tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56140872011-12-14T20:59:33.853-06:00Since I gave up hope, I feel a lot better...The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.comBlogger5361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-81007811388440640452010-01-09T23:12:00.000-06:002010-01-09T23:13:16.845-06:00

Last month I had some XBOX 360 256MB Memory Cards ordered through BUY.COM from one of their partners, Silverstone Wireless. These were supposed to be Brand New cards for $9.99 each with $3.99 each shipping and handling. I thought this would be a great deal for a discontinued product. Boy was I wrong.Here is what arrived in the mail:I paid $3.99 per unit or $7.98 for shipping and handling. Didn't

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-9640366127286543912009-09-01T14:39:00.006-05:002009-09-10T11:35:19.226-05:00

Ok, a couple of weeks back the WHOLE family went on a vacation to Southern California. We (wife, myself, 5 year old son, 3 year old son, 3 year old daughter) all flew via Frontier Airlines to San Diego, CA. From there we drove up to Palm Desert and spent the week. Our final day the wife, oldest son and I all went to Legoland and had a great time while the twins stayed with my parents. Then we

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-38416930565220289012009-08-28T14:59:00.003-05:002009-08-28T15:04:12.074-05:00

Was auditing e-mail today, and ran across one of the stupid warning/notices at the bottom of the message. If you're going to warn people about something, especially a Federal Statue, you should really read what you are threatening with first.Here is the warning:NOTICE: This E-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-78613412755667658002009-07-14T13:13:00.003-05:002009-07-14T13:24:55.451-05:00

Today I headed over to Long John Silvers near my office, a place I've eaten many times before. It was recently remodeled, and I was expecting a good experience.Boy was I expecting the wrong thing.Started off with this obnoxious sign on the front door, telling you before you even enter the restaurant, just how much you are allowed in condiments, based on what you plan to order. Is this really

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-77637715259314967722009-06-08T13:24:00.002-05:002009-06-08T13:30:45.641-05:00

So, I found this really cool product form iomega, the Multimeda ScreenPlay Pro HD, so I clicked on their "Where to Buy" link and got a list of stores near my zip code. Evidently I should check with CompUSA, very near my location. Only one problem with that, CompUSA has been out of business since last year about this time. Way to keep your site updated iomega!

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-29343930639304794532009-05-18T23:32:00.006-05:002009-05-18T23:41:11.503-05:00

So, it is 11 PM, I'm about to go to bed. My dog decides it is time to puke at the back door. OK, let the dog out to eat some grass. Take a piss, then head to the garage to find some cleaning supplies to get the puke up off the tile.As I'm going into the garage, I happen to look down into the trash can. HOLY FUCK! A possum in the bottom of the trash can. Great now I have two problems to deal with

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-87199894315217616472009-05-11T06:58:00.002-05:002009-05-11T07:02:09.160-05:00

Last weekend I took one of my sons and my dad to the Keels & Wheels car & boat show in Seabrook TX. It was awesome, so I shared some pictures with "The Keeper" , they are up on his site for one day only. Enjoy.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-7451023803652182062009-05-03T23:07:00.002-05:002009-05-03T23:09:47.201-05:00

Really, parked like this. Just because you have money for a nice car doesn't make you smart.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-64454282123856150982009-05-02T16:53:00.001-05:002009-05-02T16:53:40.125-05:00

Hey, check me out at 360 Voice, if you have an XBOX 360, it will write a blog about your gaming exploits each day.The Dren

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-26563200449938290212009-04-20T11:25:00.006-05:002009-04-20T13:00:48.941-05:00

OK, so let me start by saying, my mom does a lot of nice things for the family. This was an attempt at one of those nice things. However, at no fault of her own, this was an EPIC FAIL.There have been persistent advertisements in the Houston Chronicle recently for a show called Artania, billed as an Acrobatic Horse Show. Mom saw this, and I had seen the ads, so when she called and offered to take

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-57104426606617161452009-04-09T10:57:00.003-05:002009-04-09T11:04:18.915-05:00

My mother wanted me to get a respectable job. Instead I choose to be an IT Jockey. I should have listened to my mom...This mail graced the box of EVERYONE in IT this morning from one of our uers.Essentially the user is upset becuase their trash was emptied, apparently without warning. How amazing, trash, thrown away. This happens about once a week here from our users, "My Deleted Items are gone,

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-22290087825325280722009-04-06T15:44:00.003-05:002009-04-06T15:49:09.713-05:00

Ok, this is my nineth cube in 2.5 years at the job. I average about 3.5 months between moves. It takes about two days each move, so I've been paid now for about 18 days of moving.Check it out, I have my main laptop with 2 19" displays. A small Thinkpad that I use for Network Analysis. A desktop with 2 17" Displays that I use for development and testing. And finally I have a Lenovo Ideapad

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-74711025811557192942009-04-05T18:37:00.003-05:002009-04-05T18:39:24.271-05:00

