I’m Back! (Been SICK.)

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Think I caught the flu or ate some bad food or something. Spent all day Tuesday “on the throne” (if you know what I mean). And I really do mean all day. Think I lost 10 pounds! Got up Wednesday and didn’t feel too bad but not really hungry. Forced myself to eat some cereal anyway and took off for the property. Hadn’t reached Hwy 16 and I was cramping so bad I just turned around and came back home. Fell asleep on the couch at 1200 and didn’t wake up until 1530. Went back to sleep about 1700 and woke up about 2020. Phew! Still wasn’t feeling too good so I just lazed around until 2300 when I layed down to read awhile. Well, about 0130 I was tired enough to actually go back to sleep. So I did!

Felt MUCH better when I woke up at 0700. The sky to the east was blue and pink so I set my camera up to video some of it. Made a run to Home Depot and bought a new towel rack for my bathroom and put that in. (When I got back, of course.) Ate a small bowl of cereal and didn’t feel too bad. Took SWMBO to Albertson’s for some soup makings and we wound up doing our regular weekly shopping. I’m making Polish Sausage & Potato soup for a church dinner tomorrow night.

Finally got out to the property for a couple of hours of moving dirt/mud around. Was really nice out there! Kind of cool but not freezing, thank goodness. I am damned sick and tired of the cold! Got back and made hotdogs for dinner. Was good. Just waiting for Smallville to come on now…

Sunrise (00-00-00.000)

Smallville Was Cool!

Put up another video. The Colorful Sunrise we had this morning.


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Ain’t It The Trooth!

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Dan Rather, Katie Couric, and a tough Marine Sergeant were all captured by terrorists in Iraq . The leader of the terrorists told them that he would grant them each one last request before they were beheaded.

Dan Rather said, “Well, I’m a Texan; so I’d like one last bowlful of hot spicy chili.” The leader nodded to an underling who left and returned with the chili. Rather ate it all and said, “Now I can die content.”

Katie Couric said, ” I’m a reporter to the end. I want to take out my tape recorder and describe the scene here and what’s about to happen. Maybe someday someone will hear it and know that I was on the job till the end.” The leader directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder and Couric dictated some comments. She then said, “Now I can die happy.”

The leader turned and said, “And now, Mr. Marine tough guy, what is your final wish?”

“Kick me in the ass” said the Marine.

“What?” asked the leader. “Will you mock us in your last hour?”

“No, I’m not kidding. I want you to kick me in the ass”, insisted the Marine.

So the leader shoved him into the open, and kicked him in the ass. The Marine went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9 mm pistol from under his flack jacket, and shot the leader dead. In the resulting confusion, he jumped to his knapsack, pulled out his M4 carbine and sprayed the terrorists with gunfire. In a flash, all of them were either dead or fleeing for their lives.

As the marine was untying Rather and Couric, they asked him, “Why didn’t you just shoot them in the beginning? Why did you ask them to kick you in the ass first?”

“What???” replied the Marine, “and have you two assholes report that I was the aggressor?”

SEMPER FI!

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Ahm Bored & About To Rack Out!

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Not too damned much going on. Spent the whole day hanging around the house. SWMBO asked if she could borrow my truck tomorrow to help one of her girlfriends move some stuff; then insisted that I clean it out before she uses it. And damned if I didn’t do it! Spent a couple of hours wiping the inside down and moving stuff around. Damn!

Been playing with Terragen (the old one) again. Still a cool program.

Made With Terragen

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SAVVIS.net Possible Security Threat To Our Computers?

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So, I downloaded and installed a program called PeerGuardian2. It helps block unwanted traffic on your computer from the Internet. It listed a whole bunch of TCP/UDP addresses it was blocking from my computer to the net. One of those being from a site called Savvis.net. So I went to their site and got their IT e-mail address and e-mailed them to ask WHY my computer is trying to contact their computer? What could I have installed to make this come about? Well, their answer was:



Do you have a site ID or are you a valid contact with SAVVIS?


We would need this information to open a case for you.


Any sort of issue that you may be having will have to be addressed by

your ISP.  We can only address issues for our customers that have a

valid site ID and are a valid company contact.


Thank you,

Adam Gray

Service Request Analyst

SAVVIS

Built To Respond


So I guess their “Built To Respond” is a load of crap. Maybe they ought to change their motto to “Built To Respond Only If You’re A Member In Good Standing Meaning That You’ve Paid Your IT Bill On Time.” Well, technically they DID respond; but they were absolutely NO help. I guess I’m left with no choice but to report them to any agency I can as being possible hackers, spammers or Data-Miners. Something on my computer IS trying to contact their servers/site and I’d like to know what and why. Their “We can only address issues for our customers that have a valid site ID and are a valid company contact.” means to me that they aren’t concerned that they may be a possible security threat to my computer (or yours) because we haven’t paid their fee.


And, just to let you know: I sent off e-mails to half a dozen companies/sites asking why PeerGuardian2 was blocking my computer from contacting theirs. Meaning: why my computer was trying to contact their company/site at all and what could I have installed that makes my computer try to contact theirs? What kind of information were they trying to get? So far SAVVIS is the only response (such as it is).


Anyone have any ideas?


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