A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -- Lazarus Long
Thursday, June 19, 2003
Yet another Blogger has left Clog*Spot
Jay Solo’s Verbosity has moved off Blog*Spot - yet another in the long (and growing) list of people abandoning Blog*Spot to stew in its own inadequacies. Please adjust your permalinks as necessary, and swing by and pay him a visit.
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Still packing things
Before I begin, I owe an apology to Dawn. It seems there may have been a troll, known variously as Jean Pierre or “Potato Head”, but using several well-known “noms du ‘Net” (such as Lee over at Right-Thinking, Dawn’s, and even my own, on other blogs), in a sophomoric attempt to stir up trouble. It was this troll who may have posted as Dawn in the comments section of my first post, and not Dawn herself. However, since the troll IP number was still confirmed (even though he posted using her name), it was the IP number that was banned, so the effect of eliminating the offenders remains the same, and that ban won’t be lifted unless, and until, I get good and sufficient cause - in my own individual judgement - to lift that ban.
I also have to warn those who might try to cause similar trouble in the future. Your messages (including such identifying info as can be obtained, such as IP number, date and time of the offending post) will be forwarded to your ISP. They will be able to check their logs, and handle the problem appropriately. Which will probably mean losing your access. If it happens from your job, you might end up losing that, too, and I won’t waste a single tear over it.
Anyone is welcome to disagree with me, over any issue I raise, and as long as the disagreements are kept on an adult level, then I have no problems. I love a good debate, and who knows? You might even convince me that I was wrong, and I’ll convert to your point of view. (It could happen...)
Anyhow, we packed up most of my video tape collection last night (taking up three large apple boxes - those, and the boxes that paperback books get shipped in are the handiest sizes for people packing miscellaneous items). We dumped about 30-40 tapes, because they were actually of my ex-wife, or for her (like the Barbra Streisand “final” concert from Las Vegas), or stuff that I haven’t watched in years, and even a few duplicates.
My paperback collection is probably going to be next, and my computer is going to be the last to get broken down for transport.I’ve been in the new place only twice, and I’m not entirely certain that they even get DSL service in the area. I’ve spoken with the phone company, and despite having the new address, and knowing what the phone number is going to be, and knowing that the Central Office isn’t going to suddenly change location between now and the 1st of July, they still won’t tell me whether DSL is available to the new home yet.
It’s not going to change anything, even if I lose the DSL (which is highly unlikely, they just won’t admit that), because I’ll still be able to access the page and upload entries, it would just have to be at dial-up speeds, and I’ll finally get to see what a multiplexer looks like from the inside (since I won’t need it anymore, I’m planning on taking it apart to trace the circuits out...)
The wife wants to just get rid of much of our furniture and slowly replace it (I think she had this in mind all along...), but I’m more interested in getting some new techno-goodies, such as a new TV, a DVD player (maybe even a DVD recorder, so I can get rid of all of those bulky VCR tapes), a new computer, and maybe even my own server. It’ll give you some ideas on how we compromise on things when I say we’re probably going to get a new couch and love seat first… *Sigh*
Anyhow, my VA hearing is scheduled for next week (wouldn’t you know that it’s just a few days before we move?), and I need to find an inexpensive hotel in the vicinity of the Federal Building on Wilshire in Los Angeles (according to my map, it’s only a short distance from UCLA, so there has to be something!), so if any of you are familiar with that particular area and know of someplace where it isn’t going to cost an arm and a leg, but where I don’t have to sleep under the bed, please let me know as soon as possible, will you? Thanks!
It seems that the new Harry Potter book was actually sold by a health-food store four days before its intended release date of June 21st (this up coming Saturday), and the NY Daily News published bits of info it garnered by buying one of the mistakenly sold books. Well, now Harry Potter author J.K.Rowling (and her U.S. publishing company, Scholastic, Inc.) is suing the NY Daily News for - get this - (pinky to corner of mouth, a la Dr. Evil) $100 million dollars. Wouldn’t the ones at fault here be the health food store that violated the embargo date in the first place? The newspaper bought the copy - paid for and everything - in good faith, and in a rush of journalistic zeal, wanted to get the scoop on its print competitors. I can’t blame them, but it’s not like they stole the book or anything…
The plaintiff’s lawyers would have to do one whale of a job convicing me that the Daily News did anything wrong here. (Assuming I were a juror, I mean...)
I’d also like to send a big “Thumbs up!” to the DJs from Miami-based radio station WXDJ-FM, who managed to pull a prank phone call on Fidel Castro on Tuesday. (You can read the transcript here.) So here ya go, guys! 
Nice job!
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