Miscellaney

All of the antibiotic cream is out of my hair... heaven. It took four washings with Dawn dishwashing liquid and one with regular shampoo. Whew.

Jake is getting wise to the bathroom for meds. This morning he actually tried to make a break for it. I was impressed. He's still sneezing. I'm hoping this pink crap will fix him.

For some reason that is really making me crazy, my screen saver won't kick in at work. This is an easy way to lock my computer and it stopped working about a week ago and I can't get it to start again. I've changed the screen saver and the settings and I'm starting to get pissed. I don't care but a couple of the guys here get really antsy when they see unlocked computers so I do it to make them happy.

Years ago, I installed WetSock on my Mom's computer. It lines up weather icons (with pictures describing the weather and detail at a click) in her systray for as many places as she wants and she loves it. She can see at a quick glance if it's raining in Seattle, sunny in Dallas (where her cousin lives), hot in Jacksonville, raining in Exeter, etc. Next to email, it's probably the most fun her computer gives her. She likes to have all her cities in alphabetical order lined up just so.

This morning she sent a note that the PC Anywhere icon had gotten into the middle of her weather icons and when she tried to move it, it disappeared. She asked me to put it back. Of course, when she deleted it, she closed the program so I couldn't get in. I sent her a note and told her to reboot.

She sent me a note saying that everything was fine. The PC Anywhere icon was back and not in the middle of the weather and all was good. And then she went on and on about how wonderful rebooting is. It took me about 4 years to teach her how, why and when to reboot. She never turns her computer off. She still doesn't understand the concept of minimizing and maximizing and programs running, but by god, she's a great rebooter.

All is good.

Miscellaney

All of the antibiotic cream is out of my hair... heaven. It took four washings with Dawn dishwashing liquid and one with regular shampoo. Whew.

Jake is getting wise to the bathroom for meds. This morning he actually tried to make a break for it. I was impressed. He's still sneezing. I'm hoping this pink crap will fix him.

For some reason that is really making me crazy, my screen saver won't kick in at work. This is an easy way to lock my computer and it stopped working about a week ago and I can't get it to start again. I've changed the screen saver and the settings and I'm starting to get pissed. I don't care but a couple of the guys here get really antsy when they see unlocked computers so I do it to make them happy.

Years ago, I installed WetSock on my Mom's computer. It lines up weather icons (with pictures describing the weather and detail at a click) in her systray for as many places as she wants and she loves it. She can see at a quick glance if it's raining in Seattle, sunny in Dallas (where her cousin lives), hot in Jacksonville, raining in Exeter, etc. Next to email, it's probably the most fun her computer gives her. She likes to have all her cities in alphabetical order lined up just so.

This morning she sent a note that the PC Anywhere icon had gotten into the middle of her weather icons and when she tried to move it, it disappeared. She asked me to put it back. Of course, when she deleted it, she closed the program so I couldn't get in. I sent her a note and told her to reboot.

She sent me a note saying that everything was fine. The PC Anywhere icon was back and not in the middle of the weather and all was good. And then she went on and on about how wonderful rebooting is. It took me about 4 years to teach her how, why and when to reboot. She never turns her computer off. She still doesn't understand the concept of minimizing and maximizing and programs running, but by god, she's a great rebooter.

All is good.

My declining fortunes

About 3 years ago Krispy Kreme donuts went public. I've loved those suckers all my life so I wanted a piece of the action. My financial advisor - the wonderful old Republican that he is - said NO WAY! First of all, you never ever buy stock until it's been on the market 90 days unless you get in on the IPO. And second of all, you want to buy stock in donuts?????

So I said, ok.

Then I went to Ameritrade and opened up an account. I sent them $2,000. I bought 15 shares of Krispy Kreme (you can just call me the last of the big spenders), and 15 shares of this and 15 shares of that and so forth until I had spent my $2,000. Over the next year, I did not touch the KK. It split and split again. I fiddled with the other - sold some, bought others - until my entire holdings look like this:

9 shares of Federated Stores
34 shares of TIVO
16 shares of Webvan (now defunct)
60 shares of Krispy Kreme

And, at one point it hit over $3,000. Then it hovered arout $2,500 for a while going up a hundred and down a hundred. Today, it sunk to it's lowest yet, $2,154. Sigh. At least I'm not down below $2,000... yet.

My declining fortunes

About 3 years ago Krispy Kreme donuts went public. I've loved those suckers all my life so I wanted a piece of the action. My financial advisor - the wonderful old Republican that he is - said NO WAY! First of all, you never ever buy stock until it's been on the market 90 days unless you get in on the IPO. And second of all, you want to buy stock in donuts?????

So I said, ok.

Then I went to Ameritrade and opened up an account. I sent them $2,000. I bought 15 shares of Krispy Kreme (you can just call me the last of the big spenders), and 15 shares of this and 15 shares of that and so forth until I had spent my $2,000. Over the next year, I did not touch the KK. It split and split again. I fiddled with the other - sold some, bought others - until my entire holdings look like this:

9 shares of Federated Stores
34 shares of TIVO
16 shares of Webvan (now defunct)
60 shares of Krispy Kreme

And, at one point it hit over $3,000. Then it hovered arout $2,500 for a while going up a hundred and down a hundred. Today, it sunk to it's lowest yet, $2,154. Sigh. At least I'm not down below $2,000... yet.

new house in the 'hood

This afternoon when I popped home to check something, I saw a new house being hauled into my front yard parking lot...



When I got home just now, I saw that it had gotten two more pieces and now is a triple-wide! Is a tornado coming soon???

new house in the 'hood

This afternoon when I popped home to check something, I saw a new house being hauled into my front yard parking lot...



When I got home just now, I saw that it had gotten two more pieces and now is a triple-wide! Is a tornado coming soon???

The Fine Use of Festuche

estis, bless his heart, points out that the announcement of LJ limits on postings has created a fine festuche. I'm sorry that everyone has their knickers in a knot about this but I'm thrilled to see the spread of such a fine and worthy word.

Festuche and fuckchop. It seems so many fine words share the same initial...

The Fine Use of Festuche

estis, bless his heart, points out that the announcement of LJ limits on postings has created a fine festuche. I'm sorry that everyone has their knickers in a knot about this but I'm thrilled to see the spread of such a fine and worthy word.

Festuche and fuckchop. It seems so many fine words share the same initial...