On August 25th I posted that Bright House Cable is going to upgrade 1 of our cable boxes in the house to a new system which is way different than it was before. Here is that post:
Bright House Cable Upgrade
They told me on the day that the living room box was upgraded that the other box would be upgraded in 3 weeks. Well that was August 25th so it's been over a month. That's ok, I was patient.
I didn't do a video like I said because that's kind of silly but I will say this. The old way was nice and all but it was so slow especially in the guide and the on demand menu.
One of the things I like about the cable guide is that you can go through the guide and find all the shows you want to watch and click on them to remind you to change the channel. If you change your mind you don't have to do anything but if you want to watch it when the reminder pops up then you click the select button.
This new program for the cable box is even better. Not only does it have a cooler look but also when you set a reminder it doesn't just remind you 1 minute before but when it's time for your show it just automatically changes the channel for you. You do have the option to cancel it and stay on that channel you are watching now by clicking the red circle button with the C or just don't do anything and it changes the channel.
That's perfect for me because I have shows to record almost daily and if we're not at home and the tv is on the wrong channel then I record the wrong thing. I just have to remember to set all my reminders everyday so it knows what to change the channel to. This is a problem because my DVD Recorder has to be set to record channel 3 all the time because of the cable box.
Anyway, I'm glad for the upgrade.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
My New Blog Name
It's September 30th which means tomorrow (Oct 1st) is the day that my name change poll will end. So far with only 5 votes Xanapus' Lair will win but we will see at midnight tonight if that's what will happen. Personally I like Mike's Blog but as I said in the poll it's too common of a blogs name.
I'm looking forward to seeing what the end result will be tonight when I change my name (or not depending if I get 1 vote for keep the same or no more votes meaning change it).
I'm also going to be changing over to the Halloween theme. I've been working all month long to get the Halloween theme set up and ready to go tonight. I made these halloween light sets like x-mas lights but with halloween images. I only have 22 light sets but I think that's quite enough lol. You will only see 1 set at a time but it changes light sets as the person reloads the page or looks at something else.
Actually you can see which light sets I have here Halloween Twinkle Bulbs. I got all the images from icons and clip art and created light sets out of them and animated them so it looks like the lights are going from left to right like chaser light sets. What can I say, I like bells and whistles lol.
Now that I'm done with Halloween I'm going to start working on Thanksgiving lol.
I'm looking forward to seeing what the end result will be tonight when I change my name (or not depending if I get 1 vote for keep the same or no more votes meaning change it).
I'm also going to be changing over to the Halloween theme. I've been working all month long to get the Halloween theme set up and ready to go tonight. I made these halloween light sets like x-mas lights but with halloween images. I only have 22 light sets but I think that's quite enough lol. You will only see 1 set at a time but it changes light sets as the person reloads the page or looks at something else.
Actually you can see which light sets I have here Halloween Twinkle Bulbs. I got all the images from icons and clip art and created light sets out of them and animated them so it looks like the lights are going from left to right like chaser light sets. What can I say, I like bells and whistles lol.
Now that I'm done with Halloween I'm going to start working on Thanksgiving lol.
Kate plus 8 minus 1
Gosselin Apologizes, Tries to Halt Divorce, But a New Kate Plus 8 Moves On - Source Popeater.com
Douche Nozzle (Allegedly) Jon Gosselin halts the divorce from Kate for 90 days so he can get control back in this relationship. He woke up one day and looked in the mirror and (Allegedly) thought "I am such a dick, what the hell am I doing? I need to try to patch things up with my wife and stop cheating on her and flaunting it in her face". Ok so he didn't say that but I'm sure it was in the back of his mind.
TLC has already taken control of the situation by renaming the show to Kate Plus 8 and minimizing his appearance on the show. They will probably turn off the cameras when he is in the room and give him the evil eye.
Ok you all probably don't care what I think because I'm gay and I don't have any children so why should I have an opinion? Well, just because I'm gay doesn't mean that I don't care about this. In fact it really pisses me off that these straight people have the ability and RIGHT to have children and they are constantly abusing this privilege. This guy had the audacity to have 8 children with someone then leave her to fend for herself and raise 8 children by herself. What kind of a person does that?
All I can say is the amount of child support this nozzle is going to have to pay every month is going to kill him. He's going to have to work 2 jobs and live in a tiny trailer to be able to take care of those 8 kids. Yeah, good luck with that. I hope it was worth it DOUCHE!
Actually I'm sure this was his motivation for halting the divorce. He wants to patch things up so he doesn't have to live in a tiny trailer while paying her money every month for each child.
Douche Nozzle (Allegedly) Jon Gosselin halts the divorce from Kate for 90 days so he can get control back in this relationship. He woke up one day and looked in the mirror and (Allegedly) thought "I am such a dick, what the hell am I doing? I need to try to patch things up with my wife and stop cheating on her and flaunting it in her face". Ok so he didn't say that but I'm sure it was in the back of his mind.
TLC has already taken control of the situation by renaming the show to Kate Plus 8 and minimizing his appearance on the show. They will probably turn off the cameras when he is in the room and give him the evil eye.
Ok you all probably don't care what I think because I'm gay and I don't have any children so why should I have an opinion? Well, just because I'm gay doesn't mean that I don't care about this. In fact it really pisses me off that these straight people have the ability and RIGHT to have children and they are constantly abusing this privilege. This guy had the audacity to have 8 children with someone then leave her to fend for herself and raise 8 children by herself. What kind of a person does that?
All I can say is the amount of child support this nozzle is going to have to pay every month is going to kill him. He's going to have to work 2 jobs and live in a tiny trailer to be able to take care of those 8 kids. Yeah, good luck with that. I hope it was worth it DOUCHE!
