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The now annual
Morlock Boat Launch was restricted to local roads this year after last years highway debacle.
The Morlock also decided to pay for a seasonal slip, meaning this was the only launch event of the year (and possibly ever, if he finds storage).
It's a smart move for the Morlock, by not depending on me for transportation he can sneak off and harpoon Eloi from the boat without alerting me to his whereabouts.
It was, of course, one of the windiest days of the year, and after the boat almost went adrift during launch, then crushed a few mooring poles, we finally made it to the slip mostly undamaged.
You can read more about this exciting and daring edventure
here.
Sick of my two-tub sink and crappy faucet, I finally decided to upgrade to a single-tub with the cheapest faucet I could find. The entire procedure took place during a Star Trek: TNG marathon, so now I'll always think of Star Trek when I look at my sink. After discovering how easy it was to remove the old sink, I discovered the joys of pressure fittings and not-quite-long enough feed lines. 2 hours later the new sink was in and Star Trek was still on.
A surprise 80° day arrived today, which just happened to be the same day we arranged for my mom to babysit. I immediately delayed our movie plans to take advantage of
the weather and had a picnic at hoop and stick park, frolicking in the sunshine around the waterfall and goose poop.
My
recent supply of decaf Mountain Dew has apparently dried up, as I can no longer find it in the local grocery stores. Too lazy to restart the Canadian exchange, I've been trying substitute beverages with similar taste but less sugar/caffeine. First up is "
Rocky Mist" from Meijer. It's only two ingredients off from Mountain Dew and half the sugar. We'll see how long this can tickle my fancy.
Windows Home Server 2011 released yesterday to MSDN and as expected I upgraded that night. By upgrade I mean a fresh install and copy of the entire 3TB worth of data on my old server (which took all night). Now that I've achieved the latest and greatest, my post-upgrade excitement crash is greater than usual. I quickly discovered my Windows Server 2003 machine is no longer supported for backup, and not one of the machines I added was able to perform a successful backup. Plus the
removal of drive extender means I have to fit all my videos on a single drive, which just barely fit on my new 2TB. Not even a full day after my upgrade, I'm back to the original Home Server which works just fine. I declare WHS 2011 a downgrade, as it removes functionality and from what I could tell added nothing spectacular in return.
Ashamed of my presence on Facebook, I occasionally swear off the time suck social site for an entire day just to assure myself I can do it. Inevitably, someone gets wind of my goal and tries to sabotage it. After John announced my plans, the senator took it upon himself to be the instigator. While I survived the various link ruse attempts, I was foiled when he sent me a photo of facebook via MMS on my phone.
StavosWS6: http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/microsoft-bringing-silverlight-to-the-xbox-360-mobile-gaming-imminent-2011046/
AtomicInternet I don't trust tiny URL
StavosWS6:: eh?
AtomicInternet: although I do like your shortened name
StavosWS6: watcha talking about willis?
AtomicInternet: I sent it to Tom to check it out
AtomicInternet: he confirmed it took him to Facebook
AtomicInternet: DENIED!
AtomicInternet: what did John post anyways
StavosWS6: http://stavos.homeip.net/detroitarchive/uploadcenter/images/skynet.html
StavosWS6: you seen that right?
StavosWS6: i made a skynet dedicated page
AtomicInternet: I'm filtering all my links through TomTom
StavosWS6: john posted nothing in the last 24hrs
AtomicInternet: LOL
AtomicInternet: TomTom got redirected
AtomicInternet: and now I have something to post to my website
With Lisa having birthed a child, and the
Senators wife currently with child, it was time to have a
baby party. What do you do at a baby party you ask? Start with tailing the people you're visiting as they begin the drive back to your house, then call them before they get to Bennigans and order the Monte Cristo. Afterwards, retire to their house and earn achievements on WinPhone7 followed by a half-hearted attempt at Monopoly and X-Files. Sprinkle in some baby poop and vomit and your party is complete.
After Joseph received the
Nodo update for Windows Phone 7, I started to get antsy. He was enjoying copy and paste and better marketplace search, AND had access to warm weather and a beach. It was too much to bear, so I
forced the update. After it completed, it was like paying too much for a lap dance. You're drunk and excited before it happens, but then you realize you just blew 3 figures on something that wasn't that great. Turns out my regret comes in the form of
possibly breaking any future updates, but my plan to eBay it in the near future means someone else will have to deal with the pending STD.
Saw
this commercial on TV and was immediately obsessed. It made me realize (again) that alternate future history plots are where it's at. Instead of scaring everyone with what could possibly happen, entertain them with actual predictions. Plus it fits in nicely with the Homefront game and upcoming remake of Red Dawn.
The flatlanders
stopped by for a visit this weekend and enjoyed a sloppy joe feast prepared by my replacement wife who not only cooks and cleans but sucks snot out of Lilas nose. Jaird and I played Crysis 2 while Lisa and Melanie did everything else, with a few excursions mixed in.
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