I forgot to mention this a couple weeks ago ... I got the flyer "The End of False Religion is Near" from the Jehovah's Witnesses (their Kingdom Hall is next door). At first I thought they were announcing they were closing, but then realized they were targeting the evils of OTHER religions, geared as usual mostly toward the "King fo the Hill" in Christianity -- Catholicism. I guess it's the spiritual equivalent of...

Maybe it's from watching the movie "Cars", which was much better than I though it would be, with a backstory about Route 66 and all that, or maybe it's the decent soundsystem in my new Escort ... but I am REALLY enjoying being behind the wheel these days, truck or car. And a lot of vehicular activity has taken place. Coming back from Varysburg the other night, I get on the 400 at East Aurora and swerve wildly at...

Web traffic stats are a wonderful thing ... A Polka band not only stole an image from one of my sites, but linked to it directly, pulling the image off my server ever time someone visits. (http://www.myspace.com/the_keepsakes) So I swapped the graphic, making a new one with the same name and location. Yes, I was tempted to make it slightly pornographic or at least inappropriate, but instead, I was "nice" ... and...

I have just aquired an Escort ZX2 Sport Coupe. Now I can visit clients in a more "professional"-looking vehicle. I LOVE my truck though, mind you. If I can, I'll give the Escort ot Chrissy when she graduates instead of the truck. As it stands, I'll still use the truck for going to the farm, Home Depot, camping, etc.. I just don't like how bulky my key chain has become. I'm bonding with the car, sitting in it,...

After a week, some people still didn't have power, and the S.M.A.R.T. emergency team thingy I was interested in last year gave me a call. I never got around to contacting them and doing training and all, but this time was as good as any! I'm not medical personel, which is the program's focus, but as support staff I still get the badge, etc. -- but when they asked me my profession, I didn't expect them to put "Web...

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I used Google desktop to find things on my hard drive in seconds instead of minutes or more. But I rarely used it, and running in the background (required to function properly) has slowed my system. I didn't realize how much until I uninstalled it. Holy moly! Windows actually close when I click the "x" now instead of halfway through a game of Reversi. I can even open Outlook in a few seconds instead of having to...

Okay. We got power back around 2pm yesterday, which means the electric and heat was out arounf 40 hours. Most of the other tenants left, but we stayed, of course. I had to man a gasoline-powered generator between two buildings to keep the sump pumps going. And I shoveled the whole place by hand because the snow was almost nothing but ice and water. I could surely use a snow thrower with more testicular fortitude....