Never Get Comfortable
I usually don’t write about work-related matters here in this blog, since that’s asking for trouble. However, today is such a momentous day on two fronts, that I have to say something. I’m not sure if these two things have anything to do with each other, but the timing is certainly strange.
First, today [...]
No Country Like The Old Country
It won Best Picture this year. The critics loved it. Javier Bardem rightfully won Best Supporting Actor. The acting is great. The cinematography is wonderful. But No Country For Old Men just didn’t do it for me. N and I watched it the other night (on Blu-Ray!) and it [...]
Happy Tower Day
Well, after years and years of legal squabbling and other setbacks, the Lookout Mountain Digital TV Supertower finally went online today! Now we can get all our local digital HD channels from LM and I no longer have to rotate my antenna between LM and downtown depending on what channel I want. High-powered [...]
Carded
Pet Peeve of the Day: The credit card company for the major credit card that I use for most of my transactions just, out-of-the-blue, sent me a new card with a new number yesterday and didn’t tell me they were going to do it. The old card doesn’t expire for another year. Of [...]
MyBrick
Pet Peeve of the Day: One of my external hard drives died this week. It was a 250GB Western Digital MyBook (USB & Firewire). Now it’s a brick. An out-of-warranty brick. The thing has always given me trouble, so I’m not exactly sorry to see it go. It’s always run [...]
Do Roses Smell?
Please explain to me what “boredom” is. I hear people occasionally say “I’m bored” and I don’t understand what they’re talking about. Oh sure, I get bored like anyone else when I’m doing a tedious task or watching or reading something I’m not really into. But sitting around looking for something to [...]
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