06/29/06

Mphf sckedrf katdu, ahem, oh wait, I'm typing, not talking. Typing I can do. Went to the dentist today, got tired of living off advil, tylenol and aspirin, waking up in the middle of the night to take more because of the shooting pain in my jaw, so figured what the hell, it's been 28 years since my last root canal surgery, let's try it again. And let me tall ya, it was about as much fun as a prostate exam, just the other end (well, ok, the root canal also involves little high speed metal drills which, thankfully, the prostate exam doesn't, but on the other hand, the area is numb.). But the good thing is that it took only about a half hour, and the shooting jaw pain has been replaced with a (very) tolerable ache. But the big problem with dentistry is that when you have a really funny comeback, you're unable to say it. Personally, if I were a dentist giving someone a root canal and finally drilled far enough for the pus to come out, I'd say something like "Thar she blows" or "call my broker, I struck oil". Which are the two things that went through my mind when he started pushing on my swollen cheek and said, "try to drain that infection".

As you can see (maybe) I'm starting to get things put back up here on the site. The first thing to be completed is (hold onto your hats, this is going to be a surprise) the "All My Cars" pages. I've also got a few months back on the "Previous Ramblings" pages, and those will be the next ones to complete. But don't expect all the links and pictures from the previous ramblings to be there, the further back I go the harder it is to find those things, especially since this is the 3rd iteration of the site, and things get lost in the iteration process. Sorry about that. Anyone who is completely dissatisfied with this problem, please e-mail me at idontgiveashit@srossi.net, and I will promptly refund all the money you have paid for access to my site. Thank you for your patronage.

06/26/06

Fun times as the Chevron tonight. Guy comes in to buy smokes and forgot to bring his ID with him. So we tell him that we can't sell them without it. He gets all pissed off and rambles on about being 30 (which he probably was, but we'd already asked for ID), shows us his tattoo (like that proves anything) and then goes on about how he's been in jail and everything. Sorry, still can't sell you the smokes. He mumbles some obscenities and heads for the door, gets half way there and turns around, slaps $5 on the counter and says "Well, I have to get gas anyways". I guess he was still mad after pumping his gas because he rips off the gas flap from the side of his car, throws it at our front window and peels out of the parking lot, sending a hubcap across the parking lot. Man, did he show us. Let's think this one out : even if he did break the window, it wasn't going to cost me or Scott a penny, and since we're open 24-7 anyway, we wouldn't even be stuck in the store late protecting it. On the other hand, his fairly nice Honda now looks like crap because there's no flap covering the gas filler, and he's short one (albeit cheapo) hubcap. Again I say - He showed us who's boss.

06/24/06

Finally after a couple weeks of messing around the web site and the srossi.net e-Mail is back up and running. I'd go over all the details, but when I was on the phone with Alex and started to tell him about my troubles with the DNS and MX files I almost immediately got a snoring response. So, I won't babble on about the technical stuff (so unlike me, not babbling on). Suffice it to say I had a lot of learning to do, took the hard way to do it, but feel good about the fact that I now know what I did and how to do it again. And, all you really wanted to hear is : The web site and the e-mail are working again.

06/17(I think)/06

Kinley Jade Nielsen, the newest addition to team Rossi. I lost all the details in an ID10t error the other day, but will add them here as soon as I retreive them. But I did go see her, and of course she is as adorable as can be. She really likes being all wrapped up in her blankets, according to mom & dad she does a lot of her screaming when they take her out of the blankets. When I got there she was having her diapers changed and was screaming up a storm, but as soon as they were done and she was back in her blankets, she quieted down, even when she was in my arms looking up at me.

06/06/06

Been in Vegas, visiting with Adele (spanish teacher from my Churchill days) for the last 4 days. Yeah, I didn't mention it here before, 'cause I'm not an idiot. "Hey guys, I'm gonna be out of town for a few days, so the house is going to be empty. Yeah, I'll be gone from 7pm on the 3rd 'till 3pm on the 6th. Gosh, I sure hope nobody with nefarious intents reads this." Anyway, had a great time. Went through the security in record time here in SLC, so I got to sit around the airport for an hour waiting for my plane to leave. Then when I got to Vegas, I got to stand around waiting for my luggage while it went for a half hour ride around the baggage carousel right behind me. They told us #5, and we all stood there while 3 other planes worth of luggage got picked up, until one guy turned around and looked at #7 and said "hey, there's my bag". At least it had a fun ride. Did a lot of relaxing around the pool, ate at a place called Fatburgers (you can get a 1/3lb burger with cheese, chili and a fried egg on it), saw "Over the Hedge" (hilarious), "Shawn of the Dead" (English humour hilarious) and "United 93" (very powerful movie). We went down and walked the strip and saw the volcano at one of the casinos (direct competition to the Bellagio water dance, see the video HERE). All in all, a good time. And just as in Salt Lake, I breezed through security and got to spend an hour in the Vegas airport waiting for the plane to leave. Yeah, but I know that the first time I think "Hey, I'll breeze through security, so I'll only get there a half hour early", well, you know. I'll end up spending my whole vacation there.

06/03/06

Happy Birthday Alex

06/02/06 encore

Schools-out-for-summer! Yup, my first year at Granite Park Middle School is over, and it was a great year. I'm all moved out of my old room, and although it's all packed in a pile, I'm all into my new room. And Is gots windah's now. Summer is officially here now, and since I'm only going to be working at most 3 days a week at the Chevron, it's going to be a relaxing one. So, now it's time to go become comatose for a little bit, so... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

06/02/06

Happy Anniversary Dan & Rae