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I have an announcement... I'm PREGGERS!!!! *Dance of Joy* We found out Weds (9/28) and offically at the Dr on Thursday (9/29). I know that I am in the early stages of preggers and the baby is due May/June. We will know more on Friday when I have my first offical appointment with the Dr. I have a new blog that I will be posting about Dr.'s visits, sleepless nights (like lastnight), and cravings (this kid is CONSTANTLY hungry!!) It's called Postcards from the Pregnancy. Postcards from the Pregnancy
We're okay. Rita went into East Texas. Got a few sprinkles (like 5) and for the rest of the week it's supposed to be sunny. We went to the mall. Adam's Dad's Birthday was yesterday. I surfed the net. Didn't do any Macrome. Played Star Wars Battle Front and that's about it.
 Miss Rita is coming to Texas. We will most likely get her unruly children (thunder storms and maybe tornados) as she comes inland. We are expected to get that on Saturday. It's good because we do need the rain (the yard REALLY needs it) but I wish it wasn't coming. We weren't planning anything big on Saturday anyways. I was going to the mall but I don't think I will go. Instead I'll probably work on my macrame in the living room while watching "Lost" episodes or Star Wars movies. Adam will work on his homework for school. Satine will watch the thunder and lightning from the sunroom on the blue chair happy as a clam and Connor will try and find a cabinet to hide in so the rain won't get him (he's my "bad weather vane") Going to the store tomorrow (because we really need to) and will charge up the phones. Ah...Texas weather!
 WARING!! Lost season 2 starts Wednesday September 21 at 8PM CENTRAL TIME! We WILL NOT be answering the phones during this show! If you need to get a hold of us leave us a voice mail and we will call after the episode (and us saying "Huh?!?" because JJ put another twist in the story.) Also remember that we have DishNetwork with DVR and we have gone back to see what has happened (or said) before the twist in the story that JJ likes to put in that makes us say "Darn you JJ!!"
Was surfing the web and found this new video. MTV2 has this show called "VideoMods" where they take video games and make the characters sing music from bands. They did one with the game "Revenge of the Sith" Singing a song from the group Franz Ferdinand singing their song "Take Me Out". Out of the group of 'videos' that they had it was one of the best. Ladies and Gentalmen Introducing the band "CHOSEN ONE" With  Mace Windo on Bass  Obi Wan Kenobi on Guitar  Yoda on Drums  and Anakin (the chosen one) Skywalker on vocals an exciting new group with dancing Padmes and Stormtroopers rocking on.  http://www.mtv2.com/#series/13696Adam will fix this so the link will go straight to it (that's why I keep him around). I'm too lazy to figure it out. He's doing school work and I won't want to distract him.
Stumbled across a post, from a blog called Memory Loss, that talked about Garrison Keillor and his radio show A Prairie Home Companion. The show is replayed on Sunday mornings here and I get out of church just in time to hear the "Well, it's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my home town" part. I've had a fondness for this show for a long time, and I think it's because my folks used to listen to one of Keillor's books on tape during some of our longer road trips.
 I've been waiting for this for about 2 months now. I pre-ordered it on EB Games over at Grapevine Mills planning on having dinner at Corner Bakery (where we had our first meeting after 4 years) so we go to EB Games and I found out that they do not have it. "We won't have it until tomorrow" Target "No we'll have it soon" Best Buy not even a spot for it. EB Games in Southlake "It will be in tomorrow before 10 AM." UUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! So now we have to go back tomorrow to get the freaking game. Why have a the date that says it will be released up and NOT have the game???!!!?!?!?
