Monthly Archives: February 2009
9618 – Sunday
Beware the Ides of February!!
Nice walkies today – cool outside, saw a couple of new neighborhood cats (as well as a few of the regulars) – There are more than a few local houses with ship’s figureheads on them – one on the boardwalk puzzles me a bit, as I think they look better at the tip or meeting of two corners, rather than on a flat surface.
Stopped by the post office – a letter from insurance says I have fibromyalgia , but my doctor hasn’t said anything to me about it. Put me in a bit of a foul mood for a while – stewed in my own juices for a bit, but have since recovered. Giving the situation a name hasn’t really helped with finding a repair situation, and I suspect that calling it such will cause more than a few people to dismiss it like folks do with ADD, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or the like. It is one of those things that is hard ot diagnose, and is likely over-diagnosed. I’m not going to assume anything until we can go over more facts.
Tonight, the in-laws came back over and we watched the remainder of Lost in Austen. To be honest, it was off to a weak start, but was more entertaining in the 2nd half. After that polished off, a little Top Gear helped to elevate the rapidly diminishing testosterone volume. Looks like they’re back on track with the fun goofy stuff, and not so much straight car reviews. I prefer the weird challenges any day.
1 year ago – minty kisses, DuClaw, Toe the line / Piss and Vinegar, Video card driver issue, Q&A meme
2 years ago – Otter Pics!, Marine museum, warm geese in hoodies
3 years ago – compusa poop, holy moley, transistors, cargo cults, lj feature, bus station picture, cadbury bbq egg, on the lam(b), sex pred stigma
4 years ago – edbook pic arrives, cheap chocolate, land of the lost, Rik’s comic gets to previews, netflix queue, top 100 free e-texts, cow-pattern tents, public records db finds fugitive
5 years ago – Sun-sentinel cam changes direction, crittercam, condo shopping, I feel great
6 years ago – MP toys, work shopping, black bean hummus, key deer
7 years ago – Newtcam active in old apartment, how cell phones work/tracking, fibbed to, SOP
8 years ago – Monster!, SA goes in fro her job interview, got a love note, simpsons lame, cartoons, silly haiku, bro and I
Eric Hutchinson – Rock & Roll
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9617 – Saturday
Valentine’s Day! BHK got peanut butter chocolates and a couple of cards from me… I got a wonderful couple of cards, a dragon kite with a wingspan is as wide as I am tall, [edit- added a spiffy sea monster video game for the wii] and some very spiffy coupons.
BHK and I curled up on the couch and played a little lego indiana jones on the wii (checked out form the library), but then the in-laws rang us up – No time for love, Dr. Jones!
We went with the in-laws to get a spot of lunch at Clarke’s Landing (Great view, and the best seafood place we’ve been to – plus, it was free – Valentine’s gift from the in-laws) and then onward to Leonardtown (home of ol’ Witches Rock ), and visited a local gallery and used bookstore before heading back to headquarters. BHK got a couple of cookbooks, a pair of green cylindrical earrings, black-eyed susan seeds and some Chick-lit. We got Larry a book on Southern Pacific Railroad, and a Lou Reid CD. I just enjoyed roaming aorund with my sweetie, drinking a hot cup of Earl Gray tea and taking in some nifty stenciled graffiti.
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When we (in-laws and all) got home, we watched the Nancy Drew Movie (BHK loved it, and I thought it was cute, too.)
Now we’re watching the Lost in Austen miniseries, and I’m about ready for bed. BHK and Larry are already out cold, and Chris is not long to follow.
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So, Yelp sells review placement?
"Stoppelman said Yelp doesn’t strong-arm merchants and that the site’s sponsorship program — its main source of revenue — doesn’t offer "pay for play" to advertisers.
Tell that to Tom Mulvihill, owner of Thai Issan restaurant in Cerritos. He received a letter from Yelp last summer informing him that his business had earned a rating of four stars out of five.
Shortly afterward, Mulvihill said he received a call from a Yelp saleswoman urging him to pay a minimum of $150 a month for sponsorship.
"She said sponsorship would allow us to hide the negative reviews and elevate the positive ones," he recalled.
Well, if that’s the case, how can they be considered even remotely valid? I’ve removed links from my site, and am considering what my alternatives are in the review arena.
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1 year ago – V-day, awesome superhero toy collection in one blister pack, metro assaults, 2 new dinos, waterboarding underestimated, sourcetv, list of famous $cientologists
2 years ago – stayed in for ice storm smashes our fence, ice pictures
3 years ago – Sand dollar, interjection poll, Miami cloud art, bro drama, Bang!
4 years ago – dream, war tuning, slacker, torrent tv, gm-ginger kitties, questions meme, christo, newt stalking pic, zefrank’s st. val history, whims-cute card, work peeve
5 years ago – V-day, hippie visit results, Nefertiti documentary mostly drama – not much document, cheese doodle sculpture, anonymous reviewer bug amazon
6 years ago – got the nordis gig, palm pics
7 years ago – n V-day poetry, JB figures out about SA & Me, wandering pics
8 years ago – How Do I Love Thee?, I resemble Dan Conner, Men cause the mutations, tea room & old TV, TMBG lyric
9616 – Friday
8:01 AM – Discovered the hard way that the commuter bus doesn’t take checks – thankfully the fast stop up the road has an ATM so I can pay in cash, and yoo hoo to sooth my nerves. The driver was kind…
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9614 – Thursday: Happy 200th to Darwin and Lincoln! If they were alive today… they’d both be desperately clawi.. http://tinyurl.com/dc3fej
9612 – Tuesday
Reading Booster Gold on the EEE on the ride home and listening to Free Audio books .
BHK made TVP with Mac & Cheese – Tasty stuff!
We relaxed quite a bit, watched TV, read and snuggled the…
9611 – Monday
Some tummy trouble this morning, and the ol’ back is acting up a smidgen, too. Body did not want to get out of bed this morning, but the brain made it so.
Newt was late coming to bed last night, I…
9614 – Thursday
Happy 200th to Darwin and Lincoln! If they were alive today… they’d both be desperately clawing their way our of their coffins, I imagine.
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9613 – Wednesday
Carrot goldfish floating belly up – instead of sacrificing it to the garden, it’s being fed to the squirrels.
BHK bought us some new Pillows – comfy, but I still prefer a minimalist approach under…
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