Aug
25
Bell South.net Technical non-Support - Redux
August 25, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Bell South.net finally got their heads out of their asses today and got my IP problem resolved. Only took them a week to change something as simple as a static IP.
A static IP change should be measured in minutes, or hours, not plotted out on a calender or on a chart depicting the phases of [...]
Aug
24
Beginnings, Middles & Ends - Nancy Kress
August 24, 2005 | Leave a Comment
I managed to read “Beginnings, Middles & Ends” today. It’s a short 143 page read, but I found it to be very helpful.
Alot of the concepts in the book I’ve heard about or have come to “understand” previously, but the book does a very good job of bringing them all together in one place.
I think [...]
Aug
20
New Job
August 20, 2005 | 3 Comments
My new job starts bright and early Monday morning, so one more day of “free range writing” and then I am going to have to budget my time between work and home. Hopefully the lack of free time will help get the brain moving. I’ve been far to idle over the past few weeks. I’ve [...]
Aug
19
Congratulations, Wife…
August 19, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Some six years ago, my wife took three Microsoft Certification tests the same day; Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, Server, and Server Enterprise. She passed all three. Since then, she really hasn’t done anything with her computer skills; she’s been a primary caregiver to my three sons.
This week, she has gotten back on the horse [...]
Aug
19
Bell South.net Technical non-Support
August 19, 2005 | Leave a Comment
After working at Packard Bell Technical Support Center for nearly five years, I thought I had seen it, and heard it all. I figured that there was no way that any self-respecting company would ever allow their technical support to be less helpful or less technical than Packard Bell’s. After all, Packard Bell’s lack of [...]
Aug
17
Culling Projects
August 17, 2005 | 3 Comments
Well, the side bar word count hasn’t changed in… well, it’s been too damn long. I’ve had a real bad case of writers block.
Another one of the ERWA writers wrote a brief note about some of her frustrations this morning, and so I joined in with my own voice to whine about my own dealings [...]
Aug
16
Farwell to Fifty-Two
August 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Well, the trolls have killed yet another writer’s blog recently.
I don’t know why people feel the need to drag down other people with their pithy comments and ignorance, however it seems to be a pretty common occurrence.
Mind you I’m not perfect on that count, I’ve made my fair share of pithy comments and hostile remarks. [...]
Aug
16
Gas Pump Heartburn
August 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment
I filled up the gas tank on my Honda Accord today, to the tune of around 30$. Gas prices are an insane 2.50$. This is absolute freaking madness.
This is going to raise the price of everything as interstate transportation costs go up on the shipping of goods from one facility to another. Everything from lettuce [...]
Aug
13
I suspect I annoyed my sister with my last post. She has this to say in her blog today…
Since my last post I’ve heard several interesting comments buzzing around
so I won’t be posting like that again.
For the most part my opinion is that this is Blog and if ya’ll (southern slip) don’t like it don’t [...]
Aug
12
Score!
August 12, 2005 | Leave a Comment
… I’ve got some good news, I just saved a bundle of money on car insurance…
NOT!! However, I did get that job I was talking about earlier in the week. So I am once again employed, at least for the short term, since it’s only a short term contract. Money is good, so I can’t [...]
Aug
10
Back up and running
August 10, 2005 | Leave a Comment
After a few weeks of being out of the loop with the long list of blogs I read, I am finally catching up. My Attensa rss client went “Tits Up” on me a few weeks ago. After spending a few weeks of living with it, and intermittently trying to uninstall and reinstall the little bugger, [...]
Aug
9
Back to School/Job Front
August 9, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Hey all…
Sorry to of been gone for so long again. Things have been nuts around here again.
The kids are back to school this week, so I got to enjoy some peace and quiet today. Mostly I sat in front of the TiVo and watched some television I hadn’t had time to catch up on.
It’s really [...]
























