Wish I had remembered the website, but...
I was driving home the other day, and ended up behind one of those cars with tons of bumper stickers, the kind that has way too many to actually read and remember any single one. Until I saw one that made me chuckle. In really big letters it said "The internet makes you stupid" and right underneath it, there was a website listed. Of course, maybe it's a joke site, like they know that the sticker contradicts itself, but I'm more amused with assuming that they didn't realize it.
Also, I'm sick and tired of the increased occurence of the misused apostraphe s ('s). You use an apostraphe when you are showing posession, or when combining 'is' with a word like that's or what's. When you are discussing multiple objects, you don't do it. It's not spelled car's, or paper's, or book's or any other example. It kinda makes me wonder what's going on. I mean, are all the teachers now teaching it wrong? Or, do people just not know, and now that it's becoming more frequent, the people who don't know better just assume that it's the right way? Ugh, I try and point it out when I see people do it as much as possible, but it sure feels like a losing battle.
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
hmmmm
The highlighted portion is the road trip I'll be taking as part of my upcoming weekend. Step 1, fly from San Diego to Oakland immediately after work. Step 2, finish loading up the moving truck. Step 3, drive my brother's pathfinder while he drives the rental truck, towing their other car, all the way to blythe on Saturday. Step 4, drive the rest of the way to Chandler, AZ on Sunday morning. Step 5, unload said truck into a storage unit. Step 6, drive both vehicles to our parent's house in Maricopa. Step 7, relax for 6.3 minutes, shower, and get a ride up to Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix and fly back to San Diego. Step 8, drive back home and sleep.
Then, for labor day, we'll be flying to PHX, loading that stuff into a truck, driving it to their brand new house, unloading, and flying home.
But, even though it's a ton of work, I am more than happy to do it. They get to move to a better place, and they get to own a home.
me = jealous
Then, for labor day, we'll be flying to PHX, loading that stuff into a truck, driving it to their brand new house, unloading, and flying home.
But, even though it's a ton of work, I am more than happy to do it. They get to move to a better place, and they get to own a home.
me = jealous
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Monday, August 14, 2006
I Heart Bar
Went camping this past weekend. Just a one night trip, but it was still very nice to be away from noise. I especially love hearing a gust of wind going through the trees, getting closer and closer, until it's where I am. The site we got was sweet, someone had spent the time to gather up rocks and line the path from the parking spot to the fire pit, and partially around where the tent goes. Wish we had a digital camera to take a pic to post here. Oh well. It was perfect weather, just barely warm in the sun, and just barely chilly at night. Good times. Also, the bathroom, was clean, and didn't stink! That alone was worth the 15 dollar charge. I mean, it's not often where the toilet dumps into a giant tank that holds who knows how many months worth of, well, you know, and it's not hold your breath uncomfortable! We'll definately go back, just 2 hours away from home!
Heart Bar Campground, Aspen Loop, site #41
check it out!
Heart Bar Campground, Aspen Loop, site #41
check it out!
Friday, August 11, 2006
Vent
Ugh, I hate computers so much.
Why can't all these companies just make everything work easily? Why can't I get a new router to replace the broken one, and then just plug it in and everything works together without difficulty? How come whenever I call SBC to fix the modem, it works before anything is done, so I call Linksys, and get frustrated with that conversation. Ok, so they are most likely in another country, which is fine, and some of them have very difficult accents to understand, but I can handle that ok. What makes me mad is twofold:
1. I can't find someone who understands that I know a little bit about computers. I don't need to be told to "click start, now click run, now type in cmd, hit enter, then type in......" and it continues, with a pause between each command waiting for me to say "ok". Or, my favorite, instead of saying to go to a certain web site, they have to guide me through the process of opening Internet Explorer, highlighting what's in the address bar, and typing in some site. Most of the time, I'm ahead of their commands, and am waiting for them to catch up to me. Ok fine... I can get through all that. but then there's number 2
2. Have a senes of humor!!!! Are these people working in jobs they hate? Have they been beaten since childhood any time a joke is told and they laugh. Heck, it's not like I'm trying to make them crack up. I just want SOME sort of emotion. You know how you can sortof see the look on someone's face over the phone, just by their tone of voice? Well, I picture all of these people staring at a computer screen, not actually focusing on anything, with no emotion at all.
Ok, so there's a third reason this all makes me mad. These people, with their lack of personality, working for a company that makes a product that doesn't just work on it's own, in who-knows-where-ville, these people, they know more than me. I should be able to figure this all out. I'm not stupid, I have some sort of a geeky brain upstairs, but I just can't do it. None of the instructions i find make sense, there are about 3million clever abbreviations that I don't know. And it's not like it's a secret, all the info is out there, it's just organized by the people who know it, who don't have personality, or a logical way of explaining or organizing information.
So, I've decided to get rid of it all. I'm canceling WoW, I'm no longer going to email, blog, buy stuff online, check traffic, look at maps, find flight information, watch ridiculous videos. I'm going to run over my pocketpc, burn my psp, blow up my cell phone. I'm going to disconnect my car's computer and ride a bike.
Strike that, I'm gonna go and sit on the phone with Linksys tech support and fix it.
I lose.
Why can't all these companies just make everything work easily? Why can't I get a new router to replace the broken one, and then just plug it in and everything works together without difficulty? How come whenever I call SBC to fix the modem, it works before anything is done, so I call Linksys, and get frustrated with that conversation. Ok, so they are most likely in another country, which is fine, and some of them have very difficult accents to understand, but I can handle that ok. What makes me mad is twofold:
1. I can't find someone who understands that I know a little bit about computers. I don't need to be told to "click start, now click run, now type in cmd, hit enter, then type in......" and it continues, with a pause between each command waiting for me to say "ok". Or, my favorite, instead of saying to go to a certain web site, they have to guide me through the process of opening Internet Explorer, highlighting what's in the address bar, and typing in some site. Most of the time, I'm ahead of their commands, and am waiting for them to catch up to me. Ok fine... I can get through all that. but then there's number 2
2. Have a senes of humor!!!! Are these people working in jobs they hate? Have they been beaten since childhood any time a joke is told and they laugh. Heck, it's not like I'm trying to make them crack up. I just want SOME sort of emotion. You know how you can sortof see the look on someone's face over the phone, just by their tone of voice? Well, I picture all of these people staring at a computer screen, not actually focusing on anything, with no emotion at all.
Ok, so there's a third reason this all makes me mad. These people, with their lack of personality, working for a company that makes a product that doesn't just work on it's own, in who-knows-where-ville, these people, they know more than me. I should be able to figure this all out. I'm not stupid, I have some sort of a geeky brain upstairs, but I just can't do it. None of the instructions i find make sense, there are about 3million clever abbreviations that I don't know. And it's not like it's a secret, all the info is out there, it's just organized by the people who know it, who don't have personality, or a logical way of explaining or organizing information.
So, I've decided to get rid of it all. I'm canceling WoW, I'm no longer going to email, blog, buy stuff online, check traffic, look at maps, find flight information, watch ridiculous videos. I'm going to run over my pocketpc, burn my psp, blow up my cell phone. I'm going to disconnect my car's computer and ride a bike.
Strike that, I'm gonna go and sit on the phone with Linksys tech support and fix it.
I lose.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Monday, August 07, 2006
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Thanks for my hot wife
So, I'm a little bit focused on Talladega Nights, the ballad of Ricky Bobby. I just hope that the funny parts haven't already been shown on the previews. Actually, considering the fact that I find Will Farrel funny just standing still, I guess it's a sure thing funny.
Oh, and I've started blogging.
Oh, and I've started blogging.
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