The weekend is here already

I made it home at a reasonable hour yesterday and printed out some tablature for Happy Birthday songs. I practiced the songs in anticipation of a little get together for my mom's birthday, but she went out to dinner so I wasn't able to play them. Oh well, it will be somebody else's birthday soon enough. Neeza, Britt and Emily were going to buy the new Led Zeppelin album at Wal-Mart so I joined them. We were styling riding around in the Benz.

Not many clever observations, but we did see a karaoke microphone with songs built in, all you have to do is plug it into the tv and read from the screen. The only issue I have with this is the songs are all stored in the mic without the ability to add songs. They also include a bunch of different styles of songs, to pleas all audiences. I think they should have a different music for each type of music, because most people who will sing Frank Sinatra don't want to sing Britney Spears. So all of you karaoke mic executives out there take notice to this posting.

I might be hiking this weekend, depending on a few things including the weather and my aching right leg. My ankle seems to be bothering me again and my knee is also sore, perhaps it is time for a doctor's visit.

Have a great weekend everybody!!
K. Willis Sands

McGriddle Yum!!

Scott and I were walking back from picking up some breakfast and we saw a guy towing his bulldog in a little red wagon. It was hilarious, so since I didn't have the spycam I doctored a photo of what it looked like. The guy was so serious and we couldn't figure out how the guy wasn't laughing his ass of at how funny it was. It was a sight to be seen.

I also tried the new McGriddle breakfast sandwich at McDonald's. Many of you probably don't eat there and are wondering what is a McGriddle. Basically it is a breakfast sandwich, made with two pancakes and something in between. I had the sausage McGriddle and I have to say it was delightful. In the pancakes were little pockets of syrup which added to the taste. I know most of you don't eat breakfast there, but if you end up there for breakfast try it.

Peace,
Keeg

Saving my computer from the brink of reformatting

Did anybody see the bright object in the sky yesterday afternoon? It reminded me of the thing we used to see in the sky, called the sun. Well it was warm and put a smile on my face, so I decided to go for a little drive with the windows down. It was strange that I have been waiting for nice weather for so long and when it was finally here I couldn't decide on one activity to do outside. I went to the bank to put some money in my savings account, for the first time in a while, I finally paid of my ski debt and am now back on track with my savings. The teller at the bank was a cutie, so I have even more incentive to go to the bank.

My computer last night decided to mess with me. It was working fine for a while, I actually transferred files from the computer downstairs to my computer. I intended to burn a CD for my car, but my computer had different plans. All of a sudden the blue screen of death popped up on the screen, so I restarted the machine. It began to load and then pop, there it was again. I then tried to open it in safe mode, but it stopped halfway through the load process again. Uh-oh!! It was getting late, so I decided to give up and go to sleep and deal with it another day. I turned the tv on and started to watch Dateline, which was doing a special on dating. It was interesting, but the entire time the computer is nagging away at the bag of my mind. I kept trying different things and the blue screen kept popping up. Finally I busted out the System Recovery CD, and really got to work on the computer. After messing around with the DOS prompt and trying to find the file which was causing the problem. I finally found it deleted it and was up and running, for a while I was nervous that I would lose my pictures and Dave Matthews Band. Time to do some backing up.

Dateline NBC last night followed four singles and their different attempts at dating in New York City. Each used a different system including: online personals, 8 minute dating, a weird video bar and a professional matchmaker. Being in the constant state of singledom, I was intrigued and watched the show with immense interest. Viewers from home were able to vote on who they thought would have success and for the viewers were wrong. The best approach seemed to be the 8 minute dating, while the professional matchmaker thing seemed expensive and to be honest a little bit sketchy. So what did I learn? I learned that it isn't the method but the particular people you meet in those services that makes the difference. Most of the times when the people failed it was only because they just happened to meet the wrong people. Although the 8 minute dating may alleviate this problem since you meet so many people. I also learned that while 8 minute dating may be nerve racking at first, after meeting the first few girls the guy seemed to get the hang of it.

John Denver look-a-like

I was watching tv this weekend and saw a clip from Oh God and noticed the similarity in appearance between Mark and John Denver. What do you think?

Let me know what you think.

