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9090 – sun

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It seems that my curse on the most foul CompUSA is coming to fruition at last. (The whole fiasco with Compusa can be followed in the Compusa tag I have there… Started Nov. 10, 2005 – Ended March 20, 2006…over four months of limping along on lappie while big brain tried to get fixed… and that’s with a Full service contract!)

CompUSA has been sold to an affiliate of restructuring firm Gordon Bros., and will close all of its retail stores.

Downside is that I have a full service contract that lasts until March of 2008… I guess that’s only a few months away, anyhow. Next time, I’m building my own, or getting from a retailer I’m more happy with.

Recent doodles –

at the doctor’s office – bhk reads while I get my snooze on.
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watching flyboys… not a terrible movie. Not terribly accurate, either.
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Had to do some catch up work today…. BHK made baked ziti and veggies for supper with Cathy and Dave. After chow time, we played a little wii sports… Dave slaughtered me at boxing… it was like beating up a little kid. We did better at Lego star wars and Rampage.

Once we tired of digital gaming, we trotted out the analog stuff.

Apples to Apples – I won one round, and BHK won the second handily. I forget who won the third game… either BHK or Cathy.

Hey, That’s My fish – I won first round by well over a dozen, BHK won the second… by one fish!

1 year ago – got the xmas tree with the inlaws w/pix

2 years ago – tmbg, bro in tampa, tolld a new motherboard, music, musical mice, windows live local

3 years ago – gorilla wake, dcf snag, favorite things

4 years ago – Yuletide toe-warmer poll, creepy news, Cute Newt Pic, Medicare, clucks

5 years ago – desert dreams, “no hands” kitty, palm doodles, nice cards

6 years ago – menstruation/bear attack, Bear armor, tic tac poll

7 years ago – hungrybaby/mcnoggin, Hello Kitty Smelting furnace, Asplundh letter, why web journals suck, meat hats, comic book wrapping Geotarget

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8257 – I’d like to stay in bed with the cat, please.

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I like hanging out with pirates that enjoy Pink Floyd and smart, pretty girls that wear dragonfly wings. So, why am I bored with the ren-fest?

Chacarron is still stuck in my head, despite my best efforts to purge it with: One Nigh tin Bangkok, The Love Boat Theme, and Old McDonald Had a farm (with butterflies, paramecium and giraffes)

ualuealuealeuale ualuelaelaellalea, alsualsualualauusualulus… alsualsualualauusualulus Chacarron.

The Scientologists have found me out…

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I am in league with Xenu, in exchange for his dark powers, and cool space lear jet. Also, I like to make underlings dump water on their heads.

Condo Commando meeting last night gave me brain drain, but the day at work went well. Busy, but positive. CCM was a lot of old people talking loudly and not listening to each other. Got Kudos at work, as did ECN for fine performance on call, and handling weird situations.

160 gig drive finally showed up, so the big brain drama is officially over. Started Nov. 10, 2005 – Ended March 20, 2006. Rest in peace.

For what it’s worth, here are the names of the devices on my network:

Point – (PDA)
Circle – (Lappie)
Sphere – (Frankenbox / Newtcam server)
Buckyball – Newest device.

Moment of Lyric (mp3)

I keep on fear, keep on loathing
Nothing brings it on I keep on falling
Decide what it is I can not find
It’s subsides what you make it
Never feel like you’re gonna break it
It’s gonna be all right all right
Sleep until the morning comes
The sun will warm your soul
Sleep until the morning comes for you
‘Til the morning it’s all right
I can walk into the sunlight, into the day, into the day, to the day
I feel it falling, nothing comes to my mind
Bring it on in a different tide
I feel all right, all right
I feel strong, I feel rigid
It’s nothing to do with the vision
Oh feels so right, so right
Sleep on tight, sleep on tight
Sleep until the sunlight
Sleep until sunlight
Sleep on tight
Sleep on tight
Sleep on tight
Sleep on tight, ’til the sunlight
Sleep on tight, ’til the sunlight burns you happy
‘Til the sunlight burns you happy, till the sunlight burns a happy hole in
Your heart,
In your heart
In your heart…

Sandra Day O’Connor, a Republican-appointed judge who retired last month after 24 years on the supreme court, has said the US is in danger of edging towards dictatorship if the party’s right-wingers continue to attack the judiciary.

Ralph McQuarrie Concept Paintings for Star Wars (he’s got a lot of nifty flickr sets to eyeball )

Don’t you walk through my words you got to show some respect
Don’t you walk through my words ’cause you ain’t heard me out yet

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Overall: 15% Conservative, 85% Liberal
Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

1 year ago – Fragments, Chatted a cutie, BEAR TRAP/ PUNCH!, homeopathy=placebo, ref desk, giant sea monkeys, walkabout pics, rhemish, Parallel Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy

2 years ago – local search sillies, copyright disclaimer, zombie minis, missed bro

3 years ago – palm pic, whiskerliscious-fuzzy-paw newt-pic, cat eaters, the coffee song, interviewed @ starmark

4 years ago – radiology, reading lensmen books, riker in trouble for DVDing, corpse Tupperware, Elisabeth, and a bunch of dead links.

5 years ago – IMT politics, and so onGeotarget

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8233 – A return to the land I once knew

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New brain came! Everything looks pretty marvy, except that they forgot to send the external 160 gig drive. Calling them today to find out about that. Frankenbox can go back to rest… but I may leave him alive to act as a newtcam server.

Second life was smooth as silk, and not a reboot in sight, save for system updates.

Having a fresh system is nice… boots up super-quick,and loads of room to maneuver.

Comp usa is also still lagging about getting the backup of my system back to me. I may just torrent the lost / rome, etc shows over again.

Cordless keyboard and mouse are keen, but I fear power outage when I least expect it.

Sunburn, part two has begun. Operation snakeskin.

Man faces jail time for selling crack

A City of Poughkeepsie man faces a stint in jail for dealing crack in the city last year.

Landocalrissan Butler, 25, of Winnikee Avenue, entered a guilty plea Tuesday in Dutchess County Court to attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony. Butler told Judge Thomas J. Dolan he had five small bags of crack in his pocket Dec. 22 when police arrested him on Morgan Avenue. He said he intended to sell the drugs.

In exchange for his plea, Butler was promised a sentence of six months in jail and five years on probation. He will also be required to forfeit a cell phone and $432 police said he obtained through illegal drug sales.

Butler remains jailed pending his sentencing, scheduled for April 4.

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8166 – If I didn’t say it before, I’m sayin’ it now. do not use compusa.

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Now they want to substitute the Nvidea 5950 Ultra with a Sapphire ATI radeon 9250 256 meg ddr, a similar, but inferior card. (a more comparable one is ATi Radeon 9800XT.)

I did research, and the replacement isn’t acceptable. I get to call and tell them this morning, and try to get a card that is at least equal to the strength of what the former one was.

They’re trying to trade my $500 card for a $60 inferior replacement. I’m not fuming but my disgust levels are high. They’re either trying to scam me, or are hugely incompetent. This one is more likely to be appropriate a replacement for my original.

I’m going to verbally blast someone if I get even an iota of resistance on this. I’m mighty sick of this whole scenario.

I really feel sorry for some poor slob that doesn’t know anything about computers… this feels like how I feel sharky car mechanics are, preying on folks that don’t know any better.

I’m going to try to get an upgrade on Nvidia, just because my old software is already configured for it. Maybe the silver lining of this long wait will be a better machine?

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