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Now that I’ve got your attention, Yesterday Mommy had to leave early to go to IU for a presentation by her boss. Daddy got Mia up, fed, changed, and off to day care. Then he waited for the bus and went to work. At work, I mostly worked on the CCTV project with Debbie. she… Continue reading INTERNET MILLIONS!!!

I wonder if Max’s brother knows these guys… funny vid. GORBACHOV: THE MUSIC VIDEO – BIGGER AND RUSSIANER from Tom Stern on Vimeo.

Hear ye, Hear ye, it’s time for yet another PHOTO ROUNDUP! 😀 Whenever I see something noteworthy, and the proper neurons fire, and I remember to bust out the Cell Phone Camera, I get some …interesting… ( ? ) images… So without further ado, let’s kick off this round! ————— This first bunch is from… Continue reading Photo Roundup

Bleh. Monday night. 10:51 pm. I should be in bed. I have had the Boomtown Rats’ song, “I don’t like Mondays” stuck in my head forever. First time I heard it, I thought it sucked. Now the damn thing is stuck there in my brain and I can’t… get… it… out! Today they thought my… Continue reading The grass was always greener when you were younger.

Here we go with another round of “Weird Pics from Wayne’s Camera Phone”.   The Infamous “Floopy Drive” from the last 2 blog posts Nice Fish   This guy is effing hungry!!!   The Tortise & the Hare sculpture from outside the Urbana Free Library. (Ever heard of a pay library? …Me neither) The Home… Continue reading Photo Roundup

…So I tried to send a note off to the folks at Averatec just to let them know that they still suck. I found that they’ve been bought out by some other company called “Trigem”, so I ended up on the Trigem web site, and sent them this little note via their “Contact Us” page:… Continue reading I couldn’t let it end there…

This computer won’t boot… geez, checked the cd-rom… hmm… go into the BIOS… Oh! Here’s the problem- I need a Floopy disk!   Anybody got a floopy disk?   God, this was the worst $1200 I *ever* spent. NEVER EVER EVER buy an off-brand computer. EVER.   Especially Averatec.

I have completed the months-long project of building a Home Theatre/Gaming “Living Room” computer. I will catalogue the parts & total cost, and show you the components I researched for this project. I took my time, shopping around, but ultimately as so often, virtually everything except the Air Mouse, TV, and Video Card were purchased… Continue reading New PC

As you may or may not know, I’m attending (“Auditing”, as it were) a Personal Wealth management Course. This is good knowledge. Every time I think I may know everything I need to know about some aspect of personal finance, or wealth management, I learn more.   If you want to match up your portfolio… Continue reading FIN 232 Notes & Thoughts

tired but not tired. work has cranked up this week; I hit my 6-month mark and my boss is turning up the heat! Mia grows more every day and is more mobile and grabby. wants to grab stuff. recently started trying to teach her to get down off the bed without cracking her head open.… Continue reading stuff