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Hello referrals!

Nothing really unusual in the referrals this week. Got a long visit from someone in Knoxville (at work, tsk tsk!) and a visit from Pelzer SC. ??

IP Address 74.239.25.# (BellSouth.net)
State : Tennessee
City : Knoxville
Microsoft WinNT (REALLY? Wow. That is impressively old!)
Browser Internet Explorer 7.0
Time of Visit Feb 12 2009 3:41:34 pm
Last Page View Feb 12 2009 4:36:18 pm
Visit Length 54 minutes 44 seconds
Page Views 34
Referring URL
Visit Entry Page http://misangela.com/
Visit Exit Page http://misangela.com/?p=1374
Out Click post by a well versed web geek
http://publishing2.c…opped-using-twitter/
Time Zone UTC-5:00
Visitor’s Time Feb 12 2009 3:41:34 pm

And WHO LIVES IN PELZER SC??

71.12.15.# (CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS)
State : South Carolina
City : Pelzer
Operating System Microsoft WinXP
Browser Firefox
Time of Visit Feb 12 2009 1:09:04 pm
Last Page View Feb 12 2009 1:16:48 pm
Visit Length 7 minutes 44 seconds
Page Views 5
Referring URL
Visit Entry Page http://misangela.com/
Visit Exit Page http://misangela.com/?p=1363&cpage=1
Out Click oh-so-awesome audio clips from Obama019s book
http://www.aprilwinc…king-shit/index.html
Time Zone UTC-5:00
Visitor’s Time Feb 12 2009 1:09:04 pm

Hope you enjoyed the blog. You really should say HI in the comments! Especially the Pelzer person. Come, on, don’t be a lurker! :-)

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Gallery updated

I was in an upload frenzy on Friday and uploaded a ton of pix that were just laying around here on my Mac. Most of them are in the Random album but there are a few in the art album.

I did get my hair cut on Friday… Sucks. Why do I go back to Keith, knowing good and well that he does a decent job only about 1/3 of the time? I *like* him and I wish he was better. But alas, no. So, I think I shall start cutting my own hair – the front 2/3 I can do fine and then go to SuperCuts or somewhere cheap and get the back trimmed. I can’t do the back very well. Now I understand why my mother cuts her own hair. I know what I want, I just can’t get these “professionals” to do it. I’ve got visual aids, I point out where I want the weight lines, all to no avail. Yes, I know about the Paul Mitchell school – and I also know it’s all the way across town where I rarely go. I’ll go to all that trouble and end up with a crap haircut just the same. Hell, I can get that 5 minutes from here. Feh. I think it’s time to try cutting it myself. It certainly can NOT be any worse than what I pay $45 for.

We saw Coraline yesterday around lunchtime. WOW! I have never seen 3D used so judiciously. Very impressive. It’s totally worth the $10.50. (Side note: the PC guy in the Mac vs PC commercials [John Hodgman] was not only the Cat in Coraline, but has been on Battlestar Galactica as well. Aaaand he is a Mac user in real life!! LOL Even PC is a Mac user! I love it!)

On the way back, we stopped at New Odessa, the Russian/Polish grocery at the corner of Clairmont and Briarcliff. We spent $50 on Polish kielbasa, hard spicy salami, pickled vegetables, frozen Russian Raviolis (Pelmeny), homemade piroshkis and various cookies and candies from the bins. The kielbasa is really good, the piroshkis were tasty and the various treats are weird but good. The strangest is a dark chocolate covered prune with walnut (this is similar). It is VERY good. We got these, these, and some like this. There is nothing in English there, but the staff is very helpful. They have Russian/Polish wines and beers, too.

Valentine’s Dinner at James Joyce was deelish. Nick has the photos – which I assume he’ll post. Lobster Bisque, a lovely salad with strawberries, blue cheese and candied walnuts, Beef Tenderloin with crispy fried potato cake, mahi mahi with polenta and chocolate lava cake for dessert. And a bottle Cristalino, too! Yum! Thanks to my sweetie for a lovely evening! MUWAH!

We came back and watched Demon Seed (so bad it’s good!) then in our drunken state thought that trying to watch 2001: A Space Odyssey would be a good idea. Not! Damn that is one of the slowest, most boring movies I’ve ever seen! We got through about 2/3 of it. I will say, though, that the models and filming techniques they used were really astounding for 1968. Other than the sheer technical aspects, though, this is one ponderous movie to endure. Bleh.

