Oil Change

Oil Change instructions for women:

1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since
the last oil change.
2) Drink a cup of coffee.
3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly
maintained vehicle.

Money spent:
Oil Change $20.00
Coffee $1.00
Total $21.00

Oil Change instructions for men:
1) Wait until Saturday, drive to Auto Zone parts store and buy a case of oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree, write a check for $50.00.
2) Stop by 7 - 11 and buy a case of beer, write a check for $20, drive home.
3) Open a beer and drink it.
4) Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.
5) Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.
6) In frustration, open another beer and drink it.
7) Place drain pan under engine.
8) Look for 9/16 box end wrench.
9) Give up and use crescent wrench.
10) Unscrew drain plug.
11) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on you in process. Cuss.
12) Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms. Throw kitty litter on spilled oil.
13) Have another beer while watching oil drain.
14) Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench.
15) Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil filter and twist off.
16) Crawl out from under car with dripping oil filter splashing oil everywhere from holes. Cleverly hide old oil filter among trash in trash can to avoid environmental penalties. Drink a beer.
17) Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. Decide to finish oil change tomorrow so you can go see his new garage door opener.
18) Sunday: Skip church because "I gotta finish the oil change." Drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car. Cleverly dump oil in hole in back yard instead of taking it back to service station to recycle.
19) Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18.
20) Beer? No, drank it all yesterday.
21) Walk to 7-11; buy beer.
22) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface, be sure filter is full of oil.
23) Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.
24) Remember drain plug from step 11.
25) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
26) Remember that the used oil is buried in a hole in the back yard, along with drain plug.
27) Drink beer.
28) Shovel out hole and sift oily mud for drain plug. Re-shovel oily dirt into hole. Steal sand from kids sandbox to cleverly cover oily patch of ground and avoid environmental penalties. Wash drain plug in lawnmower gas.
29) Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw kitty litter on oil spill.
30) Drink beer.
31) Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes. Wipe eyes with oily rag used to clean drain plug. Slip with stupid crescent wrench tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on frame.
32) Bang head on floorboards in reaction to step 31.
33) Begin cussing fit.
34) Throw stupid crescent wrench.
35) Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit bowling trophy.
36) Beer.
37) Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required to stop blood flow.
38) Beer.
39) Beer.
40) Dump in five fresh quarts of oil.
41) Beer.
42) Lower car from jack stands.
43) Accidentally crush remaining case of new motor oil.
44) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during steps 23 - 43.
45) Beer.
46) Test drive car.
47) Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence.
48) Car gets impounded.
49) Call loving wife, make bail
50) 12 hours later, get car from impound yard.

Money spent:
Parts $50.00
DUI $2500.00
Impound fee $75.00
Bail $1500.00
Beer $40.00
Total - - $4,165.00

But you know the job was done right!


Enjoy,
Fenix

DWI

How to fail a sobriety test before it even starts


Fenix

iMac Strip

Welcome my flock

Todays enjoyment (and ribbing to me) comes a Roosterteeth comic sent in from a Xbox Live fan of the Fenix called Sugar Loaf.

Enjoy,
Fenix

Finally!!

Sorry about the wait, finally got everything up and running. As usual they will be constantly evolving.

First there's the new site:
http://web.mac.com/chrisfenix/iWeb/The%20Fenix/Welcome.html

Second, the original downloads page is still there.....for now:
http://homepage.mac.com/gilly971/FileSharing13.html

And last, but certainly not least, I did a quick page for my brother and his new edition to the clan:
http://web.mac.com/chrisfenix/iWeb/Lucas/Lucas%20Anthony%20Leonardo.html


Enjoy!
The Fenix

The Fenix has fell on some hard times.

Temporarly, all the other sites I have, with the exception of the blog, will be down. Also, the gilly971 email is also no longer good.

I got a map of buried treasure and the schematics for the local bank. Things should be back up soon, not counting possible jail time. :)

Fenix

EVERYTHING is on Ebay

Oh the humanity

Ok, I saw this sign and immediatly had some questions.

1) Who at corporate decided that this was a good way to blow some money.

b) Is shopping cart theft at an all time high?! I had no idea we needed such measures.

III) How exactly does this deterent work? Voltage? Can't possibly lock the wheels, aren't the two front ones always broke anyway??


P.S. As you can assume, I could not find one cart to test it out. Damn. I could've been on the news. I would've went toward the highway, got one of them OJ chases going.

That is all

Fenix

We should all be so patriotic

It is so easy to read the news and shrug. But this one has me fired up, in a good way. Some of our fellow Americans in Alaska have turned down FREE heating oil because of the source.

Politics aside, they have taken the stance of "that may be my ugly brother, but damn it I am the only one who can talk about him" in regards to Venenzuelan President Chavez's comments about Bush and then subsequent offer of oil to the Alaskan tribe.

A tribal council administrator, Justine Gunderson stated, "As a citizen of this country, you can have your own opinion of our president and our country. But I don't want a foreigner coming in here and bashing us. Even though we're in economically dire straits, it was the right choice to make."

For full details check out the link below. As for me, I am cutting a check to the tribe for as much as I can spare every month through the end of their winter. If you or someone you know would be interested in doing the same the tribal website is http://www.apiai.com/.

Let me also say, I would not blame anyone for taking the Venezuelan oil, I know I would.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061009/ap_on_re_us/oil_from_chavez

The fleecing of America

A new report suggests that cable providers have more than enough capacity currently to compete with telco fiber systems. The report states that reclaiming analog TV spectrum, splitting fiber nodes, and most importantly by employing switched broadcast video (SBV) techniques, MSOs will have enough headroom for broadband services, HDTV and VOD. As we've noted Time Warner Cable has improved their capacity by 50% in switched digital video trials.

From the report:
"Each analog channel consumes 6 MHz of capacity (or roughly 1/125th of the total capacity of an upgraded cable plant). Re-claiming that channel slot frees up enough capacity to launch 2½ more channels in HDTV (each of which consumes about 2.4 MHz), or ten more digital channels (each of which consumes about 0.6 MHz), another ten QAMs, each capable of delivering an additional VOD stream, or another doubling of broadband [Internet] capacity (which today operates out of a single 6 MHz channel slot)."

This optimistic report is in contrast to a CableLabs report from August that suggested another round of multi-billion dollar upgrades might be in order, and that MSOs might be better off just running fiber to the home. There was also a report earlier this month that stated HD demand would put the cable industry's back against the wall.

So, in short. Shut off the analog, compress those channels and make them digital (they'll look better on the tv), witht the recent upgrades to the cable systems that I know of, there is DEFINATLY enough room to add at least 5HD channels and give the premium Internet teir the 30mb download to compete with fiber.

