Before I bought my video player, I used to watch a lot of Maury episodes while I was at lunch. Unfortunately, the television at work only gets a few channels so it was either Maury or soap operas and I don't like soap operas. Since I acquired my video player though, I've been watching jdoramas instead. I think I might miss the paternity test episodes, despite the fact that they played those episodes way too often. Sometimes a little trash TV keeps one sane. They can do away with all the lawyer and continuing education commercials. Those are awful.
Carnival Season is Here!
My geek life has been tossed aside for a little while. Mostly because I've been pretty busy with other things. (Though I would like to talk about Wil Wheaton's YouTube series some time this week.) One of the things I accomplished this weekend was taking my daughter to the local carnival. She was excited because this is the first year that we went after dark so all the rides were lit up. Amazingly, some of the scary carnies from last season were not there this time around. (Maybe they failed one of the background checks for employment. We are talking carnies after all.) I think that made the carnival just a little more enjoyable. My daughter had tons of fun and she came home with two pictures and one stuffed frog. Carnival season has officially begun!
Stephen Fry in America
Lately, I've been watching Stephen Fry in America. Basically, British entertainer Stephen Fry drives around the United States in a British taxi trying to get a feel for all things American. While it is fairly interesting, it's also really short. He hits all 50 states in only six episodes so some states kinda get the shaft. However, it is nice that he does show some of the poorer sections of the country. It's not all rich white people. (By the way, if you are hurting for money, things like car title loans Nebraska are terrible ideas. The interest rate is so high that it's not worth borrowing the money in the first place. Just a helpful hint!) I only have two more episodes to watch. I'm interested to see what he thinks about the west coast.
Carnival time!
Once again, this week has gotten away from me. Memorial Day fell a week earlier than usual this year and it has messed me up big time. Everything seems to be going faster than normal. My daughter's last day of school is this coming Thursday. That is so much earlier than last year. And her dance recital is an entire week after that. It's just so weird! But there is a carnival in town this week so that will help relieve a little bit of end-of-school-year stress. And I'm hoping to pick up some lovely smelling body wash to relax my muscles a bit as well. Summer time, here we come!
Such a busy weekend
First off, I'd like to say thank you to all of our servicemen. While I did not post my usual Happy Memorial Day graphic yesterday, I did spend some time honoring our soldiers. The rest of the weekend was super busy. I went bowling with my husband and daughter, we did a little bit of shopping, and I watched way too much television. (I'm up to season 3 on Numb3rs.) And, out of completely curiosity, I took a gander at a victoria secret job application. I've heard rumors about how Abercrombie & Fitch won't hire 'ugly' people and that there is a space on the application for managers to code the applicants looks. I guess I wondered if Victoria's Secret had something similar since I've never really seen an ugly VS retail employee.
If you are wondering, it didn't. It looked like every other job application I've ever seen. Ah well. No drama there.
Morning Radio
I used to listen to Danny Bonaduce's radio show when it aired in Philadelphia. Unfortunately, the station decided to change its format and let him go. (Big mistake.) One of the bits he had was "Danny Bonaduce, Life Coach" where people would call into the show with their problems and he would give them advice on how to solve them. A lot of the problems were sexual in nature and a lot of the solutions Danny gave were testosterone boosters. I was always surprised about how often that came up. I figured that, if people listened to the show enough to actually call in themselves, they would already know what Danny's answer to this particular problem would be. I really miss listening to his show in the morning. My morning commute just isn't the same.
Memories
My mother was in nursing school when I was very young. Some of my earliest memories are laying in bed while she studied with medical textbooks all over the place and her wearing some cheap scrubs during some of her practical tests. While I am most definitely not a medical person, I believe that this is why I manage to retain a lot of medical information easily. I had to get certified in CPR and First Aid and throughout the class I was wondering why we were learning such basic and easy information. I expected it to be more difficult for me. At least now I have the little certified cards saying I can properly take care of your wound!
A different type of recycling
Normally, I don't get along very well with my father. However, I will admit that he can be very creative sometimes. He 'recycled' an old medical cpu cart and turned it into a toolbox on wheels. Now he can just wheel the entire cart around instead of carrying a heavy box or trying to carry all the tools he needs for a project. Since there are a bunch of different drawers on the cart, he can easily organize his tools too. One drawer for various hammers, one for different wrenches, etc. It is a pretty ingenious way of organizing his garage. Props Pops.
It's Field Day!
Today is my daughter's Field Day at school. Unfortunately, it's been raining all week so they will probably have it indoors. I am working from home today so I can take a few hours to go see her races. There is also the added benefit of catching up on some old shows I had queued on Netflix. Luckily, my tv mount stand is tall enough that I can see the television from my computer. Multi-tasking FTW! (I'm answering the telephone, watching TV, and fixing PowerPoint slides all at once. I rock!) I love working from home!
Joomla vs WordPress
In case you didn't know, I use WordPress to run this website. I used to use Serendipity but I had tons of problems with it. It seemed that a lot of larger sites used WordPress without any major problems. While I was doing my research on various software products, I came across joomla. (I was even thinking of buying hostgator joomla webhosting at the time.) However, I couldn't find anyplace that used joomla successfully. Even now, years later, I can't decide if I made the right decision. Then again, I'm a little weird like that. I always second guess my decisions. I've never had any problems with WordPress...I just always wonder if joomla might be better.