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Twitter Updates for 2008-08-20

mace — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:59:59 +0000

I love throwing leftovers in with eggs and making a breakfast burrito. Today it leftover sausage and spinach. Yum! #
@GeekNews I don’t understand why you are giving that guy so much free publicity. #

1990s

mace — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:05:53 +0000

I was just playing around with yearbookyourself and this one totally looks like I did in high school except for the hair color.

Mullets were cool. Honest. My hair always had to be long enough to stick out the back of my football helmet.

What the hell were we thinking?

Olympics

mace — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:53:57 +0000

The other night I actually watched some of the Olympics. I haven’t watched much of the Olympics this year, not because I don’t want to, but mostly because I don’t watch much “live” TV at all. If it’s not recorded on our Tivo or DVR, then I probably won’t watch it. I do like seeing some of the sports that we don’t get to see very often. It’s fun to see different people from around the world competing against each other.

I have tried to watch some of them online, but I find the site to be somewhat confusing, and the live streams have no commentary, so they are hard to watch, especially if it’s a sport that you are unfamiliar with. It would be nice if NBC’s online coverage was better, but I suppose most of their viewers watch them on TV, and that is probably where they make the most advertising money too.

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-19

mace — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:59:59 +0000

It’s only a pretend game, but I am glad to have Monday Night Football back. #
I kinda like the brown pants that the Browns are wearing tonight. #
@CaliLewis Ah, Food Science. That was a good show. I think I spent one afternoon and watched all the episodes. #
@Veronica Awesome, I love Matthew Sweet. I have never bought a song off of iTunes because of the DRM thing. Amazon FTW!!! #
Looks like the Broncos made a mistake in cutting Hixon. #
It was suppose to be a short 8 hour day of work today, but we have a stupid safety meeting today. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-18

mace — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:59:59 +0000

It was a really productive weekend. Two Fantasy Football drafts and got most of our deck work done. #
Have you ever noticed all the weirdos at walmart? I wonder if they think the same about me? #
@jacobsloan yeah, one of my friends works out of the country, but is home during the summers, so we have to draft before he leaves. #

He is Out (Hopefully)

mace — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:30:25 +0000

So we game my Brother-in-law a three month noticed that we wanted him to move out. In that three months his didn’t look for a place at all. We were nice and gave him one more month, and he still hasn’t starting looking, and now that college is starting, all the cheap apartments are gone. When he got his current job he said it paid pretty good, so he quit his other part time job. This week we found out that his pretty good is only $8.50. I don’t know how a person could live on $8.50. I think him telling us was his way to try and buy more time here. A couple months ago he got a speeding ticket, so now his parents are making him pay his own insurance, he also got his second minor a couple months ago, so he has that fine to pay off, plus he has been putting off his student loans as long as possible and has to start paying on those. Basically after all his bills he would be left with $300 for rent and spending money. Not really enough to live off of. We kinda felt bad kicking him out, but he has known about it for months.

Today the Wife talked to her Aunt, and she agree to have him move in with her until January when a few of his bills will be paid off, and hopefully he finds a better job.

He should listen and follow his Aunts rules better than his sisters. I am sure she will charge something for rent and food. She wont put up with the phone ringing all hours of the night. I don’t think she will put up with his coming home at three in the morning and waking the whole house up. They have four dogs, they will wake the whole house up.

These are all things that my Wife has gotten on his case about, but he just ignores her.

My fingers are still crossed. I will believe it when it happens, but it is sure looking like it’s going to happen soon.

