Blind but Dateless

You know, I've always secretly wanted to go on a blind date. But here's the problem. In order to go on a blind date, you need a friend willing to set you up with one of their other friends. This creates multiple problems.

#1 - Your friend needs to have a SINGLE friend of the appropriate sex.
#2 - Your friend needs to believe that the person they are setting you up with is not a total loser or jerk when it comes to relationships.
#3 - Your friend needs to believe that YOU are not a total loser or jerk when it comes to relationships.
#4 - If you're such good friends with your friend, you've probably met most of their other good friends which means that either they aren't good friends with with the person they'd want to set you up with and/or they don't know a heck of a lot about that person.
#5 - Three words - bad date retaliation.

And my biggest problem....

#6 - Your friend might not like you and think you're a total idiot or that no one should be subjected to the crazy that is you.

Of course, I say all this tongue-in-cheek. I've never asked any of my friends to set me up before. And oddly enough, no one has ever even suggested it. Then again, I don't really have a big problem finding dates, either... But it still begs the question in my mind.

Eh... gotta just stop thinking about this. It only feeds my paranoia. :P

Betty Bowers on Gas

Like many people, I subscribe to the Betty Bowers Newsletter. For those who don't know, Betty Bowers is the self-proclaimed "America's Best Christian" on the satirical website, BettyBowers.com. Her recent newsletter was concerning commercials now being produced by The American Petroleum Institute that, from what I gather from the gist of the newsletter since I haven't seen the commercial itself, seems to attempt to sooth the fears of Americans on the rising cost of gas. Betty's response made me laugh out loud.... literally. (Not many things can do that, really.)

Whether you enjoy Betty Bowers or not, I highly suggest you click on this link to the YouTube video of Betty's response to the commercial. Highly amusing and insightful. Let me know what you think.

* Warning: The YouTube video does contain some "Naughty language". Not recommended for people who are offended by the "F" word.

Random Thoughts of the Insomniac

It's 6 a.m. and I haven't been to sleep. Got a big day ahead of me with my best friend getting married today. I should probably be bright eyed and bushy-tailed, right? Ugh.

After BFF's wedding, gotta figure out whether I'm heading straight for Madtown or coming home first. Not sure what the point is in coming home, other than to save the hotel expense for the evening. Today is also another friend's birthday. Heading down to Madtown to celebrate.

PLUS, while down there, may spend time with another friend whose birthday is on Monday. Um.... Apparently some people ring in the new year differently than others? But he might be back HERE (if I know him at all) with his family. Who knows..... Haven't heard from him yet.

Well, I think I'll go apply a large mallet to my forehead and see if I can't get some rest before ALL of the festivities begin. To my BFF, congrats! To my birthday boys, the spankin's are a-comin'.

Sad news

Well, today marks the end of my run with B.A.C.A. Problems in my personal life and issues within my chapter are forcing me to turn in my patch. I hope that now I will be able to focus on the things I need to focus on and get my life back on track as it needs to be.

Wish me luck, all. I'm going to need it.

And to all my B.A.C.A. pals out there, keep up the good work. Those kids need you!

Ray

Computer Literacy is Not His Forte

Earlier this past week, my computer fried. I mean, took a complete blind leap into the void of yesteryear. Had to get a new power supply, motherboard, and processor. Basically, I replaced everything but the hard drive. Oye.

My husband, on the other hand, knows only that 'the computer was broke and now it's fixed.' He knows we've had to re-install most programs on the computer, including Windows and Microsoft Office. He also knows that, including the week-long vacation we took just prior to the computer crashing, he hadn't checked his e-mail in about two weeks. The poor boy was jonesing just a bit. So last night, I came into the bedroom and said, "I left the computer up in case you want to check your e-mail. But if you do, you better go now. It's downloading updates and it'll restart when it's done unless you hit the 'restart later' button." It was the fastest I had seen him get motivated in a while. However, he came back in only a few minutes later.

"I can't find it." He says, "It's not there anymore."

"What do you mean?" I ask. "It's Yahoo Mail. It's a website, not a program."

"It's gone." He just says. I stare at his face for a moment while my brain whirrs, trying to think Hubby-speak. I finally get up, and follow him back into the office. He sits down in the chair, and points at the computer screen, which is currently showing the desktop. "You see?" He says, "It's not there anymore." And points towards the other icons still showing on the screen.

Without a word, I lean over, grab the mouse, click on the Internet Explorer icon (yes, I use Internet Exploder, leave me alone... I like it.), go to Favorites and click on the Yahoo Mail link I put there earlier for convenience. Like "Maaaaaagic" (imagine the jazz hands, if you will) the Yahoo Mail login screen pops up.

He looks at me. "That's not how I used to get to my mail. There used to be a thingy on the main screen that I clicked on. It's not there anymore."

I'm rolling my eyes as I walk back out the door. Later that evening I realize what it was and go back into the office (after Hubby was finished checking e-mail, of course) and download Yahoo Messenger, which automatically puts not only a Yahoo Messenger icon on the desktop, but also a Yahoo Mail icon there as well.

*sigh* I go back in the bedroom and inform hubby that I have 'returned his precious icon'. I wear my new hat for the rest of the evening, even though it doesn't even come close to resembling Indiana Jones' hat, just for the effect. No one gets it but me. But that's okay. I'm used to giggling to myself by now.....

My LOL Moment of the Day

A quote from my current read, Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett:

Detritus blinked at his finger, which was still white with the dust, and sidled over to Carrot. "Did I just lick dis?" he said.

"Er, yes," said Carrot.

"T'ank goodness for dat," said Detritus, blinking furiously. "'D hate to believe dis room was really full of giant hairy spide . . . weeble weeble sclup . . ."


For those of you who enjoy a good bought of literacy, I highly encourage you to read the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. Comedy sci-fi, in the likes of Douglas Adams. You can't get a better compliment out of me than that.

New Chapter!!!!

Please join me in a heartfelt round of applause for our newly-patched third chapter for B.A.C.A. of Wisconsin - The Fox Valley Chapter! These dedicated people just made it through this past weekend and received their patches on Saturday, May 24th.

Congratulations, guys and gal! Now the real fun begins!

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