Sitting Around Bored
Hello everyone. I am just a little tired today. I worked today but not very much. I went and bought my mom and grandma a new radio that they could connect to their XM Satellite Radio. I found a little $50 "boom box" at Best Buy that had a red and white cable input and also a CD Player and regular radio. I think that it will do nicely for what they want to do.
I did an ass load of laundry today. It took me longer to carry the laundry down to the laundry mat than it did for me to actually do it. What made it worse was the fact that it was cloths that I had left over from when i was sick last week. While I was running a 104 degree fever I did a little sweating and my cloths really stunk. By the way did I mention that I slept all the way through last Tuesday. I was so sick that I fell asleep on my couch on Monday night and I did not wake up until Wednesday at about 1 or 2 in the morning.
I am thinking about buying a radio at Best Buy and patching a signal through my Podcast computer to the radio. That way I can listen to a Podcast while I was in the shower. It would be about $30 for a radio and about $20 to $30 for a FM Broadcaster. That is a pretty cheep toy to play with. However I would also like to save up money for the Monolith Project. I will have to think about it.
That is really about all I can think about today. I am also going to do a Photo Blog update so feel free to check it out. I will write more in the future.
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January 9, 2007 11:06 PM CST
True Story About AOL
The following is an honest to goodness true story about AOL. The other day at work I had a customer that came in who was having trouble connecting to her AOL account. She told me that she had spoke to AOL Technical Support about the issue and they came to the conclusion that her modem had gone bad. "No problem" I said "I can replace your modem with a brand new one in about 4.08 seconds." I replaced her modem with a brand new one and quickly tested it out. To my surprise her computer was suffering from the exact same problem as it was with the old modem. "That is no big deal." I thought "I can simply uninstall her AOL software and install it with new AOL software." I did that and after configuring the new software I was shocked to find that she was still suffering from the same problem.
Now you must take into account that I currently hold a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Technology emphasis in Electronics. I graduated from college with a 4.57 GPA and I never went out to parties because I love to do homework and learn. In fact I spend about half of my day just sitting around learning as much as I can about as many different subjects as I can.
Anyway, back to my story. I ran a few scans on the customers computer to find out if she had a virus or something that could be causing her problems. I found out that her Operating System was running perfectly fine and that she in fact had no viruses. I then told her to take the computer home and try it out with the new software and the new modem and just see what happens. If it still does not work that she would need to contact AOL and go through the Technical support thing again but now with everything running fine.
I didn't hear from the customer for a day or two. Then I received a very funny phone call. It was the same customer. She told me that she had contacted AOL and she was on the phone with them for well over 1.5 hours. After running every quick fix, update, setting check, & modem query that they could AOL finally came up with an answer to her problem. (brace yourself, you are going to be receiving the next line in quotes from AOL.) AOL said "Geek Squad does not know how to install modems."
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME AOL!!!!! I have a Bachelors Degree, am A+ certified, hold two competency certificates from Vo-Tech, been elected (and re-elected) to the 3rd vice chair of my Alma Matter's Society of Manufacturing Engineers, been a President's Honor Roll member 5 times, fought on the front lines of the 2002 outbreak of the W32.Blaster.Worm, and have memorized every damn line from the movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley." I think I know how to install a GOD DAMN MODEM!
Let it be known from this day forth that I am bringing down the almightiest of Jihads upon the pathetic existence of AOL. I will see to it that every man woman and child knows the very disgusting fact that AOL does not give a damn about its customers. It is at this moment I am reminded of an old Klingon Proverb "Revenge is a dish best served cold." I will own you AOL. You do not know when, and you do not know how, but I will dance on your grave.