A friend from work heard about this on the radio. I just laughed and laughed. I bet we've got a picture or two that could be posted here. From Digg: Do you like to put stuff on your cat? See pictures of clothes, creatures, food, gadgets, housewares, nature, naughty stuff, and toys on random kittens! read more | digg story
Here I am posting again asking for help. It seems that is all I do right now on this blog asking the few people who read this blog to do positive vibes, prayers, or donate money for people. We are getting a lot of people from hurricane Katrina. Some are staying in shelters, Reunion Arena or in homes of friends and relatives. If you live in the D/FW area KLUV is doing a "Labor of Love" for them tomorrow. Lastnight when I was at the Grapevine Wal-Mart and Grace was there taking food and clothing items and there is always the Red Cross
Yahoo! has a special on domain names going on right now. Just $2 a year, so you could lock in a domain name for 5 years for just $10. I just picked one up for my Dad ( eakinsart.com). There's free domain forwarding if you don't have a web host. It's a great way to make a memorable shortcut to your blog. For only $2 I think everyone should grab one.
 Please do us a big favor.... Jay Thompson is doing a documentary about the 501st called " Heart of an Empire" The life and times of the fighting 501st. I have mentioned this group before about Katie and the stormtrooper who "guarded" our wedding. He has been working on this for a couple of years. He's now putting Star Wars and Star Trek stuff on ebay so he can pay for production cost. For a list of what he is selling please go to: http://tinyurl.com/dppsv for the Ebay auctions Every little bit helps.
I've been playing Doom lately just for kicks, so I couldn't pass this up. Best version of Duck Hunt EVER! From Digg: Weird, stupid and pointless. I love it! Download the FULL GAME at this link. "An overhaul upgrade to the original Duck Hunt, featuring new difficulty levels, graphics effects, remixed music & enhanced sound, the BFG-9000, and more!" read more | digg story
Had a nice long chat with a friend since forever, Becky (she goes by Rebecca now, witness protection thing), while my meal congealed. She chided me for not putting more personal stories up on the paw. So here's the personal story of what I did last night... Becky called because I sent her an invite for Google Talk a new instant messenger + voice chat program released yesterday. To paraphrase her, "I'm not going to talk to him through a computer, I'll just call him right now". That works for me. Also I had just downloaded Google Earth, and zoomed in from orbit to find where Becky's beaux is going to be working come next month. It was really cool, there's an aircraft carrier just next door in the satellite pics. After that I watched Kung Fu Hustle. It's a Stephen Chow film, and as far as kung fu flicks go it is top rate. The fighting is over the top and CG enhanced. Very funny in parts, but still a pretty hard core fighting flick. I listened to the original Cantonese audio track with subtitles because the English track was rather annoying. If you like martial arts flicks, give this one a try for sure. Bridget kept herself busy last night by watching Rescue Me, chatting on the phone with her co- worker Miss Velma (who just got back with her husband from Atlantic City), and surfing the net... also sending my periodic instant messages referencing monkey ninjas.
This post was postphoned on August 10th. We now have a new DVR Our DVR died on Sunday. It was a senseless death. A tireless worker and highly valued member of the family, the Dish Player-DVR 510 stored many of our favorite TV moments. Out of the blue our little DVR, who can store up to 100 hours of Dish Network Satellite TV, began making a horrible clicking noise. The TV still came on at that point, but when we checked on the recordings... to our horror everything was gone! That means the new season of Rescue Me and Over There were lost, as well as the AFI Tribute to George Lucas. Also my toons have vanished including Robot Chicken, FLCL, the Venture Bros, the complete 3 seasons of Star Wars: Clone Wars, and even Samurai Champloo. This is devastating. So, the next day I call Dish to explain the problem. By this point the DVR has gotten itself into an endless loop of attempting to connect to the satellite signal and then rebooting. Being that this was after normal working hours, the nice lady working the phone had to go through every possible thing even though it was quite obvious that the box was dead. I clicked buttons, unplugged, and various other things for a good half-hour or more. Finally she decided she had done enough and ordered a new box, which I have to pay shipping for (rolling my eyes and groaning now). Considering I'm leasing this box you'd think they'd be paying me for my inconvenience... all well. All should be better soon. If I'm lucky the new DVR will be on the porch when I get home! I won't hold my breath though. ;-) PS: We LOVE the Dish service and the DVR is wonderful... when it's not making clicking sounds of death.
