Baby boomer man humorously looking at mid-life, retirement, and memories.
My daughter is voting for Obama in Florida today.
She didn’t get this joke…
I guess that’s a good thing that she didn’t get it?
UPDATE: here’s her interpretation: oh..I thought it meant don’t judge them by whether they have a penis or not. Now I’m thinking I’m the one that didn’t get it. I thought it referred to black guys size.
Politics is so confusing.
It’s things like this that give conspiracy theorists a bad name.
THE asteroid won’t arrive until Tuesday.
The closest approach is expected to be at 3:33 a.m. ET.
The asteroid TU24 is one of an estimated 7,000 so-called near-Earth objects.
An actual collision of a similar-size object with Earth occurs on average every 37,000 years.
Spotted in October by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, TU24 is estimated to be 500 to 2,000 feet long.
If you can’t tust a conspiracy theorist to get the DATE right, let alone the time, why bother?
I will go to bed tonight and sleep well, knowing that I am safe as long as I have my tin-foil hat on.
I got the Magic Jack phone doo-dad today, and it works like a charm!
It’s about the size of a Tic-Tac box with a cable attached. One end of the cable has a phone jack connection, the other end has a USB connection. Plug in the phone, plug into the Magic Jack and wait for the software to install.
I had a glitch on that last part. The software wouldn’t auto-install because I had that feature turned off as a security measure.
They had a link on their website for Magic Fix which I ran a couple times before the installer finally launched.
The only drawback is the limited number of area codes to choose from as your “home” number. I picked Boca Raton, Florida because I’d like to live there.
Since we intend to us it only for outgoing long distance calls, it’s a non-issue.
I attached a cheapo phone and the quality of the call was excellent. No echo, no delay, no static. It was a better quality call than using our cordless landline. Far better than any Skype call.
Don’t call me, I’ll call you – free.
Leave your phone number in my comments, an area that is kind of like a toilet stall.
UPDATE: During the install, the set up for Magic Jack changes your default external sound. If you want your speakers to work, go into the control panel change the default for sound to your speakers.
My friend got his and ran into the same installation difficulties as I did. This is not plug and play – or even plug, run install, and play. It requires running upgrades and their “fixer” program and trial and error.
UPDATE 2: I went to their website and looked at the reviews and I don’t think these folks are scammers because of the glowing review from (among others) PC Mag.
UPDATE 3: Scariest story yet:
In short, it not only has one agree to ads with its paid-for system, but claims that the ads are necessary for it to work. It will also snoop on your calls to target ads more accurately, and has you sign away your legal right to take it to court if it defrauds or otherwise harms you. Delightful.
It gets sexier. When you access Magic Jack’s instant web help page, a bizarre series of “compatibility tests” take place first, reporting lies like “Your Magic Jack is functioning properly” even if you don’t have one installed.
UPDATE 4: Nice write up in Twice.com, the official newsletter of the Consumer Electronics Show. They might have spent more time on the customer service angle, however. Thanks Bob.
UPDATE 5: Anybody using Magic Jack with Vista and wireless? How is that working for you? Easy-Peasy?
UPDATE 6: http://www.magicjack.com/techchat/ is where I found a live chat for tech support. Since I don’t have an issue with Magic Jack, I don’t know how good they are with their support. But it debunks the statement by many that there is no tech support. They may not be good, but they are available!
Dancing with the Stars for the HGH crowd is back on NBC: American Gladiators!
It’s basically the same program that when off the air ten years ago, except the Gladiators have ‘Roid Rage. In the good old days, they used to love on the contestants after they completed a segment. If the contestant made it past the Gladiator, it was all gropes and smooches.
Now, the Gladiators are infuriated if they look “bad”.
The exciting news is NBC put out a casting call for new Gladiators. I can’t dance – so that reality show is out. I can’t sing – so that reality show is out. I’m afraid of bugs – so that knocks that reality show out. I’m afraid of driving on the opposite side of the road, so that show is out. I’m married – and that knocks out the rest of the reality shows. I could get arrested, I guess, but I don’t think you get paid for that reality show.
That leaves American Gladiator. I’ll be starting those HGH shots sooner than I thought. I need to bulk up a little.
Then I need an American Gladiator name! Some of the current ones are:
I’m thinking:
Obviously I need help. I have a while to bulk up (I think I’ll substitute milkshakes and M&M’s for the HGH, but I do need a great American Gladiator name pretty quickly.
Since the asteroid hit the other Earth, we can all resume our normal paranoid activity of wondering what will kill us. Here’s something to munch on, the disease du jour.
…people everywhere are being diagnosed with a lifelong, incurable illness known as celiac sprue disease. This disease poses serious, life-altering problems: it completely changes the way a person eats, drinks, cooks, and lives.
…current numbers, however, indicate that one out of every 150 people has celiac sprue disease. In addition, those diagnosed have to avoid far more than just flour (an extremely unfriendly ingredient for celiacs).
Attention restaurant owners: new niche market!
I know here in Kentucky this would go over like a Subtle Butt at a pig roast.
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