, you are willing to make sacrifices, sometimes major ones, in order to help yourself or others. For example, you wouldn't mind if members of the family had to shack up with you for a while so long as they didn't infringe too much on your life and private time.
You are usually decisive and competitive at work, but you lack motivation in domestic activities. This sometimes leads to the sacrifice of a relationship so that you might further your career.
While you do make a good friend, you can be impatient and have a nasty temper. These traits sometimes lead you to be aggressive and direct, a bit more so than many people can take. (Some people are just too sensitive) When you are in a good mood, though, you are one of the more cheerful, spontaneous, and generous people in your circle of friends.
Every now and again you feel the need to prove yourself, and this can lead you to be a bit impulsive or maybe even forceful in trying to make your point.(True)For some reason, you can't quite accept criticism, even if it is constructive; but when you feel you've failed at something it doesn't set you back. Instead, it spurs you on, and you'll do anything to prove you're the best.(Very True)
*Compliments of Byzant.com
I shall now enjoy my awesomeness
Rain
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Well I figured out my invalid tag whatever.
Here in Dallas, we have had rain of biblical proportions. At my house there was about a foot of rain that fell over the course of 12 hours or so. The spillway at a nearby lake was more like a waterfall than the normal trickle of water that runs down it. The new spectator sport was watching the rushing water. Water got about 8 feet into my yard but thankfully not into the house.As always happens around here, many people had to be rescued from their cars because they insist on driving them into the water. Some had to be recued from their home when the creeks turned dry land into islands.
Everyone out there read this and remember it.
IT ONLY TAKES SIX INCHES OF WATER TO RUIN YOUR DAY. One foot of water will float a car. The fact that to car in front of you made it through the water MEANS NOTHING! There was an older gentleman, a retired school principal who'd taught drivers ed for Pete's sake, who floated his truck and had to be rescued. He said that since he'd seen a car make it through the water he figured his truck would too. WRONG. I saw news reports where people were driving into water around other stalled vehicles and getting stalled themselves. Or driving through the police tape, into the water.
I floated a car, when I was 17 flippin' years old. I had an excuse, I was young. I couldn't even be trusted to vote, ya know. These grow-ups who should know better have no excuse. Idiots. Every year the weather guys tell us "If you can't see the road, NO NOT DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER!" Our biggest problem is that there are bunches of people who drive pick-up trucks and SUV's. The mentality is that since the vehichels sit higher up than cars, they can make it through high water. WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!
It only takes a six inches of water to get your tires off the ground. Once your tires are no longer touching the ground, you will float. Once you are floating, that raging creek you're heading toward will really ruin your day. A young woman was killed in the floods, easterday. She and a friend were driving near a creek, when thy staled in high water. They got outof their vehichle and were swept off their feet into the creek. As the water rose, one could not hang onto to the tree she was clinging to and was swept down stream to her death. This woman was 22 years old and studying for her doctorate in biochemistry. In may ways she was much smarter than me but she didn't remember the basic properties of water or respect it's power and paid for it with her life.
I didn't mean for this to be a rant, honest,but it is so frustrating knowing how many lives are needlessly ended because someone desn't want to turn around and go another way.
Here I am
I have been rather remiss about being here, of late. Here is a breakdown of the reasons why:
We finally moved and The Other Half decreed that there shall be no smoking in the house. Now, I don't mind smoking outside. We have a screened in porch coming off the two back bedrooms, so we're protected from the elements (though the cold wind is not effected brrrr ). Since I was tethered to my DSL, I was at an impass. Surkin' the net without chain-smoking was not an option.
Also, since we now smoke outside, the big TV is in one of the bedrooms off the porch. We are using this room as a sort of den. The unintended consequence of this is that The Other Half and I are occupying the same space more often. No longer do I have the ability to close myself off in my room and joyfully enjoy hours of mindless hours of the internet. This good for a relationship so that's fine.
The DSL was primarily in the room with the big TV (34" OF TELEVISED BLISS)as is The Other Half, along with the sun porch. These factors all conspired to keep me away from TV.Com. Now, however I am wireless and can smoke and surf the net at the same time again, yippee!
Dang. I was just asking what I was doing. I replied that I was blogging about not blogging. When I said that I was writing about not blogging because we now are occuping the same space, feeling were hurt. I sometimes don't think before speaking. I wish I could delete sentences that are stupid in real life.
Crap.
