My Addled Brain

Currently playing: Dubtribe Sound System - Do It Now (Everything But The Girl Remix).

News Flash: This is quite possibly the best picture ever, and no thumbnail could possibly do it justice.

News Flash: My website page design and CSS stylesheet now both validate 100%! What does this exciting news mean to you? Well, nothing, most likely. But if you have a standards compliant browser, you can be assured that this website look exactly the same on your browser as it does when I design it, thus fulfilling every web designers sick wet dream. Well, maybe not, but it makes me feel better about myself, anyway.

News Flash: Sunday was Miah’s birthday. So, in keeping with birthday traditions from time immemorial: Happy Birthday, Miah. You’d be the coolest person I know, but your husband has already snatched that title away from you. Go hit him, now. You’ll feel better.

Currently playing:The sound of silence. Literally. I’m in the office today.

So, I’m back again. I apologize for Robby’s nonsensical ranting, and even I have no clue as to what he’s up to. All I know is I haven’t been able to get into my closet for the past three weeks, and since that’s where all my porn is, I’m a bit frustrated. (Just kidding, folks. I keep my porn the same place everyone else does, on my computer.)

Work is heating up; next week, we move our system to a new managed host. With guaranteed 98% uptime, a shared OC24 connection, and a faster dual processor system, I’m happier than an alligator in a preschool playground. Well, almost.

Wow, I’m in it for the shock value today, aren’t I? I’ll try to maintain my composure from here on out.

So, I was feasting on the entrails of my victims last week…no, wait, stop that. Entirely too silly. Try again.

It’s been fairly miserable here in the un-sunshine state today. A heavy gray sky and constant drizzle cause one to suffer from flashbacks of fall. It’s cold humidity clinging to a person like a frightened toddler, who’s only concern is that big boogieman sun showing up and separating it from it’s mommies and daddies who venture outside. I’m not terribly fond of days like this, to be honest. Give me bright, sunny skies, a torrential downpour, or a mild, breezy afternoon, but please, spare me these days, listless days that seem to give the world no purpose.

Wow, that’s almost poetic. I’m pretty fond of that.

Finally, in major cool guy news: Major Cool Guy purchased a new vehicle last week. Well, it’s a ‘99 model, but it’s new to him, anyway. A huge improvement over his previous mode of transportation. This is also good news for me, since that means I am no longer the official driver whenever one of us visits the other and we decide to go somewhere. This is definitely a welcome change, since it was getting to the point where I felt I should show up in a chauffeur’s uniform whenever I went to his house.

Currently playing: Veruca Salt - Resolver

Well, Robby is pretty upset today. He learned that Electrolux does not plan to offer the Screenfridge in the US, and he can’t afford to pay his long distance bill anymore, so he’s had to cut the relationship off. Since he’s in such a funk, he’s rewriting his rant as we speak, so you can expect it Real Soon™. I know you’re all eagerly anticipating it.

The car’s in the shop today. Just got off the phone with the shop, and between the water pump and some gas mixture valve, I’m dropping about 500 bucks today. I’m glad I’ve already got a fridge full of food, because it looks like I’ll be living off of it for quite a while. Ah well, such is me.

The Padre bought a house a couple of weeks ago. Pretty decent neighborhood, not too far where I grew up with Madre. Haven’t seen the house yet, but then again, they haven’t moved in yet, so I really doesn’t matter that much. I’m pretty excited for them, especially since this means they won’t kill themselves driving the Brat to school on the other side of town and dance in St.Pete every day, not to mention shorter drives to work. And less time in the car with the Brat is always good. This means a longer drive for me to visit them, but what the hell, everybody else is moving further away from me, why not them?

