New Phone

The new phone, and pretty.

After giving the RAZR a week or so to dry out, it became apparent that it was not going to recover from it's run through the washing machine.

I headed down to the local Sprint store (sorry SheRa), and purchased a new Samsung M510. My phone before the RAZR was a Samsung, and I loved the OS. Simple, configurable, and intuitive. For some reason I thought the RAZR would be somewhat similar ... um, no. The interface made it difficult to get to what you wanted. The low power consumption made everything S-L-O-W.

There was an initial problem getting the internet working on the phone, but the phone is working like a champ now.

Stupid Cat

No explanation needed.

Who did this...


...hiding behind the door...


...and there is the culprit.

Viv's Birthday Party

The problem with being the host for a party, you never get to take your own pictures of the event, you are too busy, um, hosting.

Happy Birthday Vivian last week!

We'll start off with a picture from JNO on Friday night.

This is only going to be funny to those who saw it happen, poor Brian.

Next onto the main event at The Lazy Onion Ranch the next day.

Matt showed up early and did some cooking.


Guests on the deck, flowers on the left, Viv's name in lights on the right.


Don't be fooled, I had a beer too. The chair MistyJoJangles is in is courtesy of Mae who got it on sale.


Sarah lost the frisbee in the garden.


Just a flesh wound. The doctors say that SmileChild will be able to use her arm again after it was sewn back on.


There were several games going on around the volleyball net, none of them were called volleyball.


Some people decided the kitchen was the place to be.


Viv gets the big gift, her very own digital camera! Which she used to take pictures like this:


My laundry.


A nerdfest.


Her roommate (nice hoodie, am I gonna get that back?).


The fire.

Actually she has a good eye, check out her photos here.

Everyone gatherered around the fire pit.


Thus ended a beautiful night...

...Well except for me, I had a migraine all day and ran out of medicine. I drove over to Walgreen's to pick up some more around 2200, fell asleep there, and didn't get back until after 2300.

Thank you to Viv, Cornstalker, and SmileChild for allowing me to pilfer photos more or less with permission.

Lost Cat? Stupid OnionBoy! Clever Schmendrick.

As regular readers of this virtual rag know, I have two cats. A male, Zeke, and a female, Sierra. The have their claws because I let them out in the back yard for short periods of time. Typically Zeke wanders off, and Sierra stays close to the house, running in and out of the house about every three minutes.

Last night I let them out when I got home at 1830, then cooked dinner. After I ate, I grabbed some laundry out of the washer to hang it out on the line ... after which I decided to herd the cats back in the house, probably at about 1930. I grabbed Zeke, put him in the house, but couldn't immediately locate Sierra. No problem she'll be back shortly.

2000...
2030...
2100...

No cat, I'm a little upset. If it was Zeke, I would just be concerned. I start to do stuff to distract myself, like, start another load of laundry. I changed clothes and threw the dirty stuff in.

2130...

I'm really worried and upset now, even Schmendrick is worried. I am starting to panic, I go to look for my phone to ask people to pray for me. Can't find phone, can't find cat. AAAAAAH.

2145...

Schmendrick is finally up and looking.

Pull the laundry out of the washer ... oh, there is my phone, at the bottom of the washer ... clean and damp. Crap!

Schmendrick pours cat food into the bowl, oh there is Sierra at the back door.

So I have a cat, but no phone now. Don't call me for the next couple of weeks, just e-mail.

Kids, don't do this

What the heck? I don't smoke. I do hang around on street corners and try to look cool, but I don't smoke.

I absolutely cannot believe how much I look like my dad sometimes.