While I'm making this rant. If there is anyone from the cable industry that cares, listen up:
There is no doubt that enventually most of the companys will due away with in house techs. That leaves the contractors, and the pressure is on those companys to step up and be certified to instal and troubleshoot cable. And the big companys are all also looking to take care of "dead-weight" meaning that they will make it difficult for those that have been in the business for a long time (ie making the money)to stay at their current jobs. Now in knowing that and the information above the trend seems to be going the way of the Movie Studios and Proffesional sports. Mine, mine, mine, more money, more money.
So cable companys listen up, you ALL have fiber on the main feeder lines, there is plenty of room for everything. Drop the analog and move it to the digital realm compressed. That will make it look better to those WITH and without new HD televisions. I (we) realize that there are stations that must be on the lineup according to state and federal regulations. An example would be to take the local broadcast channels and those "must have" channels on the basic cable ready tier. At least you've filled the regulation requirment AND gave a very good launch point for customers to upgrade their service. But please, offer up some channels that people actually want! Does anyone really watch G4 anymore? How about Golf channel. Why is the golf channel on my digital basic package but channels that broadcast in higher quility are still trapped on the analog portion! (SciFi, Spike, etc) Speaking of useless channels on Digital...what is AZN Television and why to I have it!? So now that you have a the analog channels looking better, THEN you repackage the tiers in digital to reflect what people want. For instance, work the packages by the agr demographic that their looking to reach. Oh, and get some real HD channels. With all the room that's gained add some other FULL TIME HD channels. Just because Jay Leno and Conan broadcast in HD doesn't mean that everything else is in HD. Kinda a waste dontcha think?
As for the data portion. Yes, that will be more money but not even a portion of what your engineers are telling their bosses. Most expensive part will be adding to the capacity of the nodes. Basic data teir should be 768 up and down. For the people that want to just get email and a little surfing. 5mb tier for those that want to do some gaming and downloading. 10mb (with 5mb up) for proffesional. And finally Ultra, which would be 30mb. Also try to offer some sort of guarantee for the Pro and ultra teir. These people will surely be running little websites and FTP servers. DON'T try to push them to the Business service. That is more than most people will need.
And please start treating your employees like humans. Those employee surveys are crap. Here in the Northeast in my Ten years I have personally watched manangement go through these for each group and pick out handwriting that they reconized OR they thumb through a particular page throwing out the undesirable answers. And my personal favorite, management taking the survey for those that didn't turn them in or woeren't in that day. I mean have you ever really LOOKED at the results. If you think the food at the cafeteria sucks, and you never see anyone buying food there, then how the hell did employees vote that it is great!?

I am only trying to help. I've been working in the telecom industry for over 10 years. I've moved up the coporate latter and was ashamed at what I saw the higher up I went. It's a true shame when the people that make decisions have no idea what's going on. To make my final point. Managers, CEO's, CFO's, when the state declares the weather, and they state that you should bring your animals in, and most things are closed, why is it that the only utility company out there is the cable company. Would you want your husband, wife, son, or daughter climbing 18feet into the air with severe wind and snow with gusts to 20mph. Better yet would YOU climb. When I was in the field, I'd have customers suprised that I showed up and then told me that they will reschedule because they didn't want to be responsible if the cable guy gets hurt. Yet my company doesn't care. How much is your life worth when you work for the cable company? About as much as one install of all three services is how much. That needs to change.

That is all for now. Tents down, shows over
Fenix

Day 2

The chairs that my fealess leader were on in the last picture were apparently needed at the owners home this weekend. He was kind enough to leave some chairs (though those are all broken).

Worry not, we collected some money here at the office and will be getting some milk crates and beanbags :)


Fenix

Uh oh

The owner of the business I work for decided to make some cutbacks.

Apparently the water bill was getting a little high as well. We have been instructed that for #1 we can use the forest outside. But for #2 we can use the bathroom but the toilet can only be flushed once a day. Bathroom tissue will be BYO.

Fenix

Perfect

Panasonic makes a foray into the useless toilet seat business, trying to sell this Panasonic DL-GWN device that lights up a bull's-eye in the water at which to aim your stream. Its light has a dual function, also warming the toilet seat, which we can tell you from personal experience is a highly desirable feature, especially in winter.

But hey, instead of spending the $1165 on this throne, we would suggest a dimmable light switch in your bathroom along with a heated toilet seat, both which can be had for a fraction of that price and accomplish the same thing. Or better yet, guys, get your own urinal—no lights needed, no splashing unless you're really drunk and your aim is off by 90 degrees. Anyway, the Panasonic DL-GWN will be available November 1.


Finally! One less thing to be yelled at when I'm home



Fenix

New from HP

This just in from HP. They're now selling a Office Spy Kit

To bad they didn't use this themselves a few months ago. Or maybe they did........



Fenix

iPhone?

Could this be the iPhone?

• Three models in '07, one in January at Macworld
• 3-megapixel camera
• 2.2-inch screen
• iTunes integration, no 100 song limit
• Made from off-the-shelf parts

500 pound gorilla

Walmart decided to tell the movie studios that if they do decide to sell their movies on iTunes then they WILL NOT be seeling those movie at their chain. Walmart is the biggest seller of DVD's in the country. They have already returned their shipment of Disney movies.

Dumb

Ok, we all know that movie companys don't care. Their gonna get their money either way, people are still going to go to the movies, still going to use Netflix and Blockbuster. In my opinion it will still take a good 5 years for movies to go digital. And for that to happen all Telecom companys will need to upgrade their systems to accomodate the large data rates and transfer speeds. Then, in the customers home, you'll need to either run wire throughout the house or use wireless. Wireless G protocol transmits around 54mbs a second which cannot sustain a streaming HD video. So now we need to wait for the "N" protocol.

So until all this happens we will still be watching movies in DVD (not HD) quality, so to me it looks like it's another example of the corporations trying to milk the consumer for more and more money.

On a side note:
Regardless of what your watching......
DVD's - 500 lines of resolution
HD - anything 750 lines or better

witht that said......
780p and 780i

i = interlaced (every other line)
p = progressive (all lines all at once)

Soooooo, DVD is 500p
Most HD out today (including cable) 780i
So, cut that in half and we're basically watching a really clean DVD transfer

Don't believe the hype

Fenix

Comic Covers

Found this on Digg

Top 50 Comic covres of all time. I think I still have a few of these!!

http://uk.comics.ign.com/articles/733/733763p1.html

Fenix

The nail in the Sony coffin

Tokyo game show just happened. Sony stated that games will be as low as $50.

Unfortunaly, the games that WILL be released that use the full power of the PS3 will be around $100

That's $100

Good god.

Goodbye Sony.

Fenix

Apple Grand Opening

The Apple Grand Opening in Providence. Weeeeeeeeeeee! I was in heaven, even my daughter was just fed up with the Apple talk. It was a long hot wait, about 2 hours



Once inside I grabbed my free shirt and ran around like a little kid. Grining like an idiot! Oh what a fine day indeed.

