still trying......summer coming to a close..maybe?

First of all, I got a message from someone concerning lack of ham radio info on this blog...this blog isnt about teaching anything, i mention ham radio from time to time because i'm an extra class ham and president of my local radio club...this blog is not for educational purposes..i'm not a teacher in any way, shape or form..sorry o disappoint you...now..onto my latest semi annual blog post ;P  summer seems to be slowly coming to an end once again, and once again i try in vain to post regularly to this blog....from what ive been able to gather, theres only 120 shopping days until christmas 2012, or, if you will, 116 days until the end of the world...ya right, not gonna happen.......i plan on super stocking up on fireworks for new years because i am going to be celebrating the non-end of the world that night..proving all the dillusional jesus freaks wrong will be a great day indeed!!!!!! of course, if the world does come to an end, it will be because of human destruction, which we are accomplishing every day on this planet, no some non-existant god deciding tocleanse the earth...the earth will cleanse herself if humans piss her off enough..how? by letting humans be humans......on a lighter note..my room/soon-to-be-shed reorganization is moving right along......might be a winter project shed re-organization/spring cleaning.....other than that....livin life one day at a time...as usual..enjoying fine cigars once in a while again...hadn bought any in wahile, but a friend talked me into it, glad he did..and i just bought some new pipe tobacco..G.L. Pease blackpoint, and Charing cross..pretty good Latakia blends! i have to say i'm mildly impressed! I recently acquired some old commodore 64 and amiga magazines on dvd...i'm thoroughly enjoying reliving the past.....i also downloaded a shitload of c64 and amiga diskfiles ((.adf and .d64) just in case my old floppies decide to die one day...i tried a couple of my disks the other day, still working! ands i even found a bunch of c64 and amiga books hat had been scanned in...even books about the kim-1! amazingly enough!  other than that....i posted a new vblog to my youtube page..havent done one in a long time....it takes so freakin long to upload its almost not worth it...
i have to remember not to be too long winded...heh....if anyone is interested...heres my youtube channel you can check out....   http://www.youtube.com/user/theonetruebeast   my vblogs are abut as interesting as my regular blog......meaning not very...=)    until next time....

If I've said it once, I've said it a billion times before......change is in the air......yeah yeah yeah, i know what you're thinking...as Magnum used to say.....so where is this change? I've mentioned it many times before.  well, it comes and goes, and lately, its been very noticeable...sometimes its vaguely noticeable, sometimes it overwhelmingly present..right now however, and lately, its been moderately noticeable.......i dont knwo what is happening, or what is going to happen, but something is going to happen..i don't know where, I don't know where, buts its coming.....theres also a weirdness hanging in the air lately..I dont know how long its been there, but I really started to notice it in the last couple months.....again, I dont knwo what it is, or whats going to happen, but i've the feeling something is about to happen......I hoep you all arent too confused, thats the best i can describe it.....I've got the odd feeling that my lie as i currently know it is going to change inexorably.....I'm not talking december 21 2012 change..thats not going to happen....i plan to have the mother of all fireworks parties on new years eve this year, and be lighting them well into 2013!! i mean, my life specifically......i know my fathers health isnt good, my mothers health isnt that good either.........but i dont know if thats it either...i just dont know.....I guess I have to wait and see......take life one day at a time amd take whatever comes, no matter what happens..............I'll keep you all posted......I dont knwo how to describe it except....the universe in general......seems....i dont know.....off..........I dont know if its my imagination, or what.........until next time.......enjoy the weirdness while you can, it may not last................

Is it fall yet?!?!