Speaking of family, I meant to post this last time:

Subject: Website Feedback

Okay well after all the time of being online, I have finally got around to visiting your website. After reviewing it’s content I find that there are few mentions of your truly Kick-Ass brother, and his kiss assness. In fact, all I have seen is a little blurb about how great you are for giving me your "P3 700, motherboard, and 384 MB of SDRAM" minus the motherboard, and how inconvinient it is to install. Well being the computer brain in the family was your choice there pal not mine. You also seem to abuse the quotation marks on some articles. Since you seem to like quote so much here is one for you "Like Robby, who’s faithfully sweeping the patio as we speak. I’ll be giving him a lube job later on tonight"…………YUCKY!!!!!!! I am not going to go there with the whole man-on-man lovin, but a robot? Especially an old one. I think you could do alot better, I mean vacuum tube technology is a thing of the past bro. I only say this because I care. Hey how about that Johnny Five? That is one hot piece of robot ace!! One last observation-you have a retro page with no tikis, dude that reeks. Now I must leave you……..War midgets with no arms (or hands), and Knib High football rules!

Peace in the Middle East!

Kent, your online neglected brother, and major cool guy

I’m sorry I’ve neglected you, Kent, as you are a major cool guy. Of course, that whole Johnny Five reference not only dates you, it shows a general lack of taste. I mean, Robby won’t have anything to do with that Tinkertoy reject.

Currently playing: Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms

So, once again, February 14th looms ahead like some dark demon that stalks the single and dateless. This accursed holiday has caused me no end of trouble, from the grade school Strawberry Shortcake "I Would be Berry Lucky if you would Be Mine" valentine to the beer goggled romance of today. I mention those grade school valentines in particular because, like Charlie Brown at Halloween, while the other kids got their red and pink cardboard sleeves stuffed with cards and candy, "I got a rock." Some people say "Unlucky in cards, lucky in love." Well, the opposite sure isn’t true, because I suck at cards too. And what’s even more frustrating, Robby’s caught up in all of this romantical nonsense, too. He found himself a hottie, an Electrolux Screenfridge. Robby’s head over heels on this one. Well, he would be if he a) could flip himself over without damaging his CPU, and b) had heels. Personally, she comes off as a bit cold to me, but what do I know about computer
love, anyway?

* Keep your nose out of my personal life, human. I’ll respect your privacy if you’ll respect mine. All I’m going to say is this: Touchscreen. I nearly blow a gasket just thinking about it… *

Well, that’s certainly disgusting.

The point of all this rambling tripe is that I still have a special someone. I’ll be spending this coming holiday in the arms of my faithful
lover. At least YOU never fail me.

Next time, I’ll be stepping aside so Robby can put up a full rant of his own. He’s been working on it for quite a while, and since he won’t quit whining about it, I’m going to give him some space next time. I suggest surrounding your monitor with comforting images to turn to as you read it, at they may just save your sanity.

Currently playing: Alison Krauss - Forget About It

I had one of the best dinners last night. I ate at a fairly new restaurant in town: Splash! (Exclamation point not mine.) Unless you’re completely daft, you’ll recognize that this is a seafood restaurant. And Oh! (exclamation point mine), what a seafood restaurant. I had the "Pan Seared Sesame Crusted Tuna", served with "Lobster mashed potatoes", and "vegetables". It was fantastic. I went there with my friends John and Sarah, John had the "Lobster Thermidor", and Sarah had the "Cedar Maple Glazed Salmon". For dessert, we split the "Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee", and after we ate, we left in a "car". My personal recommendation: you should "eat" there, if you’re in the neighborhood. But get a "reservation" first.

So, today is Gasparilla. So why, after spending so much time discussing it, am I sitting at home, working on the web site, instead of out there? Well, to be completely honest, I’m not a big fan of the parade. So, we get what we have here - which is the way I want it. So, I get it.

And finally, site news: In case you haven’t noticed, all of the previous entries are gone. I’ve moved them to the archives, which you can access from the bottom of the page. After all, I wouldn’t want to deprive you of any details of my life…that would be "unfair".

[Updated 2/2/02 - 7:56 PM] Apparently, it’s spelled Sara, not Sarah. I’d just go back and fix the article, but I find it funnier to leave it misspelled.