PGA Tour Upgrade

Tigar Woods played here. It's a lot of money for the membership. I'm talking in the ten's of thousands of $! I have to go back here again on Wednesday.

I get no respect

Today was an interesting day. I learned that AOL really sucks, even for their broadband service. One of my clients made 3 calls to AOL with no luck! They kept giving him the runaround until he was frustrated enough to scream. Just by co-incidence, I plugged a network cable into the wrong port on the router, and that combined with a ppoe setting(you'll have to look that up) got me online. I guessed later that adding an aol dialer, without adding the actual program, would get me online from a laptop wirelessly; and it worked!

On the way back, I tried calling Collen, the lady that I had a long conversation with on Wednesday. She picked up the phone and immediately slammed it down when she heard my voice! No respect my friends, no respect. Then to tap it all off, I got a call from Onforce claiming that the phone problem that I went to fix, couldn't be fixed by another tech. They have to call the phone company to fix it and they want me to take the heat. I had to explain how this problem existed before I got there and may need a deeper fix than either of us were capable of doing. It burned my blood a bit to know that so many people need a scapegoat instead of fixing the damm problem.

Just an afternote...I need to focus on the positive instead of the negative. I had a good day overall and made a client very happy. That's the main point of this day!

Mountains of tires

Inside the hall of the mountain tire king.

Trust the Midas touch

Waiting for a brake check.

Always have a tone generator

This was another day of bad frustrations. I went to a long-term hotel to try and trace a line that went bad. Well, the line is a phone line and my testing kit is for a network cable. So, I went into the phone area and tried to visually trace it on the punch panel. I think I found it but no matter what I did, I couldn't get it to work. Since, I didn't have the right equipment, I just had to head home. What a rough day!

Lunchtime at Panera

Their soup is really good

A hectic crowd at noon

Why don't these people order online?

A hectic day

I went to 3 sites today but didn't take a picture of any of them. Sorry. I almost forgot my phone at one of the sites, but remembered it when my bluetooth headset beeped when it went out of range.

Drugstore at sunset

The view was worth the drug prices

A busy day at Borders

The amount of people here is standing room only

A day full of wonder

I had to go back to the doc's place because the "new" video card gave out. I'm hoping that it wasn't the motherboard because I gave him a 2 year old card that I had and that worked. Then I had major problems with his profile and everything else on their. So, it's wipe and reload! Now he's got a new computer but there's still a bit of work to do. I might remote in over the weekend and get it done. Meanwhile, my other big client can't find a stupid accounting file on her system. I was supposed to go there today but couldn't make it because of my previous committment. It sucks when your squeezed for time.

A nice house

with a nice picket fence and a nice couple. They've been living there for40 years and have 10 children!

Stuck in traffic

On my way to the next client

Fixing my "Piechiatrist" friend's comp

This computer had the most unusual behavior. The task bar would'nt show up! I tried everything to get it past a no go but nothing doing. I'm going back on Monday. Good luck to meI

A whole day here

and the servers got corrupted software

A long day of frustrations

I had a really long day today. At first I had a premonition that it would be bad when my battery in my remote lock gave out. I opened the car with the key but the alarm went off for about 5mins, blaring away at the neighborhood.
Then I couldn't find my client for about an hour downtown. I lost his number and I forgot the building! When I finally found him, and then started work, I got an emergency call from another client. I had to go over there to fix her problems. Then on the way back, my GPS gave me the wrong damn directions, again! I remembered where he lived and fixed his personal computer.
Then it was back to the office again to transer over the old files to the new. My KVM switch didn't work, which made my day because I had to manually unhook and rehook all the computer cables. Then finally, my evening client was angry that I couldn't make it today. I have to go there at 8am tomorrow, and I hate waking up early! Yikes!

Worcester Women are Bitches

I find it a bit difficult to say this, but in general, Women from Worcester are bitches. I interacted with a hair salon owner the other day who was complaining all the time about the amount of money that she was paying me to get sonic wall installed. Then she totally blew me off the other morning after I tried to help her and thought I was coming on to her. What a stupid wench! A lot of women are too stupid to keep a clear head, this bitch was no exception!

Inside of the mall

I came in here to eat lunch. I'd forgotten how big it was on the inside. Even with all this, I still cound'nt find what I was looking for.

The State Capitol Building

The building and the mall are right next to each other.

Providence Mall

Huge mall in the center of the city.

Nice restaurants

Providence has some nice places to eat.

Headding for R.I.

That's what the sign says if you can read it.

Mosaic Pic

This is weird the way it takes it.

The choices

I usually pic the Pappa because its quicker.

Big parking lot

My gym

I only go here very infrequently, that?s because I'm usually working. But not today!

Rows and rows of books

I could spend all day here, and I do when I have no work.

Too many magazines

And a whole bunch of them have bikini-clad women, even the ones selling stereo equipment!

