P Has FIVE (5) Tickets for #90!

Date: Sunday, May 28, 2006.

Time: Because of Daylight Savings Time, although the tickets are printed 12:00Noon EST., the race, according to an curmudgeny insert with the tickets, will actually start, (long, pained, implied sigh from IMS) for the SECOND time, at 1:00PM EDT, (local time.)
You'd think by the second year they could get it right.

Location: SW Vista, Sec.13, Row HH, Seats 6,7,8,9 & 10.

P is pleased. I hope you all are also.

For a deputy he was a fine landlord

When he left Mayberry, the show died a horrible death. When he moved in after the Ropers left, "Three's Company" was rejuvenated (I myself never really cared for the above mentioned Ropers).

I'd say he was pretty good.

Be Handsome, Be Attractive, Don't Be Unattractive

I'm positive this is from SNL.

Bond...Shemp Bond

Hey, I don't really care. The Bond franchise stopped mattering a long time ago. These guys have a point, though. And there's one of Curley, too!

Following Fripp

Road trip
friday night feeling
caffeine buzz
music on the radio
free, high, sing along
tires hum
cracked window whistles
gas up, pee, more coffee
flying
I'm somebody else tonight
Have fun Gock!

Wait! Now they're saying that he's still alive!

Little known fact: Gowdy rarely knew what the hell he was talking about. He'll be the first at the gate to "high-five" Tom Carnegie when his time mercifully comes.

Classic funny PSAa

These have been around for quite a while, but some of you may not have seen them.

"Look at all your different colored hats!"

k Has New Stove Installed in Downstairs Room

No, not a cook stove. A smaller version of the one in the corner of the l/r (that heats the house.) This heats the downstairs of the two story. k is happy as a clam. Why do they say that, are clams happy? P. as you can well imagine, is extatic (sp?) clicking his heels together and all like that. Too cool. Tell the kids.

'Large Breast Appreciation Week'

Amusing

Tomorrow is opening night for Eva

Break a leg.

Rog ****'s Up A Perfectly Executed Plan

After all remuneration and benifits were settled, Rog's uneasiness wouldn't let him rest, so while I was up north he and P went and laid all the past financial details regarding G's place out for the powers that be. So now we have to hand over 1/3 of the sale price on the domicile to the UCNH. "I'm sure glad my folks taught me smarter than that." That's a quote from the sister who took care of my mother in this regard and warned me after she found out the hard way. Hope this makes sense.

Next in Line?

Sorry, I finally got around to installing Photoshop and couldn't resist. This is the way I see the latest events in history.

Rocky VI

Gngx...chntx....chnt....bwahaha!

Koalas make great Birfday gifts

As usual I'm late on dates but I'll take the easy way out and blame KoF and God for it.

We do hope that she enjoyed herself nonetheless eating Hershey Bars, chugging Diet Coke and watching a really awful football game.

Wikipedia Bans Access from Capitol Hill Computers

This is an NPR short about how congresspeople et al have edited info about themselves and their bosses. Funny.

Today belongs to Jo Jo Gunne

May all of your Stones concerts be filled with obscurities, appear in small venues, and be played by band members who still have all of their teeth.

(Edit - According to the birthday boy, the celebration may have looked something like this):

I've had enough Satisfaction and now I want to Rip This Joint with a Starfucker but I guess I'll just have to Bitch because I'm a Fool to Cry.

Does a person stop being a bastard once his parents marry?

Is a Hoosier a person born in Indiana or a person living in Indiana? These questions, because opinions vary on the answers, have nagged Eva for forty-six years. (The correct answers are out there, most likely, but opinion is fact as far as we're concerned.)

We believe that yesterday was the anniversary of the day on which Pert and Koala wed. Congratulations, and we hope the day was filled with happiness.

It's awful that this day will also be remembered for having been the day Chris Penn died.

Nice Guy Buys The Farm

Streaming music: Squeezebox may be it

The Gockster and I have been waiting for the way to play any music we own, anywhere in the house, with an elegant interface. This will get cheaper, but the more I read about it, the more I want it.

It's a little 802.11g compliant unit that can stream music, either from your "music server" (in my case, the PC where I've ripped all of my CDs, and most of Gock's) or from any of the internet radio stations.

Some notes -

This can be run (driven) from any of three (or more) places:

1. From the unit itself, attached to your stereo or powered speakers. Admittedly, with only a two line display, it has its limitations
2. From the server that houses all of your music (mp3, OGG, wav, whatever)
3. From *any* PC on your network, wireless or otherwise
   

You can add music to the playlist from any PC on your network. In other words, if Gock comes over, and has something on his laptop he wants to share, the server can add the songs on his PC, which can be streamed from there through the network to this unit.

By the way, the software to run the server (SlimServer) is free, and open source. It can be downloaded and run just like any other music player (takes a while to scan all of your music, if you have a lot). There is also an application (SoftSqueeze) that can be downloaded and run on a PC to emulate the interface of the actual Squeezebox unit and its remote control, so you can really take it for a test drive before using it.

The client and server recognize and can create playlists, if you're into that. They can each search by Artist, Album, Song, or Genre, to the extent that you have your tags correct on your mp3 files (should be automagic if you're ripped them from CD).

Somebody stop me before I drop money on this. That's the hiccup, by the way. It costs $300 for the wireless version, or $250 if you can live with wiring it to your router or hub. There are other (cheaper) alternatives out there, but this one looks like the coolest by far in its price range. I already want two of them.