 This is what I will be doing this weekend.... Grapevine Convention Center
For those of you not in on the world of podcasting, it's time to wake up! Little ol' Adam got his goofy voice on a podcast! One of the podcasts I frequent regularly, HawaiiUP, asked for listeners to call in and give a quick quote of what we like best about Hawaii. There was a drawing for prizes, including chocolate covered MACADAMIA nuts, but I didn't win... drat. Anyway, many of the recordings from the fans were played on the latest episode. I'm proud to say that I'm the first one played. Granted I sound like a complete twit, but what more can I ask for. Just let me savor my 5 seconds of fame, thank you. Oh, and if you use itunes to get your music you've already got everything you need to hear podcasts. Owning an ipod is helpful, but not necessary. Get listening mi amigos!
Wondered if anyone has played any of these or would like to? From Digg: "Awesome site, everything from First person shooters to RPG's, to combat and space flight simulators. I have enjoyed playing these games a lot so far." read more | digg story
It's a very sad day at our house....   Katie Johnson 1998-2005 Katie Johnson, daughter of the founder of the fighting 501st, died yesterday (Tuesday) at 5:20pm. She was seven years old. I never met her personally but reading up on this little angel I felt like I had known her. For more information about Katie please go to: www.forkatie.org They have posted the memoral video played at Katie's funeral. It's by the guy who is working on the films "Heart of an Empire" The Story of the 501st. www.501st.com There is a great video memorial on this site by one of the members. WARNING: If you watch bring tissues!! www.heartofanempire.comThe force will be with you Katie always....
Today is my first born furry childs birthday. She is four years old. I saw her when she was five days old and held her in the palm of my hand. When I went to pick a kitten out her brothers and sister were crawling around and playing all she did was sit there and stare at me giving me the look of "what are you going to do to entertain me?"  She has put up with me. Welcomed Connor and Adam into our family. She takes care of Connor and (surpisingly) is a Daddy's cat.  She is the only cat I know who "fetches" like a dog. She will wake you up at 3AM to play with her "babies" (toys) She is our alarm clock because if we are not up and around by 6AM she gets mad because we are messing with her schedule.  She has "Mommy/Kitty" time first thing in the morning when I am in the bathroom. She has "Daddy/Kitty" time when Adam is tying his shoe laces. There are somedays where I say to her "You know I could of gotten one of your siblings instead of you!" But I couldn't imagine my life without her.  Happy Birthday my Fuzzy Beast.  Momma loves you.
Hello, my name is Bridget and I'm a Star Wars Geek.... I do very well hiding my geekyness outside of my home. Inside the home is a totally different story. I was surfing the web tonight going to my usual spots and went on the Rebel Legion "sister" group of the fighting 501st stormtrooper group (the ones who guarded the wedding). Then I read on their "forums" and see that Dallas is having their annual Comic Con the weekend of October 15th and I see that she is going to be here:  Carrie Fisher. Daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. Actress, writer, and the most wanted script doctor in Hollywood and most importantly PRINCESS LEIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So when I find this out I scream. My husband who is watching TV knows that I am not hurt says "What!". I scream again and then say "We have to go to the Dallas Comic Con this year in October!!" . He is now wondering what I'm dragging him to and trying to figure out a way to get out of it "Why?" He asks. "Because SHE is going to be here!!" I'm pointing at the picture of her. Hello my name is Bridget and I am a Star Wars Geek..... I am now looking to see how much the hotel that the Comic Con is going to be at is, seeing if I can maybe take the afternoon off so we could go early, trying to remember where I put the books that she wrote so she could sign them, and wondering if I could get a costume done by October 15. Adam is now online looking for Carrie Fisher's e-mail address to warn her that his Star Wars crazed wife will be there and she is harmless. "Only a man like George could bring us whole new worlds populated by vivid extraordinary characters. And providing Mark and Harrison and myself with enough fan mail, and even a small merry band of stalkers. Keeping us entertained for the rest of our unnatural lives." Carrie Fisher at AFI