In other news has anybody noticed the large number of random accidents which have occurred in our country over the last couple weeks.
Here is what I am talking about:
1) Commuter train derails in Canton, MA.
2) Beaver dam bursts derailing train in NC.
3) Freight train derailed in NM, spilling hazardous materials.
4) Small plane crashed in NY.
5) Boat capsized in Boston Harbor.
6) Bombing at Yale University.
7) Explosion rocks cruise ship in Miami.
8) House explodes on Lake Winnipesaukee, from propane explosion.
9) Rain-swollen lake bursts and floods a North Carolina town.
10) Truck crashes into bridge and causes it to collapse causing highway closure.
11) Multi car crash in Maryland closes highway for two days.

Wow, is this all just coincidence or is there something else going on here. Perhaps it is just due to lack of war coverage, I don't know.

B-E-A-Utiful weather, NOT!!!

I seemed to have made the most of this rainy drab weekend. I shall start with Friday, where I spent the beginning of my evening at Aqua with Heather. It was a cool bar though seemed a bit uptight for my taste. Upon returning home I called Travis and we went to Sylvan Street before going to the 11:45 Matrix Reloaded. It was better the second time, plus I was able to see the trailer for Matrix Revolutions. I didn't get home until three.

Saturday I woke up late and went to the gym, making it four times in the last week, GO ME!! Nissa called and told me about game night at Britt's so, I went home hung out and then picked all the girls up for some board games. We only played Trivial Pursuit, but that was enough, since it took three hours for Em and I to win the game. There was some controversy about my age and the fact that because I am older I have an unfair advantage. Oh well, what am I supposed to do. After the game I went home and just sat around and did nothing until two when I went to bed.

Sunday slept in again, I don't know what has gotten into me. At around two I picked Em up and we went to the mall, so I could buy the new Mad About You DVD. After picking it up we went to get everybody else to go to see Bruce Almighty. It was hilarious, especially since I was sitting next to Becky, who has hands down the best laugh of anybody I know. After the movie we ate at Pizza Factory and then went to the beach and saw some fireworks. I dropped everybody off and went home to watch my new DVD, and come to find out it only had two of the three dvds. :o(

Today I woke up and went to breakfast with my mom and stepfather. Tried a Wonka Bar, which was great. Exchanged my DVD at the mall and went home to watch it. Picked my dad up and took him out to dinner at Not Your Average Joe's. They are crazy about garlic in that place, "Vampires Beware". Now I am sitting at home updating my LJ for all of you lovely readers. Tomorrow look for a less biographical entry. Until then, could somebody please stop the rain, I have had enough. Some food for thought, could you imagine if all this rain had been snow. OH MY!!!

"A flute without holes, is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a danish." - Ty Webb

Guest entry today from Mark

LJ Question of the day:

Given that the "round v. square" debate is not yet resolved, it may be unfair to muddy the waters with another twist, BUT, arriving at ABP this morning, I ordered a plain bagel toasted, nothing on it, please. I did not notice when it went into the toaster, I did not notice when I paid, I only noticed when I got back to my desk that my bagel had no hole. "Is this good," I thought? It is not normal, but is it better? Should bagels come without holes more often? Should the holes be there, but smaller? Maybe others know the answer. Which is better? What is the right size hole?

I am so tired and don't have much to write, but I wanted to at least get people to go to a web site I found today. I mean of course we went to BoCaNO last night and it was fun celebrating Amy's birthday. When I try and think of anything cool from last night, the only thing that comes to mind is being crammed into the booth at Whiskey's. So that is really all I have to say about BoCaNO. The rain is so depressing, I just wish the sun would come out, but the forecast seems to be predicting rain for as long as they forecast weather. Grrrrr!!!

Oh yeah Becky to answer your question about how to put images on your live journal. It is very easy and similar to underlining and bolding. Instead of using the <i> tags you would use the <img> tag, with one small addition you need to add the src attribute, which is a lot less complicated then it sounds. First find the address of the picture on the internet and set up the tag like this <img src="http://www.randomsite.com/image.jpg" > < /img > That is all there is to it. Any more questions we can have a workshop and I can show y'all how to do some html stuff.

Finally, here is the site I was talking about. Check out the Funniest Site I have seen all day.