It would appear that I will have no choice but to import each and every one of my CDs to the new computer. I could not sync the Sansa that I purchased and this morning it went off and did not come back on so heaven knows what is going on there. It had issues when I started with it and then it worked ok and now this. We will see. I guess I had best start saving for my big ass iPod next. I will not make the same mistakes again with going for small memory, I have learned my lesson.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
3:51am
That was when I first woke-up....now it is 6:15am. Oh well, too much time is wasted in bed right?? I am not a frequent insomniac but it does occur. I wake for some minor reason and then my mind starts to run and I cannot get back to sleep. Well as soon as it is light I will walk the dog and go hit the stores early for "Mabel" shopping.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Passing...
Time has passed, the season has passed and so did my old computer.
The Toshiba PC went down last Friday. I purchased it before the kids went to Italy because I wanted a good computer for pics and all. That was over 4 years ago....time does pass constantly.
So now I am the proud owner of my first Mac. I still need to set up the printer and learn how to use certain apps but I am trainable and inquisitive so I am not afraid to investigate and learn on the fly.
Retrieving passwords and user names has been one of the harder things as I did not recall what emails I had when I set up accounts and had the passwords for some accounts were stored on the computer. Nothing could be retrieved from the memory. I have managed to get back into most of my accounts and am learning the quirks of Mac.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Having no thoughts??
It's a dead weekend after a very crazy week. So I guess I should not feel guilty for vegetating but I do. Not enough to actually do anything about it though.
I cruised Prius Chat, looked at Facebook ( I still don't get it), brushed the dog and picked up a few hair tumble weeds. So this is the extent of my brain capacity this weekend. Oh well.
I cruised Prius Chat, looked at Facebook ( I still don't get it), brushed the dog and picked up a few hair tumble weeds. So this is the extent of my brain capacity this weekend. Oh well.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Independence Day
I love these holidays! I let all the crazy people go off to the beaches and I stay at home watching Twilight Zone on SciFi! I love TZ.
When I was a kid, TZ was on Friday nights. My mom would come home from Bingo and be upset with my dad ...... "she's going to have nightmares!" I think my dad knew that there was nothing in TZ to be afraid of, indeed TZ episodes should be shown to people as a form of brainwashing. TZ teaches us to be happy with what we have, it teaches us that we are flawed and that we must always try to do our best.
The TZ episodes from the 60's (actual start 1959) often dealt with the end of the world. The earth moving out of it's orbit, nuclear war, aliens from outer space. It was the time of insecurity, cuban missiles and the shows reflected that.
Wanting more was also a common theme, the couple with the genie learned that what they already had was good enough. Burgess Meredith as the bank teller always looking for time to read was such a perfect example of being careful about wishing for more. After a nuclear blast he has all the time in the world to read but accidently breaks his glasses without which he cannot read.
The power of belief and faith in the mind were evident in the episode where a father in a wagon train with a sick child crosses over time to retrieve antibiotics that will serve to save his child. Or the episode with the WWI British flyer who in fear loses his way and ends up lost in present time. He learns that the guy he was flying with was not killed but rather saved by him. He flies back to his own time with new found courage.
And bullies beware! Astornauts find a civilization of tiny people, one of them lets it go to his head. He kills his cohorts and makes the small people worship him, though in fear. Then he is discovered by an even larger civilization who accidently crush him.
So why would anyone believe that TZ was bad for you. I have to believe that if Rod Serling could see the crap that is on TV today he would cry. All that today's TV teaches is that the more obnoxious you are then the more likely it is you will end up on TV.
Happy Independence Day!
When I was a kid, TZ was on Friday nights. My mom would come home from Bingo and be upset with my dad ...... "she's going to have nightmares!" I think my dad knew that there was nothing in TZ to be afraid of, indeed TZ episodes should be shown to people as a form of brainwashing. TZ teaches us to be happy with what we have, it teaches us that we are flawed and that we must always try to do our best.
The TZ episodes from the 60's (actual start 1959) often dealt with the end of the world. The earth moving out of it's orbit, nuclear war, aliens from outer space. It was the time of insecurity, cuban missiles and the shows reflected that.
Wanting more was also a common theme, the couple with the genie learned that what they already had was good enough. Burgess Meredith as the bank teller always looking for time to read was such a perfect example of being careful about wishing for more. After a nuclear blast he has all the time in the world to read but accidently breaks his glasses without which he cannot read.
The power of belief and faith in the mind were evident in the episode where a father in a wagon train with a sick child crosses over time to retrieve antibiotics that will serve to save his child. Or the episode with the WWI British flyer who in fear loses his way and ends up lost in present time. He learns that the guy he was flying with was not killed but rather saved by him. He flies back to his own time with new found courage.
And bullies beware! Astornauts find a civilization of tiny people, one of them lets it go to his head. He kills his cohorts and makes the small people worship him, though in fear. Then he is discovered by an even larger civilization who accidently crush him.
So why would anyone believe that TZ was bad for you. I have to believe that if Rod Serling could see the crap that is on TV today he would cry. All that today's TV teaches is that the more obnoxious you are then the more likely it is you will end up on TV.