ok ok ok ok....I'm tired of the freakin heat already, I'm tired of no rain and drought already....sheesh!...grumble...ok, theres my rant for the day...lol! btw, theres only 167 more shopping days until christmas! not that i'm counting mind you, read it on a blog i check out pretty regularly......I even broke out my fall decorations yesterday, well, at least my fall leaf garlands i drape ove my door and window, and my little plackards that say, harvest blessings, and let it snow! of course, when it snows i'll bitch and whine about the cold then!! lets face it, if i couldnt bitch and whine about something i'd freakin explode!!! speaking of which, the 4th of July festivities here in town came and thankfully, went pretty quickly, i watched the pathetic parade as usual, and got sunburned as usual..and took picture as usual...I stayed home for the fireworks, as i freakin hate crowds!!! i heard em from the front porch, so it wasnt a total loss, and someone posted video of them on facebook, so i got to see em anyway! I did decide to treat myself Saturday night, Instead of going to the fireworks and arts and crafts show, which i might add, you have to pay to get into..what a joke...I went to the country club and had a lovely new york strip dinner! excellent food, excellent service, excellent atmosphere, and best of all, very few people around! then i went home, walked the dog, then layed on the couch on the front porch with all windows open and listened to the fireworks and just relaxed......kind of like what I did yesterday......i did manage to set up my new printer stand, and frame a wolf image i found online and printed out, its the logo from the wheel of time series of books, a chapter logo actually, pretty cool.  And yet another rant! I bought a box of banquet fried chicken, first thing i noticed, the price has gone up..7.50 a box now, next thing i noticed, only 5 pieces now!!! what a freakin ripoff!!!! third thing i noticed, the cooking instructions completely changed, now they say you have to cook the big pieces first, then throw the smaller pieces in then cook it more!!! i cooked em all at once for 52 minutes and it was perfect! hah!!!! then the biggest thing i noticed, was the breading seems to have changed, and the flavor was different, i hated it...never buy that again, i got to the point where i no longer liked kfc...so i started buying banquet...now that banquet sucks, i may have to make fried chicken homemade....!! it would probably come out better!!! rant number 2 over...heh......I managed to throw out 2 more big bags of video tapes the other day....i'm guessing it might take 8 to 10 more to get rid of 98 percent of my old coll4ection, i am going to keep a very few tapes..but not many......i'm still saving up for a dvd burner/vcr combo so i can digitize a few tapes i dont wanna lose....time will tell i guess.....not sure what I'm gonna do tonight, probably wait until they pickup my overflowing, as usual, trashcan before i start tossing more viddie tapes......and i need to start shredding soon, ive got tons of stuff to shred......sigh..ive got so many projects half started, or half done, i dont think i'll ever get it all done...need another 3 or 4 lifetimes to complete...such is life i guess......so be it.......................until next time.............

happy sunday......sunburned and loving it!

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Well well, Happy Sunday all,  We had our annaul 4th of july parade yesterday, and i had to work yesterday, which sucked, at least no customers! so i had time to go through my parade pics...a link to which is posted above......wasnt too exciting, actually, there seemed to be less people this year than last along the parade route......seems to be that way every year......from what i heard, the fireworks went pretty well, also what ive heard, the fireworks show was shorter than usual, even though the paid alot more this year for the fireworks than previeous years...hmmm......the parade was the usual, more advertising, there were 3 propane trucks in the parade, not decked out in patriotic stuff, just plain old propane trucks, it really anooys me how commercial the 4th has become.......some silly floats, but nothing spectacular....not that i was expecting anything spectacular......i did manage to get sunburned again, a yearly tradition for me, and of course my other yearly tradition, getting a foot long breakfast sandwich at subway......the town was, as usual, a madhouse, hopefully they are all going home today so we can get our quiet town back....sheesh.....and of course, unfortunately, my sister and neice came for a visit, and her car died about a mile from here, so she'll be here for a few days...grumble......such is life i guess....cant really make them walkhome....can i???? hhmmmm........ other than that, usual plans for me for a sunday, shower, then laundry......again, such is life.......until next time....

Happy Birthday West Virginia!!!!

First of all I would like to wish a very happy 149th birthday to west Virginia today!!!!!
Oh how I miss Morgantown!!! if its the last thing I do, I'm going to live in Morgantown again....and I wont leave unless I'm carried out feet first!!!!!!