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-17

mace — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:59:59 +0000

First fantasy football draft done. One more tomorrow! #
Getting ready to start my Fantasy Football draft. This will be my 15th year running my league. Wow, 15 years!!! #

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-15

mace — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:59:59 +0000

No medals for Canada yet? WTF? #
Wow, Adam Curry is playing a good song on the DSC. It’s been years since I have heard a good song on his podcast. #
I haven’t shaved in three days and look like hell. I could never grow a beard. I have weird spots that don’t grow hair. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-14

mace — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:59:59 +0000

My busy day at work is almost over. I wasn’t able to keep up with Twitter at all today. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-13

mace — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:59:59 +0000

@peskymac Welcome to Twitter. Love your avatar. #
@Chickiebean Stingrays are cool. I swam with them on our cruise this past spring. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-12

mace — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:59:59 +0000

One of my best friends from high school teaches English in Kuwait. He has about two month in the US during the summer. #
Today he is visiting friends in Grand Forks, so I am going to head up their and visit with them all too. #
Off to Grand Forks! #

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-11

mace — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:59:59 +0000

Tired out from vacation. I think I might go and relax a bit on the hammock before I head to bed. Glad I still have two more days off. #
@hightechredneck I’m lucky I can get by on little sleep. I went to bed at 11pm and woke up at 4:30 AM wide awake, and it’s my day off. #
@DarksideHalo Thanks for the heads up. I just bought one too. #

Vacation is Hard Work

mace — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:53:29 +0000

We got back from our little vacation last night. Why does it seem that no matter how relaxing vacation is, you are always whipped when you get home? We didn’t do a whole lot on vacation. We stayed in some pretty awesome cabins, Three bedrooms, full kitchen, and hot tub. Saturday we spent the day on the lake in a pontoon. I was the only one lucky enough to avoid the sunburn. Sunscreen is my best friend. I am glad I have today and tomorrow off to recover from vacation, and catch up with everything. Too bad it’s raining out today. I have a lot of yard work to get done. Oh well, guess I will check out some of the Olympics instead.

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-10

mace — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:59:59 +0000

Home! Had a great time. Now time to catch up on my RSS feeds. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-07

mace — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:59:59 +0000

Just finished my Brother’s wedding DVD. I hope he likes it. I think it turned out pretty good. #
Goodbye Twitter. Catch ya when my vacation is done Sunday night. #

Vacation TIme

mace — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:21:32 +0000

In about two hours we are heading out of town. My Mom rented a cabin on a lake, and the wife and I, and my Brother and his wife will be there all weekend. There will be no Internet for me until Sunday night. It might actually be kinda nice, but I am dreading how much catchup I will have on Sunday night, but it shouldn’t be too bad.

So long until Sunday Night.

Brother-in-law Update

mace — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:12:55 +0000

So when my In-laws were up for the weekend the Wife talked to them about her Brother. We both want him out bad. Since the chance of him actually calling on apartments is pretty slim, the In-laws called on a few. They found one that he likes, but it was up to him to go back and sign all the paperwork and stuff. Well, it’s been almost a week and he hasn’t gone back. Who knows if that apartment is still open now. The Wife said if he doesn’t have a signed lease by the 15, she is kicking him out, otherwise he has to be out by September 1st.

I am not getting my hopes up this time, but I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-06

mace — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:59:59 +0000

Shhh, I am going to go and watch Big Brother. I think I am three episodes behind. #
Just got my haircut from the most perfect haircut person yet. She was cute, no small talk, and even a lefty!! I gave here a couple extra … #

New Monitors

mace — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:24:15 +0000

For the longest time I have been using two janky CRT monitors. My “huge” 19″ CRT monitor was totally awesome and a cheap $450 back when I bought it. I think small LCD monitors were still over $1000 back then. Last week I finally upgraded my monitors. I got two 22″ LCD monitors for less than my old 19″ CRT cost me.

Here is my old desktop.

And here is the new desktop.

That’s where I spend 90% of my free time. What does your desk look like?

Weekend Deck Maintenance

mace — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:17:53 +0000

I haven’t been online much since Thursday. I miss Twitter and I am way behind in my RSS reading. What have I been up to? Well, the In-law were over for the weekend and we worked on our deck. We got most of it done, but due to rain on Sunday, we didn’t finish. We just need to do a little more work on the stairs and then stain it. Here are some before and after pictures.

Before

After

Now time to get to work on the deck. I am hoping to have some Internet time tomorrow.