Saturday, January 17, 2009
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Digga-dig , Part 2
Got an offer I couldn't refuse on a horse I've been wanting for quite a while. Great horse, extremely mellow, should be an awesome rider. Buckskin quarterhorse gelding. That's all I'm saying.. don't want to get my hopes up until the deal is done.
IF (<- that's a big "if") I can afford to keep them both (not likely), this will be a near idea situation. I'll have one super-mellow horse to help me become a better rider, and one pretty crazy horse to make me a better trainer.
Now I just to dig up a western saddle, oh, and a trailer (you know, so I can actually go riding on plots of land bigger than 50 acres). Yes, a trailer would be good. Ideally a 3 or 4 horse slant load with ramps and living quarters. Those suckers aren't cheap.
Wish I could just trade my 5th wheel RV for one. Oh well. "Wish in one hand, shit in the other, see which fills up first" , right?
IF (<- that's a big "if") I can afford to keep them both (not likely), this will be a near idea situation. I'll have one super-mellow horse to help me become a better rider, and one pretty crazy horse to make me a better trainer.
Now I just to dig up a western saddle, oh, and a trailer (you know, so I can actually go riding on plots of land bigger than 50 acres). Yes, a trailer would be good. Ideally a 3 or 4 horse slant load with ramps and living quarters. Those suckers aren't cheap.
Wish I could just trade my 5th wheel RV for one. Oh well. "Wish in one hand, shit in the other, see which fills up first" , right?
Wine and Beer, it's Everywhere!
Been on a homebrewing and winemaking kick lately. I've researched the wine a lot. I've got 5 of the top wines all fermenting at the moment, with a 6th coming soon. 3 beers are fermenting and 2 more on the way.
Finally, after like 10 years, picked up some cornelius/'corny' (soda) kegs. Get one helluva deal on a commercial grade keg fridge. Just gotta convert it from 1 tap to 4. I'll use my 5th corny keg to secondary fermentation and carbonation before putting in the fridge (room for 4 in the fridge).
All this stuff has to age a while. Beers are 2-6 weeks, wine 2-6 months. God, my liver must hate me! No worries, I'm not drinking it all. I've got something more interesting in mind.
Finally, after like 10 years, picked up some cornelius/'corny' (soda) kegs. Get one helluva deal on a commercial grade keg fridge. Just gotta convert it from 1 tap to 4. I'll use my 5th corny keg to secondary fermentation and carbonation before putting in the fridge (room for 4 in the fridge).
All this stuff has to age a while. Beers are 2-6 weeks, wine 2-6 months. God, my liver must hate me! No worries, I'm not drinking it all. I've got something more interesting in mind.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Barack Obama
"It's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
- Barack Obama
Yup, we're good god-fearing people that know how to hunt and feed ourselves and have a sense of responsibility that makes us want to work and provide for our families instead of living off an already over-burdened system.
Oh snap! That's not what he said,.. he just called us rednecks, didn't he?
Well, we shouldn't be offended, I mean...
"When people tell me they've all stressed about racial discord, well, you know, try slavery for a while."
- Barack Obama
Shit, I'm not stressed about racial discord. I'm stressed about my job, about fuel prices, and all the normal stuff. Umm, Mr white-collar-politician-man... I've worked 60-80 hours a week for the better part of 10 years. No, I don't get paid overtime. No, nobody contributes to my "campaign fund", "trust fund", or pays my speaking fees.
Betcha I'm a whole lot closer to slavery than you've ever been. fucker.
The other two major choices aren't any better.
For the love of God, people, if you really want a change, and want America to get back to being "land of the free, home of the brave" then vote for real change, vote Libertarian!
- Barack Obama
Yup, we're good god-fearing people that know how to hunt and feed ourselves and have a sense of responsibility that makes us want to work and provide for our families instead of living off an already over-burdened system.
Oh snap! That's not what he said,.. he just called us rednecks, didn't he?
Well, we shouldn't be offended, I mean...
"When people tell me they've all stressed about racial discord, well, you know, try slavery for a while."
- Barack Obama
Shit, I'm not stressed about racial discord. I'm stressed about my job, about fuel prices, and all the normal stuff. Umm, Mr white-collar-politician-man... I've worked 60-80 hours a week for the better part of 10 years. No, I don't get paid overtime. No, nobody contributes to my "campaign fund", "trust fund", or pays my speaking fees.