Why can't I use my stats? I get an invalid tag message. I want a boxie!
We finally moved and The Other Half decreed that there shall be no smoking in the house. Now, I don't mind smoking outside. We have a screened in porch coming off the two back bedrooms, so we're protected from the elements (though the cold wind is not effected brrrr ). Since I was tethered to my DSL, I was at an impass. Surkin' the net without chain-smoking was not an option.
Also, since we now smoke outside, the big TV is in one of the bedrooms off the porch. We are using this room as a sort of den. The unintended consequence of this is that The Other Half and I are occupying the same space more often. No longer do I have the ability to close myself off in my room and joyfully enjoy hours of mindless hours of the internet. This good for a relationship so that's fine.
The DSL was primarily in the room with the big TV (34" OF TELEVISED BLISS)as is The Other Half, along with the sun porch. These factors all conspired to keep me away from TV.Com. Now, however I am wireless and can smoke and surf the net at the same time again, yippee!
Dang. I was just asking what I was doing. I replied that I was blogging about not blogging. When I said that I was writing about not blogging because we now are occuping the same space, feeling were hurt. I sometimes don't think before speaking. I wish I could delete sentences that are stupid in real life.
Crap.
Why can't I use my stats? I get an invalid tag message. I want a boxie!
Quickie
My shameless attempt at a Suerlative failed. Dang it.
I set up a wireless network and am a happy me, right now.
My favorite Olympic event is curling becuse I lke games that go with beer.
Til I have more time.
I set up a wireless network and am a happy me, right now.
My favorite Olympic event is curling becuse I lke games that go with beer.
Til I have more time.
My Shameless Attempt to Win a 2006 Superlative
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I am a nominee for MWR AWESOME honorary TV.com awards. That's right my fellow TV.com-ers. TV.Com-ites? TV.com-ians? what was I saying? Oh, yeah, I'm shemelessly trying to win in the "Funniest" catagory.
I have people laugh with(at) me on a daily basis and I know all y'all would fall over with laughter, were y'all ever to meet me.
I could have tried for the "Best Ranter" catagory but I try not to swear, curse, use explitives or foul languages here and any rants of mine would truly be loud, blue yet REALLY, REALLY funny. What I wouldn't have minded would have been catagories like "Lazyiest Speller" or "Least Aware of, Punctuation" because I don't think I would have had to work too hard to win either of those.Now for some jokes:
Due to the popularity of the Survivor shows, Texas is planning to do its own, entitled Survivor - Texas Style. The contestants will start in
Dallas, travel to Waco, Austin, San Antonio, over to Houston and down to Brownsville. They will then proceed up to Del Rio, on to El Paso, then to
Midland, Odessa, Lubbock and Amarillo. From there, they'll proceed to Abilene, Ft. Worth and finally back to Dallas.
Each will be driving a pink Volvo with a bumper sticker that reads,
"I'm gay, I'm a vegetarian, I voted for Al Gore, George Strait Sucks, Hillary in 2004, and I'm here to confiscate your guns!" The first one to make it back to Dallas alive wins.
A Texan dies and goes to Hell. It's terribly hot, of course, and everyone there is sweating and suffering. Except the Texan. He's just laying back and smiling. "What's the matter?" says the Devil.
"Isn't is hot enough for you?" "Just like a spring day in Amarillo.No problem!" replied the Texan.
The next day the Devil turned the heat way up. Everyone was really suffering now. Except the Texan. Still smiling. "You mean it's still not too hot for you?" asked the Devil. "Just like a summer day in Laredo. No problem." said the Texan.
The next day the Devil decided to really fix him. So he turned the temperature way down. It got very cold, started sleeting and snowing,and icycles started forming. Everyone was freezing to death. Except the Texan. "I don't get it." said the Devil. "Doesn't the cold bother you either?" "The way I figure it," said the Texan, "the Rangers* must have won the pennant!"
*The Texas Rangers are a baseball team based in Arlington, Texas, which is near Dallas, Texas and never near a pennant.
A Texan Goes To Heaven
A Texan died and ascended into Heaven. St. Peter met him and welcomed him saying, "You will certainly enjoy Paradise."
The Texan shook his head sadly and said "I always thought that TEXAS was Paradise."
St. Peter said "Well, let me show you what we have to offer." He took the Texan to an area that had a beautiful river flowing through it with wildlife
and flowers everywhere. "Isn't this beautiful?" said St. Peter.