Yes, this product was much needed, the world will be a better place.Because when it comes to lips and assholes, ground up and grilled, you only want the finest, corn fed lips and assholes. No, no low quality lips and assholes for you.Me, personally, I'm holding out Kobe Beef Frankfurters.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-40892151561838037362009-04-01T22:59:00.002-05:002009-04-01T23:01:41.045-05:00

Got this from EMC tonight, this guy has to love his e-mail address:Really thought it was going to be SPAM.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-28572940110823875302009-03-25T15:21:00.005-05:002009-03-25T16:17:01.185-05:00

I can't make this shit up, really.This is an actual ticket that was opened while I was at lunch. Mine is the longer of the two responses.I can fix the Exchange Server, fix your Outlook, manage the VMware farm. But I'm not looking for a fucking ghost.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-84311769947372295612009-02-08T04:14:00.003-06:002009-02-11T09:53:18.697-06:00

Ok, I've been at the office since NOON YESTERDAY. We're trying to replicate our Exchange Server with a product called Double Take. We've had nothing but problems, solved one at a time through extensive troubleshooting.Finally, just when it looks like things are working... I look up at the just started process and ask, "Why is Double Take deleting the Windows directory on the Target Server?"

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-55639492387228333432009-01-20T11:59:00.001-06:002009-01-20T12:02:22.452-06:00

Over the weekend, one of my favorite webistes vanished. I couldn't find The Keepers Babe Of The Day. I've been reading it religiously for over 10 years. So, I e-mailed the keep. Evidently, without warning, his ISP went out of business. So he had to move. Here is the new link to The Keepers Babe Of The Day. I've mentioned it here a few times, even had some of my photos posted there, so here

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-58145620216341044292009-01-17T09:35:00.003-06:002009-01-17T09:49:02.062-06:00

Ok, last month I got hit by the Microsoft Internet Explorer Zero Day bug. It might just be a coincidence, it might be the root cause of many of my problems.Last week my Alienware 51M laptop started having the Wireless NIC fail when it would come out of Hibernate or Sleep mode. The NIC connects, shows the network. If I go to the Command Prompt and run IPCONFIG, everything looks good. But if I try

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-12961692579844625032008-12-15T08:49:00.003-06:002008-12-15T08:55:53.469-06:00

I worked for a little PC reseller in Houston when the Interent took off. As a result, I had T1 access at work as far back as 1995. Somewhere around then, I discovered "The Keepers Babe Of The Day". I've been checking it almost daily ever since.The site varies widely, and sometimes is NSFW. It can feature cars, airplanes, toys, very often Corvettes, naked pictures. All good stuff.So I sent

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-18472579610775592922008-12-11T12:34:00.005-06:002008-12-11T12:44:59.128-06:00

I had just come out of the office kitchen with my lunch when one of the other techs came up and said the Space Shuttle was flying by "RIGHT NOW!"So I grabbed my trusty Sony DSC-P8 3.2MP camera and went out the door. Our office sits near the Johnson Space Center and Ellignton Air Force Base. The Shuttle is stopping off to refuel the 747 that is transporting it from California to Florida this week

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-72490543836608528512008-12-10T18:40:00.001-06:002008-12-10T18:41:42.729-06:00

I didn't beat Jake for posting pictures of snow this year, but it is snowing in the Houston, Texas area tonight, I'll try to post some more pictures tomorrow morning. Hope this keeps up all night, I could get a day off from work!

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-8047703914815997762008-12-09T15:43:00.003-06:002008-12-09T16:34:55.824-06:00

Ok, I take a lot of drugs. I have 3 prescriptions for blood pressure, 2 for insulin, one for diabetes testing, 2 for insulin needles, 1 for allergies, and I'm sure I'm forgetting something else that I take occasionally.So, the coupons in the paper that give you gift cards at different pharmacies are like gold for me. I'm going to spend the money anyway, so I might as well get some back. Friends

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-61494179227176650212008-12-03T14:20:00.003-06:002008-12-03T14:24:56.949-06:00

Ok, I posted some funny e-mails from my Dell rep, even told him to stop e-mailing. He hasn't learned, but he did send this funny e-mail about Christmas shopping and what a rip-off Dell products are at Best Buy. No crap, e-mail from a Dell rep, cutting down their new business and distribution partner.Message from your AE at Dell (important please read)alphonso_quesada@dell.comsent: wed 12/3/2008

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-19311126625253440732008-11-17T18:45:00.006-06:002008-11-18T08:49:28.056-06:00

This was in my work e-mail late today:Hello,I wanted to follow up with you again and see if you got my last few emails I sent you. Your account is set in our corporate division so your company gets the best pricing and service available at Dell. I must establish contact with you or someone in your company. Please let me know if there is any purchases you have coming up or any projects so I can

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-73438993779111116662008-10-30T13:27:00.004-05:002008-10-30T13:36:24.231-05:00

Hurricane Ike continues to have it's way with me....We got a call Saturday night from the insurance adjuster. They have to e-mail us some paperwork to fill out, ok we tell them, we'll be watching for the paperwork.So, here we are 5 days later, no paperwork. So I call the adjuster firm, Quality Assurance Adjusting, LLC. They can't help me, I have to call the adjuster directly. So, I call the

