Life changing statements.

“My sister says you play Dungeons and Dragons. We should be friends.”

“Want to go to a fourth of July party?”

“Why didn’t you pull out?”

“eh, just break down and get a domain like the rest of us.”

“You should check out this bulletin board.”

“Nice leash.”

“What quest u guys working on?”

“Son. I’m sick.”

“It doesn’t look good, Mike.”

“The size of your sons head is proportional to yours, Mr. McGreevy. You have big heads. You also make beautiful babies. Go make some more.”

“I saw a job online today that I think you’d be perfect for.”

“I’m directing a show. It’s a rock musical, and I need you to come audition for it.”

“I’m giving you one of my access codes. You really need a live journal.”

“She didn’t make it.”

“No, he’s not coming back. He left. With Mary.”

“I’ll see you and your fucking kids in court!”

“Why don’t you take your son and get the fuck out of this house?!”

“Did you mean it when you said Kimmie could move in with you?”

“If that’s really what you two want to do, go do it. Now.”

“We’ve fallen in love with each other.”

“Have you seen the news? We’re under attack. They’ve bombed the World Trade Center!”

Perhaps more later as I think of them.

Got any of your own?

New technologies!

So this morning I decided to take the plunge to Digital Phone service. Here’s the deal. I’m currently paying $31.95 a month for standard cable, and about $80 a month for my phone service (I have a package deal that includes unlimited long distance and all the bells and whistles). My new cable bill is going to be $91.90 (without my broadband service, which is not currently eligible for a pacakage deal because I have business class) and will not only include all that I currently have, but will also add a DVR and Digital Cable.

Now I just have to decide if we’re going to put the DVR with access to the extra channels in the living room or the bedroom. I’m leaning towards the bedroom, personally.

Whee!

Ok, so yesterday sucked. Got an email that pissed me off and set the day off to a crappy start first thing in the morning. Got home from work to find out the my Mother had fallen and needed to go to the hospital (five stitches in her knee because she was cut down to the bone. She’s in a brace for two weeks to keep her knee from bending). Ended up spending 4 hours in the ER (half of which was with her…which, admittedly, was nice to get a chance to talk to my Mom…but as I told her, if she wants to spend some time with me all she has to do is call). Between those things and a few other minor annoyances this weekend is off to a cruddy start.

Ok, fates! Tonight is my birthday party! You take this bad juju and shove it right up your ass!

Speaking of which – For those of you who haven’t RSVP it’s not too late to do so.

It’s a cold pizza and coffee kind of morning already.

Attention Fence Boys!

You know who you are!

Up for another round of “extreme physical labor” at my house?

Actually, this will be more along the lines of wanton destruction.

I’m done battling the hot tub. I’ve sunk hundreds of dollars into it, replaced electronics, replaced piping, filled and refilled and scrubbed and chlorinated. All to no avail. I fix one problem and another crops up. The electrics are all working, but now there is a massive leak that I cannot pin down. I’ve spent the last week with a small lake on my back porch.

And I’m done.

So some Saturday over the next month or so (before the Christmas Eve party, hopefully), I want to rip it out completely. The hardest part of all this is going to be getting the actual tub itself out of the porch. Unless I miss my guess, we’re going to have to pop out one of the screens to do so. Other than that, I really don’t think it will be half the effort that the fence was.

Any takers? When would you be available?

Thanks in advance.