350zs = Attraction to iddiots
Freak....what is it with me and my car. I'm driving to the park to play tennis after coming back home from this past weekend of cleanup at my parents' house. I see a few kids riding thier bikes over to the park as I'm also heading in the same direction. Nothing unusual, kids are always in the area. I sit in my car for awhile killing time since the court is currently taken with a group of older folks. Kids begin to pass by my car....a kid on a bike passes by as I had just dialed my phone and *THONK*...I nearly crap myself it was so loud. I run out and go look at my car and wow...great the car now has two chips on the side of it with small dents. Freaking great! I inquire with the kids if they did it or saw what did it. I thought a rock or something hit it, but upon closer analysis, there was orange paint in the small chip...orange...just like the racket that the bigger kid had that was near my car at the time. I ask again if they would say the same thing had their parents been there, but alas again met with denial. I got rather frustrated, follwed the kids home later on and found where the little buggers lived. I got home, cleaned up and drove over looking to talk to a parent. Spoke with the mother of one of the little girls that was there. She claimed to be an insurance adjustor ...no mention of what type. Looked at the gash, called for her little girl to fetch a tennis racket. I said to her that there was orange paint in the hole...well guess what color the racket is that the girl fetches...ORANGE@! The mom holds the racket and says ...nah...this isn't possible. Says I have white paint on my mirror, to which I move her out of the way rub lightly and show her that it is simply car wax and that I wax my car every two weeks. Prats...
So I just mention that the whole situation sucks. She says well I have a new car too and it got hit also. I say well sorry to hear as such ma'am but I'm the type of guy who parks his car at the VERY back of Walmart and such. She says...(get this)..."well I don't shop at walmart." I say...well um....sorry if you dont' shop at walmart. I kinda ended it quickly there. Figured i was beating a fairly dead or nearly dead horse. I'll post pictures of the mangled Z tomorrow.
The story of the MRE "oriental style rice"
Blogger just angered me and I lost my blog. I shall now re-attempt to create what I had written. (*arrrrgghhh*...in a very pirate like manner)
Here you will see the Army's answer to the problem of feeding families post Katrina and Rita. This is a huge 5 pound pack of "oriental style rice" that is designed to feed an entire family in one box.
I've had some of the single serving meals ready to eat (MREs) and those have been quite tasty. Some even contain normal food like Combos and also M&Ms. Those are all quite nice and can even be made with a capful of water. The problem seems to lie in mass-production. I brought this home since my parents figured I'd be guinea pig and I'd gladly eat this. Of course those who know me well and those who have lived with me know that I, generally speaking, will in fact eat anything that is available including but not limited to 7 day old mac and cheese that sat out on the stove. (*arrrggg*)
Onward we go, I open this pack of poop up and sure enough it looks and smells pretty damn bad. I being very silly continue forward with this and decide to microwave this stuff (bad move).
I nuke this stuff in the bowl for about 2 minutes figuring that it may smell better after it is cooked (boy was I naieve)..
After allowing this stuff to enter my mouth the only thought that came to mind was wow...that was a bad idea. The stuff met the kitchen sink faster than anything I've ever eaten. AWAY WITH YOU! Much like Jesus being led off to be crucified this vat of pure filth was cast into the garbage can faster than you can imagine.
I tossed the stuff out of my bowl into the disposal and decided sandwiches would be a much better idea.
Just another day
Didn't do too much lately. Had a relatively boring day today at work. Had to deal with the usual mess that my users bring me. Crashed SQL DB and such. I did however find something pretty cool, I got a copy of Stewie Griffin the Untold Story. This is very funny and I highly advise anyone to get their hands on it.
Went and fixed up another co-worker's wireless network. Kinda boring now doing wireless installs as they are just getting so common.
I think that is about all for now. Probably add something more interesting tomorrow. I'm getting pretty sleepy and when that happens usually my content goes South pretty quickly. Till then.
The adventures of this weekend
Spent the weekend back at home in Theriot with the folks repairing the house. Things went pretty well overall. We are now nearly done sawing open the walls and yanking out all the insulation. Today I helped dad take down the front door to plane it such that we can actually close the door now and lock it.
My cousin Trey and I went to the firing range last Friday and shot his new purchase, a Ruger P345. That thing shot pretty well and I enjoyed just hanging out with him again. I should have shot some photos, maybe next time.
I washed the Z on Friday as well, but the Z got really nasty on the way home to Theriot. Kinda negated the whole act.
Kinda tired and I need to get to church so I'll be rolling for now. More to come.
Geek goes popular on Myspace
Looks like this guy really wanted to be popular on myspace. Actually kind of interesting when you read it, heh.
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RSS Feeds for my blog readers
For those who care to read my blog on a "near daily basis" or even for those who like to use minimal effort to browse I have the solution for you. RSS feeds. First you need to ask yourself a question or two. Do you know what internet browser you are using. If you have difficulty answering this, it is probably internet explorer. If you use Firefox you are already ahead of the game, sit tight and I'll explain that in a moment. For Internet Explorer users you will need to get your hands on an RSS feed viewer.
Internet Explorer does not come with support with it out of the box. If you have downloaded the brand spanking new beta version of Internet Explorer 7 your browser will support it, but for 99.9% of the world the answer is no. The next step is to download an item such as Pluck Pluck has features designed for each browser or a universal version. Get the verison that applies to IE if you are running IE and so on if you run otherwise. (Read: Linux, MacOS and such get the web edition or Firefox edition)
Install Pluck and follow the destructions.
When you've got it installed add my blog by manually subscribing to it via the new bar that is in your IE window. It should resemble this:
Add my blog feed address which is: http://chasev.blogspot.com/atom.xml
And there you have it...Pluck will automatically update my blog as I post new entries. All you need to do is check in Pluck and it will let you know what's up.
Tomorrow I will post how to do RSS in Firefox. I'm tired and work has been long....
I am uber retard
I managed to forget my laptops in Theriot at my parents' house. Thus I am an uber retard for the day. This will be a long week to have no computers at home or at CCs for my evening coffee fix.