 Cassini got its closest view of Saturn's moon Mimas on Tuesday, the one that looks like the Death Star. --Why do I have this feeling that one day a collective of future Star Wars fans will build a replica of the Death Star here... complete with a trench for X-Wings to fly down. Maybe Disney will do it as an upgrade to Star Tours! read more | digg story
 This is my favorate picture of Adam and Connor. If you look really close you can see Connor smile. Over the past few days Connor and Adam have been having a love hate relationship. Connor adores Adam. Adam does love Connor but also loves to hate him. I know when he is mad at him because he threatens to shave the cat. Then I found this picture of this poor cat getting back from the vet after getting a "line" cut. Problem was the owner of this poor thing has a very heavy southern accent so...well just look at the pictures.   Adam saw this, laughed, and said "Lets do that to Connor!!" Yeah we thought he was bad before when he got mad at us...I really don't want to see what he would do if he did that to him. I do know that Satine would laugh.
Thought I'd inform all you readers about a very interesting social bookmarking/news site called digg.com. All the stories are posted solely by the site's users and those same users decide which links deserve to be promoted to the front page. It's pretty simple really... go to the site, find the 'digg for stories' link, browse through all the new stuff, and if you find something you like then mark (or 'digg') it. Items 'dugg' the most float up to the front page. Best of all the system keeps track of the stories you digg, which you can then share.
Okay this goes in the "EW" catagory for the night.... This was on EBAY200. Darth Vader prosthetic head scars from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. (TCF, 1983) These hand-painted foam latex prosthetic scars were created by Stuart Freeborn and used by actor Sebastian Shaw as the unmasked Darth Vader during the final scenes of the film, when Vader finally renounces his allegiance to the Dark Side. In 1998 the Kurtz / Joiner Archive bought a large number of pieces from creature creator and special effects wizard Stuart Freeborn, who was responsible for creating such memorable characters as Chewbacca and Yoda, and these were part of this collection. The prosthetics are mounted to an 8 in. x 10 in. image of Shaw wearing the appliances, in character as the de-masked Darth Vader. Comes directly from the Kurtz / Joiner Archive, and accompanied with a letter of authenticity from the Archive signed by Jason Joiner. $3,000 - $5,000   Okay is it me or does this look like bacon????
I'm "LIAR!! LIAR!!!" "I'm not a witch I'm your wife!!"
 Katie and her family went to Disney World and they all had a great time. http://www.heartofanempire.com/Katie/about.shtml
 Here's a better pic of my parents new pet, Brady!
There is a new addition to the Eakins Family. Mom and Dad Eakins got a new bouncing baby four pound four legged miniature schnauzer puppy named Brady. This picture is from my camera phone. Hope to have more regular (and clearer) pictures of him soon. 
 When I first saw the ad for "Dancing with the Stars" I said "EH?" The "series" was 6 weeks long. I missed the first episode and was able to watch the rest of the series. The one couple who really made me watch was John and Charlotte. They were "the one's to beat" Well tonight they did great...until Some soap opera tart decided to shake her tush and she got 10's!!! HELLO? What the heck is going on here? Even Adam was saying "EH?" Can we say FIX??? For the first time in the shows history (okay it's been 6 weeks) one couple gets all 10's. Why now? No one even started to get 9's until about a week or so ago. John and Charlotte had more talent than these two ever had. Also why say "who says Americia doesn't like an UNDERDOG" Hello? Fix fix fix
We offically moved into our first house in Texas. I'm the only one who has lived here the longest in my family. Hard to believe. Guess I'm an offical Texan now. :)
 Need prayers for a little girl named Katie. Her Dad is the one who started the 501st (the storm trooper group). She is not doing very well. For more info click on our banner "kisses for Katie" or go to www.forkatie.org
The vet called on Friday wanting to know how Connor was. I called them Saturday and told them that he was still sick. They gave us antibiotics that Adam now gives to him twice a day for the next week. And yes they both LOVE to have this done... xoxo B, Adam and the puds
Saw Batman Begins today. Very good movie. Better than the first 4 Batman's in my opinion.
