Cold and Ice
Boy, today was one of those days that you get up, you get on the road and say, “Man I wish I didn’t have anything to do today.” I left the house for a remote today at around 9:00, and the roads were black ice. Saw 4 cars and a semi truck in the ditch on my way over to the radio station. Everybody on the interstate was doing about 40 mph. Except for the dude that thinks its cool to “just drive normal.” I like to think those people are having to get towed out of a snowbank a few miles later down the road. It was SLICK!
Didn’t cancel the remote though. Didn’t have too many people show up, but it could have been worse. There were actually a lot of people out and about. Between everyone Christmas shopping, and K-State graduation, there were a few too many idiots on the road for my taste. I took enough hits in the old car, I don’t really want to start getting this one beat up! I’ve put too much work into it now. =P
Tomorrow is probably going to be better though. Its supposed to actually snow instead of this freezing rain crap. Slush, snow, packed snow, I can dig that no problem. “Just drive normal.” Ha ha!
Internet is on the fritz.
They must be doing “upgrades” somewhere in the neighborhood because every morning my internet practically doesn’t work. It’ll be up for 30 seconds real slow, then down for 5 or 10 minutes. REALLY annoying since I’m such an internet junkie.
It seems to work fine by the time I get home from work, but I hope it doesn’t get any worse. We ditched our cable a while back to save some extra scratch, and if the internet is down, there’s not much to do. I have taken Final Fantasy XII back up in the mornings and am enjoying it even more than the first time I started it. So it’s not all bad. Just if you’re paying for something to work you expect it to work, ya know!
I crave internet!!!!
12.5.07Duane’s nutzo cat.
Here’s everyone’s favorite 2007 cat modeler. Here’s one of the new models. Extra loud. I was talking to mom on the phone the other night and I swear you could hear this cat plain as day. It was going. “HEY! HEEEY!” Looks like a cute cat, although kinda blurry. I hope Bryson isn’t making a kitty “shaken not stirred.”
Miis!
Out station is (supposedly) giving away a Nintendo Wii this Friday. I say supposedly because until today they said they weren’t sure if they were going to be able to get one in time. But I’ll believe it when I see it. Our backup plan is apparently to write “You won a Wii…as soon as a store gets one…someday.” on a paper napkin and hand it to the winnner.
ANYWHO we were doing some promoting on the website so I made Miis for all the DJs at miicreator.com!
Me
Rodney
Jenn
Jeri Anne
Robert
It’s a great time waster. I’m not sure who to make next!
12.3.07Like another hole in my head….
There is an addition to the household. Duane decided we need a kitten. Don’t get me wrong, it’s cute and all that kitten stuff… but I swear, it’s like a dog! It wants me to constantly pet it, hold it. And meow!? I wanted to call it Sassy cuz this cat NEVER shuts up. Duane named it Tiger, it’s his cat. Well, it’s his cat the one day a week he is home!!!!!!
What is amazing is that I really didn’t want another cat. I tried to talk him out of it. But it is a cute little fart, and you’ll see when you come out here, you can’t help but like it. It’s quite the little snuggle bug. Hey! I just realized…I just might have a cat that will be social with people!
12.3.07Orange High Life?
Man, I thought I won some sort of million dollar contest when I pulled this can out of the case. Bright orange High Life! (At least its not orange flavored!) Turns out they’re just changing the cans for the hunting season. I somehow bought the case, got all the way home, stuck it in the fridge, opened and pulled out the can without noticing the giant orange can, or all the turkeys plastered all over the case.
In related news, in a clear container, High Life glows green under a black light. Great for parties! 😉
Gamespot takes a hit to their credibility.
From Penny-Arcade:
For those that aren’t familiar, Gamespot is a site dedicated mostly to reviewing video games before their release and passing those opinions on to consumers so they can make more informed decisions.
Apparently one of the editors, Jeff Gerstmann, gave a sub-par review to a game called Kane & Lynch for the XBox360. The developer of the game has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars with Gamespot along advertising this one game. Coincidentally shortly after the review went live the video review was pulled and Gerstmann was promptly fired without reason. Say what you will but it looks like the stink of it is, you aren’t supposed to give a bad review to a game that is brining in lots of ad revenue.
I honestly hadn’t even heard of the Gerstmann fellow until this story came about. I just don’t run in the game editorial circles anymore I guess. Supposedly he’s had some pretty controversial reviews to high profile games in the past. Some people love him some people are glad to see him go. Fact of the matter is, this isn’t about Gerstmann. Its not even about the gaming industry alone. It’s about objectiveness in reviewing a product, be it a blender, or a new car. If an advertiser is able to pressure a company into fluffing a review in order to boost it’s sales of that product, and then the publisher in turn sells that review to the reader as an “objective” opinion, the review is nothing more than a long winded advertisement.
Its just another example of corporate mismanagement and bottom line thinking. You’re selling out the credibility of your publication if you fire the guy at all. And even IF you decide he must be fired, the timing has made the decision so transparent that you could have done more harm by letting the person go than if you hadn’t. Its long been a suspicion of readers that the people that review the products (or the publishing company) gets some sort of kickback, or incentive to paint a more colorful picture to the public. Unfortunately this event all but proves that it can and DOES happen.
12.1.07Lovin’ the Blackjack.
Andrea’s mom is in town this weekend, so we’ve all been hanging out having a good time. She wanted to go up to the casino while she was here so we all loaded up and headed to the Sac n Fox north of Topeka. I didn’t have a whole lot of extra cash, and probably shouldn’t have been gambling in the first place. But we had a good time. I spotted Andrea $40 and I ended up winning $40. Then she was able to pay me back plus an extra $160! (She kept the $160) Not a bad night if I do say so myself. That makes about three trips in a row that I’ve come out of there positive…looks like I’m due to lose next time.
Thanks for my best day ever!
No…best day ever (so far).
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For all you people who wish you won radio contests…
Consider this. We just finished up our Extreme Makeover contest. If you’ve ever seen the show, Ty Pennington busts in on somebody’s place, takes over there house and remodels it. Kinda like a Pimp My Ride for homes. Well we just kinda steal the name and use it instead of calling the contest “A bunch of crap you don’t really need.” We delivered today “Almost $7,000 worth of stuff.” Which was actually around $6,250 worth of stuff, so we really should have said “Almost almost $7,000 worth of stuff.”
And that’s all it is, is stuff. No real rhyme or reason to the collection of items. We gave a surround sound system but no TV or no couch. Not one, but TWO dining room tables! (For BOTH your dining rooms!) And antique wood framed mirror. A closet organizer, and supposedly $800 in bed and bath accessories. Which should take up more than two bags if you ask me. Check out one of these dining room tables, yeah…where you gonna put that in your house?
Point is, even though it sounds good on the air, don’t be too heartbroke if you don’t win some of that stuff. There’s a young couple in a small house in Manhattan that isn’t going to be able to use their living room until they have a garage sale or an auction, or rent a storage unit. When $6,000 cash would have fit in their back pocket and they could have gotten something they actually wanted.