The Texan replied, "Yes, but not as pretty as the area around SAN ANTONIO."
Somewhat ruffled, St. Peter took him to another area where there were rolling hills, whitetail deer and bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush everywhere. "Now" said St. Peter "Have you ever seen anything so wonderful?"
The Texan paused and said "Yes, it is beautiful but it does not hold a candle to the TEXAS HILL COUNTRY in the springtime."
Becoming more upset, St. Peter then took the Texan to a beautiful white beach, with gentle waves, and an azure sky. "Now have you seen this beautiful in Texas" said St. Peter.
The Texan smiled and said "I guess you've never been to SOUTH PADRE ISLAND".
At this point, St. Peter took the Texan to a large rock. On the side of the rock was a huge iron door. St. Peter opened the door and they stepped into an elevator and started going down.
As they descended, it grew more and more hot. When the elevator opened, it revealed the fires of damnation-Hell. St. Peter said, "Now, have you got
anything in Texas that can top that?"
The Texan thought a moment and shook his head. "No, but I know a couple of old boys from HOUSTON that can put that thing out for you."
Coming soon..My Favotite Winter Olympic Event.
Why I Love Battlestar Galactica
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I think a good show is one that makes me think. Well after an episode has aired, I find myself still thinking about the episode. I don't always want easy answers:though I don't want a show that is so convoluted that I can't fathom what the heck is going, either.
I've mentioned before how the show Lost makes me think. Well, Battlestar Galactica is affecting me in the same way. Days or weeks will go by and I will find that a scene or exchange will still be tossing and turning in my mind. Episodes that I think are average will mill around in my subconscious for weeks sometimes.
The thing I like about the new Battlestar Galactica is the human-ness of the show. I understand that some people what sci fi shows for the techno whatnots but I'd get bored with a show full techno whatnots and no drama to back it up. It's the people behind the techno whatnots that I find interesting.
The two characters that I'm finding facinating are President Laura Roslin and Capt Lee Adama. I think that Mary McDonnell brings a vulnerablity to the role of the president . Those qualities aren't what really make me smile,though. It is cold-blooded-ness ,topped with sugar, that I enjoy. It has taken me this long to "get" President Roslin. She is a very practical leader and isn't afaid to toss cylons out hatches. I like that.
Capt. Lee "Apollo" Adama, on the other hand, is actually harder for me to read. In the episode Black Market, it is revealed that Apollo has a side dish and this side dish dates professionally. I spent a week mulling over Lee's behavior in this episode. The Apollo's attitude in Resurection Ship, Part 2 seemed out of character as well. Then it occured to me that I was looking at Apollo's character all wrong. The Apollo of the first season was stiff and seemed to have a poker stuck in his tuckus.
By the beginning of the second season it seems that making up with his father let the real Lee Adama out and the real Lee Adama is a bit of a prick. That fact asside, there is something "real" about Apollo. He's not perfect, his relationship with the honey's could be better, his old man can take him on in a fight and the chippy he's sweet on almost whacked him. It blows to be Apollo, actually, and that's what I like to see.
It's getting late, so my thought precesses are lacking. I'll try to finish this tomorrow,
This Blog Is Going to Make Some of My Friends Mad
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This is something that I've noticed for a while. Because I use my blog, sometimes, to clear my head, that's what I'm doing. What made this come to a head is an assignment I have for my computer class. I have to compare and contrast two websites. What immediatly came to mind was TV.com and TVRage.com.
When Tv.com nixed the bored threads, I noticed all the people, who were born in 1990, say they were leaving. Personally, I did not care if bored 16 year olds left. As entertaining as it is reading them flame each other, I don't deal much with on or offline, ergo so what, ya know? I popped over to TVRage.com and read ALL the threads that bashed TV.Com. I found it interesting how preoccupied some people seemed to be with TV.Com, actually.
I wasn't on TVTome.com much, so I wasn't a person who was bitter about the changeover to Tv.com. I noticed that a lot of complaining had to do with people who felt that TVtome was was perfect and Tv.com was a poor imitation. Because I wasn't emotionally involved with TVTome, I came to Tv.com with no expectations of recreating the paradise that was TVTome. Some people disliked the changes but technically there were no changes as TV.com wasn't TVTome.