 Adam told me to post this. Connor had to go to the vet on Friday and get his teeth cleaned. They warned us that his breathing would sound bad but it will get better. I have Darth Vader for a cat!!!! He's getting better. His meow is what gets me. He now SQUEEKS! She broke my cat!!! :)
 Just got back from Disney World yesterday. Had a great time. More pictures to come.
Less than 12 hours away!!
Okay here it goes. I was going to post one on Thursday night but after 3 hours sleep, going to work, trying to get housework done here before family gets here, and watching DVR episodes of "Lost" and half of "Alias" I was just too tired. There are spoilers in this review! If you don't want to know before you see it don't read! I loved it. It is a very close second to Empire Strikes Back. It answers all the questions on how come Anakin went to the darkside. We went to see it a second time tonight and it was even better. Everyone said (including me) that Anakin went to the dark side too soon. What we have to remember is that the Palpitine had his evil mojo on him from the beginning. Uncle George cannot write a love scene to save his life. Anakin and Palpitine steal the show. Natalie Portman was basically useless in this movie. She is either saying crappy lines or she is crying. McGreggor will forever be Obi-Wan. He was great. R2 and 3P0 were in it a little but not much. Jar Jar in 3 scenes and does not say a word!!! Answers a lot of questions and fills in stuff for the original trilogy. There was one more complaint that I have. Vader finds out that Padme has died. The emperor blames it on him. He says "NO" as everything in the room is breaking and he is trying to get unrestrained. This is the most pathetic "NO" I have ever heard. Come on you are DARTH VADER! Put more feeling into it! My cat Connor can do a better "NO" than that! Overall Adam and I loved it. And we'll probably see it a couple more times before it comes to DVD in the fall.
We are going to the theater soon. First I wanted to be there at 6 but as we got home ate dinner and I finally got to check my e-mail I realized that we don't have to be there that soon....Also I'm getting too old for this. I will have my review either when we get home (and I'm too excited to sleep) or when I get home from work before I fall asleep. Yes I AM going to work. I really don't think LaTessa would let me have a day off for Star Wars especially when I am taking 2 weeks off starting at 4:31 on Friday. 28 years ago we saw Star Wars at a drive-in and it opened, influenced and brought in a whole new world to our family...and at 12:01am the circle will be complete. (Getting too sappy I know) For a really great blog go to Darth Vader's blogSeparate reviews soon from Adam and I XOXO, the Star Wars Geeks and the puds
This is a really cool group that did a song about Star Wars (and it's free!!) to the music of John Williams. www.moosebutter.com2 more days!!!!
About THIS MANY!!
At about this time one week from now I will be waiting in line for Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. I will be spending my time writing out thank you cards. I will (once again) be going to the midnight showing and doing my review of the movie later that day. I will be going to work on the 19th and plan on collasping when I get home. Adam will be taking the day off and either going to Denton to get the Jedi costume or taking me out to lunch. 7 days until Star Wars 9 more days until I go on vacation for TWO WEEKS 14 days until family and friends start coming in 16 more days until we get married
As you can see by the photos below we got a Dyson vacuum cleaner tonight. This thing has POWER!!! "The floor is CLEAN! IT IS CLEAN!!!!" --Adam. This thing really (excuse the pun) sucks. We have enough cat hair to have another long haired cat! If you have the money and need a vacuum GET THIS ONE!!!Oh and one more thing.... THANK YOU UNCLE JIMMY!!! xoxo B, Adam and the puds
 Do you feel the power?
