Archive for July, 2002

A note to my customers:

July 29, 2002 - 1:58 pm 3 Comments

You do not need to dole out information in small rations. Tell me the whole damned story at once. If you tell me just a little bit, it will screw things up. I can’t help you unless I have the whole picture.

Gold box offers

July 27, 2002 - 10:50 pm 3 Comments

In plagiarizing Steph’s post this evening, my Amazon gold box offers this evening:

Drill Doctor 750SPK 3/32″ – 3/4″ Precision Drill Bit Sharpener
Senco FP25XP 5/8″ to 2-1/8″ Brad Nailer
Quick-Grip 59200CD Handi-Clamp (we actually have some of these, the kids love to play with them)
Dremel 3956-01 MultiPro Variable Speed Super Kit with Flexible Shaft (ooh la la!)
Jet 709055 Super Fast Jointing Clamp (Pair)

Keep in mind that I have never bought anything from Amazon that indicates that I have the remotest interest in tools and stuff.

E.T. phone home?

July 27, 2002 - 10:25 pm Comments Off on E.T. phone home?

Military officials say they do not know just what the jets were chasing, because whatever it was disappeared.
Overpaying for a casket is Not Dignified! (anyone else getting flashbacks of Spatula City! Spatula City! ?) They offer a wide variety, including this one called Return to Sender, or you could buy yourself a right fine Aggie casket.
Beethoven’s 9th, stretched out to 24 hours.

The Headache Zone

July 27, 2002 - 10:01 pm Comments Off on The Headache Zone

Picture if you will… a hot late July Texas day. A ranch out on the country. 50 people at a 3 year old’s birthday. And 2 toddlers in the car for 2 hours who haven’t had naps.

You have now entered The Headache Zone.

(doo dee doo doo)

I think the kids had a good time, but with all those people going in and out, it wasn’t much cooler inside than it was outside. Not to mention that they ran out of anything but beer to drink. Don’t get me wrong, I like beer all right. It’s just that when I’m about to die of dehydration, I like a nice diet Coke or something.

Oddly enough, even though both girls are minus naps, the 2 year old is ok while the 10 month old is a little monster. The baby is beating the crap out of her older sister.

Time Warner sucks.

July 26, 2002 - 8:43 pm 5 Comments

I just got my Amazon shipment. I checked my gold box a few days ago and the Memento limited edition DVD was there for $20. I don’t know if I was more pleased with the fact that it was actually a movie I liked or that I got something in the gold box that wasn’t a power tool. Hear me, Amazon? I’m not interested in your damned miter saws! I don’t care how many times you offer them to me. And I don’t want a table saw or a router either! Or a strip nailer! ARGH!

I’m ok, really. Let me just have a drink of water. There, see? Fine.

And I got books 2 and 3 in the Christ Clone series. I had an inkling of where the series was headed after reading the first one, but I’d like to send a big ol’ FARK YOU to the dumbshits who posted major farking spoilers in the reviews on Amazon’s site. Don’t read the reviews if you don’t want to know the major plot point. The first book was really good; it’s yet another Apocalyptic novel but with a modicum of intelligence. Personally, I think that the Left Behind series is really thin, like something high school juniors would write. It’s extremely one dimensional and the characters really need to be fleshed out. Book nine was nicely gory, though.

Ode to Time Warner Cable:

They’re broken and they’re sucky
They’re just out to make a bucky
They’re full of warm horsepucky
The cable company
Na na na na *snap snap*

because all the damn movie channels are out including HBO which means I can’t watch Sex and the City. Oy.

Mmm Hmmmm…

July 26, 2002 - 4:45 pm 2 Comments

Ga. Crematory Operator Speaks Out, claims people hate him because he’s black. Apparently tossing 340 bodies in your backyard is how to gain friends and influence people.
While searching a house, a secret service agent writes “Islam is evil, Christ is King” on a Muslim prayer calendar.
Don’t take a vibrator to Florida.

Friday Five

July 25, 2002 - 11:46 pm 4 Comments

1. How long have you had a weblog? Since April of this year, although I had been meaning to start one for a long time before I actually did. It was M.S. who finally sent me over the edge towards blogdom.
2. What was your first post about? My first post was announcing my intentions to start a blog. Duh. My first post with any content was describing a weird dream I had. You can read them both here.
3. How many changes (name, location, etc.) of your weblog have there been, if more than one? I changed from “My Schtuff” to “Fresh, Hot Wastes of Time”, and I bought the domain name of addlepated.net in the middle of May.
4. What CMS (content management system) do you use? Do you like it or do you want to try something else? I just switched from Blogger to Movable Type and I’m really happy I did. I like not having to depend on another server to be up, and I haven’t had a post munged since I switched. It’s a total bitch to set up but ultimately worth it.
5. Do you read people who have both a journal and a weblog? Or do you prefer to read people who have all of their writing in one central place? Yes, I read both. I have varied interests. My daily reads include all of the blogs on the sidebar, as well as Fark, Metafilter, and Blogdex, which are all sort of community blogs.

Ick.

July 25, 2002 - 11:35 pm 1 Comment

tampax tampons hugh lot a must see!!!!… the things people sell on eBay. What scares me is that this is in the ORAL hygiene section.
The egg separator from hell.