Let's Get Ready to Ramble!

I had my final visit with my Physical Therapist (for my finger injury) this past Thursday.
I ran out of Effexor and went into nasty-ass Withdrawal. I'd forgotten the Rx was refillable. LOL. When I finally figured that out (after two days). I called in a refill and my Mom picked it up for me (the world was spinning too much for me to drive).

14 hours later I was "back to normal" (whatever that means).

The chair I spend most of my time in (and paid too much for last December) literally broke. Two of the legs broke off. The thing started mysteriously tilting about a week ago and as the days went by the tilt progressed even more. I couldn't figure out where it was tilting. It hadn't occorred to me to check the legs.

Finally it just started tilting very quickly last night and the next thing I knew, my fat ass was on the floor.

Speaking of fat, I guess I was too fat for it. LOL

Actually it was a pretty flimsy chair. I didn't realize that until I borrowed my mom's chair while I await the arrival of a replacement.

When I bought this chair I had only been looking at the "task/secretarial" style as my Mom had talked me out of getting what I really wanted.

What I wanted was more like an "executive" style. Basically like the one I'd had for years that I abandoned in Atlanta.

Well now I'm getting what I want. In fact it's even nicer than the chair I left in Atlanta. If you're interested, click here to see it. It's supposed to be delivered sometime on Tuesday.

I'm still enjoying having Linux on my hard drive (finally!) although it would be nice to have both of my hard drives usable. Right now I've got a boot partition on my first hard drive and everything else on my 2nd. This is a waste of about 98% of my space on the first drive and there's nothing I can do about it. I still can't install Windows at all (unless I go back to my old configuration which then won't let me install Linux....

I figured I'm due for one or two more calls to my PC maker's tech support, but I hate calling and I figured I'd just enjoy the fun of having Linux installed (since that was the biggest part of my goal) for a while before tacking the rest. I still expect that they may have to send somebody out to do some work inside the box. I'm sure as hell not doing it. LOL

OH speaking of Linux, I've got a few sreenshots of my recent desktop (and some past ones) up on deviantArt. My current one (in two incarnations) is here and here, if you're interested.

I've not seen my therapist in weeks. I don't know if/when I'll go back to her. We kind of hit a brick wall. Her goal is to get me out and about and I've never been one to do that (even when I'm "well"). Going to/from work doesn't count.

I do think I'll give school a try though, because it's the only way I'll ever stand a chance of getting a job in the IT field when the time comes to look for a job.

I've had it with the travel industry and call centers. If I went back to that, you might hear about me on the evening news at some point...

I've been rather depressed on and off lately. The future seems bleak. I have no interest in much of anything outside of being at my computer. It's a great escape I suppose. I won't tell you when I last showered.

Y'know it's funny, in the past when I've gotten this bad, I've fallen hard for someone I met online and it's helped me cope (a few times I'd meet the person, more often I wouldn't and it would just end for one reason or other).

I'd "met" someone online about 2 years ago (not long after my ex told me it was over).

I'd really hit it off with this new found friend online. We talked on the phone several times over a period of many months.

Then my situation changed because I was forced to move to Phoenix and living with my Mom made 95% of my private life pubic so it pretty much killed my romance.

But besides that, I when I got here, I felt beaten and defeated. "They won". I fought for months to avoid leaving Atlanta, but when I was about to be homeless I had no choice.

But the whole experience left me a beaten man and I just didn't care about anything anymore, including romance.

So the relationship quickly withered and died. It's just as well, I'm such a mess right now that I need to get my head on straight. I told my therapist I need to learn to relate to people in general before I attempt another romance. She agreed.

And for months now, I've just been apathetic. Heck, I've not even been the horny bastard I typically am. I don't know if it's the medication, the depression or both. Of course living with my mom kindo cramps my style, but I don't know if I'd feel much different if I were alone.

In any event, I'm just kinda coasting along here. Perhaps if/when I start school the daily routine will help me get back on track. I hope so, because nothing else I can think of off hand could.

I don't really know how schedules work, but I'd like to go to one of the community colleges here. I suppose I'd be looking at Winter (or maybe Spring?).

The Mental Health Clinic I go go can help me out with this stuff and they may also pay for all or a portion of it. I'm not fully clear on it, but they do pay for "voc rehab" so we'll see.

I've not really checked into any of this yet. I figure I'd do so by the end of the year.

Well I've babbled long enough now.

OK kids.

I'm outta here (for the moment).


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My fave spelling rant...


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My "favorite" spelling pet peeve is the misuse of a word in singular form when it should be plural.

Example:

        "truck's" vs. "trucks"

"There were lots of truck's trucks in the parking lot."

I've come to accept this from ordinary folks (well, sort of). But when a business commits this faux pas, I really get annoyed (OK, I need a life, I know...).

There is a Fry's Electronics store in my area which commits this faux pas several times, with letters that are probably 4 feet high!

There are signs in the store that read "CD's" , "DVD's",   Oddly enough they got "Electronics" right....

But I digress....

The latest example I've come across (and which inspired what you're reading now) is from none other than The New York Times.   The Times is about the last place on earth that I'd expect to find this.

Here is the page.  See for yourself.

I'll help you out.  It's in the right column. There are links (which I've removed here but you will find on the page if you like.  The important point is to illustrate where they fucked up which I bolded in red)).


Note "IPod's" appears twice.  The first time they actually got it right....
Oh and if you really want to get picky  the tradmarked name is spelled "iPod" and not "IPod" but I'll let that one slide.  After all the Times insists on the use of "Compact Disk" vs. Compact Disc" (the former being correct spelling, the latter being a tradmark which virtually everyone uses).

But back to this plural vs. singluar stuff..

What do I conclude from all this?:  We're truly in a sad state of affairs when The New York Times makes these mistakes...

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Coming in November!





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Be cool, like my 75-year-old Mom.



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Female + Africa often = hell

As if Genital Mutilation weren't enough, now I read...

"KATSINA, Nigeria - Dr. Kees Waaldijk began surgery shortly before 10 a.m. one recent Saturday in a cement-walled operating room in this city near Nigeria's northern border. More than five hours later, orderlies carried the last of four girls to the recovery ward. In the near-90 degree heat, Dr. Waaldijk's light blue surgical garb had turned dark with sweat.

"We are finished for the day," he barked.

It was the last thing the dozen girls who squatted in the open-air corridor outside wanted to hear....."  (Click here for the whole story).

This is so sad.

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