Happy Birthday to my sister, who is 25 today.
Have a great one!
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
This post brought to you by the letters A, C, and the number 5.
A
...for the Hostess Apple Pie I ate today. Since they've put them in the vending machines here about 6 months ago, I think I've had 6, which would match the amount I'd eaten from 1995-2005 probably.
C
...is for my car, which I got washed the other day and looks clean for the first time in months. It's also for cellphones, which I observed 4 drivers in a row talking on while I was driving home the other day.
5
...is the number of times my daughter has slept through the night, including back to back nights Monday and Tuesday. Woo hoo!
...for the Hostess Apple Pie I ate today. Since they've put them in the vending machines here about 6 months ago, I think I've had 6, which would match the amount I'd eaten from 1995-2005 probably.
C
...is for my car, which I got washed the other day and looks clean for the first time in months. It's also for cellphones, which I observed 4 drivers in a row talking on while I was driving home the other day.
5
...is the number of times my daughter has slept through the night, including back to back nights Monday and Tuesday. Woo hoo!
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
snow-fair
After buying the snowblower the day before BlizzardDay 2006 in December, I've used it about a half a dozen times. 3 times in 3 days a week or so ago, actually. Let me tell you, it's really fun trying to snowblow your driveway when the wind is creating a mini-tornado between your house, your neighbor's house, and your garage. I think the snow blasted me right in the face 4-5 times. See, a smarter person would have STOPPED at that point. But there you go.
Of course, yesterday it got around 45F so the snow began melting...and melt it did. There's some left but the roof is totally bare and I actually got my car washed last night...the first time it had been washed in months. Look for a rainstorm to follow.
Of course, yesterday it got around 45F so the snow began melting...and melt it did. There's some left but the roof is totally bare and I actually got my car washed last night...the first time it had been washed in months. Look for a rainstorm to follow.
Monday, February 12, 2007
All about me...
1. How old will you be in five years?
34
2. What month is your birthday?
November
3. How tall are you?
5'11"
4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?
my daughter being another month older and doing something amazing.
5. Whats the last movie you saw ?
Borat
6. Who is the last person you called?
Court
7. Who was the last person to call you?
Van
8. What was the last text message you received?
Shell, telling me she deleted her LJ.
9. Do you prefer call or text?
text, text, a thousand times text
10. Do you have any pets?
Two: cat and dog
11. What were you doing at 2am last night?
Making a bottle, letting dog out, and seeing that it snowed
12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced?
Divorced
13. When is the last time you saw your mom?
Last Monday I think
14. What color are your eyes?
Brown
15. What time did you wake up today?
7am
16. What are you wearing right now?
jeans, maroon sweater/sweatshirt, brown shoes
17. What's your favorite Christmas song?
Not sure
18. Where is your favorite place to be?
Home
19. Where is your least favorite place to be?
traveling for work
20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere?
drive around on vacation with family
21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 yrs?
Probably in the same house, maybe promoted in my current job
22. Do you tan or burn?
tan, sometimes, burn, sometimes
23. As a child, what did you fear was going to get you at night?
was never really afraid of anything like that.
24. What was the last thing that made you laugh?
for crying laughing, the story my BIL told me about his Dad doing something funny while in Poland.
25. How many TVs do you have in your house?
2, and 1 we don't even really watch.
26. Who do you miss most?
I wish I had known my Grandpa Rich. I also miss my friends from college.
27. Do you have a laptop or desktop PC??
Both
28. Do you sleep with or without clothing??
With, yikes, what if there's a fire?
29. What color are your sheets?
No clue, today.
30. How many pillows do you sleep with?
Two. head on one, clutching one.
31. What is your favorite season?
Winter
32. What do you like about fall?
It starts being cold and breezy, and I like that.
34. What do you like about the summer?
Baseball games.
36. How many states have you lived in?
Two - IL and FL
37. How many cities/towns have you lived in?
7 (time to not move for a while)
38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet?
shoes
39. Are you a social person?
yes, but in single-serving increments. (Fight Club)
40. What was the last thing you ate?
Hot chocolate
41. What is your favorite restaurant?
Probably Canada at Epcot or Olive Garden
42. Favorite ice cream?
Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby.
43. What is your favorite dessert?
See #42.
44. What is your favorite kind of soup?
Hot, plain, tomato soup
45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB and J??
Don't like jelly.
46. Do you like Chinese food?
No.
47. Do you like coffee?
No.
48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average?
3-4.
49. What do you drink in the morning?
Slim-fast.
50. Would you rather sleep with someone else or alone?
sleeping is sleeping.
51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed?
Usually, but somebody tries to steal my spot.
52. Do you know how to play poker?
For fun, yes. With any skill, no.
53. Do you like to cuddle?
No.
54. Have you ever been to Canada?
Yes.
55. Do you have an addictive personality?
Yes.
56. Do you eat out or at home more often?
Nowadays, at home.
58. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you?
In my life, no. Bobby Kennedy had my same BD though.
59. Do you want kids?
Have one. :)
60. Do you know any other languages?
No.
