My work recently suggested they would be "cracking down" on non-work-related Internet usage. I just noticed that I have 4 browsers up, content: Google Reader, Google Documents, Gmail, and Google Calendar (I am Googlicious). Luckily I can play off Gmail and Google Docs (I use it to type my "legal" stuff). Reader and Calendar, on the other hand, might be harder to explain without looking like a total jackass.
Despite all the FBI and Interpol warnings, I feel that copying DVDs, in certain cases, is justified. When I buy a new CD I always burn a copy and rip a copy on the computer, now I have 2 back-ups in case my CDs get stolen or my computer gets fried. Why can't I do the same with the DVDs that I've purchased? I have about 3 dozen movies/TV shows on DVD and if they get stolen or scratched I am SOL. With this in mind, I went to go download some (illegal) DVD ripping software. The software I got was easy to find and download, the problem is that it is NOT free. So in order to circumvent this I tried to find a keygen (registration key generator) that would provide the key for free. This is where I hit a snag. I KNEW that any software like this keygen would be crawling with spyware. I downloaded the ZIP file and immediately scanned it, SURPRISE...spyware. But the spyware was located in the actual program file and when I deleted the spyware I deleted the program. Now my rationalizing brain said that I could run it, my McAfee would catch any bad processes, then I could sweep my comp afterwards and clean it up. WRONG. Not only did I not get my free registration key, but I installed a boat-load of spyware. This would not aggravate me so much if my desktop computer hadn't gone on the fritz (the power button doesn't work). So now I have spent the better part of the last 4 days trying to clean up my own greedy little mess. Serves me right I guess.
UPDATE: I was running some diagnostics late last night and fell asleep during a long one. When I woke up I restarted and everything seemed to run like it did before...not sure why. I turned off my wireless and started my 29th consecutive scan before I left for work. Here's hoping I'll be operating at more than 50%
"Did that blow your mind? Because that...just...happened."
Is there anything more awkward than making eye contact with someone of the opposite sex right as they leave the restroom? Obviously we all know what goes on in these places; but when your eyes meet with theirs it's almost like you're saying, "I know what you did in there...and I am disgusted." We all seem to have a certain look when we leave the throneroom, like we just left an adult bookstore. What's even worse is when you try to break the awkwardness by saying something, this is a mistake that I can only equate to thanking someone after sex.
Am I the only one that didn't watch any of the NBA Finals? Guess not:
There are approximately 113 million television households in the United States, and the average rating for the NBA Championship Series showed that 6.9 million of them watched the series between Cleveland and San Antonio.
Remember the late-night Monday night opener on ESPN last year between Oakland and San Diego? Awful game. San Diego won, 27-0. It was pretty much over at the half, when the Chargers led 13-0 and the Raiders couldn't get out of their own way on offense. That game -- after a weekend that started with Thursday night football, went into Sunday afternoon football and Sunday night football, and had a Monday nighter before the second game on the West Coast -- started at 10:25 p.m. EST and ended at 1:14 a.m. Tuesday. And it was on cable TV, which gets a lower rating anyway because not every TV household in America is wired for cable.
The Raiders-Chargers debacle was seen by 7.9 million American TV households.
We all know football is king in this country, but if the best the NBA has to offer gets trounced by the worst the NFL has to offer ... well, the NBA is in more than a little trouble.
The only way I would have watched the Finals was if the Jazz were playing or if the Cavs didn't suck and actually made it competetive; in which case I still wouldn't have watched until game 6 or 7.
It's very important that all adults over 45 get colonoscopies. This is a preliminary test for colon cancer. This is not a joke or an attempt to be funny. Urge your parents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, etc, to get it done, NOW
for the 3rd time today, I went to rub my eyes (due to my tiredness) and jammed my finger into my glasses...
I think it's time to go home and nap for 3 or 4 days
I joined the local Gold's Gym today and aside from the flocks of wanna-be frat boys and beef-cakes, I was mostly annoyed by the techniques and attire of certain ShoBLs (show-boat lifters).
First of all, here is the list of things that are unacceptable to wear while working out: flip-flops, hats, cologne, jean-shorts, spandex (on men, of course), and goggles.
My next concern is for the people who think they know how to lift when they don't. Now I am not an expert, but I have been lifting for about 10 years. When bench-pressing, it doesn't count if you a) don't touch your chest, b) bounce it off your chest, or c) use your legs to lift your pelvis off the bench. On bicep curls it doesn't count if you lean back or don't extend your arms all the way. Doing any of these things is like doing push-ups from your knees, it's cheating.
Last, if you're going to the gym and you find that you spend an hour in the building but only did 3 sets, it means you're spending too much time sitting on the machine watching the girls on the treadmills. You may be the best-looking 5'9" fake-baking freshman at the local university, but you look like a complete tool when you do 1 set of 4 reps then sit up and stare at girls for the next 4 minutes.
/rant
OK, so I had to shoosh someone that I don't even know today. She started talking about the Sopranos and I quickly and politely had to tell her to close her noise hole. If you're going to speak of the Sopranos or blog about it, please announce it before-hand so that shlubs like me have a chance to cover our ears or unplug the computer. Muchas gracias!!
Ditto here
Clearly you're not very smart. I received your dispute form today, claiming that some charges on your account are from a counterfeit card. After about 2 minutes of research I noticed that you submitted a dispute form for the same charge 3 days earlier. I don't know if you thought this through very well. On the first dispute form you claimed that the stuff you bought was of low quality, unfortunately this is not grounds for dispute. You seem to be somewhat confused now, since your most recent dispute form says that that same charge is fraudulent. You bought it, didn't like it, tried to dispute, failed, then tried to say it was a fraudulent charge. After speaking with someone at that store, I have come to the conclusion that you shouldn't wear your big black cowboy hat, which makes you stick out like a sore thumb, when you are trying to claim that some thief is stealing from you. Here's your sign...
Sincerely,
Me
If an underage male has sex with an overage female, and she has a baby, can the minor male be ordered to pay child support?
discuss...
also: If the minor can be forced to pay child support, will the responsibility ultimately fall on the parent(s)?
