OK, so perhaps you might remember the incident with the squirrel in my toilet last year. Subsequent to that was an extended episode of dealing with squirrels that had found an opening into my eaves and thought it was a nice place to stay, although I finally convinced them that such was not the case ( Read more... )

But it's what I'm gonna ask for here ( Read more... )

In anticipation of signing up for a 25 mile charity fund-raiser bike ride, I went out for a 20 mile ride with RABA (Richmond Area Bicycling Association), the local bicycling club this morning. Well, it would have been 20 if my rear tire hadn't blown out about 1.5 miles before getting back to the starting point ( Read more... )

Of all the places I was fraudulently subscribed to yesterday, only one seems to be unwilling to cancel the account immediately. Blockbuster Online refuses to do anything, their latest story is "The credit card companies have given us explicit instructions not to modify customers' accounts in any shape, form or matter without their authorization ( Read more... )

The phone call at 3AM should have been my first clue. After being jolted from a dead sleep, I stumbled over and croaked out "hello?" In response I got a recording "welcome to robo-bill" or something like that. "To continue, press 1. If you did not sign up for an account, press 2." Haha, the joke's on them, since the bedroom phone is the AT&T ( Read more... )

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Well, I am home after the whirlwind weekend visit to the Big Easy. After getting to the hotel on Friday I took some stuff out of my travel bag and grabbed one of my maps and headed out ( Read more... )

Last night I went to the "home show" downtown. I always enjoy checking out the various ways that I could spend money around the house, plus I do have a few specific projects in mind for which I'd need to hire somebody, so I was collecting brochures and business cards also ( Read more... )

... you get moderated to +5 Funny on Slashdot.

It's geek cred, yo.

Last night, being the first Friday of the month, saw the first First Fridays Art Walk of the year. This is when the galleries on and around a few blocks of Broad Street downtown all have opening night receptions for various shows. As I meandered from gallery to gallery, I had a few thoughts, including "Wow, it's too freakin' warm for a night in ( Read more... )