Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween

Cowboys Win

Arizona 13
Dallas 34

HEB Plus

I went to the new HEB store which is the major grocery store here. I used one of the little scooter they have.
The place is big.
They even sell barstools.
Halloween is Monday and I still haven't put up any decorations. At least I have stopped eating all the Dum Dum suckers.

Is Your Color Lazer Printer Spying On You?

http://www.eff.org/Privacy/printers/index.php

The above link will take you to an interesting article from EFF.
Apparently color lazer printers have hidden water marks in them.

Sim Copter

I got my favorite game for the PC today.
Sim Copter.
The game is old by PC gaming standards but still fun.
You are a helicopter pilot and you fly around the city rescuing people, fighting fire, stopping criminals, and fighting a UFO that makes a habit of abducting people in broad daylight.
Unfortunately the game cause the disk drive to spin up every few minutes and I don't want to but my drive through that much stress.

Ghost In The Shell

Adult Swim on the Cartoon Network is running the series "Ghost in the Shell."
The series is set inn the not so far future where cyborgs (part man part machine) are a common occurrence. The series star the member of "Section 9" a small special services force. The charters are nicely written and the scripts are imaginative and thought provoking. This is an action packed program featuring artificially intelligent tanks and a collection of cyborgs.
If you like sci fi or Japanese animation give this show a try.

It Won't Last For Long.

It is 46 degrees outside so I ma enjoying it while it lasts.
It will be back to the eighties tomorrow.

Finally

It finally cooled of here as you can see by the picture. This particular thermometer is in my back yard.

While the poor people of Florida are being pounded by yet another hurricane the weather is at long last getting nice.

Here A Scary Thought

There are sixty day left until Christmas.

Cowboys Get Clobbered

That was one wild ending to a game. Josh Brown nailed a field gole under the gun.
Score:
Seahawks 13
Cowboys 1o

The View From 78415

A good friend of mine droped of a copy of a new book called The View From 78415. The book was writen by school childeren during their summer school session in 2005. The kids range in age from ten to eightteen years old.

My First Laptop

I just got my first laptop today. It's a Dell 1200. So Far I love it.

Wilma

Here we go again. A new category five hurricane named Wilma. As if it is not bad enough that its so big they named it after Fred Flintstones wife.
My understand is Texas has never been hit by a hurricane this late in the season. So maybe we will be lucky again.
In any case this is just one of those things you don't need in your life.
Hurry up November 30th. That is the last day of hurricane season.

It's A Small World, But I Wouldn't Want To Mow It

A co worker of my sisters showed up today. He just wanted to chat.
Nice guy but I barely remember him.
It's slowly getting cooler but just by a few degrees. They say a cool front will come in for the weekend and lower the temperature by three degrees. Nice, but I want a cold front.
Oh well.
You can't have everything, where would you put it all?

Nuts.

It's the best time of the year.
I just had my first Pecan of the season.
YES!
They are expensive here a five dollars a pound but it's only once a year. Now if only I can find some Filberts and Almonds I'd be happy.

Cowboy Win Anyway

I slept through the Dallas NY game. Not well either. Anyway the score was...
Dallas Cowboys 16
New York Giants 13

Go Cowboys.

Dum Dums

We bought Halloween candy. I discovered there where "Dum Dum's" sucker in the mix. They may not last till Halloween. I am presently sucking on the butterscotch one.
All in all it has been a quite day.
The Dallas Cowboys play tomorrow afternoon.

Blond, James Blond

MSNBC.com
New 007? Craig ... Daniel Craig An unknown British actor could be tapped to replace Pierce Brosnan as the new James Bond. NBC News correspondent Mark Mullen reports
Today show
Updated: 10:58 a.m. ET Oct. 12, 2005
Who will play the world's most famous fictitious spy? It's been a mystery since Pierce Brosnan revealed he was no longer being considered for the role of James Bond. Now a largely unknown British actor is emerging as the rumored favorite. NBC News correspondent Mark Mullen reports.
There may be not only a new actor playing James Bond but also there could also be the first ever blonde Bond.
Meet Daniel Craig — a 37-year old Brit with 34 movies to his credit but largely unknown outside the United Kingdom. Craig is considered movie tough guy than pretty boy and the leading contender to become the sixth 007.
“I think that he's a different enough actor and a good enough actor to put his own stamp on the role,” Graham Rye, the editor and publisher of 007 magazine.
If Craig gets the job and replaces Pierce Brosnan, he'll beat out bigger box office draws like Colin Farrell, Ewan McGregor and Orlando Bloom.
But experts say the iconic series, with 20 films that have reeled in $3.5 billion, is a bigger than any one leading man.
"Generally speaking, you're looking at a 10-year commitment from an actor, and for their career to almost forever be associated with this role," says Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations.
Although there have been a couple of secret agents that disappeared from screen relatively quickly like Timothy Dalton who starred in two Bond films: “The Living Daylights” in 1987 and “License to Kill” in 1989. Also there was George Lazenby who starred in “On Her Majesty's Secret Service” in 1969.
Fans will always debate who was the best — a comparison that awaits the blonde Bond.
"I think they'll undoubtedly have to dye his hair,” says Rye.
The new Bond movie is set to film in January. Producers are expected to choose the new Bond soon or risk costly delays that would leave the entire production shaken if not stirred.
© 2005 MSNBC Interactive

