Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
Thanks, NYC !
I celebrated Thanksgiving not in eating turkey, but running around like a wild turkey in New York City. And it turned out to be a great day for it. The weather felt more like an early Spring day than late November. Temperature climbed up into the lows 60's, with some occasional sunshine breaking through the clouds. I'm very glad I decided to go, because otherwise I just would have been sitting home alone, being bored most of the day. Watched the Macy's parade, visited the World Trade Center site, spent a brief time in Central Park, went down by the waterfront (where I took the picture below), saw a movie ("The Mist"), hung around Times Square, and just enjoyed the sights and sounds of New York.
This photo of the Statue of Liberty looks a bit misty; I guess because it was somewhat cloudy and also I used the zoom on the camera to get a larger image.
Watch out ! It's a giant Pikachu ! Run for your lives !
Ohhh...wait--it's just a huge balloon...anyone got a Pokeball I can catch him in?
And if a giant yellow Pikachu doesn't scare you, what about a big, green ogre?!
Don't worry--it's just Shrek, floating down the street.
Hmmm...looks like he's looking for loose coins on the ground. Although I would think he'd prefer Greenbacks !
I took a bunch more photos, which I'll put up on my Flickr page over the next day or so.
And speaking of misty and/or scary things, I highly recommend the movie "The Mist". It has some truly frightening scenes and is one of the scarier films I've seen in a long time. Many of the so-called horror movies nowadays are mainly just "slasher" films, with some maniac running around killing people. "The Mist" has suspenseful moments as well as scary scenes. And don't worry, there's violence and gore for those who like that, too.
The only other scary thing yesterday was the bus ride home--it was scary long! It took 5 hours for what is usually a 2.5 hour trip. Left NYC at 11:30 PM, arrived here in Albany at 4:30 AM. Much of the way the bus wasn't going more than 5-10 miles per hour due to all the holiday traffic. I would have stayed over for another day, but just can't afford those hotel prices. Toyed with the idea of going to another late night movie, then hanging around at the bus terminal until morning, but I'd been up since 1:30 AM that morning and didn't think I'd be able to stay awake much longer. Although when I finally got home, I really didn't feel all that tired, except for sore feet from all the walking I'd done .
So, Thanks, NYC, for providing me with a fun day !
This photo of the Statue of Liberty looks a bit misty; I guess because it was somewhat cloudy and also I used the zoom on the camera to get a larger image.
Watch out ! It's a giant Pikachu ! Run for your lives !Ohhh...wait--it's just a huge balloon...anyone got a Pokeball I can catch him in?
And if a giant yellow Pikachu doesn't scare you, what about a big, green ogre?!Don't worry--it's just Shrek, floating down the street.
Hmmm...looks like he's looking for loose coins on the ground. Although I would think he'd prefer Greenbacks !I took a bunch more photos, which I'll put up on my Flickr page over the next day or so.
And speaking of misty and/or scary things, I highly recommend the movie "The Mist". It has some truly frightening scenes and is one of the scarier films I've seen in a long time. Many of the so-called horror movies nowadays are mainly just "slasher" films, with some maniac running around killing people. "The Mist" has suspenseful moments as well as scary scenes. And don't worry, there's violence and gore for those who like that, too.
The only other scary thing yesterday was the bus ride home--it was scary long! It took 5 hours for what is usually a 2.5 hour trip. Left NYC at 11:30 PM, arrived here in Albany at 4:30 AM. Much of the way the bus wasn't going more than 5-10 miles per hour due to all the holiday traffic. I would have stayed over for another day, but just can't afford those hotel prices. Toyed with the idea of going to another late night movie, then hanging around at the bus terminal until morning, but I'd been up since 1:30 AM that morning and didn't think I'd be able to stay awake much longer. Although when I finally got home, I really didn't feel all that tired, except for sore feet from all the walking I'd done .
So, Thanks, NYC, for providing me with a fun day !
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
It's My Birthday !
Today's my 52nd birthday, and since no one baked me a birthday cake, I'll just have to settle for this picture of one! :-(That--and the one I plan to buy later today!! And eat the whole thing myself! HAHAHA...
I usually buy myself a birthday gift, but this year I decided to spend the money instead to take a trip to New York City tomorrow, see the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (which I've never seen in person), and just hang out in the city. And who knows, maybe I'll decide to stay there, and not come home at all!
I probably should use the money for the trip to put towards having my laptop computer repaired, but I've managed on this older machine for the past few months, so I guess another month or two won't kill me. Although right now each letter I type is slowly appearing on the screen 'cause the computer is sooo slow. Needs more memory--only has 256 gigs of ram. Poor old computer--it's getting old like me!
So, in conclusion, I'll just say:
Happy Birthday To Me !!!
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Sex Or Money ?
I created this on the website "Sucks Or Rules" where you can rate battles between various items, people, etc. You can create your own battles as well.
So which would you choose: A lifetime of sex with whomever you wanted, at any time you wished, OR
one million dollars,tax free, But no sex ever?
Go and make your choice!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Whatta Ya Think ?
Still having computer problems...last night re-installed operating system for the 3rd time. Thinking that maybe I should just give up on this whole computer thing. It's getting so annoying lately when it used to be fun. Can't really do the things I want to do on this old machine.
I just got out of bed about an hour ago, and yet I'm sooo tired it's an effort to move, and I still have to go in to my crappy job in a little while. And deal with annoying people.
Well, too tired to think (or write) anymore right now. Hope I can get back to posting more regularly--if I can keep this computer going.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Frustressed !
