And a week goes by

It's been a stressful week, so I haven't felt much like posting here, but I decided to come back here and check in again anyway.

A few things are going on at the moment, some of which I'm just not going to go into. But here's some of it:

1. I'm watching Clerks II at the moment. It started slow, but it quickly got to the goodness that Kevin Smith movies are. It's irreverent, crude, and completely hilarious.
2. I'm having to take breaks from Clerks II now and again so I can go into the basement and strip paint off the woodwork that's been sitting there for over a year now. It's time we got the bathroom looking ok again.
3. It's snowing crazy right now, for the second day in a row. Last night, 4 inches or so fell out of the sky, now it looks like it may be worse tonite. At least I have a snowblower. I live on a corner so have two sidewalks to clear, and on top of that, the corner we're on happens to be a very busy crossing corner weekdays as we're within site of two elementary schools.

And now, we'll take a break from our regularly scheduled program, to talk about the disturbing part of Clerks II I'm watching. There's a man "Kinky Kelly" having a little too much fun with a donkey. You need to see it to believe it I think.

And back to the post.

4. Kellen has a cub-scout meeting tomorrow night.
5. We have a house to clean.
6. At work, there's a shakeup. One of the guys that I've been working with for the past two yours plus has decided to leave and take his clients with him. I think it'll be good for him, it may even be good for the company, but it's a bummer, and will likely also mean that my workload gets huge for a bit.


OK, this is a weak post, but I've got a lot going on and am having trouble concentrating on any one thing. So with that, I'll leave you with two things:

Ooh, Cake!
and
Man, I miss my Donkey!

TGIF?

I'm really tired. Bed time yet?

Got my first call for work today at 7:15am. Got the client back up and running as of 12:30pm. Heck of a way to spend half a day. Best part, that 5 hour fix was a bandaid to get them through the weekend until it can be done right. Aren't computers great?

Anyway, not feeling like typing. I want to go to bed. Night.

Its Thursday, right?

Not much going on today. I got my new cellphone for work. Not new really, just a replacement just like the old one. It's nice to have a phone again that doesn't suck.

April's almost done with the Mudroom project. It's cool, and scary. It will be fun if it turns out right, though we could be shooting our resale a bit ;) Ahh well, it's a conversation piece.

Tonite was a good TV night. I watch WAY too much of it, but there are several shows I'm enjoying lately. House, CSI, CSI New York, My Name is Earl, Rules of Engagement, Gray's Anatomy, and Numbers. April doesn't care for the suspense, but the storylines for Grays and for CSI (Tonites shows) are really interesting right now. Leaving you wanting more and teasing badly. For once, I think there's actually some good TV on these days. Yes, it's all generally worthless, but it's entertaining and allows me to stop thinking for a bit ;)

And on that note, time to stop thinking. Night.

Happy VD

Or Valentines Day if you prefer.

What can I say, I like Valentines Day, but at the same time, I don't. I love my wife everyday, do I need a special day to celebrate it? It seems more genuine to celebrate it spontaneously, doesn't it? Also, I hate giving out flowers. Flowers die. Of course, before they die, they wither and wilt and generally look miserable. I think flowers can be construed in more insulting ways than in complementary ways. But that's just me. I like to give out a card and a Teddy Bear. Also, a big part of me wants to give out a box of chocolates, but I worry it's not the right idea. I don't know...

Either way, it's over. This year, I got April a fun card and a little stuffed tiger holding a heart. She seemed happy, that's all I can really ask, right?

Hope everyone else's day was a good one :)

I hate cell phones

I used to like the idea. That was before mine became a leash. Once I was required to have one for work, the idea wasn't so grand any longer. Now, my cell phone is not working well. It won't hold a charge and has a tendency to shut off at odd times. It's unreliable. I hate it, but I need a new one. Work was miserable today, must've spent half the day dealing with my broken cell phone or trying to get it replaced.

Ahh well, new one arrives Thursday.

Here's some fun for your day. It may amuse you, it may disturb you. Honestly, I don't care which, as either way, it's memorable ;) Enjoy.

Also, caught this link on a friend's journal.

Click here to take the "Which Super Villain am I?" quiz...

What can I say, I'm a dork ;)

And the fun never ends

A new week begins.

Was an ok weekend. Sid went to the Vet on Saturday. He's not overweight like we thought he might be, he's dead on. He's a 130 pount oaf. Check him out here. He's a good boy though. Among other things, he had to have blood taken for a test, and when the vet crouched down and began to put his hand out to grab Sid's leg, Sid picked up his paw and handed it to him. It was pretty cool. Even the Vet got a kick out of it.