Fenix

Her first day

I know I've been slacking but I'll start off with the oldest ones.

Here's my little princess on her first day of school!

say it ain't so!

Against my better judgement I will post this fine video that Fatalfastlane provided. I also would like to take this opportunity to state that a few of these are from the OS9 days and more from 10.1 when it forst came out. I will also state that because of these Steve now has multiple computers under the desk in case of mishap. But notice. There were NO crashes. Just bugs.

Sometimes I feel bad, but then...

Ok, I am a techie, geek, whatever. I work with hardware, software, design, whatever when it comes to computers/networks again whatever. Because of this, I get the unique opportunity to see exactly how much people are willing to pay for things. Case in point, guy finds box of old cdrom games from back in the day. Originally created for DOS, then updated for 95/98. He finds this while digging through some boxes one day and decides it would be a blast to play them again. Well, (Chris, yes I am going to dog Father Bill) the "Run As" function in XP is a joke....

I will pause while Fenix thinks of several witty eviscerations for windows...

To the point, guy says he is willing to pay whatever it cost to put together a system to do this. My first thought is "Cha-Ching". I tell him that it will take time which for me runs $60/hr. He says "Ok, what are we talking 2-3 hours?"

Uh, yea per driver that I will have to find that is good and doesn't hose something else. Since he is a friend of a friend, I decide to just give him a flat rate plus out of pocket for parts if needed.

He agrees. Call him tonight and tell him I am almost done should have Wednesday. I can hear him drooling on the other end.

Finally, I have to ask why it is gonna be worth $200 plus parts to play these games. Without pause he informs me that his first computer "porn" was Leisure Suit Larry 2, and he wanted to get back to basics....

Uh, ok now I don't feel so bad.

I forgot how funny some of these Sprint commercials are

 

Ahhh, just watch the video and think of FreeMoz on the left and Fenix on the right.

 

Mine

Oh my sweet mother-in-law. No matter what, she always puts a smile on my face.

A little backstory;

The outlaws (that's what I call them) are what we in the northeast call "off da boat". Meaning that they come directly from the Azores. Portuguese Island people. Now these are a VERY proud people. Also, IMHO, there are two kinds that came over, the "old bobs" and the "fashnandas". Bobs will work till there arms fall off, no job too big. And the others, well, they kinda just hang out with their hats cocked alittle to the side and well.....hang out. Doing nothing.

My inlaws are th bobs. Let me explain. VERY religous, and VERY hard working. My f.i.l. used to walk to and from work (no joke!) regardless of the weather. The contruction company he worked for basically forced this man to retire, and the day before retirment he was carrying shingles on his back, up a latter, to the roof, for a delievery. I truly hope that I am half the man he is someday. And did I mention that the devotion to family is just as strong as their devotion to religion. My mother in law is just the do all mom. Worked in the laundry all day for almost no money, and did it with a smile and thank you. Came home, cooked, took care of the children, and cleaned. Went to bed around 11, woke up and did it all again without a single complaint, ever. Did I mention cleanliness? I want to add that the portuguese have a whole new level of cleanleness that I never new existed. Not that my parents were slobs or that I am, but this is different. I mean they wash all the walls every other weekend, and 2 times a year the house is completly ripped apart for another cleaning with shampoo machines and buffers and stuff. Amazing. Again, I hope to be half the poeple that they are someday. They are getting older now, but still haven;t lost their drive.....just their hearing. Kinda funny though. For instance it's hilarious to listen as my m.i.l. heads down to do the laundry, dad wonders where she is so he stands at the top of the stairs calling for her. She's answering but he can't hear her! So he keeps calling, too stubborn to come downstairs to find her but at the same time getting upset that she's not answering. She's downstairs laughing, telling him in portuguese, that she's gone away, knowing that he can't hear! It's really too much. I've actually witness him walking around outside then asking me, "Chris, you see yur mather?", "Yea Pi, she went in about 5 minutes ago." Then he walks away mumbling something in portuguese that I'm SURE I'm not supposed to know the translation too. A never ending source of enjoyment.

Back to the story

So my day off is today, but I need to get some work done. After the girl goes off to school I get cleaned up and get ready to go get a coffee. I ask my soon to be 2 year old if he wants to go also. He shakes his head and I scoop him up to go. M.i.l. says bye and the kid goes mental. So I just turn around and ask her to come with me, it's a short ride. About 10 minutes into the 20 minute drive, I ask her if she let dad know that she was going, she looks at me, then just starts laughing! "no, it's ok, he'll be fine". I said "no he won't, he'll be walking up and down the street looking for you and the boy!" Again, she just laughed and said he'd be ok. Sure enough, pull inot the driveway and he's coming around the back of the house not looking real happy. She jumps out and I can hear him yelling at her. Not really yelling though. I might not know alot of portuguese but there was definatly concern and anger in his voice. She just smiled, said something to him, patted him on the head and everything was fine for him. I now know what love is, and wish everyone to have poeple in their life to be able to look to for an example of tolerance, understanding, and never ending love. The harrassment is just a funny side effect.

Fenix

A.S.N.F.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator,
and I wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you feed a stray cat,
and I thought it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me,
and I knew that little things are special things.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I heard you say a prayer,
and I believed there is a God I could always talk to.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I felt you kiss me goodnight,
and I felt loved.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes,
and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's all right to cry.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared
and I wanted to be everything that I could be.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked...
and wanted to say thanks for all the things
I saw when you thought I wasn't looking.

...Author Unknown

n Precious Memory Of My Dad
Who Walked Through Heaven's Gate
September 16, 2000

Adult Joke

There was this couple that had been married for 20 years. Every time
they made love the husband always insisted on shutting off the light.

Well, after 20 years the wife felt this was ridiculous. She figured
she
would break him out of this crazy habit. So one night, while they were
in the middle of a wild, screaming, romantic session, she turned on
the
lights. She looked down, and saw her husband was holding a
battery-operated leisure device... a vibrator! Soft, wonderful and
larger than a real one.

She went completely ballistic. "You impotent bastard," She screamed at
him, how could you be lying to me all of these years? You better
explain yourself!"

The husband looks her straight in the eyes and says calmly:

I'll explain the toy . . . you explain the kids."

Listen up fanboys

Ahh poor Sony

Alright you fanboys and girls. Give it up. PS3 is a joke. And I'll prove it.......

Platters of processors usually have about 20% of the chips that come off are bad. In the PS3 case, it's somewhere around a 80% bad.

Blu-Ray still hasn't been declared the winner of the format war and frankly it has been losing ground as of late. The first Blu-Ray movies that shipped looked like something a coworker made on their laptop!

The lasers for the player are currently on back order (lol)

Some of the connections on the back will be disabled upon launch and will be activated by a firmware upgrade at a later date.

Conflicting stories state that either the HD connection will not be active on launch or the player firmware is bad. Many stories on that but the fact remains that as of now there will be no HD playback at launch.

