FlasshePoint

Life, Minutiae, Toys, Irrational Phobias, Peeves, Fiber

47-Year Olds Should Not Try To Spike

Pet Peeve Of The Day: Sports. Or more specifically, sports injuries. Oh, my aching volleyball finger! Will I ever be able to type with it again?
Latre.

Summer Of Upgrades, Five

I recently received the Uniden TRU9465-2 Expandable Cordless Phone System as a gift, which I have used to replace the three separate cordless phones I had in my house. It’s cool because you only have to plug the phone’s base unit into one phone outlet, and then you can put the handsets wherever you [...]

Summer Of Upgrades, Three

Another upgrade I made this summer was to my TV set. I replaced my Sony KP-57HW40 57″ Widescreen CRT RPTV 1080i HDTV-Ready set (almost 6 years old) with a brand spanking new Panasonic TH-50PZ700U 50″ Plasma Widescreen 1080p HDTV.

Yeah, I know it’s a bit of a downgrade going from a 57″ to [...]

Summer Of Upgrades, Two

In this entry, I talked about my problem playing MP3s on the stereo of my Prius, since the CD player in the 2005 version will not play MP3 CD-Rs. And since I download a lot of MP3s from eMusic, and also have a vast MP3 collection ripped from my CD library, I needed a [...]

No Belfry

So last night just after dusk, I was out on the back deck grillin’ up some pre-Labor Day chicken and corn on the cob for me and the lady. I heard a weird clicking noise in the tree, which didn’t sound like a bird or an insect. I brought N out to come [...]

Summer Of Upgrades, One

How I Spent My Summer Vacation…
Early in the summer, I finally sold my 2002 Acura RSX and bought my dad’s 2005 Toyota Prius (he can’t drive any more):

This came at a good time, as I had just started working downtown and my commute is longer than it was. I can sure use the extra [...]

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