I understood that some people didn't take advantage of the changeover in time and lost editorships, but some people did and didn't lose anything. This is where the complaining got really loud. Now, I've never tried to convert one websites info to another another but I think it would be difficult. I think TV.Com could have eliminated many problems if they'd erased everything and started TV.com from scratch (like TVrage has) but that really would have pissed people off.
At the bookstore I work at, we don't have a computerized inventory. We could but that would add to our cost and make the process much longer from when books come in and when they get to the floor. We, at the bookstore, actually know what a pain in the tuckus, computerizing the inventory. People who don't work for our company have NO IDEA what would be involved with computerizing our inventory but that doesn't stop people from telling us how easy it would be. I had a person tell me how stupid our IT department was because they couldn't do it. He said as much in his resume and wonders why he didn't get hired. That we actually knew more, because we work here, that someone on the outside looking is never occurs to people.
I don't know anything about programming. I remember Snide saying that the staff spent many a night, sleeping at the office, trying to make things better. I think that part of the problem was moving TVTome data to Tv.com plus everyone wanted all problems fixed yesterday. Again, if TV.com had simply started the website rom scratch, no allowing any TVTome data to move, many of the issues that caused people to foam at the mouth, would have happened. TVRage hasn't migrated any data from somewhere else and isnt as buggy. Coincidence?
I don't spend so much time on TV.Com that my emotionl well being is affected if there's a problem with it. If I get a WSoD, i hit refresh and I get the page I was looking for. It works 99% of the time when I do it and costs me less than a second of work. The levels have never, permanently disappeared so I can deal with them being buggy. It is annoying when I've been reset to Level 0 (twice) because there were things I couldn't do but everything was worked out so no harm, no foul. Way back at the beginning of my TV.com trek, they said that levels would move slower, the higher you went and I took it to heart. I don't expect huge leaps anymore and thus am not disappointed when it doesn't happen. I was also informed that there was a lag time in adding points from previous ACCEPTED contributions, again I was warned and don't expect instantaneous results.
I have never had anything I've writen been reported because I don't like being mean. I try to interact with people the same online as off. In fact I'm nicer online, sometimes. I don't let the fact that no one knows me be a reason for bad behavior. The loudest yelling seems to come fom people who break the rules and get punished for it. I see people who have been banned, break the rules by logging on under another screen name or using someone elses log in info, then yell that they aren't being treated fairly
. Speeding is illegal whether you get caught or not. There is no guarantee of free speech on someone elses property, it only applies to the federal government. That means that a private enterprise can decide what I can or cannot say. If I cannot abide by it, then I am free to go.I know there are people who will have every reason to froth at the mouth and tell me how naive I am. How horrible TV.Com is. How the Mods lie. blah, blah blah. I don't have a problem with TV.Com at all. I get to interact with interesting people and wade into the minutia of TV. That's all I want to do.
Feel free to yell, if it will make you feel better.
And Now I'm Back.
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Well, I get all ready to start contributing to the site and I get hit by one the mother of all Tv.com bugs. I dig the new looks and features...however it seems that I can't see my mo queue or submissions bcause I'm level 0. Crap!
Well, my life thus far is on an upswing. Battlestar Gallactica and the Stargates are back and I have my SCI FI FRidays o look forward to, again.
.I'm going back to school, also. I'm taking two classes that were not requirements the last time I was in college. One course is Intro to computers and the other is a health/fitness class and both are internet based. I love that I can take P.E, online. This new millennium rocks.
Why the heck have I lost 5 levels?
ARG! Limited Internet For a While
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Happy New Year to everyone. Hope it isn't bad, thus far. I got my Drama King icon back. Cool. I'm wearing shorts because it s near 80 degees F. I love ths place
.A couple of weeks ago, I called the phone company to arrange phone and DSL service at the new house. I explained that I didn't want to completely cut off service at the old house becuase we haven't actually moved yet. I needed phone service at the new house because of Dish Netwrok. No, problem says the nice lady on the phone.
Frday night, I was online because there was a class I had to have finished by Saturday. Suddenly the internet stops, for me at least. I check the phone and it's dead. I know the bill is current so I assumed there was some issue with the line. We have really crappy lines. Really, we do.
I talk to technical support. I hate talking to them because I have to go through to same stupid "easy fixes" before they will actually check anything. I've tried to let them know that I've already done the easy stuff but there's a script to make sure the problem is the idiot user. Sign. Finally the tech support person says they will run a check on my telephone line. This made me happy. The last time something like this happened, it affected most of the local area. But that wasn't to be. Now, the tech support person says it's a problem in my house itself. A technicial will call tomorrow, he says.
