>There were some really great quotes in this article regarding the status of Baghdad. There’s also some really good pictures of the statue toppling. I haven’t updated my news page in quite some time, but I just added the above article.
>So I got a call from my baby’s mamma today — Franna’s my only baby. =] She’s still with Keith, my friend from a year, year and a half ago. There’s still a bit of a mystery surrounding that whole ordeal… but I am fine with him being convinced I’m a horrible person. I don’t remember doing anything all that bad, maybe he just had a lot of things floating around in his head that he was too afraid to say. In any case, it was one thing too many and bam… he pushed me out of his life. Now…
>A telescope for ‘gravity waves’! Ultra-spiffy web-hosting, most likely will start my business site there, maybe move this one once my extra bandwidth has been used up (probably another couple months at this rate) I’m happy. I hate to say it stems from money… but money relieves the burdon that I’ve really felt lately. With this extra bit – I’ll be able to take care of some major bills (I blame credit cards and an insatiable desire to have the biggest and best) I’m feeling it a little – but I was nowhere near setting up a savekaryn site ;)~…
>(today’s word is random) You must help with the cause. Here’s one way to make a draft. Such wonderful pictures! Family Guy on Cartoon Network! – schedule The Killer Japanese Seizure Robots! Nice random blog. Hacker cracks XBox challenge. Loads Linux on XBox! Install Linux on your XBox! Western MA weblogs. Another random blog – Lollygagger.org Crazy guy goes nuts in church… doo dah, doo dah. Girls Gone Wild goes a little too wild (and a tad too young) It’s a Hemp leaf! They’re sailors, sheesh! Collector snags a ‘very rare artifact from Africa’ Screaming Midget Magazine Here’s some handy…
>”You lieeeeeee!” beautiful layering – decent blog, uber eyecandy JC Penny – you return stuff… and we’ll stab ya! Here’s a little snippet on the matrix animated shorts. South Africa: Girl beats up would-be burglar with a hockey stick. Windows Media Player: Life as a Guy – A delightful animated short. Engrish dot com, enough said – anymore, too much. I’ve said enough – I’ve said too much! (a… muuuuuch tooooo muuuuuuch) 50 million more historical documents posted online. Another random blog – very cool background, full of teenage girl musings. RIAA – now they’re suing individual students. A nice…
>I got my COBOL test back today – 65, not bad considering I didn’t remember I had it until it was too late to study, planned on getting up early and looking at it before the test… and slept halfway through the period. I got in just in time to take it really quickly… and got what I got. I certainly earned the 65… just made me sad. He’s insulting. Early on I tried really hard, attempted to answer his questions, but a few wrong answers, some humiliation in front of the class… and his not letting it go resulted…
>I buckled down (sorta) and got to my COBOL today. I leapt the hurdle of assignment 2, attempted # 3… and ran into the same freakin issue I got last time. It’s at a point where it can’t give me any good info, either. I just have to go step by step through the variables and make sure my “write variable1 to variable2.” statements aren’t taking a letter (or uncleared garbage in memory) and trying to add with it, or trying to put a larger variable into a smaller area. It’s great when it’s going well, but debugging is a…
>The Sad Cat Blog
>I’ll just change the name of this thing to The Sad Cat Blog. No good news regarding Franna. I brought her home today, but she’s still sick. They gave me the option of a feeding tube – putting a hole in her neck, then sliding the food right down into her belly — “uh… no thanks” I’m not going to keep my cat alive if there’s obviously something wrong with her enough that she can’t eat, can’t drink… I tried just dropping water on her nose, she licked it off… that only worked for so long. I can’t get her…
>I stopped to visit Franna before work, I’d hoped to see the Dr, but he wasn’t available. I’m not sure if they did in fact do the X-Ray or the Ultrasound yet, but they gave her some medication to stop the nausea and they’ve been giving her fluids. She was really alert and aware when I got there, almost wanted to jump out of the cage, but she relaxed and was much more up and about then yesterday. So she’s certainly getting better, I’m hoping that she just needed something to be able to get back up on her feet…
>No Good News on the Kitty Front
>I just heard back from the Vet — blood work came out negative for any kind of virus, infection, or parasite. She could have an ulcer… or some other form of growth. There’s not really anywhere else to go from here other then an X-Ray and Ultrasound. Even if they do find anything with the X-Ray, I can’t do a surgery – much as I want to. If there’s nothing conclusive after the X-Ray, then I just bring her home and that’s that. I was on the phone with a customer the first time he called – had to get…
>Ms. Franna Goes to the Vet
>I just had to bring my kitty into the hospital for the night. She’s been real sick the past few days, not eating, being really slow… you can just tell she’s not feeling well. I brought her in, they offered to keep her for the night, give her some liquids and hopefully get her eating again. They kept trying to get me to agree to X-rays, but I want to see how all the other tests come back first. I feel so bad leaving her there – she knew she was in good hands though, and I’ll be back by…
>Today’s super funny! c l i c k h e r e Post-war futuristic artwork article. Radebaugh exhibit – I just bought a print of the city with the Zephyr. NY restaurants have found a way around the tobacco ban. Dog Translator Jim Carrey’s wife wants more monthly money. DVD X Copy – along the lines of DVD95Copy (below)
>(I took the time to put a few comments in the links… so hover for a moment over them) Check out DVD95Copy 1.3 photographer ousted for digitally modifying front page picture Lower Income = More Videogames The attack has begun! Car and driver review of my car. Yahoo! News: Cig Ban is Ash-Inine – esencially a rant about how the fines are less for smoking pot in public than it is for cigaretts in an establishment. (no link due to asshats in charge of making urls for yahoo) Remember Garbage Pail kids? I bet you don’t remember the movie!
