Lots Going On, Day 1

02.07.2011

Yes yes yes, lots going on right now.

I'm in the final stages of wrapping up (or maybe whipping up) my home media network/iTunes server. My goal is to try and rip my DVDs into iTunes where I can watch things at my whim on the household tvs. I'm turning the old desktop PC that's been sitting in the closet for night on 2 years into a dvd-ripper/iTunes server. Right now I'm (hopefully) updating video drivers and finding a place in my computer room to put the monstrosity.

Last April I got on a motorcycle for the first time and found out I liked it. I then managed to promptly spend motorcycle money on the 2010 kitchen remodel & landscaping. Well, I've finally caught up on bills and last week I purchased a motorcycle from a dealer in New Hampshire. It's not due to arrive until next week, so I'll just scatter tidbits about it throughout the week.

I'm learning a little about Oracle PL/SQL. Not sure if anything will come of this one or not.

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I need to clean my glasses.

02.04.2011

This morning whilst surfing the internet with my breakfast, I was on the Internet Movie Database looking at the front page's scrolling list of what's hot and saw "Kung Fu Panda 2 New Porno".

Turns out it was a New Promo, but for a split second I wondered why IMDB was showing previews for new computer animated animal porn.

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No Groundhog Here

02.02.2011

Ok, maybe it's time to ease back into posting something.

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Yep, just ease it on out to the interweb, that'll work.

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Post Xmas / Pre-New Year Update

12.28.2010

Gina: You need to update your website so everybody knows that I got you that book you wanted.
Me: Ok.
Gina: Even though books aren't fun. But you wanted it.

So that may not have been the exact conversation, but it's how I remember it. Regardless of the conversation, Gina did good and got me the book I wanted for Christmas. She even made me open it last so as to toy with my emotions. It's a quick read (less that 100 pages, and most of those are pictures) but still enjoyable. I even learned that old pictures showing the NWA belt with a red strap are because it was originally leather wrapped in red velvet.

Gina's Mom did good too, getting me the WWE Encyclopedia which has been on my Amazon wish list since it was first published. I'm not sure why I never just went and bought it for myself, but it worked out well enough. This book is way more than the 100 pages of the NWA title book, so I don't think I'm just going to breeze through it.

The Amazon wish list worked pretty well for all of us this year. Jacob threw in a Lego Seattle Space Needle that I had spied and just thought looked cool. I browsed everyone else's wishlists and tried to stock up on what would make people happy. Overall I think it worked out.

Next is finding the right place for everything!

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Is it time to see other blogs?

11.30.2010

Over the past year my posts have been getting more and more infrequent. Less frequent? Whichever it is, I'm not sure how much of it that I have fewer things of interest to comment upon and how much is that blog writing is growing passe. With the growing proliferation of social networks (Facebook, any of the other ones) the day-to-day goings on of people are easily summarized and viewed on a central site as opposed to visiting 15 websites to find out what your friends are up to.

Sure, I find little humorous things that amuse me here and there that I comment on for posterity, more often than not I've had some weird dream or I'm telling the world I've got a cold. Over the past months (ok, year) nothing happens on a regular basis that's worth typing about. I've had a few interesting things happen this past year - went to see Wrestling in Nashville twice, the kitchen remodel, motorcycle class, jury duty - but those high points were bordered by droughts of ABSOLUTELY NOTHING going on.

So, for a while now I'm not going to force myself to write my old fashioned "Mom, I'm alive" posts. If anything interesting happens, I'll make note of it. If not, my silence just means life is running smoothly. Probably boringly, but smoothly.

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