Atomic Alarm Clock

A few months ago I sent in a publisher's clearing house thing with a stamp for an atomic alarm clock.  I'm kinda sick of having to set my TV to wake me up in the morning and I wanted something that was atomic because it sets itself via sattellite.  It's not a radio alarm clock and it takes batteries, not plugged in which makes it even easier if we lose power.

As soon as I get it I put some batteries in and it says that it's 12:00 and it doesn't update right away like you see on the commercials.  In fact it is still not set right, it says 5:08pm when it's really 2:06pm.  I read in the manual about how it works and it says that it doesn't talk to the sattellite until night time so I pretty much have to wait until tonight for it to update.  It also thinks that today is January 31st lol.  Frankly I don't know how to set it yet so I am just waiting for it to set itself and hope that it sets the date too.

Christmas is almost here

Well I decided to get out the Christmas tree from the shed and set it up.  I'm so excited that I can finally set it up.  The Christmas spirit has taken over my body hehe.  Here is a picture of our Christmas Tree from last year.  It's the same tree, a pre-lit tree.  I took a picture of our cat with her Santa hat on and made it into wallpaper for my laptop and my desktop.  Since my laptop is 1024x768 and my desktop is 1280x768 I have 2 versions of it.  So if you want to download it just click the little version below then it goes full screen, just right click it and save it to your computer.  The widescreen version isn't actually 1280x768, it's smaller but I have it stretched on my screen.

Toy Store Shooting

Yesterday I reported that there was a gang shooting in a Toys R Us in Palm Desert, CA where 2 people were shot.  Well the news just updated letting us know that 2 men who were shopping at the toy store pulled out their guns and shot and killed each other but they aren't sure if it is indeed gang related.

In other news, the amount of people who died in India yesterday have gone up.

Black Friday - 4 dead

Wow, what people will do for a deal.  2 people were trampled in a Walmart, security guard died.  As he was trying to breathe air he was killed by people trampling him.  A pregnant woman was injured and miscarried.  That's 2 dead in a Walmart.

2 people were shot and killed in a Toys R Us in Palm Desert, CA but it wasn't due to the black friday deals, it was gang related.

What is this world coming to?

Happy Thanksgiving

We just came home from Hometown Buffet.  The best place for 2 people to eat on Thanksgiving when not with family, in my opinion.  They have everything you could want for Thanksgiving and then some.

Old Glasses

The right arm on my current glasses broke and so I've been going without them because they have a prism in both lenses so if I try to wear them with 1 arm like Chip does then it really hurts my eyes so I've just chosen not to wear them at all.  I'm waiting until my check comes so I can buy my new frame for $35 so in the meantime I have to squint a lot to read, or close 1 eye.

I knew there was a good reason why I kept all my old glasses.  The black frames that I got in 2002 (I think) are a little scratched up but they are still in good condition.  I used a scratch remover to clean the scratches up a bit so I can wear them while I wait for my new frames.  I was actually sorta shocked that the prescription in these old ones weren't very different from what I have now.  My eyes change so often that every 2 years I have to get a new eye exam when I get my new glasses and so I thought that this prescription wouldn't be any good anymore but it works.

The previous pair that I had after these black frames but before my currect pair were too scratched up that I can't wear them at all.  But that's ok with me.  The arms on the black frames I'm wearing right now are a bit stretched though so I'm not going to just revert back to these glasses.  They are a bit worn out and so they are just temporary.  I'm starting to wish that I had gotten plastic frames again instead of the metal frames that I got last year because the plastic ones have lasted a lot longer than the metal ones so my next frame will be plastic again.