Cool Things that I wish I could do.

Back up into a parking spot

I don't know exactly why people do this, I assume it involves some sort shady activity requiring a quick getaway. The real trick to this is that you have to pull off the maneuver it in a single go. I'd probably end up having to realign the Taurus a couple times, by then the cool factor will have faded.

Wear Sunglasses

Sure they look cool, but they just bug the crap out of me. I was born with low level paranoia. I can't shake the feeling that one shade of darkness might be the difference between me seeing the muzzle flash on the horizon of the bazooka fired by the Iranian terrorists wanting their plutonium back, and being able to swerve in time.

Hock a Loogie

Just can't do it. This may be the one thing holding me back in life.

Laptop Emergency

Well today my laptop decided to look like this.. (this is after I took of the bezel)


No, I'm not running a program made to display plaid patterns at random. Anyway, I decided to rip into it. I didn't spring for the warranty, and even if I did, this problem would not have been resolved by the 'Geek Squad' for weeks, possibly months. I know, I've been through this before.

So I popped it open and poked around a bit, honestly I don't really know what the problem was. I think that one of those super thin wires is pulling away from from a contact. The screen was fine when I twisted it slightly, not a long term solution. So, feeling defeated, I put it all together and tightened the screws.

Now it seems to work. Happy ending... until it happens again, and I'm willing to bet 5:1 it will.

Blog #1

I've been on the Internet since the early 90's, and have done my best to be totally anti-social. Back then my main interests were programming in MUDS and surfing Gopher (things have changed since then on the 'net). I've thought that blogging was the ultimate in self vanity.

I suppose it's has really started to appeal to me, to get all the things rattling my head out there *somewhere*. Plus I have this terrible disability of not being able to think without running my mouth. My final thought process usually ends up completing when I hear what I've just said. This can have unintended consequences. Instead of torturing those next to me, maybe it'll be just as effective to bounce my ideas into the tubes of the Internet.

So anyway, thanks for reading, Internet!