>Master the art of complaining erotic anime The museum of unworkable devices (w/ explanations as to why) Why are troops wearing dark green camouflage? Find out what happens when you drop a giant 14′ rubber band ball from a mile up! Don’t buy too much sudafed — or: How to make crystal meth with widely available ingredients. If Guinness is black – what makes the bubbles white? The case mod to end all case mods (article for below) UMASS all-digital sky survey Mix-matched reptile lived longer in Australia then anywhere else The week in pictures Paint your own “King of…
>I’m tired today — but it’s OK. I’ll deal, I’ll sleep later. I’m behind in COBOL, it’s official. I’m going to hand in my half-done assignment 2 and see what happens. I’ll be able to work on it after I’ve handed it in, then get him the finished copy ASAP. I’m hoping it’ll at least buy me time. I can’t take the test for assignments 1, 2, and 3 without even having handed in 3. I spent a long time today trying to gain some insight into 2 very beautiful ladies. I can’t say they even had the remotest interest…
>OK — I had given up on Yahoo!’s URLs cause they’re all weird and were causing issues. This one looks alright and is too good too pass up. Gnome phones home. Who woulda thought? Hollywood likes drugs. Optical Camouflage So today is great! The party was kickin’ this weekend. There were many great people, everyone was considerate… (I didn’t find any surprises the next morning (unless they hid them really well)) and we all had a blast. The “Jungle Juice” as it was so affectionately called was a hit… and everyone was plumb puddin by the end of the night.…
>I heard some news last night, and I took it personally. I probably shouldn’t have as they gave valid reasons, but I can’t help thinking it’s got something to do with my own actions. Apparently Phil was approached by the landlord about moving over to that side with a rent-a-room rate (utils included, etc). He would get her bedroom (the same as mine on the other side) and she would move to another room. Shortly after Ken told me this he then said he would be looking for a place sometime in the summer. He cited the heating costs, the…
>[ begin school ramble ] There’s so much I have yet to do for school and the like — mainly my COBOL programming. I just can’t seem to get the time to sit there and play with it. I have the 2nd program written, we ought to be on the 3rd… and I’m still working the kinks out of what I’ve got. I am supposed to write a flow-chart first… but I don’t really know what goes on it. I end up getting way too detailed and might as well be writing down the code. I know I have a…
>Happy birthday to me! I went to my 1st class, it got out early so I skipped my 2nd to go do some insurance stuff. I got home, did some yard work, and cleaned the house… hung out for a bit, did some homework, and went to bed. I had taken the day off from work just so I wouldn’t have to work on my birthday. It was good to have a break, helped wind down from vacation… when I had all this time free, but still not enough. I’m preparing for the weekend, cleaning the house was part of…
>This reporter is having troubles, this one is a chilling entry. These images and accounts are hurting so much. I had my Hepatitis B shot yesterday — it’s all been downhill from there. Well, not really – I went to classes, then hung out in the park with Phil and Becca when I got out — so it wasn’t all bad. We threw around the aerobie and frisbee for a while. I ran around with sandles and feet on the grass. It was a little chilly by the end of the afternoon… but it was so welcome. It’s been a…
>I don’t know how the war is going, it’s getting tricky. Iraq’s getting tricky. It’s not right… but they are fighting as a people. We have people who elected to fight. They’re using whatever they can. I’m somewhat worried about this. It’s like seeing flyers on telephone poles with your “personal” information — and advertising to join in the battle against you. I don’t know the progress of the world (I meant war, but world works too) at this point. It’s spring out, that makes me happy… but I have a little smudge on my soul — to go with…
>I love being tested, it’s so much fun. I get a whole bunch of good, the good gets better… then it’s bad, hiss, bad, bad. It tests my patience, my coping, my outlook, and my temper. There are things that you can use with hindsight to learn… and some things that you may wish you weren’t there at that time — but it happened, and there’s nothing you can do about it. It’s just another bothersome little tidbit of life. When you can see the good tidbits through the bad tidbits… it makes it a little easier. I stayed calm,…