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Slave to Technology.

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So the laptop, though working, has become touch-and-go like a patient on life support.  I can’t really move it or I will lose the power connection.  Sure, I could order a new mobo but that would cost $300+ plus installation on an outdated laptop.  Forget that mess, I needs a new toy.

So I dropped about $950 bones on a Dell Vostro through work (which hopefully means I get their service plan, sweet!).  The new Vostros are built for business and don’t come loaded with a bunch of garbage trial software and what have you.  I was going to splurge and get the Macbook but it just wasn’t in the cards.  I also snagged a 300GB external HDD to transfer all of my nonsense, and the old Acer has now become the Torrent box (while it lasts of course).  I forgot how much I missed torrenting free shit.

Over the last week and a half I’ve gotten seasons 1-6 of Smallville (it’s cheesy but I dig it), the third season of LOST, season 6 of Scrubs, Heroes and almost done with Michael Moore’s Sicko.  For some reason it won’t finish.  Any other suggestions of decent shows out there to catch up on?  I hear Weeds is good, but I don’t like pot and pot humor so I’m not sure.

And that is that, back to our regularly scheduled babble.  Grrr politics, movies, books….!

Taliban Kills S. Korean Hostage

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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL4204720070725

 

This is not good.  Nor is anything else happening on that side of the world, but this further cements how much strength the Taliban has regained in Afghanistan.  So much for all of Bush’s “we’re winning” rhetoric that he loves to spout.  Of course the administration blames it all on Pervez Musharraf and his inability to route the Taliban from Waziristan, because we can’t be expected to clean up all of our own messes.

 

Responsibility, what’s that?

thoughts from the cubicle farm

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Raise your hand if you're sick to death of the yearly Harry Potter fiasco.  Let's hope J.K. Rowling takes some time-off before she lets loose with the inevitable spin-offs forced upon her by her publishers.

Hey kids, it's time to start reading some of those other books on the shelves that don't contain wizards.  I hear there are a couple of good ones out there.

Here we go again…

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So again I find myself unable to stay away from writing on the Internet(s). I know it doesn’t make much sense that, instead of just continuing things on my current LiveJournal, that I create a new blog and basically start from scratch. The truth is, I can’t explain it really and it doesn’t make much sense when I say it out loud. Trust me though, I do have my reasons for migrating to Blogger; some are techie/web-related and the others are personal/creativity-related. That being said, welcome back to the irreverent nonsense that is my online presence (all five of you that may have followed me from LJ).

During my two+ month sabbatical I reassessed and re-evaluated a lot of things going on in my world and the world around me. I took a two-week road trip/vacation to Wilmington, NC, the possible destination of my future residence, possible employment and MFA degree. Also during this time I read a boatload of books (well boatload by my criteria anyway), watched an equal amount of movies and of course still be kept up on all of the happenings here and abroad as best I could. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to stay away from news and politics, no matter how angry they makes me. Here’s a quick list of what I’ve been reading (though not in this exact order) so you can see where my head is at:

  • The End of Faith by Sam Harris
  • Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
  • The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  • Vagabonding by Rolf Potts
  • Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  • A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
  • The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
  • The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins*
  • god is not GREAT: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens
  • When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops by George Carlin*
  • Barrel Fever by David Sedaris*
  • Chuck Klosterman IV by Chuck Klosterman*
  • The Assault on Reason by Al Gore*
  • Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman*
  • Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
  • Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami
  • Dispatches from the Edge by Anderson Cooper*
  • Lies my Teacher Told Me by James Loewen*
  • Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon (currently reading)

*Denotes audio book (hey they still count.)

Yeah, you can tell I’ve been a bit of a worm lately. The audio books have helped now that I have an hour drive each way to and from work. That’s another thing I did in the interim, I moved back to the 3-2-1, or Brevard County to the uninitiated. It has its pros and cons, but that’s another story.

For the most part posting here will be the same, with a subtle change in posting frequency and content focus. I won’t go into detail, you can judge for yourself. Oh and just a small authors note, if you are reading through the LJ syndicated feed and would like to leave a comment, please do so at the actual blog (that goes for all five of you.) I won’t get notification of comments on the feed and most likely won’t read it. If this is too much of an inconvenience then piss off, because that is just plain lazy. It takes a few extra seconds to follow another link, it won’t kill you. If the comment is worth saying then it should be no problem.

A real quick aside, this wins the best headline of the day award. Honestly, jokes with that group’s name never get old.

That’s all I’ve got for now. To those that know me, welcome back. I aim to entertain, inform and possibly make you angry. To those that don’t know me, get started!