G@%%#&N COMPUTERS!!!!!!!

I've been having trouble with my home PC for some months. Slow, sometimes rebooting in the middle of surfing or games, but nothing real bad.

Some one askoed me where the pictures of my New York trip were, the other day. They're on my computer, I replied. I'll get around to posting them soon, says I.

Well, guess what.

I ain't gonna post them now.

Why, you ask?

It's not that I don't want you to see them. It's that my ever so lovin' computer decided to do a restore back to January. ALL ON IT'S OWN! And wiped out all data back to then. Music, documents, and PICTURES! I now have no pictures of my trip to NYC!

I got even, though. I bought a brand new PC, HP with an AMD Phenom X4 Quad-core processor.

And guess what's gonna be my target the next time I go shooting?

That's right. My old POS, SOB PC.

Just me and my friends.

My friends with AR-15's and AK-47's. And Shotguns. And heavy caliber pistols.

Lots of them.

And if I can get ahold of my buddies from when I was a Civil War re-enactor, I'll see if they can bring a cannon with them, too.

Damn PC's

Walrilla

A Month!

Damn! I can't believe it's been a month since my last post. I am so lazy, it's pitiful!

Well, what's been going on?

We went to NYC and had a wonderful time. I even kept up(mostly) with all the walking! Actually, the walking part wasn't so bad. but the steps leading down to and up from the subway were what killed me. And I am SO P.I.S.S.E.D at not being able to get together with Erica, you can't even believe it! It was just non-stop, go-go-go, rush everywhere, that there was just no time in between.

The Broadway play Wicked was amazing! So much so that we went to Spamalot in Austin when we got back home, are planning to go to Avenue Q in April, and will go see Wicked again when it comes to Austin in August! Totally absorbing! I never thought this Texas Redneck would enjoy something like that, but I did, totally!

We went to 30 Rockefeller Plaza, to the Top Of The Rock Observatory, overlooking Central Park. And to the top of the Empire State Building at night. The view was outstanding.

And get this! No rude people were encountered anywhere, even when I was a total goober hick and ordered a Pastrami and Swiss, with mustard, on Rye. At a kosher deli. KOSHER! Erica and Elisson will understand that one. They just said "We don't have cheese here". And , of course, I realized immediately what I had just asked of them. Kinda like if I had asked for a bowl of Texas chili, with some beans in it. Podner, that just ain't done! Leastways, not in "true" Texas chili!

All in all, the New York trip is definitely one I will repeat in the future, but I definitely will pick my own restaurants next time. Dallas BBQ and Bubba Gump's were not bad, but, they were not specifically New York eats. On the other hand, I cannot recommend Trattoria dopo Teatro highly enough! Authentic Italian food, good beyond belief! We went there before we went to Wicked, and it was out of this world. I did get a "dirty water dog", a slice of "pie"(pizza), a bagel, and a Nathan's hotdog. I missed Papaya King, and New York Cheesecake, but maybe next time, huh?

Dear wife continues her weightloss journey, with a loss of an amazing 55 pounds! Mom is doing great, and boy is doing fine in Bootcamp. He made platoon leader the other day. I'm so proud of him for turning his life around!

Little Girl's birthday party is this weekend, and a co-worker is making a cake that is going to put Ace Of Cakes to shame! I'll share pictures when I get them downloaded.

See Y'all Later,

Walrilla

Tex Daddy Stylin'

I am going to New York City the first week of March. This is the Senior Trip my wife and I always go on with the seniors from her school.

This year, instead of a cruise, they all voted to go to NYC.

My wife managed to sneak me in on the trip.

We will be going to see a Broadway play while we are there.

We are going to see Wicked.

Defiantly, I am going to wear my own "Ruby Slippers".



Picture it! Black suit, black shirt, red silk tie and pocket square, and these shoes. All I need now is a walking stick with a brass skull atop it, and I am {thumbsnap}FAB-U-LOUS{/thumbsnap}!

Walrilla, The Flamboyant!

(I ain't even gonna tell ya what my wife said when she saw my new shoes!)

Peace and Quiet

Well, he did it! Boy's been at Basic Training in Ft. Knox, KY since Feb. 3rd, with Boot Camp actually starting on Feb. 13th. Dear Wife has received a couple of letters, and one form letter just to let us know he arrived safely.

The best part of the letters? The line saying he was "glad that Dad was as hard on me as he was", that he would never have survived the D.I.'s, otherwise. I laughed out loud at that! Hard? He ain't seen hard! Basic ain't over, yet! He'll appreciate all those "tender, loving, discussions" he and I used to have, you just hide and watch!