There, I feel better now =)  onward and upward......I know its been awhile since ive updated this blog, my life isnt exciting enugh for a daily blog, yet, but i'm working on it...its frakin hot today...has been for some timenow, and will be for some time now.....and speaking of today, today is also the first day of summer! the Summer Equinox!  Blessed be! all you pagans, wiccans etc out there!!!!!! I plan to burn some incense to honor my ancestors goddess and god tonight!!! lets see....ive actually gone jogging once.....once...not being lazy, just very little time......busy at home and working all day to boot..... work is going as well as can be expected.....mom and dads health isnt great, and probably wont be improving...i'm trying to come to grips with that fact......my sister is having shoulder surgery this morning, i havent heard anything yet......earlier this month, late last month my poor dog had miserable allergies, we tried prednisone and special food..it didnt seem to help, i put her back on benadryl and her normal food and she seems to be doing better, next i'm going to try a higher grade food and see what happens......my allergies have been killing me as well lately, because of all the smoke from the fire about 25 or so miles fromhere..the smoke has been blowing through town......and speaking of smoke....ive decided to start smoking cigars again......I still enjoy my pipe, but a friend of mine has gotten into cigars and managed to talk em into it..so i have one about once a week....Ive really missed em! cant afford them too often, but its a nice treat to spoil myelf with one in awhile......I was of work ysterday, so onthe spur of the moment, i decided to take the next step in my monumental closet re-organization.....i brought all the bins that were in the very back and bottom of the closet, to the front of the closet, and all the bins ive already inventoried, to the back......wasnt easy..i even had a monumental collapse of bins whilei was trapped in the closet, but thankfully no damage......i couldnt believe how bad i sweated!! speaking of which, i got my air conditoner in the window finally....its a weird ac, it has no drain holes or anything for the condensation to drip out of..so i drilled my own =) i put 3 holes along the rear bottom of the thing..so when i put the thing away later in the year, i wont have grean slimy water like i did last time..and it would gurgle as it ran....strange.......oh, ands some sad news to report...sniff...my old trusty vcr finally died...not my oldest one mind you, the newer of the two......i stuck a tape, excuse me, tried to stick a tape in it the other evening and it got jammed, it kept trying to eject or play the tape and kept grinding it backand forth, i pushed the eject buttona nd ended up breaking it......i had to reachj inside the thing with one finger and push the litttle button way down on the circuit board...i finally got the tape out...maybe i can refurbish my older  vcr, but the newer one is a gonner....ive got alot of great memories with that vcr....such is life i guess......so now, i'm saving up to get a vcr/dvd burner combo so i can digitaze some of my videos...which is why i'm rearranging the closet, ive decided its time to get rid of my videotapes..especially the original movie tapes..so going to just toss emin the the trash, truth be told, i dont think anyone would want them anyway....and ive replaced many of them with dvd's anywho..so i should be able to get rid of 4 or 5 bins that way....with will lead to the main reason, i just came up with the other day, for rearranging my closet...i want to put a skinny 12" wide bookcase inside the closet door to hold all my videogame systems....i miss the old games, and its easier to have em all easily accessible in one place than trying to find cables for whichever system i want to use......so thats my ultimate goal........until next time... 

Blogger's backend....bleh....um...ok....shrug...

I havent posted in awhile, and it looks like blogger has shot themselves in the foot, they are telling me i have to use google chrome becsuse they no longer support the browswer i amusing now, ie 8, and theyre backend looks like crap now...if they think i am going to be forced to upgrade to google chrome, they are dreaming, i will find another blogsite if this doesnt clear up..and it doesnt look like it will anytime soon...so anyway...did our monthly shopping yesterday, and since i'm off today, i'm doing laundry!  nothing too exciting has happened since the last blog, ive progressed farther in my closet inventorying and organizing, and gotten the linux box situated next to my desk, not hooked up yet, but getting closer to the day i can get my amiga towered and hooked up and the linux box going again! slowly but surely....my poor dog has been suffering terrible allergies since the seasons changed, she got a shot that made em all but go away for a few weeks, then the vet decided to try, since they came back after the shot wore off, some pills with antihistemine/prednisone in em..they dodnt work any better than benedryl so i weened her off of em, and a specail no allergen food, which only accomplished constipation and very dark shit...poor pup..i'm weening her back on her usual food and soon benedryl....no more wasteing money at the vets, she doesnt seem to have anything that cant be treated at home...just allergies......i finally got my ankle braces i was shopping around for and am going to be trying out jogging very soon.  Ive got running shoes i bought when i was going to the gym a few years back, they are low cut so i had to be careful how i ran, i tend tio sprain my ankles if i dont wear high tops..pesky weak ankles...oh well, i'm also taking some vitamins now that seem to be making me feel better....heres to hoping...work is going ok....we've expanded into another suite and are selling furniture on consignment now......home life is still the same.....parents are doing ok, all things considered...ive decided, with a little goading froma friend, to start smoking cigars again. i ordered a couple sample packs and hopefully will get them today......theyre kind of pricey so i wont be smoking them regularly, but a once in awhile treat.....and i'll priobably be getting some fresh pipe tobacco soon as well...time to change brands/styles......also, ive decided, judging by the hot weather, its margarite/rum and coke/pina colada season!!!! so i bought some booze yesterday, and margarite/pina colada mix, i got good rum, and good silver tequila!!! now i got drink choices after work or whenever i feel like one!!! ive decided, after watching an instructional video on youtube, to mod my amiga tower a bit, gonna start with an led fan, then eventually put a transparent window in the side of it..doesnt look to terrible hard to do....of course, the way my luck goes, i'll fuck it up anyway!!!!! heh....thats about it for now...if anything exciting happens, ya right, i'll be sure to blog about it.... until next time....