Developers are still either waiting for more hardware information or are still waiting for there dev kit. Nice.

And the icing on the cake, Sony promised 4 millon units by November (july 06), yet they neglected to tell anyone that they had yet to start building any!!

And the nail in the coffin, Sony just announced that units will only ship to North America and Japan at this time. The rest of the world can wait until March of 2007. But wait there's more, Japan will get 100,000 and North America will get 400,000. Can anyone else say "not enough". Xbox release something like 2 millon and still came up short. I can guess that out of those 400,000 that some are spoken for, whether it's promotions or in house.

So fanboys, what are you still waiting for?? Madden? It's on the 360. Grand Theft Auto? We have Saints Row, which looks and plays better. Gran Tourismo? C'mon, let that franchise die already, there are sooo many better car games on the 360 and on the original!

So, in closing, get your head out of your ass, forget PS3, and get a 360. You won't regret it

Fenix

Ok, Birthday is coming up and I usually set up a wishlist on amazon.  I know I hate sitting in the store thinking "I don't know what to get this person".  This way, problem solved.

I was looking through the Box Sets of DVDs and came across "Sexy Space" consisting of 3 movies I've never heard of;
Nude on the Moon
Space Thing (special edition"
Wham-Bam-Thank you Spaceman (I kid you not)

Too funny

Fenix

Un called 4

Like you couldn't see the people I hang with doing this!!

Can you believe it

Sometimes you hear something and you have to go back and listen again because you just can't believe that people think like this. In all walks of life around the globe there is people that think their shit doesn't stink. Here in Rhode Island it's called Newport.

I can see SO MANY of the people I deal with doing this.

SPCA

This little bundle of joy is just looking for a good home.

Maybe I'll see if my Mother wants it! She loves cats, and I'm sure the kitty won't mind trying on a few willy-warmers

Baby Ninja

YES!! It runs in the family! And he's already got my speed!

Mel

compliments to fatalfastlane for sending this in.

Yes, it's old news, Mel "crazy man" Gibson spoof, overdubbed

I thought I was gonna pee myself



Fenix



***STRONG LANGUAGE***
http://www.break.com/index/mel_gibson_hates_jews1.html

Tough guys

This is one of the macho techs that we have working for us. You know the kind! The ones that sit outside and talk about their latest conquests and how much ass they've kicked.

He did say "kicking" ass right??

Never agitate the Fenix :)

You got the wrong idea

C'mon, you couldn't see this happening to me?



Via: VideoSift

Babysitter blues

When I stumbled upon this I figured I'd try to throw a new idea to everyone. Let's try taking some of the video's and posting them through the blog



Via: VideoSift

pain in the neck

Doktor gave muscle relxrs for neck pain. feels good. not alot of updates today I think

should make a phone call.........

ello, Free? Dude....you wouldn't believe the size of the......whatdoyamean don't call you at work?! I can bang a what?!?! I don't even think that's possible freemo.....fine, bye

Maybe I can call mom. Mom's always make you feel better.....

ello mom?.......hey, yea, pulled a muscle in my neck.....NO, that is NOT how it happened! you got the wrong son!......listen, i just wanted to talk. ya know. I got these pills and they make me feel funny .....*click*.....mom?.....mom?

Fenix

It's finally happened

Oh sweet googly-moogly

My mom has finally started her own blog

http://kamelsblog.blogspot.com/

I'll put a link in the links section first chance I get. Everyone will also be happy to know that the great Fenix will be back next week. My long work week is finally over! The check should be nice. And I got a raise (1 of 2 he said), so things are looking up. I'll do what I can this weekend to get some new vids up even if it's a few older ones.

Fenix

They just won't go away!

AOL is preparing to dig for buried gold and platinum on property in Massachusetts owned by the parents of a man it sued for sending millions of unwanted spam e-mails to its customers.

AOL said Tuesday it intends to search for gold and platinum bars the company believes are hidden near the home of Davis Wolfgang Hawke’s parents on two acres in Medfield, Mass. The family said it will fight in court to oppose AOL’s plans.

AOL won a $12.8 million judgment last year in U.S. District Court in Virginia against Hawke but has been unable to contact Hawke to collect any of the money he was ordered to pay. AOL accused Hawke of violating federal and state anti-spam laws by sending unwanted e-mails to its subscribers and won its case in a default judgment against Hawke, who didn’t show up in court.

“I don’t care if they dig up the entire yard. They’re just going to make fools of themselves,” said Peggy Greenbaum, Hawke’s mother. “There’s absolutely no reason for them to think that Davis Hawke would be stupid enough to bury gold on our property. My son is long gone.”

She said her husband and father intend to challenge AOL’s plans to dig on the family’s property and search the family’s 3,000-square-foot home. She said AOL’s lawyer notified the family that the company intends to use bulldozers and geological teams to hunt for gold and platinum on their property.

Greenbaum said she has not talked with her son in more than a year and complained about the embarrassment and humiliation he brought to the family.

Greenbaum said the family believes Hawke buried gold in the White Mountains 130 miles north of Boston. She said he once confided to her that he bought gold — rather than expensive homes or cars — because it would be more difficult to seize in lawsuits.

“We don’t know where is he,” she said. “We certainly wouldn’t allow him to put any gold on our property.”

AOL defended its efforts.

The dig isn’t something out of “Treasure Island,” AOL spokesman Nicholas Graham said. “This is a court-directed, judge-approved legal process that is simply aimed at responsibly recovering hidden assets.”

To win a judge’s permission for the search, AOL submitted receipts reflecting large purchases by Hawke of gold and platinum bars, Graham said. The company indicated it believes Hawke buried the loot on his parents’ property using a shovel.

AOL said it will try to accommodate Hawke’s parents by not being too obtrusive.

A former U.S. prosecutor described AOL’s efforts as highly unusual. Marc Zwillinger said his law firm has seized plasma televisions, jet skis and other gadgets in unrelated spam and piracy lawsuits.

“But I’ve never had a case digging up gold bars and bullion,” Zwillinger said. “That’s definitely unique.”


Does AOL have any morals left??? They send those damn disks everywhere, just boot their DSL subscribers, email their dial-up subs and let them know that they are raising rates higher than broadband, and basically releasing any peice of information that they have on you. Stop the insanity!!

Fenix

Stupid is as stupid does

Karolyne Smith has to live with a permanent billboard on her forehead after she accepted Goldenpalace.com's offer of $10,000 for the 'advertising space'. She needed the money to send her son Brady to a private school.

Karolyne said: ""I really want to do this. To everyone else, it seems like a stupid thing to do. To me, $10,000 is like a million dollars."

"I only live once and I'm doing it for my son. It's a small sacrifice to build a better future for my son."

Karolyne did not take the decision lightly. She discussed it for more than three weeks with her boyfriend Jeremy Williams.