Great. No internet.
I wake up yesterday and figured 'd go to the new house since DSL should have been up and ready by the 28th of December. I pack Misty and my laptop and off I go. I get here, and first have to find working phone lines. I know that at least the phone line in the master bedroom works but it is connected to the satalitte reciever. Here's the thing about this house. I think there were some former residence who didn't want to go. Why do I say that? There are little bits of sabatoge that I've found, like some of the phone jacks have wires disconnected or cut. Little stuff like that. What that means is, though there are 11 phone jacks in the house, only 3 work.
Anywho, I find a good phone jack and my DSL light starts blinking red. That's what happened at the old house. Damn. I call SBC again and explain about the red light and all. In the mean time, the technician dealing with the call for the old house, calls me. Twice I had someone on both phones at once. The issue with the new house gets solved first: when I transfered service to the new house, the person I was talking to didn't actually place and order for DSL, therefore I have no internet here. At almost the same time the tehnician for the other problem calls and tells me that , instead of keeping my servise active at the old house, they discontinued it instead. No internet there, either. Damn.
Since I have phone service at the new house and I have SBC DSL, I'm using their dial-up service, for now. Unfortunatly, I still don't have a mattrace, so we still haven't really moved in. I'm gonna be hit and miss on the internet until we move.
In the off chance someone submits to any of my guides, know that I'll get to submissions when I can.
Winter in Dallas, Texas
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Golden Girl Level 24 (+0)I've mentioned before how crazy winter is in Dallas and today was a good illistation of that fact. Actually, starting on Christmas Eve, our temperature zoomed up to the mid 70's. Today was a balmy 82º F. I like wearing and being confortable in shorts in December. Our temperature is expected to hover between 68º and 75º F for the next few days. Y'all can keep your freezing white Christmas', I'm a happy camper
.On a scarier note, I rushed my oldest dog, Misty, to the vet this morning because she had a seizure. I didn't even stop to put on shoes or real pants. I burst in the Vets office barefoot and wearing a t-shirt and pajama bottoms. It would have been funny if I wasn't so freaked by the seizure. A seiure that stopped as soon as I turned into the Vets parking lot. I am fortunate that the Vet is only two minutes away.
Merry Christmas Eve
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Not much going on here. I'm just watching the Dallas Cowboys TRY topull off a play-off bid. They're looking better that I've seen them in a while.
It Only Took 10 Months
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Well, 10 months after closing on the new house, we are actually moving. TOH simply hasn't wanted to move. There is nothing wrong with the new house. It is awesome, in fact. It has a pocket door (which I think are just danged cool), two fireplaces, one of which is in the master bedroom. Hardwood floors throughout. A detathed two car garage and that makes me the happiest Chris in the world. It's walking distance from the lake and I can go fishing everyday.
Our current home is so close to the highway that there is a permanent haze in the front in the summer and you can barely hear a person speaking from the driveway. Not a fun situation.
The satallite is set to be setup and phone service turned on Friday. Once the mattraces are set to be delivered next week, however, so the move isn't offically on but we're going to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas day there as our tree and presnts are at the new house.
It is so weird to live betwixt two homes. I decorated both homes for Halloween, Thansgiving and Christmas. The other home if furnished and all utilities, save phone, have been on since spring. The danged thing is ready to move into and I finally believe it will happen. Yippee!
What the H. E. Double Hockey Sticks Were They Thinking?
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As was watching the Pay per view commercial for Bewitched with Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell. I didn't go see this because I just thought it was stupid. Now, it might not have been but the previews made it seem like it wouldn't compare to the TV show.
That got me thinking of all SNL skits that have attempted to jump to the big screen and flopped. Will farrells movie credits would be paltry if it weren't for SNL skits to movies but is that really a bad thing? Some, like Waynes World, jumped from SNL to the big screen and were most excellent Waynes World, Waynes World. Party on. Excellent. I think it was Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, themselves, that made both the skits and the movies rock on. Of course Waynes World is pre Will Farrell.
Then you have:
The Coneheads. What in the name of all that is holy made anyone think they could make a movie about a nearly 20 year old skit and make it work? The Coneheads were kind of funny, when I was 10. Did Dan Ackroyd and Jane Curtin need the movie that bad? Was it their idea in the first place?