61. Have you ever gotten stitches?
No, but I probably should have while I was in college. I cut my arm deeply and it still hurts sometimes when I move in a certain way.
62. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
Ridden, no, but I sat in one after a bicycle accident 10+ years ago.
63. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool?
Neither, don't like communal water. (Monk, hello)
64. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seats?
Window, so I can fall asleep against the plane wall.
65. Do you know how to drive stick?
No.
66. What is your favorite thing to spend money on?
computer stuff, TV/video stuff...
67. Do you wear any jewelry 24/7?
Just my wedding ring.
68. What is your favorite TV show?
Smallville
69. Can you roll your tongue?
No.
71. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?
No.
72. What is the main ring tone on your phone?
RHCP - Hey Oh
73. Do you still have clothes from when you were little?
Somewhere
75. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth?
Yes.
76. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
Closed, I think.
77. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees?
bees, I could probably outrun them.
78. Do you flirt a lot?
Not particularly
79. What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
ranch
80. What is your favorite food?
Italian.
81. Can you change the oil on a car?
pssht, no.
82. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket?
heh, yes.
83. Have you ever run out of gas?
yes, once I did in my big blue car.
84. What is your usual bedtime?
before baby, anywhere between 12am-2am. Now, 11pm-12am.
86. Do you read the newspaper?
online, yes.
87. Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
Consumer Reports.
88. Best comedian?
None in particular. I think Seinfeld is funny.
89. Do you watch soap operas?
no.
90. Do you dance in the car?
I don't dance in the anything.
34
2. What month is your birthday?
November
3. How tall are you?
5'11"
4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?
my daughter being another month older and doing something amazing.
5. Whats the last movie you saw ?
Borat
6. Who is the last person you called?
Court
7. Who was the last person to call you?
Van
8. What was the last text message you received?
Shell, telling me she deleted her LJ.
9. Do you prefer call or text?
text, text, a thousand times text
10. Do you have any pets?
Two: cat and dog
11. What were you doing at 2am last night?
Making a bottle, letting dog out, and seeing that it snowed
12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced?
Divorced
13. When is the last time you saw your mom?
Last Monday I think
14. What color are your eyes?
Brown
15. What time did you wake up today?
7am
16. What are you wearing right now?
jeans, maroon sweater/sweatshirt, brown shoes
17. What's your favorite Christmas song?
Not sure
18. Where is your favorite place to be?
Home
19. Where is your least favorite place to be?
traveling for work
20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere?
drive around on vacation with family
21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 yrs?
Probably in the same house, maybe promoted in my current job
22. Do you tan or burn?
tan, sometimes, burn, sometimes
23. As a child, what did you fear was going to get you at night?
was never really afraid of anything like that.
24. What was the last thing that made you laugh?
for crying laughing, the story my BIL told me about his Dad doing something funny while in Poland.
25. How many TVs do you have in your house?
2, and 1 we don't even really watch.
26. Who do you miss most?
I wish I had known my Grandpa Rich. I also miss my friends from college.
27. Do you have a laptop or desktop PC??
Both
28. Do you sleep with or without clothing??
With, yikes, what if there's a fire?
29. What color are your sheets?
No clue, today.
30. How many pillows do you sleep with?
Two. head on one, clutching one.
31. What is your favorite season?
Winter
32. What do you like about fall?
It starts being cold and breezy, and I like that.
34. What do you like about the summer?
Baseball games.
36. How many states have you lived in?
Two - IL and FL
37. How many cities/towns have you lived in?
7 (time to not move for a while)
38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet?
shoes
39. Are you a social person?
yes, but in single-serving increments. (Fight Club)
40. What was the last thing you ate?
Hot chocolate
41. What is your favorite restaurant?
Probably Canada at Epcot or Olive Garden
42. Favorite ice cream?
Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby.
43. What is your favorite dessert?
See #42.
44. What is your favorite kind of soup?
Hot, plain, tomato soup
45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB and J??
Don't like jelly.
46. Do you like Chinese food?
No.
47. Do you like coffee?
No.
48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average?
3-4.
49. What do you drink in the morning?
Slim-fast.
50. Would you rather sleep with someone else or alone?
sleeping is sleeping.
51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed?
Usually, but somebody tries to steal my spot.
52. Do you know how to play poker?
For fun, yes. With any skill, no.
53. Do you like to cuddle?
No.
54. Have you ever been to Canada?
Yes.
55. Do you have an addictive personality?
Yes.
56. Do you eat out or at home more often?
Nowadays, at home.
58. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you?
In my life, no. Bobby Kennedy had my same BD though.
59. Do you want kids?
Have one. :)
60. Do you know any other languages?
No.
61. Have you ever gotten stitches?
No, but I probably should have while I was in college. I cut my arm deeply and it still hurts sometimes when I move in a certain way.
62. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
Ridden, no, but I sat in one after a bicycle accident 10+ years ago.
63. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool?
Neither, don't like communal water. (Monk, hello)
64. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seats?
Window, so I can fall asleep against the plane wall.
65. Do you know how to drive stick?
No.
66. What is your favorite thing to spend money on?
computer stuff, TV/video stuff...
