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My Tivo caught a bunch of episodes last month of the TechTV show “Call for Help” because they were having a series on Photoshop Tricks which was caught by my “Photo*” season pass. Anyway, the cohost is Cat Schwartz who is lots of fun. The show is good, and Leo gives good information, but Cat is who makes the show interesting. I tried to bring up her blog at the time, but it was down and I forgot about it.
But yesterday on Fark they linked to one of those voting contests with her and some other woman, and that link (forget where it was now) mentioned that she had accidentally posted topless pics of herself to her blog. Woops. They are gone now (although they can be found googling elsewhere), but her reactions to it are funny and well tempered. So here is a link to her blog. Cat is cool. :-)
Cat Schwartz’s Blog
I’ll write more later and give ya another pic. One with my shirt on.
Sounds good. I’ll have to check in more often. And perhaps add a wishlist for the show itself, so I get it times when they aren’t doing something on Photos as well.
Now, if only Stephanie Birkitt, one of Dave Letterman’s assistants on the Late Show would get her own blog too. That would be cool. Both of these women deserve their own shows. :-)
And I will try to avoid accidentally post revealing pictures of myself here as well. Not that anybody would want to see that. :-)
So I’m sitting here at work reading a 50 page document I was emailed to review. Making good progress. Then my sleeve gets caught on my chair… Riiiiipppppp…. The whole right sleeve gets ripped in half Incredible Hulk style. Except I am not suddenly turning green and muscular. This really won’t do. I’ll have to run home real quick for another shirt I think.
Only two weeks left of being only 5 minutes from home and able to make quick runs back to my place like this. Probably the only negative about the move. OK, Gotta run there and back before my next meeting. Finishing this document will have to wait slightly.
Found this several different places today, ignored it the first few times, then finally read it through. The Public Defender was clearly having a lot of fun with this.
F Word Motion (The Smoking Gun)
The District Court document is an amusing and profane look at the world’s favorite four-letter word, from its origins in 1500 to today’s frequent use of the term by Eminem, Chris Rock, and Lenny Kravitz.
Left my lights on when I came into work this morning. Yup. Battery is dead now as of around noon. I’ll have to get someone to jump me. I suck! The worst thing is the little key fob things will need to be reset probably. Grrrrr!
On the bright side though, just arranged and paid for my condo insurance. One thing less left to worry about befor closing…
I don’t want to have a day with no entries yet, although I will eventually. So after having dinner with Rebecca and Chris when I got back to my car, instead of just leaving right away, I broke out the laptop and the cellphone and connected at the really slow speed that allows, and am making a quick entry. :-)
Dinner was good. It is always good to see Rebecca and Chris. :-)
Now it is time for me to head home. Want to get home before it is too late so I can call Marilyn and we can buy our tickets for Idaho at the same time to be sure we get adjacent seats on the Minneapolis to Boise leg of the trip.
OK. Time to get underway before someone calls the cops on some suspicious guy in a Saturn with a bunch of electronics sitting outside their house. :-)
Well, finally have DirecTV (with Tivo!) installed for my dad. On the roof. It went really well. Except for two things.
One, the dish did not arrive in time. So I brought my dish from New Jersey. My dish is now on my dad’s roof. Which means I have no dish for myself. Now, as soon as my dad’s dish arrives, I will take it back to MY place, but it probably won’t arrive before I leave here Sunday. Which means I have to make a trip back just to get it, not to mention I’ll have to assemble it.
Two, one of the two DirecTivo recievers arrived non-functional. You can hear the drive try to spin up when you plug it in, but it never actually starts up. So we’ll have to return it and get them to send another. :-( Again, another trip down.
So, a partial success. The TV on the first floor is now completely satellite tivo enabled. The second floor is still a no go though, and that is the one my dad and step-mom will use most. :-( So I have to get that up and running soon. Hopefully before this coming weekend. I think I’ll probably make a special up and down in the same night trip to get the dish and set up the replacement reciever.
But in the meantime, I’ll be without television at home! Woe is me!!
Three hours from now I am supposed to be the Ref in a game of volleyball. I have not played or paid any attention to volleyball since I was in middle school and they made us play in gym. I did not understand then, I do not understand now. I have three hours to read the rulebook below and try not to make too much of a fool of myself. I’m sure I will though. I just don’t understand these sorts of things. Oh well, I shall try!
