July 20, 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release

rmiles7721July 20, 2007Entertainment

Well, only about half an hour until the Harry Potter book gets released. I have enjoyed the extra traffic this week, as well as the extra Google Adsense hits that came along with it. Quite a bit more than the normal amount that I get, mainly because of my post on the Deathly Hallows Spoiler 🙂 Believe it or not I have gotten 2800+ unique visits today, about 2300 of them looking for a Harry Potter spoiler.

I amazes me how many people are actually staying up all night in anticipation of it. Harry Potter parties at book stores, heck even the local Wal-Mart is having one. I am truly amazed. I enjoy a good book as much as anyone and I am really looking forward to this one, both with anticipation as well as a little sadness since it will be the last one, but I am darn sure not going to be hanging out all night irresponsibly keeping my children up until two or three in the morning just for a darn book. It’s not like the X-Box 360. There will be plenty of them to go around and even if there isn’t haven’t you guys ever heard of Amazon? I will be receiving the book in the comfort of my mailbox tomorrow afternoon when I get home from work just like 90% of the other books that we get.

BTW, this will also be my weekend Open Track-Back post for July 20th-21st.

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I hate days like this…

rmiles7721July 20, 2007Site News

For some reason this entire week has been very rough. I think it’s mainly a result of staying out too late the other evening. I have felt like I was behind the eight ball all week long. It was still worth it though.

I just got home from overseeing shift change at my busiest store. I had a bunch of paperwork to do that I haven’t had the chance to finish the last couple of days, and I don’t leave my managers without finishing the stuff since I expect them to have it complete before they leave.

Unfortunately I am at my store with the weakest manager tomorrow. He is off this weekend, which means two fourteen+ hour days just cleaning up the fucking mess that he has made over the last six days. I stopped in earlier today and the entire weeks paperwork was strewn all over the office (which is a tiny 4’x4′ room) including the floor. If that shit is still like that tomorrow I am just going to throw it all in a bag and go about my merry way running cash shortages on his ass. He can figure out what paperwork he hasn’t done when he comes back. I am pretty much over having to spend four hours after the end of my first shift there just putting together paperwork that he hasn’t had the chance to complete.

He has serious time management issues. Actually he just has lazy running of the fucking mouth issues. I have spent the last 11 weeks trying to get him motivated and change some of his bad habits and no matter what I tell him to do he gives me the lip service and just does whatever the hell he wants. The only reason I haven’t made a huge issue out of it yet is that the trainee that is next in line for a store is worse. He never shuts up and won’t stop and sit down long enough to listen or learn anything. Once he gets a store somewhere else then I will turn up the heat until old dude either starts doing his job or quits. He goes on vacation next week so that will be the opportunity for me to make some changes in his store. There are a couple of female trainees that have recently started that seem pretty sharp and on the ball, and I want one of them in my store.

Enough ranting about work for tonight, I think I will go find some mindless bullshit and read about it, maybe even post it.

Bariatric Weight Loss

rmiles7721July 20, 2007Uncategorized

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Harry Potter Stars Don’t Know How It Will End…

rmiles7721July 20, 20072Entertainment

With the impending release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows tomorrow, even the stars of the movies don’t know how the series is going to end. The book should be here tomorrow but unfortunately the wife will be wanting to read it first. That’s OK though I am re-reading the two just prior and I received the latest Alan Dean Foster book in the Flinx series earlier in the week. I have plenty of stuff to keep me busy until I get to the book.

I did end up putting down the Children of Hurin though. It sucks. Put me to sleep.


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Router Woes

rmiles7721July 20, 2007Technology

My Linksys router finally died a painful death or something last week. I don’t think I took a lightning strike or anything, but I have had intermittent problems over the last few months, but I honestly thought it was Charter Cable giving me the issues. I had been using a wireless router as just an access point that was plugged into the router, so rather than going out and spending another $65 I ended up using the wireless router. to get things up and running again. It kind of pisses me off because I like Linksys and I will probably eventually go back and get another one. Unfortunately my warranty was long gone on the one that died.

Vermont

rmiles7721July 20, 2007Site News

I have been all over the country over the years and there are not too many places in the lower 48 that I haven’t at least driven through once or twice. I have not yet been to Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont yet though and I am interested in getting up there. I understand that it is very beautiful country, and I would like to get up there at least once to see the leaves turn in the autumn. It would be nice to stay in a Vermont Bed and Breakfast and just drive around the country roads taking pictures.

Disney…

rmiles7721July 20, 2007Travel

I was looking at some different options for next year’s summer vacation for the kids. I want to set enough money aside to take them back to Disney, but one of the things I was considering is to get an Orlando rental home rather than staying in one of the resorts in the park. I just can’t decide. We had a really good time and I am kind of interested in the Tahitian resort that is pretty near the Magic Kingdom.

The kids would probably be happier staying in one of the resorts in the park, but my wallet likes the other option. I don’t know if next year will be the one though. Possibly the year after that. The youngest will be almost six by then and I think we will all enjoy it even more by then.

The La Brea Tar Pits…

rmiles7721July 20, 20073Site News

…have nothing on my back yard. When I went out for a smoke the night before last I must have left my coffee cup sitting on the back porch. I went out again yesterday afternoon and found this lovely site waiting for me…

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Is that nasty or what. There may have even been a dinosaur or two stuck in there, those damned tree roaches were so huge.

Just needed to share the love before I leave for work…