So little time, so much Unreal Tournament to play...

There is only one main drawback. The violence. If, although very rare, I should be crowned the loser in a round of LAN Unreal Tournament, things can get ugly. There is only one explanation on how I could possibly lose such a cherished thing. You guessed it, a defective mouse. What ever should I do with an obvious defective mouse that lost me my prized tournament?

Destroy it. Immediately, if not sooner.

I usually hate movies with poorly recorded sound and music tracks, but the movie itself was so interesting that I could dismiss the poor sound. Six strangers each wake up in a fourteen by fourteen foot room, and eventually stumble across one another. They then surmise that each room is part of a great cube that is comprised of well over a thousand of these rooms. Some rooms, however, have fatal traps that have to be passed by. Each person, they learn, has a different skill that will help them in their quest to exit the giant cube. There is plenty of gore, violence, and suspense as these folks ramble from room to room, trying to find an escape from this great cube.

I again have to thank John for putting up with us again for the weekend. It is no easy mission to host three "beer bums" for an entire weekend, but you did it once again and we are all very grateful.  You da man.

The usual group of misfits is making the journey to John's domicile for an evening of drinks and conversation.  We PLAN on rising early and heading to Gettysburg to walk a fifteen-plus mile historical hike. As most of our bright ideas, it should prove to be interesting.  Fifteen miles should take us....three days??

Four folks from "higher management" at the school district have now begun the implementation process of using Palm Vx's.

There is just something that warms my little soul when I see someone of age try to use something that I have used for years and now consider second nature. I just have to smile... They get that little smile and then giggle like a little youngster with a new toy.

I think this entire picture posting routine of mine is turning out to be rather a poor idea. It seems that if I slack with the "processing" of these images, I tend to receive three or four emails in my inbox scolding me to "hurry up"!!

The good news is that I have a lot, and I do mean a lot, of pictures. All I have to do now is find time to thumbnail and organize them. The new digital camera is really a piece of art within itself.  I can't believe some of the amazing shots that I captured. I'm sure you will be astounded as well.

All of my "soon to come" Las Vegas pictures are dedicated to John's mother, who thought I could never take a serious snapshot.

Hopefully, this afternoon, I can locate a suitable "free Internet" company that will allow me to check mail and make a post or two with the trusty laptop.

Most people that knew me believed that I would work there forever, but I had to put an end to the insanity. It is a great place to work, you basically make your own salary and there is always something to do in the store to help pass the time. I've won some sales awards as well as made a lot of people laugh and smile, so I think it was all worth it.

The only thing the company needs to additionally install into each store is a liquor cabinet. It would make it much easier to deal with some of the customers. Other then that, I have no complaints.

I have finally completed over one thousand data work units for the Seti@Home Project. Roughly calculated, I have performed over three and a half [3.6] years worth of good old fashioned number crunching. I have the SETI@Home software running on a total of six systems, ranging from my Athlon 650MHZ at home to our Pentium III 550MHZ Windows NT web server at work.

Same great features I already have, plus a boatload more. One drawback is the drop in weight that your wallet suffers. It's average street price is around $900.

I also reduced the number of posts on the main weblog page, so download times should be a bit zippier.

And a finally, a note to my daily readers. Thanks! I know a lot of people tend to say, "I write this for me, not necessarily for anyone else. Readers are just a bonus." The people that usually say that have tons of hits and a load of people checking back many times a day. I assure you we all started off at the same place, the bottom. It feels good to have a few people check in often to see what confused garble I can muddle through next, and again I thank you.

Yeh, that's my ESPN SportsCenter Highlight.

The Sniper Rifle plus my demeanor equals headless enemies. What could possibly be cooler then that?

Two words. I'm sure you know what they are by now.

I'm not a goofball ALL the time.