Frog and Goat

I can’t come up with anything today for the blog so you’ll be treated to random unconnected thoughts…lucky you.

While the ‘rents are out of town I told my mother that I’d update her anti-virus on her computer. I did that yesterday and then found out there have been no updates to Windows 98 (that’s right Win98) since the dawn of time. I brought the PC to the office where we could get a fast connection and update. The machine has been consuming files all morning and is now defragging. The big question we’ve been pondering is should we install another hard drive since the small one she has now is nearly full or do we take the approach of why should we do any more than we have to because of the whole “shaft” I’ve gotten this year in the family arena. I think we’ve pretty much decided to do the software updates available and then I’ll tell her about her options. Let her decide what she wants to do.

This morning the tow trucks were out in force yanking SUVs and cars alike from around the building. Since last week signs have been posted that yesterday and today street cleaning would happen. I guess folks who work and live in the area can’t read. Maybe they’ll be able to read the whopping bill they’ll get to get the car out of impound. I’m feeling absolutely no charity…I park on the street every day and I’m sick of people in this town not following posted signs, general highway rules, etc.

I was feeling slightly guilty about reporting a buyer of one of my books to Ebay for non-payment but now I’m over that. Don’t bid on something if you can’t/won’t pay for it. I know that something terrible could have happened to the buyer and that’s why he hasn’t come up with the payment, but I doubt it. I clearly stated that I only accept PayPal and then the buyer sent me an email after winning the bid about sending me a cashier’s check. I felt weird about it but agreed. That was more than 10 days ago. I’ve tried to correspond but his AO”satan”L account is blocking hotmail accounts. So, I’ve sent a new invoice 3 times. Loser….you are getting negative feedback. Once again random people have shown me how marvelous they are.

I was just reading midwestgrrl and she reports snow in Cleveland. I know it is early for snow, but it is almost 70 today here in Richmond. I’ll split the difference. I’m sick of pawing through the drawer for short sleeves.

The better-half googled his mother’s name. This is one of the sites where her name showed up.

I wish I had something to say about this other than check out that graphic.

You knew it was bound to happen sooner or later…a cute kitty picture.

I thought about doing a PhotoShop on Leon’s eye but decided to let it remain–he normally comes up slightly satanic in photos. The one upside down on the couch is the evil Tac of the knocking over trashcans and sitting on the counter fame.

To show you I haven’t gotten all soft, I’m currently listening to that head-banging good time Dope’s “Die MF Die”. LOVE THAT SONG.

If you live anywhere near the East Coast, did you feel the rumbling under your feet and smell the acrid stink of a volcano about to blow? The furniture got here at 1:45….Mt. Frog didn’t have to explode. The world is safe again.

Back in September (the 13th actually) we bought an entertainment center with two side bookcases. We’ve been patiently waiting for the furniture store to call us and tell us when the pieces were going to show up at our house. After 4 weeks, I called the store to see if there was an update on possible delivery. We were told 6-8 weeks when we laid out the cash money. I figured at 4 weeks someone should have a rough estimate. I was told mid-November. The better-half called a couple of weeks ago and got the same story. Looking at the calendar, you may say, hey wasn’t last week mid-November? Yes, my friends it was.

The better-half stopped by the store earlier this week and made them actually find out a delivery date. There was a snafu with the manufacturer and it would be late January before we’d get the furniture we’d ordered and paid for in September. I lost my eggo.

Today between 11am and 2pm our furniture is arriving. It is the floor model and the bookcases don’t have the glass doors like we wanted. The furniture store took the price of the doors off and are giving us something off for our trouble. I wanted 50% off but the better-half worked a pretty good deal and I suppose we are getting nearly 50% off when you consider the mark-up that got marked-down, the discount we got for buying the whole set, the fact that we’re taking the floor sample, etc.

The store is going to get a letter about how disappointing the process was and how raggedly lame their customer service is. When I spend lots of cash on something I expect, nay, demand that you pay attention to detail. I’m funny that way.