Spent all day trying to figure out and implement a good "dialog box" that confirms leaving with out "saving" changes in a ASP.NET Web App.

Would have been a whole lot easier if I could have debugged by stepping through the code. Alas, I had to do it by logic and "print" statements alone.

Got it working on every page but one.

got motivated and cleaning up and organizing my workbench in the garage about 7pm, which lead to cleaning up more stuff IN the garage. Found out I own no less than 11 coolers. WTF?

While shuttling stuff back and forth to the storage shed in the back yard, found out that all I have to do is face away from the house and it's just like I am in the deep woods-- lots of crickets and night music, and VERY dark. I see a possibilty of pitching a tent and sleeping in the backyard very soon for my son and I. Be a good way to test the waters for taking him camping. I can hear him now:

"Shaddup, crickets!! I'm trying to slEEPPP!!"

made a late-night run to Walmart to buy a junction box, flood bulbs, and afew other things, then wired in the external motion sensor light I bought 3 weeks ago.

Found myself still up at 3am yet again. Damnit....

Came to the conclusion that my earlier "bonus" grocery shopping trip was not so much, since I once again spent another $65 there today.

Went to the bar for some flirting time...and ran into three guys who are touring with a band that played the lakeshore tonight (they're staying in town here, since the only major airport is here and they fly out tomorrow). Got deep into discussion about contracts, reputations, and the road guy perspective on our local (which it turns out is actually better than I thought, and I thought it was pretty damn good ).

Came home, can't sleep....it's 3:20am. *sigh*

Went fabric shopping, had dinner, went to a club, got grabbed, thanked the higher beings for no parking ticket, went through a normal road check (for alcohol), got some lovely treatment from a b!tchy cop, brushing teeth now.

*resists urge to make naughty comment*

Woke up at 5:00 to find oldest daughter had displaced HK in the bed last night, made mental note to apologize to HK for thinking she was kicking me half the night...

Got up, made macaroni salad so the flavours can blend for dinner tonight, got the stuffing premixed and ready to go in the bird, chopped the watermelon into chunks and got it chilling, washed the potatoes while I was in the sink, did the dishes, picked up the house some.

Realized it's bloody HOT today and then remembered I hadn't done any news yet, so came in here to sit in front of the fan and slack for a bit before diving back into the housework. I am NOT complaining it's hot, just noting the fact that I'm so used to it being stupidly cold it took me by surprise.

Went to an oral surgeon for a consultation and made an appointment for August 3rd to have 3 wisdom teeth and one molar removed.

Had a hard time getting out of bed, back to work now

Havn't done much of anything yet today. I guess there is still time!

Remembered I hadn't typed and emailed the contract notes from yesterday's meeting, so quick sat down and did that. Put away my clean laundry, scooped the cat box, dusted and vacuumed, cleaned the bathroom.

Now going to stuff the chicken and get it in the oven, along with the potatoes, so I can make it even hotter in the house. I love summer! Even more, I love finally getting to plan a menu and cook for a big group again!

Did some research on possible dogs and found one I think would be an excellent fit. Wrote to the people in charge of the sanctuary that I was interested in him, waiting to hear back if he's still available or not.

Thinking of what I could possibly make Josh and I for dinner tonight. I really need to clean out the fridge as well... Make room for new leftovers. I'm thinking it may be chicken and some sort of potatoes tonight. And spinach. Yum.

Cursed at the pain in my tongue. I guess it got a good workout last night.

I hate hot overfried chicken fingers. They burn!!!!

Everything except the bread is in the oven, and the house is perfectly clean (well, at least the public areas, my bedroom is a bit of a disaster at present). Now kicking back with a huge glass of sweet tea waiting for people to get here so I can throw some kids around.

Received a phone call from a friend...and rediscovered how glad I am that I seem to have quit smoking. The new cigarette tax went into effect today, a 75 cent per pack increase. I think that makes them $6.50 per pack now.

Yelled, screamed, yelled some more... why is it that the simplest things are the ones that never get done on time???

you DO know you're making it VERY hard for me not to say something with posts like this, don't you??

I know what I'm sayin'

After working today, I went to the gym. Now I too pooped to hang out with my friends. The 20 minute power nap did not help much

-noticing it is a pretty, full moon <or damn close- haven't checked the USNO site to see if it's the actual event horizon tonight or what> for the first clear night in about a week.... ::looks out window at perfectly-circular orb- if that ain't full, I don't know what is::

- which encourages me to ... shall we say, exercise the freedom that having my OWN back yard, with 6' privacy fence and no neighbors having a line of sight into my yard, affords......

