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greatbearYou guys have such perty desktops. Mine looks like Satan belched lots of random icons all over the place. No wallpaper either. I'll clean things up when I upgrade the PC. It's been in 'beta mode' for well over a year now, and the screaming heatsink/fan will finally be replaced with the waterblock and the Athlon 6000. Though I discovered this mobo is one of few that's been around for a while that will work with the new Phenom quad core CPU. Hmmmm... decisions, decisions...
While watching the news at dinnertime today, a lot of talk was of course about the unseasonably warm temps of the last few days (hell, it's still 58 degrees outside). A scene showing the crowd waiting outside the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore (where we had just been for the TSO concert Sunday) came up. The conversation went kinda like this:
I wonder how many people had to take out second mortgages for tickets to that show. I dont understand the appeal. Then again, I am not a pre-teen girl. Shut. UP.
Got a recall notice on the truck for a potentially blocked front axle vent tube. Seems that, during manufacture, the axles and suspension bits are installed while the frame is placed upside-down. Since the axles are preassembled and filled with oil, they have their vent tubes folded over and taped down to keep the oil from running out before the frames are reoriented. Someone must have been asleep on the line when it came time to free the kinked tube. Unlike some recall notices, this one came with pictures and descriptions on where to find everything and what to do. This is done for people like me who dont want to be bothered by taking the truck to the dealer when it's sch a simple procedure. Heck, anyone even remotely familiar under a hood could do it. My truck did not have the issue. When I first brought it home, I went over it and scrutinized every possible area. I would have spotted it then.
I have lots of info regarding music and the death of DRM. Finally. Hopefully I have a chance to put together one of my opinion pieces on it. Now, if we can only do the same for movies.
So, the CEO of McDonalds in the UK is blaming video games for childhood obesity. Pot to Kettle! Pot to Kettle! Condition BLACK! I repeat, Condition BLACK! Sheesh.
I've gotten tons of new music lately, from various sources. For some reason, I am just not getting into music like I used to. Hopefully it's just a phase. These days, I have music almost exclusively as a background thing (TSO show notwithstanding). No desire to sit and listen intently. Not that there is a lack of good stuff out there. Hell, my friends list keeps me well supplied with incredible mixes, cool new stuff and original material. I just wish I had more time I guess. It's like losing a bit of myself without it.
While watching the news at dinnertime today, a lot of talk was of course about the unseasonably warm temps of the last few days (hell, it's still 58 degrees outside). A scene showing the crowd waiting outside the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore (where we had just been for the TSO concert Sunday) came up. The conversation went kinda like this:
Jeff: That's right, tonight is the Molly Hatchet concert.
Me: MOLLY HATCHET?
Jeff: Or whatever her name is.
Me: Miley Cyrus!
Us: (Uncontrollable laughter)
Me: I'm so blogging this.
I wonder how many people had to take out second mortgages for tickets to that show. I dont understand the appeal. Then again, I am not a pre-teen girl. Shut. UP.
Got a recall notice on the truck for a potentially blocked front axle vent tube. Seems that, during manufacture, the axles and suspension bits are installed while the frame is placed upside-down. Since the axles are preassembled and filled with oil, they have their vent tubes folded over and taped down to keep the oil from running out before the frames are reoriented. Someone must have been asleep on the line when it came time to free the kinked tube. Unlike some recall notices, this one came with pictures and descriptions on where to find everything and what to do. This is done for people like me who dont want to be bothered by taking the truck to the dealer when it's sch a simple procedure. Heck, anyone even remotely familiar under a hood could do it. My truck did not have the issue. When I first brought it home, I went over it and scrutinized every possible area. I would have spotted it then.
I have lots of info regarding music and the death of DRM. Finally. Hopefully I have a chance to put together one of my opinion pieces on it. Now, if we can only do the same for movies.
So, the CEO of McDonalds in the UK is blaming video games for childhood obesity. Pot to Kettle! Pot to Kettle! Condition BLACK! I repeat, Condition BLACK! Sheesh.
I've gotten tons of new music lately, from various sources. For some reason, I am just not getting into music like I used to. Hopefully it's just a phase. These days, I have music almost exclusively as a background thing (TSO show notwithstanding). No desire to sit and listen intently. Not that there is a lack of good stuff out there. Hell, my friends list keeps me well supplied with incredible mixes, cool new stuff and original material. I just wish I had more time I guess. It's like losing a bit of myself without it.
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Date: 2008-01-09 04:45 am (UTC)I'm going to take a wild guess here. You have a gas generator for the home.
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Date: 2008-01-09 05:09 am (UTC)Fifteen kilowatts max. Runs everything I could want, but is not a gas hog when only runnings a few items. I had two smaller generators, one I found at the dump, rebuilt for a few bucks and some time spent, then sold, and a 4800 watt Coleman that burned out after using it for three days after a nasty ice storm. I still have that Coleman, the engine is perfect, the rotor in the generator is toast, and a $350 part. I cant bring myself to toss the thing out, it looks practically new. Yet I cannot bring myself to buy the rotor and a couple other small bits it needs when a brand new genset is not all that much more. At two different shops where I inquired about the part, the counter guys eyed me strangely and wondered why I didnt just spend a bit more to buy a new one. I got pissy and didnt bother with the part.
I'm old fashioned. I believe in fixing up something that is easily fixed and can be used well afterwards. I wanted to buy a pair of 14.4 batteries for one of my old cordless drills. That drill, and a circular saw are the only items I have that uses those batteries. The saw is in excellent shape, the drill is beat but still works fine. The batteries were 60 bux a pop. for a mere 20 dollars more, I could have had a new drill, with two batteries, a case, and a battery charger. I did NOT need yet another drill. I cant toss the other one. Yet I did not get much 'value' from my principled purchase. This is the bane in living in a disposable society.
Oil, btw, is not the best conductor of heat. Water works best. :)
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Date: 2008-01-09 05:20 am (UTC)Tonight I'm going to bed wondering if GreatBearMD has a really, really, really, big, fat, hard wrench.
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Date: 2008-01-09 05:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-09 05:35 am (UTC)Getting tix at face value is BEATIN' THE ODDS though.
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Date: 2008-01-09 05:15 am (UTC)ROTFLMAO! I am USING this.
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Date: 2008-01-09 05:39 am (UTC)"Hello, pot, this is kettle calling"
"Mr. Kettle, there is a call from Mr. Pot holding on the black phone"
And my fave, "Kettle, please.". lol
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Date: 2008-01-09 06:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-10 03:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-09 12:08 pm (UTC)This is when I focus on the albums I like, get into real niches (e.g. dubstep) or time travel into musics past. But pop music? Don#'t make me laugh. Even indie is 99.9% shit atm. Thank god for Lethal Bizzle.
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Date: 2008-01-10 04:10 am (UTC)Pop music is just about horrible for many years now. All manufactured crap, focus group driven for maximum profits and exposure. And it shows. At best I have my favorite 'net radio stations as background noise, ditto the radio in the garage. Quite often while driving I have the radio off and listening to the engine. I know I will snap out of it once again and get into good stuff, I've been accumulating some good stuff for that time.
Indie stuff for me is a mixed bag. There is a lot that just does not interest me (I am an old fart, remember), but there is some great stuff as well. Trying to discover it is the problem.