Archive for November, 2008

About that

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

I returned the Samsung Home Theater system. I will just keep what I have. It’s worked fine for years. I will wait for a few months an revisit the idea. Only problem…I returned the system with Kelli’s Tae Bo video inside. Ooops. The laptop that served me perfectly for over a year and was sold [...]

Compromise

Friday, November 28th, 2008

I research everything I buy. Seriously. That’s just the way I am. I had been eyeing this Samsung HT-Z310 5.1 Dolby and DTS Home Theater System ( http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDetail.do?oid=205749# ). I knew that Samsung used proprietary speaker cables to simplify connections for new users. No biggie. I could spice the cables into my existing cables. What [...]

Screw lining up in the cold tomorrow morning!

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Many stores have their Black Friday deals available online….and for store pickup! I wanted Samsung surround sound system that had been $230 at Circuit City….$219 at Amazon.com and $169.99 at Best Buy. Well in the Black Friday ad for Circuity City it’s $149! I thought I would have to go stand in line for that [...]

Darren and Kelli go to Hard 8 BBQ

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

I’ve had this video sitting on a hard drive for over a year. I would start to edit it…then stop. With IMovie (once again Mac computers are sooo much easier to use than PC’s!) I gave it another whirl. After about 20 minutes I was finally happy with the product. There is a term in [...]

Vacation

Monday, November 24th, 2008

I got to fly yesterday! A whole 2 hours! It’s kinda scary how it happened. I was doing my normal airport standby 6AM – 2PM shift. I was sleeping soundly in a recliner when my phone rang. “First Officer Byrd, this is Lori in crew scheduling, there is a Little Rock turn I might have [...]