I went to ebay to find how much the Kindle 1 cost used and it's not that much cheaper. I did find this though. eBookwise 1150 Reading Device for $135.95 +$10 shipping. It has a sad 64mb of internal memory but you can add more with SmartMedia Memory Cards, up to 128MB.
Go ahead and read thier website from that link above. I'm thinking that if I am able to save the money for the Kindle 3 by the time it comes out and I still can't buy it or it still doesn't have the features I want then to heck with it, I'll just buy this one. Or I might just save up for eBookwise e-reader to use as a test e-reader and use it until the kindle goes down in price. There is no sense in spending money I can't afford to spend on something I probably won't be able to use that often. And if I bought books on this new one I'm almost positive I can transfer them over to Kindle if I do decide to get one of those. Then I can give the eBookwise to Chip.
Hehe I'm always giving him my hand me down electronics.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Howard goes to jail
Howard K. Stern turns himself in today for allegedly illegally obtaining prescription drugs for Anna Nicole Smith.
It's about freakin time I say. If he hadn't been allegedly supplying her with drugs she and her son might still be alive today. Although I don't know for a fact that her son died from this but I'm certain it probably had something to do with it.
Every time I watched her reality show on E! I knew something was wrong with her, no normal person acts like they are drugged up if they aren't taking something. She was constantly slurring and walking as if she were drunk. And that crazy clown video should've been proof enough that she was on something.
Despite her crazy behavior, I really liked her and it was very upsetting when she passed away. I felt really sorry for her when her son died but then she died and it was a real tragedy.
I really hope that Howard goes to prison for this.
It's about freakin time I say. If he hadn't been allegedly supplying her with drugs she and her son might still be alive today. Although I don't know for a fact that her son died from this but I'm certain it probably had something to do with it.
Every time I watched her reality show on E! I knew something was wrong with her, no normal person acts like they are drugged up if they aren't taking something. She was constantly slurring and walking as if she were drunk. And that crazy clown video should've been proof enough that she was on something.
Despite her crazy behavior, I really liked her and it was very upsetting when she passed away. I felt really sorry for her when her son died but then she died and it was a real tragedy.
I really hope that Howard goes to prison for this.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Steve Wilkos Show
The episode of Steve Wilkos show called "He beat me in my sleep" was just on and it was about this young, very young couple who are 18 and 19 years old with a 1 year old baby. The boyfriend admitted to beating his girlfriend in her sleep because he was mad at her. What? What the hell was he mad at for? Did she pull the covers off of him? Did she snore too loud? What could possibly make this guy beat his girlfriend while she slept? She ended up going to the hospital with a black eye, split lip, concussion, bruises all over. And yet she didn't leave him.
At the beginning of the episode, the girlfriend told a story of how he beats their 1 year old son. One morning the 1 year old threw the hair brush into the toilet and he got beat for that. He's a frickin' 1 year old douche bag! That's what 1 year old's do, they throw things. They don't even know they are doing it.
He said that he beats his baby or spanks his baby to teach him but a 1 year old isn't going to remember any lesson about anything because he's ONE!
In the first segment, the girlfriend was asked by Steve, if he doesn't pass his lie detector test are you going to leave him and she said I suppose I have to but then at the very end of their half of the show he gave her a choice. Either walk through the door that her abusive boyfriend walked through or go through this other door and have a lifetime of friendship and help with me and she walked through the door to go to her boyfriend. What the hell did she even go on the show for? What a complete waste of time for Steve, for the audience, for me... And what lesson is being learned here? Because I'll bet you anything that as soon as they left and went back to the hotel or wherever, he beat her for bringing him on the show.'
You know, this guy totally reminds me of my step-dad when I was a baby. He met my mom when I was 18 months old and basically moved in right away, they didn't even know each other and he moved in. He assumed the role of dad to me and my sister and of course with the dad role that meant child beater role too. He would beat me in front of my aunts, uncles and grandparents to show dominance. To show who the alpha male was. He was trying to show them how tough he was and all he showed was how much of a coward he was. And these times he would beat me in front of other people, my aunt told me that I was just sitting there, not doing anything. I totally didn't deserve that but he did it anyway to me.
I am so sick of coward men beating women and children but what I'm mostly sick of are women who stay with these men because they are not just hurting themselves, they are also hurting their young children who don't deserve to be involved in that abuse. That is when I say that not only is that guy a coward but that girl is a coward as well and their child should be taken away from them and put into foster care. He would be better off with another family.
At the beginning of the episode, the girlfriend told a story of how he beats their 1 year old son. One morning the 1 year old threw the hair brush into the toilet and he got beat for that. He's a frickin' 1 year old douche bag! That's what 1 year old's do, they throw things. They don't even know they are doing it.
