Camtoon Tuesday: The Return

04.13.2004

After my spurt of new camtoons last week, a follow-up toon has clawed its wat onto the internet.

I forgot to mention it, but I managed to get my riding mower back on Saturday. Of course, we've had nothing but constant rain ever since, so I don't really know if it's 100% fixed or not. once the rain stops, the mower will get a good christening, because the yard is a good 2 weeks past really needing to be mowed.

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Mail Day

04.12.2004

Today was the time for me to mail off a big, huge stack of stuff:

• Federal Taxes
• State Taxes
• Phone Bill
• Long Distance Bill
• New Refrigerator Warranty Card
• Bed Bath & Beyond Rebate Form (for my new skillet!)
• Credit Card Bills (including the massive Prince Concert Ticket Buyout I attempted from Ticketmaster)
• Utility Bill

I hate mailing off bills. Not because of the sudden drop in my bank account, I just tend to put off taking the time to get everything together, write the checks, stuff the envelopes, hunt down stamps, etc.

As a tangent, but still mail associated, I got a query from "Shaninio 2k4" asking about the wrestling game. More than anything, it made me relize how the game has been put on the backburner lately as I try to finish up the shopping cart addition to the BioVentures website. But I do need to hurry up and get back to making the game. I've been working through some of the DarkBasic tutorials, but I still haven't made enough progress to do the things I want to do for the game yet. But that's how the learning process is supposed to work.

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Knockin' On Wood

04.06.2004

This is one of those weeks where I've gotten really busy (websites, remodelling the house, etc.), but yet I get a chance, like now, to sit back and recognize just how good my life is. So, my posts may be a little sparse this week due to said busy-ness, but at least I'm going to be enjoying it!

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Things I've Learned... Today

04.01.2004

Today has been educational. I've learned a couple of important things.

• I hate April Fools Day. It gives everybody free reign to be a smart ass, and there are enough on a normal day. Big, over the top pranks are good when they're done right, but the little, incesant, non-stop jabs just suck.
• When testing a shopping cart, turn off the email notification. If you don't, you may find yourself with 77 emails you need to delete.
• When using PHP to set a cookie, it can only be overwritten from the same directory it was set in if not explicitly configured. It takes some people 2 hours and 14 minutes to figure that out on their own.

I'll probably learn more befor ethe day is through, I just hope it's not painful.

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The Renovations: Part 4

03.31.2004

The last of the contractored (it's my website, I can make up words if I want - like spicket!) home renovations has been complete. Quarter round guys came in and spent 15 minutes finishing up the 2 hall closets. To make up for it, I heard they then spent about 3 hours fixing the garage door. The door now works fine, it's just in need of new bearings for the rollers. I have no idea how to put new bearings in teh rollers. Sounds like I may need another contractor! The only thing left is to put Gina to work painting!

Yesterday I also sent my poor lawn mower off to finally get the faulty gas tank replaced. While at the shop, it'll be getting the whole tune-up treatment. Hopefully it'll all happen quick since the lawn is starting to get in dire need of mowing.

Totally unrelated, but today marks my 1st anniversary at Spiritus! Yay me!

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