August 2005 Archives
August 29, 2005 1:14 AM
As promised, I have placed photos of our new cat, Tiggs on the web site. You can view them by going to the photo gallery.
Tiggs and Princess have hit it off better than April and I thought. They have played together and still no fighting. Tiggs is also hard to wake up. We have tried to keep him active and awake through the day so he does not keep us awake at night. At night Tiggs will purr loud as he is in our faces. He gets in April’s face more than mine, which is fine since Princess has a tendency to wake me up in the mornings.
April is so happy that we have another cat in the house. Two animals will be enough for now. I think April is wanting a dog, but that will be a long time from now.
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August 25, 2005 3:07 AM
April and I picked up our new cat at the Indianapolis Humane Society today. His name is Tiggs. He is a five month old orange cat. We were supposed to get him yesterday, but he was not yet neutered. April was extremely happy with the new cat.
He was excited at the humane society. Once we got him home, he started running all over the place. He is a handfull. He found Princess’s food dishes and has started eating out of her bowls. We have to keep showing him his food dishes. He also has used Princess’s litter box. We were amazed that he has already used that instead of his own.
Of course the introduction between Princess and Tiggs started out rough. We were surprised on their interactions. No fights yet, but we do not think there will be any serious problems between the two. Pictures are coming soon.
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August 19, 2005 11:36 PM
Show me a computer running Microsoft Windows that can go this long without a restart. I bet it is hard to find, if not impossible. There are people who may say that Windows is capable of staying on for that long, but in my experience Windows needs a restart at least once a week for the computer to operate without problems.
My Mac would have went longer without a restart, but I had to perform some updates that required a restart. My goal is to keep the iBook running longer for my next update.
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August 18, 2005 1:59 AM
The company I work for got hit with the Zobot virus yesterday and today was a day that I would have rather been home sleeping. I arrived at work one hour early today and got to work assisting customers with the virus attack. I came in early because management asked for volunteers and also because I am such a great guy.
To say it was busy today would be an understatement! It’s amazing how many people a virus can affect in such a short time. Luckily for me, I do not use Windows at home so I do not have to worry about things like this. I use a Mac and could not be happier. I do not have to worry about virus attacks that Windows users deal with everyday. This same virus brought down many Windows 2000 PCs at ABC, CNN, and other big companies.
I sure hope that tomorrow is a better day.
While computer support is filled with joy, I would like to work in web development. I feel that I would enjoy a career that is constantly changing the way the internet is used. Currently, I am writing up my cover letters and updating my resume to start applying for web development jobs. I have the desire to be a full-time web developer since I spend most of my free time learning about the industry. Wish me luck in my search for a new career path.
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August 12, 2005 11:51 PM
April and I went to the Indianapolis Zoo last Saturday and took some pictures of our outing. Our visit was mainly to view the new underwater dolphin dome. According to the Zoo website, it is 30 feet in diameter and 12 feet high. The new dome is regarded as the world’s first fully submerged underwater dolphin viewing experience. It was really cool.
One bad thing I have to mention. When you walk in the dome there are signs everywhere that tell you to keep talking to a whisper. This is for the well-being of the dolphins. Obviously, dolphins may be frightened if there is lots of noise in the dome. I have no problems with this as I am not going to go inside the dome and start screaming at the dolphins.
Maybe I have more common sense than the average person because when April and I walked in the noise was incredibly loud. Who was making all the nose? Children! I have no problems with children and someday we will have some rug rats of our own, but I believe that children need discipline and need to be taught when to be silent.
The sign also mentioned not to tap the glass. Understandable, but someone should have told all the children. I saw one banging on the glass. That definitely goes beyond tapping. Do parents pay attention anymore to their children? I felt like kicking them out of the dome, but I wanted to keep my shoes. Of course because of all the noise and some tapping of the glass the dolphins never came too close.
We got tired of that headache and moved on to all the other stuff. We also saw the empty Australian exhibit. I say empty because on July 17 a pack of stray dogs found their way inside the zoo and killed all the Australian birds in the exhibit. The birds were two black swans, three magpie geese and three emus. How sad. Hopefully the zoo will find something to fill the empty space and also beef up security access.
I have placed my photos in the photo gallery for your viewing pleasure.
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August 09, 2005 1:25 AM
Well, April and I have paid off three more creditors. We now have no more credit cards. As I said in an earlier post, credit cards were not a big part of our total debt. The largest part of our debt is school loans, which are a pain in the…neck.
Next we will pay off the loan for April’s laser eye surgery. This was worth the money and will only take two months to pay off. After that, the focus will go to my Saturn, which I have had for 5 years. This is not paid off for the fact that I leased the car first, then ended up buying.
My advice: Do not lease, ever! The only reason for doing this would be that you absolutely want a new car every three years. While the idea sounds nice, it robs you of your hard-earned money. Why not just buy a nice used car and keep it for about 10 years (or more if you maintain it properly) with no payments. This sounds like a better idea.
April and I both feel that we made a mistake of buying a new car to replace her old Pontiac Sunfire. We also feel that we can get at least 10 years on her Honda. Of course, I am hoping to keep it running much longer than that. We will be paying the Honda off before the 5 year time period. I estimate that we can pay the car off in 2 years. We bought the car in March, so I will be noting our progress. With my two year time frame, this puts the pay off date as March 1, 2007.
School loans are the lowest priority so they are going to be the last to be paid off. April and I have decided that when we get to this point, we are going to save money for a house and start planning for the sound of little feet, and I am not talking about another cat.
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