Danny DeVito - drunk and on The View
Nevertheless I admire his sentiments regarding “President Numb Nuts”. Seriously, Danny DeVito has totally been out drinking all night with George Clooney and he’s still hammered.
Sphere: Related ContentNevertheless I admire his sentiments regarding “President Numb Nuts”. Seriously, Danny DeVito has totally been out drinking all night with George Clooney and he’s still hammered.
Sphere: Related ContentI have an older 20GB iPod. It doesn’t have a fancy schmancy video screen. Its got the click wheel and 20GB of disc space and that’s all I need!
But now its giving me a sad iPod face. Apple always gives these sort of cryptic errors like “Sad Mac” and a classic one was an image of a floppy disc with a blinking question mark on it.
In addition to the sad iPod I also get a funny folder icon with an exclamation point on it. Underneath it says http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/
Hmmm… I used to be able to get it to start up anyway and it could play many songs, but not all. About every third song it would hang on and skip. I can hear and feel the teeny tiny little drive arm scanning back and forth over the surface of the disc as it searches for some readable data.
This isn’t good.
I wanted to connect it to my laptop at work and reformat it. Afterall its just a hard drive - and I think its even formatted as an NTFS drive. I figured I could reset it and reinstall all my music.
But it doesn’t show up in iTunes and doesn’t show up in My Computer. Apparently my computer won’t recognize it.
The situation has continued to deteriorate.
I have reset it according to the instructions and tried to attach it to other computers. All to no avail.
Since its several years old I am certain that it isn’t covered by the standard warranty. Hoping I might take advantage of some glitch I entered the serial number in Apple’s database to see if, by some remote chance it was still covered.
IT IS STILL COVERED!! I still have nearly sixty days left on the extended AppleCare warranty I got!! Hot shit!!
I am going to take this down to the local Apple store and have them replace it. Naturally, if they can get it to work that would be fine, but this machine is pretty hosed up and I don’t think they can get it to work.
Sadly, they don’t make any 20GB iPods anymore.
Isn’t that sad?
They would have to replace it with a modern video iPod.
Sphere: Related Content“I am not ‘running’ for president. I am seeking to create a movement to win the future by offering a series of solutions so compelling that if the American people say I have to be president, it will happen.”
– Newt Gingrich
Oh, and then there’s THIS one!!
Sphere: Related ContentManchester Union Leader: Gingrich raises alarm at free-speech dinner
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich yesterday said the country will be forced to reexamine freedom of speech to meet the threat of terrorism.Gingrich, speaking at a Manchester awards banquet, said a “different set of rules” may be needed to reduce terrorists’ ability to use the Internet and free speech to recruit and get out their message.
“We need to get ahead of the curve before we actually lose a city, which I think could happen in the next decade,” said Gingrich, a Republican who helped engineer the GOP’s takeover of Congress in 1994.
Gingrich spoke to about 400 state and local power brokers last night at the annual Nackey S. Loeb First Amendment award dinner, which fetes people and organizations that stand up for freedom of speech.
Don’t like Christmas? Get a life | Salon.com
Sphere: Related ContentNov. 29, 2006 | A child is singing in the next room, calling on the faithful to come and be joyful and triumphant, as she watches a light-up snowman whose hands and feet and eyes turn green and blue and red and purple. A Santa perches on the mantel over the fireplace and two manger scenes cohabit the side table, a standard King James one and an American Indian one in which the Holy Family is gathered in front of a teepee and one of the Magi looks like Sitting Bull. There is talk of a Christmas tree.
Amazon.com was having a sale on game called Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. It was only $20! It think its back up to $45 now.
Here’s a review of the game.
So I bought the game and am looking forward to its arrival. See, I have a small problem. I think I grew up somewhere along the way and the games that I used to enjoy so much no longer bring me much joy. I’ve gone back and tried some old tried and true games and although they were ok they lacked the immersion I used to like.
I still dig chess. But I had to put a stop to playing it online for a while because I got fed up with it. I still want to go back and continue to improve, but life got very busy and I needed to not play for a while.
Last night I broke out the old steering wheel accessory for the PC. I played Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 for about 90 minutes and had very good time! Maybe I can still have a good time with these things. Just in moderation.
So I’ll try this game and see how I like it. My brother got me one of the old Elder Scrolls games a few years ago and I was pleasantly surprised. The reviews of this game are top notch, so I am looking forward to seeing what it has to offer.
Admittedly, I’m not sure that I will have time for it - scouts is still taking up an inordinate amount of time but I think that will decrease over the next couple of months.
Sphere: Related ContentNewt Gingrich, sitting down for a Guinness with Fortune’s Nina Easton, slips into the sort of hallucinatory megalomania we usually associate with stronger stuff. Asked whether he’s running for the White House in 2008, Gingrich says: “You still don’t get it, do you? I’m going to tell you something, and whether or not it’s plausible given the world you come out of is your problem. I am not ‘running’ for president. I am seeking to create a movement to win the future by offering a series of solutions so compelling that if the American people say I have to be president, it will happen.”
Sphere: Related Contentgood god. The best time I have managed to make between South Jersey and home (and vice versa) is about 6.5 hours. We left today at about 9am and although I wasn’t expecting to be home ni 6.5 hours, I didn’t think it would take TEN HOURS to get home!!
oi.
I’m off to veg.
All are safe and sound.
Sphere: Related ContentThis is just a brief message to let you know that all is well. We have travelled to South Jersey to see relatives. We spent most of today staying indoors because it was ugly outside. Well, ok - the kids spent most ofthe day inside.
I started the day off by taking the dogs for a long long walk. It was about an hour long and we toured downtown Millville, NJ. It was kind of rainy and cold at about forty degrees. Ugly weather. But it stopped raining shortly after the sun came up even if it never did clear up entirely.
After I got back me and Roddo went on some errands for the lady of the house. When that was done me and Liz went to Walgreens and got some carpet cleaner to clean up the vomit on the floor of the van. First Peterman threw up. Then, 45 minutes later, Bucky threw up. Finally, 45 minutes later Chloe threw up. The first one landed on the carpeted floor ofthe van. In a flash of genius Liz had brought some towels and some kitty litter to soak up any odor that might result from an animal throwing up. And it totally worked. So we cleaned that mess up.
This afternoon Roddo and I went geocaching for a couple of hours and although we didn’t find it, we did have an excellent hike with the dogs. They’re exhausted now.
The kids stayed inside and played some video games and colored and whatnot.
Dinner was OUTSTANDING. I’m still not recovered.
Work called and I’m just waiting for some jobs to finish before heading back to see how the pumpkin pie turned out.
I better roll.
PS: the trial finished and the deliberations are over! Briefly, there had been a fire six years ago and the tenants were suing the owner of the building for failing to meet certain fire codes and allowing the fire to spread to quickly. Initially it sounded like people just looking for a quick buck, but i changed my mind on that. I’ll write more later.
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