I am seriously loath to post this but  feel like I should. I saw my doctor Thursday about the growth on the top of my head. It wasan unofficial visit. He wasn't happy about it and took a biopsy andthen had me go over to the hospital for an MRI, which he made surestayed off the books until my health insurance kicks in. He's goodabout that sort of thing. He called me earlier today about the results and I've been mulling themover all day.. He won't get the biopsy results until next w...

What do you think? I've heard that as the answer to a question, both on television and in person, several times today. In many ways it's the perfect answer to an obviously stupid question. I've decided that, for my own personal amusement, I am going to make that my standard answer to any and all stupid questions for the next period of time to be determined by the hearing of an even more amusing retort, or until I just get bored with it. What do you think?

Just a short video showing a few of the effects on my Linux desktop using the Compiz Fusion desktop environment.  

The discovery of fire is probably one of the most important discoveries in the history of Man. I'm making the most of it and have the grill fired up. I'm not grilling anything fancy, just some burgers. Those, along with some baked beans, will make tonight's dinner. I don't think anything tastes as good as food cooked outdoors. And no wimpy gas for me, it's charcoal all the way baby! I keep meaning to pick up a better grill, but my tiny little table-top grill serves me well enough. Perhaps ...

Ah well, nothing lasts forever. I was working with my digital camera today and all of a sudden it is no longer detected by the computer's usb port. Crap. It worked a couple of days ago. I went through some troubleshooting steps and determined that the usb port on the camera has died. It's a  Canon PowerShot A75, and it'ss a few years old. Not exactly a top of the line model, but it wasn't the cheapest either. I guess I got my money's worth out of it sso I really can't complain. I'll r...

I recorded this on Monday, the 30th but just got it uploaded today.  

Yesterday my escort and I arrived at the Port of Miami with the really long oversized load. We checked in at the security checkpoint. Everything seemed pretty normal, present identification to the police officer and he runs it through the system. This process normally only takes between ten and twenty minutes. After an hour of waiting I knew something simply wasn't right. The cop said their system was down, but I didn't buy it. As soon as three police cruisers pulled up I knew something was d...

I'm holed up in a motel in Georgia until Monday morning. I won't have to worry about getting and early start tomorrow as I can't pass through the Atlanta area until after 9:00 am due to the restrictions there for oversized loads during rush hour. Last night I went to the little sports pub and grill next door for some dinner and adult beverages, and just to get out of the room for a little while. I had a pretty good time there.  I had a number of people, especially the women, express inte...

Since Georgia has a curfew on oversized load movements from noon Saturday until sunrise Monday I checked into a motel. This gave me the chance to spread out the sweater and shoot a progress pic. Still a ways to go before it's  finished but it's coming along.

As much as I despise insurance companies I went ahead a signed up for health insurance through my company. I figure worse case I can use them for the routine crap they normally don't cause a fuss about and if I need something they want to be pricks about I can just do it on my own like I always have. The economy is getting tighter and I came to the conclusion that perhaps the insurance thing might be a good idea if things get worse or I do develop some serious illness. I'm not too concerned a...

I made it to Little Rock around 5:00 this afternoon. On the way down I-55 in AR there was a fatality accident that shut down the interstate and backed up traffic. Luckily I was able to use my handy dandy GPS to route myself around it pretty easily without losing much time at all. I do enjoy the fact that our technology has reached a point where things like navigation and communication are quite easy for anyone. Just a few button presses and one can navigate anywhere around the world, or be ta...

When I finally made it to the yard yesterday I put my truck into the shop for servicing, which didn't take very long. Once I had my wheels again I checked into the hotel for the night to get some rest after a busy week. Once I had jumped into the shower to de-hog myself I walked over to Appleby's for dinner, a few adult beverages, some conversation, and some knitting time. The sweater is really coming along and I am almost finished with the ribbing at the bottom. Once that's done I'll just ha...

I'm currently sitting in Seymour, IN waiting to hear from dispatch. I pulled in here late yesterday afternoon. I picked up some electrical equipment in NC and am hauling it to a Wal Mart store currently under construction in Milwaukee (as if they need another damn Wal Mart). Since I still have a lot of open space on the trailer they're looking around to see if there's anything else I can pick up along the way to add to the revenue. Personally, I'd just as soon deliver this crap and go to the yar...