 Partially full on tank number 3 with half the house clean.
 Full tank number two!
 Here's what it picked up in the first few minutes of use!
 Here's our new Dyson!
Tomorrow April 29 will be Adam's birthday. He's going to be 28. He got his birthday gifts early. I got him tickets to go see the musical "Wicked" when it comes to Dallas. The puds got him "silent Bob strikes back" by Kevin Smith (who directed clerks, mallrats, chasing Amy, Dogma, andJersey Girl) and will be personally signed by Kevin Smith also. What the puds didn't tell me (or I didn't see) is that we don't know when the book will arrive. Since it is personally signed it depends on his schedule. Could be 6-8 weeks. So even though his gifts are on the way so to speak he was very happy to get them from us. Went to Walmart to get food (that we are very low on) and looked at the card section....Walmart is not a place to get birthday cards for Adam. He showed me a model of an AT-AT and I told him that he had a choice...getting these (in my opinion) lame cards or getting a model...He chose the model (thank goodness). 29 more days until the wedding. 4 weeks and 1 day until wedding. 3 weeks and 1 day until vacation...not that I am counting or anything. Are we ready? I think so.
There is a new Sith Lord....and her name is......  DARTH SATINE
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith tickets are now on sale for AMC theaters. We already have our tickets for the midnight showing.
Last weekend began our yearly adventures down near Waxahachie, Texas. Yes my friends, Scarborough Faire is once again filled with odd people in interesting costumes, speaking in strange tongues. The Faire is running every weekend (Sat, Sun) until Memorial Day (okay... Sat, Sun, and just one Mon). In some related Faire news... A member of a music group ( The Rogues), that we always make a point to see at the Faire, died last year. Mayhem was working security for the band Damageplan, when an incident with a disturbed "fan" occurred. Sharon Wothke recounts what has happened since that unfortunate day.
We went to Wal-Mart and they had a tent that had all the new Star Wars stuff out. I was really good (spending under $100.00) and was the only girl really excited about this. There is a new dark force in the galaxy....  and his name is DARTH TATOR!!!! I had to buy it it's so cute!!!
Wedding is less than 2 months away.... I've had to answer some questions that I know people (like my family) are wondering. Just remember this is US and it is going to be weird. (weird and fun!) 1. Yes there will be Star Wars references in the wedding. There will also be a Renaissance and The Beatles references. 2. No YODA will NOT be marrying us...but Jedi Tom will. 3. No I will not have Princess Leia buns 4. No I will not be wearing a Princess Leia Costume (ask Teresa or Barbara they have seen the dress) 5. Adam will not have a lightsaber. 6. R2-D2 is NOT a ringbearer. But he IS on the Grooms cake! 7. No my dress is NOT a belly dance outfit. 8. NO I will not be belly dancing down the isle. 9. YES (as of 4/3/05 at 6:00pm) there WILL BE STORMTROOPERS from the 501st guarding our wedding!!! Invites are going to go out soon. We are registered at Target and Crate and Barrel. xoxo B. Adam and the puds
The Incredibles DVD came out last Tuesday, which I had no choice but to buy during lunch. If you haven't heard of this Oscar winning computer animated film from Pixar, then you've been living under a very heavy rock. You can see a trailer over on the apple site, if you need to catch up. The DVD is great, with tons of extras. There should have been more gag/out-take bits, but that's okay. The short film called " Jack-Jack's Attack", showing what the babysitter had to deal with when caring for the super family's baby, is just hilarious. This DVD is worth even penny (though it was a steal for $13.99 at Fry's).
Happy Valentines Day 2005. My slogan is "Flowers die give me chocolate." Guess who took a half day off and visited me at work today?  Thank goodness he listened. YUMMY!!!
