| Monday, November 23rd, 2009 |
| 2:08 pm |
two cons two weeks in a row. land, goto work straight thru black friday. X_X Current Mood: tuckered |
| Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 |
| 3:06 pm |
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| Monday, November 2nd, 2009 |
| 8:49 pm |
mostly for ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) nopictures, cuda vid so my Digicam shoots pretty good video... except it doesn't allow you to change focus while its recording.. ...but it can use its optical zoom. wtf... anyways, here's a test run of my dad's 67 Barracuda at the drag strip. The engine was missing, but he hadn't run it hard in a couple years so the engine needed a little sorting out. Sounds okay, tho. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v4FkdkVodk |
| Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 |
| 7:43 pm |
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| Monday, October 26th, 2009 |
| 9:40 pm |
ergo help needed
my sister bought an Imac after I failed to remedy what is in all likelyhood a hardware problem with a Dell she bought less than 3 years ago. the keyboard is too flat for her, she needs it to tilt more. Any suggestions on how to accomplish another few degrees of slanting? |
| Saturday, October 24th, 2009 |
| 3:58 am |
@#%@#%# Current Mood: bruised |
| Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 |
| 8:38 pm |
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| Saturday, October 17th, 2009 |
| 9:27 pm |
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| 5:05 pm |
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| Thursday, October 15th, 2009 |
| 8:17 pm |
...so now I'm watching VH1 montage from the 90s... ...I'm ready for some more En Vogue, a group that can be called R&B with some credibility. |
| 8:13 pm |
:/ my standard cable service cut off Cartoon Network, and put it on a digital only package... |
| Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 |
| 2:26 pm |
Most of you probably know of him as 'Cyndi Lauper's Dad'. A few of you may know of him as Captain... ...I knew him best as Super Mario. RIP Lou Albano Current Mood:  sad |
| Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 |
| 9:34 pm |
mini Tuesday View
Okay... so have you heard about this blogger? She's an unemployed lawyer whos been looking for work and on unemployement. While looking, she started a restaurateurs blog up, and apparently it got popular enough she threw up a Google Ads pane so it might generate some $$. When it drew enough for Google to write a $100 check to her, she tried to report it on her income to the DOL, and promptly had her unemployment benefits cut off. http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Blogger-unemployment-benefits-Google-AdSense,news-4845.htmlNow, your first thought might be to jump on the DOL's case for sticking it to her. Or it might be to jump on her case for even reporting it. But the details of the case are apparently this money should have been reported as 'residuals' and not straight 'income' on her tax declarations; instead, filing hell ensued. So, some people are now saying she should've gone to H&R Block or something rather than try to do it herself. ...My question is, why in the world should she have to -pay- just to follow the law? And I don't mean paying her taxes, I mean, why does she have to pay first before she can pay her taxes? Why should she even need a 'tax specialist' in the first place to figure out how to make sure she's following the law? Last year... the income tax code was over 60,000 pages. The average taxpayer has to waste about 45 hours a year... an entire work week, just trying to process or take care of the costs of calculating and paying the actual tax itself. Why can't the tax code be 1 page? |
| 2:03 pm |
military question..
do those deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, are they separated by sexes in their rest areas? |
| Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 |
| 6:38 pm |
Tuesday Views
While I don't necessarily approve of the US Military commanders engaging in domestic or foreign politicking when not under explicit orders from the president to do so... I have to stand back and laugh at the role reversal that broke in the news over the weekend. ( Read more... )Speaking of Chicago and losing the Olympics... ( Read more... )Finally, the plan comes into place. ( CELL in new Toshiba TV ) |
| Friday, October 2nd, 2009 |
| 11:14 pm |
okay, i'm charged again and can use my phone. |
| Thursday, October 1st, 2009 |
| 9:46 pm |
....whatever powers Google's Japanese translator took 'Kyaaa~!' and came back with 'Zowie!' Current Mood: befuddled |
| 8:20 pm |
doing laundry from the con (finally).... With the laundry room upstairs and with my brother in law not flying for 2 weeks, its hard to find a schedule that wont set off a nuclear war with the rest of the house... got bored... broke down & finally registered niconico... |
| Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 |
| 10:13 pm |
Cartalk Wednesday
What the hell. Penske is backing out of the deal to buy Saturn off of GM. Saturn is now pretty much on borrowed time until next year. The deal was, Penske (the rental chain) was going to take hold of Saturn, then use the marquee as a manu/distro for foreign cars that want to sell in the US but may not want full business operations in the US. Citroen, Opel, Peugeot, and others would have been likely suppliers. Well apparently the business partner that Penske had to go in on this...pulled out. So unless something happens before the end of this quarter, its unlikely Saturn will be spared, either. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aXKcIYbDO_lcIt was an exciting idea in my mind, but ultimately a footnote. Something else will take their place. ----- People never seem to believe me when I explain how much safer cars have been made with technology over the years, and that yes, the good ol USA pioneered most of the safety testing that exposed design weaknesses. While other companies may have taken that to the next step, like Volvo, Mercedes, even Subaru, I still occasionally run into someone who insists that a big old Cadillac is much safer than a new Civic. Check out this video of a 59 Chevy Bel Air and an 09 Malibu and see if you can figure out which one is likely safer in a crash. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xwYBBpHg1I |
| 3:23 pm |
AWA mini reports
Bite sized as I think of them. :) Having Matt Buffington come back out of the recesses to help with AWA again, specifically focusing on Setup and Teardown made a big difference. This year's AWA was full of similar nostalgia, what with jingoro back in the VAT, A visit from snackpants.... and with the premier of Ozone Commandos part 1. Current Mood: nostalgisk |
