Computer or Pool Maintenance

Weird title huh? Not really because everyone wants to use a pool/computer, but nobody wants to clean it when it gets dirty. I understand, I do, but it's got to be done. Let's identify the state of your problem.

How frequently and what do you do with your computer/pool:

• Rarely. If you're a light user, hardly ever install programs, surf the web once or twice a week, you won't need much maintenance. It's like having a neighbor who has a pool just to let everyone know they can have it, but never uses it. It drives you crazy, but the pool man hardly ever comes over.
• Sometimes. Heavy use on the weekends, maybe a stray Milky Way bobbing here and there. Somebody peed in the pool! Okay, I'm out of control with the pool metaphor, but it's working for me, so buckle up!You install programs as you see fit and rip MP3's but, you use account control and have 1 antivirus and at least 2 anti spyware programs installed.
• Heavy. Multiple users, no account control, if a leaf fell on your keyboard, you'd try to install it. If your computer was a pool, the water would  be green and brown, it would smell and nobody would want to use it. Your anti virus is out of date and you don't know or care about spyware. But, you're willing to click on a link that says you can see Jessica Simpson naked. (Jessica Simpson will never appear naked, for Gods sake! Her dad's a preacher). I will eat this blog if she ever does!

Choose the word that best describes your usage pattern from the above and lets move on.

Open by Andre Agassi

I finished this book today. Let me begin by saying I received this book as a gift for Christmas(thank you Jen) but I don't remember the trigger point, the reason I asked for it. I do know that I don't fit the demographic for this book. I'm not an athlete, I don't care for tennis, watching or playing it. All the terms are foreign to me, yet I could not stop reading this book. I know a good story when I read it and this captivated me. Before reading Open, I knew the name Andre Agassi, had seen his image on TV but had no idea who he actually was as an athlete or human being, and couldn't have cared less. Thank you Andre, for being so Open, because now I know and care.

Final Hours of Darkness

Recently, the parents of a friend of mine, Jim, came out with a book! Final Hours of Darkness is a book about ghost hunting. I haven't read it yet but it sounds fun. As I understand it, some of the book involves Mansfield State Reformatory, a fascinating and creepy place. I know, I've been there 4 times. I look forward to reading this just as soon as I finish some other books on my reading list. I always want to support local people and businesses and the author's are from Eastlake, Ohio so I hope they do well and go on to writing more books and continued success!

Yoga: Eagle Arms

Yeah, I tried some yoga yesterday. Why? Don't know really, I thought it'd be a good thing. I tried the poses on this page on Yahoo. The first one was doable, the second one, not so much. As I understand it, yoga can help improve flexibility but first you may need some. I now know I lack flexibility. Mary, my lovely wife, does indeed have it. She did the eagle in like 5 seconds. I am wood. I stuck out my left arm and reached out my right and attempted to do the eagle but the eagle did me. This morning I can proudly raise my right arm up to my shoulder. Beyond that, nope. It burns like Holy Water on a vampire!

So, time to test if it's just me.

Mary weighs 100 pounds, 5 foot tall, can do it.
Me, 222, 5'10" can't do it.
My brother Norm, about my height and weight, can't do it.
My buddy Greg, taller than I, about the same weight, nope!
Dan, another friend, slightly taller and heavier than Mary, can do it.
A woman we know that's about 5 feet tall but heavier than Dan can do it.

Hmmm. I thought I had it figured out that bigger, bulkier people are not destined to be flexible until I saw the cover of this book. Big Boy there has some yoga game. Me, my shoulder still hurts. Next time instead of yoga, it'll be yogurt. Or Yoda.

Epson Stylus NX515 Printer

We bought a new printer today. One of the reasons we chose this model was because it's wireless(1 less wire works for me). One reason was it wasn't a Lexmark as I don't care for them. Lastly. our HP was running through ink like a crack whore on ice! Fast! I mean really fast!

The setup was easy, unlike what people said on Bestbuys reviews, where we didn't buy it because the only location in the tri-state area was Columbus. So we went to our Friendly neighborhood Microcenter, where the nice man tried to sell me a USB cable. "It's wireless", I said. Said Nice Man, "still, sometimes you still need a cable". "Got one", I replied. Oh, by the way, Didn't need one, Nice Man!

Book Update

Ooops! I forgot to post about some books I've read recently. I've just finished Stieg Larssons'"The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest", the last book in the Millennium Series(3 books) by this tragically deceased author. After writing 3 books that have sold millions of copies, he dies at age 50 of a heart attack, never seeing what his gift brought to the world. I couldn't stop reading this book, but was sad to see the last page.




  Before this, I read "The Beatles" by  Bob Spitz. Slow in the beginning like many books are, It finished nicely with a renewed hate of Yoko Ono, but with the added relish of understanding why.

Rihanna SOS/Soft Cell Tainted Love

Me and Dan were talking today about Rihanna and how she rocks and I couldn't recall the first song or video of hers that I remember. It's "SOS' and it's just below. Then I remembered that it had a hook that I couldn't place and it hit me, Soft Cells' "Tainted Love". maybe it's just me but I hear a connection. I can't find an embeddable video for Soft Cell but I have a link to Last.fm here. Tell me watcha think.