Smith's eBay auction attracted more than 27,000 hits and 1,000 watchers. Bidding reached $999.99 before Goldenpalace.com, an Internet gambling company met Smith's $10,000 asking price. Goldenpalace.com also gave her another $5,000 for her trouble.

I love my kids. But I'm pretty sure I can find a grant or loan or something other than doing this!!

Fenix

Poor Sony

Poor poor Sony.
10 years ago they where at the top of their game. Lets look back:

PS 1 - cutting edge gaming
Trinitron - The bar for TV standards
XBR - Raising that same bar
XBR2 - Brought television to a new tech level
Satelite recievers - Stand alone boxes with preformance from Sony
Walkman - Gotta have portable audio device
SVHS - 500 lines on a VCR (vcr currently only can do about 340 lines)

Today, notsomuch:

PS3 - Still vaporware in my opinion. Looks good on paper but even developers are balking at the restrictions, and lets not even start with BluRay
TV - Sony started losing ground with Mitsubishi but with LCD's and Plasmas Samsung is pulling in the numbers and getting better reviews
Satelite Recievers - Not to many Dishes out there. But you'd think they'd jump on the DVR bandwagon!?
Walkman - MiniDisk never caught on, (I love it though) iPod rules them all so Sony is taking the walkman to the cell phone. Might work.
BluRay - It will work, and will be a good idea but I think it's still needs some years. Their rushing to get it out and the disks look like something that was made on the executives laptop at the office!

BluRay has issues
The root kit problem
And now Dell has to recall almost 4 million laptops due to the sony batteries exploding!

Oh what has happened to Sony????


Fenix

Society today

This is a press release courtesy of the Portland Police Bureau


On Sunday, August 14, 2006, at 6:26 a.m., Southeast Precinct officers and members of the East County Vehicle Collision Team responded to a serious injury collision at the intersection of Southeast 12th Avenue and East Burnside Street.

Initial witness statements indicate that an Isuzu Rodeo, traveling northbound on Southeast 12th Avenue, collided with a TriMet bus traveling westbound on East Burnside Street.

The collision forced the Isuzu into a Ford Focus and Chrysler minivan that were stopped at a red light facing southbound on Southeast 12th Avenue.

During the collision, a 36-year-old male was ejected from the Isuzu. He then sustained life-threatening injuries when he struck the minivan after being ejected from the Isuzu.

After the person ejected from the Isuzu collapsed on the ground, 66-year-old Marvin Lewis, who was walking nearby at the time of the collision, took the victim's wallet from his pocket.

Arriving officers arrested Lewis and recovered the wallet. Lewis was arrested on one count of Theft in the Second Degree and transported to the Justice Center jail. The Identification Division will send out Lewis's photo as soon as it is available.

It's time some of us get together.

Let me say first, I could care less about a given pro team, but I love to go to sporting events. I have four club level seating tickets to the Titans/Ravens game in Nashville, November 12th, Sunday at noon. Our favorite Titans fan - Splash Titan - has claimed one. There are two up for grabs, the ticket is free, but you have to get there ( I will gladly pick anyone up in atlanta, chattanooga, or nashville from the airport). I would love to go and hang out

If you want to take a road trip and meet some of your xbox friends that would be awesome, if not I will sell the other two at the game for beer money (no shock there I am sure).

I really couldn't pick and choose who else to ask about the 2 tickets, so first come first served.

Later.

Free

The Dependants

Here ya go. The pics of the dependants

Your welcome zing.


Fenix

Slackin

I know I've been slacking. Work has been tough. Over worked and VERY VERY underpaid. Will be working 6 days this week as well as 12 hours per day.

What can I say. You can probably catch me during the days on chat or at night, until I fall asleep, on Xbox.

And in saying that, I want to thank everyone that listened to me sleep and snore on Xbox UNO last night. And a side note, my MOM of all people might be linking over here from HER OWN BLOG!!

She will ruin me I'm sure. All sorts of stries about my childhood. I really wasn't that bright growing up.

Fenix

More work rant

I'll add

"Can you do me a favor" - which will NEVER be repaid

And lets not forget my fearless leader. Who said to me today "Put in an ad for a dispatcher and tech"

Ok, can you give me more information?

"Look, I'm not a boss that sits around the office all day, I go out and work" and he left.

I have no idea what pay rate, hours, what office. Soooooo here's what the ad will be so far:

"F****tech LLC is looking for a dispatch and field service technician. Call 555-5555"

I love my job


Fenix

This could be trouble

I can't make this up.

A car garage in Hobokin NJ is run by robots. They move your car into spots and it works very well. Well the city and the Florida based company that designed the software have had a bit of a contract dispute recently. As usual, the suits think they can put one over on the geeks. no no. A "software bomb" so to speak was built into the next upgrade. I guess the geeks could see this coming. So when the contract was up and the suits decided to drag their feet the machines stopped working. Cars stuck, no one can get their cars in or out. The police were called. The Florida company got an extension in their contract over the next three years.

Geeks 1
Suits 0


Fenix

Things I hear everyday.

Ok, I get to hear at least one of these a day, usually 2-3, and on a really great day most, and when the planets align all of them.

“Are you in your office?” - after answering my desk phone.

“Quick question.” - inevitable followed about something involving their home computer.

“Are you busy?” - sitting with someone working on something or elbows deep working on a machine.

“Have you had a chance to look at my computer?” - followed by "No, did you leave me a voice mail or email about what was wrong - followed by "No, do I need to?"
(Mentally, "no I really am a mind reader and I am just f'ing with you." Spoken "Well, it would help, but since you're here what seems to be wrong?"

“Hey, I got locked out of SAP and it told me to email Laurie somebody a request to reset my account, can you do that for me?” - "What, send the email or reset your account?” - “Reset my account.” – “No, you will have to email Laurie.” – “Oh, well can you send the email?”

“Can you fix ______” (fill in the blank with any electronic item you might find around your house that is not a computer, including but not limited to cell phones, digital cameras, LCD TV's, DVD players, MP3 players, etc. - "I guess it doesn't work and it is out of warranty?" - "Yes." - "Yea I'll give it a shot for $20.00, no guarantee though." Surprisingly, I make $100.00 a month on average to throw people’s broken crap away for them.

“Hey did you get the message I left you?” – as I am unlocking my office first thing in the morning.

“Have you ever used _______?” – fill in the blank with any obscure software unknown to most of mankind.

“Do I need to renew my anti-virus/spyware subscription?” – “Only if you want to keep your computer running.”

And my all time favorite…

“Do you know anything about computers?” – “No, they just pay me to sit in this room and make sure the computers in here don’t assemble themselves into a killer robot.”

WWDC 2007

Ahhh, like Christmas for us mac people.

If you haven't had a chance, or where curious about Apple. Now is the time.

