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| Monday Morning Musings |
 *yawn*...
Mm. Coffee. Good.
It's Monday, which is fine for me; I don't work Sundays or Mondays. I am still up at the ass-crack of dawn. Tonya does have to work, so I rise at about 5:00AM and make us good strong coffee. That and it just keeps my clock consistent since I usually rise even earlier (4:30AM) so I can be ready for the daily commute to work.
I spent the weekend in Mexico as Tonya and I attended my kid sister's wedding reception.
It was nice. My sister was genuinely happy. The new brother-in-law seemed a little shy around me considering I had not met the man until the evening of the reception, but still it was ok. |
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| New Story Added, Plus Some Prose |
Just a short note to let you all know that I've added a 3rd story, and a few poems that I've written.
Yes, I do write poetry. Whatcha gonna do about? Right, I thought so.
Anyway, here's linkage to the StoryMash.com profile: Victor Mensa
What, I use that pen name to avoid the masses from harassing me and stuff!
Anyway, have a look, have a read. If you like what you see there, please post a comment - it will be greatly appreciated. |
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| Is it that time again? |
I've toying with the notion (again) of looking for yet another replacement to this my blog/site/portal/pain-in-the-ass-why-the-fuck-don't-they-design-a-easy-to-administer-damned-CMS-or-portal.
I mean, really - yeah, this is good for posting my musings, my bullshit. And it allows showing off my pictures and stuff.
But I want to be able to modify my site's graphics...MY WAY. And I'd like that to be somewhat easy to accomplish, either through not-so-rigidly-structured CSS, whatnot.
Of course, there's the whole let's evaluate all the shit scripts out there, and try and guess which one isn't being hacked all to fuck on a weekly basis. |
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| Quick FYI: Bike Pix |
 I decided to wash my bike a couple of days ago. Twas a hot-ass bitch, too, that day.
Anyway, after slaving away for about an hour or so wiping down every visible droplet of the quickly evaporating water before it a water spot I decided to snap a few pictures with my old Sony digital camera.
You can see the images scrolling over on your right. Just click on them to view a larger version.
You can also visit my small yet growing images gallery. You'll find that link over on the left navigation bar.
Enjoy! |
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| After 2 Years in the U.K. My Favorite Marine Returns to the U.S.A. |
You heard right. Corporal Christina R. Klein will be stationed at Camp Pendleton near San Diego, CA at year's end.
Needless to say, I am ecstatic at the news.
She will be there for 3 years, after which who knows.
But at least now I have excuses to travel to Cali. Oh, that is not to say my brother of another mother isn't reason enough. Let's just say that the incentive is that much stronger now.
I'm gonna have to convince my girl to go and get herself a sweet bitch of a motorcycle once she's settled in. Then I'll ride down there and cruise the shorelines with her, Brad and the rest of the Cali Crew! *Cue the Easy Rider song, bitches!* |
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| Introducing: Victor Mensa, my Pen Name |
Well, after some deliberation and the need for a reason to get things rolling, I went ahead and submitted 2 of my stories (at least, their beginnings) at Story Mash. It a place where anyone can start a story, add chapters to it, etc. But the cool thing is, anyone else can branch off of your initial chapter (or any other chapter that has been published there on).
So, while your story time line continues along its own path, other "authors" can diverge from it by adding their own chapters.
Your story could end up with 19 chapter 2's, 6 chapter 3's, and so on.
Which are my stories, you ask?
Memoir Blues of a Chaos God
and
Lord of Dead Things
Both of these stories have been hanging around my "Stories in waiting" section for some time. |
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| Welcome to Crackberryville - Population: me |
 *sigh*
Tonya has had a Blackberry Curve for a few months now. Being the "gadget queen" that she is (and me unable to resist indulging her) obtained it through T-Mobile.
Me on the other hand have been using a little flip-phone for about 2 years and change. Also with T-Mobile.
I've been viewing and reviewing phones since about the end of March in anticipation of the fact that my 2 years with T-mobile was at an end, and that perhaps I would be able to choose a new phone at a good discount and stuff.
I've been gravitating more and more to the smartphone/pda types as they have capabilities that would actually benefit me.
But prices are freakin' high! At least, the ones I liked ended up priced far higher than I can justify spending for a damn phone, you know?
But then, I come across an offer on Amazon.com - a Blackberry Curve for ZERO after rebate! How 'bout that!
But being the frugal (ok, stingy) bastard that I can be, I thought there is likely a catch somewhere.
I chat with the 3rd party vendor about the offer - says that T-mobile will allow me to get this phone, then migrate my existing number to it, then I can simply close the phone number given to me at time of activation...
Sounds a little too easy if you know what I mean.
And I was right - in the fine print on their site it stated (much like with any provider I guess) that I would not be able to cancel ANY existing service with T-Mobile for a period of 3 months after which I would then be able to do so.