I refused to see Ladies Man because it looked stupid. Maybe it wasn't. I sure looked stupid though.
Is it insulting to crackheads if I wonder what crackheads thought "Superstar" and "A Night at the Roxbury" were two good choices for the leap onto the big screen? Does Will Farrell head up the SNL skit to movie committe? I have nothing against the guy but come on. Was there really a script that could make "Ladies Man" not seem stupid.
The other non-Will Ferrell stupid waste of film was "It's Pat". Am i the only person who saw a trailer for this, in the 90's, and was struck dumb. Yes, the skits were entertaining in 2 minute increments but a whole %^$*#$g movie about an androgenous person IS NOT FUNNY. I understand SNL Productions is looing for another Waynes World or Blues Brothers but they should at least make sure they pick FUNNY skits.
Drinkin', Fornicatin' and Fun Times
I think this blog will fit here better than Here but since I don't post here much, I figured-what the heck.
I've always thought it funny how country music is associated with good American values when the music is so sinful. In fact, that's why I like country music. Actually, country music presents the real part of American lives and those lives are full of drinkin', screwin' and fun.
Here are some of my favorite cheating and fornicating songs:
"Heaven's Just a Sin Away" by the Kendals, a father/daughter duo. I'm not sure how comfortable I would have been singing about "giving in" with my father.
"Heaven's just a sin away oh whoa just a sin away
I can't wait another day I think I'm giving in
Though I'd love to hold you tight oh whoa be with you tonight
But that still won't make it right cause I belong to him "
"Daytime Friends" by Kenny Rogers. You have to love this messin' around song.
"And Lord, it hurts her - doin' this again
He's the best friend that her husband ever knew.
When she's lonely - he's more than just a friend
He's the one she longs her body to."
"You've Never Been This Far Before" by Conway Twitty is my favorite classic deflowering song.
"And as I take the love you're giving
I can feel the tension building in your mind
and you're wondering if tomorrow
I'll still love you like I'm loving you tonight."
"That Summer" by Garth Brooks an older woman de-flowers a young(teen) helper one summer.
Tammy Wynette's marriage to George Jones helped bring two classics on the sanctity of marriage with:
"D.I.V.O.R.C.E" Nothing says family values like:
"Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today
Me and little J-O-E will be goin' away
I love you both and it will be pure H-E double L for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E."
and "Suddenly Single"
Adultery is represented with
"Stranger in My House" by Ronnie Milsap. The singer asks:
Is it somebody we both know
or somebody you just met?
Are you loving him in your mind
While your lying in my bed?"
and
"Does He Love You" by Reba McEntire. Both the wife and the mistress sing:
"I've known about you for a while now
When he leaves me he wears a smile now
As soon as he's away from me
In your arms is where he wants to be "
When love goes bad, country music is there to make great songs about it. If your spouse is cheating you can handle it like the hapless fellow in
"Papa Loved Mama" by Garth Brooks.
In this song, Papa puts his truck into the hotel room of his cheating wife.
"Papa loved Mama
Mama loved men
Mama's in the graveyard
Papa's in the pen
"Independence Day" by Martina McBride and Thunder Rolls by Garth Brooks abusive husbands meet very bad ends.
In the long version of "Thunder Rolls, we have this little ditty:
"She runs back down the hallway
And through the bedroom door
She reaches for the pistol
Kept in the dresser drawer
Tells the lady in mirror
He won't do this again
'Cause tonight will be the last time
She'll wonder where he's been."
In the video for "Independence Day" the song ends with:
"Well,she lit up the sky that fourth of july
by the time that the firemen come
they just put out the flames
and took down some names
and send me to the county home.
Now I ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrong"
and the inplication is that the mother burned the dad up however the evidence on that is unclear.
In "Fancy by Reba McIntire a poor woman buys her daughter a fancy dress with the last of her money. When her mother instructs her to "..just be nice to the gentleman Fancy, they'll be nice to you" Fancy becomes a 'ho. Granted, she becomes a rich 'ho but a 'ho none the less.
In "Dancy's Dream" by Restless Heart, Dancy is a a preacher whose dreams are filled with his sinin' days as a young man in New Orleans. The tag line "The hymms on Sunday morning and the sins in Dancy's dreams." I love that line.
To round the whole thing out are my favorite drunk female songs.
