Wow, I didn't know she was 93.
CNN.com - Sci-fi and fantasy author Norton dies - Mar 17, 2005
March 2005 Archives
Been a weird couple of days. Worked the graveyard shift for the first time in over a year last night, so I had to sleep most of the day Friday. It was Slutfest, which is sort of a mini freaknik. Was pretty busy, but not too bad. Less than I would normally cook on a Saturday morning.
The web site seems to have been down most of the day. Not real sure why. I ended up rebooting the server, no problems since. I thought that maybe my ISP had blocked the port, but apparently not. My Wireless router had been acting up, so I thought that perhaps something else had happened.
Going to try and get a couple of hours of sleep, this is my weekend off and we are having a barbecue this afternoon.
Have to stop by the Blockbuster that I normally use at some point today and piss all over them. Basically I feel as if I am being fucked. We use two different stores, as I work near one, and my wife works near another. There isn't one in the town where we actually live.
A couple months back the Manager in Carrollton got me to sign up for the blockbuster Movie Pass. Sounded like a good idea. Basically $24 or $25 a month, no charge to rent the movies. After renting a few you start saving money. I usually rent three or four a week, so that works out pretty well.
Two weeks ago I was in Villa Rica (the one my wife uses), and I decided to rent three videos. The conversation went something like:
"You have $8 in late charges."
"No, I haven't rented anything in awhile, I did have three dollars worth a couple of weeks ago, but I paid that in Carrollton, nothing else has been late, so I shouldn't owe anything. Besides, I thought you guys no longer have any late charges."
The guy typed some shit in and said "Ok, no problem. The videos are $12"
"I have the movies pass, how can the movies be $12?"
"The movie pass is only good at the store where you purchased it"
"Why didn't someone tell me that when I bought it?"
"Guess someone wasn't doing their job. $12, please".
Fuck Blockbuster. What a ripoff. That is the last time I have used them. There are a couple of mom and pop video stores here in town, guess they just got my business. Blockbuster is convenient becuase it is a block from work, and I like to do business with the other shops around my store, but they can kiss my ass. I am going to stop in today and cancel the fucking movie pass. They are a business and can operate any way that they want to, that does not particularly bother me, but if they are going to have rules like this, they should be explained to people, or at least fucking posted somewhere. Kiss my ass Blockbuster, you and your "No more late fees" bullshit.
Guess this makes me a thief too:
Instructions:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that “cool” or “intellectual” book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
"You will heal".
Instead of answering, she held his gaze as she had held Sheriff Lytton's, daring him to believe that she could be intimidated.
He was Haruchai: his manner did not waver.
Hmm, not real deep, but it was laying on the couch.
I've noticed the last couple of days that everyone seems to be posting about the Oscars and this and that. Well who really gives a fuck anyhow?
I have nothing against being rich and famous, but this is really just a rich and famous party to pat each other on the back. The only thing wrong that I see with that is that they are so fucking narcissistic (sp?) that they have to fucking televise it. Wouldn't it just be more fun to keep it off TV, roll out the red carpet, get rip-roaring drunk, get fucked and blow chunks all over that director you didn't like anyway?
Oh hell yeah. I don't get too overly excited by alot, but Judas Priest got back together last year and they have just released their new album, Angel of Retribution. I have only heard the first couple of songs as it downloads from iTunes, but all I can say is Classic Priest. This kicks ass.
