Hemos's JournalHemos's Slashdot JournalWeeding- August 29, 2001 I've been recovering from a summer cold for the last few days, which sucks. Summer colds are the worst, IMHO, because you can see how nice it is outside, and you think that you should feel as nice - but then you just feel run down and achy. So, I've coughed up roughly 50 gallons of phlegm, but am finally starting to feel good again. Now, if my ears would just stop popping, I'd be back on track.Yesterday, one of the circuits in my house had a short circuit. I called the electricians, they...http://slashdot.org/~Hemos/journal/1030?from=rss Trying To Rent A Car- August 23, 2001 So, some folks who are very close to me are going to be going to Marquette, Michigan in the next couple months. Marquette's a very nice town, located in the UP of Michigan. If you've heard the Gordon Lightfoot song "Edmund Fitzgerald" that happened in Lake Superior right off of Marquette. Small town, but very nice.Anyway, I'm trying to rent a car for them, and called Alamo. I finally got through to a real person, and asked about renting a car in Marquette. There's silence, and she's typing.http://slashdot.org/~Hemos/journal/895?from=rss I'm....waiting for the man...twenty dollars in my hand...- August 22, 2001 So, the last day or so has been trying to make do with having Rakanishu, my Thinkpad T20 laptop, still away being fixed. Evidently, the main system board controller, or somesuch, on the board's power controller went blamo, and it was randomly power cycling itself. You can imagine how much Linux liked that.While it's been gone, I've been using my old laptop, Hunter, which is a Sony Vaio Z505SX. It's one of those vaios that everybody was getting at one point in time - except people stopped...http://slashdot.org/~Hemos/journal/852?from=rss Daddy, I want the Bible- August 20, 2001 So, Nate, (oostendo) for Christmas a couple years back, gave me a hardcover book that covers many of the single malt whiskey distilleries in Scotland and Ireland. It's a great little book, with good information about the distilleries, as well as some gorgeous pictures of the west country in Ireland, and Scottish Highlands. Bella, my 4 year old daughter found the book, and loves looking at the pictures.The other night, during a massive thunderstorm, she got very scared of the thunder and...http://slashdot.org/~Hemos/journal/755?from=rss Dear Lord, The Switch Finally Happened- August 18, 2001 We've moved to Banjo. I keep expecting the 4 Horsemen to ride across the sky.http://slashdot.org/~Hemos/journal/400?from=rss |