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AOLSucks.com Domain Ownership Information
Google Search Results for "AOL Sucks"
Digg article about the existence of an "AOL Customer Retention Manual"
January 8, 2007 11:03 PM CST
Flippin #1, Clay #2, & Rebecca #13
Current Standing Record Name Previous Standing Streak
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1st Place* 20-12 Flippin 1st Place*(tied) 1 Loss
2nd Place* 20-12 Clay 1st Place*(tied) 2 Losses
3rd Place 19-13 Agent Ryals 3rd Place(tied) 4 Losses
4th Place 19-13 Shane 3rd Place(tied) 1 Loss
5th Place 19-13 Rick 5th Place(tied) 5 Wins
6th Place 18-14 Richard 5th Place(tied) 3 Losses
7th Place 18-14 Paula 7th Place(tied) 1 Win
8th Place 17-15 Jenna 7th Place(tied) 1 Loss
9th Place 17-15 Jackie 7th Place(tied) 4 Losses
---.500 Line---
10th Place 15-17 Lora 10th Place(tied) 3 Losses
11th Place 15-17 Agent Hammer 10th Place(tied) 3 Losses
12th Place 14-18 Kelli 12th Place 1 Loss
13th Place* 10-22 Rebecca 13th Place* 8 Losses
Well that is it. Congratulations to Flippin, Clay, & Rebecca for winning this years bowl games. This is the first year that I finished below .500. This is the final standings with all the tie breakers in place. This year is a record year for the total number of tie breakers at 5. I hope that everyone had fun and I hope to see you guys next year for Bryon Bowl Games 07-08.
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Total Pot: $13.00
First Place (80%): $10.40
Second Place (10%): $1.30
Thirteenth Place (10%): $1.30
January 7, 2007 11:41 PM CST
For Tomorrow
Just for reference sake I have provided for you the picks and scores for tomorrow:
Clay picked Ohio State and a total scoring game of 35 points
Flippin picked Ohio State and a total scoring game of 48 points
Agent Ryals picked Ohio State and a total scoring game of 57 points
Shane picked Ohio State and a total scoring game of 48 points
Richard picked Ohio State and a total scoring game of 42 points
Rick picked Florida and a total scoring game of 41 points
Jackie picked Ohio State and a total scoring game of 20 points
Jenna picked Ohio State and a total scoring game of 52 points
Paula picked Florida and a total scoring game of 28 points
Agent Hammer picked Ohio State and a total scoring game of 31 points
Lora picked Ohio State and a total scoring game of 63 points
Kelli picked Ohio State and a total scoring game of 56 points
Rebecca picked Ohio State and a total scoring game of 65 points
I just wanted to get this information out there so that everyone could see it. That is a total of 11 people for Ohio State and 2 people for Florida. Good luck everyone tomorrow and GO OHIO STATE!
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Total Pot: $13.00
First Place (80%): $10.40
Second Place (10%): $1.30
Thirteenth Place (10%): $1.30
January 7, 2007 10:21 PM CST
8 People On Loosing Streaks, 2 People On 4 Game Winning Streaks
Current Standing Record Name Previous Standing Streak
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1st Place*(tied) 20-11 Clay 1st Place*(tied) 1 Loss
1st Place*(tied) 20-11 Flippin 3rd Place(tied) 4 Wins
3rd Place(tied) 19-12 Agent Ryals 1st Place*(tied) 3 Losses
3rd Place(tied) 19-12 Shane 3rd Place(tied) 1 Win
5th Place(tied) 18-13 Richard 3rd Place(tied) 2 Losses
5th Place(tied) 18-13 Rick 8th Place(tied) 4 Wins
7th Place(tied) 17-14 Jackie 6th Place(tied) 3 Losses
7th Place(tied) 17-14 Jenna 8th Place(tied) 1 Win
7th Place(tied) 17-14 Paula 6th Place(tied) 2 Losses
---.500 Line---
10th Place(tied) 15-16 Agent Hammer 10th Place(tied) 2 Losses
10th Place(tied) 15-16 Lora 10th Place(tied) 2 Losses
12th Place 14-17 Kelli 12th Place 1 Win
13th Place* 10-21 Rebecca 13th Place* 7 Losses