In all my years I have never heard Steve Jobs rip on any company. Ever. But the WWDC was no holds barred against microSoft and Vista.

If you have the time and want a good laugh, check out Steve's Keynote. Side by side comparisons of Vista, and lets not forget the Apple commercial that you will NEVER see on Tv


I love my apple

Fenix

I just look poor.

So, kids decide that it is a good idea to put every piece of dirty laundry in at one time. I mean they must have had the little kids jumping up and down in the machine to pack what they did into it. Well, add that in with a hundred pounds of water and a spin cycle, you get several bust supports which makes for a washer that literally shakes itself to pieces.

Off to Sears I go. I love Sears, don't know why just a lot of good childhood memories I guess. Before Wal-gonna take over the world-Mart, that was were you would go to get what you needed. Not to mention the lifetime replacement on Craftsmen tools. Found a busted channel lock pliers in a ditch one day, the word "Craftsmen" barely visible, took it in and received a no questions asked replacement. But I digress...

Standing there in my frayed cargo shorts and old t-shirt ( you know the one that could possibly disintegrate the next time you wash it), with all the kids, and in 10 minutes at least 5 different "sales" people walk by and don't ask if I need help. Eventually this old guy, Mack, comes in, I assume from the heavy presence of cigarette smoke he just finished taking a break. He walks up and I procede to get a new Kenmore super capacity washer and a Dyson vacuum (which is every bit as good as they say).

For kicks I went up stairs and came back with about $500 dollars worth of clothes for the kids. Mack must of went on break again, but at this point all those people who walked by the first time were hounding me to go ahead and check out. I politely said to each one, "No thanks, I wasn't good enough to help earlier so I will just wait on Mack."

Needless to say, he made his commission for the day, and was VERY happy.

Bloomberg TV says that the New York Post is now reporting that Microsoft is delaying the video portion of its Zune device which is to take on the ubiquitous Apple iPod. Bloomberg’s Bernard Lo in Hong Kong interviewed John MacLellan general manager for finance at Microsoft Corp.’s Asia-Pacific operations who stated that the Zune would be out sometime in the next 12 months.
MacLellan discussed the Zune’s WiFi functionality as being an advantage over competitors.

Well, until Microsoft actually launches Zune, I don’t know what advantage he thinks they’ll have over Apple’s iPod considering Microsoft doesn’t have a clue as to what Apple will be launching this fall.

Then again they're also pulling features in the Zune just like Vista. I hope these products are done beofre my kids go to college


Fenix

crickets

News Flash:

AOL anounces that it will now going to a "free" service similar to Yahoo.


.................hmmmm

Does anyone even care? I mean really. If it wasn't for their domination in the instant message market, would they even be around.

In recent news, our friend, the Senator from Alaska has tried to be a little sneaky.

The good senator was attempting to get the Net Nuetrality bill passed by calling a emergency vote.   Can't remember the name of it but what it does is lock the members that are there into a vote without the rest of the Senate.  The problem with this is that almost hall have gone back to their respective states and a large amount of the ones that are still there happen to be the ones that wil vote the Senators way.

Not to worry.  The (wait for it) INTERNET clued people in to the good Senators shananagins.

"No no no, I never did that"  and the soon to be infamous "My staff told me about the blog news"

Way to get Senator.  Still not using the comuter huh? Guess the tubes were empty that day.  

Metallica

Oh sweet googly moogly

Metallica has finally given in and gone digital. Big f'n deal.

Here's my problem with this. I worked in Radio for many years as a DJ. I followed this band when no one would listen or play them. They became famous by fans trading tapes of live shows. They finally get a great record deal and come back (after the loss of Cliff Burton) to come out with ...and justice for all. As a musician, this is one of my favorite albums. It's raw, and it allowed the band to musically deal with Cliff's death. I also cheered when they won a Grammy (think it was the grammy) for the song "One" which got NO radio play from any major stations. There were some college stations and a few lucky folks,like myself, who could play it but only after 10pm or on a specialty show.

Then came Napster.

I was using napster at the time and it was REALLY great. Better than ANYTHING out now. I also understand that it is illegal (not at the time though) but what chaffed my butt was that Metallica was at the FRONT of this attack on Napster. As a muscition I understand that you need to protect your property. Cool. But after they announced the court order Napster exploded. Most of the original people were gone at that point.

My bitch is that with them making all that money from word of mouth I felt it was very "sell out" to handle it the way they did. Being at the for front. If I read their name on a list of other bands then I wouldn't be mad at all. But since that I haven't purchased any of their music.

With that said.

They still are, and always will be, the definition of heavy metal. (IMHO)

So here goes the next rant.......

in iTunes music store, if you check out Metallica's section the most popular downloads are all the new stuff!! Damn kids, try learning music the right way!! Start with the early albums and see what the meat of the band (any band) is about. The mainstream stuff almost always sucks. From my time in radio I cannot tell you how many bands either right one or two songs specifically for the radio or they hire a writer that will pen a radio friendly song.

So please, kids, stay away from "some kind of monster" and "unforgiven" and grab "seek and destroy" or "ride the lightning"

your friend
Fenix

Updates

Hello all my faithful foll......FRIENDS yes.

My lawyer said I need to stop refrencing the peeps as "followers" or I'll have the FBI knockng. And we KNOW how they knock! Big ass tank through the door is how!
Check out the downloads. Got some new stuff there as well as some oearls of wisdom from the Fenix hissself.

Remember, you can leave email or a comment.

FENIX

Movie lovers

Sorry there hasn't been an update lately. Some personal things going on as well as being on my second week without a day off. 12 hour days are killing me!

While at Dunkin Donuts today there was a group of three in front of me walking out the door. I held the door, everything was kind and cordial then the wind picked up and blew away their napkins. I started saying, "litering, litering"

Then the driver said "littering and......"

I just HAD to reply.

Love the Super troopers movie.


Fenix

ToiletPod

It's no great mystery that I'm an Apple fan.

But this is just stupid.

I really can't comment other than that


Fenix

Big business sucks

Hello all my peeps. Time for a Fenix Rant.

By now most should have seen the Comcast video of the tech sleeping at the customers home. If not, well here it is :)

Ok, well needless to say the tech got fired. The person that shot the video tried by making calls and sending email NOT to get the person fired that in fact it is the call volumn that the understaffed call center recieves that is to blame. Like most large companies, everyone is just a number.

The story gets better.

I've been in telecom for a little over 10 years. And I've seen first hand how these big telecom companies don't care at all about there employees. Believe me, I could go on a rant about inside information on how upper management want the customers treated. It would be VERY eye opening. But that's not want this rant is for, this rant is about the power that these companies weild, and if it goes unchecked freedom of information will be non existant.