Also, he's bitching about how he got into a squadron of talkers, even in formation, and how they are all always getting in trouble for it. A couple of blanket parties will clear THAT shit up, quick, fast, and in a hurry!

Carry on, my once wayward son, carry on.

Walrilla

I Wanna Be An Airborne Ranger...

I Wanna Lead A Life Of Danger!

On February 3, 2009, my stepson, my wife's BoBo the Monkey Boy, will board a bus to Dallas, there to enter into one of the world's most effective fighting forces, the United States Army.

Kids! How in the world can they do things that anger and exasperate us so much, then turn around and do something that fills us with so much pride, our hearts almost burst?

I'm sure I don't know, but God Bless them for that ability! He goes with our love, our permission, and our blessing.

He has applied for Airborne Ranger Medic. Y'all wish him well, please. With that load, he's gonna need it!

Godspeed, Boy.

Godspeed.

Walrilla

Update on the Wife

Dear Wife made it through the holidays without screwing up on her diet! YAY! She has lost 31+ pounds since the first of December. She's doing so good with this, and I am so proud of her.

My mother-in-law had a Lap-Band procedure on the 30th, and she's doing well, too.

Y'all offer up a prayer, or good thoughts, or just an unspoken wish for these two special ladies in my life. I'd appreciate it!

Oh, and Mom's doin' GREAT! She's been to Vegas twice since the Open-heart surgery, and now she's plannng a trip to WDW with us this summer! She really appreciates all the prayers and encouragement y'all gave her!

Walrilla

I Bow To His Superior Geekness

I have seen the master, and I am not worthy. He built this interface himself, or so I am told.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

We're not worthy!
We're not worthy!

Walrilla

Success(not mine)

Dear Wife just came out of recovery three hours ago from surgery for a roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Everything went great, and they found a hiatal hernia that no one knew was there, and repaired it, too. She is recovering nicely.

Our daughter had a school play tonight, and as soon as DW made it to the recovery room, she was bugging the nurse for a phone, so she could call DD and wish her well before her play! I mean, minutes, just minutes, after awakening, she was on that phone!

Gotta love her! (She might beat me up, otherwise. LOL )

Walrilla

Mea Culpa

Well I soppose any mention of a book is good. Thanks for buying a copy Nine bows HG

Hallett German 12.08.08 - 3:11 pm

Well, looks like I done put my foot in it again. This remark was left on my post about the Nearest Book meme. I don't suppose he'll read it again, but if he does, here goes.

Mr. German,
I would like to apologize for my flippant remarks regarding your book. It really is an excellent book on command languages. No disrespect was meant, and I hope none was taken. I actually use this nearly every day in my profession, and it was the nearest book to me.

Being that most of my readers are not technologically inclined or employed, I thought to inject some humor into what, for some, would be a rather dry subject. It was not my intent to denigrate or belittle this very educational book.

Thank you,
Walrilla

If y'all are technologically inclined or employed, get his book:

Command Language Cookbook
For Mainframes, MiniComputers, and PC's

by Hallett German

It really is an excellent book for REXX and other similar languages.

I Am Full of Teh Awsum!!!

Well, full of something, anyway!

Y'all know I'm trying to get my trike ready to go, right? Well, one of the things I am working on is the clutch pedal. I need to do some mods to it, due to my wooden leg. (OK, it's not really wooden, but that just rolls off the tongue sooo easily!) One thing I need to do is ride with boots, so I have a heel, which makes it harder for my foot to slip off, or get in the wrong position, when I need to disengage the clutch. With a large part of my leg on that side reduced to a 1" shaft, lace-ups were gonna be a no-go, and pull-ons were gonna be too loose. I got to thinking(dangerous, I know) about all the plastic foam the hardware is shipped in at work, and how firm, but shapeable it is, and I had a brainstorm!

Go get a sandwich! No, wait, that's not it!

Oh, yeah, carve a section to replace the bulk of my missing leg!

Here's what I started with:


I cut it into 6" lengths, then glued them into a 5"x8"x6" block, cut it in half, carved out a channel and spaces for the shaft and the hardware to fit in,fitted it to the shaft, then started carving the block down to an approximate replacement for the leg mass.

This is what was left after carving away the extraneous foam and hot glue.


Here's the leg without the foam.



Here's the leg with the foam.(I just realized, I made a prosthetic for the prosthetic! How recursive!)

Here's all the scrap that was carved off. I think there's more here than is left in the finished product!

Here's the table after I finished, and, yes, I did get it all cleaned up before Dear Wife returned! You can see the prosthetic's prosthetic between the glue gun and the original(duplicate) packing foam.

Now, some judicious hinting to the Missus for these, and I am all set!

Walrilla