The Cafe area

Not much sugar-Free stuff

Carosel without any

nice design but it's not moving.

Empty food court

I wonder where all the Chrismas shoppers are?

They forgot my order

The fish fry place forgot my order, but they were sure nice about it later.

the beginning of a bad day

I went to this ladys house and noticed that her imac G5 did "smell" and I told her that it needed benching. The Compusa phone operator didn't agree with me. I had to close this out for $0 and go home.

It's Odd how things work out

People will give you praise when your onsite and get the job done. It's when you go off site and the criticism starts, that things fall apart. I'm always appreciated when I'm at a site but usually kicked around a bit when I come off the site. Why? Who knows. I got a lot of praise by the supervisor on the site but did not get the same in return when it was time for the ratings system. This sucks.

Sad but Gross

There's a really gross picture of this little girl with a tumor in her mouth. It's disgusting but I feel so sorry for the girl. I wonder how she eats? Is there love out there for her?

Here's a high quality pic

I'm not sure blogger will approve the upload. I hope so.

Multi-layered Pic

This was accidental inside B&N.

Coes Reservoir

It's next to the toxic waste sign.

The sign says it all

And I live within walking distance.

Tokoyo restaurant

I always wanted to eat here but never got the chance.

The food court

Everyone's hungry today!

The Solomon Pond Mall

It's that time of the year when the people start a shoppin'

My two addictions

One compliments the other

Here's my dinner tonight

I'm having lambchops for dinner.

Home sweet home

This is where the party starts

Fire station

And it's brand new.

Fast truck

Who would believe a truck could go by so fast.

Can't sleep this morning

I keep thinking of things that happenned in the past. Old hatreds and insults spring into my mind and I keep daydreaming through the morning hours. I haven't gotten up this early in a while but its a good thing. I'm heading for New Hampshire the whole day so I've got a big day planned.

Watching Star Wars

I haven't seen this whole movie in a while, which makes it even more of a blast. I'm looking at from a different prespective almost 30 years later. I,m trying to remember where I saw this movie when it was released. I think it was the theatre in downtown Worcester...they're ripping it apart today.

great eating place

This area was closed for months while it was re-desiged. Looks like it was worth the wait.

A funky new world

Can you believe that's the Christmas tree? This place has all it's own traditions. there is no turkey here, but then again Mohegan is built on Indian land. And they lost, right after they and the white man celebrated together.

The tower of glass

I wonder how long it took to build this sucker? I'm always impressed when I pass by this place.

Mohegan Suns finest

this is a shot of a restaurant at Mohegan.

On my way to mohegan

the roads are just as bad as my mood

A gray day part II

I am undecided as to get off my lazy butt, goto the gym and work out, and then goto foxwoods or mohegan. Probably I'll do neither and enjoy it!

no video but pics are OK

I tried sending out the video earlier but it just didn't work. It's just gonna be pics from now on.

video check

I want to see if this thing works

A busy bookstore

but not that busy when I came in

maybe I'm amazed at how this thing works

A gray day

I'm chilled though

I lost my phone

Yesterday was a tough day. I lost my phone and then got into an argument with Ketan. We went to an Indian restaurant and a fellow patron threw up because he had 8 beers. What a day!

All day and then some

Today I spent most of my day at a developer place transferring files. The operation took a long time to accomplish and in the end his laptop crashed. He ended up calling me late at night while I was cooking dinner. We chatted a bit, but this guy is very dry. I can see him doing the fancy deals but he's a very reserved wasp. I'm jealous...I'm kinda the same way.

Lastly, but not least...I bought the textbook to my online course. It might be just folly on my part, but I have to get serious about finding another vocation that is near my line of work. I think my best shot at life is to be a technical writer. That's the last field left that I'm capable of doing and learning and enjoying into my senior years.

This is a day which will live in infamy

President Roosevelt said that almost 3/4 of a century ago about the bombing of Pearl Harbor. So as the 5th aniversery of the World Trade Center bombing is fast approaching and I'm just thinking of hiding underneath my bed. I have a job tomorrow that I have to comute to in the morning but the prospect of randomly being shot at because I'm "not Irish but living in Massachusetts" is giving me the creeps. I'm thinking of canceling the entire plan until later on in the week. Of course, one has to live dangerously to get anywhere in life.

Today I feel like I've been here before

That feeling of deju vu is going into and outof my veins. I keep thinking that I owe someone money when I really don't...I want to scream sometimes with all the anger that I have, but I don't.
What is it about being very spiritual? Is it really needed to get by the 'slings and arrows' of daily insults? Or should be we take arms against a sea of troubles, and end them?

My Yahoo!

I'm so bored. I have no customers calling and there's not much going on anywhere else. The big news of the day is that I switched back to Verizon, only to discover that my bill will go up $20 for features that I was already getting with Vonage. The call quality is better but there is still a hissing in the background I can barely hear. I'll probably switch back in month...sometimes I'm that fickle.