Happy Independence Day!
Anti-Social?!
I don't get things like Facebook. I looked at it and pretty much did not find it very interesting. I did not even use accurate info yet I can still be identified. I find that frightening. I know this is a public domain as well but the likelihood of many people reading these or looking for a person here is less likely. This seems like a safer place to think out loud.
Facebook seems filled with the mundane but often personal information. Once you have done anything on it you apparently cannot delete the information. I don't really need to know every move that a friend makes. I miss more personal contact, more meaningful things.
So I guess that in this day and age I would be considered antisocial cause I don't care for things like Facebook. Oh well, I guess it had to happen sooner or later....I am becoming an old fart!
Facebook seems filled with the mundane but often personal information. Once you have done anything on it you apparently cannot delete the information. I don't really need to know every move that a friend makes. I miss more personal contact, more meaningful things.
So I guess that in this day and age I would be considered antisocial cause I don't care for things like Facebook. Oh well, I guess it had to happen sooner or later....I am becoming an old fart!
Friday, June 05, 2009
Philosophy and other lost arts of late night ramblings
You never hear about philosophers anymore. There are still inventors and pioneers in many fields but there are simply not that many philosophers. Do we no longer need to think? Have machines taken over that task?
Many individuals cannot even leave there house without their cell phones (mostly now termed "Smart Phones") or their computers, PDAs and such. We cannot make independent decisions, we must research the net first. Don't get me wrong, I love technology as much as anyone. I believe that technology, used in correct doses, can be liberating and educational. In excess (and what else do Americans do but anything to excess) it can be mind numbing.
An individual I was working with was berating the European lifestyle, saying they were lazy. I feel sorry for this guy cause he does not even realize how useless his own life is. He loves to find fault with anything and complains like my 93 year old mother (she could be Jewish!) He is just 25, getting married and has a degree. He is not using his degree as there are not the "right sort" of job for him. So he is a mental health worker for $12/hr. He is way too connected to his electronics, does not feel the need to pursue anything else because his grandparents made good investments and he feels he is already set for life (I do not see signs of his financial freedom and the "fortune" may rest on the whims of others as it is not officially his at this time.
The guy who did my plumbing jobs recently has had a drastic change of fortune in this volatile financial climate. When I last used his services he was having a great time, employed 18 people and was adding vehicles to his fleet. Now just a few months later he employs one guy, is trying to get rid of his leased vehicles and is short selling his home and moving into a friends rental. I have had folks in his same boat brought to me at work on 72 hour holds because they got to drinking and started thinking suicide. He is looking at the positives of having good friends and a wife with a decent job. He was even thinking about his friends and willing to give me their names for my counter top job when I am ready, "people are starving out there".
My dad lost both parents by the time he was 22. He had to help raise some of his family. I lost one brother at 10, and by the time I was 37 I had lost another brother, my sister and my dad.
What makes one person respond to adversity in a constructive manner and another fall apart?? Why do some folks start on pain medications and get off them while others become lifelong addicts?
As much as we might like to think that we understand the human body there is still so much we do not understand and probably never will. I saw something recently where some author was talking about people needing faith to be happy. I don't know if there is a god or not, heaven or hell or life after death. I have faith in me. I believe that given an opportunity I will choose the right path. My life is happy because I seek out happiness in the everyday items of life; listening to the birds at night, watching the rain on the grass in the morning, getting excited to get out of bed every morning even if it is on less then comfortable knees. Because every moment that we are here we have a chance to make someones life more special, maybe even our own. It may not be something big like winning a car or saving a life, but maybe just some small kindness to someone who needs that small kindness to reinstate their faith in the world around them. That's my sleepless in San Diego ramblings, maybe I can get to sleep soon.
Many individuals cannot even leave there house without their cell phones (mostly now termed "Smart Phones") or their computers, PDAs and such. We cannot make independent decisions, we must research the net first. Don't get me wrong, I love technology as much as anyone. I believe that technology, used in correct doses, can be liberating and educational. In excess (and what else do Americans do but anything to excess) it can be mind numbing.
An individual I was working with was berating the European lifestyle, saying they were lazy. I feel sorry for this guy cause he does not even realize how useless his own life is. He loves to find fault with anything and complains like my 93 year old mother (she could be Jewish!) He is just 25, getting married and has a degree. He is not using his degree as there are not the "right sort" of job for him. So he is a mental health worker for $12/hr. He is way too connected to his electronics, does not feel the need to pursue anything else because his grandparents made good investments and he feels he is already set for life (I do not see signs of his financial freedom and the "fortune" may rest on the whims of others as it is not officially his at this time.
The guy who did my plumbing jobs recently has had a drastic change of fortune in this volatile financial climate. When I last used his services he was having a great time, employed 18 people and was adding vehicles to his fleet. Now just a few months later he employs one guy, is trying to get rid of his leased vehicles and is short selling his home and moving into a friends rental. I have had folks in his same boat brought to me at work on 72 hour holds because they got to drinking and started thinking suicide. He is looking at the positives of having good friends and a wife with a decent job. He was even thinking about his friends and willing to give me their names for my counter top job when I am ready, "people are starving out there".
