We can rebuild him….

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We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first Bionic PVR. Tivo will be that PVR. Better than he was before. Better . . . stronger . . . faster. It Lives..... Resurrected from the dead, the Tivo Lives!!! From it's humble beginnings as a 35 hour Tivo, it now lives as a 185 hour monster of a PVR. I'm going to document the details on the message board for those interested.

Another crisis as usual……

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Well bad things happened again yesterday. My Tivo died. I called Tivo, they wanted nothing to do with it. I called Hughes Networking, they too washed there hands of it. I finally called DirecTV and they said it was theirs to take care of but it was out of warranty by all of two weeks. So basically I'm on my own. There was a little good news. Since I'd hacked it and upgraded to a larger second hard drive I had a backup of the OS. The smaller original hard drive was what died by the way. So I brought it all into to work this morning and I'm going to upgrade the smaller primary drive. I started with a 40GB Tivo and I'll finally in the end have a 220GB Tivo. Hopefully It'll all work out. In any case, wish me luck.

New Clothes….

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So, two and a half, almost three months ago I weighted 249 lbs (that's down from where I was before I started keeping track) and was wearing 42 X 30 jeans. Those jeans weren’t loose and baggy either. I've pretty much emptied my closet of all my skinny clothes except for just a few things so I'd have something to shoot for. Well almost a month ago now I had to poke new wholes in all my belts and my old 42's weren’t really fitting so I had moved to the 40's. This last week I was really noticing the 40's weren’t really doing the job but I was a little afraid to try on the 38's that I had saved. This morning at 218 lbs I figured it was time to at least try. Well needless to say I've got the 38's on right now and they fit perfectly. Not tight, not loose. So I guess if I loose another 2 or 3 lbs I'll have to bite the bullet and go buy new clothes, or at least jeans. By the way 180 lbs. and 34's or 36's is my ultimate goal. I think the secret to my success, besides some things I'd really rather not talk about on here, is black sugar free jelly beans. :)

Off to Camp….

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So this morning Brandt and I got up and he was pretty tense about leaveing for camp today. He was excited but he didn't really want to leave his dear ole dad. Well I was OK, so I got him in a right state of mind and sent him off. He had pretty much forgotten about me by the time I got in the truck and left. Now it's my turn to stress. I really don't like the feeling of him not being here. It's different when he's with Rachel. I know she takes great care of him. She's a really good mother. I don't have any problems when he is with my mom and dad, or he is staying the night at friends house. But for some reason, he's with school and I just don't trust them. I probably should trust them a little more than I do, but I don't. I'll live and get through it, but I really hate this feeling.

Big Mistake…..

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So tonight I decieded that a little bit of music is what I needed to cheer me up.... Well I don't really listen to much music recorded after the early 90's. So I just turned winamp loose on my MP3's and had it sorted by Genre. That turned out to be the big mistake. Journey, Chicago, and Foreigner were the first three albums up... Those are three of the best albums in my collection but needless to say right now isn't quite the time I need to be listening to them. I had to do an emergency switch and listened to Ugly Kid Joe, Van Halen, and Faster Pussycat. That turned things around for the most part....

ACKkkkk!!!!

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So with all the doom and gloom going on in my life lately, ya know the truck thing, the business thing, and everything else, yet another impending crisis looms over the horizon. I have to send my sunglasses back to RayBan. Those of you that know me of course understand what kind of stress this is putting on my system. Right now I need LESS stress and not MORE! Anyway, I need to attempt to find a suitable replacement for my glasses while they are in route to and from the mac daddy RayBan plant in the sky. These glasses I own have a flat finish on them. Well the finish is coming off. It may be normal where and tear but RayBan has been pretty good about taking care of my glasses. That's why I've spent the kind of money I have on them. Anyway, I guess this makes all the other problems in my life look pretty small, huh? NOT!

So it’s been another crappy day…..

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This is starting to get very old. Last night I got almost NO sleep at all. This morning while running late my truck wouldn't start. Spent half the day trying to get it fixed while the office had me jumping through hoops all day. I really feel the world is against me right now. I know I"ll win but right now it mostly sucks.... $120,000 in PA would probably make it better.... :)

Job Hunt…..

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So today I was supposed to have an interview with a head hunter. I was a little uneasy about them. I looked them up on the Internet. I think Brandt does a lot better web sites than this group. I figured "I need a job" so I'll give them a chance. Jeff, a guy here at work is looking for a job and he asked the name and then said, "Are they located on 75 about 1/2 mile north of Arapaho" and they were of course. He said he'd gone there and they went through the whole interview and then told him it'd cost him $3200 for there services. I don't think I'll pay them for something I can do myself. So anyway, I emailed the lady and asked her if I would incur any charges for using their services or would that be placed on the employer. She of course wouldn't email me back, so I emailed her again and told her I couldn't make the appointment and she emailed me back 10 minutes later on that one. So needless to say I probably won’t be going to that interview......