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Total Pot: $13.00
First Place (80%): $10.40
Second Place (10%): $1.30
Thirteenth Place (10%): $1.30
January 4, 2007 4:11 PM CST
Notre Dame Looses
Current Standing Record Name Previous Standing Streak
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1st Place*(tied) 19-10 Agent Ryals 1st Place* 1 Loss
1st Place*(tied) 19-10 Clay 2nd Place*(tied) 2 Wins
3rd Place(tied) 18-11 Flippin 4th Place(tied) 2 Wins
3rd Place(tied) 18-11 Richard 4th Place(tied) 2 Wins
3rd Place(tied) 18-11 Shane 2nd Place*(tied) 1 Loss
6th Place(tied) 17-12 Jackie 4th Place(tied) 1 Loss
6th Place(tied) 17-12 Paula 7th Place(tied) 2 Wins
8th Place(tied) 16-13 Jenna 7th Place(tied) 1 Loss
8th Place(tied) 16-13 Rick 9th Placed 2 Wins
10th Place(tied) 15-14 Agent Hammer 10th Place(tied) 2 Wins
10th Place(tied) 15-14 Lora 10th Place(tied) 2 Wins
---.500 Line---
12th Place 13-16 Kelli 12th Place 3 Losses
13th Place* 10-19 Rebecca 13th Place* 5 Losses
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Total Pot: $13.00
First Place (80%): $10.40
Second Place (10%): $1.30
Thirteenth Place (10%): $1.30
January 2, 2007 11:04 PM CST
Good Game Today
Current Standing Record Name Previous Standing Streak
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1st Place* 19-9 Agent Ryals 1st Place* 1 Win
2nd Place*(tied) 18-10 Clay 2nd Place*(tied) 1 Win
2nd Place*(tied) 18-10 Shane 2nd Place*(tied) 1 Win
4th Place(tied) 17-11 Flippin 4th Place(tied) 1 Win
4th Place(tied) 17-11 Jackie 4th Place(tied) 1 Win
4th Place(tied) 17-11 Richard 4th Place(tied) 1 Win
7th Place(tied) 16-12 Jenna 7th Place(tied) 1 Win
7th Place(tied) 16-12 Paula 7th Place(tied) 1 Win
9th Place 15-13 Rick 9th Placed 1 Win
10th Place(tied) 14-14 Agent Hammer 10th Place(tied) 1 Win
10th Place(tied) 14-14 Lora 10th Place(tied) 1 Win
---.500 Line---
12th Place 13-15 Kelli 10th Place(tied) 2 Losses
13th Place* 10-18 Rebecca 13th Place* 4 Losses
I really did not have a good day today. I am still hung over from the OU game yesterday. I can't believe that they lost that. I am still just a little sick from the crud that I am still trying to get over. Good news is that I finally got my new case hooked up today. I will take a picture for later postings. It is a solid black case and everything runs very cool in it. It is much better than the old case I had. That is about it for today. I will write more later.
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Total Pot: $13.00
First Place (80%): $10.40
Second Place (10%): $1.30
Thirteenth Place (10%): $1.30
January 1, 2007 11:58 PM CST
DAMN!
Current Standing Record Name Previous Standing Streak
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1st Place* 18-9 Agent Ryals 1st Place* 2 Losses
2nd Place*(tied) 17-10 Clay 2nd Place* 2 Losses
2nd Place*(tied) 17-10 Shane 3rd Place 2 Losses
4th Place(tied) 16-11 Flippin 4th Place(tied) 1 Loss
4th Place(tied) 16-11 Jackie 4th Place(tied) 2 Losses
4th Place(tied) 16-11 Richard 4th Place(tied) 1 Loss
7th Place(tied) 15-12 Jenna 4th Place(tied) 2 Losses
7th Place(tied) 15-12 Paula 4th Place(tied) 2 Losses
9th Place 14-13 Rick 10th Placed 1 Loss
---.500 Line---
10th Place(tied) 13-14 Agent Hammer 9th Place 2 Losses
10th Place(tied) 13-14 Kelli 11th Place(tied) 1 Loss
10th Place(tied) 13-14 Lora 11th Place(tied) 2 Losses
13th Place* 10-17 Rebecca 13th Place* 3 Losses
I have to give it to Boise State for playing one hell of a game. I am still shocked.
By the way did you notice that Agent Ryals is the only person with single digit losses.
11 People (including me) picked Louisville for the Orange Bowl tomorrow.
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Total Pot: $13.00
First Place (80%): $10.40
Second Place (10%): $1.30
Thirteenth Place (10%): $1.30