Random Ramblings

Hey,

I just made a donation to the Obama campaign before the June 30th financial reporting deadline, and they are sending me a special edition Obama logo T-shirt.

I thought you might be interested in supporting the campaign and getting a T-shirt of your own.

Check it out and make your donation here:

https://donate.barackobama.com/obamalogoshirt

I just caught up on the last three episodes of Hell's Kitchen. Zane and I used to watch together, but damn! Ramsay's an ass. I'd let Zane watch Iron Man without hesitation - it's clearly pretend violence. I understand they want some tension and drama for a reality show, but Ramsay's just mean and rude. Every episode he kicks the trashcans or throws pans and dishes. It must be hell being yelled at by him. There's no way I could stand for that.
And yet I'm still drawn to watch (without the kids.) It's fun to see how dishes are prepared.

Yes, we're all excited that bush is meeting with the pope.   joy.
Reminds me of 'The Pope' song by meryncadell

"Yeah, the pope, pope, pope, pope, pope.
we all here to see the pope, pope, pope, pope, pope.
Well, you got your pope pennants, buttons, your pope clothes,
You got your pope binoculars to see him up close
and I cried when I saw that man in white."

excellent song.  read the rest

oh, hey!  It's finally available online!  Listen

After dropping off the Nayad at the airport, i obeyed the pleas for Noodles & Company.  Just as we were entering, I remembered that I had not yet printed the BOGO coupon they sent me this week.  So I opened up the email on my iPhone and zoomed down to the barcode area.  After ordering, I said that I had a coupon, but forgot to print it and handed over my iPhone.  They were very amused and only slightly confused.  A guy behind them commented that this was the first time he'd seen that.  The cashier chuckled and asked the other what to do, and was told to just go ahead and enter it in.  
life's little victories.

one of the reasons holding me back from getting an iPhone originally, was that it was a closed system.  i would not be able to write apps for it, or download other 3rd part apps.  but all that changed when apple announced they would in fact release a Software Development Kit for the iPhone in Februrary.  Well, they were only a little late releasing it today.  joy.  And it's just as sexy as everything else Apple makes.  very slick.

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/

however, and i don't know why i didn't guess this in the first place, you need an "Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X v10.5.2 and later".  that's a problem for me, with only WIntel and Linux systems on hand.  Now whom do i know with Macs on hand?  :)

I maked an icon fur uz. 
u can haz it now.

hmm, the embed seems to be broken. try the link:
http://www.lufthansa-usa.com/useugame2007/html/play.html
  

My cat Byron passed away this morning at 0530 in Texas. He was 17. He had been living with my Mother and Father for the past few years since it seemed like he wasn't going to last another winter up here. He loved being back in Texas and often went outside to sun on the deck. He hated the snow and I'm sure moving back to Texas made him happy and kept him from passing away sooner.

I'm not getting very good sleep these days. The crazy cats keep waking me up way too freaking early. They usually just scratch on the door, and I'm able to ignore that if I'm super tired. But the other day I woke up just before 5 am when the cordless phone flashed on. (Yes, I'm that sensitive to light.) I looked at the phone as the light turned off, then then the little red charging light went out as well. I could hear a slight sound of it's power cord tapping against the wall, so I gathered that this was not a simple power flicker/failure.

I got up and pulled the cord up to confirm that, yes indeed, the cat had chewed through the cord. This is most likely the work of Shelly, our oldest resident cat. I've caught him chewing on the fan power cord before. And he's most likely responsible for the teeth marks in the drawing tablet's USB cord.

So I'm already awake now and annoyed at the cat. So I got up and cut out the chewed section, spliced it back together and wrapped it up with electrical tape.

Crazy Cats!  I might have to start putting Tabasco on the power cords again if he keeps this up.

You have to admit that Apple makes some damn fine looking products. This thing is gorgeous!
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it finally happened. water came dripping in our house last night. (i know fullygoldy, you told me i should do something about the glacier forming on my roof weeks ago.)

On the plus side, it's dripping in to a window frame instead of staying hidden behind the walls. and i had fun constructing a water containment and leak abatement system. (otherwise known as a funnel and a bucket.)

see photo here.

Dear Margo on acceptance polyamory with others:
http://news.yahoo.com/b/dear_margo/margo_howard20071122

Her original reply did seem condescending:
http://news.yahoo.com/b/dear_margo/margo_howard20071101

i'm starting to see it mentioned more often these days.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22117661/

I'm testing my Jott system where I can call in my journal notes. This is just a test, but have you ever had the strange feeling were music coming out of your pants? I'm driving along and I hear music and the radio is off, and it's my ipod shuffle. Somehow it turns itself on in my pocket and it's loud enough coming out of the speaker phone, the headphone, that I can hear it. So that was bizarre.

listen:
http://www.jott.com/Show.aspx?id=9e258a2f-6bf6-453b-bf40-3a99319e5716r

Powered by jott.com

so i finally checked out this Game Lounge channel last night on DirecTv. (it's zane's fault, he prompted me.)

i didn't think it would be all that good, having games come down in to your tv. but it was strangely appealing playing Bejeweled and it's cheap clone, Tumblers, from the couch. These are the sort of games which can suck you in anyhow - mesmerizing colors and patterns spinning and popping. the high scores were amazing. i thought i did fairly well with 10K or something, but the highs were around 500K. jeez! these people must have a lot of time to kill.

anyhow, i spent way too much time playing this thing and consequently didn't get around to watching disc 2 of Weeds, season 2. which is disappointing, since it's really intriguing.

and now, compiles done - back to work.

okay, i wasn't going to post it, just go check it out. but it was too funny not to.

Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! Last Tuesday I helped barley52 hide a body (-173 points). Last Saturday I signed my organ donor card (28 points). Last Monday I gave old_man_summer a wet willie, then I took it back (-5 points). In May I caught a purse-snatcher who stole roguebitch's purse (30 points). In September I bought porn for fullygoldy (10 points). Overall, I've been naughty (-110 points). For Christmas I deserve a moldy sandwich! Sincerely, emorog

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