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I really dislike the Bic-knockoff pens we have in our office. “Value Plus” Medium Pt. India, because Bic pens are too expensive? These pens go dry if you set them down for 10 minutes and you have to write a little for the ink to start flowing again. They also seem to be high friction […]

This is a summary of what to do when no matter what you do your computer resets back to PIO mode from DMA mode thus giving you unhappy computer times. You’ve probably done this part but it’s here to eb complete… Right click My Computer and select Properties. Then select the Hardware tab and click […]

The cat was all “meow meow meow meow meow meow meow…” until I turned all the light out. He was also tryign to rub against me and purr. I know he’s freaked out if he’s coming to me for love. Dogs had to go out at 4AM and we all got back to sleep easily […]

We grilled our hotdogs and heated up some chili for dinner. Then we actually went inside and cleared away enough stuff to watch a movie (Garden State) to make the cat feel better because we decided it’s easier to keep him trapped in the part of the house that isn’t being done. Then made sure […]

I watched Beauty and the Geek just because of the name. I was just going to watch the beginning but then I watched the whole thing. I couldn’t look away as they couldn’t answer the 5th grade questions. I couldn’t look away at the dancing. And I had an urge to watch The Real Gilligan’s […]

It was a lot of fun having my sister around and I wish she were around more often. Maybe in a few years when she gets to run her own bevmo store she can get them to open one in Santa Cruz.

So I was digging a hole in the front yard to make a target for the potato bush that I was going to attempt to move (It didn’t work out because of the confined space it was planted in). Tami came out and said “That’s a big-ass hole.” I changed the emphasis slightly to “big […]

Last night Nicole and I went up to visit my Aunt Rita in Oakland. Everythign was packed up and today she’s on her way to Reno. My dad was there and I helped him move some stuff downstairs for Goodwill to pick up today. We also helped finish the last of the food in the […]

I had this $2 off coupon for Streetlight so I decided to see if they had a CD I wanted. They had 2, Five Iron Frenzy’s “The End is Near/Here”, and Kermit Ruffins with the Rebirth Brass Band “Throwback.” On the down side to this little excursion, there were no Original Cinn for me to […]

So today was just a normal day. Nothing seemed out fo the ordinary. Except in the afternoon I felt like I was having a sugar crash and wanted to take a nap. Instead I made myself go do something and I was fine after that.