It's Been a Long Time--Random Thoughts

So it has been quite a while since I wrote anything. So long that I couldn't remember the address to my blog and had to go to my sister's and click on the link. I can't really ever think of much to say though.

So why do people ask you your opinion if they don't want to listen to you? It happens a lot at work. People ask for a recommendation to treat a particular ailment. When you recommend something, they say, something to the effect of: "My brother/sister/neighbor/friend said I should take this." To which I want to reply: "Then why did you bother asking me if you take more stock in what your brother/sister/neighbor/friend says."

Why do some people realize that most illnesses can't be treated with something available over the counter? People don't like it when my recommendation is go to the doctor.

Not much else to say for today. Maybe soon I'll think of something exciting to write about.

Is This Really Progress?

Remember back in the good old days when you'd head down to the video store, rent a VHS tape. and take it home for a couple of days before taking it back? That has now been replaced by getting DVD's sent directly to your door. Sound's convenient of course, because there are no late fees or such. You can't lose can you?

Of course you can. I don't remember the last time I got a DVD from Netflix that wasn't scratched to the point that it skipped at some point during the movie. This has to be the most annoying thing ever as far as I'm concerned. Back in the days of good ol' VHS tapes, they worked flawlessly 99% of the time.

That's about it for this rant. I hope you enjoyed it.

Blast from the Past

While flipping through the channels yesterday I stumbled across the NFL network, which was running some sort of Football Follies marathon or something. I haven't thought of Football Follies for quite some time, but tuned in for awhile. I watched the 1987-88 edition. It was pretty hilarious, but the thing I saw that I had forgotten about was the multi-purpose stadium.

Now, if you google multipurpose stadium, you'll get lots of pictures of fancy stadiums that host concerts, etc. but the kind I'm talking about is the football/baseball type. The kind where, while watching football, you can know that a player is tackled somewhere in the vicinity of second base.

I thought that Oakland was the only place that still had one, but Marlins/Dolphins share a stadium at least until next year and the Blue Jays share a stadium with a CFL team.

So whatever happened to those days, before stadiums had to have retractable roofs and giant score boards and cost $1 billion dollars? Doesn't it get more high tech than Mile High stadium, which featured and entire side that could be moved back and forth depending on what sport was being played. Apparently, having lots and lots of luxury suites has something to do with it. Seems like it would be more economical to have one of these, but then again, probably no one wants to go back to playing football on dirt.

The Finished Results

What I thought would take a week or so to complete ended up taking about a month. I sanded the table down and then stained it a dark walnut, and it came out looking pretty bad. I think it mostly stemmed from my choice of brush. I could have sanded it down and restained it, but I didn't really want to do that, so I bought some primer and paind and this is the finished result. It looks pretty decent as long as you don't look at it too closely.

My New Project

I know some people still have hard feelings that I inherited this fine piece of furniture. The end table with the lift up top. Well, it needed some refinishing, and since I have the time on my hands, I decided to start. I started sanding it today, and at this rate, I should be done with that part by this time next year if I'm lucky. I was going to sand it all by hand, but I think I'll be investing in a power sander instead.

I didn't think to take a picture until after I started, but it is looking better already. For those of you concerned, I sanded it out on the patio, not in my living room.

Pharmacy Customers in Las Cruces are Nicer than in Aurora

This has been my observation over the last month. People don't seem to be as rude here. Maybe that is because the majority of Kmart customers are older people, although there were some pretty vicious old people frequenting Walgreens in Aurora. You can tell people here that there prescription is going to take 45 minutes and they're just like "OK, whatever." In Aurora, some people would freak out if they were going to have to wait 1o minutes. Of course, Kmart had no drive through pharmacies either, so maybe people don't think they're picking up a burger on the way home from work as well.

My favorite part is that the people aren't anxious for you to ring up there prescription just so they can tell you the price is wrong and that their insurance should pay for that and they have good insurance and blah, blah, blah. I really wanted to tell many a person in Aurora, your insurance company doesn't care about you, they care about their bottom line. But that is another topic.

Learning to be an Adult

Now that I'm all graduated I had to start doing grown up things like paying for my own car insurance. I spent many a night trying to decide what company to go with. I finally decided to go with Progressive since they seemed to be the cheapest. Fortunately, my car is old. Now I have to register it in New Mexico. It's a lot cheaper than Colorado, so that is a plus. At least they have a license plate option other than the yellow plate. I might not be able to handle that. I also have the health insurance stuff that I have to pay for. Being an adult is fun!

I wrote two posts in one day. I hope that satisfies some people.