I *heart* Excel

Not that one. (But remember, it can only be wisely used for evil.) I started using Excel today to make lists for Christmas and Halloween. You don't think it would be worth it? Ha! I have at least four worksheets going in each - and that's just with information off of the top of my head. I have a ton of lists in different places, but discovered that Excel could really help me put them all together. Oh, and they have christmas accessories and hardware for computers. I'm just sayin'.

With streamers... and songs.

I've been pondering getting an MP3 player. Would it suit my lifestyle? Would I really get that much use out of it. I have a short commute and listen to online radio stations most of the time. I've heard some bad things about the iPod's battery life, so I checked out Creative Technology's Zen line. Me likey. Does anyone have an opinion? Ahem? Drusilla knows how to party.

Windows 2005 Warning:

Dear Consumers It has come to our attention that a few copies of the WINDOWS 2005 Arkansas EDITION may have accidentally been shipped outside of the STATE of Arkansas. If you have one of these, you may need help understanding the commands. The Arkansas EDITION may be recognized by the unique opening screen. It reads: WINDERS 2005, with a background picture of Waylon and Willie superimposed on a bottle of Jack Daniels. Please also note: The Recycle Bin is labeled "Outhouse" My Computer is called "This Dern Contraption" Dial Up Networking is called "Good Ol' Boys" Control Panel is known as "The Dashboard" Hard Drive is referred to as "4-Wheel Drive" Floppies are "Them little ol' plastic thangs" Instead of an error message, "Duct Tape" pops up CHANGES IN TERMINOLOGY IN Arkansas EDITION: Cancel............stopdat Reset..............try'er agin Yes...............yep No................nope Find...............hunt fer it Go to.............over yonder Back...............back yonder Help..............hep me out here Stop...............kwitit (WHOA!) Start............crank'er up Settings..........settins Programs......... stuff at duz stuff Documents....... .stuff ah done did Also note that the Arkansas EDITION does not recognize capital letters or punctuation marks. Some programs that are exclusive to WINDERS 2005: Tiperiter............a word processing program Colerin' Book..................a graphics program Cyferin' Mersheen............calculator Outhouse Paper................notepad Inner-net......................Microsoft explorer 5.0 Pitchers........................a graphics viewer We regret any inconvenience it may have caused. If you received a copy of the Arkansas EDITION, you may return it to Microsoft for a replacement version. I hope this helps all y'all! Billy Bob Gates Get er done!

Back to Google...

I think I might start using my Google account exclusively.... Yahoo and AOL will be charging for 'better' service:

The service will effectively mean that emailers that pay the fee will have their messages tagged as if they were "special delivery" emails. And those who pay will be more likely to see their messages get through to the intended recipient than those who choose the fee free option. The Yahoo and AOL fees, which would cost up to one US cent per email, are the latest attempts to weed out unsolicited ads, commonly called spam, and identity theft scams. The senders must promise to contact only people who have agreed to receive their messages, or risk being blocked entirely.

And Meaning...

VJ just reminded me that I haven't been checking up on the searches that led here recently. I also discovered that I am getting more views by different readers every day. allports writings on existentialism (Google) sounds like you are having problems with your external ports and should remove all of their wires now! Everyone is someone elses weirdo. (Google) Yes. mostacholi (MSN) I hope yours came out. ray nagin speech 01-16-06 (Google) uff. themanticore Blog (Yahoo) It's nice to be asked for by name, thank you. But, if you are a friend that has been anonymously stalking my blog, then you will probably understand it when I say: TAUNT! sims 2 movies monty python (Google) gods i hope so! student teaching what I want to learn (Google) i hope you learned something from google. r. k. Milholland, interview (Google) we all need something positive in our lives. banana peel therapy (Google) there's not much more I can add to that other than this.

To The Little Sims...

To the Little Sims, I need to contrive a new method to abstract the pictures out of my Sims game. I loaded the game six times last night. The first four times I attempted to get the pictures. That's right attempted. The game would start the process of uploading the pictures to the website where I would d/l them from, and each time the game shut down after uploading two houses. YOUR SIMS CHARACTERS ARE WORKING AGAINST ME!!! I think that while the game is off, or while I'm playing a different house, they secretly plan what they could do to jeopardize their lives being published on The Manticore. Little do they realize that I have a plan. That's right little Ikey, everyone will know that you are one of the infamous papparazzi! And who cares that you are currently unemployed little Rezzie?! Don't you want everyone to see your fabulous house? Little VJ...your exploits with your friends will be even more naughty once they get published, don't you know that? Oh yes, revenge will be mine, and it shall be sweet. Tonight! ~Colleen ( To compulsive bloggers: read this. )

Follow Up

My van is now fine. Although the brake light does show for no real reason.... Plenty of brake. Won't be running over children any time soon. Which is good because school started yesterday. I made up my mind this morning to have a good day. It started with plans to stay at home this weekend. On top of that, I ate breakfast! Yeah toast. Actually...it wasn't toast, although it was toasted. Dang it! My neck hurts. Been lookin' at too many blogs today. I can tell that work has been slow.