today just sucked.
the only bright spot of the day came tonight when i was invited to dinner tomorrow night. at least i now have something to look forward to tomorrow.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
stupid news
i have the WBZ news on this morning and i was thinking that it's a bit more straight forward news rather than the usual hacky-try-and-crack-a-joke news we usually see.
but then they ran a quick story on the whole digital tv conversion in february. and in typical fashion, they neglect to point out the most important fact.
Does the DTV transition affect TV sets that are connected to cable services?
No. If you subscribe to cable service, the DTV transition should not affect any TV sets that are connected to your cable services. The DTV transition applies only to full-power broadcast television stations – stations that use the public airwaves to transmit their programming to viewers through a broadcast antenna.
and to make this answer even more clear - if you have a cable box (comcast, verizon, roadrunner, direct tv, whatever), then you are FINE.
you do NOT need to buy the converter box.
this only applies to anyone who watches tv using rabbit ears. if you don't use rabbit ears when watching tv, then this will not affect you.
but of course, nearly every single news story i have seen that talks about this neglects to mention this important fact.
Monday, December 22, 2008
what. the. fuck?
my daily display of human idiocy was in full effect tonight. there was nothing wrong with the road conditions, but for whatever reason, it was a fucking abortion.
i left work around 420 to get to the post office to mail my rens gifts. after being in line for just over 30 mins (expected, didn't bother me) i hit the road. at first i was stuck behind some fuck in a bmw who seemed to think checking his email was more important than rolling his car forward.
then, on the on-ramp to 93 that i use, i was cockblocked and had to take an alternate route. that was nothing short of gridlock. not that 93 was any better. but dealing with traffic that had me crawling wore my patience thin.
then M called and i was curt with her (sorry dear). by this point, i had gone 2 miles in 30 minutes. and then the straw that broke the camel's back fell.
John Denver's 'Please Daddy, Don't Drink on Christmas'
i lost it.
TK made a comment at lunch today about how one day he swore to the point he made jesus weep.
well TK, i made god cry like a little girl.
there was a minor break (FINALLY) but any good will that may have been provided quickly evaporated and it was back to making god cry again.
so, by the time i got home, i was in rare form. ~15 miles in 100+ minutes.
i was pissed when i had a longer commute last year in the storm of 12/13, but compared to what i experienced tonight, that was enjoyable.
so to all you fucknuts who ruined my evening, a hearty fuck you.
idiot bank
like many people, i've turned to online banking to pay most of my bills and this morning i had an email saying that i hadn't scheduled a payment for my credit card.
uhhh....i scheduled the payment for last week and i know it went through, so why are you telling me that i hadn't scheduled a payment?
so with much annoyance, i logged into my account and it shows me that i still have to schedule a payment. so i check the account that i paid it from and sure enough, there is the completed payment. paid last week.
in typical fashion, the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing and i turn into a frazzeled mess trying to figure this out.
when i look at the bill payment screen, it shows that i haven't scheduled a payment yet.
when i look at the ACTUAL account info, it clearly states that a payment was received last week. MATCHING in both DATE and AMOUNT.
so obviously what this means is online banking doesn't have its act together yet. you would figure if i paid my balance (which i had), the notification system would be pinged to indicate as such. but it doesn't seem to have that link yet. stupid online banking.
Type rest of the post here
Saturday, December 20, 2008
(not quite) random pictures of the moment: snow series (12/19/2008)
we had our first major storm yesterday. unfortunately, there are still people in the middle of the state that are dealing with the ice storm from last week who are now dealing with this shit on top of the lack of power issue.
so at the top of each hour starting at noon, i set up my tripod and took a picture out my window. i'm keeping the bulk of them behind a cut just so it doesn't take forever to load.
12pm - nothing yet
1pm - still nothing
2pm - after ~30 minutes
3pm - not too bad
4pm - getting darker
5pm - darkness fell
6pm - still falling
7pm - the kids next door were clearing their driveway. i like that they look like ghosts.
8pm - KO was clearing the driveway. not as bad as i thought.
9pm - the neighbor kids were clearing the driveway again. the dome light was on in the jeep as their mom had just climbed out of the car.
10pm - still snowing. looks like ~2" fell since KO cleared the driveway
11pm - passing car
12am - the lights belong to the truck that plowed the driveway across the street.
7am - how i woke up this morning. i should dig my car out but it's cold out.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
random picture of the moment: toaster fail
it should be noted that I TOOK AND EDITED THESE TWO PICTURES TOGETHER.
but some asshole friend of mine took it upon himself to usurp my picture for his own use.
moar funny pictures
Friday, December 05, 2008
public service announcement
for anyone doing online shopping this holiday season, Dealhack has a nice list of deadline dates for shipping stuff.
Thursday, December 04, 2008
random pictures of the moment: Atlantic Death Knell
the other day i commented on the closing of Atlantic and the request for a few shots of the carpet were made so here you go. not the greatest, but i was trying to do it quickly without drawing too much attention to myself.
it's carpet - really! (outside the bakery)
more carpet! (outside the former fresh fish case)
the produce section
the large empty space on the right used to be where the yogurt was (more carpet!)
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
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