- which leads me to do an impromptu observance I haven't had occasion to do in over 6 years due to my living arrangements <apartment>, S.O <psycho-fundy ex>, et al

- which leads me to burn some papers I've been meaning to dispose of but have not yet bought a shredder <does anyone just throw personal docs unmolested in the trash anymore?>. Lighting the humidity-dampened paper resulted in a little flame which quickly extinguished, and lots of smoke. Time for an accelerant...

- which lead me first toward the gasoline I have stored in a jerry can for the lawnmower. Thinking that's a bit of overkill <and not being familiar with the vapor expansion ratio of gasoline>, I instead spy one of the 1 gallon jerry cans I put some old nitro RC racing fuel in. 35% nitromethanol but it"s been sitting for a good two years so it's probably gone dud <nitro is hygroscopic- that is, it absorbs water from the atmosphere>. No worries-- just add more to it and we'll see how she goes......

Now it should bear mentioning that this stuff is the same sort of stuff top fuel dragsters use.

- I pour in about 8 ounces of nitro <w00t!!??> and have the good sense to wipe my hands off on the paper towel lighting wick. Wad it up, light it, and toss it in the vessel....

a freagin' GEYSER of flame erupts. What with the shape of the vessel it was in, it came out like a rocket engine- no thrust to it, but a decidedly blowtorch-like quality. Then burned for a good hour straight.

Hmmm... guess that jerry can I bought to store my nitro in was a good idea after all. Will have to get the TMaxx out tomorrow after work and see how the neighbors take to a 30,000 RPM angry hornet with a megaphone and a pair of rocket-powered rollerskates....

<EDIT: what's a TMaxx? This. Teh quick rundown: 10 pound, 1/10th scale, nitromethane powered RC truck which I've modified by porting and polishing the engine among many other things. The thing OWNS.>

Woke up, done everything I can to delay getting ready for work... this place helps that endeavor.

Decided I need to have an alarm planted in my brain, that tells me when to do things like post news (supposed to be done first thing in the morning so EDT people can read when they get to work) and some time in the evening (so EDT people can read after dinner). Keep forgetting. Also need an implant to remind me to send birthday PMs to everyone on the other site, since I keep forgetting those, too.

Mind like a steel sieve, I tell ya.

Then I did nothing but read a book all day. Haven't even gotten dressed yet. I earned it after yesterday.

Got up and came to work. Since arriving here, I've gone out to get donuts, screwed around on the internet, and gone out to lunch with some coworkers. Then I sat around with two other coworkers and bitched about our boss and the company in general. Now I'm thinking it may be time to head home. There is NOTHING going on and my boss left me with nothing to do (he's on vacation). Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Went and got Fireworks!!!!

I . . . I, just don't know what to say???

Essentially, I burnt my tongue eating chicken fingers. I am still recovering

Reloaded my machine... just now.

I've pretty much got it down to about a just-over-an-hour process. No sweat. Back in business and I'll only load the stuff back on I'm gonna need as it comes.

Nothing like having all that performance back that all those stupid little appys take away.

Had leftovers for dinner (the fridge, it turns out, was full of food that was still good, much to my surprise).
Dealt with more stuff with grandma (anybody remember last fall when we thought she wouldn't last until Christmas?).
Went to the bar.
Completely and totally kicked ass playing pool, a fact which I attribute to the drunkenness of my opponents rather than my prowess, since I'm pretty sure other than one date in 2001 it was 1988 the last time I picked up a pool cue).

Now working on getting rid of hiccups. Again. Seriously considering switching back to liquor from beer, if this nonsense keeps up.

Went over to Zim's house with a friend and we shot bottle rockets over/into the pond next to his house.

Tried to sleep in, but didn't work. Not only did I wake up too early, but I got a phone call, too. Isn't 9 am-ish too early to call people on weekends?? Found out my DVD set of Six Feet Under (Second Season) has been shipped!!

Oh and I am officially getting sick

Slept in (8:20AM), had brekkie, went to the book store, exchanged my Dad's Father's Day gift (ungrateful plick that he is!), had a "debate" with HK, kissed her ass afterwards.

Woke up and realized I forgot to call my dad yesterday (it was his birthday) so called him and made up a story about having to work all day.

Watched a couple of really bad Westerns instead of doing yardwork since it was supposed to rain (and indeed got quite dark a number of times with ugly clouds)...but there hasn't been a drop yet.

Wasted, stupid day so far.

Went shooting with my brother-in-law and my son.

You forgot to mention the drinking of yak vomit!

That's probably because the yak vomit killed off the brian cells associated with remembering stuff like that.

Watched a really cool thunderstorm, fell asleep. Woke up to more of the thunderstorm...found we're once again under a flood warning until further notice.