Dateline finally gets on the story. BTW, LOVE how mainstream media is so "mainstream". So Dateline gets the story, does the interviews etc, then ABC wants to post it on their website. You know, internet video, for the young hip demographic, but wait. The company that they send it to to edit and post is none other than.......you guessed it Comcast!! Well comcast got it, and edited the Comcast peice right out. Nothing was said until some people from their demographic decided to narc on them because that peice was no longer there!! Of course once the error was pointed out to ABC and Comcast it was "a mistake that was made during the editing processand has been corrected"

Right.

My biggest problem is that while I was on the inside this sort of behavior was normal. Someone pointed out an issue they where either found to be lacking in another area of their job and fired or "relocated" to a different department. (Believe me I could go on and on) But now that this sort of thing is out in the open people need to know that to the Big bells and the Telecoms this is business as usual, they believe that THEY control the net as well as Media. When you get a chance look into what OTHER business those telecommunications businessess own. You'd be surprised at how much information they control.

People, get informed. Make your voice heard. Start a blog, let them know what you think. And above all, write letters and speak with your dollar.

WE decide on the information, WE decide on the content, WE own the internet.

we WILL be heard

Fenix

Congratulations Shane!!

Shane has started a new career in advertising. Apparently, there is a need for advertising in the liquor industry based on personal experience! Good luck Shane!

Updates!!

Hello all me peeps!

There's another update to the downloads section with 6 count em 6 movies.

EnjoY!!!!


Fenix

Can't argue

Take my 5 year old daughter Trinity to Toys R Us to pick up UNO and take a look at bike with training wheels.

She's a very good girl. Always stays close and where I can see her. It wouldn't be new if someone came up and remarked on how well mannered she is. So we are there along with several other people and their children. I was looking at the prices (outragous I might add) and she was mingling with the children behind me. I hear her talking to some kid telling him that she already has this scooter and that he's sitting on it backwards and that he should turn around before he gets hurt (she's very caring) then she says, very matter-of-factly
"If your not going to listen maybe you should stay with your mommy"
I said "Trin!"
"But daddy..."
"Trin, we don't talk to people like that"
"But daddy, even if their stupid?"
I looked at the kid sitting on the toy backwards and he really did seem pretty dumb.
But while she's standing their he hits the triggerr and zooms off backwards into another rack 4 feet away or so and starts crying. My daughter simply looks at me, shrugs and says"Some people just like to learn the hard way"

That's true Trin. Damn true.

Fenix

Makes a Dad proud!

Ok, power goes out. Sitting on the front porch with the 2 oldest kids (teenage girls). They are jonesing for something electronic. I tell them to go get the radio we take camping, maybe the batteries still have some juice. Oldest goes and gets the radio, brings it back, batteries are dead. I tell her to get her radio and see what size batteries it takes, cause I have a bunch of D size for the mag lite. She gets it comes back, takes the panel off. It takes C. She then says while pointing at the electric outlet on the porch, "Why don't we just plug it in there?"

Tears welled up in my eyes, as I started to laugh and spew beer out my nose. Makes a Dad proud!

Russia in space again

Do you believe this!? This station is INFLATEABLE!!!

Russia is sending it up with backing by some US real estate mogul (I think)

Can anyone say no pointy objects?

China in space!

Soooo China has decided to launch a satellite into orbit (not good if used for e-e-evil). While up there it will broadcast 30 songs which are voted on by the people.

From my peeps I want three, here are mine....

1) Space Oddity - Ziggy Stardust
b) Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
III) bow chicka wow wow - Sung by me!

Fenix

From Somewhere in the future......

Well well well, I forgot how long ago I started this blog. It's 2025 now, and it seems that this new past portal works pretty well. I can visit a past website, and in this case it's mine!!!

I bet your all wondering what's going on in 2025. I'll tell ya, but I gotta be quick cause the portal only stays so long. Some time space thing.

Free - You'll be happy to know that Moz was found in late 2009. Unfortunaly he esca.....left again.

Petal - The new Xbox 10 (XboxX) now features a tilt adjuster which moves the screen as you tip over! Let me tell you, you hit alot less walls now.

Fud - Science weekly has determined that women do have balls. There just on the inside. Once you heard this no one heard from you for awhile. Apparently you went on some sort of searc for internal willy warmer (sack only)

Fatal - No one has seen you in a while. From what I heard, after PGR 6 Bizarre Creations determined that you were to fast for their game after you pointed out little problem in the way the cars looked and drove. You have not been seen since.

RealCrazy - You'll be happy to know that 2007 they found a cure for most STD's!!

Shane - Unfortunatly stupidity and genetal worts were NOT cured. Sorry bud.

And in a nutshell:
Ninetendo released the gamesphere much to President Gates disappointment.

Pres Gates was poisened (supposedly)

and now VP Hillary Rodham is prez!! First thing she did. change the admendment for more terms. Hers is now till she dies.

Pot has been legalized. I didn't leave my house for 4 months after that passed!!

If everything goes well Vista should be out by 2010. Woot!

Fenix v5.0

Soylent Green update

Unfortunatly the download is not working.

Here's the link

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_trailer/45/

check it out

Fenix

Violent Crime on Harley riders up - unrelated news - more Yuppies own Harleys

OK, maybe I am just jealous of this guy and that is my reason for wanting to beat him senseless, or maybe I have just completely lost all touch with humanity, I think its cause some things are just wrong, but I will let you decide for yourself.

Get up, take a nice long hot shower, take my time getting ready for work. No worries, its Friday and the boss is outta town. Kiss the wife and tell her I already let the dogs out and fed them. She tells me to have a good day and rolls over to go back to sleep. I walk out of the house in a good mood ready to have a good day, after all you have to listen to the wife, right?

Get in the car, put the windows down, sunglasses on and crank the stereo. Cruising to work, it is a little later than usual (remember the boss won't be there to see how late I am) so traffic is light. It's sunny and nice at 71º, the mix CD switches songs, Nickelback, Flat on the Floor. I like this song, lots of speed, hard hitting bass, not to mention the lyrics "I better learn how to crawl, 'cause in ten minutes I'll be flat on the floor". Brings back fond memories from the days when it was just me and the wife.

It is at this point I am coming up to a red light (one of the few I have seen all morning, it really is gonna be a good day). Sitting in the left hand lane a few cars up is a nice Harley Fat Boy. Guy has on his leathers, chrome helmet to match his bike. Nice ride, I look at it and think, yea one day.

Light changes, the pipes on this Harley threaten to drown out my stereo, I smile cause that is how I want mine to sound. I mean if I am on a bike I can't annoy people with a loud stereo right? I start to gain on the biker, getting ready to slow down a little so I can check out the ride.

Then it happens, I see something that gets me totally bent in an instant.

I mean how in the hell could this guy be allowed to ride a Harley, much less one with the tricked out exhaust. I contemplate following him, beating him senseless and taking his damn hog. I seriously have to refrain from just running over him, I mean he really doesn't deserve to be on this ride.

What could possible set me off like this you ask?