So I call T-mobile. I tell them that as a 3+ year subscriber/client I would like some token of appreciation for the business they've received from me in the form of a juicy discount on that Blackberry Curve -- a phone that's been out for over a year, mind you -- when I sign on for another 2 years with them.
Their response: (in so many words) "you're fucking kidding, right? Right?
...no, really...right?"
I told them about the offer and stuff - no go.
I then told them to go fuck themselves.
Ok, not really. But I did call around and checked with other phone services.
Lo and behold, I found what I wanted with ATT - for a mere $99.00 bucks I got a refurbed Blackberry, same basic services I had with T-Mobile, and my number transferred.
HA, bitches!
Now, to spend some time figuring out how to use this damned thing... |
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| Eh, so I'm a slacker..sort of. |
Here I am, posting after what, 17 years? No? feels that way.
Yesterday I participated in the March for Babies (a.k.a. March of Dimes) walk-a-thon - a 5-mile trek around the east side of Whiterock Lake in Dallas.
The weather was near perfect: bright and sunny, without a cloud in the sky, an almost warm 68 degrees and light, constant breeze blowing off the lake.
After the usual self-patting on the back the corporate bigwigs and shit, and the mayor of Dallas gave some verbal stroking to the aforementioned companies, the starting gun was fired and the walk began.
Of course, the first thing one passes are the protesters holding the "animals are not people" and "stop animal testing" signs.
These wanna-be soccer moms with nothing better to do and an obvious aversion to sex with their husbands stand by and attempt to sway the myriad of walkers that donated to this charity with their picketing signs and shit - just how the fuck can you expect to change the minds of families ('cause entire families were walking, too) whose child lived because of what this charity has done?
Come on, you ignorant fucknuts! If you have the proof, then file a class action lawsuit and be done with it.
Otherwise, take your hemp-based 167-pound thonged asses the hell away from me and let me do what I think I need or want to do as I attempt to contribute something worthy to humanity - in this case a few hundred buck I raised for the cause.
And In peace, no less!
Anyway, the walk itself was fun; I was tired and sweaty, but felt good that I accomplished something, if on a personal level alone. And that is, I chose to walk 5-plus miles. It was for a charity, yes, but more so it was for me and me alone.
Sometimes, I think we need that. We need a proverbial good excuse to get off our collective butt and act, move, physically participate in some activity that is beyond what we would normally adequate for our daily existence.
Perhaps in doing so, we find ourselves using less extraordinary excuses to go out, DO something. Something that may yet stave off that last spasm of light your oxygen-starved brain thinks it sees as you lay there dying from a damned coronary.
May your god of choice forbid that from happening to you.
Me, I'm not taking chances...I'm no longer abiding the bending of the handsd when it comes to living a semblance of a healthy life. And the fact that I can walk nearly 10 miles (when you account for the 2.5 miles from and then to the truck) and still be ready to do something else means I'm on the right track. |
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| In L.A. for a few days |
Just a quick note: I will be in Los Angeles for a few days to oversee some computer installations for a client of the company where I work.
Upon my return I will begin in earnest to upload some of the long-awaited tutorials I've mentioned.
The Tutorials will be available to download, but you will have to be registered to access them.
Yes, the tutorials are free to you, my esteemed viewers. If you deem them worthy and wish to show your appreciation please click the donate button over there on the left. Any amount over $5.00 would be great!
Even if you don't care for the tutorials, donate anyway! |
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| Podcasting: Coming to an I-Pod Near You |
 You are encouraged to visit often and check for updates on the upcoming premiere of www.DotPaw.org's Podcasts.
I am honored to be one of the participants for this venue.
Topics will be wide and varied; we will touching on everything but little boys (what, this ain't a Catholic church, you sick bastards!)
So watch this space for updates on when and where you will be able to download the podcasts!
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| Fuckin' Oh-Dee-N-TOHs |
 /rant on
You know, you would think that with a billion other damn Chinese around them, these no-life faggots would have something better to do than hammer on my site, try to register, just so they can post some stupid shit about porn, or about some drug to make your pecker 'give much your honey big happiness!', or some other crap that if you ingest it will make a foot grow our of you left armpit.
I make reference to the Chink bastards 'cause that's where the majority of my recent spammers are hailing from.
So, to all you ass-leaks otherwise mistaken for human beings:
FUCK YOU, FUCK THE BITCH OF A MOTHER THAT PUSHED YOU OUT INTO THIS WORLD THIKNING YOU WERE A STUBBORN TURD, AND FUCK THE IDIOT THAT DIDN'T PULL OUT IN TIME 'CAUSE HE WAS A FUCKING LOSER, TOO!
/rant off
We now return you to our regularly scheduled program.
...good day! |
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