It is horrifying that they should come under fire at an army base on American soil.
— Pres. Barack Obama
Fort Hood: 12 killed, 31 wounded by Major Malik Nadal Hasan
My oldest brother. Photo taken by our mom way back in the 70s.
Happy Birthday
Highly recommend you go see Wall-E. Children got a free watch opening day
Anyways, as the cashier in the box office handed back my credit card and movie tickets, my nephew is anxious to get the watch, and upon seeing my card laid on top of the tickets he says, “Oh look, we get a free credit card too!”
Since when did it cost $6.00 for a single large popcorn ($6.50 for extra large)? That’s like two dollars more from the last time I remember paying for popcorn (coincidentally the small popcorn was $4).
Also, the light in the screen for my laptop went out. Haven’t found a good time to take it in for a replacement. Knew I should have extended the warranty so they would come to me. Pft.
“Panda BBQ Chinese Quisine”
Really now… with China’s reputation for cooking dogs and other animals Americans would call “pets”, I just have to wonder… why did the owners choose “Panda BBQ”? I don’t want to go there expecting to eat pork and, instead, have panda meat.
Maybe the play on words was intentional. If so, what a smart ass.
Instead of naming a release version of your product as a “beta”, just call it a sample. You know, like those things you get while shopping at a grocery store: a small cup/napkin with a sample of food on it to get you to buy the product. Hmm.
Really now. Telling your visitors/users that your product (however awesome it is) is free and giving them access to all those nifty features before saying, “hey, after this ‘beta’ thing, we’re going to start charging you for all those cool features” is not acceptable. Beta… pft. False advertising to me. I always thought “beta” meant “test release”. You know… in order to get feedback to fix bugs and bad code.
Oh well.
Really, it won’t be long before I need to duct tape them.
In other news, work is boring. Bleh. And my foot has an injury that won’t seem to heal. Oh bother. I suppose work has gotten more boring recently because a few of my good work friends quit. The new people don’t talk often, nor last as long.
If only we could listen to some music while we work. That would liven things up for sure.
Going home. Beautiful sunrise this morning.
Oh look, a murder on Greenville Avenue.
What is it that draws you to people in unexplainable ways? For instance, Sid Vicious is synonymous with the Sex Pistols (not to overshadow any of the other members). And although I dislike the paths he chose with that Nancy character, there is still something greatly appealing about him. He’s alright in the looks department I suppose, but that’s not what attracts me to him.
Hmn.
Christian Slater’s character in Heathers has that same unexplainable appeal as well. Maybe I do like dark, brooding people. Heh.
