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Archive for February 2008
High performance what?!
February 26, 2008 by Hawk.
So the other day I’m browsing through the Lowes ad or it might have been the Home
De(s)pot ad, I’m not sure which and I’m checking out the bathroom fixtures as one of these days I’m going to have to semi-gut one of ours due to water damage. I see two toilets listed. One’s something like $90, low gallon per flush, typical toilet. The other is listed as a “High Performance Toilet” and supplies no details whatsoever…other than it’s TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS more than the ‘regular performance toilet’.
Is it turbo charged? Does it have Nitrous? I didn’t see any slicks or a roll cage in the picture but they do amazing things with Photoshop these days…
What the hell is SO special about something you shit in that justifies it being hundreds of dollars more than another something you shit in?!
Hawk (fuvgurnq)
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Wild Eyes…
February 21, 2008 by Hawk.
Found this kitty floating around the net.. blue, purple and amber eyes. Neat!
Hawk (has Irish eyes (in a jar!))
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Aww…
February 19, 2008 by Hawk.
I can’t cross my fingers anymore. Not even a little bit. 
poop…
Hawk (there goes my luck…)
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Bummed…
February 17, 2008 by Hawk.
I’m feeling…
A little mellon coly, meloncholy, melancollie… melancholy.
Hawk (I wonder if he’s seedless…)
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Damnit!
February 13, 2008 by Hawk.
The number of (semi) important dates that slip past me without notice has me wondering about early onset of alzheimer’s… I missed mentioning passing the four MONTH mark without a cigarette…
AND even though I got the bill for the hosting it didn’t register on me, the first of the month marked the One Year Anniversary of starting this Blog… How time flies when you’re not there to experience it…
The very first blog post, Feb. 1st, 2007.
Hawk (365 days? really?! a whole damn year?)
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“Oh, it was nothing…”
February 13, 2008 by Hawk.
So I got home after visiting some friends, soaked to the bone. I got changed and decided to lounge in my room and read for a while. I’m sitting there and I hear car engines, many car engines. Then I hear people talking and the unmistakable sound of police radios. Just at that moment my mom knocked on the door to tell me there were “A whole lotta cops outside…”
I got up and decided if they hadn’t knocked on the door by now they weren’t here for me (and no, I don’t have ANY idea why they would have been here for me!) it was safe to go outside. Lining my street are TEN (10) marked police cars and one (1) unmarked detective type car and THIRTEEN cops. They’re all gathered at the next corner/two houses down from us. All the neighbors are out standing in the rain wondering what the hell’s going on that requires the majority of the police force to show up. A few minutes later the cops start leaving and as a group walked past our place I asked; “Everything ok? Is there something we should be concerned about?” and the answer I got? “Oh, it was nothing…” 13 cops, 11 cars and 45 minutes and it was “nothing”? YEAH, right…
I don’t want to be around when it’s “something” they’ll probably be calling in air strikes!
Hawk (innocent, really! Stop snickering!)
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E-Mail Blackhole…
February 10, 2008 by Hawk.
I live in an e-mail black hole. I must. I know some e-mail is bound to get lost. The vagaries of the internet make that a given but seriously, I send out at least five or six e-mails for every one I receive (we’re not counting spam here!). Granted some e-mail doesn’t need or require a response and some discussions just die of natural causes when you run out of puns or insults or whatever. But other stuff, though possibly inane to some is important to me. Being disabled and mostly homebound it’s one of my few connections to the outside world. One of the few was to have conversations with people. I LIKE getting e-mail!
Hawk (Yeah, that’s a guilt trip aimed at a few people, I’m a bastard)
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*cough*
February 7, 2008 by Hawk.
I officially (more or less) nominate my bud, John, for… whatever!
Get out there and write it in!
Hawk (Chairman, Wacky Party)
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Vista Up-Time Report
February 7, 2008 by Hawk.
Now remember, as previously mentioned I’m comparing my operational up-time to my previous machine which was running Windows 98SE. I’ve never had 2000, XP, etc. on a home machine and all my experience with 2000 was on really crappy school machines.
That being said at my last reboot, due to an IP address aquisition problem, Vista (Home Basic) was up continuously for 473 hours. Just shy of 20 days. I don’t care what other people say. I like Vista. 
Hawk (PC OS Incorrect and loving it!)
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It’s Official…
February 6, 2008 by Hawk.
Jeff Dunham is the funniest human being on the planet Earth. If you haven’t caught his act on Comedy Central or rented one of his DVDs you’re missing out on some seriously great stuff!
Hawk (my face hurts from laughing!)
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