Master Chief Of The Rings

Look what I found while trolling the net:
Director Peter Jackson is turning his favorite video game Halo into a feature-length film. The Oscar-winning director grew addicted to Halo while shooting his latest film King Kong, so he jumped at the chance to snap up the movie rights and take it to the big screen.
Halo is a game that has sold over five million copies around the world and charts the adventures of futuristic super-soldier Master Chief in his quest to save mankind from aliens.
A cast has yet to be announced for the project and it’s also unknown if Jackson will direct as well.
Bungie, the Microsoft-owned business which developed Halo says, “We’re delighted to have someone who’s as committed to the Halo universe as Peter Jackson was to Tolkien’s Middle-Earth.”

If they do as good a job with Halo as the did with The Lord Of The Rings this movie will kick major ass.

X-Box 360 Shortage.

Microsoft may be shipping fewer next generation video game machines than expected, say analysts.
Story here:
http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/07/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm?cnn=yes
Why aren't I surprised?

Rain Rain...

It is pouring rain. It's not getting any cooler but at least it's raining.

Quiet Day

Well it got warm here again after it being nice and cool Friday and Saturday. Stayed quite for the most part but am going through pecans with drawl. That is my favorite part of fall is the pecans come into season.
WWE Raw was from my hometown tonight but I didn't even watch it. WWE is gonna have to try harder if they want to compete with "Who's Line Is It Anyway"

Go Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys 33
Eagles 10
YES!

Chilliwack

Every have an ear wom? That's a song thats just stuck in you head and you paly it over and over.

Song: My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)
Band: Chilliwack

Gone, gone, gone, she been gone so long
She been gone, gone, gone so long
Gone, gone, gone, she been gone so long
Gone, gone, gone, gone so long
Gone, gone, gone, she been gone so long
Well I wonder if I ever gonna see my girl

Ever since she left me,
I sure feel all alone
A little misunderstanding,
I can´t get her on the telephone
Hangin´ on down the mainstreet,
livin´ in a different world
Standin´ around with the gang on the corner talkin´ about my girl
My girl she was the world to me
She´s gone away across the sea
My girl is just a memory
She been so long away

Gone, gone, gone, she been gone so long

She didn´t have to leave me,
she didn´t have to run
She didn´t have to go without a word to anyone
I hope she´s doin´ all right,
I got no way to know
Unless she gets to hear this song, hear it on the radio
My girl she was the world to me
She´s gone and that´s a tragedy
My girl is just a memory
She been so long away

I hope she gets the message,
I gotta get her back ya know
Gonna track her down, gonna find that girl, gonna tell her that I love her so
Put the word on the grapevine, spread it all around the world
Sooner or later I know I´m gonna get her, talkin´ about my girl
My girl....

Good News

I just got back from my P.F.T. exam. The photo show the machine the exam was done on.
Pulmonary
Function
Test
I did slightly better this year than last year. I thought I would do worse.
Add to that good news it is 63 degrees outside. YES!
Finally. Although it will be warm again by Monday.
Unless things change I have no more doctor appointments this month.
I am going to celebrate with some corn on the cob.

Acrobots and Darkness

I got my Acrobot yesterday. They are mostly metal and have magnets in their hands and feet. Mine is hanging off the side of the refrigerator.

There is more news on "Perfect Dark Zero." More like rumors. This time you don't play Joann Dark but someone who must rescue her. "Perfect Dark" was one of the best video games ever. It is a first person shooter.

I have a PFT test tomorrow morning. It is to check my lungs and see how they are doing.

It is actually getting cooler here. It's only 91 instead of the usual 100 plus.

The people at the scooter store turn me down as I don't need it to get around the house. I wanted one to go to the mall and grocery store but maybe I'll try a wheel chair.

I'm feed up with being trapped indoors.

Farcry

I have been plying Farcry Instinct on the x-bow. It is a first person shooter. If you like guns and grandees this is a game or you. No heavy thinking just run and gun. Also the are several vehicles to drives and some power to develop. And thats all I'm gonna say about that.

Cowboys Lose

Dallas Cowboys 13
Oakland Raiders 19

Farscape

Super station WGN is running the wonderful sci fi program "Farscape."
Farscape is a program about a collection of wanted people running from "The Peace Keepers" which are a police force with heavy military influences.
The show is brilliantly done by Jim Henson's workshop.
It stars Ben Browder and Claudia Black both of whom can now be seen on Stargate SG1. It also stars Anthony Simcoe, Wayne Pygram, and Gigi Edgley.
Gigi plays the of Chaina as seen in the photo.