Jammin'

My Zen Micro is currently flowin' some groovy beats into my brain. This thing is awesome.

Get one for Christmas I shall. Play it, I will.

What tagboard?

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At work I have access to the County Classifieds. I believe over 900 County Education Employees look at it. You can sell about anything you want.

Earlier today I had a funny thought. Funny to me, anyway. I would list something "For Sale" next to my name.....and when people clicked on it they would see "a bridge somewhere". When I thought of it, I thought it was so funny. I put it on there. Soon after I got that sobering feeling. That....it wasn't really funny. And now....hundreds of people.....think I'm an idiot.

Thank you.

Reach out and touch (someone?)

Somewhere, there is a guy sitting in his jail cell waiting for his brother to bail him out. Unfortunely, if he is only allowed one call... - that brother's not coming. I got a call from somewhere leaving me a message on my voicemail telling me to come bond my brother out of jail. Except, ...it's not my brother. To my knowledge, Robert is not in jail. Funny thing is, the person surely heard my name when my voice mail picked up. I guess they just didn't put two and two together.

Oh well. I'm sure Big Bubba needed a new friend.

Boom-shaka-laka

I have just sold my xBox. I am raising money for the "Help Charlie Get A New XBox 360 Campaign". On eBay, xBox systems are selling for like $85 - 90. Madden is selling for $30 - 35. So I thought about putting my system and 2 games on ebay and thinking I would be doing good if I got $130 - 135 or so. Instead I put it on the classifieds at work, and decided just for the heck of it to ask $175. I have gotten steady emails ever since. I just sold it for $175. A large increase over what I probably could have done on ebay. .....but because of the large response, I am kicking myself that I didn't ask $200.

Oh well. I'll take it.


If you would like to make a tax-free contribution...please contact "People for Charlie's Xbox 360" at PayPal address ckmail1@yahoo.com

Look! Asians!

Jared likes to tell people that I have a habit of pointing out Asians when I see them. For no real reason....just do. Kind of like pointing out an airplane in the sky.

We often go walking in our subdivision. Micah enjoys it too. There are a good bit of Asian families living in our neighborhood. That is fine. I love all people.

On our walk the other day, (a very quiet, peaceful day) some Asian-folk pull into the subdivision and start very, very slowly and carefully creeping past us to turn into their driveway. They are in their moving vehicle...so I...as I often do...rather loudly announce to Tori that "It's the Asians"; right as they are beside us rolling by. I don't know how much any of you know about 4-Runners, but as I was then reminded.....the back windows are electric and can be rolled down. As this one was. And since it was a quiet day outside and they were going 2 mph and there were right beside me with a window rolled down.....they now know that their neighbor is onto them and has properly identified their Asian heritage.

eBay = sugar daddy

Tori has been raking it in on eBay recently. But this is the premium example. This is a matching Raggedy Anne and Andy costume set. She bought it for $3. (I think at a yard sale) With shipping it just sold for $94.

Congratulations to the Rogers.

Mr. Roger's neighborhood seems to grow bigger by the minute. Congratulations to Michael and Audra on the birth of their daughter. You can see pictures on his "drivetrain" blog. (See link on sidebar)

Creative Zen Micro

I went with the Zen Micro. It seemed to get better reviews overall. 5 GB Harddrive; USB port, voice recorder, FM tuner and FM recorder, etc. I went with the silver. I actually would have preferred the green, but I went for the professional look since I may take it to work. It can also double for a to-do list, alarm clock, etc. I subscribe to Yahoo! Music. I paid $60 for a years subscription with access to all music. I don't listen to alot of the trash on there, but there is a lot of good stuff. My little buddy here will let me take it with me.

Accessories that I bought (or were bundled with) the Zen Micro. FM Transmitter --> Plugs into the Zen Micro and transmits whatever radio signal you tell it to. Works in the car or at home. A player cradle/belt clip and some Noice Cancelling earphones (player also comes with earbuds)

T.H.E. B.I.G. M.P.3. P.L.A.Y.E.R. D.E.C.I.S.I.O.N.

iRiver H10 or the Creative Zen Micro

Tonight, my saving and eBaying will come to fruition and I will buy one of the two. I have been comparing and I am leaning towards the Zen. I know nobody probably cares, but I am going to post about it anyway...I will probably post again later tonight if I go ahead and order it.

The Vicarious Zone

what if?

Race Relations

I tried to tell David to stop playing with the time machine buttons.

Two small people, who fully believe...they could fit the other one in their mouth.

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Grrr....

eBay problem

I had a bunch of stuff listed on ebay. So did Tori. I sold 3 things....a set of xBox videogames (which I actually did really good on) and an autographed Falcons football, and a small coin collection. (I know, I know, how did my Civil War bullet and metal matador statue not sell?! I have no idea.)

But what really gets my goat is my SNES stuff. I had it listed, and other listings similar had plenty of bids. What happened to mine? I'll tell you. I did a scheduled listing. For 9PM. Unfortunately someone else did too. But they offered 13 games instead of my 10. And the auctions ended literally on the exact same second. So the other dude got all the bids, and before they could go to the next auction (which was mine) mine ended. With 0 bids. Unbelievable.

I learned a lesson. If you do scheduled listing...do a random time...like 9:03 or something. Unbelieveable. So I relisted it again for a 1 day auction. We'll see if I do any better.

BTW...Tori sold every single thing she put on. And she had like 10 things on. Her items appeal to that small "Stay at home mom" crowd, while my items appeal to that large, well-known "I love to collect small strange statues from someone's attic" demographic.