Hard Drives Crash

Not as often as they used to but still it's surprising that with all the solid state parts in our computers that we are still saddled with what is basically a phonograph arm and needle scraping across a magnetic wheel at the very heart of everything we do. It's the only moving part left in the box and so it's also the most vulnerable. The hard drive in our Cox Cable HDTV DVR crashed this week. Paula lost her mystery show recordings, I lost the latest Flip This House. But they brought us a new box and it's much nicer than the old one so I don't feel bad at all.

Went to the Dr. yesterday. My elbow joint is really in pain. I thought it was a sore muscle when I first felt it, but that was in October. It's been getting steadily worse since then. The doc said I had tennis elbow. That's a laugh. I haven't played in over 10 years. I figured I got it from doing the balcony at Oubliette. That was a lot of repetative motion, especially using the drill gun. They gave me anti-inflamitories and told me to get an armband. I used to laugh at people who wore those. It looks like a bad sweatband. But I know better now.

I'm writing this with my laptop on our new beautiful marble top on our kitchen island. I'll be taking pictures and loading them on our website pretty soon. They have another couple of weeks work putting in our appliances, plumbing and electricity. Then we start having dinner parties. You should all be very very jealous.

The Blog that Never Wuz!

I’m remembering bits and pieces of the blog that I created and then accidentally deleted before I had a chance to post it. I had just taken the test that Angie and Cheryl had taken. The results of my test were exactly the same as those of Angie’s test—The Phoenix. I knew there was a reason I dug that broad.

Paula and I are going to be in NY in May. I have a conference that I must attend for work (twist my arm) and we’ll just extend the trip for a few days and we can spend some quality time in the Big Apple on the cheap. Paula can just barely squeeze the trip between the end of classes and the beginning of finals. She’ll be on her own for the time that I’m in the conference but hell, it’s NY. I think she might be able to entertain herself. How many shows can we see in a week? It will be great fun to try and find out.

I’ve put a new page on our website with pictures of our shows. I’ve just gotten started with it but check it out. It’s pretty cool. I’ll be fixing the typos and adding more pictures bit by bit. I’m finding the building of this site a little like writing a show. You just keep editing and adding and futzing and it just keeps getting better. The difference is most people don’t see your show until you’ve got something of a more presentable finished product. The website is live and out there for all to see with all its pimples and scars.