Going to bed, thunderstorms make me sleepy when I'm alone...

WAS sleeping, until the sorry SOB neighbor's idiot redneck kid decided it would be SOO funny to wake up the neighborhood full of small children with a barrage of fireworks.

I hate the 4th down here. Too many drunk idiots with fireworks setting them off at all hours, oblivious to anyone who may have a job the next day.

You want fireworks and humor? Let's see how funny it is when I shove 'em up yor nether-regions and light the damn fuse!

Set of a barrage of fireworks last night, but stopped when it got late

Now pondering if I really want to half way across town to my brothers and then down to the inner city with him to watch him set off what is sure to be an a$$ load of fireworks.

So much driving and I'm soooo lazy. I'd rather just sit around here and shoot of what I have left.

Up at 9, bacon sarnies with HP sauce and cups of tea, got the digital TV properly re-sorted out, watched the F1, went bowling for a few hours with our neices (brilliant fun!), got some KFC, came home, watched the footie with a few beers, getting tired again already.....

Sat around most of the day beating my head against the wall in boredom (really couldn't justify cleaning the house for the third time in six days) hoping it would stop raining. It hasn't. *sigh*

Went out to the lake and set off about 400 assorted fireworks, and the grand finale was a 30 pound box the size of 2 car batteries and called "One Bad Mother". was quite cool

plotted a cruel use of microwave radiation next time those sorry SOBs decide that midnight is an acceptable time to start launching fireworks. Woke up my wife and kid, and neither of them is very happy at present.

Woke up, ate, showered, went to the movies, grabbed some food, came home, went out for dinner.

Well, THAT was an adventure!

Went to my friend's apartment, which is on the 11th floor on a corner that overlooks the river where they shoot of the fireworks. Pretty neat from up there, will be even better in the fall when we're on a 15th floor deck at another friend's house.

That wasn't the adventure.

Came home, driving carefully because there are a few police officers patrolling tonight (go figure), and got all the way to my house without incident (wasn't drunk, but you never know what'll happen with other people). Upon starting to pull into my driveway, I see two naked people run in front of my car. WTF??? Near as I can tell, from the smashed down grass, they were having sex under the tree in my front yard, and I scared them away. Again... WTF?

The neighbourhood is NOT what it used to be.

Hi Am Back for a bit....

Gone to work and trying to shift all those jobs before I leave for Denmark next week. Cant wait....but then there is some jobs that need doing at home after I had damaged the light fitting in attempt to commit a murder against a Black Fly.....with a towel.

Dumb Ass...of the day. But when I think about it it make me laugh!

Do I detect a minor tone of hostility and perhaps resentment?

Had a great chat with my younger brother Wdoll. I can't imagine what life would be without he, Lizzie and a few others I've met thru the net.

Why not just use a katana and make it personal?

IDEA!!

I have this tree in my backyard, and it's AWFUL dark back there... and there's lots of "cover-up noise" from all the nightmusic....



I think I'd like your neighborhood. It's a money-making opportunity. Lie in wait for them next time with a handy-cam.. tape them in flagrante, and put it onthe web- $30 a pop...

trying to be all "Ninja" about the matter and hit it with a dampened corner of said towel, a la locker room?

No, never done that.. not me...

no, you detect a MAJOR amount of resentment.

Bas-turds are just lucky I can't get some of the more interesting toys off-base.

EDIT: specifically--- how I'd love to get an M-60 and about 300 rounds of blank ammo. You want a light show? Let's see how thoroughly you soil your panties when you see flame jumping 3' out the barrel toward you and out the flash suppressor, as you hear the THUNDEROUS cacaphony that is my wraith!

I miss my toys... 8(

cuz I like to keep it on the down-low... at least in the real world....

ever hear of "brown noise"? Similar thing can be done with the proper band of RF. Makes a wonderful crowd control mechanism as everyone that's advancing toward you with malice on their mind suddenly feels their bowels drop and demand their undivided attention... muahahahaah!!!

man oh man...

sometimes fate hands us a good one, and who am I to resist?

stepped outside to check some of the lawn, and saw that the neighbors left some of their artillery unused from last night laying about <guess it was too dark to police it all>.

Quick trip to the garden shed, a dousing of 30% nitromethane on all the fuses right up to the propellany/explosive charge, and we now have completely bypassed the slow-burning fuse by way of an accelerant....

put them back in a more obvious place where they can't help but notice they have UO, and can't wait till nighttime comes...

<I'm a cruel bastard sometimes>

EDIT: UO, not UE

Muhahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

I do still prefer the katana but that'll do...