First; congratulations on the Hugo Award John Scalzi.
Second; Wow.
Written eight years ago and I am just now learning about that post.
General
For use when I really don’t have time to figure out to what category the post should belong.
Interesting
Both facebook and twitter are down. At least for me. Anyone else with this problem?
Update: Okay, now they are back.
The Storm That Passed In The Evening
Granted, it was nothing like what I videoed on Thursday night. Indeed, it was rather tame by most standards. Yet it knocked out my power around 9:00 PM and I did not see it restored until 3:00 AM. And then only after I finally managed to get to my power company’s webpage to report the outage. I figured they were working on it; I had flickers of power throughout the night so I did not immediately try to contact them. And when I did attempt my cell phone had a hell of a time getting to the site.
In the end, it is 7 hours of electricity for which I do not have to pay!
Oh, and I also picked up a new wireless router. My old beast, at least 11, maybe 12 years aged, finally stopped working properly. I could connect to it, but I could not get the internet except through a network cable from one of its ports. So I am now a proud owner of a much newer – and faster – wireless router! Hell, I did not realize how much slower the old beast was; my emails download at almost 8 times the speed. The real test was upgrading my new TVs software – what took over half an hour on the old router took all of 8 minutes on my new router! I was so happy that I did my happy dance. Thankfully I was not in public. I did scare my cats. It took them 24 hours before they would show themselves to me.
Everybody is a critic.
It Was A Dark & Stormy Night
Right after filming this video the hail started falling and the wind picked up.
Nothing More Needs To Be Said!
Wow! I Have A Heart!
I did not want to freak out the cats with vacuuming after all the scrubbing I did on the floors. Yeah, I have a heart. Who knew? So, instead I finished some laundry, took a shower, and made the high bachelor gourmet meal of baked beans with sliced hot dogs! Sheldon would be pleased.
Well, maybe not. It was in beans, not in spaghetti.
Floors Are Scrubbed!
Not that you can tell. Damn linoleum is older than me. I cannot tell I scrubbed them on my hands and knees. But I know they are clean, and that makes me feel content. I can confidently walk on them barefoot and not worry about having some nasty bacterial infection decide to attach itself to my soles.
Now comes the part that my cats hate: vacuuming!
Speaking of cats; Cinnamon, who has been hiding since the start of the floor scrubbing, has now decided to come out and say hi. Is she in for a surprise. She will hate me for the rest of the day, that is for sure.
Spring Cleaning…… Oh Wait.
Major cleaning effort here at The Castle. I have just finished cleaning the toilet and scrubbing the floor in the bathroom. Next is sweep and scrub the kitchen floor. All the while my iPod is playing my Rock Mix through the Blu-Ray sound system. I am most certainly enjoying myself this morning.
Yeah. And if you believe that, I have the title to a castle in England I can sell you. However, you might have to evict the squatting royalty perched on what they call their throne.
Arrogant elitists. What pain they are.
Test Results
No allergies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If anyone is wondering, I am doing my happy dance.
In my car.
I should probably stop now, I am attracting stares.
My Morning Gross Out
(RS) “We recycle everything that we remove — the water is extracted and the remaining fats and oils are turned into products like soap, biodiesel and fuel,” a CountyClean spokesman told AFP.
Fats from sewage used for soap? I am beginning to believe I might have to make my own soaps from now on.