Sunday
I slept in today.
It felt great.
After rousting myself from the bed, I made it down to the HCC. I puttered around for a while, making minor inroads to upgrade DS9‘s hard drive.

After a short while, and I headed to the big blue-and-yellow store to pick up a new printer. We went to the one closest to the house because it didn’t seem unreasonable to do so. Unfortunately, they didn’t have our printer of choice in stock. *BAH* I will give an amused nod to Mike, the associate who was helping me: He asked why I was interested in this particular printer. I told him, after listing a few of the other reasons, “…because I’ve had an HP printer since God was a boy.” He looked at me and without missing a step said: “HP hasn’t been around that long. And you don’t look that old.” To which I retorted: “I just hide my age well.” He took a second and then said that he wanted to know what I did or used to stay so young. I just chuckled. He then suggested going to the Sandy location, as they had the printer in stock. And so we did. And picked up the printer… and picked up more than “a few” DVDs.

We headed north again to pick up and for dinner. We went to Outback. Mmm. 12oz Prime Minister’s Prime Rib. Very tasty. And we even had a booth that allowed me to watch the smackdown that the Patriots laid upside the Steelers. Mm-hmm. That’s right. And even on the Steelers’ home turf. In front of all their fans. A good dinner. With good friends. And a good football game. Heaven, itself, couldn’t be much better than that. Following dinner, we headed back to Nyx and Nox’ place and played Scattergories. I’d never played it before, but had a good time with it.

I also took a cue from the old AT&T commercials and took some time to “reach out and touch [a couple of] someone[s].” I talked with my friend David, in Charlotte for a bit; I realized that I hadn’t spoken with him since I was at home this past May.. We used to work together (well… I worked for him – he was the department manager) many rains past. We gave each other the Cliff’s Notes versions of what we’ve been up to for the past few months. I also spoke with my uncle (before and after the Steelers’ game). All’s well there. I tried calling another friend, but he wasn’t in. I’ll catch up with him later this week.

News
All Things Considered: Johnny Carson, 30-Year ‘Tonight’ Host, Dies at 79
All Things Considered: ‘Worlds of Difference’: Latter-day Saints and Indians
Weekend Edition – Sunday: Art Project Decodes Ads in Times Square

Stray Toasters

  • God willing and the creek don’t rise, and I will be at the Sundance screening of Mirrormask this coming Friday.
  • Cotton candy.
  • Issue #2 of The Legion of Super-Heroes hits shelves on Wednesday.
    I will be on my way to Moab Wednesday morning.
    I will have to get my copy of LSH #2 next weekend.

  • And, speaking of Moab… On the last trip there, I heard something that made me shiver: A country cover of Bruce Springsteen’s Brilliant Disguise. I didn’t shiver because someone chose to cover a song The Boss. It was the fact that it was a county cover.

    And, while on the subject of “Country Music,” I had a conversation with a friend this week about my dislike for the genre. He made me realize something: I can tolerate – and even like – older country music (i.e.: “Country and Western” as done by Johnny Cash, for example), but it’s the newer “Pop Country” that makes me want to stab at my eardrums. As he put it: “New country music sounds like a cat in a dryer.” (Note for the PETA and ASPCA people out there: We have not introduced cats to the inside of a dryer; but I do still wonder if a Teflon-coated cat, traveling at high speed, can stop a semi.)

  • “Except, see, that would require me to actually be patient…” –
  • I enjoy IRC, but sometimes… *shakes head*
  • Now there’s no more Oak oppression
    For they passed a noble law
    And the trees are all kept equal
    By hatchet,
    Axe,
    And saw…

  • I’m a little upset that I can’t pick up copies of The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers DVDs at any of the local Best Buy stores. Apparently, Best Buy only has available online. That’s way too much “delayed gratification” for me. I’m far more inclined to head to Media Play and pick them up.
  • It’s amazing how much attention cats want when you’re elbow-up in computer parts.

Namaste.