The Shake Weight
I’m not saying this doesn’t work, but I found the video hilarious. Perverted minds only, please :)
Officially Over
2009 is officially over, in my book. That’s right, I have filed my tax return for the previous year.
Achievement Unlocked – “File 2009 Tax Return” – 10 points
The Wind Keeps Knocking On My Door
Happy Monday, Netizens. It is cold and a light dusting of snow falling from the sky today. Lazy and uneventful weekend, and I started to feel a little regret at having accomplished absolutely nothing last night, but then I decided to finish up Series 1 (Season 27) of Dr. Who. Series One was another reboot of the series, starring Christopher Eccelston as The Doctor and introducing Billie Piper as his “assistant.” So, having watched all the way up to “The Christmas Invasion,” which was David Tennants first full episode, I suppose the weekend wasn’t a complete loss.
I’m still loving my Zune HD, and have found a couple of new podcasts to listen to. And, to complete my year of nerdiness, I placed my preorder for the Barnes & Noble nook last night. The e-reader is schedule for a Feb. 12th ship date, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Maybe I can finish the book I’m reading now by then, though I am a tad bit pressed for time as to when and where I whip that big ole’ thing out at.
In WoW news, I have 2 level 80’s now, trying to bring my Warlock up there to join them and running dailies and side quests for money. I’ve started using the 42 Mage I’d abandoned awhile back as an AH tool, selling cloth and gems and whatnot for my other toons. Yesterday alone, with minimul effort, I made 145 gold. Could have made more, but I undercut the other sellers on the board just so I could push my merchandise. My main goal in WoW now is to make money. Lots of money. I want a massive stockpile before the next expansion comes out, whenever that is.
Speaking of making money, I think I’m going to go play a bit right now. The wife and son went out for the day, so I’m home alone and waiting for work. Sounds like WoW time to me!
No, It Isn’t
For the past two weeks, I’ve been bothered by a comment my boss made. I had made a mistake on some paperwork back in late August and again in early October of ‘09. The error was made on the same customer both times. It was brought to my attention early this month, January 2010. After learning of my mistake and doing the usual song and dance where you nod your head and smile then walk away, I was bothered by the fact that it had taken 4, almost 5 months to even discover the mistake. So, being the idiot I am, I bring this us.
“Well, once it leaves the office here and is turned into accounting, no one else checks it. They have no idea in accounting if a customer should be noted as collect or prepaid on a shipment.”
Okay, that was scarey enough. That I am the last checkpoint in our company of several hundred. Then, when I expressed that there seemed to be a problem with that fact, I was told the most disturbing comment I’ve ever heard:
“Well, James, that’s how all business operate.”
Um, no, no it isn’t. That is a statement made in ignorance. It is also coming from a man who has spent the past 36 years of his life with the same company. A 54 year old man who has been working with the same outfit since he was about 19 years old … he has no experience to back this up. I’m 32, have worked for 7 years in retail, 8 years in this particular plant, worked a part time job for 4 months over the past Summer and spent a year between jobs doing temporary work. No, sir, this isn’t how all businesses operate. I’m not saying some businesses don’t operate their companies in this manner, but most definately not ALL of them.
Of course, I let it go, pushed it aside and didn’t say another word. You can’t argue with someone like that. But, here, I’ve voiced my opinion at last.
Most Popular
Of all the posts concerning the nonsense of my life, it seems there is one subject that is more popular than all the others. Of course, if you haven’t guessed, it is blog posts involving World of Warcraft. I feel bad because I do not really post anything interesting, except quick summaries of what my own characters are doing. There are so many WoW blogs out there that I doubt there would be anything I could contribute to actually educate or help people, but it would be cool :)
Toolin’ Around
Lazy Sunday. I’m ripping some video to my ‘puter for viewing later. Having some issues putting it onto my Zune HD. Says the files are corrupted or unavailable. Ripping using the WMV8 Codec. From what I can tell, Zune HD only accepts WMV9 videos? Not sure, not really worried about it right now. My main goal is to get these videos ripped for later use.
Also leveled Mogathorn to 79. 19 bubbles away from level cap. After this, I have a 73 warlock that needs a little love and attention, too.
Need to rebuild my mp3 cd library. External HDD failed during our move a year ago, everything on it seems to be a loss. Finally took the time to extract the hdd from the casing and try to hook it up to my puter as a slave drive. No luck. Probably doing something wrong, but, again, not worried. Life is too short to dwell on little things like that.
And, finally, waiting for our usual Sunday Family Movie Night. A dark living room, a comfy couch, fresh popcorn w/ extra butter and a good movie. I love the simple things in life ;)
“Stuff”
* from a Note I posted on Facebook *
Do you know people who choose their friends based on how much "stuff" they have?