67. Do you wear any jewelry 24/7?
Just my wedding ring.
68. What is your favorite TV show?
Smallville
69. Can you roll your tongue?
No.
71. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?
No.
72. What is the main ring tone on your phone?
RHCP - Hey Oh
73. Do you still have clothes from when you were little?
Somewhere
75. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth?
Yes.
76. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
Closed, I think.
77. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees?
bees, I could probably outrun them.
78. Do you flirt a lot?
Not particularly
79. What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
ranch
80. What is your favorite food?
Italian.
81. Can you change the oil on a car?
pssht, no.
82. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket?
heh, yes.
83. Have you ever run out of gas?
yes, once I did in my big blue car.
84. What is your usual bedtime?
before baby, anywhere between 12am-2am. Now, 11pm-12am.
86. Do you read the newspaper?
online, yes.
87. Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
Consumer Reports.
88. Best comedian?
None in particular. I think Seinfeld is funny.
89. Do you watch soap operas?
no.
90. Do you dance in the car?
I don't dance in the anything.
Ok, this made me laugh out loud
ESPN.com: Page 2: "Anyway, Mary J. Blige wins for 'The Breakthrough' and thanks Jesus Christ AND God. Let's hope they're watching together."
Thursday, February 01, 2007
batting .333
Of the three things I wanted to accomplish during lunch, I only was able to get one of them done successfully. You'll not notice eating among any of that, unfortunately.
- pick up CableCards from Comcast - local office does not issue CableCards, even though they said they did when I called the other day. This does not bode well. Installer coming next Friday morning.
- get 802.11g bridge working to Tivo for internet connectivity - not working from some reason. If I had more time to work at it I'm sure I could have figured it out. Tivo-branded wireless adapter is coming today via amazon but I'd rather get it working using stuff I already have so I can return the adapter.
- get new Tivo remote working for both Tivo's...but not at the same time! - The new Tivo remote has a switch to go between 2 DVR's. Now, '1' is the DirecTivo and '2' is the Series3. This way, we don't have to cover the IR detector of one while using the other...since one Tivo remote will work for all Tivo's by default. This I actually figured out and saved me from going oh-fer for the day.
HD-We
In what is an early 30th birthday present for me, the Series3 HD Tivo arrived yesterday. It's great. Setup was a breeze. I had ordered a DVI--->HDMI cable from amazon since the Sony 32" has a DVI input and the Tivo is HDMI-out. Cable worked fine. HDMI carries both audio and video but since the Denon receiver I have doesn't have HDMI (see my future receiver here...) I just used an optical cable to handle the audio.
When a local radio shack closed I picked up an antenna for over the air HD broadcasts. I hooked it up to the Series3 and picked up HD signals. Stunning. They look great on the Sony. The weird thing is, I can't pick up WBBM (CBS) but I guess that is normal since they kinda got shafted by the FCC and got something of a crummy channel. What's funny is that for broadcast television CBS has always come in crummy in the Chicago area. ABC, FOX, NBC, WTTW, and a bunch of other stations come in flawlessly though...and it's free over-the-air TV. Fantastic!
Today I'm going to go to the comcast office to pick up 2 CableCards, which are credit card-sized devices which allow you to receive digital cable without a cablebox. These will be put into the Series3 to allow us to pick up HD Cable channels and other digital channels such as Sci-Fi and others. There have been some issues with other people getting the Cards and getting them to work, but we'll see what happens.
Arriving today (I believe) are the in-ceiling speakers I ordered. These will serve as our surround speakers. In FL, we had Sony bookshelf speakers on speaker stands that were on either side of our couch. In our new home this wouldn't really work out, so I decided to go the ceiling route. It will take some work (and crawling around in both the crawlspace and the attic) but when it's done it will look sharp and work great.
And like I said, the Sony looks great, but I can't help feeling that this on this is on the horizon eventually...
When a local radio shack closed I picked up an antenna for over the air HD broadcasts. I hooked it up to the Series3 and picked up HD signals. Stunning. They look great on the Sony. The weird thing is, I can't pick up WBBM (CBS) but I guess that is normal since they kinda got shafted by the FCC and got something of a crummy channel. What's funny is that for broadcast television CBS has always come in crummy in the Chicago area. ABC, FOX, NBC, WTTW, and a bunch of other stations come in flawlessly though...and it's free over-the-air TV. Fantastic!
Today I'm going to go to the comcast office to pick up 2 CableCards, which are credit card-sized devices which allow you to receive digital cable without a cablebox. These will be put into the Series3 to allow us to pick up HD Cable channels and other digital channels such as Sci-Fi and others. There have been some issues with other people getting the Cards and getting them to work, but we'll see what happens.
Arriving today (I believe) are the in-ceiling speakers I ordered. These will serve as our surround speakers. In FL, we had Sony bookshelf speakers on speaker stands that were on either side of our couch. In our new home this wouldn't really work out, so I decided to go the ceiling route. It will take some work (and crawling around in both the crawlspace and the attic) but when it's done it will look sharp and work great.
And like I said, the Sony looks great, but I can't help feeling that this on this is on the horizon eventually...
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