Critter’s Krib

While I enjoy a nice steak, sometimes I just go for quantity over quality. This baby is 2.89 lbs of bloody rareness.

I guess it is a good thing I start my day at 4:30 am.

Yesterday Microsoft released a “Technical Refresh” to their Office 2007 Beta 2 product. I have been using the beta 2 since it was released, and have been pretty happy with it on the whole. Outlook recently started throwing errors every time I opened it. So much that I had to revert back
to Outlook 2003.

I was hoping, with the release of the Technical Refresh, that I would finally be able to run it again. Alas this was not the case.

Due to my configuration, I had to uninstall the entire suite. Reinstall Beta2, then install the TR. Outlook continued to do the exact same thing. As soon as I opened it, I received the ole “Error blah blah… Send to Microsoft… blah blah..” Every time. It wouldn’t even open up for me in safe mode, which it automatically attempts to do after so many failed openings.

So here I sit, waiting for it to finish uninstalling. I will then have to reboot (another horribly lengthy action) I spit on rebooting. Patooey! (You can hear the spitting sound in your head, I’m sure). After rebooting, we’ll (that’s just me).. I’ll be re-installing friggin 2003.

Oh well. time to reboot.

This is what Talon gave me for my birthday. With a little help from my mother, of course. It’s great, read it. It will bring a tear to your eyes, either that or I’m just getting old. If you have trouble reading it, just click it and you can see the full size on flickr .

Today was a pretty uneventful day. Older birthdays just don’t seem to matter much. But what can I say? I are old.

ps. we rule!

Oh, another thing. I am thinking of removing the subscriber option to the blog. It makes me feel guilty that people are notified of my ramblings. I feel as though I am spamming people if I post more than a couple times a day.  I guess subscribers have the option to drop off if they want.. So if you get tired of hearing from me, I won’t be offended if you drop off.

Peace out.

Jaeger says … Not a damn thing. He’s a tortoise.. they don’t friggin talk. wtf!

Absolutely no motivation to write a damn thing lately. The computer screen makes me ill — not really, but I hate being in front of it lately.

The kitchen floor is done. Well, at least the subfloor is completed. Now I have to work on the drywall, which I ha-ate! Drywall is just a big
P.I.T.A.. I don’t want the fact that I loathe doing drywall to slow down my progress. Once the
drywall is completed, then it’s on to cabinet installation. I am NOT looking forward to this portion of the remodel. It would
be over $1,200 to get the cabinets installed by the makers. I guess we’ll see how it goes.

Oh well, back to the grind.

p.s. It is too effing hot outside. It’s almost like breathing through a wet wash-cloth.

On the way back from Chicago, Talon was given the
opportunity to sit in the pilot’s seat and push a bunch of buttons and
pose for a picture. He looked so cute sitting there. It was
brilliant.

I are back and in one piece! Excited, you are, I know — sorry watched Star Wars on the plane home. Anyway, It will
probably be this weekend before I post a proper update with pictures, etc.. So, you just hang in there ok? Ok? Steady
breathing.. In….. Out.. Ok, sorted. Everything will be ok. In the meantime, I will leave you with this picture I
snapped in Chicago.

Back shortly with tons of pics and news!

Have a great and safe 4th of July

Adds a whole new level to the game, don’t you think?

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Is it me or are the days just taking forever to go by? I swear it’s doing my friggin head in sometimes. Anyway.. I resisted the urge to get a different
cell phone this afternoon. Oh, it was tough. Mine works good enough. It does the job I need it to do. But oh how the newer phones have such
pretty bells and whistles. I also resisted the urge to get a new radio for the truck. My only reason for looking at a new reciever is so that I do not
have that stupid XM Roady that transmits over just a few FM stations. Normally, this wouldn’t be that bad, but I swear, I have to constantly change
the stations, since most of them are actually used. I could run the stupid tape player adapter, but the dangling wires are just annoying.

I am on a mad crunch to get my debt squared away. No more frivilous spending.
From here on out, it is bills, bills, bills. Ha! not like that is much different than any other time.

My neck is still killing me. I am quickly running out of pain killers and muscle relaxers. I slept with a towel rolled up under the crook of my neck.
I am not sure if it helped all that much. It did, however, allow me the privledge of sleeping with my mouth gaping open so that it could completely
dry out and aggravate my throat for most of the day. I’ve been throwing an ice pack on it, but it’s not helping. It’s not like it kept me from
doing any work outside the house, since the weather was absolutely shitty this afternoon.

Just an offside note, Captain Morgan’s Private Stock is not all that great. Captain Morgan’s Tattoo, however, is very nice. JSYK.

Kate and Ricky found a car today, they pick it up on Monday after work. So that is cool.

Tomorrow we are heading off to the beach. I cannot wait. It’s been .. well, I guess it has been a year since we have been there. The beach in
the winter.. eh.. not so great.

Some good news? Well for me, not for you. I just hit [SEND] and paid off one credit card, and paid off a large bit of debt on another one. Yeah bills!
(NOT)

I just finished reading
The Davinci Code
It was a pretty interesting book. Although, I am not sure if that is due to it /really/ being all that good, or the fact that it has literally been years
since I have had the chance to read a book. I do miss it. I used to read so much. I remember, years ago I would read a book from start to finish within just
a few days. I would stay up until the wee hours of the morning to finish reading a book. It seems I never have extra time now-a-days. It would be great to
get back into the habit of reading again. I do miss it.

By the way, Talon absolutely loves his new fort bed. I think I am actually jealous. It is .. it is awesome. We picked up linen sets for it today. He chose
Spongebob for the top, and Batman for the bottom. I would have thought he would have chosen Spider-Man for the bottom, but he insisted on Batman.. who am I to argue.. it’s his
bed.

Oh yeah, I had to implement the verification for comments due to all the friggin comment spam I have been receiving lately. Not that it should hinder you from posting
yer comments!

I must go thaw some frozen rats, as it appears the snakes are hungry and ready to eat!
Later