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REPLACEMENT WINDOWS:

Last year I replaced all the windows in my house with that expensive double-pane energy efficient kind, and today, I got a call from the contractor who installed them. He was complaining that the work had been completed a whole year ago and I still hadn’t paid for them. Hellloooo,…………just because I’m blonde doesn’t mean that I am automatically stupid.

So, I told him just what his fast talking sales guy had told me last year, that in ONE YEAR these windows would pay for themselves! Helllooooo? It’s been a year! I told him. There was only silence at the other end of the line, so I finally just hung up. He never called back. I bet he felt like an idiot.

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an  unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by  the clean end”

R. J. Wiedemann LtCol. USMC Ret.

From an article in the Austin Business Journal

On April 30, the Austin City Council approved Stubb’s request to waive on-site parking requirements, with the exception of handicap parking, and to become classified as an outdoor entertainment venue.

The expansion will add 4,295 square feet to the restaurant, 6,445 square feet to an outdoor concert amphitheater, and a new 35,753 square feet indoor auditorium.

Read the full article

As every Southerner knows, come spring it will be time to get ready for that all-important cooking technique of the south — outdoor grilling!

I have just found out there are several stores (not just in the South) where you can get a FREE Bar-B-Q grill!  You can get a free BBQ grill from any of the following stores:

 A&P, Albertsons, Costco, Dan’s, Food Lion, Fry’s, Home Depot, Bi Lots,  Brookshire’s,  Lowes,  Publix,  Safeway, Sam’s Club, Target, Vons, Trader Joe’s, Wal-Mart, Winn-Dixie etc.

So, I am the go to guy for technical issues with most of my friends and family.  After ready this press release about this new product from Symantec I got a little excited.  It will make my F&F Tech Support much easier to do.  Disclamer:  I do work for Symantec providing enterprise technical support.

The Project Guru pilot provides individuals with a secure, scalable Web-based environment that enables users to provide remote technical support without the need to spend a lot of time on the phone or visiting in person. The pilot service enables secure remote desktop connections leveraging the same internally developed technology as Symantec’s Software as a Service (SaaS) Online Remote Access offering. Project Guru is complementary to Symantec’s NortonLive™ PC help services, which provide consumers who need immediate PC help with a direct, convenient, affordable and simple way to maintain and fix their PCs by calling a NortonLive expert 24/7.
To administer remote support using Project Guru, users sign up as a “Guru” by creating an online account and inviting friends and family members to join in their circle. Once the invitation has been accepted by a friend or family member and the minimal set up requirements are complete, the Guru can connect remotely to the system to troubleshoot and correct issues using the Project Guru online tools. Remote connections between the two systems are secured via encryption and authentication. The Project Guru pilot currently includes diagnostic tools for network monitoring and identifying the software installed on the remote system to aid the Guru in efficiently fixing computer problems for friends and family.

You can find the full press release here.

A friend had a little comment on facebook about sunscreen and it reminded me of this.

Okay, so I am a big F1 race fan and this is just plan cool.  Wait for the end….

I have always wanted to be involved in the music business in some way. I have been “trying” to play guitar for a LONG time now.  As much fun as this is I am never going to do anything other then just have fun with it. So, I have decided to try and combine my 20+ years of computer expertise with music by building a home recording studio! This project will take me most of the summer to put together.   I have put together a list of gear that I want to get for the first pass at this.

TASCAM FW-1082 10-Channel FireWire Audio/MIDI Interface   599.00

Musicians Gear TASCAM Monitor and Mic Package A  249.99

MXL MXL-90 Microphone Shockmount   38.99

Musicians Gear Mesh Microphone Grille   6.99

ProLine Universal Microphone Clip   4.99

El Paso, Texas is closer to Los Angeles on the Pacific Coast than it is to Port Arthur on Gulf Coast of Texas. Port Arthur, on the other hand, is closer to Jacksonville, Florida on the Atlantic Coast than it is to El Paso.