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-74934024523076678022008-10-21T19:06:00.003-05:002008-10-21T19:38:43.132-05:00

Ok, got home today, and the Direct TV receiver wouldn't work. I had to open up the front cover and reset the system, then wait the 15 minutes till it came back up ready to run. Then, just after 7 PM, it comes up with a message asking my approval to "download data". So I said OK. The stupid thing reboots again, and I'm faced with this screen.What the fuck? Come on, really, did you need to upgrade

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-34604227654680575132008-10-08T00:30:00.003-05:002008-10-08T00:36:01.706-05:00

Woke up yesterday morning, my flaky Direct TV DVR wouldn't work. I had to reset it and remove power for about 15 seconds for it to work. Did the same thing for my wife later in the day.I called the 800 number and got a message about 5 PM, indicating that they were swamped with calls and aware of this problem.Today I got the following e-mail from Direct TV:Yep, that's right, they updated the

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-78879738969204894132008-10-04T16:20:00.003-05:002008-10-04T16:38:40.462-05:00

Three weeks now since Hurricane Ike. Two weeks since power was restored to my house.In insurance news, I have a meeting Wednesday afternoon with my adjuster from the Texas Wind Insurance Association. This week I got a letter from Nationwide Insurance, declining my claim, stating all damage to my house was due to Windstorm. Well duh, but what about the things you dummies were supposed to cover,

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-13296941824878421842008-09-26T14:55:00.003-05:002008-09-26T15:13:11.983-05:00

It has been a very odd week around here. Some things and places are very normal, some places look like the hurricane hit yesterday. And there is no rhyme or reason to the patterns. The Wal-Mart on my end of town is business as usual. The Wal-Mart at the other end of town still does not have full power or perishable groceries.After a week like last week, you begin to notice the odd things you

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-5094938299814277782008-09-21T11:56:00.004-05:002008-09-21T12:20:47.807-05:00

And the mess around here won't get fixed much faster.Yesterday we got up early, had a nice breakfast at my folks house, packed up the kids, dog and junk and headed home. I made a trip to Lowe's with the boy, we spent $135 on cleaning supplies. Then, when I got home from that expedition I started tearing out wet sheet rock. I didn't do much, I'm too tired to be mega productive at this point.Then

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-70494966540768746402008-09-20T09:44:00.000-05:002008-09-20T09:45:15.856-05:00

The power came back on at my house after we had all the kids down for bed last night. We drove over, there is no cable modem yet, but we turned the AC down low to help dry things out, closed up the fridge, tested all the lights.Now we're packing up stuff at my folk's house. Taking a while, stuff has sort of trickled over here all week. Our house was without power for almost exactally 7

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-21312670584355532112008-09-19T09:11:00.005-05:002008-09-19T09:33:11.266-05:00

Things are starting to get back to different degrees of normal around here. My parent's hosue now has electricity and the cable modem is back and working. My house has neither of these, and currently Centerpoint Energy is saying next week sometime, maybe later. Of course they said the same thing about my dad's house.I was supposed to meet with a roofer yesterday, but he never showed up, I have an

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-75398267405133156932008-09-17T14:04:00.004-05:002008-09-17T14:13:07.681-05:00

I spent most of Sunday at the house, waiting for the roofing company to arrive and put up tarps on our roof. They didn't get there till very late in the day, and it rained most of the morning, so I mostly tried to take care of the house.Our front door no longer opens, there is water damage in every room of the front of the house, upstairs and down. We lost one tree, and have another that might

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-72362591239489403002008-09-15T12:35:00.001-05:002008-09-15T12:36:42.360-05:00

I'm back at work today. Thanks to everyone who sent well wishes about our situation here with Ike.I'm at work today, our corporate Interenet connection has gone away, along with our main phone system. I'm now connected via USB Verizion Broadband.I've gotten all our systems up, with a lot of help from my team. Waiting on VMware to call me about an issue. Had hell with EMC this morning getting

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-53284135578559799382008-09-13T05:47:00.004-05:002008-09-13T10:10:06.446-05:00

It's 5:30 AM, my wife just called, the storm is still raging, she never got the eye. The roof is coming off the house, our kids trampoline is in the neighbors yard, and the windows are leaking. Haven't heard from Grandpa and my oldest boy yet.Then I called my dad, he lives about 5 miles away. He has no damage he can detect right now, but said the eye wall rent right over him and it was really

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-87106785411631605722008-09-12T13:58:00.001-05:002008-09-12T14:00:58.064-05:00

My wife just called, power is out at the house now. Can't get her to go to my folks house. Guess she and the twins are going to be warm and hang out in the dark.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-52574192876020549922008-09-12T09:50:00.001-05:002008-09-12T09:56:47.679-05:00

I found this site, I can't get much to come up, but it might be interesting for watching the storm arrive.Galveston Web Cams