I always feel that the female in Shelly West's "Jose Cuervo had one hell of a good time. Favorite line: "Now wait a minute, things don't look too familar. Who is this cowboy who's sleeping beside me." Love it.
In a modern version of drunk female songs, there's "All Jacked Up" by Gretchen Wilson. The song gives some words of wisdom
"One thing I’ve learned when you get tore up……
Don’t drive your car
Don’t start no stuff in no bar
Hell I wouldn’t tell anybody where you are
When you’re all jacked up".
These are things that everyone should remember. Actually I think Book stores are not unlike living in country songs. There's also drinkin', fornicating and fun there too.
I've always thought it funny how country music is associated with good American values when the music is so sinful. In fact, that's why I like country music. Actually, country music presents the real part of American lives and those lives are full of drinkin', screwin' and fun.
Here are some of my favorite cheating and fornicating songs:
"Heaven's Just a Sin Away" by the Kendals, a father/daughter duo. I'm not sure how comfortable I would have been singing about "giving in" with my father.
"Heaven's just a sin away oh whoa just a sin away
I can't wait another day I think I'm giving in
Though I'd love to hold you tight oh whoa be with you tonight
But that still won't make it right cause I belong to him "
"Daytime Friends" by Kenny Rogers. You have to love this messin' around song.
"And Lord, it hurts her - doin' this again
He's the best friend that her husband ever knew.
When she's lonely - he's more than just a friend
He's the one she longs her body to."
"You've Never Been This Far Before" by Conway Twitty is my favorite classic deflowering song.
"And as I take the love you're giving
I can feel the tension building in your mind
and you're wondering if tomorrow
I'll still love you like I'm loving you tonight."
"That Summer" by Garth Brooks an older woman de-flowers a young(teen) helper one summer.
Tammy Wynette's marriage to George Jones helped bring two classics on the sanctity of marriage with:
"D.I.V.O.R.C.E" Nothing says family values like:
"Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today
Me and little J-O-E will be goin' away
I love you both and it will be pure H-E double L for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E."
and "Suddenly Single"
Adultery is represented with
"Stranger in My House" by Ronnie Milsap. The singer asks:
Is it somebody we both know
or somebody you just met?
Are you loving him in your mind
While your lying in my bed?"
and
"Does He Love You" by Reba McEntire. Both the wife and the mistress sing:
"I've known about you for a while now
When he leaves me he wears a smile now
As soon as he's away from me
In your arms is where he wants to be "
When love goes bad, country music is there to make great songs about it. If your spouse is cheating you can handle it like the hapless fellow in
"Papa Loved Mama" by Garth Brooks.
In this song, Papa puts his truck into the hotel room of his cheating wife.
"Papa loved Mama
Mama loved men
Mama's in the graveyard
Papa's in the pen
"Independence Day" by Martina McBride and Thunder Rolls by Garth Brooks abusive husbands meet very bad ends.
In the long version of "Thunder Rolls, we have this little ditty:
"She runs back down the hallway
And through the bedroom door
She reaches for the pistol
Kept in the dresser drawer
Tells the lady in mirror
He won't do this again
'Cause tonight will be the last time
She'll wonder where he's been."
In the video for "Independence Day" the song ends with:
"Well,she lit up the sky that fourth of july
by the time that the firemen come
they just put out the flames
and took down some names
and send me to the county home.
Now I ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrong"
and the inplication is that the mother burned the dad up however the evidence on that is unclear.
In "Fancy by Reba McIntire a poor woman buys her daughter a fancy dress with the last of her money. When her mother instructs her to "..just be nice to the gentleman Fancy, they'll be nice to you" Fancy becomes a 'ho. Granted, she becomes a rich 'ho but a 'ho none the less.
In "Dancy's Dream" by Restless Heart, Dancy is a a preacher whose dreams are filled with his sinin' days as a young man in New Orleans. The tag line "The hymms on Sunday morning and the sins in Dancy's dreams." I love that line.
To round the whole thing out are my favorite drunk female songs.
I always feel that the female in Shelly West's "Jose Cuervo had one hell of a good time. Favorite line: "Now wait a minute, things don't look too familar. Who is this cowboy who's sleeping beside me." Love it.
In a modern version of drunk female songs, there's "All Jacked Up" by Gretchen Wilson. The song gives some words of wisdom
"One thing I’ve learned when you get tore up……
Don’t drive your car
Don’t start no stuff in no bar
Hell I wouldn’t tell anybody where you are
When you’re all jacked up".