Rules of the Game of Volleyball (Outdoor, Sand or Grass) (PDF)
Official United States Beach Volleyball Rules USAV Rulebook covers both Indoor and Outdoor Rules “2001 USA Volleyball Rulebook” is now available…
Garmin just announced this a few days ago. With the house and everything else I don’t think I’ll be pulling one of these off this year… but next year… yes… next year it will be mine!
Garmin: StreetPilot 2610/2650
Garmin has raised the bar for portable automotive navigation with two new products: the StreetPilot 2610 and 2650.
Just choose your destination using StreetPilot’s touch screen or remote control to be automatically guided with turn-by-turn directions and voice prompts. Both the 2610 and 2650 feature color displays, built-in maps, and everything needed to download additional map detail and look up points of interest and addresses in seconds. Select maps and transfer data directly to the unit through a USB connection and onto a standard CompactFlash® memory card. These products are powered using the external speaker with 12/24-volt adapter cable or A/C power adapter (both are included in the purchase).
The StreetPilot 2650 also has dead reckoning capabilities, so you’ll continue to get navigation guidance even if you lose GPS reception, such as in intense urban environments with tall buildings and tunnels. To achieve dead reckoning, the 2650 features an internal angular rate sensor, an external speed sensor input, and an external reverse light sensor input. (Please note: The StreetPilot 2650 can only be purchased through auhorized installation dealers because the product requires a connection to a vehicle’s speedometer and backup lights. Customers will not be able to buy this product over the counter or install it themselves.)
Someone else had the same thought I did after hearing Blair’s speech the other day. But unlike me, they made a cool little website…
http://blair2004.com/
Between the babbling of George W. Bush on the right, the blathering of the anti-war left, and the cluck-clucking of media hens everywhere, stands Tony Blair, articulate and principled.
Many Americans understand and support Iraqi Freedom because of the leadership provided by Mr. Blair, and many of us would feel much safer if Mr. Blair occupied the White House.
Tony Blair took a considerable political risk in supporting Iraqi Freedom, and for that we would like to thank him and promote him to chief executive in charge of the world’s greatest super power, President of the United States of America.
I didn’t actually agree with Blair ont he war, but I do think he would make a much better President than W. Citizenship? Pshaw! I’d vote for him! :-)
(via Samizdata)
He had me all blocked into a corner and in what looked like a hopeless situation to me, and I was down to 10 seconds on the clock… but I managed to slither away and then get some material, and then get more material, and work on my advantage until I won. Yea!
[Event ICC 2 12]
[Site Internet Chess Club]
[Date 2003.07.22]
[Round -]
[White Abulsme]
[Black K2Q]
[Result 1-0]
[ICCResult Black resigns]
[WhiteElo 1089]
[BlackElo 1010]
[Opening Philidor’s defense]
[ECO C41]
[NIC KP.10]
[Time 00:10:27]
[TimeControl 120+12]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bd3 Bg4 4. O-O Nc6 5. b3 Nd4 6. Be2 Nxe2+ 7. Qxe2 Qf6
8. Qe3 h5 9. Bb2 h4 10. h3 Qg6 11. Nxh4 Rxh4 12. hxg4 Qxg4 13. f3 Qg3 14.
Nc3 Nf6 15. Ne2 Qh2+ 16. Kf2 Rh3 17. Rg1 Nh5 18. Qg5 Be7 19. Qg4 Bh4+ 20.
Ke3 Nf4 21. Qxg7 Nxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Rxf3+ 23. Qxf3 O-O-O 24. Qg4+ Kb8 25. Ng3 d5
26. Nf5 d4+ 27. Kd3 a6 28. Qxh4 Qf2 29. Qxf2 b5 30. c3 c5 31. cxd4 cxd4 32.
Ne7 Re8 33. Nc6+ Kb7 34. Na5+ Kb6 35. Qxf7 Rc8 36. Qb7+ Kxa5 37. Qxc8
{Black resigns}
1-0
Of course, I didn’t post the earlier game from last week when I lost after like 12 moves when I failed to notice a simple checkmate that I could easily have blocked. Oh well! Hey, I’m not a GOOD player, I just have fun. :-)
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