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-3246906504481636012008-09-12T09:19:00.002-05:002008-09-12T09:23:43.956-05:00

Well, the eye is now headed straight by our house, a little east of us, so it will be windy and rainy for my wife and the twins. Meanwhile I'm stuck at a bank branch, wating to see if our Data Center survives the storm. If it does, I'll be heading home late tomorrow or Sunday. If it does not, my life will become a living hell of server recovery and screaming bank presidents. Could be fun

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-32642552054065753042008-09-12T00:55:00.001-05:002008-09-12T00:58:16.038-05:00

Ok, I'm in San Antonio, wife and twins are at home, boy is with grandfather. Went to HRC for a little dinner. The fun starts in about 5 hours when we start recovering some servers to get business back to usual. Looks like Ike is going to go right over our office and it shitty, leaky roof. So, best case the building and servers survive with minimal damage. Middle case, building is damaged,

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-54643495084276425622008-09-11T08:46:00.002-05:002008-09-11T08:48:50.241-05:00

Ok, they are predicting this thing will go in at Freeport, which is due south of my house. I'm still on the evac for work list, and my wife is starting to get a little freaked. We are also in the Zone C zip conde list, which means we should evac for a Category 4-5 hurricane. So far it is only predicted to be a Category 3. I needed more stress.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-23494993006731524672008-09-10T19:41:00.003-05:002008-09-10T19:44:39.764-05:00

So, I took the day off from work. Thought we were in the clear. That will teach me a lesson. I have a feeling that I will be headed to San Antonio sometime tomorrow morning. I'm packing up my stuff now, clothes, XBOX 360, computers, etc. About to go clear the crap out of my vehicle as I think I will have a traveling companion for the trip as well. Yay! Taking one of my other techs along

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-69342157422750388852008-09-10T11:23:00.002-05:002008-09-10T11:26:14.780-05:00

I took the day off as a comp/sick day. Figured everyone would calm down about Ike now. Boy was I wrong. The White path is the only one that comes close to us now, but it does put us on the 'dirty' side of the storm. I'm remoted into our systems now, configuring and running a Disaster Recovery backup job. I might be heading to San Antonio inthe morning.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-28586489010681516832008-09-09T09:50:00.001-05:002008-09-09T09:51:33.440-05:00

Well, after tracks that were heading right for us, Ike keeps heading further and further south. At it's current rate, it is really going to head for Brazil I think. The White line still goes right by my house, but I'm not as concerned today.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-83800271205142605132008-09-08T07:11:00.002-05:002008-09-08T07:15:35.744-05:00

Ok, the yellow track goes South and West of me, but if the hurricane follows that track, I will end up in San Antonio as a precaution I am sure. They are saying landfall around Friday. Great, ruin my weekend, why can't a freaking bad weather system arrive on Tuesday or Wednesday?

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-88135114105706145142008-09-07T15:28:00.003-05:002008-09-07T15:31:04.514-05:00

Check out that dark blue track, it's coming right at me, again! First Gustav, now Ike. What is is with these hurricanes? There are going to be people freaking out at work when I arrive tomorrow, and this thing is till over a thousand miles away. Looks like I might be heading for San Antonio sometime soon. Got to pack up my XBOX 360 and keep my streak alive at 360 Voice if that happens.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-26927121192129515642008-09-01T22:16:00.000-05:002008-09-01T22:16:54.474-05:00

Check it out, back in January I turned 40. I started asking folks to visit my XBOX 360 Blog at 360voice.com. I didn't make most popular then, but I stayed in the top 20 for the next few months. Then in May, I moved to the #1 spot and have been there ever since. This is something I find both really cool and amusing. If you have an XBOX 360, it is a really cool site, it will blog about your

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-70152765626910294572008-09-01T08:56:00.002-05:002008-09-01T09:05:00.137-05:00

Well, looks like Gustav is going to hang out with the Coon Asses and leave us alone. Thousands from Louisiana came here, even after being cautioned to head north instead. I saw on the news that folks from New Orleans did the same thing, going to Baton Rouge. Joke is on them, it looks like Baton Rouge will be harder hit than New Orleans. People so stupid that they evacuate from one huricane

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-75167503282101966932008-08-31T12:39:00.002-05:002008-08-31T12:41:51.027-05:00

Ok, here is this morning's projections map for Gustav. Yet on TV they are reporting that it is heading directly for New Orleans. Now, I do see where with most of these tracks how New Orleans will get the 'Dirty Side' of the storm, but it won't be a direct hit like they are syaing based on these models. And check out the Yellow track, it goes RIGHT OVER MY HOUSE AND JOB! Crap! There is a

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-1904237482591995682008-08-30T08:09:00.003-05:002008-08-30T08:13:11.672-05:00

Ok, tracking models still show it coming this way. I've got to go in and finish our Exchange migration after lunch today. Tomorrow the big wigs are having a pow-wow and deciding if we are going to bug out, so I might be the winner of a free trip to San Antonio tomorrow afternoon. Woot!

