We Seem To Be Having Technical Difficulties

I've been trying to put up a new post for about a week now, and every time I went to do it, the screen froze up. Then I'd have to shut down all the windows and start over. And when I'd try again, the same thing would happen. Not that I had anything particularly insightful to say, but it's just annoying. When you expect something to work and it doesn't, it just throws me off a little. Take yesterday for instance. Let me give you the whole story though.

My parents were gone for a week and a half around Easter. While they were gone, I grabbed my dad's truck to get some stuff from Home Depot. I dropped my car off at their house, got the truck, made for Home Depot, and got lazy and didn't get the truck back for a couple of days. What's the rush? My dad didn't need it for a few more days. Well, when I finally went to get my car, I guess I didn't shut the door completely and that killed the battery. So I kept the truck for a couple more days. I went back this past Monday, jumped my car to get it started, and got it home. No problem...until Tuesday came along.

Woke up on Tuesday to discover that the battery in my iPod was dead. Great...no music for the day. At least I still had a walkman at work.

Get in the car to go to work. Turn the key and...nothing. Great, dead car battery too. Liz drives me over to my parents so I can grab the truck again (lucky they don't land until the afternoon) and I finally get to work.

First thing I do when I get to work is put on my walkman. I get about 3 good minutes of Bax and O'Brien before the batteries in my walkman go dead. Maybe it was sunspots or something, but everything seemed to be crapping out on me.

Needless to say, I charged my iPod, charged my car battery, and put new batteries in my walkman (and even got my dad's truck back to him). So, everything's working now.

But yesterday kinda sucked.

Monday Movie Quote #38

I hope everyone had a nice Easter. And to those of you that had today off because of Patriots Day, piss off. It's not a federal holiday, so I'm not recognizing it. Here's an Easter quote for ya. It's one of those low budget movies that I'm sure most of you have seen.

"The guy in the Easter Bunny suit kicked his ass."

Last Week: Major League. "Hats for bats. Keep bats warm."

My Inbox is Full of Crap

1. Mister Rogers was never a Navy Seal.
2. Even if you forward an e-mail to 100 people, the Taco Bell dog still won't show up to do a dance on your screen.
3. There is no way that the whole country will boycott buying gas on the same day.
4. Denzell Washington probably hasn't written a check in years, and he didn't write one for a military hospital.
5. If your wondering who's least likely to respond when you send me stuff like this...it's me.

People have a tendancy to believe what they read on the internet. I hate to break the news, but a lot of what you find on the internet is bull. Except porn sites...everyone knows how easy it is to get a beautiful, married, mother of 2 to have anonymous sex, right?

Anyway, all I'm asking is that the next time you get the urge to pass along life altering information that you got in an e-mail from someone, check it out before you fill my inbox with it. The easiest way is to go to Snopes. There's also a link to it over on the right (Urban Legends Reference Page). If you find something mind-boggling and it turns out to be true, feel free to forward it to me. I'm just getting a little tired of reading Andy Rooney speeches and George Carlin jokes that were probably written by someone who looks like the Comic Book Guy.

And if you're wondering about all of the other bogus stuff that's out there, I was going to write it down, but this guy summed it up pretty well. Now I'm off to buy some Viagra...I just got an e-mail about it from someone in Canada. You wouldn't believe the prices!

Monday Movie Quote #37

The flowers are blooming. The weather's getting warmer. But the biggest sign that spring is upon us...baseball. And with the start of another baseball season, here's your weekly movie quote.

"We're out of towels, and I'm too old to go diving into lockers."


Last Week: Office Space. "Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler..."

Monday Movie Quote #36

Another week with no posting. I guess that's what happens when you have one of the worst weeks ever. I know...you probably think I'm just saying that, but I'm not. I really did just have one of the worst weeks of my life. And on that positive, happy, smiley note, here's your quote...

"So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life."

Last week: Kindergarten Cop. "Are these all your lunches? You mean you eat other people's lunches? STOP IT!"