Blog Question Of The Day:

Why can they make Diet Sprite taste like real Sprite, but they can't make Diet Coke taste like Coke?

I've been watching WTBS a lot. The self-proclaimed 'Superstation' Turns out that the commercial free movie channels are a cultural wasteland of crap that holds NO appeal for me.

WTBS began its life as an Atlanta, Georgia station, and evolved into a cable basic throughout wherever I've travelled. But its still an Atlanta channel, and consequently, they still have some Atlanta-centric advertisements.

Take for instance the Remodel America commercial. And during this stellar piece of marketing, they are promoting the benefits of the CedarMax home siding material.

I hate this commercial. Is anyone duped by this? Its a total joke. And the commercial is just cheesy to a degree that I don't have words. How can any well-thought person be drawn in by this? Is the worst kind of obvious scam. At the very least, if you wanna sell me, make an effort. This commercial just pisses me off.

Blog Question Of The Day:

Should I apply for the job of Pope?

I need to get something off my chest.

What the hell is wrong with people that leave voice messages!?! Okay, you didn't manage to catch me live. You have to leave a message. Can you just leave a semi-useful one? Its not that hard. Cover some very basic facts.

name
reason for calling
what response you want

And its the, what response, that trips people up. They'll talk for two minutes leaving the message, and then not request what they want in return. Do you want me to solve something? Do you want a document for records? Or my personal favorite, please call me. But OH, OH, OH, you give me your phone number at 200 mph. How in the F&%K am I supposed to decipher the spew of noise you made that is supposed to be a phone number. 2-7-blbhalbhalhbalhblahblahbolah Oh yeah, that means a LOT to me.

To hell with you! I am NOT re-listening to your voice mail 19 times trying to get every digit. Be a weiner with me and I'll return the favor.

Idiots.

Never let it be said that I refuse to do the necessary housework. Tonight I completed the following housecleaning projects:

- laundry
- cleaned the bathroom
- vacuumed the stairs
- vacuumed my living room and office/closet
- washed all the dishes

Sure, it doesn't constitue a full 'house cleaning' but I took care of necessary business. I should be good for another 8 to 10 months.

Toodles!

If Pedro Martinez doesn't want his World Series ring, can I have it?

I have an update on that 'hot house' situation

Turns out its not the nice weather that was warming my house. In fact it was the result of having left the oven on since I baked last night's lasagna.

Note to self: don't leave oven on all night

What an incredible couple of days!

I'm busy all the time but the last two days have been retarded. There were three jobs closing this week. (Now only two, as one was deferred a week because the spec changed) Consequently my phone was ringing off the hook. Call after call after call looking for pricing, questions about what's included, and general chatter about the projects. On top of that has been a bunch of new projects coming up out of the ground. We were the named supplier in one that just came out, and I didn't even know about it. Someone called for pricing and we didn't even know it was up for tender yet!

On the good news front, we got a big one in Manitoba. It was confirmed we were low-bid on a 200 USgpm plant just north and east of Winnipeg. So, for all of you that live in the greater Winnipeg area, I'll probably be in town at some point this summer. But with that project, and the one that closes tomorrow, we're going to be in excellent position as we move into the summer construction season.

I've been trying to get things finished and when I get home, I don't last long before I fall asleep on the couch. I need a better plan that this. :-)

Toodles!

2005 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions

North Carolina Tar Heels


What a great basketball game. And it went right to the wire. The play that sealed it was the errant pass from the Illini player, with half a minute to go. If he doesn't try that goofy shot, this game goes to overtime.

An amazingly entertaining game. Way to go Tar Heels!!!

Do I get a gold star for eating yogurt for dessert, instead of, say, ice cream?

Is it gay that I think the winner of the Naismith trophy is wearing an ugly suit?

Grant's Kitchen Tip Of The Day:

If you've got the fifteen minutes to spare, cook your Pizza Pop in the oven. The result is WELL worth the time it takes.