Satine, the beloved owner of this web site's mascot, has managed to take control of her own small country. If you care to follow the evolution of her authoritative leadership style (she is a narcissistic feline after all), head on over to NationStates. Once there, keep your eyes open for the Queendom of GreatWhitePaw.
Remember... her paw is law!
The 501st is trying to get $20,000 for Katie by Feb 14th. We've added a banner to our site click for more info.
THIS HAS BEEN EDITED BECAUSE OF A NEW SITUATION PLEASE SEE THE MOST UPDATED POST!!!!!! The good news is we have a design for Adam's cake at the reception: 
So my sister is getting married tomorrow. Tonight we're rehearsing, and then there will be food. Tomorrow I'll be in my penguin suit trying to do my part without causing trouble.
I'm getting married myself in May, so I'll be looking to see what works and what doesn't during my little sister's ceremony. I'm sure it will go on without a hitch, because she won't let things go wrong. Let's just hope the pictures come out... I mean I'm going to be in them. If I'm lucky my eyes won't be shut when the flash goes off.
Everyone keep your fingers crossed!
Well I guess I should post....
145 days until the wedding. Have the dress, bridesmaids, tuxs, chapel, and will be e-mailing a DJ to let him know that he has our business.
We have toyed with the idea of having the 501st Storm troopers at our wedding. Do you really think that I wouldn't have something that has to do with Star Wars in our wedding? As I was on the site www.501st.com I also came across a site for the founder of the Troopers daughter Katie who is 6 years old and diagnosed with a brain tumor. Empire or not she really pulls at the heartstrings.
Connor and Satine are doing well and will most likely be happy when Adam and I go back to work on Monday UGH!!!
This promises to be an interesting year. My sister gets married in about a week, and we're having our "big" wedding party come May. Can't wait for the honeymoon ( Disney World if we're lucky).
Had a fun night of playing 90's Trivial Pursuit at my sister's new house in Fort Worth. One of the answers was actually slashdot.org. It helped that there was an entire category on technology.
Also I just started using a tool that runs on the background on my computer. It is a project called World Community Grid. It is a project aided by IBM that takes the extra computer power that's normally just sitting idle and uses it to solve big science problems.
My computer JUST finished processing its first bit of the problem and is sending back its result now! So my first action of the year is to help solve some scientific puzzle. Warm fuzzies for all!!!
Just found out what Verizon is up to in my neighborhood. Actually, they knocked out my phone service over the weekend but since I wasn't home it didn't matter much. I knew they are running Fiber Optics into the neighborhoods, but I didn't know what the service is actually going to be like. Thanks to Slashdot I now know:
Verizon Taking FTTP Installation Orders
The fiber optics are going to come all the was to the house, I think. We're talking speeds of up to 30Mbps down and 5Mbps up (also 15/2 and 5/2). The pricing is better than I'm paying for Comcast (3Mbps/256K). I've been mad at Verizon in the past, but if they do this all is forgiven!
Also on the techie front, I bought a new toy yesterday! It is a DVD player by Philips that not only plays DVDs, but also MP3 CDs, JPEG Slideshows, AND (the cool part) Divx/MPEG4,2,1 video files burned to either DVD-R or CDR! Its what I've been waiting for! All that money I've burned on PlayStation 2 Media Players, a TV with a fancy port I didn't need, all solved by a $70 DVD player. I just hope it keeps working because I'm in hog heaven right now!
Check it out:
Philips DVP642/17 DVD Player
No this is not a misprint. Carroll High School (#1 in the State and in the NATION for 5A schools) is now playing against Denton Ryan on ESPN2!! They are now losing 13-10 and I am hoping that this will change. One thing that would make my Mom happy is that they mentioned (and showed) THE BAND! The ESPN2 guy was surpised about how many members were in the band (around 345 people now) saying that his graduating class was 275. But they are also amazed that 11,000 people are at this sold out game.
Getting season tickets next year....
Bought The Sims 2 about 2 weeks ago...
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