Well it started out looking good...

Please excuse this particular post; as a science/documentary Blog my personal life rarely appears in here.
Well wow... what a weekend. I get the additional day off as Saturday was not a lawn care sort of day. Cold, raining, windy and all the other things associated with a non conducive day for lawn treatment. So things actually did start as a plus. Found out my favorite local band was to make an appearance at a local venue, like about 2 miles from my place. That is road travel mileage not "as the crow flies." So I make it to the bar to meet up with an old work friend. Not to say the friend was old, but the friendship was. We were watching the band from what I would call the choice house seats... having a great time; beer and other adult beverages great conversation and shenanigans galore.  A beautiful female walks up to me, introduces herself, and hangs close by as the evening progressed. Things were really starting to take steps in the right direction. Yea, I got her number... we will see where it goes from here. Sunday things took a sharp turn south. Started with the plan to get some new sneakers (gym shoes); place up the road called Shoe Carnival is first store I think of. To beat all of the box office bests Kroger is in the same Plaza (shopping center). I did need to pick up a few items there. As I walk through the Carnival all I can say is "I can't believe this" and "you are kidding right?" The lowest price I saw was $39. Who in their right mind would pay $120 for a pair of sneakers? Thinking a new plan, but head over to Kroger since I am right there with coupons in hand. First couldn't find the orzo, even knowing from past experience it might be in the rice aisle (fat rice it is also known as). Next; could not find the garbanzo beans had to settle on chick peas (no problem, they are one in the same). The problem with a different Kroger is they are not Universal in set up, not being one to shop this particular store made matters a bit time consuming. Part 2 of the one stop shopping expedition was go to Wally World; the ever famous Walmart. Choice of closest was tough. Eastgate; yes that traffic nightmare, or the one on Red Bank, oh god how I loath the customer service at this one. Red Bank did get my business, $20 for a pair of sneakers. So... I finally get home about 5:30 (oh forgot to mention another "worst coffee ever" from the UDF). Plan is to roast a chicken for dinner; this will take at least 2 hours. Dinner will be late tonight. Get the bird out of the fridge, and yes, it was still frozen. Adding more time to the venture as I needed to soak the bird in cold water to thaw a bit more. Stuffing the bird can only get 1/2 the stuffing in the cavity as it was still frozen but I am running out of time. Guess is I will "stove top" my home made stuffing. argh! After bird is prepped and in the oven realize I left my cigarettes in the truck... down about 8 flights of stairs to retrieve and go back up the steps I just came down. To end on a positive note, I had a great night out with the girl I met on Friday night. Went to do see another band at the same venue.

Beatle Mania

Just a bit of Beatles trivia. The above picture is the inspiration of the song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds; including the title. Drawn by the then young Julian Lennon, about age 10. We all know makes reference to LSD and acid trips. Rather than bore you with my cheap attempt at writing just go to this link to read all about it. 
     Hey Jude is a song for Julian Lennon, first titled Hey Jules, later changed for musical reasons, as John and the band felt Hey Jude sounded better and "names were changed to protect the innocent."  A bit of advise to Julian over the break up of his parents, John and Cynthia.
     Let It Be was a gift from McCartney to Lennon over the drama created by John's infatuation with Yoko Ono 
     Do note the word 'Beat' is in Beatles as in the beat goes on. 

audio, you gotta love the tunes

        I did finally get that flash drive back from my buddy. Wow.... talk about computer probs that stump me, he keeps calling me with computer issues, and everytime has stumped me so far. I used to have such a handle on computer problems. From sound cards to tool tips coming up behind the task bar. I have done what to some might seem a bit of trickery but just turns to be tracking the answer down. Just talk to the right people and google helps if you know how to ask the question you seek the answer to. So back to Tommy's computer...  just the way he gets these ??? funny quirks with his computer. Told me he "started over" what I would know as format. But anyway, just hanging around a few and had some time to jot down stuff. (I use that word a little too much??) 



        The next line is going to be strange as you don't know what it is referring to...



She said yes, so she does... I will put away the fear and move ahead.

To be continued?   Yea, well yesterday at the Cellmart was a drag. After I spent a few minutes (15 to be exact) with MsNeo on her work break, went back to the Cellmart. Guns a flairing... so to speak; like I said before, I'm not one to raise all kinds of .... but, if I can stop the ineptitude of that one clerk/associate/ sales shark, I will have not worked in vain. Different associate this time, at the front counter even; was alert, and seemed like a better "people" person. I don't mind the head set cost $10 more, especially in light of the fact that it was the first set I picked up and yesterdays 'associate' recommended I could save $10 on the ones he picked out for me. 
        Imagine that, the phone puts out a good sound with the headset. I wonder if this phone can read FLAC audio files? The answer to that and many more questions may be answered in my next post.