It seems like when I try to post a comment on facebook on my Kindle Fire, the longer the comment the better chance that it will NOT appear. I don’t understand this but it doesn’t surprise me. It only confirms my suspicion that the people who develop and sell these devices haven’t a clue about or no regard for the limitations of technology as they apply to the user. I say wait until the technology catches up with the idea/concept before unleashing it on the public. 

I hate my computer!

I HATE MY COMPUTER!!! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE!

PIECE OF SHIT!
 PIECE OF SHIT!
PIECE OF SHIT!
PIECE OF SHIT!
PIECE OF SHIT!

Actually this piece of shit computer is not the exact same model as my piece of shit computer but it IS a HP Pavilion so it can't be too much better than the piece of shit computer I'm stuck with.

UPDATE 5/26/12: I feel like a fool right now. On maybe not so much a fool as a stubborn man who thinks he knows more than he actually does. The main reason I hated  my computer was because the fan automatically seemed to go into overdrive the very moment I started the thing. Loud, loud and louder as the machine heated up. If I were watching a movie on Netflix or something like that I only had about 30-35 minutes before it shut down from overheating. I had been watching television programs while doing my exercise (walking on the treadmill), and I couldn't even get through a whole episode with the damn thing crashing on me. 


Anyway, I'd looked at the HP Support & Assistance program to see what the problem might be. I knew it must have been something fairly big because I've never any computer make as much noise as mine. All I found was a page about dust in the fan telling me to spray the vents with compressed air. I thought, no, that can't be it. That would be too simple. This computer hasn't been in an atmosphere where that kind of dust could accumulate in the short span of time since I bought it. It had to be something more complicated that, for whatever reason, they weren't mentioning in the help section.


Particularly frustrated a couple of days ago I said, what the hell, couldn't hurt none, and whipped out a can of compressed air on the sucker. Guess what? This computer is as quiet as a mouse. Furthermore I can set it on my lap for more than 10 minutes without thinking I've got a hot frying pan there. I don't need to put ice beneath it to keep it cooled down. 


This is exactly why I failed Algebra I & Algebra II. That's right, I was given the green light to take Algebra II even though I flunked Algebra I. I never understood the logic behind that. But the reason I was so bad at it is because I thought I could find other, more effective ways to solve the problems. Crazy, I know. I won't make those mistakes next time. 

...in which I attempt to remedy a situation brought on by the neighbor's worthless bulldog

The people next door have a wretched, loathsome bulldog and they don't seem to mind where he takes a crap when they let him outside. The worthless beast often utilizes my front lawn and understandably I'm not too happy with his choice. I've decided I will take a shovel, scoop it up and toss it in the yard on the side of their house facing ours. You know, returning it to it's rightful owners. Today was the second time I had the chance to do this but something unexpected forced me to re-think the logic of my retribution dispersion method.

He laid down one of the worst I've ever seen or smelled. The flies were swarming on it before it even hit the grass. The stench was of the type that knocks you backward while you suppress the urge to hurl. The pile was of sufficient size that scooping it with a shovel was easy, even though the distribution in it's weight caused a fresh wave of nauseating stank to fill the air like dry ice at a Kiss concert.

Holding my breath I more or less got it all on my shovel and stepped over to dump it on their ground. This is where it went wrong. Apparently I underestimated how much muscle would be required to transfer it to their lawn. SPLAT! Not only did that dogs*** hit the side of their house, it STUCK THERE! There was even a blob the size of a small egg that was hanging on the television antenna pole.

To make a long story short, no I did not leave it in that outrageous condition. It wasn't easy, by any stretch of the imagination, but I got it done...although there was no way all of that stuff was coming off. We'll have to see what happens.

I hate that dog and truth be told I doubt that Peta OR the ASPCA would have any objections whatsoever if I put it out of it's misery. It ain't normal. I love dogs, don't get me wrong, some breeds more than others, but this thing is cut from a whole 'nother cloth. It's a breed from hell.

OKC Zoo trip

Here are a few photographs from a visit to the zoo earlier this week. Mostly snakes...

Sea Horse

This is a HUGE rattlesnake showing his fangs.

You might not be able to tell but that's his head in the middle between his curled up body.

I forget what this is called...I call it WAY TOO BIG.

I believe the scientific name for this amphibian is "Green Snake" of the subspecies "BIG Green Snake".