You all know how I feel about dealing with the general public. It isn't that I don't enjoy interaction with people, it's just that I don't like the interaction with the stupid, rude, or nasty old people!

This weekend, as you know, is Memorial Day weekend. There will be stupid, rude, and nasty old people all over my store. I'm NOT looking forward to it!

Of course, I guess the good thing is that I'll have plenty of material to keep you all entertained for at least a few days!!

Ok, well, once again, I'm pooped...no, not the Phantom Pooper type of pooped... By the way...it turns out that there are no cameras on that particular aisle of the store, so the Phantom Pooper has gotten away with his nefarious crime!

You guessed it...it had to have been an EMPLOYEE!!!

I promised earlier a multiple post day, so here we go. Honestly, I can't seem to recall what it was exactly that I wanted to talk about, though. Old age is setting in...of course memory lapses are something I've been expecting for some time...all the men in my past generations end up being crazy as a loon when they get old...my great grandfather buried money in the yard at his house so that 'revenuers' wouldn't find it. The only problem was that he'd forget where it was buried when he needed it! By the time he hit the age of 80, he was wearing his pants on backwards. I've got a lot to look forward to, huh?

Anyway, I actually DO have a topic for this evening...besides my impending insanity, of course. I got a call this afternoon....the job that I said I was waiting to schedule an interview for? They called this afternoon..my interview is next week! HURRAY!!! Of course, I haven't GOT the job yet, so I'm quietly optimistic, so everyone out there in Blogstreamland keep your fingers crossed for me!!!

That's it for tonight. I'm beat.

Today is definitely going to be a double post day since I'm getting a somewhat early start. Luckily, I don't have to work today, so neither post will be about annoying old people that I encounter!

So...check this out...I was TRYING to figure out why my CD-ROM isn't working, and decided to just switch it out. That turned out to be not as simple as I thought it would be....taking apart an HP isn't as easy as a Dell or Compaq, but I did eventually figure it out. So I put in a CD-ROM that I'd only used a couple of times, figuring that would solve the problem, only to realize after the fact that I couldn't find the disc that came with it...so I download the software from the manufacturer's website, but the computer couldn't find the drive! Sooooo....as it turns out, the computer was saying that the OLD CD-ROM was working fine..... So I reinstall that one...still doesn't work. Damnit.

Somewhere during the taking apart and putting back together (Lather, Rinse. Repeat!), a big chunk of my "Mozilla Firefox" browser favorites folders VANISHED!!!! Now, I'm once again in computer hell because I had some really cool shit in those folders!

In my vain attempt to remember the url's of some of those sites, I came across this, and it really does work. It speeds up the performance of your browser ONLY if you have a broadband connection though! DO NOT try this if you have even the slightest inkling that you don't know what you're doing. I don't want a bunch of people forming a posse to plan my untimely demise should you end up blasting your computer into oblivion! Oh yeah, it also only works on Firefox browsers:

Speed up Firefox. If you have a broadband connection (and most of us do), you can use pipelining to speed up your page loads. This allows Firefox to load multiple things on a page at once, instead of one at a time (by default, it’s optimized for dialup connections). Here’s how:

* Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Type “network.http” in the filter field, and change the following settings (double-click on them to change them):
* Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
* Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
* Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to a number like 30. This will allow it to make 30 requests at once.

(I changed my value to 3000 and it makes pages load MUCH MUCH faster!)

Well, that's it for now...I'm off to Wally World to buy another keyboard!

Ok, so that's NOT a phrase that I like to use or HEAR, but unfortunately, it's going to have to apply this one time. I'm sure that I mentioned in a previous post that I've got a cousin who had inherited the last chunk of land that's been in my family for nearly 300 years and has just recently sold it, including my late grandmother's house. Well, that's sort of the reason why I'm a whole lot later posting than I usually am.

Long story short, this cousin of mine ended up taking away only about $60,000 after all was said and done. His dad (my dear uncle ), left him with quite a few unpaid obligations, so that all had to be paid first. Anywho...this cousin is now bellyaching that nearly all of the money is gone.

He just got the check this past Friday.

This is the list of things that he's bought (at least what he's told me he bought anyway):

1 ski/fishing boat, 20 feet long..............$25,000
1 diamond ring (not even a good quality).....$2,500
1987 Buick Grand National (it's a car)...........$8,000
1 Trip to Disney World for 4 people................$4,000

About the smartest thing that he DID do was put some of the money into a money market account.

Don't get me wrong, I do love my cousin very much...in fact, we more or less grew up as brothers. However, I do question is IQ at times...when one comes into a chunk of money like that after having sold their home, the FIRST priority should be to find another place to live...and THEN buy the "toys" if you so desire.



So anyway, as much as I'd like to say that I think things will turn out ok for him, it's not looking very promising at this point.

Oh well....at least his drama will give me some blog material!

Yes, the rumors are true..I AM still alive...tonight's post might be a bit late though...I'll explain more later.