Blogger has new back end...and happy hump day!!!

well well well, and well! its been awhile since i've posted a blog, I can tell because blogger has a new back end and this is the first time I've seen it! looks ok i guess, needs a bit to get used to..i can handle it tho! Today is Wednesday, or humpday to some...i was off yesterday, and worked Monday, so it actually feels like Tuesday to me!  Had an interesting breakfast meeting this morning, i get together with my ham radio club every Wednesday for breakfast.  There was ony one waitress today, and she got so overwhelmed even the cook was waiting tables...it took forever for her to even notice we were there! one guy didnt even ever get his toast...he was grumbling all the way out the door.......been an ok day so far..mildly busy at work, well, not busy now, seing as I'm writing this blog right now!  Ive made a few changes in my room lately, i got rid of the wire mesh shelves and put in a wooden skinny bookcase by my desk, scooted the doesk over about 8 inches or so, and put my linux box between the bookcase and desk... and I am currently inventorying/re-organizing the closet...i realized i was at an impasse because i needed to put things somewhere, and the closet was packed! so in order to get my room re-org done i had to get the closet inventoried and re-organized. I've also decided to get rid of most of my old video tapes, at least the original movie tapes that is...i'll keep the ones ive recorded over the years, but i came to a realization, you could say I had a revelation! an epiphany!!!! I realized i no longer need my original video tapes, i never watch em, ive got alot of them on dvd/bluray....and ive got 6 big bins full of tapes taking up space in the closet...if I could get rid of even 3 of those 6 bins, I'd have shitloads of room!!!!!! and I'm also considering putting all the stuff thats in shoebox sized bins right now, into big bins...i'd have even more room!!!! Its an ongoing project....i'm doing this so i can get my amiga 1200 out of its bin, also in the closet and get it set up.....but i need room!!!! heh......and maybe even my c64 might get a new home....its also in the closet......only time will tell what will happen!!!  I also have plans to overhaul my sheds again, mom wants my skinny smaller shed because she is convinced the world is going to end in december, and she wants to prepare for survival, even tho she always says, shes ready to go, if she dies, oh well....talk about a walking contradiction!! lol!!!  Well, Its official, the final book in the Wheel of Time series, or EPIC series, being finished by Brandon Sanderson, seeing as Robert Jordan died in 2007 I think....will be out in early January 2013...the 8th or 9th, can't remember...i'm about half way through book 7, a Crown of Swords" if i'm lucky, i might be able to read through the series again, after this read-thru, before the new book comes out....then i'll read Brandons books, people seem to think hes doing a good job with the last 2 wheel of time books hes written, i'll find out for myself soon......If the world ends in December, i'll really be pissed!!!!! maybe they can rush the book out by November!!!! heh, wishful thinking...i'm not worried however, the world IS NOT
repeat IS NOT going to end in December!!!! hell, I'll be long dead before we destroy this planet completely....and believe me, we're doing a good job right now of destroying it!  for a change its overcast and very cool today......its gonna be in the 100's next week tho, at least in the valley, or phoenix, for all you non Arizonans! I decided not to do a garden this year...just too much work for too little output, that and we still have tomatoes and zucchinis in the freezer, and they need to be tossed, they dont smell right...heh...so i'm not going to waste my time nor my energy this year, and maybe not next year either! I think thats all the news thats fit to type...or something like that....... until next time....