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-19237684345266393362008-08-29T23:35:00.003-05:002008-08-29T23:57:45.661-05:00

When I first started my current job, one of the first things I discovered was how much porn our users were storing in their e-mail. Windows Video, AVI and Power Point Show (PPS) files filled our mail database. So, I removed it all, 4GB of Porn, from about 70 users, was extracted. As a result of the file analysis, we decided to block multimedia from our mail server. So, today I get an e-mail from

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-33773601026997013782008-08-29T07:26:00.003-05:002008-08-29T07:32:23.823-05:00

Lookout! Hurricane Gustav is coming right at me! The yellow, black and white tracks at least. Great, we're doing Network Upgrades and an Exchange migration this holiday weekend, and now we have to deal with a POSSIBLE HURRICANE! (Run!) The other tracks go to the New Orleans area, so this is a special message to the people of New Orleans - "Don't come here!" Ok? Nuff said? And just like for

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-2907951364078413192008-08-14T19:35:00.007-05:002008-09-02T13:01:18.207-05:00

Recently one of my Direct TV TiVo gave up the ghost. I called Customer Servicer about this, and they said I could get a new HD DVR Plus at no cost, an upgrade of my dish at no cost, and keep my HD Tivo as a secondary receiver.Great, scheduled this for August 9, 2008, technician to arrive between 8 AM and Noon.At Noon, no tech had arrived, so I called Direct TV, I got the message I get EVERY

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-52969577795187408952008-07-22T09:51:00.002-05:002008-07-22T09:55:09.948-05:00

Got one of those funny dating sight e-mails today. Best photo on the list was from HOTFIREBIRDGURL. Why? She is driving that special, limited edition Firebird that looks exactally like a late 80's or early 90's Mustang. And it has the crappy, dealer installed sunroof that will always leak to boot! Most folks don't know that Chevy made these for their Firebird owners that secretly wanted a

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-53306327597121912292008-07-16T07:51:00.005-05:002008-07-16T08:13:37.919-05:00

Or time to cut and run?I'm in Dallas this week, taking the accelearated VMware training course that only the self loathing would sign up for in any case. Two 32 hour classes rolled into one 50 hour week. I'm just that self abusive.So, I'm staying at the Lincoln Center Hilton, across from the Dallas Galleria, with no rental car. The hotel offers a free, hourly shuttle to the mall. Cool, I'll go

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-65213065279354162802008-07-03T12:57:00.004-05:002008-07-05T08:55:55.734-05:00

This special message is for:Valerie T. LunseySRA Associates, a debt collector is looking for you.They can be reached at 888-816-9952 between 8 AM and 9 PM Eastern Time.Your case number is 1250556.Thanks for using my cell phone number on a credit application you filled out.Update 7-5-2008:They called again this morning at 8:06 AM. Ths is great.Origin Phone # For These Calls Are:856-925-1175856-925

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-40780312087465727922008-07-02T17:08:00.005-05:002008-07-02T17:15:09.811-05:00

Today at work my personal cell phone started ringing. So I stopped what I was doing, got it out of my backpack and answered. The caller immediately hung up. Nice.Looked at the Caller ID for the call, it was from 713-690-2741, and went to Google.My unfriendly caller was Rosa Ochoa of Houston, TX.Here is a map to Rosa's House.Looks like a pretty crappy neighborhood.I just wanted to tell Rosa,

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-68945663198445342532008-04-27T17:18:00.003-05:002008-04-27T18:23:59.924-05:00

Ok, so I'm at Kroger on Friday night. Getting some beer and other important supplies on the way home. When I spot perhaps the worst sounding product, ever:Thats Clamato & Budweiser with a twist of lime. Or, if you are watching your figure, Bud Light.Tomato Juice & Beer. Yetch, that has to be the worst sounding drink I could think of outside of what they make folks drink on Fear Factor.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-77978761005058921232008-04-23T10:12:00.002-05:002008-04-23T10:19:34.026-05:00

I spent Monday and Tuesday this week in Crockett, Texas, migrating users at a bank we bought to our e-mail system. On Monday, looking for lunch, I was directed to a Chinese place across the town square from where I was working.LEE'S CHI A NN - How can you go wrong with a name like that? Don't know what it means, so it must be good. Cool, old building too.They had an extensive Lunch menu too, with

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-92145291090000953162008-04-19T10:07:00.004-05:002008-04-19T10:34:33.046-05:00

Last week my family and I went on a great vacation, had an incredible time, and I came back refreshed and ready for work again.Went to work on Monday and Tuesday, had great days, worked 10 hours each day, got a ton of stuff done.Then Tuesday night, while looking for something on the net, I ran across something that completely deflated me. A good friend of mine, Bill Burton, had taken his own life

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-84273386407298526972008-04-14T12:08:00.004-05:002008-04-14T12:18:40.981-05:00

Found this while cleaning out the NDR mail after getting back from vacation today, it was from:From: Scott McClure scott@lionshareconsult.comTo: scottmcclure000@yahoo.comCongratulations, Scott McClure, you are The Dren's Douche of the Day!Scott McClure - go to this link: MonsterGet a real fucking job, loose the gay ass haircut and suit and work like the rest of us, quit spamming folks begging