Dude was wearing bright neon yellow earplugs!

So I will leave it up to you, jealous, crazy, or right.....

What's the Secret

Soooooo

Was going through some old movie listings and I came upon one called "Solent Green"

This is when movies were movies. Here's the tag:

It's the year 2022... People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need SOYLENT GREEN. In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff. Soylent Green

Now, I posted the movie in my downloads section. I'd like everyone to give it a watch, and do a little web surfing and tell me what the secret is. I already know and think it's kinda funny so I want others to solve this mystery just like I did.

Then use the comments section to tell me what you think the big secret is


Fenix

As seen on TV

So I got home a little late today.

Forgot to take out dinner. So while I was looking in the lower cupboard I noticed something I hadn't seen in awhile. It's the "Miracle Thaw"

Yes, you read that correctly the Miracle Thaw. As seen on Tv and let me tell you......it's a friggin amazing product. I have absolutly no idea how that works, it's just a peice of metal, but it thawed those hamburgers in seconds! So I tried a Lond Broil. Out of the freezer, on the Miracle Thaw and 45 minutes (or so) later I had a nicely thawed peice of meat.

After I cleaned the Miracle Thaw I had to try the ice cube thing from the commercial. And I'll be damned, in seconds, right before my eyes, the ice cube was gone.

I don't get it.

I should roll video.

Use the comments section below and let me know if anyone is interested in seeing this thing in action.

Fenix

Mom called! Ep #3

Guess who called today!

Bless her heart.

Fenix: Hello?
Mama Fenix: Chris?
Fenix: Yes mom
Mama Fenix: Your not gonna believe what happened to me today.
Fenix: I'm sure
Mama Fenix: What's that supposed to mean?
Fenix: Nothing. Go on.
Mama Fenix: So, I'm at the market, and my knees aren't so good, so i get one of those motorized chair thingys
Fenix: .........
Mama Fenix: And I'm tooling myself around and I get to the DVD racks.....
Fenix: uh huh
Mama Fenix: ...and my sweater gets caught on one of the racks....
Fenix: oh no mom, what happened? (hehe)
Mama Fenix: well I had those earphones in that you gave me for christmas and I was listenting to some gospel music so I didn't hear the rack come off. I must've dragged it for 3 isles before one of the stock girls jumped in front of the scooter, but I don't know how to stop one of those things that fast.
Fenix: uh huh....(covering the phone at this point so she cant hear me laughing)
Mama Fenix: I tell you, it was embarassing,. Everytime the girl would grab at me this stupid scooter would go in reverse. I couln't even get the earphones off so I couldn't hear what they were saying.....it was awfull!
Fenix: I'm sure, it sounded like it.
Mama Fenix: What are you doing?
Fenix: Nothing.
Mama Fenix: It sounds like typing??
Fenix: No....
Mama Fenix: Your not putting this on your stupid computer thing are you!?!?
Fenix: nooooooo, yes.
Mama Fenix: ohhhh chris *click*

Fenix

Sunday update

Ahhh lovely day of rest.

So I get up and head to my local Dunkin Donuts for a nice ice coffee. As I get close I notice all the motorcycles and think "Cool, some club is doing a ride". I was getting all warm and fuzzy thinking about the days when my dad would let me ride on the back of his bike on these rides.

But as I get closer I realize that these arent ordinary Harley riders. These are those damn white collar executives that try to recapture their youth. They seemed to be wondering why the OTHER Harley people that are riding by aren't waving back.

Here's a clue (Remember, Fenix is here to help)

1) The actual purchase of the bike should be done by the rider, like get on it and drive it around. Don't just look at pictures, or see one that looks cool. The bike is an extension of yourself. Like a good pair of jeans. Which brings me to my next point.

2) DO NOT buy every branded Harley peice of clothing in the store where you picked up your bike! And PLEASE do not wear EVERYthing you just purchased all at the same time. You look like a fool. Again, when riding it's about comfort and freedom. You'll get more respect from others if your in a old t-shirt and jeans.

3) Those "hot" harley boots for women, with the thick 2in heel. ......... stop the insanity already. They might look any foot look good, but if you can't walk in them DON'T WEAR THEM!!

4) If you can't lift your leg and get on your bike, and you haven't been drinking, you have 2 choices. Start working on your flexablility or lower your bike. Trying multiple times, having a friend help, or doing the lift leg-lean-hop-hop-hop really does look as stupid as you feel.

That is all for now. Just trying to make the world a better place.

Fenix

Saturdays missing post

WooooHoooooooo

My cell phone (check past posts) has finally arrived in Canada. I was assured that it would be sent out first thing in the morning on Monday. Now lets just hope it makes it.

Now for the rant.

WTF is up wit the US postal service. Not a big mystery that their losing business to FedEx and big brown. But your really not helping yourselves when you can't even track a package.

Lets just say that in my world the USPS is on the chopping block just like the phone company. Neither will I use unless absolutely needed.

Fenix

Heated heated HEAT-TED

Head to my downloads page and at the very top I posted a audio clip of Sentor Ted Stevens from Alaska.

He's heading up the Net Neutrality bill. IF YOU LIKE SURFING THE INTERNET GET INFORMED!

The senator should take his computer, put it back in the box, take it back to the store or the I.T. department. Because he CLEARLY cannot use one.

Please, feel free to use the comments

oh Brother

Just a call from one of my brothers

He asked how he could get cable. I told him to call the cable company.
He said:
Dude, can't I just climb those pegs on the side of the pole and connect myself?

....

Sure you can, just wait for me to get there with the camera.

Why?

Cause there's 90 volts up there and I want to see what happens to someone your size when they get hit with that.

......Your an asshole....*click*


Fenix

Mornings

I friggin hate mornings. I am so not a morning person.

You know the day is gonna be bad when you pour your cereal and hear snap, crackle, f$%k off

Happy and safe 4th to all!!

Please don't drink and drive.

Went in the pool with Trinity.

She said she had to pee.  

Don't pee in the pool

I won't

And she got out, walked the 3 or 4 feet to the shed.  She then leaned on the shed as iff she just got arrested and let go!!  Turned around and said "All set"

No your not.  WE will be going into the house to change.  Who gave you that idea?  No one, I though it up myself.

Fenix

Wow is it hot here today

Did you know:
 that if you get a soft serve ice cream with jimmys that not even aircontioning will prevent it from spilling all over your leather seats.

Off to clean the truck!

Peace
Fenix

Oh and so it begins.

I decided to use blogger because it seemed like the easiest thing to do and the one that "downloads" resides on is getting a little limited. So, in going forward I would like to know if any of the peeps would like to help administer parts of this site with me. I know a few might.

Don't forget to check out the new downloads. They should be up by 4pm eastern. Later I'm thinking PGR3.....unless I hear from a certain somene.

Welcome to the new home of the Fenix blog

Still kinda under contruction