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I was supposed to have a guy come look at fixing my leaky ceiling yesterday. After I left work early and got home (at 3:30, so it wasn't tooooo early) I was greeted by a message saying he was having vehicular problems and wouldn't be able to make it.

Then it rained last night. Fortunately, not enough to make the ceiling worse.

On Apr 13, I received my income tax return (the actual return, not a refund) with a note saying "we didn't receive a W-2, resend with a W-2." Yesterday I received from the IRS my W-2, with a note saying "Here's your W-2, we don't have a return to match up with it, mail this back with a return."

Thanks to the above, the IRS is going to get pissed and audit me. I know they are.

The cable went off for a couple of hours on Friday. After it came back the picture seems a little fuzzy, but still watchable. Last night was my first attempt to get online. I managed to find the internet, but it seemed to only want to give me about a bit per second. I tried loading the Google home page, and I slowly watched the Google graphic load - and after 10 minutes I gave up. I guess I have a call to Louisville and the Charter Cable Modem helpdesk in my future.

On my alternate route to work, which saves me 4 potential red lights and is generally a little easier of a drive into work, I managed to reach each of the 4 stops signs at the same time as the other 3 vehicles reaching the intersection, thus causing the uncomfortable "I know I was here first, but are one of you sumbitches going to go instead?"

And it's only Tuesday.

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Rut

04.25.2005

I seem to just be stuck in a rut without much to say.....

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Pigs In A Blanket

04.19.2005

There needs to be some sort of standardization in the naming of foods. Apples have it - Granny Smiths, Red Delicious, Green - other foods need it. When you get chicken salad, it has the same base: chicken, a little mayo. After that, the ingredients are up in the air. Some versions have nuts, grapes, celery, tarragon, or any combination thereof. There's probably versions with god knows what in them.

There are some foods from my childhood that I like to revisit. No, I doubt I'll ever again consider a saltine, quarter slice of cheese, pickle, and garlic salt a "snack" again, but there are other things I wouldn't mind sampling again. The problem is that it's hard to track down what exactly it was that I liked. Case in point: the Pig In A Blanket.

I used to think the a pig in a blanket was a simple thing, and everybody ate the same thing (ah, to be young and innocent again). The pigs in blankets I grew up on were from the Kraft recipe. Oscar Meyer wieners, cheese, crescent rolls. Bake, dip in some mustard, you're a happy kid. I mentioned to someone the other day about how a pig in a blanket sounded good, and found out that some people had only known them as a cocktail snack. That got me to looking to see in what other ways the universe has messed with my favorite childhood meal.

Well, it seems you can have breakfast pigs, bastardized pigs in biscuits, use smoked sausage instead of wieners, or even complicate them beyond belief. In fact, there seem to be over 200 ways to make pigs in a blanket.

We need some standardization! If I go out and say "I want a pig in a blanket", I better get a wiener with some cheese wrapped in a crescent roll, not some nasty cabbage casserole!. So join the revolution. Any revolution, just so long as the right pig in a blanket is part of the charter.

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Trek Seasons United!

04.18.2005

On Friday I recieved the parcel on my stoop I had been awaiting. The 4th season of Star Trek Voyager I had won on Ebay had made it's way from Vegas to Outer Limestone County. This completed my collection of the Trek series. For now. Enterprise is due out in May, and I being the completist I am, will have to eventually get the 4 seasons of that series too (even though I've only watched the pilot for the series - for now). But for now, I will bask in my lack of trying to get anything Trek related, and can put my Trekkiness back in the closet. For a week or two, at least.

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Mexican Radio VS Another Holiday

04.14.2005

So after my little song experiment yesterday, Jerry and I started arguing about other songs with interchangable lyrics. He mentioned Wall of Voodoo's Mexican Radio which, for some reason known only to my subconcious, made me think of an obscure song by The Other Ones, Another Holiday. I tried splicing the songs together and found out that they fit together much better if you have the rhythm of Afternoon Delight as the base.

Mexican Radio	Another Holiday	Merged
i feel a hot wind on my shoulder	Well you're walking straight ahead	---->	i feel a hot wind on my shoulder
and the touch of a world that is older	But you're looking to your right	---->	But you're looking to your right
i turn the switch and check the number	Got your eyes down low	---->	i turn the switch and check the number
i leave it on when in bed i slumber	But you hold your head high	---->	But you hold your head high
i hear the rhythms of the music	A hola hola ho and a hola hola hey	---->	i hear the rhythms of the music
i buy the product and never use it	Another holiday	---->	Another holiday
i hear the talking of the dj	Beach, the sun and sand dunes	---->	i hear the talking of the dj
can't understand, just what does he say?	Takes me far away	---->	Takes me far away
i'm on a mexican radio	Distant lands	---->	i'm on a mexican radio
i dial it in and tune the station	Are not so far away	---->	Are not so far away
they talk about the u.s. inflation	I don't know	---->	they talk about the u.s. inflation
i understand just a little	Why we don't go	---->	Why we don't go
no comprende - it's a riddle	Take my hand I'll show you the way	---->	no comprende - it's a riddle
i'm on a mexican radio	Pack your bags and sail away	---->	Pack your bags and sail away

It could be that Afternoon Delight is the source of all other songs!

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Bitchin' 'Bout Da Week

04.26.2005

Rut