My dad lost both parents by the time he was 22. He had to help raise some of his family. I lost one brother at 10, and by the time I was 37 I had lost another brother, my sister and my dad.
What makes one person respond to adversity in a constructive manner and another fall apart?? Why do some folks start on pain medications and get off them while others become lifelong addicts?
As much as we might like to think that we understand the human body there is still so much we do not understand and probably never will. I saw something recently where some author was talking about people needing faith to be happy. I don't know if there is a god or not, heaven or hell or life after death. I have faith in me. I believe that given an opportunity I will choose the right path. My life is happy because I seek out happiness in the everyday items of life; listening to the birds at night, watching the rain on the grass in the morning, getting excited to get out of bed every morning even if it is on less then comfortable knees. Because every moment that we are here we have a chance to make someones life more special, maybe even our own. It may not be something big like winning a car or saving a life, but maybe just some small kindness to someone who needs that small kindness to reinstate their faith in the world around them. That's my sleepless in San Diego ramblings, maybe I can get to sleep soon.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Time Change
This past weekend many of us "leaped ahead" for the spring time change. Seeing as how I work the 3-11 shift I did not think it would affect me much. I don't know if it was the quietness of the morning or what, but I did not get up until just after 9a today!! It is not as though I went to bed late either....in bed and asleep by midnight. I do not recall much tossing and turning....one trip to the bathroom and right back to sleep. I guess I must have needed it but I still feel guilty. It has thrown off my day a bit but that is ok, I am highly adaptable.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Sunny San Diego
Right now it isn't bad but I have actually used my heat several times this year. I was sure that with mom out of the house I should be able to just cuddle up with a blankie but it has been really colder than normal (I have a hard time absolutely using COLD in the text cause I grew up in Vermont and spent time in truly bitter cold, that is not what we have here). OK, so I have become sort of a wimp when it comes to cold and wet, shoot me.
We are having a nice bit of rain here this February and although I thoroughly enjoy the change, I do have to give in to turning up the thermostat.
So as we get ready for more rain this Sunday through Monday or Tuesday, I will turn on the heater as the temps are rarely making it past 60 during the day but definitely dipping into the 40's at night. Brrrrr!
We are having a nice bit of rain here this February and although I thoroughly enjoy the change, I do have to give in to turning up the thermostat.
So as we get ready for more rain this Sunday through Monday or Tuesday, I will turn on the heater as the temps are rarely making it past 60 during the day but definitely dipping into the 40's at night. Brrrrr!
Worse than Mechanics!
I went to the dentist this morning cause I had a broken tooth that needed to be looked at. I hate going to the dentist. It is a discomfort, gag reflex issue. Now it is also becoming a rip-off issue.
As usual, at the end of the examination the financial person comes in with a long list. Arestin would appear to be the "new" thing for periodontal disease. The dentist has listed 4 teeth for deep cleaning and scaling. He has listed 11 teeth for Arrestin.......I have quite a few crowns so there are very few teeth left over. First off let me say that there a couple of teeth that show signs of the gums pulling back. None of my teeth are loose, there is no bone damage, no pain or sensitivity. Some sites say that just improved dental care can do more for you that these treatments.
Arestin is a form of Tetracycline.....I guess the dentist missed the part of my chart that says I am allergic to Tetracycline, or maybe he has failed to fully read the insert contraindication sheet that says DO NOT USE IN THOSE WITH SENSITIVITY TO TETRACYCLINE!!
Beyond that, the info for Arestin also states that the cleaning should be done first and then the medication applied.....why then is he cleaning 4 teeth but using Arestin on 11??? Oh, the Arestin here costs $110 per tooth.....other places and pharmacy reps say upto $40 per tooth.
I am not even letting them do the crown. My insurance says it should be $250 for porceline over metal.....SmileCare wants $409. I hate dentists!!
As usual, at the end of the examination the financial person comes in with a long list. Arestin would appear to be the "new" thing for periodontal disease. The dentist has listed 4 teeth for deep cleaning and scaling. He has listed 11 teeth for Arrestin.......I have quite a few crowns so there are very few teeth left over. First off let me say that there a couple of teeth that show signs of the gums pulling back. None of my teeth are loose, there is no bone damage, no pain or sensitivity. Some sites say that just improved dental care can do more for you that these treatments.
Arestin is a form of Tetracycline.....I guess the dentist missed the part of my chart that says I am allergic to Tetracycline, or maybe he has failed to fully read the insert contraindication sheet that says DO NOT USE IN THOSE WITH SENSITIVITY TO TETRACYCLINE!!
Beyond that, the info for Arestin also states that the cleaning should be done first and then the medication applied.....why then is he cleaning 4 teeth but using Arestin on 11??? Oh, the Arestin here costs $110 per tooth.....other places and pharmacy reps say upto $40 per tooth.
I am not even letting them do the crown. My insurance says it should be $250 for porceline over metal.....SmileCare wants $409. I hate dentists!!
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