Or people who only want friends they think will be impressed with how much "stuff" they own?
Or, better yet, do you know people who only make friends with people they know can get them more "stuff?"
This normally leads to the "Keeping up with the Jones’s" pattern, where other people by "stuff" so the people who have "stuff" will think of them as equals and maybe want to be friends so they can stare at their "stuff" together.
These people are stupid.
Thank you for your attention.
Easy As Pie
If you are an achievement junkie, on the Xbox 360 or on PS3, I assume (for trophies), then you should be renting/picking up Hasbro Family Game Night. It is also available for download via the Live Marketplace. This is a collection of popular board games most families enjoy playing together, except digitized for us lazy television watching fools :) It consists of Yahtzee, Connect Four, Sorry, Sorry Sliders, Battleship and Scrabble. Within 15 minutes of playing the games, I had racked up 10 achievements. There is also a Hasbro Family Game Night 2, which has a few more selections to choose from.
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Jennifer made an awesome cake last night. Chocolate Caramel Cake (with cool whip and chocolate chips.) Will post a recipe for it later. I’ve also been enjoying some Rotelle dip my mom made. That is, a dip with melted cheese, rotelle and ground up beef and sausage. A bit spicy since she picked up a cheese with jalapenos in it, but it adds to the wonderful flavor.
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New Years Resolutions – 2010 is coming soon. I’m still working out my list. Yes, I know it’s already 5 days in to the new year, but these things take time ;)
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I watched District 9 on bluray the other day. AWESOME MOVIE. I wasn’t sure what to expect and was afraid the movie wouldn’t live up to the hype I’d heard about it. I was wrong. Oh so wrong. This movie rocks, and it is my favorite of the entire past year.
Also, I finally received my Legend of the Lone Ranger dvd from Best Buy. I loved this movie as a kid, and it’s hard to find these days. Just so happens, Best Buy now carries it. It is a true origin story for the Lone Ranger, starting with him as a kid, how he grows up to be a Texas Ranger, a shoot out gone bad, how he is left for dead and how he rises up to assume the identity of the masked man. I haven’t watched it yet, so I hope it still holds up after nearly 20-some years :)
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Finally, I picked up, at long last, Book 2 of the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series, A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin. 49 pages in and I’m already catching up to speed and loving it. Martin is a great storyteller, and even though it’s been nearly a year since I read the first book, I feel as if I just put it down.
3 Days In To The New Year
Four days off and I didn’t accomplish even half of what I had originally planned. The main goal for the holiday weekend was to level my DK to 80. Instead, I’ve been busy with everything but! Well, perhaps busy isn’t the right term, but it’s close enough :) Things I’ve done so far in 2010.
1 – Leveled Mogathorn, my Death Knight, to level 76.
2 – Played a butt-load of Wii. Mainly Super Mario Bros. Wii, but also some Animal Crossing and Mario Kart as well.
3 – Played some Xbox 360. Fallout 3 (I’m at a point where I’m dying a lot again) and Hasbro Family Game Night. The achievements just roll out as soon as you put in the disc and boot up the game. First time playing last night, and I scored 10 achievements right off the bat.
4 – Tonight, I finally started in on A Clash of Kings, the second novel in the A Song of Ice & Fire series by George R. R. Martin. I can’t wait to see what HBO is doing with the series they are producing.
5 – I have ventured back into cellphone ownership. Not wanting another contract (my wife still has her ATT Wireless plan), I opted for a prepaid plan. Straight Talk is a decent alternative to Cricket. Decent older model Samsung sliding keyboard phone, too. $45 buys you the unlimited talk/text/data plan and $35 buys the 1000 Minutes/1000 Texts plan. I’m not concerned with data, as all I really need/want is the ability to text and talk.
6 – Enjoying my time off. It’s gone by too fast, but I get 3 more weeks of vacation time in February, so I can surely make it until then. I’ve already planned a couple of days off to recoup :)
I hope you have had a great New Year, so far, and continue to do so. If it isn’t starting out too hot, hang in there, things work themselves out in the oddest of ways, sometimes ;)
Take it easy, I’ll check in on you again later.
2010: The Year We Make Contact
Once the stuff of science fiction tales, we have arrived at the year 2010. We don’t drive flying cars to work or live hundreds of miles above the wastelands of a postnuclear world ala The Jetsons (because, you know that’s why they lived up in the air, right?). Anyways, just dropping in and knocking the dust off the blog to say,
“Happy New Year” to you and yours. I hope it’s better than the last for all.
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