Happy 4th of July

Well, here are some highlights of my July 4th, the station had it's open house, and that was quite the hit. I will try to get a slideshow posted of those highlights later (tomorrow). The rest of the day was spent running around getting ready for the wedding and the day was top off with big boys playing with matches.

When I was not busy playing I tried to get some pictures of the show and had a lot of fun playing around with the different settings on my camera. The 'red' picture are of the show trailer and the lighting crew. Was a lot of fun to help setup and watch the guys do their thing.

Cell Phone Etiquette?

Have you ever had some one just right up in your personal space? You know, violating your no fly cell phone zone? That bubble surrounding our inner core that NO ONE should EVER violate and especially not with a cell phone? Cell phones just get all up in your space and it makes me feel harassed and violated. A cell phone should not be able to alter my essence, they are a communication tool not a GPS equipped electronic monitoring and tracking device.

I am not sure, but maybe my perception of the no talk cell zone is slightly skewed; but I find it highly annoying when I am leaving a voice mail message and the person calls me right back. Maybe it is just the BIG RED V that has a problem with this, would be glad to hear comments from people on other networks, but it really tosses the cell routing centers for a loop. If I click over to the call waiting, the message keeps going but if I hang up the call gets dropped. Maybe I am wrong to expect the courtesy two minute wait to call me back when you just missed my call to see if I am leaving you a message; or is there a two minute courtesy wait? I really don't know. Time and time again I TRY so hard to not call someone when they are leaving me a message because it tends to really confuse the computers routing the calls; oh wait, maybe it just confuses the user. Hum, might be the 10% Rule coming in to play again.

Another one of my cell phone pet peeves is the quick text algorithm. Yes I know the solution is to spend $200 and get a phone with a qwerty keypad, but for the love of money I am too thrifty for that costly upgrade. I am a big text messenger, phone calls are good too, but a text message can usually suffice and get the job done. And the best part is someone else doesn't have to listen to my conversation; txt messages are the whispers in cell phone technology. Have you whispered sweet nothings in someone's ear today? (Word of caution: Nothing is more embarrassing than whispering sweet nothin's into the wrong ear!) For those who maybe don't txt message much, here are a few words you might like to try to spell on your phone with 'Q2': Bride, going, movies, um, logo, blog, scooter, etc. The list goes on and on, but what I find remarkable 'eh' is east to type but hum takes a while; think I must have a gaul-dang Canadian phone.

Sigh, well I hear my cell phone vibrating, must be ANOTHER invasion of my no fly zone, scramble the air wave jammers!

Half Over...

The second quarter results are in for 2008 and I present to all my readers the executive summary. First of all, I want to recognize the top blogs and thank them for funneling some of their readers to me. The top five referral blogs are as follows...

Number Five

Forever in Blue Jeans

Number Four

Starling's Nest

Number Three

My M&Ms will Melt your Heart

Number Two

Mike, Tracy and Boys

and the

NUMBER ONE

referral for the Second quarter of 2008
(Drum Roll Please)

Some Chicks Blog

A big thank you to all my readers (known and unknown) who have made it easy to keep, at least one, my 2008 New Years Resolution. I couldn't have kept the veracity of the posts going without all your supporting comments and signing of my guest book. For all the Lurkers out there, thank you for stopping by at least once and don't be afraid to drop in every now and again.

Other Statistics (2nd Quarter)
976 Visitors from 8 Countries
247 Visitors from 39 States
976 Visits resulting in 1492 Page Views
1492 Page Views from 166 Cities

Other Statistics (1st Quarter) 295 Visitors from 6 Countries 1085 Visits from 37 States 1095 Visits resulting in 1766 Page Views 1766 Page Views from 160 Cities

Year to Date Statistics
2,079 Visitors from 11 Countries
510 Visitors from 44 States
2,079 Visitors resulting in 3,264 Page Views
3,264 Page Views from 265 Cities

All for a total of
4 Days 5 Hours 25 Minutes & 20 Seconds
(4d:05:25:20.000)
of time wasted right here!

As they say, you can waste all your money and with dedicated effort, earn it all and than some back, but time that is wasted is lost forever! Hopefully all that time wasn't completely wasted.

Y'all want cheap gas?

I am issuing a call to arms of my fellow patriots! We need to stand together on this issue and demand change from our federal government. We need to make them listen to their constituents and remind them they have a duty to check the inflation rate.

The other night I was sitting on the porch pickin out a tune on my banjo while, my good buddy Earl was a swattin' misquitoes and the dog was hosting an evening social for the neighborhood fleas, when the mail man drove my in his little jeep. I gots to thinking that if hybrid/electric vehicles are such a good idear why is the United States Postal Service not using them as fleet vehicles? Yeah I know, I live in the sticks where the internet, running water and electricity are a luxury; A pocket of society that has not advanced enough to keep all their teeth, so maybe in the "real world" these electric cars are being used by the post office.

How much does a single penny increase per gallon actually amount to for the USPS? I would have to speculate that we are talking MILLIONS of dollars here; I think that instead of increasing the cost of mailing a letter they should be a little more energy minded. I would love to see UPS, USPS, FedEX and DHL using hybrid technology on their delivery vehicles. What a great example they would be setting by using this alternative fuels approach; not to mention reducing our dependence on the black gold.

I know politicians think the solution is drilling more wells in pristine locations and tapping all these virgin oil reserves, but maybe the answer is actually change. I know, I must be mad! Call the men (and women) in the pretty white coats, I have eluded that change can be good! Maybe if we can convert the local delivery fleet vehicles to high efficiency electric vehicles that get 150 miles to the gallon (based upon the Hopla Chevy says the Volt will get) maybe gas wouldn't cost us $4.39 per gallon. Maybe we wouldn't have to waste tax dollars to attack and 'stabilize' the Sandbox Countries. Quite possibly, the sudden surge in hybrid vehicles on the streets will convince the Ignorant American Populous (IAP) that they do not need those urban assault vehicles to commute through the urban jungle to get to work and compact hybrid vehicles really are the perfect commuting vehicle.

How many of you have ridden bumper cars? A great summer attraction, right? Well if we all drove compact cars wouldn't a fender bender be just a kick in the pants and an adrenaline rush? Compact cars bouncing off one another; making life a giant pin-ball machine (who do you think is playing the game?) If we all drove beer cans, coats with wheels, compact death traps, clown cars or what ever you want to call these smallish automobiles we would only be missing the funnel cake and cotton candy for a true carnival experience...

Author's Note:
No I am not calling all urban assault vehicles owners and operators 'Ignorant', I am calling the greater American Populous Ignorant and yes that does include me. I dream of having a vehicle that is big enough that I call haul all the essentials I need and still have room for passengers. Instead I take a 5 mpg hit on gas mileage consumption by hauling a ton of gear in a smallish car; So I am not the epitome of conservation and efficiency.