The Warlord Returns

DC Comics has brought back Mike Grell's classic comic book The Warlord.
However Grell is not involved, Bruce Jones and Bart Sears are writing this version of a modern day pilot stranded in a land governed by barbarians and dinosaurs.
It will be interesting to see what they do with this comic.

A Busy Day In The Neighborhood

Last Thursday was my birthday. I turned forty something.
I got some cupcakes, peanut butter cookies, and the dinosaur Stikfas I pre ordered months ago showed up.
I also got to talk to my best friend Kim.
My dad has been on a redecoration being. The is a new ramp for the scooter I do not have yet and a freshly painted wall in one room. Best of all the drain in my bathroom was cleaned out.
I have reshedualed all my doctors appointments.
I see my dentist Wens day and my heart doctor in a few weeks.

Feeling Better Baby

I fell better than I have in some time. I bought some of those anti bacterial wipes and attacked my bathroom with them. It's amazing how dirty things get when you aren't constantly cleaning after yourself.
I am not a germ a phobia on the scale of Howie Mandel who wears rubber gloves to play poker but I have become aware how important it is to keep things clean.
The handles on you bathtub, showers and sinks are a great place to hang out if your a germ. So are doorknobs and remote controls. So I'm wiping them all down and letting them dry. It will be well worth the effort if I don't get as sick as I have been the last two weeks.
Tonight is Mythbusters but it is a pair of repeat programs.
I am also looking forward to watching last nights episode of DLTV with Patric Norton.
I miss Tech TV.

So it continuous.

Well the scooter drama rolls on, still.
I had a meeting with a new guy from a new store and after answering a bunch of questions and having everything but my inseam measured he says he will have the paper work completed so I can take it with me Monday when I see my heart doctor.
I can only guess at what his reaction will be.
I am half dreading my dental appointment Tuesday but I want the filling done and over with.
My dad has been feeling bad as of today. I think he picked up something at the VA Hospital in San Antonio. Ever time he goes up there he seems to come back with some kind of bug.

V P Bang Bang

Well the up roar over Vice Presidents Dick Cheney's accidental shooting of friend and fund raiser Harry Whitenton goes on.
By my understanding both parties are to blame. Both Cheney and Whitenton was not following standard safety procedures while hunting.
What gets me was the fact that Cheney was using an expired permit. He the Vice President of the United States, you think at least he would take his duties as a hunter seriously or that someone in his office staff would have looked into his permits and made sure they where up to date.
The media is shrieking over the fact they had to learn of this from a one lung newspaper based in a city that is a hemorrhoid on the ass of the nation. Frankly I have no love for the major media and so called news services.
Well at at least it will give the late night guys something to joke about for a while. I think David Letterman came up with the beast line in "Ladies and gentlemen we have found weapons of mass destruction and it's Dick Cheney."

Stuffed.

I see my dentist next Tuesday.
I'm a little concerned that he will be too gun ho and want to do everything at once. I know what my body can take and having several holes drilled in my head at once is not one of them. Hopefully I can get him to take things one step at a time.
I also have an appointment with my cardiologist Monday morning. I hope I will get a good report. I know next time I see him which will be mid summer heat wave I will feel drained and exhausted.
If I read the schedule right there will be no Mythbusters tomorrow night. BOO!
Come on Discovery channel you are really letting me down.

Goowy stuff.

Yesterday was Valentines day.
All day long I had the J. Giels band song "Love Sticks" going through my head.

I played with Goowy.
Goowy is a web based desktop environment.
It allows you to use widgets to check several emails clients, search using various search engines, play games, view short movies, and keeps track of you local weather.
I was not bowled over by it.
It is nice and good looking but I didn't see anything Konfabulator does not already do.
You may want to give it a try at Goowy.com.

Gettin' Better All The Time

I feel much better.
I hope I can see my dentist Thursday or Friday.
I father has a appointment with at the VA hospital Tuesday and Wednesday. Hopefully it will be more good news.
His last check up came back glowing and they said he was doing better than expected.

Last Wednesday Mythbusters was a repeat. TV show have gotten softer on there idea on how many episodes makes up a season. Your lucky if they produce twelve to fifteen shows and call that a season. I my day it was twenty to twenty four episodes, or fifty shows with some programs.

Totaloverdose

I feel much better. I don't have much energy but I feel human again.

I have been playing a demo for the xbox game "Totaloverdose."
It's another of one of those mindless shooters. You play a young man who goes running and gunning for various reasons.
It's a blast.

Another Tricky Day

I feel better so, much so I am catching up on my bills.

Apple has announced a new iPod. Around $150.00. Now I know what I want for my Birthday.

A rerun of an old Mythbusters episode will play tonight on the Discovery channel. Tomorrow night is a new episode.

Breath Deep

Well I'm back from my doctors and he gave me some medicines. I already feel a little better.
I did get to watch Bravos Celebrity Poker Showdown. A collection of B to C list celebrities play Texas Hold 'Em to win money for a charity. This is the first time I sat down and watched any type of poker being played.
To me poker is harder than chest. In chest you can see your opponents pieces but in poker you do not know their cards. You can deduce what they have by the way they bet and how their react to the cards being dealt.

