And, Exibit B:
Not long ago I was asked about a deal on a hard drive. It was a Maxtor. Of course I said run far, far away and get ye to ye Western Digital display.
Back in the day when I started working help desk, I remember the failure rate on the Maxtor Big Foot drive. Anyone remember that steaming pile of crap? I was seeing 10 or more those a day.
For those of you that aren’t familiar with the high quality of Maxtor drives, please allow me to show you Exibit A:
Thank you. I have put my geek back in and you may now continue about your day.
Some of you know that when it comes to putting up numbers, I like to go big.
Mileage on the MINI: 130+K Downloads to the podcast: over 100K per month Number of times jSchwa has shown me gross fat people pictures: 287
To add to this list, and to see if anyone has me beat, are my spam numbers from my gmail box.
Currently running 9 email addresses through it. Yes, 9. No, I’m not kidding.
Remember that gmail auto-deletes the spam box every 30 days. Which is to say that every spam message 31 days old gets deleted.
[drum roll please]
Like I always say, go big or go home!
So, October is just around the corner. You know what that means don’t you?
CAR WASH CONVENTION!
For those of you new to w(t)f, the car wash convention happens every year in Las Vegas. As much as I would like to tell you that it is bikini clad hotties soapin’ up Lambo’s and Porches, I can’t. What I can tell you is that it is the worlds greatest arena for people watching ever created! It’s fantastic! Don’t worry, I’ll have a full report when I return.
Anyway, one of the tracks at the conference this year is titled Developing Your Own Web Page For your Self Serve Car Wash Plus Successful Web Marketing Tips To Increase Your Profitability. Yes, you did read that right.
I asked if I could attend this track, and my boss told me no. Said something about me being too obnoxious with that group or some such. Can you believe it? Me? [insert angel smiley here].
I think I’ll try to sneak in at least. Don’t worry, I’ll report back when I’m done.
This isn’t directed at any of you, the loyal w(t)f reader. At least I don’t think it is. It wasn’t my intention to directly target any of the dozen or so of you. It’s someone else. No, really. For reals it’s not you! Geez, calm down already.
Anway, the lad and I run our normal Saturday chores today, including a spending spree at Kohls. Man, that kid has to stop growing or I’m gonna go broke keepin’ him in Dickies. Anyway a buddy of mine called and wanted to hang out. I said sure, why not. A few beers in the afternoon might do me some good.
So, homeboy rolls up with his 12 pack of Miller Lite’s. Of course I give him the ever popular “aren’t you too old to drink that crap?” line, but only once since he brough a 6 of Bass Ale for me. Mmmmm. Bass Ale.
We checked out his new truck. Heck, he even let me drive it which was cool (Ford F250, turbo diesel, 4×4 with a Banks kit and 4″ exhaust, no leather. Yes, those tires will smoke if you get on it) and we spent some time catching up.
Lesse…
Hates being married? Check. Cholestrol so high I’m surprised he can stand (and he isn’t doing anything about it)? Check. Spends all his money on toys (truck, trailer, electric scooters, flashlights) and complains that he is broke? Check. Hates his job but doesn’t do anything about it? Check.
He is about my age, crusing around on a Saturday sneaking beers (cheap crappy beer too) and pretty much not showing any responsibility. Talk about jealous!
Still, it was good to see him. But now I have a headache. Not sure if it was from the beer or the thought cramping I’m having trying to figure out why he still acks the same as we did when we were 19.
Or, it could be the big concert I’m trying very hard not to think about. Well, it’s not that big. No, it’s not near you (well, it is, if you are who I think you are, but nobody else) but the rest of you have heard of the band. Hope a good time was had.
I think I need some aspirin and early bedtime.
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