Lost Drives and Props

Where have the A & B drives gone? Its not fair that as we advance in technology, and old technology is left behind, it is very difficult to clean up. The old 5" and 3 1/4" floppy drives are gone, PCs don't even come with them anymore, yet the OS still refers to those drives as A & B. Can't get them back. Anything after C is given letter assignment automatically. Sure there are like 24 letters left to use, but it just stinks when you are working in an enterprise environment. Space can get tight when applications and departments are fighting over the use of the letter M because they like it. Anyway, the OS would need to be altered anyway to make it work. Who knows maybe they'll actually do this clean up work on the next version of Windows.

Also, big huge mega props to the firemen in my hood. There were at least 2 rooftop fires that I watched. Those poor guys in heavy coats and equipment trying to get up ladders quickly and make sure that a little grill fire doesn't get even worse on a sweltering hot day. Plus I always like men in uniform. So thanks, you guys rock Prospect Heights.

Elvis

Garbage Card Game Rules

Garbage Card Game Rules

HAND	Card Combinations	Wild Cards
1	2 sets of 3	1 in each
2	2 runs of 3	1 in each
3	1 set of 3 & 1 run of 4	1 in each
4	2 sets of 4	1 in each
5	1 run of 5 & 1 set of 3	2 in run & 1 in set
6	3 sets of 3	1 in each
7	1 run of 7	3
8	1 run of 6 & 1 set of 3	2 in run & 1 in set
9	2 runs of 4	1 in each
10	2 sets of 5	2 in each
11	1 run of 9	4

Notes:

• Jokers and 2's are wild
• Low Score wins
• Aces are high
• Deal 11 cards to everyone. If the exact amount is picked for deal - subtract 50 points from score.
• if discard is not wanted - cover and player who discarded picks up.
• If discard is wanted - pick up. That card does not have to be played immediately.
• Wild cards can be picked up from table if replaced with their value.
• If you can't play before someone goes out you stay on that hand until you can.

Points:

Joker 50

Aces and 2's 50
8 - K 10

3 - 7 5

Emily Songs

Here are a list of my favorite Emily song's

• "See Emily Play" - Pink Floyd (vinyl is best)
• "Emily, Please" - Luke Doucet
• "Emily" - Barbra Streisand
• "Emily" - Bowling for Soup

....more to come!

Feral Cats

This week I'll be taking care of a feral cat colony in my hood. The usual people are both away and I raised my hand to volunteer. There are about 10 of them in this backyard. They recently moved from an empty lot because it is going to be torn up soon. It is really important to keep the colony of cats together. Anyway, one of the neighbors commented on finding "caca" in their yard. I had to listen to this whole explanation about the "caca" and the cats jumping into her yard. She totally has a legitimate right to voice her opinion about this... but I just can't help to laugh at the work "caca". Love it! Haha!

Summer Movies

Here is my must see summer movie list:

Spiderman 3 - it was going to be a must see, but now I don't feel it so much.

Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - going to the Ziegfeld baby (digital!)

Daywatch - Russians know how to do it with less money, can't freakin wait

Fantastic 4 - never had anything bad to say about the 1st, the 2nd will kick ass

newly added... Stardust - Neil Gaiman finally gets what he deserves, a big budget movie, with big name movie stars too. (another novel movie coming out next year starring Dakota Fanning, very cool).

The Bourne Ultimatum

Transformers (duh!)

The Simpsons Movie - it just can't possibly be bad, so it will be funny.

Hot Fuzz wasn't exactly on the list, but I went to see it last week, laughed through the whole thing. It is brilliant!

last by not least, Harry Potter, a book and a movie... what more could I ask for!?

School's out for summer...

The finals for school are over and I'm freakin' happy. Catching up on all of my shows tonight. The Sopranos, then the Tudors, and finally Entourage. I laughed and I did shed a tear. They always throw in the best episodes at the end of the season. Love it.

I've been tanning as of late. I decided that white really isn't my color. When I went today, they actually closed the salon and moved it down 10 blocks. Totally annoying. But in the end, it's all good. Got 2 more sessions plus $9 lotion. Plus I got to try the Diamond bed. You won't get red from it. Pretty cool.

Anyway... I'm happy for the chilled out nights to come and a bit less stress. At least for now. :-)

UPDATE: got an 80 on the final and total class score of 84.3 (B)!! Yippie!!

Give Blood

Last week I gave a pint of blood. Haven't done it a long time and it felt really good. There has been a huge need for it, there is always a huge need for blood in not only this city but because we are at war. I even plan to give again in a few months. Next time I'll go see a movie afterwards instead of attempting to stand on the subway train for an hour. Hey, you live and learn. And the best part... got cookies after it was all over. :-)