Wheels of the Bus go Round and Round

Thought I'd just post a quick update on a few things that have happened in the last couple days.

First, I'd like to point out the Google word ad at the top of the page. I've seen it doing various things, but today was the first time I've noticed that it's actually doing stuff based on content. What I saw was some stuff on engagement rings and car repair.

Pretty funny, huh?

Anyway, here's some updates.

I got some photo's mailed to me from Shrike for Christmas. Three of them are from when I was in Sweden and one if of just him wearing a christmas hat and looking rather trashed.

Speaking of trashed, there's one in particular of the two of us. It was taken from the night where I puked twice at the concert.

It looks like I was in a puking mood. I'm going to need to scan it or for him to send me the digital of it so I can post it in the blog.

Man, do I look like shit in that pic.

I LOVE it!

Next up, I talked to the Ex yesterday to find out how she's doing. Found out some interesting tidbits. Among them:

• Her mother, obviously prior to her death, cut up all the photos of Ex and her sister after the two of them cut off relations with her almost 10 years ago because of her behavior. Ex had since reconnected with her, and her sister reconnected with her the night of her passing while in the hospital.
  
• Ex is looking into getting some therapy to deal with the divorce, my engagement, her car accident and her mother's death. It's about time.

Today has been an excercise in futility and aggravation for me. I've been looking for a DVI to VGA adapter for my laptop so I can hook up a second display. This morning I drove to Radio Shack to buy one - they were supposed to be $7.50. They didn't carry them at that one, so, I went over to Staples to see if they had them. They did.

FOR $25 EACH!!!

Now, I want this adapter, but not that bad. I checked around at some other places today. several of the online vendors had them for dirt cheap, but they required a $10 minimum purchase.

Bah.

Found one which didn't. They had it for $3.77. Then, during checkout, there was a $7 handling fee on orders less than $100.

Okay, fine. What's that in the email?

"The shipping cost for one or more items you ordered is not known at this time. We will advise you of the actual cost before completing your order."

Okay...so, I wait. Ah! A new email from them.

"Your actual shipping costs are $8.97, making the order total $19.74"

Great googly moogly! Cancel, cancel, cancel!

So, I went back to searching. CompUSA was even more expensive than Staples at $35!

This adapter weighs a whole 3 oz. Over the course of the day I've seen it anywhere from $7.50 to over $60! And people wonder why I advise to not buy from the big chains.

I finally resolved myself to just searching through my house some more to figure out where the one I had has disappeared to. Again.

I live like a pig.

I also eat like a pig. That's the final update. S. and I have started a diet. Last night was stir fry. I really need to learn to judge the quantity of vegetables better. I made a LOT. Gonna be eating it for days.

Talked her into seeing The Ringer this weekend. Buwahahaaa!

I love stupid stuff.