Today has been cleaning up from the medicine cabinet install and organising crap that has gotten out of place. I’m tired and plan to go crash out for a bit.

Tomorrow is comix and lunch at The Porter. I believe Taylor is joining us! Yay!

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Friday the 13th follies (Feb edition)

I love Friday the 13th! I’m stoked that we get another in March. :-)

I generally have good luck on Friday the 13th and I plan for today to be no different. DESPITE some drama that has been heaped upon me by a friend. It’s no secret that I have a Dr Phil philosophy: HOW’S THAT WORKIN’ FOR YA? Don’t act surprised when it hits you squah in the nuts! (bonus points if you can identify that quote)

In other more entertaining news, I think I located the Bumpkin Stalker! I kicked him from my FB in a preemptive strike. In the vein of Friday the 13th fun, let’s call him out, shall we? Mickey Byrd, are you the Bumpkin Stalker? Please feel free to confirm or deny this in the comments. We await your answer with bated breath.

I’m getting a hair cut today. I just booked it. And I’ll probably swing by Twain’s to poke the owner about paying me for some hardware we got him. And maybe have a beer. Or two.

Then, later tonite we’ve got a MINT event. BTW, if anyone has a PA system they could lend to MINT for the night, please contact me asap!

Now that I’ve had my ire stirred, I feel like kicking some ass today! In a fun sort of way, like calling people out, saying mean shit out loud, meaning it. Yah, that’s me: nice to EVIL in 1.4 seconds. Welcome to Gemini Moon, folks!

Should be no surprise to those who know me. ;->

If you don’t know me: you’ve been warned.

NOW GET OFF MY FUCKING LAWN!

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Various things

This is a catch all post since none of the things are big enough to have their own post. You know the drill. :-)

Remember the post about the Bumpkin who was trying to flame me for leaving East TN? Well, since joining FaceBook, I’ve been inundated with people from High School. On the home page of FB, you get a “News Feed” of what amounts to tweets from the people who are on your friends list. I began to notice an inordinate number of posts with the words “I’ll pray for you” in them. There was a comment the other day from someone who said, “I think it’s gonna be one of those days” and the response was “I’ll pray for you” and that really stuck in my craw. WTF? You need to PRAY for someone who’s having a bad day? That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. And very Evangelical. And VERY COMMON from these TN people. I see at least 2-3 comments every single day involving praying or God or something overtly Christian. I’d like to say, right here and now:

Every word I’ve said about East TN and the large batch of über Christian, ultra Conservatives that live there is SPOT ON.

Good to know my perceptions have been validated by the very people that deny they are like this. Perhaps they should PRAY about it? I’m not saying everyone, but I am saying much of the population is Christian and Conservative. It’s a damn scary place, I tell you!

I was going to write about my frustration with women who breed… but have decided to skip it. It’s old news.

So, the treadmill came back to life, but the walk belt is fubar, which is why it makes a horrid squeaky sound and jerks mightily. $139.29 later and the new belt is on the way.

I’ve beefed up my Twitter feed. FWIW. It’s still a bit on the useless side, but I can see the value of it for comics, writers, news, arts and other things with lots of updates.

The FaceBook ad we are running is working. Their CPC (cost per click) is outrageous (46¢ EA) so we only get 11 clicks per day the way I’ve got it set up, but I think it will be worth the $150/mo it’s running us now. We’ll see.

Has anyone ever been to ConNooga? If so, how’s about a review? We’re thinking of going… Leave a comment!

We’re going to the James Joyce for Valentine’s Day dinner this year. We usually stay home and I cook a lavish meal, so we thought we’d do something different this year. It’s a great deal if anyone is thinking of going out: $50 for a 3 course dinner and a bottle of Cristalino! Call 404.296.5097 if you want a reservation. We’ll be there at 6pm!

Nothing of interest in the referrals this time. No revisits from the East TN Bumpkin. S/he probably thinks I can monitor his/her every move since I’ve got the IP address… LOL

Congrats to the Piazzas! They got the house they wanted to rent over here in the 30032! Yay! And also to Stormy who is about to get her Curves job at the one next to my Kroger. Double yay!!

Ok, enough of this. I need to weed and feed the yard!