Rantings, mostly…

Ah, don’t worry. That’s about as deep as I’ll be getting in this post.

I was just a mite bummed out about 12 hours ago (7PM yesterday) when I called the local fire department and the conversation went a bit like this:

Fireman: “City” Fire Department.
Me: Hi, who am I speaking with?
Fireman: What?
Me: Sorry! Who am I speaking with?
Fireman: “City” Fire Department.
Me: Oh. Ok. Well, nice to meet you “City” Fire Department, I’m toe.
Fireman: Alright.
Me: I was wondering, what measures do I need to take or what do I need to arrange with you cats to snag this CRT monitor off my hands and dispose of it eco-friendly like.
Fireman: Say what now?
Me: How do you guys get rid of computer monitors?
Fireman: We don’t.
Me: You don’t know how to dispose of computer monitors or you don’t offer that service?
Fireman: Neither I ’spose.
At this point bear in mind that I full well knew that improper disposal of a CRT monitor is a seriously environment unfriendly action.
Me: Do you know if there is anything special I should do before throwing it away?
Fireman: No I don’t believe you need to do anything but set it out for the garbage man.
Me: Alrighty then mister. Thanks.
Fireman: *click* He hung up.

Besides the fact the exchange between me and the hillbilly fireman was absolutely mind numbing I find it amazing that a fireman anywhere doesn’t have the slightest clue about how to dispose of something like that.

Even worse is my local chamber of commerce said to “check with them, they’ll know.”

Pocket SharpMT - not exactly sure of the origin of the name, but so far a decent utility.

Assuming this is posted correctly that is.

UPDATE: Which — it didn’t. Actually, it works nicely and has a much nicer UI than MoBlog. However, it failed to upload the image I inserted via the XML-RPC/WordPress API. *shrug*

After being swamped with offers and requests for this domain I have finally sifted through all 4 of them.

Yep, four.

• Declined
• Violation of DreamHost’s TOS
• Never replied to initial correspondence
• Accepted

The final of which being a friend who offered to share the costs of this site and provide some experience elsewhere.  So there you have it.

Oh wait.

She wants me to continue blogging whenever the hell I get around to it because it is therapeutic.

*shrugs*

And not a single one of them used the comments.

Yeah, yeah, we’re only 2 hours into it, but I plan on lapsing into a coma momentarily, so here’s to all my Leprechaun buddies out there.

So, here’s a few tips for your Irish lads and lasses:

1.  Never show your arse to a law enforcement officer.

2.  Never bribe a law enforcement officer.

3.  Never hit a law enforcement officer.

4.  Never spit on or at a law enforcement officer.

5.  Never swing wildly on someone who bumps you in a nightclub as they may be an undercover law enforcement officer.

6.  Never throw your beer on a law enforcement officer.

7.  Never bite a law enforcement officer.

8.  Never motion with your hands like you’re firing a gun at a law enforcement officer.

9.  Never tell a law enforcement officer, “Come and get me then, you fuggin’ wanker!”  (Alternatively, don’t call them a “steam hole,” either.  Apparently they ALL know what it means.)

And last but not least, believe it or not…

10.  Never grab a law enforcement officer’s crotch and attempt to kiss them.

This list has been made possible by those wonderfully inebriated and lovable cousins and friends in my life — and who said the Irish don’t know how to have fun?

Éirinn go Brách!

Oh yeah, don’t I feel special.  I finally got my HTC Touch yesterday.

Interesting little device, although it is a bit lackluster.  I really don’t know what the hell I expected out of a Pocket PC, but I mean, I guess it’s good — what do I have to compare it to?

*shrugs*

Yep, it’s that dreaded time of year again.  So many new and interesting things have transpired and yet so many plain and repetitive things have happened as well.

I cannot possibly hope to convince you that this blog will encounter some revolutionary content surge or “wow” you with a new and improved layout, but I can assure you that I will quite possibly be the most consistently boring and non-entertaining blogger you have ever had the misfortune to encounter.

Stay tuned!  I plan on unveiling absolutely nothing in the near future.