He said that he beats his baby or spanks his baby to teach him but a 1 year old isn't going to remember any lesson about anything because he's ONE!
In the first segment, the girlfriend was asked by Steve, if he doesn't pass his lie detector test are you going to leave him and she said I suppose I have to but then at the very end of their half of the show he gave her a choice. Either walk through the door that her abusive boyfriend walked through or go through this other door and have a lifetime of friendship and help with me and she walked through the door to go to her boyfriend. What the hell did she even go on the show for? What a complete waste of time for Steve, for the audience, for me... And what lesson is being learned here? Because I'll bet you anything that as soon as they left and went back to the hotel or wherever, he beat her for bringing him on the show.'
You know, this guy totally reminds me of my step-dad when I was a baby. He met my mom when I was 18 months old and basically moved in right away, they didn't even know each other and he moved in. He assumed the role of dad to me and my sister and of course with the dad role that meant child beater role too. He would beat me in front of my aunts, uncles and grandparents to show dominance. To show who the alpha male was. He was trying to show them how tough he was and all he showed was how much of a coward he was. And these times he would beat me in front of other people, my aunt told me that I was just sitting there, not doing anything. I totally didn't deserve that but he did it anyway to me.
I am so sick of coward men beating women and children but what I'm mostly sick of are women who stay with these men because they are not just hurting themselves, they are also hurting their young children who don't deserve to be involved in that abuse. That is when I say that not only is that guy a coward but that girl is a coward as well and their child should be taken away from them and put into foster care. He would be better off with another family.
Monday, March 09, 2009
Tech Geek
I get these emails everyday for this company or that with basically a catalog of what is on sale this week or next. There are some neat products though that I have to give them credit for.
The website is The Tech Geek and as the name says, they have technical things for geeks lol. Of course you don't have to be a geek to shop there but it usually helps if you are so you know what you are looking for. I mean, obviously Paris Hilton would be totally lost on the index page of this site but Bill Gates probably navigates it as if it's just like a magazine catalog.
Here are a couple of products that I liked:
Those were just 2 things that stood out in the email, to me that is. But what doesn't stand out to me may be awesome to you. I can't look at prices during this economy because if I see something that is cheap that I know I'd like I think my head would explode because I can't buy it. But I thought that other people who read my blog might be interested in some of those things. So Cheers!
The website is The Tech Geek and as the name says, they have technical things for geeks lol. Of course you don't have to be a geek to shop there but it usually helps if you are so you know what you are looking for. I mean, obviously Paris Hilton would be totally lost on the index page of this site but Bill Gates probably navigates it as if it's just like a magazine catalog.
Here are a couple of products that I liked:
- 1.5 Inch LCD Royal 24950V PF Memory Cup Digital Photo Frame Pencil Cup/Desktop Organize - no description required, link says it all.
- Eclipse Hand-Crank Weather Band Radio Classic - This is perfect for storms when the electricity goes out, you can listen to the news or music while you wait for your power to come back on and it needs no batteries.
Those were just 2 things that stood out in the email, to me that is. But what doesn't stand out to me may be awesome to you. I can't look at prices during this economy because if I see something that is cheap that I know I'd like I think my head would explode because I can't buy it. But I thought that other people who read my blog might be interested in some of those things. So Cheers!
Worst Fears Realized
I just woke up out of the worst dream a nerd could ever have in his ENTIRE life! Have you ever had a dream where you worst fears have been realized? I just did.
Chip and I were traveling... somewhere which I still am not clear with. I was leaving my Aunt Louise's house in Texas and for some reason Chip was with me. So we were going to go on another trip but the only way to get to the airport was by city bus. So we had all of our things on the bus with us, he pretty much just had clothes. He's not real into nerdy things like me. I on the other hand had some clothes but for the most part all my electronics.
List: I had my laptop, psp, cell phone, video camera (dvd cam), bi-pap machine and my Dell DJ which doesn't work right now lol. I also had some books in my suitcase. If I had a Kindle I would've been totally screwed but my bags would've been lighter lol.
The bus runs a red light and we get pulled over. All the passengers are taken off the bus and put onto another bus for a few minutes. Then the police come to the bus we were taken to and says we can get on our bus now. The bus pretty much empties and I'm the last one off. I get off the bus and look around and the bus I was originally on was nowhere to be seen. It was totally gone... with ALL of my stuff. Chip was gone too.