Too shallow and don't speak english

I'm really starting to be a 'redneck' because there are so many people that are not English speakers? Are we turning into a nation of Tijuanuns or Brazillians? We're turning into an anglophobic country. I think I understand why the French are so pissed off with world not speaking French.

I wonder what the world will be like 20 years from now?

When the day's suck

There are those days, my friends. The days when everything seems to go wrong, when companies that book you on appointments screw up. When the next guy to call you, has a motherboard that looks like spagetti with no diagrams to look through. When someone you count on for support and guidance is back to his old tricks of marginalizing your friendship and taking you for granted. When even your old friends take advantage of your good nature. What's happening in this world? I think I know the answer but it involves expanding my rolodex. I gotta meet new people and make new friends. Maybe even find a lover or two? The emotional drain, is wearing me down:(

Is writing a cure for depression?

I just read something in a book about writing that surprised me. It was claiming that writer's need to write as a let off for steam, if not their depression, at least as a physiological need. I'm wondering if that's really going to work for me, so, here I go with my daily blog which I will attempt every day. I'm mostly a politically humorous type, but I denfinately want to expand my horizons and blog my heart out.

My thoughts on the book and its claim about writing curing the blues: does that include fingerpainting? Did the guy from My Left Foot get his depression cured because he wrote with his toes? How about Hitler writing Mein Kampf from a prison cell? Was he a depressed personality or what? Then there's the multitude of people that are drooling at the mouth sitting in the asylums of the world. Do they know how to write? Sometimes this is better than zoloft, but other times I'm gonna reach for the pill.

Thousands Decry Immigration Bill in L.A. - Yahoo! News

Thousands Decry Immigration Bill in L.A. - Yahoo! News I gotta tell you folks. I'm HAPPY as anything that this bill is about to pass Congress. For decades now, illegals have been crossing the border with no reprecussions for their actions and then winding up all over the states. Mexico is basically trying to re-populate the southwest with Mexicans that would be a 'reconquista' of the territory. The bill to make them accountable to make the crossing illegally and to give them work permits is solving both sideds of the equation.

I'm gonna rock this blog

I just got kicked out of blogit because my subscription ran out on me. I'm not in the mood to pay another 200 bucks so I guess that's it for them. I'll be posting on here more often than not. Look out world! Here I come!

The quick "Storm of the Century"

This one was over in a huff, or perhaps a minute and huff. The storm that hit the Northeast today was a whirlwind inside of whirly. It moved quickly but deliberately over the landscape of New England, dumping almost a foot of snow in certain places. Remember the storm that hit in January of this year? That took over two days to dissapate and it felt like armegeddon was happenning...over a weekend! What's scaring me about the weather is not so much this storm, but rather, the official start of winter is still a week away!

One of my favorite r

One of my favorite rock stars of all time is on this thing. Pete Townshend has a blog of his own and is actively writing.
     Its typical Townshend:  very complex and interesting in its own standing. The guy is still fascinating as the last remnant of rock ‘n roll’s heyday. Hell! It’s fair to say that this man invented classic rock along with Mcartney, Jagger, and maybe even Hendrix.
     I am amazed.

A new set of idiots

A new set of idiots have arrived above me. I have another pair of neighbors that are living above me in the apartment right on top of my head. The apartment supposedly has 2 guys living in there….damn! Anyway, these two are banging on the floor because they don’t like the sound of my guitar playing. Now I know its night but the guitar is an uplugged electric guitar that I can barely hear myself. These two dudes better be quiet on a Saturday night, or else……

Why dont people masturbate more?

Why don’t people masturbate more often? It is a great way to relieve a lot of tension and unwanted pressure. There’s even a website for it that promotes the activity. So what are you waiting for? Get out there with a bang and without a bang and start your own fire. Light your own ecstasy. Bring on the fun, turn the lights low; start with some lube and most important:  keep it quiet. The neighbors will complain.

Doctor Dick

I just went to the imaging service today to have a small tube inserted into my penis. I can’t tell you what a joy it was to squeeze the tip of your penis while dye is being injected though your dick. And speaking of Dick, the man who was the x-ray technician was named:  Dick! What a world.

My Life in this Dimension

At the dusk before the Christmas day, I find myself oddly at peace that I am a ferocious Christmas believer. I find comfort and peace in the spirituality of people and the mission that can be given, if not delievered by spirituality. I am a confirmed agnostic, yet my views of life can change in an instant. I am a total believer by neccessity. Just to get through this time, I have to draw upon a ferocious amount of spirituality. Its cold, dreary and depressing. All the factors for a lousy day. Yet human beings can weather the winter a bit more leniently because of that knowledge of birth and Christmas and renewal.