Month: August 2009

Yep. It’s Time Again to Wash Your ‘Pods.

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Cold water, gentle cycle, no bleach, then line dry so they don’t shrink up. Cool iron only, no steam.

Wash them twice a year only, in March and August (it’s not too late for this season), and your hats should last a lifetime.

Better yet, have a ‘Pod Wash Party like we did last week. While the hats were drying, they cooled the patio as well.  If you folks have had a ‘Pod Wash recently, post your stories in the comments. (Don’t be shy… just about everybody has at least one tale to tell!)

[Related post here, more here. Image found buried in here. ]

Say, Have I Told You Of The Blog That I Made One Time That No One Knew About But Me Until This Post That Has Had No Views Except For The Unrecorded Ones By Myself?

[FinPeng has had this post sitting around the TR “Almost-Done” file long enough. Back to our credo: “When in doubt, throw it out… there.” I have no idea what he’s talking about, but he’s still a good guy.  –Bunk]

Sombrero de llaves el toro se comió mi polvo.

Why, you ask? No, you don’t, but I’ll answer myself!

I get weird sometimes. But I won’t let this post get too out of hand. I’m going to focus on one subject and go with it. Therefore, I’m finding a somewhat uncommon noun from this random word generator. And the word is… “funicular.”

What do you know? It’s a railway that’s on an incline. I was on one of them once. I’m  not really sure why I liked it, but I thought it was pretty enjoyable.

And the word of the day is right on that sign!
And the word of the day is right on that sign!

(Forgot to put in the picture’s source link on the day I put the picture in. Picture no longer where it was on google image search. If you find the source, that’d be awfully helpful.)

And that’s all I’ve got to say on funiculars.

Why did I make this?

Anyway, the link you should follow is this one.

Windows Service Pak 3 and stuff…

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[Image found in here.]

Folks–

It appears that I got the home computer buzzing efficiently, but I’m still tweaking it, installing necessary programs, uploading updates, downloading downdates, and lashing down the loose ends while adjusting the fuel mix and intake valves.  We’re almost there.  Meanwhile…

Here’s how I got indirectly sucked into blogging. Neatorama posted a link to a joke contest in 2007 that I couldn’t pass up.  Anita Bath asked if I’d like to be a guest poster, and after assisting me with posting for an inordinate amount of time, Anita Bath goaded encouraged me to start my own site.  Old news.

So here are the short jokes I submitted.  Some are very old, some are credited, some are true,  and some I made up. Continue reading “Windows Service Pak 3 and stuff…”

Saturday Matinee – Kill a ‘Dilla, Comma Song, Follow the Sun, Waiting on a Friend, Happy Boy

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Jimmy Jones’ “Handy Man” cracked me up when I was a tad. I remember it as the “Comma Song.”

Del Shannon came a long way from 1961’s  “Hats Off To Larry.” This song made it to Number 9 in November 1964.

This is one of the prettiest songs the Stones ever did, not that they were ever known for pretty.

And because my computer has been reborn and hasn’t thrown up in over 24 hours, here’s a repost of  the late great Country Dick Montana & the Beat Farmers to sum up my current mental outlook.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 93 – Cat Fish Robot Jam

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[All found here.]

Door Number 3

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[Found buried in here.]

[Update:  The computer hospital called up today and told me that my Univac was healthy again.  I picked up the pup about 3PM, brought him home, combed through the archives for hookup procedures. The good folks at Adam’s Electronics backed up my archives AND programs… on the hard drive.

I don’t know what caused the crash, but I spent all afternoon and evening trying to get it back up and running after a coupla more system crashes.

All my bookmarks are gone, and I haven’t resolved the emailage yet.

It’s now 1:42AM and I’m back online. I’ll be sleeping in tomorrow.]

Freud’s Dream

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This was sitting around in the WTF Bin. So we decided to use the time tested TR tenet:  When in doubt throw it out… there.

[Found here.]

Amazing Helicopter Photos from Afghanistan

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The photos in Michael Yon’s blog are amazing, as are his stories posted from Afghanistan.   I cropped the image above only for more detail in this post.

[Found link here.]

“We’re having leftovers for supper tonight. Okay with everyone?”

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“Whaddya like: Ragoût de Tortue, Farcite Tartaruga or Tortuga tacos?”

Be sure to check the expiration dates.

[Found here.]

TR Spoofed by VE

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VE has been posting parodies of  sites on his blogroll, and today is our roasting.   More here.

Other news:  The computer at TR Headquarters threw a fit over the weekend, and I spent most of Saturday trying every trick in the toolbox, occasionally getting it to boot without crashing, only to have it crash again. No virus detected, and resetting the system worked only temporarily.

Yesterday I took it into the hospital. I’m hoping that it’s nothing worse than a failed power supply.

[Update:  The hospital called a while a go.  Corrupted sectors on the hard drive.  We’re talking reformat city. Crap.]