These are things that everyone should remember. Actually I think Book stores are not unlike living in country songs. There's also drinkin', fornicating and fun there too
.Drinkin', Fornicating and Country Music
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Total : 173(+19)I've always thought it funny how country music is associated with good American values when the music is so sinful. In fact, that's why I like country music. Actually, country music presents the real part of American lives and those lives are full of drinkin', screwin' and fun.
Here are some of my favorite cheating and fornicating songs:
"Heaven's Just a Sin Away" by the Kendals, a father/daughter duo. I'm not sure how comfortable I would have been singing about "giving in" with my father.
"Heaven's just a sin away oh whoa just a sin away
I can't wait another day I think I'm giving in
Though I'd love to hold you tight oh whoa be with you tonight
But that still won't make it right cause I belong to him "
"Daytime Friends" by Kenny Rogers. You have to love this messin' around song.
"And Lord, it hurts her - doin' this again
He's the best friend that her husband ever knew.
When she's lonely - he's more than just a friend
He's the one she longs her body to."
"You've Never Been This Far Before" by Conway Twitty is my favorite classic deflowering song.
"And as I take the love you're giving
I can feel the tension building in your mind
and you're wondering if tomorrow
I'll still love you like I'm loving you tonight."
"That Summer" by Garth Brooks an older woman de-flowers a young(teen) helper one summer.
Tammy Wynette's marriage to George Jones helped bring two classics on the sanctity of marriage with:
"D.I.V.O.R.C.E" Nothing says family values like:
"Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today
Me and little J-O-E will be goin' away
I love you both and it will be pure H-E double L for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E."
and "Suddenly Single"
Adultery is represented with
"Stranger in My House" by Ronnie Milsap. The singer asks:
Is it somebody we both know
or somebody you just met?
Are you loving him in your mind
While your lying in my bed?"
and
"Does He Love You" by Reba McEntire. Both the wife and the mistress sing:
"I've known about you for a while now
When he leaves me he wears a smile now
As soon as he's away from me
In your arms is where he wants to be "
When love goes bad, country music is there to make great songs about it. If your spouse is cheating you can handle it like the hapless fellow in
"Papa Loved Mama" by Garth Brooks.
In this song, Papa puts his truck into the hotel room of his cheating wife.
"Papa loved Mama
Mama loved men
Mama's in the graveyard
Papa's in the pen
"Independence Day" by Martina McBride and Thunder Rolls by Garth Brooks abusive husbands meet very bad ends.
In the long version of "Thunder Rolls, we have this little ditty:
"She runs back down the hallway
And through the bedroom door
She reaches for the pistol
Kept in the dresser drawer
Tells the lady in mirror
He won't do this again
'Cause tonight will be the last time
She'll wonder where he's been."
In the video for "Independence Day" the song ends with:
"Well,she lit up the sky that fourth of july
by the time that the firemen come
they just put out the flames
and took down some names
and send me to the county home.
Now I ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrong"
and the inplication is that the mother burned the dad up however the evidence on that is unclear.
In "Fancy by Reba McIntire a poor woman buys her daughter a fancy dress with the last of her money. When her mother instructs her to "..just be nice to the gentleman Fancy, they'll be nice to you" Fancy becomes a 'ho. Granted, she becomes a rich 'ho but a 'ho none the less.
In "Dancy's Dream" by Restless Heart, Dancy is a a preacher whose dreams are filled with his sinin' days as a young man in New Orleans. The tag line "The hymms on Sunday morning and the sins in Dancy's dreams." I love that line.
To round the whole thing out are my favorite drunk female songs.
I always feel that the female in Shelly West's "Jose Cuervo had one hell of a good time. Favorite line: "Now wait a minute, things don't look too familar. Who is this cowboy who's sleeping beside me." Love it.
In a modern version of drunk female songs, there's "All Jacked Up" by Gretchen Wilson. The song gives some words of wisdom
"One thing I’ve learned when you get tore up……
Don’t drive your car
Don’t start no stuff in no bar
Hell I wouldn’t tell anybody where you are
When you’re all jacked up".
These are things that everyone should remember. Actually I think Book stores are not unlike living in country songs. There's also drinkin', fornicating and fun there too
.Since I had to start and stop this blog a couple of times, missribs came through for me and cleared 70 old submissions. Kudos missribs.
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