On tuesday night my truck got cleaned out. They took my stereo, my amp, my big speaker, my GPS unit, a carton of cigarettes and my checkbook. It looks like they popped the lock on the driver's side door by sticking a screwdriver or something into the metal of the door just above the key hole and prying it apart. They then proceded to take anything of even remote value from the cabin of the truck. Including my check book. My account has already been tagged as having lost or stolen chacks and they have had a stop payment put on them.

The first thing I did once I found out the crime had taken place, was call the police. After they transfered me around a few times, I was finally able to talk to someone who would take my statement. She quickly informed me that they do not send out officers to take a report for this type of thing, and she would be able to take the report over the phone. That made me feel like they don't give a shit. So after taking the report and telling me I was pretty much stupid to ever expect to see any of this stuff again she gave me my case number and hugn up. So then I called the apartment management office and bitched to them about the security gate that had been open for more then a week at night. I am pretty much convinced this is one of the reasons this crime happened. She told me that it wasn't their fault someone broke the gate by ramming it. Of course, no one is ever at fault.

After that, Erin noticed my check book was gone. So then I called the bank and got all that crpa out of the way. This morning she asked if my GPS was in the truck as well, I haden't even thought of that until then. So that is gone too. No more geocaching for us.

Needless to say, I am not happy. I only have liability insurance, so they won't cover the losses or even the damage to the door and lock. So I am left trying to figure out what I want to do. I need to call Ford Credit today and find out exactly how much I have left to pay on this truck. And then find out how much it is worth. If it is worth more then I have left to pay, my chances of using it as trade to get something better could be looking pretty good.

posted 1/31/2002 12:58:35 PM -





I need a new job

I have been sick all day, and while I did have a lot of work related tasks to do today, I was able to spend some time updating my resume and applying for 15 jobs on Monster.com. It just seems that there are way too many people looking for technology related jobs right now, and not many positions to fill. At least not in the Denver or Seattle markets. Which is why I moved to Seattle in the first place. I guess if all else fails, I can still fall back on culinary arts (yeah, I can cook, I went to a culinary arts school) as a form of income.

So if anyone knows of anything technology related in the Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond area, please forward on my resume or send me some information so I can apply myself.

posted 1/29/2002 10:06:16 PM -





545 Studios has some really nice utilities, many of which work well and/or are written for WindowsXP.

Note to self: Download Argus for use at home.

posted 1/28/2002 03:24:46 PM -





Wow... this is nifty. An image in pure HTML. Found at the picture to HTML site. Nifty.

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posted 1/24/2002 12:49:13 PM -





muhahaha... I just haxx0rd Bryan's "blah" page by adding lunge to it.

l33t

posted 1/23/2002 10:25:28 PM -





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posted 1/23/2002 03:46:50 PM -





Fox hits the wall with 'That '80s Show'. I had a feeling this show was going to bomb. I remember when "That 70's Show" first came out, it was pretty funny. After 4 seasons though, it just doesn't hold my attention anymore. Here's to the hope that the new one will last about as long as "The Tick."

posted 1/23/2002 08:18:44 AM -





More or less the new design change over went pretty smooth. While in the process of uploading it, I took the liberty of changing a few paths and pretty much cleaning up the server while I was at it. I can't believe how much more room we have on each page now though. It almost looks half empty.

Regardless, there are a few tweaks left to work out. As you might notice, the premalink icons are still the VW rather then the frog. Links and entire sidebars on both of our weblogs need to be personalized. Other then that I think we are looking good.

posted 1/22/2002 02:48:11 PM -





Well, big things are coming to this site. Soon everything will be moved around and changed. But we are bringing back Slightly North's favorite icon. Just you wait and see.

posted 1/22/2002 08:20:42 AM -





I received this email this morning:

From: william nelson (hypnos63@yahoo.___)
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 6:27 AM
To: Shawn McClung
Subject: reader application

dear sir/madam:

i wam interested in applying the reader position.

please send full details.

regards

bill

=====
william b. nelson, hypnos63@yahoo.com, is a screenwriter/novelist and songwriter. He has written 6 screenplays, 'VP:Vampire President','SHC:Spontaneous Human Combustion','VADAEON'S WAY','OPERATION SUNSTRIKE', 'THE HYPNOTIST','DOUBLE JEOPARDY','SOLDIER THUGS,THUG SOLDIERS' and a novel 'THE HYPNOTIST'. some of his SHORT STORIES can be seen at the timbooktu.com website.

At first I thought this was just more spam email, then I realized this person was referencing the "readers wanted" tagline. Now, usually this would generate a chuckle from me and a return email with a polite hello and thanks for making me smile. However, when the spelling and grammar are this bad and the email is TWO LINES LONG, I find no humor in it. Bill, how the hell are you a "screenwriter/novelist and songwriter" when you can't even compose a coherent sentence in an email?

posted 1/14/2002 07:04:22 AM -





The INS is so fucking annoying. We filed for Erin's perminant resident status back in October, and still have yet to even get a receipt from them. So this morning I called the national service center's call center, and was promptly informaed that they can do nothing for me without a receipt number. SO I have to contact the local office where the forms were filed in the first place to see what the issue is. Of course, they don't have a phone number. So I can't call them. I have to either write to them or go into their office. I don't think I want to write to them, because out of the 2 times I have sent anything to any INS office, it has been lost or whatever. My trust in governmental bullshit is growing weak.

So the only other option is to go into their office and see if I can find anything out. Now get this. In order to do anything in an INS office, you have to get there way fucking early so you can get a ticket number. Based on your ticket number, you will maybe be able to see someone about your case depending on how much time is wasted by the people in front of you. So in theory, you could get there at 7:00am (10:00am on Wednesdays) and get in line. At 7:30am (10:30am on Wednesdays) the doors open and people are allowed to get their ticket number. Then you get to sit in their office waiting your turn for maybe the entire day. Should 2:30pm roll around and you have not yet been allowed to talk to anyone about your case, tough fucking luck, get in line earlier tomorrow so you can get a better ticket number and maybe be able to talk to someone.

Call me crazy, but because I have a JOB, I can't waste all my time waiting in an INS office for some asshole government employee to tell me they lost my paperwork again. Fuck I hate this government sometimes. (That last statement not to be taken as a threat of terrorism or whatever.)

The lighter side to all of this, I forgot that you can call a number on your money order receipt and see if it has been cashed yet. So I guess I am going to try that next, and if they have already been cashed more then 2 months ago, I am going to raise a huge fucking stink with my local government. If we just lost another $500 in fees because the INS lost yet another application of ours, I swear I will say "fuck you" to the USA and be moving to Toronto or Montreal or another fun city in Canada. Maybe our luck will be better there.

Damnit I need a cigarette now.

posted 1/07/2002 08:58:46 AM -





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