* What is it with new electronics equipment these days? We get a state-of-the-art DSL modem just a mere six weeks ago, and in that short time, the circuitry goes defective; costing us yet another week in lost internet time.
To the service provider's credit, however, they did provide immediate service and over-the-phone help. We just wish we could have had the thing Fed-Ex'd over here!
* Everything went wrong for me last week: got in trouble with poor attendance at work, the modem breaks down, and the car went out for three days as $180 had to be put into it for a starter. Every car I've ever had, save the van in the late 90's, has needed a replaced starter. It's not as if I grind the thing to the ground.
Come to think of it, I don't abuse my cars half as much as some people today who insist on being hot-rods. How long do brakes last in their cars?
* Today marks the 43rd anniversary of the JFK assassination. I'm a big buff on the case, and I HAD a comprehensive site linked to the right - but now it doesn't show up. I'll have another link posted soon. In the meantime, I added a few new ones.
In my opinion: JFK's actual assassin may be unknown (Oswald did participate), but I believe the killing was ordered by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover in order to keep (wink-wink) goodwill with crime lords from here & abroad. How else do you begin to explain the coordinated, out-of-character attitudes that all police authority seemed to exhibit on that day?
* Started talking to a real nice girl at work last week - her name is Sheila (same as my older cousin). If first impressions mean anything, she put forth a great one on Monday. She was smiling, asking me questions about my job, what I do for fun, what my plans were for Turkey Day, and how I felt relationships should be best conducted. This conversation lasted for over 20 minutes.
Heck! They wouldn't ask all these questions just to pass the time. There was substance beyond those questions; sincerety as well - plus an offer to hang out & shoot pool sometime. And cue the drum roll, please: Sheila's actually YOUNGER than me!
They say the true relationships that work are the unexpected ones. This came totally out of left field (at least I hope!).
