I’m a reference person. I realize that the biggest difference between my ColdFusion experience and my PHP experience is a pocket reference. Granted, I have years of ColdFusion over PHP so there is a greater familiarity but as much as I like searchable online documentation I still have an affinity for a paper reference.
Time to shop O’Reilly’s.
When I came across the Chickadee
It still had life where it lay
A beautiful creature with sweet song
It lived to fly and from breeze
To breeze it flew without care.
Never has a barrel of bad apples
Been turned to edible fruit
With the inclusion of a single
Good apple. Much to the chagrin
Of the optimists, one bad apple
Will ruin the bunch. One good apple
Is devoured either by the bad
Or for a snack or lunch.
On this day, Evil lay in the tall grass.
A cat stalked its unawares prey.
That poor Chickadee was singing
Its last song today.
Having left the nest with foul words
Its mate declared “Good riddance!
Sing with your flock.” Though she meant it not.
When left uncared for wood will rot.
Kept polished, oiled and dry
It will last centuries.
Stains leave curvy marks
Where instead there should be grains.
Termites eat the innards like cancer
Eats the brain.
I rose from the grass
Held the bird in my hand
And crushed from its chest
Its very last breath.
-DM 11/17/04
Tonight my relationship with everybody permanently changed.
I don’t know what sins I committed in past lives but they must have been some doozies. I sure would like a hint as to when my penance will be paid.
I can’t believe how physically exhausting talking can be. Today has been a series of long phone calls with coding between. I need a nap.
Anyone have a good source for cost effective monitors? I figure it will be a sale at Office Depot, Stapes, Best Buy or CompUSA. No, I really wish we had a Frys.
“The Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect Driver could not be loaded.”
The solution: When using multiple logins with Windows98 this error occurs after logging off one user and logging on another user. The solution is to restart the computer between logins.
A New Day!
Let’s start the day off with a PayPal donation link:
This Morning
Woke at 2:30 rearing to go. I had so much energy that if I knew where my running shorts where I was tempted to jog around the neighborhood. I was excited that I was dressing to go program for a few hours. Then it happened. The sirens song wafted into my ear. My wife’s call was too strong and I returned to bed only to rise sporadically until 5:30 when I started my day.
Uncomfortable phone calls scheduled for today.
Fuel line split in the car. You know..50 cents worth of fuel line but this car with all of its sundry dealer specific options has managed to create dealer only part out of the fuel line and rings in at $291.18 and thats the part only!
Great. Now the cable is out. How am I supposed to work without the Internet?! How do I pay for things if I can’t work?!
Tis a sign. Let’s fix some things. I will read about the fuel line repair. That is the highest priority. Then the garbage disposal.
Alright. Since I started drafting this I’ve jacked the car up and inspected the fuel leak. Looks like road debris got the line. The repair will involve removing the entire fuel tank and the shop can’t see us until Wednesday. Seeing how the part is $300 alone I bet that repair comes close to $1000. So I thought for safety I should rent a car. To get one that fits us will cost $550 for a week. Don’t forget the garbage disposal just went out and that $99-150 and if we wait too long things will begin to smell. Oh, and then there are the chilly nights with no heat pump (think anywhere from $300-3000). And I’ve been budgetting $800 to finish the french drain. And then there is urgent dental work which may be $1500-2500. Another project is being budgetted at $400 per month until it can be paid. And I want to replace our vehicles with a new one and I anticipate that to be $700-800 per month plus some cash ($2000-3000) down.
I’m going to go hide in bed.
That rhythmic pulsing just below my right rib cage is back. It’s like an eye twitch that you cannot control.
A New Day!
Let’s start the day off with a PayPal donation link:
This Morning
“So little to do, so much time. Strike that. Reverse it.”
Noah this morning asked for his own blog. I’ll have to think long and hard on that one. I suggested he write a paper journal first.
I’ve been asking myself lately “did I ever have will power?” The reason is I feel like I give into whimsy far too easily. I find myself sleeping when with the least effort I could get up. I play when I should work. I indulge when I should abstain. I do not feel like the pillar of strength that I once did. On the other hand when I was that pillar I was lonely and unfulfilled and now I am whole.
Watch some people getting booked at the Anderson County Detention Center Their disclaimer:
DISCLAIMER
This is a real life transmission of the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department. Instances of violence or sexually inappropriate behavior by detainees during the booking process may occur. Viewer discretion is advised. This is a Jail, not a simulation. The persons in this transmission are either employees of the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department or arrestees.
Cam brought to my attention by Earthcam
The cat just scared the bejesus out of me! I’ve always said, “bejebus” in the very rare cases I’ve said it. Usually its something more akin to Carlin’s (amz) dictionary. But then I had the inkling to look “bejebus” up in dictionary.com and wikipedia.com I found nothing despite various phonetic deviances until I came across “bejesus.”
Now just what is a “bejesus“?
Dictionary.com suggests:
Used as an intensive: The bear scared the bejesus out of us.
Fortunately for those of us willing to ponder just “what comes out of us?!” there is a website devoted to the topic of “bejesuses” and that is the Bejesus Quarterly.
