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  • STOP
  • Homemade Muscadine Jelly :)
  • Watching the Expendables
  • Such a clever can design
  • Little afternoon snack
  • @Chickfila doing some paperwork
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Dear Windows 09.02.10

You have no idea how frustrating it is to come into work in the morning and see a bright blue login screen from a recent restart from updating Windows that I didn’t initiate.  I’ve put off running Windows Updates because it is so frequent that you want me to do it, that it’s absolutely annoying.  If I had wanted to install the updates that you decided that I absolutely needed, I would have done so myself.  I don’t appreciate one bit you trying to keep my computer up-to-date and secure.  You remind me alot of Washington, passing laws to help keep me safe when I’m not even afraid at all of terrorists, etc.

The reason for my aggravation?  I leave items up in Adobe Photoshop as I’m working, notepads, wordpads, etc. of things that I’ve scratched down, either ideas or just temporary notes, that I now no longer have.

This is Windows, and that was not my idea!

Posted in Rants/Opinions, Web/Tech

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Mom Started Treatment Today 09.01.10

Today was Mom’s first day of treatment for colon cancer.  She was scheduled to begin both chemotherapy, the pill form for now, as well as radiation, but wasn’t able to start the pills because they failed to arrive on time.  If I understand everything correctly, and given nothing changes, she is scheduled to have a total of 33 treatments beginning today before being given a break.  At the end of the break, which will last for a few weeks, assuming the chemo and radiation have done their job of shrinking the tumor, she will then have surgery.  Following surgery she will then begin intravenous chemotherapy for some time.

I really appreciate all of the support, thoughts, and prayers.  It means more to me than you all will ever know.

Posted in Life

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Haiku 08.31.10

I will always have
an undying love for you
that will never end

Posted in General

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Just Saw You 08.28.10

This very brief encounter with an elderly man at Texas Roadhouse was just what was needed at the time.  The funny part is when Chase got back to the table, I was like the funniest thing just happened, and he was like no way, I’ve got something too.

The elderly man’s brief conversation with Chase:

  • Elderly man: You know, you and they guy sitting next to you look an awful lot alike.
  • Chase: Oh yeah, sure do.
  • Elderly man: Must be identical?
  • Chase: Yep, we sure are.
  • Elderly man: Praise the Lord!

The elderly man as he was walking by our table, told his wife he needed to stop for just a second, to tell me:

  • Elderly Man: You know, I thought I just saw you heading towards the bathroom.

Posted in Funny/Fun Stuff

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So Unassuming 08.26.10

  • New guy at work: Is that your Corvette outside?
  • Me: Yep.
  • New guy at work: What the hell man?! You guys are so unassuming!

Posted in Work

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Haiku 08.24.10

this one single thought
makes the day’s hardships worth it:
coming home to you

Posted in General

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Summer Crickets 08.23.10

Undoubtedly one of my favorite parts about summer is the evening tunes of the crickets.  This little guy made it into our house for a few nights before he disappeared.  He either died from starvation or thirst, made it out somehow, or most likely became a victim to one of the dogs.  Needless to say, when the lights went out, he went to singing his tune each night.

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Posted in General

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Awesome Way To Eat Cupcakes 08.21.10

Credit goes to the guy that played one of my favorite LOST characters, Jorge Garcia.  You simply tear the bottom half off of the cupcake and press it into the icing on top.  And voilà!, a cream filled cake!

Your Average Cupcake

Your (Now) Awesome Cupcake

Posted in Food

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Haiku 08.17.10

I will have your face
engraved in my mind and thoughts
til we meet again

Posted in General

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Watched: The Expendables 08.15.10

The Expendables

Plot summary:

Barney Ross leads the “Expendables”, a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee head to the remote locale to scout out their opposition. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life – or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul. Source

The Expendables turned out to be an excellent movie.  It’s packed with a lot of fighting, explosions, killing, and even a nice chase scene in which they destroy a nicely done old pickup truck.  The cast was nicely chosen, except for the fact that they left out some hot actresses and Steven Austin just seemed out of place.  Perhaps that’s just knowing of him as just a wrestler that makes it seem that way.  As far as those that played the mercenaries, they filled those roles nicely, even without Jean-Claude Van Damme since he refused the role. A decision that he may regret forever even if Stallone includes him in the next.

Posted in General

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So I’m going out there. And I’m going to do the best I can. People are going to get in my way. Things are going to bring me down. But I’m going to keep going. I’m going to reach as far as I can, for every thing I’ve ever wanted. And I’m not giving up. Because that’s what you do when your dreams are more important than your fears. You go out there and ignore the odds. You focus on one thing—that your dreams come true. — K. Boulden