30(NOM) = This

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[Found in this collection of NOMs]

sCrap. Another 10 Truths Meme.

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Although he blames others, I blame cbullitt for this. The meme requires the recipient (mwah) to post 10 True Facts about himself/herself (mwah also) and to nominate 10 more suckers. At this rate the entire blogosphere should be covered in a matter of days.  So here we go:

1.  The Beatles’ “Hard Day’s Night” was the first record I owned, and it was a 45rpm.  I liked the B-side better: “I Should’ve Known Better.”

2.   Once I played rhythm guitar for a LDS teen dance without knowing all the chord patterns for some of the songs, so I just turned my volume down to -1 and faked it.

3.  I understand trigonometry but not calculus.

4.  Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil” is one of my favorite movies, as is “The Caine Mutiny” and “Cool Hand Luke.”

5.  I’ve read David Kahn’s “The Code Breakers” unabridged version and understood a lot of it.

6.  I played the part of “Action” in a high school production of West Side Story, and I was a catlike ball of fury.

7.  I was born with heterochromia, but I’ve never suffered because of it.

8.  I can use the word “polyisocyanurate” correctly in a spoken sentence without stuttering.

9.  My ancestry includes Scottish, Irish, English, German, Swedish and 1600’s Italian royalty.  In other words, European Mutt.

10.  In the mid-1980s I decided to see how much junk mail was generated from information request postcards from construction industry trade magazines. The result? A LOT.  The name I filled in that generated the most unrequested junk mail was…  Bunk Strutts.

Now for the hard part.  In no particular order:

1. Notoriously Conservative

2. Amy Oops

3. Finnicky Penguin

4. Planetross

5. Phil

6. Dan@Rockhoppers

7. Archie

8. The Literary Horse

9. Chiquiworld

10.  Hanuman

Remember to sign up cbullitt for Latvian porn spam if you’ve already been tagged.

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. ]

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.]