There’s nothing like getting woken up to massive hail slamming into the building. Since I was awake, I checked WeatherBug just as a tornado warning came in for my immediate area. Yikes! Tornadoes had been spotted in areas nearby. We faired pretty well in the immediate area tornado-wise, but other towns and rural areas nearby got hit with other tornadoes.…
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AstroNerdBoy: Home Owner 06
With warmer weather coming, it is only natural that I’d start using the A/C more, especially since (1) I sleep during the day and (2) the bedroom, which is upstairs, is as much as 10° warmer as the 1st floor. So that meant making some adjustments, including purchasing a couple of additional large, portable swamp coolers (both for the white…
Superman vs. Mr. T
Ah, YouTube. Seriously, hours and hours of entertainment from people who have a lot of free time. ^_^ Anyway, this video is a combination of old Superfriends clips and the old Mr. T cartoon, with audio from a certain, famous boxing movie. ^_^ The video depicts Superman wanting to retire and Mr. T not being happy about it. We rather…
Yellow Submarine
Back when I was a kid, any cartoon was a good thing so when a cartoon featuring Beatles’ songs was scheduled to be on prime time in the mid-70’s, there was a good chance I’d get to watch it since my parents liked Beatles music. I remember only a few of things from the time I watched it in the…
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"Oh yes, there is DSL in your area."
I’ve had the worst luck with setting up thing for my condo, as I’ve mentioned before. A month ago, I set up the order to move my phone and Internet service from my apartment to the condo. I asked the person at Qwest to verify that DSL service was available at my condo and was assured that DSL service was…