I may (or may not) have mentioned earlier that my desktop computer died a few weeks ago, and when I took it to Best Buy I was told by the Geek Squad that it looked like the motherboard was fried. So I bought a new one and left it with the Geek Squad so they could transfer the contents of the old hard drive to the new computer and recover what they could of my old programs.
So yesterday they called to let me know that the had finished. I took an Uber there today to pick it up, and they offered to show me how the new system worked. Well, it’s a good thing they did, because the computer wouldn’t boot up properly. The tech tried a couple of different things, but nothing worked. She finally decided that there must have been some problem with either one of the drivers or the OS updates. (I may be misunderstanding exactly how she phrased it.) End result, they’re going to clear the system and reinstall the OS, then transfer the files from my old hard drive and install a bunch of my old programs.
I’m just glad I didn’t simply take the new computer home. It would have driven me nuts trying to figure out why it wasn’t working, and then had to take it back to Best Buy.
My gf was complaining to a group of our friends about how stressful her job has been the past few weeks. She works in advertising and there are occasionally times like this, where she is key to her company potentially winning or losing huge accounts.
I always joke around about how much money she makes (easily 4x what I make), so I commented that her job was indeed rough, but I bring home the bacon.
She laughed so hard she started choking. See, a friend of mine works at a local craft sausage plant and occasionally gets free food. He doesn’t like pork or pork products though, so he gives me stuff. In December he gave me 15 pounds of thick cut bacon.
It’s mostly in the freezer, but we’ve been eating bacon in omelets, on salads, as a snack, on sandwiches, etc.
Side Note: Someone offers you a fairly thick slice of fresh cut jalapeno pepper served on top of a dill pickle chip as an appetizer. Q: Can this cause you dangerous gastric distress?
Re jalapenos, and hot peppers in general … it also depends on one’s age. There can often be less tolerance to high levels of hot spice in older people than in younger ones. I’ve always enjoyed spicy foods but lately I’ve been turning down the hotness, using things like hot sauces more sparingly or sometimes not at all.
Honestly, that combo of dill pickle plus jalapeño didn’t sound all that tasty in the first place. It needed something to tie them together. Was there cream cheese or sweet chili sauce or something?
I love chillis, and I pickle / preserve them in all forms.
Raw habernores in honey. After about two years, the honey has sucked the water out of the chilli, leaving you with habernos that look like raisins, and both the “raisins” and the honey are both potent. I like them on sandwiches with ham and salad.
I’m not a big fan of jalapeños, but my ex girlfriend and her friend attempted to find the best chilli poppers in town, and I was a willing participant. It took about 12 places to make the decision.
Well, Grandma was admitted to the hospital. I don’t think it’s been much of a break for Mom, though, since Grandma obviously doesn’t understand what’s going on and keeps wanting to go home. I spoke to her on the phone last night while Mom ran out to the store, and she kept telling me she was afraid of the dark, there was something spooky on TV, and she hoped Mama and Daddy were coming soon. I heard the nurse check in on her a couple times, and she just told him she was okay and didn’t need anything.
Anyway, I’ll probably blow off work tomorrow and go see her.
Maybe this is just minor; maybe it does not bother anyone else. I’m talking about ‘Paramount+’.
Are there other names for this? The GQP scumbags who support the ignorant notion that all ‘home-spewal’ cowboys are both stronger and smarter than any others citizens in America?
Example: all the Yellowstone shows. Way to take actors I’ve loved & twist them into ignorant fascist type-cast FOX NEWS roles.
Lets not forget the ones who ruin all new Star Trek series by making them ‘catwalk vamp shows’. Example: Star Trek Discovery.
“I’m… too sexy for my combadge… too sexy for my combadge… Oh, Ain’t It So Madge?”
Cue to catwalk vamp. Then…
< George Santos finger snap turn, and then a duck-face close up >
And lets not talk about the inability to scroll forward while stuck with dozens of shitty commercials
( every advertiser on there I’m boycotting, because this is supposed to be ‘paid for’.).
Damn you CBS! May All You Corporate Whores Die of Syphilis!!!
Discovery is extremely progressive on that front. Many characters don’t look like your typical “glamorous” actor. That seems like an odd one to target, it’s the least “catwalk” Star Trek show they’ve ever had.
I mean, it’s rare you have characters that are overweight for example, especially female ones, but Discovery is okay with it.
Paramount+ is honestly the worst app I have ever used. It’s like they actively tried to fail to make something useful. And it’s not like they had to reinvent the freaking wheel. It’s a streaming app.
They have plenty of progressive shows though. The Good Fight comes to mind.
Also have you seen Strange New Worlds? It’s the idealistic platitude-spouting Trek we all needed.
( What can I say? That I’m an Old Man? Sure. That’s easy to see at a glance.
That I’m a 6-gun spinning cowboy who hates the smell of cows, horses, saddles, Fascists, NAZIs, and other Modern Day Republicans during the course of a day spent defending the Constitution and loving America…?
Hell.
And you thought the only time I ever wore a Red Shirt was when I went to eat dinner at Red Lobster. )