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-67608782309671971392008-04-07T07:54:00.001-05:002008-04-07T07:56:23.662-05:00

I've posted some interesting vending machines on here before, but this one has to be the most EXPENSIVE vending machine I have ever seen. The photo is a little blurry, but I saw these at Houston Intercontintnal Aiport and Dallas Fort Worth Airport on Saturday. It is an iPod vending machine. Full of iPods, accessories, digital cameras, camcorders and other high end electronics. Pretty impressive.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-20357753835827589812008-04-01T23:27:00.003-05:002008-04-01T23:29:02.554-05:00

Try saying that seven times fast!And try ordering an iPod shuffle like this:

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-86704811077511909432008-03-25T06:25:00.002-05:002008-03-25T06:28:21.137-05:00

Got up this morning, ready to take my walk, checked the online weather. How can I get a job where I don't even have to try to be right and still get paid? Tuesday's Low? 61. Current Day/Temp? Tuesday/52? WTF? Ok, I'm guessing you just randomly pick some numbers then for the weather page and charts. Clip is from the Houston Chronice website, taken at approximately 6:15 AM, Tuesday March 25

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-43291493123550752832008-03-24T12:36:00.002-05:002008-03-24T12:41:38.565-05:00

Ok,Went to Dallas a couple of weeks ago to check out a bank we bought up there.Got to Houston Hobby at 7 AM for my 8 AM flight, but thanks to Southwest Airlines messed up maintenance and heavy fog, didn't leave till 11:30 AM. Screwed up the whole day.So, I'm going back this Thursday, hopefully it will go better. Here are some hilights from the last trip:I'm not sure, but this might have been

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-9882669977659826312008-03-14T14:06:00.003-05:002008-03-14T14:10:06.933-05:00

Went to the mall for lunch today and found this tremendous parking job.This is truly a half assed job, the ass end is the half that is in the parking space.We looked around while going for lunch and didn't see anyone who looked obviously drunk.When we came out we noticed it had been ticketed by the Mall Cops. Look out buddy, the Baybrook Mall Police are after you!

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-28614807610851763792008-03-12T08:56:00.002-05:002008-03-12T09:13:53.602-05:00

Our IT Department loves to eat at this little Mexican resturant near the office on a fairly regular basis. We go there at least a couple of times a month. We were all amused by the following sign one day:Yep, it says, "We are not resposible for lost of money on this machines." Ok, I understand you are not resposible, but if you aren't resposible, who is resposible?

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-83420524109033332512008-03-10T19:46:00.001-05:002008-03-10T19:48:22.505-05:00

Got caffine? I think I might be addicted. This is from a day a few weeks ago, I was setting up a new branch in Dallas, I needed some extra energy.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-70546158464455142202008-03-07T07:23:00.011-06:002008-03-07T15:21:47.241-06:00

And there won't be 30 left when I am done with the bottle...Last night the wife and I made the trek to The Meridian in Houston to see They Might Be Giants, with special opening act Oppenheimer. We had a tremendous time. Split a pint of 100 Proof Southern Comfort in the parking lot before the show. Had some Shiner Bocks during the show. I'm paying for it today, and she feels even worse, but it

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-87975276465580537642008-03-07T00:50:00.004-06:002008-03-07T00:57:11.083-06:00

I've been freaking busy. There were issues at work. They have seemed to have been resolved for the time being. There are projects at work, I feel a bit like Sisiphus currently. Things have been damn good at home, but I've just been too busy to post much, or at all for the past few months. But I think I can make a stab at some regular updates soon. Both my readers will be so excited.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-40263043986533033502008-01-05T00:56:00.001-06:002008-01-05T00:56:59.869-06:00

My blog at 360voice.com is close to being the #1 blog, I just neeed your help, making it #1 and beating Major Nelson this month. I'm turning 40, and would really love to beat out Major Nelson for the top spot at 360 Voice this month. So please, check out my blog and help me beat Major Nelson's blog.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-5591064398134571652007-12-26T23:33:00.001-06:002007-12-26T23:35:14.693-06:00

I don't know if the show is going to be any good, but I wish someone would get this girl a haircut!

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-5395525095711562342007-12-20T10:10:00.000-06:002007-12-20T10:10:53.587-06:00

Wow, it has been over two years since Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans, and the refugees that came to Houston are still asking for handouts, free rent and other assistance.Why won't they just go home? Here is a woman that had to move in with her mother becuase she and her SEVEN children can't survive on what she makes as a part time cashier. Seventeen years old is the oldest child, and

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-75093433247232275522007-10-28T12:08:00.001-05:002007-11-26T10:07:10.900-06:00

It's been a while since I posted. I've had a lot of things going on at home and work. At work, I got un-promoted. Mind you, not demoted, but un-promoted. Called into the office and told that my promotion never happened, that it was an administrative error. No, really, that is what happened to me about 3 weeks ago. So, I've been pretty demotivated at work. I don't trust my employer any