That's right...I am very frustressed lately! Yeah--that's a real word--"frustressed".
Look it up if you don't believe me. OK, Ok, I just made it up, but it should be a real word ! It's a combination of frustrated & depressed. These stupid computers are driving me nuts ! As my last post (which I sent as a text message from my phone) said, my laptop quit working and I'm stuck using an old desktop that runs really, really slooow....
Not sure what caused the laptop, which is only little over a year old, to stop working. I kept getting the "blue screen of death", as it's called. Meaning Windows kept crashing, so I decided to just re-install a fresh copy of Windows on it to try to correct the problem. Unfortunatly the re-install didn't work--in fact, it would not even complete the installation process. But it did format the hard drive, leaving the computer with NO operating system at all ! I think it may be a hardware problem, either the hard drive itself or something on the motherboard. But I don't have the money right now to take it in to be repaired.
So I got out an old desktop computer and set it up. It had problems as well, I got a lot of error messages saying "Delayed write failed", whatever that means. It got so bad you couldn't run anything because these error message popped up so often. So again I tried to re-install Windows on that machine.
And guess what--it would not install Windows--it would just get partway through and stop. I thought maybe the hard drive was bad because of all those "write errors".
After giving up on the whole thing for a few days, I ended up buying a book at Borders called "Moving To Ubuntu Linux" which came with a DVD containing a complete Linux installation. I tried installing this "Ubuntu Linux" operating system on the laptop, but it wouldn't install, just as Windows had failed to work. So I installed it on the old desktop, and that WORKED !!
Finally, I had a computer again! Even though it is an old and very slow machine. In fact, even as I type this, each letter slowly appears on screen a few seconds after I type it. And I have no sound coming from my USB speakers! So I can't watch videos , play games or do anything that requires audio. I haven't been able to figure out why the audio doesn't work as the Linux operating system recognizes all my other USB devices, including the USB audio (as well as the built-in motherboard audio and sound card). But--still NO SOUND. I've checked various Linux forums and help sites but still am unable to get sound. Well-that's not entirely true. I can get sound through just one program-the XMMS music player. But that only works for audio files that are stored on the computer. Not with CD's, DVD's or any online video or audio files. It's strange...since this one program works I know the speakers work and Linux is recognizing the USB audio, but it's a mystery why no other sound files work. ???
Any Linux experts out there who might have an answer?
Needless to say, it has been a extremely frustrating and depressing time trying to get this stupid machines to work! So that's why I am so FRUSTRESSED !
It has made me want to give up on computers and the internet entirely, but being an internet junkie, that's hard to do. So I guess I'll have to struggle along until I can get the laptop fixed or find a way to speed up this old machine.
Or go back to using my old Commodore 128 or Commodore Amiga !
Look it up if you don't believe me. OK, Ok, I just made it up, but it should be a real word ! It's a combination of frustrated & depressed. These stupid computers are driving me nuts ! As my last post (which I sent as a text message from my phone) said, my laptop quit working and I'm stuck using an old desktop that runs really, really slooow....
Not sure what caused the laptop, which is only little over a year old, to stop working. I kept getting the "blue screen of death", as it's called. Meaning Windows kept crashing, so I decided to just re-install a fresh copy of Windows on it to try to correct the problem. Unfortunatly the re-install didn't work--in fact, it would not even complete the installation process. But it did format the hard drive, leaving the computer with NO operating system at all ! I think it may be a hardware problem, either the hard drive itself or something on the motherboard. But I don't have the money right now to take it in to be repaired.
So I got out an old desktop computer and set it up. It had problems as well, I got a lot of error messages saying "Delayed write failed", whatever that means. It got so bad you couldn't run anything because these error message popped up so often. So again I tried to re-install Windows on that machine.
And guess what--it would not install Windows--it would just get partway through and stop. I thought maybe the hard drive was bad because of all those "write errors".
After giving up on the whole thing for a few days, I ended up buying a book at Borders called "Moving To Ubuntu Linux" which came with a DVD containing a complete Linux installation. I tried installing this "Ubuntu Linux" operating system on the laptop, but it wouldn't install, just as Windows had failed to work. So I installed it on the old desktop, and that WORKED !!
Finally, I had a computer again! Even though it is an old and very slow machine. In fact, even as I type this, each letter slowly appears on screen a few seconds after I type it. And I have no sound coming from my USB speakers! So I can't watch videos , play games or do anything that requires audio. I haven't been able to figure out why the audio doesn't work as the Linux operating system recognizes all my other USB devices, including the USB audio (as well as the built-in motherboard audio and sound card). But--still NO SOUND. I've checked various Linux forums and help sites but still am unable to get sound. Well-that's not entirely true. I can get sound through just one program-the XMMS music player. But that only works for audio files that are stored on the computer. Not with CD's, DVD's or any online video or audio files. It's strange...since this one program works I know the speakers work and Linux is recognizing the USB audio, but it's a mystery why no other sound files work. ???
Any Linux experts out there who might have an answer?
Needless to say, it has been a extremely frustrating and depressing time trying to get this stupid machines to work! So that's why I am so FRUSTRESSED !
It has made me want to give up on computers and the internet entirely, but being an internet junkie, that's hard to do. So I guess I'll have to struggle along until I can get the laptop fixed or find a way to speed up this old machine.
Or go back to using my old Commodore 128 or Commodore Amiga !
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
No End In Sight
When will the American people wake up and DEMAND the impeachment of Bush and Cheney?
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
"A VISITOR FROM THE PAST"
Even though this video was created for the 4th of July, it's message needs to be heard every day!
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