I had to think... real hard... maybe Chip will keep an eye on my stuff and when he gets to our destination he will bring it with him. Although, I finally catch the next bus and get to our destination which for some odd reason is another bus but it's a totally different kind of bus which I would so love to explain except that I can't because it was so strange I literally have to draw you a picture to describe it. And since I can't draw let me just say it was strange.
I get on that bus and say please tell me you have all my stuff and Chip says "what stuff?" AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! What do you mean what stuff? OMG I cannot believe it. So I pick up a cell phone which by the way makes no sense. It wasn't my cell phone but I look at it and it has "property of...." and it says a name that I can't recall and I realize that the person who took all my things have already assimilated it all. But how could I know that by looking at "a" cell phone? Hey, it's a dream sequence, what do you want?
We end up at someones house and Chip is sleeping in a bed and I'm trying to use the phone to call my cell phone and my cousin Brandi is on the other line and she won't get off the phone. And so I keep picking up the phone and instead of a dial tone I can hear her talking and she tells me to get off the phone.
Ok, I realize that all these things can be replaced. My cell phone is actually just a pre-paid cell phone. I've had it since 2002 and pre-paid gives you a crappy amount of minutes. I think for $25 I get 2.5 hours to talk. I think that the newer pre-paid are different.
Anyway, I can always get a new everything else but come on, all my pictures are on the SD card in my camcorder, all my saved games are in the memory stick in my PSP and my simms card in my cell phone with all my phone numbers. It's a hassle to have to get it all back and it costs way more money than I have to spend. It took me years to get all of those electronics and all by pure luck too. Some were gifts and some were things that took me years to save up for.
Thank goodness I woke up because I would've died in my dream of a heart break lol.
Chip and I were traveling... somewhere which I still am not clear with. I was leaving my Aunt Louise's house in Texas and for some reason Chip was with me. So we were going to go on another trip but the only way to get to the airport was by city bus. So we had all of our things on the bus with us, he pretty much just had clothes. He's not real into nerdy things like me. I on the other hand had some clothes but for the most part all my electronics.
List: I had my laptop, psp, cell phone, video camera (dvd cam), bi-pap machine and my Dell DJ which doesn't work right now lol. I also had some books in my suitcase. If I had a Kindle I would've been totally screwed but my bags would've been lighter lol.
The bus runs a red light and we get pulled over. All the passengers are taken off the bus and put onto another bus for a few minutes. Then the police come to the bus we were taken to and says we can get on our bus now. The bus pretty much empties and I'm the last one off. I get off the bus and look around and the bus I was originally on was nowhere to be seen. It was totally gone... with ALL of my stuff. Chip was gone too.
I had to think... real hard... maybe Chip will keep an eye on my stuff and when he gets to our destination he will bring it with him. Although, I finally catch the next bus and get to our destination which for some odd reason is another bus but it's a totally different kind of bus which I would so love to explain except that I can't because it was so strange I literally have to draw you a picture to describe it. And since I can't draw let me just say it was strange.
I get on that bus and say please tell me you have all my stuff and Chip says "what stuff?" AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! What do you mean what stuff? OMG I cannot believe it. So I pick up a cell phone which by the way makes no sense. It wasn't my cell phone but I look at it and it has "property of...." and it says a name that I can't recall and I realize that the person who took all my things have already assimilated it all. But how could I know that by looking at "a" cell phone? Hey, it's a dream sequence, what do you want?
We end up at someones house and Chip is sleeping in a bed and I'm trying to use the phone to call my cell phone and my cousin Brandi is on the other line and she won't get off the phone. And so I keep picking up the phone and instead of a dial tone I can hear her talking and she tells me to get off the phone.
Ok, I realize that all these things can be replaced. My cell phone is actually just a pre-paid cell phone. I've had it since 2002 and pre-paid gives you a crappy amount of minutes. I think for $25 I get 2.5 hours to talk. I think that the newer pre-paid are different.
Anyway, I can always get a new everything else but come on, all my pictures are on the SD card in my camcorder, all my saved games are in the memory stick in my PSP and my simms card in my cell phone with all my phone numbers. It's a hassle to have to get it all back and it costs way more money than I have to spend. It took me years to get all of those electronics and all by pure luck too. Some were gifts and some were things that took me years to save up for.
Thank goodness I woke up because I would've died in my dream of a heart break lol.
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Andy on US of Tara
I just finished watching next weeks all new United States of Tara. How? I don't know why but they always have new episodes a week early in the On Demand channel only. I only found out by accident when I first started watching the show.
I won't give anything away but next weeks episode will answer any and all questions about Andrew Lawrence's character on this show.
I won't give anything away but next weeks episode will answer any and all questions about Andrew Lawrence's character on this show.
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