Sunday was a bit of a cleaning day. Put away laundry, gather dirty laundry and bring it to the basement, clean up trash, that kind of thing. Just general housekeeping. Thrilling, I know ;) We also did a bit of shopping Sunday, but that was also boring. Isn't this fun, we get to talk about all the boring stuff I do ;)

Today, I woke to a couple inches of snow. Had to quick get out and clear the sidewalks. Technically, we have 24 hours to clear the snow after a snowfall and it was still falling when I was clearning, but with two schools within sight of our house and a very busy crossing guard right out front, it's important to me to keep the sidewalks as clean as I can when kids are getting dropped off. The snowblower makes the job easier of course :)

Work was work, lots of driving so I got to finish Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets today. Finished it out on a quick run to Janesville with the family. Kellen was dissapointed when it was over. The copy I'm listening to is on tape so more difficult to listen to in the house. We've reserved the CD copies from the Library and will get him listening to those as we are able. I'm thinking we'll have to make sure we have a book available for the next long car trip, it should make things go quite nicely.

And that's enough for now. :) More snow predicted tonite, so I need to be ready to clear tomorrow again.

What's next? Chili cheese fries?

No, probably not. Actually, they sound disgusting, don't they?

Yesterday, I mentioned that I'd be talking about some of my diversions so here we go:

1. Web Sites
- Little Savages - This is a stupid little game that April and I both play. Check it out. The essence of it is, you control a group of imaginary people. Any by control, I mean you look at them now and again, and do what you can to sort of steer them in a direction that you might want them to go. There's very little real control, but there is a high score list that allows for bragging rights among the other players. At least at the moment, I'm number 10 out of several hundred. This is not bound to last. ;)
- Travian - This is a city based strategy war game. Build cities, improve cities, build troops, conquer other villages, win the game. Or in all likelihood, loose. But it's still fun.
- Marapets - This is like Neopets. If you haven't played neopets, it's a game where you take care of virtual "pets". Play games to earn virtual money with which to take care of your virtual pets. It's pretty much a game teenage girls play, but it's a fun diversion anyway. April plays this one as well, and in fact, she's the main reason I play at all.
- Kingdom of Loathing - This is an irreverent game that pretty much pokes fun at everything you could imagine. It revolves around drinking booze, over-eating, and poking fun at other players. Gets boring after a while, but what game doesn't?
- The Dictionary - OK, it's not a diversion. But as I'm typing here, I've had to use it several times to check my spelling here. Yes, there's a spellchecker here, but I didn't realize that right away so be quiet.

2. Books
- Today, I'm listening to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on tape. I've already read all of the published books in the series, but I'm re-listening in preparation for the new book coming out in July. Books on tape is a great way to go for me because of the amount of time I spend in the car.
- I just recently finished Undaunted Courage by Stephen E Ambrose (A Wisconsin Author), a book based on the journals of Meriwether Lewis, of the famed Lewis & Clark. It was very interesting. I had no idea that Lewis committed suicide, among other things that I learned.
I'm also listening to a bit of Robert A. Heinlein these days. He was a good Sci-Fi author. I listened to Stranger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers. Starship troopers was much better than the embarrassing movie of the same title loosely based on the book. I recommend any sci-fi fan take the time to read it. I also have The Moon is a Harsh Mistress to listen to as soon as I finish a couple more titles.
- I'm sorry to say, I've done very little in the way of printed books lately. I read half of the last Dune Novel, half of Contact by Carl Sagan, and a few others in the past few months. I need to get better about this, but time hasn't been there. Before Christmas, I did read a group of youth novels. I really enjoyed the Artemis Fowl series, and also choked through Ink Heart and Inkspell, good books, but not quick reads.

Hmm, that's a lot of typing. Is anyone else bored yet? I need something to write later on so I'll stop here.

Night.

Somewhere to start

So here it is. Yet another attempt at a public journal or blog or whatever they're called these days. Will I actually keep up with this one? Only time will tell.

I'm trying again for a few reasons. I have at least one friend who adds a regular entry over at www.livejournal.com. I'm also tickled that April (My wife, for those of you who don't know me, though I can't imagine why you're reading this if you don't), has setup and maintains a photo-journal of Kellen and Ethan (Again, why are you here if you don't know these are my boys?). Check it out here: http://kellenandethan.blogspot.com. It's one of the simple joys of my day when I visit. I get to see first hand some of the things I miss while being at work. You know the drill, a picture tells 1000 words and all that. Yes, yes, I could just make an effort to look through the years worth of pictures that we have stacked away either in print or digitally, but the sad fact is, I won't. It's not convenient enough. Sad, and pathetic, yes, but it doesn't make it any less true. But I digress..... It all boils down to my own inspiration for this sort of thing. As I said before, lets see if I do anything with it.

That said, I'm all out of words and April is now making fun of me for my efforts :) One of the many reasons I love her....

See you another day. Maybe tomorrow I'll talk about some of my other silly diversions.