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-26887532988288654762007-09-30T10:16:00.001-05:002007-09-30T10:33:31.110-05:00

Early this month, I took my wife to ride the Boardwalk Bullet at the Kemah Boardwalk here in Kemah texas. This is an old school wooden twister coaster and is brand spanking new, opened Labor Day weekend.This is a great coaster, and worth the $5.00 cost of the ride ticket. This cosaster holds the World Record for most crossovers on the tracks. It also employs magnetic brakes, so it can run rain

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-79926416106958639662007-09-18T09:38:00.000-05:002007-09-18T09:38:35.777-05:00

Ok, I'm online to learn about Double Take Software (Link Below), so I'm on a conference call and a Microsoft Live Meeting. We have a guy on the phone call who is not qualified to work in IT on the call. His great questions:1. Can I replicate a 100GB drive to a 20GB drive and keep all the data? No.2. Do I have to have identical hardware? No.2a. Follow up - So, if my hardware does not match,

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-45832556767950291952007-09-04T11:18:00.000-05:002007-09-04T12:03:57.142-05:00

I'm on the phone to my credit union. They are not the only offender in this category by far, I have experienced this with HP, Symantec, Comcast and Kroger Pharmacy.The phone is answered and I get the message:"Sorry, we are experiencing an unusually larger call volume at this time, we appreciate your patience... blah blah blah... we value your business... blah blah blah... someone will be with

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-65211445471949053182007-09-03T08:57:00.001-05:002007-09-03T09:00:10.812-05:00

On Thursday I went to a training sponsored by Dell, Double Take and Level 5.It was at the baseball park downtown. Started out in a conference room, we got very good presentations from all three vendors. Then they fed us stadium food and gave us tickets to the game.I had some productive meet-ups at the game. Learned a bunch, and met one other guy working in baking, with a system very similar to

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-54894152414907837692007-08-15T15:04:00.000-05:002007-08-15T15:05:57.961-05:00

Ok, if you grew up in the 80's like I did, and you happen to be straight and male, you probably had at least some impure thoughts about Winnie Cooper from The Wonder Years.I happened across this USA Today article yesterday, just becuase I'm on the road and the paper was free in my room. I don't watch much network TV, so I had no idea she was still acting. On top of that, she has written a text

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-77124705200078726402007-08-13T10:05:00.001-05:002007-08-13T11:02:54.588-05:00

I have a brand new Windows 2003 SP2 server, with the latest build of Symantec Backup Exec 11d Build 7170 where the Backup Exec Services will not start. So, I've been on the phone with Symantec Support for over an hour, reloaded the software, rebooted the server, and still it does not work. We dug a little deeper into the logs and found this:Event Type: ErrorEvent Source: Symantec AntiVirusEvent

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-23370709530625342382007-08-12T17:57:00.001-05:002007-08-12T17:59:41.136-05:00

Ok, I was at Target yesterday, and I love their dollar aisle at the front of the store. Yesterday, we noticed some Flash Cards, and having kids, thought that they might be a good deal for a buck. Then we looked closer:Yep, folks, right there, the mighty Jupiter, the Ringed Planet. Very high quality flash cards indeed. Or maybe, as my wife suggests, a plot by the Chinese to make our kids

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-87580424459000023042007-07-30T11:18:00.001-05:002007-07-30T11:20:08.143-05:00

A real question, from a real user. Folks, I can't make this stuff up!In our "Support" mailbox just now:"For a couple of days, now, have been receiving junk e-mails. Rebooted on Friday before I left, and still receiving. Please assist. Thanks!"Wow, if I had just thought of rebooting my PC to keep junk e-mails from arriving. What a great idea. I'm going to reboot every PC in the world and stop

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-57198019118157847502007-07-27T16:01:00.000-05:002007-07-27T16:14:04.046-05:00

I honestly don't know why I am amazed at people's stupidity any more, but I am for some reason.Last Saturday I listed about 46 items on eBay, each carrying this disclaimer:Seller's payment instructionsAll items adult owned, non-smoking home.PayPal payment is due within 3 days of auction close. Will ship next business day after payment. Shipping discount for multiple item wins, wait for me to

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-30957698472321269862007-07-25T20:15:00.001-05:002007-07-25T20:15:46.578-05:00

I'll try to expand on this later, just wanted to note that Unruly Behavior is four years old today!

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-53824982256899528082007-07-24T12:29:00.000-05:002007-08-01T11:58:53.552-05:00

Check this out, my XBOX 360 has it's own blog now! Thanks to 360 Voice, my XBOX 360 has something to say about me each and every day.The Dren's Xbox 360 can blogPreview!