Long Time No Hear From or Pardon My Wheezing

I fell like hell. I think I have another respiratory infection. I'll find out more when I see my doctor today.

Last weeks Myth busters was fun. The busted the myth that helium in a football will give the football more lift.

I really didn't watch the Super bowl. What few commercials I saw where uninspiring except for the Budweiser horse one. A young colt decides thinks he can move the Budweiser wagon and does, actually there where a couples of Cly dales helping him as the secretly pushed from behind.

Well the scooter opera goes on. I figure it will be a month before I know one way or the other.

Digging for stuff

I heard from an old Internet friend today. I have not heard from Candy girl in some time and today she sent me an invite to her my space website.

Candy is a bright, funny, sexy, brilliant young lady. She has also has been a professional wrestling referee. She is also unbearably cute.

I watched a new episode of "Digging For The Truth" which is hosted by Josh Bernstein. Josh has apparently patterned himself after Indiana Jones.

The show is well done and Josh makes a great host who talks to the audience without talking down to them.

The show is fun to watch and takes you to far flung lands you might not otherwise see.
If you get a chance and have access to The History Channel give the show a try.

And the drama still goes on.

Well apparently there is no scooter in my future. By my third party understanding the doctor refused to do the paperwork saying "I am not a secretary."

However I am enjoying tonights episode of the Mythbusters.
The have invited viewers to build there own "Archimedes Death Rays."
Adam and Jamie have tracked down an old satellite dish to build a new version of their old death ray.
They have also given Grant the task of building "The Scorpion" which is flaming projectile weapon.
The have declared the "Archimedes Death Ray" myth busted.

I am looking forward to next weeks show which will deal with helium filled footballs.

Wens days = Mythbusters

Today is Wednesday.
There is no word on the scooter or the new mattress I have ordered and both where to be delivered yesterday.
I am trying to be patient.
On a good note today is Mythbusters!
I found some more on my favorite Mythbuster Keri Byron.
Here is her website devoted to her sculptors.
KariByron.com
Here is an interview with her about being a Mythbuster.
Kari Byron Interview
So pop the popcorn and chill the drinks it's Mythbusters time.

The End Is Near ??

Well the scooter drama rolls on. I have moved to another store and if all goes well I will have to scooter by next week.
The other company is still making excuses and playing for time. I am consider filing a complaint against them with the Better Business Bureau but I have no doubt they will lie their way out of that as they have tried to with this whole mess.

With luck and grace I may have my scooter by my birthday and if it isn't too hot get to finally go to San Antonio.
The Christmas lights are down by now, but I would still be out of town without it being running from a hurricane.

The Mythbusters are now airing new shows. YES!
They took on two myths this week. Can a run away plane chop up the fuselage of another plane. Can you star a fire with a gun or ice.
Apparently you can star a fire with ice but you have to be a genius and incredibly cute like Mythbuster Kari Byron.
OK I have a crush on her (see photo) but she is a beautiful redhead and absolutely brilliant. How could a man resist?

Pet Peeves

What are your Pet Peeves?
Those little things people do that make you angry.
Here are mine.
People who leave their shopping carts in the middle of the aisles of stores.
Children running lose in stores.
People shouting into their cell phones.
Junk mail.
When commercial are louder than the body of a television program. And don't tell me it is because of the compression of commercials, do your job master control, get off you butt and turn this crap down.
The FFC when they won't enforce the rules pertaining to the volume of television commercials.
People so wrapped up in their cell phone conversation they do not pay attention to where their going. Can we have a new law? Drive while using a cell phone equals a fine of a hundred bucks.
OK and my biggy. There a young lady on my block and her boyfriend picks her up late at night for their dates. He does not go to the door and ring the door bell and wait for her. He can't be bothered to walk her to the car and open the door for her. He just leans on the horn of his car until she comes outside. Jackass.

Lost Your Bacon, Try Glow In The Dark Piggy.

OK here the strangest news story so far this year.
Scientist have created a glow in the dark pig...
Glow In The Dark Pig

Once again I say scientist are the leading cause of cancer.

More Stupidity

The drama over my powered chair goes on.
According to one person it was ordered, shipped, and delivered to someone else.
According to a second person it's all my doctors fault and we have to do the paperwork all over again.
Everyone I talk to in this company has a different story.
So I will start over again with a different company.
I don't know if this just gross incompetence or a con job but in either case my patients is at an end.

Pandora's Music Box

I have been playing with a new on line music web site called "Pandora."
It is a free service that play music based on a choice of artist or song you like. It take the info you have submitted and compare and contrasts it against their library. They use such factors as beat, vocal styles, melodies, and others. I am impressed with the service.
It also has the saving grace of not requiring you to install any new software on you PC and works with Windows and Mozilla.
You may want to give it a try.
http://www.pandora.com/