$821.82

When the third window on my jeep broke -- not the glass, just the stuff inside that makes it go up and down -- I decided it was time to get them fixed. You see, it still gets pretty warm outside and with a not working right AC (it drips all kinds of water inside when I run it) three windows that wont go down make for a very uncomfortable drive. I took the jeep in today to the local Jeep dealer. When I found out that it was going to cost $1200+ for all three windows plus having to comeback in because they didn't have the part for the back window, I just had them fix the front two. I guess I'm broke now. That new 24" iMac will have to wait until next year for sure.

Cedar Point Photos Are Up

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originally uploaded by inabeanpod.

My Cedar Point photos are up. Click the picure to go to Flickr and view the photo set.


--UPDATE--
Steve's got the whole trip covered on his post here.

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Changes are a coming!

I found out today that my work schedule is going to change. As is my work location. I'm back at the data center now. Back where it all started, but now with 12 hour shift goodness. The data center now has to literally be manned 24x7x365 and there wasn't enough staff there to do that, so I get to change locations. I get to work some days now though, 0630 to 1830. That shouldn't be too bad unless my schedule falls on the weekend, then I'll be half an hour late to the latest church services on Saturday and Sunday nights. Every now and then there will be a 1830-0630 shift too. We'll see how that all works out. Right now it doesn't look like I'll get holidays off any more, but that means I'll get double overtime.

The Last Beautiful Girls Project

It's up and running... The Last Beautiful Girls. Check it out ladies and prove that you are beautiful. Give me some hope!

You see, I don't have much hope of meeting and loving a beautiful girl any more. The "perfect girl" is non-existent. She has gone off and found many ways to debeautify herself. I've become numb, uncaring and unwilling to waste my time pursuing something that seems not to exist any more. Why bother seeking the perfection of beauty when all you ever find is unattractive? Why continue swinging the hammer when all you ever do is hit your thumb... Because sometimes you hit the nail!

Ladies this is your chance to hit the nail on the head and prove that you are indeed a true beauty! The Last Beautiful Girls

Day Late and a Dollar Short, You Morons!

The mail comes when I'm at work 99% of the time. So I get it when I get home after midnight. Today I had something in the mail that made me laugh. It's a get out and vote card for the August 8th primary from the Missouri Disability Vote Project. Here's what made me laugh: 1) Yesterday was August 10th, today is August 11th, the primary was August 8th... Oops! LOL 2) The card is address to the lady I purchased my house from... 5 years ago! LOL 3) In the 5 years I've lived here, the Missouri Disability Vote Project has never tried to get the non-disabled former home owner to vote before! ROTFLMBO!

Well Now! What About...

Ugly to normal people?!

So I've been logging into my "desperate for love - please check out my profile" webpages (listed below) more often in the hopes that the ladies would notice me hanging around.

My Space - http://www.myspace.com/inabeanpod
Bebo - http://inabeanpod.bebo.com
Friendster - http://www.friendster.com/inabeanpod
hi5 - http://inabeanpod.hi5.com

Anyway these pages have lots of ads. One that kept showing up, a lot, was for a page called true. One ad in paticular caught my attention. It said that they screen for felons and marrieds. To myself I said "AND UGLY PEOPLE!" You see there's not an ugly person in any of their ads... not even a normal looking person. Only people way out of my league. No point in signing up for that page. Ads are below so you can see what I mean.

before and after

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originally uploaded by inabeanpod.

I maxed out the ram on my PowerBook. That should serve me pretty well until 10.5 comes out. Then I can upgrade to a new system. Probably an iMac instead of a MacBook Pro. Maybe a Mac Pro, but probably not. Time will tell.

4th of July Photos!!

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originally uploaded by inabeanpod.

4th of July photos are up on my Flickr account now. Go here to see the photo set:

Crews Say Ariz. Fire a 'Caged-Up Coyote'

Officials said the blaze threatening this scenic community was 15 percent contained Friday morning, and full containment was predicted by June 28.

Firefighters were prepared to protect the roughly 460 homes and businesses in nearby Oak Creek Canyon that were evacuated after the fire began Sunday with a transient's campfire, but the danger of wind from thunderstorms was in the forecast.

"That's a red flag. That's a watch-out situation," said Mike Dondero, deputy incident commander for the fire. "It could hit and blow stuff all over the place."

Nora Walker-Yeager, who was allowed to return to her Oak Creek Canyon home Thursday to pick up belongings, grabbed her wedding book, her husband's wedding ring and her engagement ring.

"If it burns, we've got the things that are most important to us," Walker-Yeager said.

The flowers you had on your wedding day, the food at the reception, the DJ, the location, the dresses, none of that will matter when you house may burn down.

We've got the things that are most important to us... her wedding book. That is why you hire the best photographer that money can buy!