My wife decided to ship some Christmas presents by UPS ground to some total strangers. So this morning I am on hold waiting to see if I can correct the address and finally I get an operator, explain the situation, he says he can help, my phone beeps and goes silent. The dying phone bit is getting old. It now happens about 3 times a day.
Category: Daily Life
Ramblings, often stream of conscious, journaling the events of my life.
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5000 KB/sec downloads!
Check out the download speed on disc 5! That was a good feeling after today. I really am losing faith in Knox County Schools.
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From the mouths of babes
Tommy: "You know what dad?"
Dad: "Why yes I do!"
Tommy: *took about 90 seconds before he could speak again* -
From the mouths of babes
Amy, 4: "I stayed dry all night!"
Dad: "Very good. Now take off your pullup and stay dry."
Amy: "Dad, I didn’t wear a pullup. I am just like Mom!" -
Sometimes there is no explanation
Grrrr. Curklunk Koochewga chewga blat mmmmmgre clackidda clackidda curchunka chunka. That’s the sound of this in the in-sink-erator (aka garbage disposal).
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Forced Child Labor
I know they rather be playing video games or watching tv. Today I wrangled Noah into helping me. He won one of those new Playstation2s that are thin and sleek. The old, bulky Playstation2 will become a communal gaming system in the living room. Noah would much rather be playing his new system but I forced him to come downstairs. and showed him how to pull wire through the ceiling. Then we fished it up through the wall to his bedroom where I showed him how to connect the wire to a RJ45 in the same face plate as his cable jack. We talked about wiring then came downstairs to learn how to crimple a plug onto the other end of the wire. Then we learned what a switch is used for and where the Internet connection comes into our house. Although Noah was good company, it didn’t really peak his interest until I showed him how we could plug the a wire from his jack into the back of his new Playstation so that he could play online. See, the old style Playstations did not have a network jack built-in and we never purchased the newwork adapter. Noah lit up! (And can say he wired his own room for the Internet)
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Because I’m a man
There comes a time everyday in a man’s life where he has to stop and ask himself, "Have I done anything to aggrivate my wife today? Should I?" Mine came a few minutes ago as I snickered and revelled at how fun a little demolition would be today. I wised up quickly and decided that I should stay focused on the project at hand which happens to be some cleaning so that I can actually get to the project at hand. However, something had to be done with the stupid energy that was built-up in preparation to do some demolition. As we know, energy must conserved so when stupid energy is generated, stupid energy must be used. So, as I ask outloud, "What’s this switch do?" I quickly remember that most of my home computer network profoundly sits on a single circuit that is connected to a light switch beside the garage door. I guess the tape keeping the switch in the on position should have been a clue. Doh.
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Dinner date with a woman without children
Woohoo! Cathy and I have a date tonight! The grandparents are watching all the children. So what are our plans? Christmas shopping! (
after using the gift certificate to P.F. Chang’s that I got for my birthday of course)Update: I also thought that no restaurant in Knoxville took reservations. P.F. Chang’s will actually take reservations up to a month in advance! The wait was way too long so our evening started with dropping Sarah off for her Church party, shopping, snuck in a dinner at Mimi’s Cafe, more shopping, picking up Sarah, and returning home. It was a fantastic evening.
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Schools Closed Today
As I drove Sarah to school this morning, I did my morning torture and forced her to listen to NPR. Once again, we found ourselves stunned to hear the announcement of school closings. Sarah contained her excitement and disappointment but I still say she sat up straight in her seat at the prospect. I guess we live in the wrong county.
School Status Campbell County Closed Christian Acad./Campbell Closed Claiborne County Closed Crossville Christian School Closed Cumberland County Closed Fentress County Closed Grainger County Opening 1 hour late Hancock County Closed J. Frank White Acad. Closed Morgan County Opening 2 hours late Oneida Closed Scott County Closed Sevier County Closed Tri-State Christian Acad. Closed Whodda thunk!? Closing information provided by WBIR.
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From the mouths of babes
Dad: "Did they mention anything at your school about yesterday being Pearl Harbor day?"
Sarah, 13: "They mentioned it." -
Finish one, then start one
I know. I haven’t finished a project yet but I just could not resist the urge to run a circular saw through the deck! What’s going on here? I’m building a cat house under the deck. Cold days are upon us.
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Next time, hide the evidence
If you can stomach the sight of blood, this (graphic) is what I woke up to the other morning.
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Master sales technique – the disconnect
Nothing like being at the beginning of a sales call and having your cell phone beep then turn off…