Actually I'm sure this was his motivation for halting the divorce. He wants to patch things up so he doesn't have to live in a tiny trailer while paying her money every month for each child.
Mom ordered to stop baby-sitting friends’ kids
Mom ordered to stop baby-sitting friends’ kids - Source msnbc.msn.com
I woke up early this morning and went into the living room and Fox News was on the tv. There was this story of this woman named Lisa Snyder who lives in Michigan and she faces 90 days in jail if she babysits children.
You might be thinking, Mike, what the heck is this all about? Well I have an answer for you. People have gone insane.
Ok this is what happens. Her neighbors have to go to work so some of them drop their kids off at her house so they can sit inside her house for up to 45 minutes to wait for the bus to come then she shuttles them all out to the bus. That's it. 45 minutes.
What the heck is wrong with that? Well apparently one of her neighbors thinks it's a bad idea so they called the Michigan Department of Human Services and turned her in because she doesn't have a daycare license to do this.
What a freakin' douche! Who does that? What business is it of that neighbor if this woman allows kids to sit in her living room for 45 minutes?
She asked the Michigan Department of Human Services if she could let them stand in her garage and they said no. They told her to tell the parents to buy their kids an umbrella and make them wait at the bus stop.
In fact she said that if a neighbor drops their kids off at her house then go out for dinner at night she could go to jail.
What the hell is going on in this country that a woman can't babysit a child without a day care license? This is communism and it's unconstitutional. This isn't the land of the free anymore, it's communist America.
I'm calling out the Michigan Department of Human Services. You are on notice!
I woke up early this morning and went into the living room and Fox News was on the tv. There was this story of this woman named Lisa Snyder who lives in Michigan and she faces 90 days in jail if she babysits children.
You might be thinking, Mike, what the heck is this all about? Well I have an answer for you. People have gone insane.
Ok this is what happens. Her neighbors have to go to work so some of them drop their kids off at her house so they can sit inside her house for up to 45 minutes to wait for the bus to come then she shuttles them all out to the bus. That's it. 45 minutes.
What the heck is wrong with that? Well apparently one of her neighbors thinks it's a bad idea so they called the Michigan Department of Human Services and turned her in because she doesn't have a daycare license to do this.
What a freakin' douche! Who does that? What business is it of that neighbor if this woman allows kids to sit in her living room for 45 minutes?
She asked the Michigan Department of Human Services if she could let them stand in her garage and they said no. They told her to tell the parents to buy their kids an umbrella and make them wait at the bus stop.
In fact she said that if a neighbor drops their kids off at her house then go out for dinner at night she could go to jail.
What the hell is going on in this country that a woman can't babysit a child without a day care license? This is communism and it's unconstitutional. This isn't the land of the free anymore, it's communist America.
I'm calling out the Michigan Department of Human Services. You are on notice!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Zombie Pumpkins
I found this website that has these cool pumpkin patterns...
.Zombie Pumpkins! - pumpkin carving patterns - Unique CreationsThis website has so many new pumpkin patterns like this one to the left. I've downloaded a lot of patterns in the past but none that are of this caliber.
They do charge for their patterns though. It's not free but it is reasonably priced. You can buy 2 patterns only for $2, 25 patterns for $5, 200 patterns for $10 or you can pay $20 for all 200 patterns and 10 bonus patterns and some of that money goes to charity.
It would be good if people bought the $20 for 200 patterns and 10 bonus patterns to help the children. Every year this website chooses a different charity to donate to and this year it's The My Stuff Bags Foundation. Read the description here.
I'm gonna have to pick out some good ones to do this year. I still have tons in my pattern library that I haven't done but every year I find new ones that are neat and leave all the old ones alone. I'm afraid if I buy 200 patterns then I will only do 2 and not the rest lol. Oh well lol. I wanna get those bonus patterns anyway so I can help those poor abused, abandoned and neglected children.
Dish Network Mail
I got this in the mail today. It's from Dish Network and it's 2 sided, very shiny and thick paper. It's basically 1 sheet folded in half and they dropped it in the mail to advertise for their satellite service. But the thing that is hilarious is that it's all wrong. Here take a look and then tell me what you see wrong with it.
Click the images to see it full size.
Click the images to see it full size.
Obviously I removed my home address and typed something silly in there so it didn't look plain.
Don't you think it's strange? Ok I've already disclosed my name, It's Mike McDonald. Go ahead, look at the little Facebook icon in the right side of this blog, it shows my name with my Facebook profile picture. That I'm not hiding. But my point is, look at my last name. McDonald. Does that scream Arabic to you?
I can understand if they sent me one in Spanish because I'm constantly getting shit in the mail in Spanish but Arabic?
Who is telling Dish Network that this is a service that people with my surname are asking for in Bakersfield, CA? You can see the return address is in Englewood Colorado. Why is it that Englewood Colorado is sending junk mail to California?
I don't normally scan my junk mail lol. This is not what I do but it was so shocking that I had to scan it and blog about it because who would think that a McDonald would ever get something like this?
I know it's not a human error because the computers print the names and addresses on these things then fold them and squirt some rubber cement in 2 spots and they all get sent to a bin to be mailed. Their computers are obviously mistaking McDonald for an Arabic country when it should have thought that my name belonged to a Scottish country.
I know, maybe there is a woman out there who is Arabic who got married to a Scott named McDonald and she ordered Dish in Arabic so from that the computer decided that all McDonald's out there want Dish in Arabic lol. That's the only thing I can think of.
Or maybe I'm thinking about this too much. Ok, it's going in the recycle bin lol.
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