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-23695544568079238572007-07-22T09:45:00.000-05:002007-07-22T09:46:39.473-05:00

The Valentine's day before we got married, I bought my wife a sliver, French posey ring that reads, A Ma Vie De Coer Entier, which translates to, My Whole Heart My Whole Life.She loved the ring and wore it constantly. Over time it tarnished a bit, and part of the finish started flaking off. She quit wearing the ring.I thought it was silver plated, began looking for a replacement for our

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-86579080492447123792007-07-20T14:04:00.001-05:002007-07-20T14:07:33.079-05:00

As if I didn't have enough ways to feed my vices, I found this on the way to work the other day at Exxon of all places. Been back for more two times since... This is STOK (Stoke) - 40mg of caffeine goodness in a creamer sized cup to turbo charge your coffee. It says limit 2 per day on the package, so I put two in my cup each time. Stuff is great, does not change the flavor of the coffee, but

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-66484614699736611352007-07-20T08:37:00.000-05:002007-07-20T08:42:02.988-05:00

Got the image above this morning in our support e-mail box. User asking, "Why isn't this application working today." So we requested him to send the user name and password he was using. Then we successfully logged in with them. So, what is the way to say, "Your application is not working because you are incapable of entering your username and password correctly on a consistent basis, please

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-72008155775658908052007-07-12T06:51:00.000-05:002007-07-13T09:02:00.554-05:00

Ok, for the past several years, some bozo in Cleveland, Ohio, has been handing out and using a Google Mail address that is mine, as his. Apparently we share the same name. So, being the nice guy I am, I requested that he stop, by e-mailing some of his friends and family. It has never stopped, so I've been having fun. Returning his e-mails, telling folks to fuck off, cancelling an apartment

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-43039881595925088392007-07-10T15:44:00.000-05:002007-07-10T16:32:32.363-05:00

Ok, I think I've posted more problems with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) than anything else on this blog. So recently here in the Houston area Time Warner was taken over by Comcast.I tried the 1-800-COMCAST # and got disconnected by them, with a message that they are too busy to talk to me right now.Then I tried to start a Chat Session online, I started out 20 minutes ago #60 in the queue.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-39525098500099577012007-07-03T09:02:00.000-05:002007-07-03T09:02:44.029-05:00

This is great, you see a greedy woman loose in her attempt to screw everyone else. I love this kind of video!MyFox Dallas Patience Pays Off Big for Dallas iPhone Fan

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-67398368310779707962007-07-01T13:37:00.000-05:002007-07-01T14:23:34.265-05:00

Ok, it's been a few weeks now with the Alienware computer. Alienware sent me a $25 Gift Certificate from Amazon due to their failure to include the advertised IR Remote that was listed as a feature on their web site. They also changed their website, and it is no longer listed as a feature. Score one for the little guys!Now that I've had the laptop for a while, I have to say, it is one of the

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-54596998636903887732007-06-28T15:57:00.000-05:002007-06-28T15:59:14.311-05:00

Don't know if I should laugh or cry, but this describes things around here to a tee.

The Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077471052756079257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614087.post-56877357437467975702007-06-27T13:50:00.000-05:002007-06-27T13:55:16.877-05:00

Ok, about once a year I venture to Bennigan's for the Monte Cristo sandwich. Check this thing out: White Bread, Turkey, Swiss Cheese, White Bread, Ham, American Cheese, White Bread. Sound good so far? Now take the entire son-of-a-bitch, dip it in batter and deep fry! Yeah, now you're talking about a good, healthy lunch! Top it off with raspberry jam and some fries, wash it all down with about a

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We stopped at the Silverlake Whataburger for lunch today. We went in and ordered, which was uneventful, it wasn't till we started looking for a table that we noticed something was wrong. The resturant was filthy, I mean food on the floor, the tables, junk everywhere, it was 2:16 PM and the resturant clearly had not been swept or otherwise cleaned in hours. To top it off, once we sat down, we were

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This is a great piece of creative writing by liberal media. Six kids steal someone's car, run it into a train. Four die. This is not a tragedy, a tragedy is when something bad happens to someone for no reason. A tragedy is not something bad that happens to you while you are stealing someone's car. One of the parents wants to blame the train company, seemingly overlooking that without an

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I can't quite remember when I got sick of hearing about Paris Hilton on the news. I never will understand how someone known for being slutty and rich is newsworthy these days. Put my wife on the news, there is a real celebrity, she takes care of all three kids every day, while I am off working, frequently with no help, due to my schedule. Put any of a dozen of my high school teachers from so

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We've got an outside company in this week, helping us write business contingency plans. So we took them out to lunch at Perry's Grille, for their incredible lunch pork chop special.Look at this thing, it is really as big as the picture makes it look!

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After getting another oddball hang-up on my cell phone today, I found this site, Who Called, and tracked the number to American General, and someone I do not want to call back. It is pretty cool, you can list a #, who it was, when the called, and your comments. And you can see the results of other folks with calls from the same phone numbers.whocalled.us

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Here is a video from last Friday night's concert at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Las Vegas.

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Update 5-29-2007:Got a message from Alienware late today:Please be informed that we checked our website and we found that it in fact says that the M5550 comes with a remote control, but it does not specify that the remote control is only included when a Media Center operating system is selected. After finding out about this, we forwarded this information to the respective department so they can

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