Saturday, May 31, 2008

With all this bickering about presidential candidates and their qualifications or lack thereof, I am reminded of what someone said in another election campaign. "Sir, John Kennedy was a friend of mine and YOU are no John Kennedy".

Well, Dell's lack of technical help and customer service has left this machine in a precarious state as the problem of unexpected shutdowns which I reported to them several weeks ago has gone unresolved. I even replied to their e-mail about that session and have not received a reply to that. I suspect a hardware problem related to the motherboard but I do not have the expertise to diagnose or solve the problem. Also, the machine is still under warranty so it is up to them to fix it. What will it take to get the people at Dell to do something?

Friday, May 30, 2008

Those evil and vile military men in Myanmar/Burma have got to go by one means or another. If innocent people would not get hurt I would suggest and support that we bomb the hell out of them and rid the country and the world of that scourge and let the good people rule themselves especially since the spineless and gutless United Nations doesn't seem to want to do anything so others have got to take action. The situation only grows worse day by day for those left homeless by the cyclone and those friggin' military people don't give a rat's ass about anything except themselves.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008


I am having fun working with Photoshop Elements this past week. I have such a backlog of things to do but this program makes it so much easier especially with the cataloging of images and the ability to place them in (virtual) albums. This makes the actual file name rather superfluous as you only need to look up the subject matter or tag that you may have applied.

This photo was taken at Puget Sound in the State of Washington a number of years ago. It was a lucky shot in that I was at the right place at the right time.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Picture of the night...

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Here is a sweet musical duo for you.

Friday, May 23, 2008

Grrr...

If Dell computers were as bad as their nearly non-existent customer service were, I would have thrown this laptop out the window by now. Since this machine is now out of warranty (Isn't that always the case?) I cannot get free support so I tried logging onto their support forum only to find out that my old user name and password was not recognized. Soooo....

I tried re-registering but after a few missteps on my part, I got to the final log on page only to be told that that user name and password already existed.

Grrr...

What does it take to find out why this desktop has suddenly taken to shutting down without warning? It is as if we had suffered a power failure only in this case the battery does not kick in either. How do I get to the Dell forums or a service person without jumping through hoops?

Doesn't anyone out there care????????

Thursday, May 22, 2008

I'm disappointed that my personal favorite, David Archuleta, did not win on American Idol, but I expected David Cook to win. He is a rocker and that is what so many people want and what the record companies want. Archuleta, on the the other hand, is a sweet faced, sweet voiced kid, who was really out of his element in this regard and while he has talent, it is not as marketable as that of Cook. Hopefully he will find his niche in the musical world. Other non-winners have so why not him?

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

I love this story about the lost parrot who knew where he lived.
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If Democrats are fed up with the eight years of George Bush, how can some Clinton supporters say they won't vote for Obama and some Obama supporters say they won't vote for Clinton. That is a recipe for disaster and another four to eight years of the same old same old. Come on people. Put away your petty differences and unite behind whoever the Democratic nominee is. Stop your bickering now. Think of the country first...please.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

So Senator McCain believes that the war in Iraq can be won by 2013??? Give me a break! It has been going on for nearly eight years and he wants to extend it another five years??????? For that reason alone this man does not belong in the White House. If we are still in Irag in 2013 there won't be any America for the troops to come home to.

Friday, May 09, 2008

DUMB DUMB DUMB SURVIVOR

And I thought it was dumb of James to NOT play either of his hidden immunity idols last season when he had the chance and got voted out as a result. Now Erik tops that by giving away his immunity necklace in hopes that one of the other untrustworthy survivors is going to give him a pass. With only one more tribal council before the end of the current series that had to be the stupidest thing I have ever witnessed. I wonder what the women will have to say amongst themselves on Sunday night and whose throat will they cut the next time?

Now I wonder how much ice cream this "ice cream man" gives away.

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

#&%@$#*@# Oh, woe is me. If it isn't one thing it is another. Now I need to have a tooth pulled and either an implant or a less expensive bridge but my dentist claims that the extraction and implant will cost me $6000 while the extraction and bridge will cost $3000. My dental benefits book indicates that the extraction and bridge are covered but payment to the dentist will be far far lower than that figure. Where did my dentist come up with such an outrageous figure in the first place. Grrrrrr........


Monday, May 05, 2008

What we need in the USA is unlocked GSM phones (and networks) not more locked CDMA phones that can't be used outside the country. I like my phone from Verizon but their network and this phone is CDMA technology and is a pile of junk outside the country. When is the USA going to get on the world standard?

Sunday, May 04, 2008

Extinct? Not hardly! It is stories like this one from South America which makes me wonder if an extinct volcano in Nevada could come back to life after thousands if not millions of years.