Betcha I'm a whole lot closer to slavery than you've ever been. fucker.
The other two major choices aren't any better.
For the love of God, people, if you really want a change, and want America to get back to being "land of the free, home of the brave" then vote for real change, vote Libertarian!
Monday, April 07, 2008
A Few Good Utilities
Need to keep track of these somewhere outside of my computer, so here they are:
Defraggler
www.defraggler.com
DriverMax
www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax | Free
Use DriverMax to back up your hardware drivers. Then, after a fresh Windows install, DriverMax puts all the drivers back in less than 10 minutes. That's much better than reinstalling each printer, scanner, network adapter, and camera individually.
DisplayFusion
www.binaryfortress.com | Free
Multiple monitors of different sizes on your computer may not always provide the best visual setup. DisplayFusion assists by placing different wallpapers on each screen, even a contiguous background across displays with different resolutions. It helps control windows, too, dragging them from screen to screen. I'm using it now.
FireTorrent
www.wyzo.com/firetorrent | Free
Your BitTorrent downloader can be part and parcel of your browser. Though FireTorrent was originally developed for the Wyzo media browser, it took just a simple port to make it available to the larger Firefox user base.
Defraggler
www.defraggler.com
DriverMax
www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax | Free
Use DriverMax to back up your hardware drivers. Then, after a fresh Windows install, DriverMax puts all the drivers back in less than 10 minutes. That's much better than reinstalling each printer, scanner, network adapter, and camera individually.
DisplayFusion
www.binaryfortress.com | Free
Multiple monitors of different sizes on your computer may not always provide the best visual setup. DisplayFusion assists by placing different wallpapers on each screen, even a contiguous background across displays with different resolutions. It helps control windows, too, dragging them from screen to screen. I'm using it now.
FireTorrent
www.wyzo.com/firetorrent | Free
Your BitTorrent downloader can be part and parcel of your browser. Though FireTorrent was originally developed for the Wyzo media browser, it took just a simple port to make it available to the larger Firefox user base.
Friday, April 04, 2008
False Alarms
This is kinda funny.
I went to the gas station to get some Pepsi Max. The utility company is doing a bunch of work, laying pipes, etc beside the road. I'm driving by all the construction on the way back home, go by this big machine in the middle of a sharp curve and *BAM*!
It was so loud/hard that it shook my seat. I'm like "WTF was THAT?!? It felt like a g'damn bowling ball hitting me in the back!"
I get home, and you know what? it was a bowling ball hitting me in the back. Mine.. In the back seat.
Vocal Ranges for Singers
· Basses should be able to sing low E to G above middle C.
· Baritones should be able to sing low G to B natural just below the Tenor high C.
· Tenors should be able to sing C (below middle C) to E above high C.
· Altos should be able to sing low C (below middle C) to high C.
· Mezzo-Sopranos should be able to sing G (below middle C) to Eb above high C.
· Sopranos should be able to sing G (below middle C) to F above high C.
· Baritones should be able to sing low G to B natural just below the Tenor high C.
· Tenors should be able to sing C (below middle C) to E above high C.
· Altos should be able to sing low C (below middle C) to high C.
· Mezzo-Sopranos should be able to sing G (below middle C) to Eb above high C.
· Sopranos should be able to sing G (below middle C) to F above high C.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Controlling the weather
Sci-fi is finally becoming reality. The chinese are attempting to control the weather for the olympics. Check this out.
Sex
Listening to the "This and That" podcast. so much interesting stuff on there. regarding sex. ... and the numbers may not be right since I'm buzzed.
1) people are having something like 38% less sex than 30 years ago . The reason? obesity. more fat = less blood flow. needless to say, less attraction as well.
2) One in four *teenage* girls have at least one STD.
Capricious Acumen:
1) people are having something like 38% less sex than 30 years ago . The reason? obesity. more fat = less blood flow. needless to say, less attraction as well.
2) One in four *teenage* girls have at least one STD.
Capricious Acumen:
Friday, March 28, 2008
Saturday, March 01, 2008
A quick note
I don't have much time to post these days, but would like to keep this log alive. I've signed-up with twitter.com. It's a site that allows you to post SMS length messages just telling the world what you do in 1-2 sentences. These are displayed at the left of this blog.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Friday, July 06, 2007
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