Parallel Johnny

Had a semi-productive weekend.  Thursday night I went to bed at 9:30 and slept for about 11 hours.  Compared to the usual 4-6 hours I get, it felt like a lifetime.  I was up by about 9 the next day.  Did some cleaning around the house, laundry and finally disassembled by labyrinth project.  Later on, Lauren and I went to the bank to open a CD for the wedding.

Saturday my Speedway platinum card came in and all this finance stuff put me in a kick.  I finally fixed the online banking problem I’ve had since Standard Federal became LaSalle.  Finally being able to look at my statements online I noticed that I was paying some monthly fee to a Triple Advantage.  Turns out I was being unknowingly charged for a credit monitoring service.  I lost about $200 over the past two years to the scam.  I got that cancelled as well as any other unwanted charges I had tied to my checking account.  Once got everything settled, I decided to set up Quicken.  Maybe all my finances will be in order for now on.

Sunday was pretty lazy, I tried sorting out the papers at my desk, but got lost in watching the Tiger’s give up on a 4-3 game.  We have tickets to Wednesday’s game against the tribe.  Hopefully things start to turn for the better.  Sunday ended with me visiting Lauren and watching My Big Fat Greek Wedding and falling asleep to The Beautician and the Beast.

Like I said, ’semi-productive’.

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I was listening to NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me podcast today and a question came up about Muppets. The question was asking the origin of Scooter. It turns out that his mother was a parrot and his father was an unknown species. They cited this answer from a book titled Of Muppets and Men.

I immediately went on Amazon looking to buy a copy. I had recently just won a $20 voucher from winning the Music I-Quiz contest and thought it would be a great way to use it. Turns out that the book was published a quarter century ago and has long been out of print.

The average going price is a few hundred dollars; beyond my budget. Has anyone seen this book? i wonder if any of the local libraries have a copy, ’cause I am extremely interested. Just another book in my queue after I find the time to finish …Deathly Hallows.

Hey everyone.  In case you didn’t listen to the audio file that was posted last week or heard from someone else, Lauren and I are engaged.  We went up to Frankenmuth last week during spring break and I asked her while we were there.  We had a great time and she’s really excited.  Pictures should follow pretty soon.  I haven’t gotten to the yet.  Its been a busy school year.  The date isn’t set exactly yet, but we’re looking at Fall of 08.

Hope everyone is doing fine.  I’m off to help Matt paint his new house (they closed on it today).  Later on, I’m sure I’ll be at McGee’s.

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Gabcast! My Philosophy #3

Off to Frankenmuth for a couple of days.

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Gabcast! My Philosophy #2 - Paul at Shores Inn

If you’ve ever been to Shores Inn for karaoke, then you’ve seen Paul. He’s a leathery skinned, 60+ year old man always wearing black leather and a cowboy hat. He does nothing but rap and screams all the lyrics. It is amazing. Its too bad the audio isnt clearer.

Gabcast! My Philosophy #1

So, I have plenty on my mind and no motivation to sit down and put it into text.  I’m thinking of giving up typing and moving into audio.  I guess you could call it a podcast, but I’m talking no production value at all.  Just me speaking my mind unedited.  Possibly some background music to cover the background noise, cause I will most likely be recording on my pda in the car on my long drives (when you live out here, every drive is a long one).

I’m interested in what those who know me, think about this.

Notice I said ‘interested’.  Thats because I’m going to do it regardless.  I need an outlet to express my thoughts and like I said, typing them out isn’t my style.  My voice gets lost in translation.

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To everyone who showed up to my party last night, thank you. I’m really sorry about the Irish pub turned dance club on Fridays. I did not know about the cover. Every time I’ve been there, there was only a cover for the upstairs and the first floor was definitely not a dance-floor.

Also, thank you to all who came out to McGee’s Friday and wished me a happy birthday.

More thanks to everyone who left me messages.

Thank you all. I had a great time and hope you all enjoyed yourself as well.