So the update to the blog went semi-successful. Once again, a huge chunk of my categories went missing. I’m hoping after this update it won’t happen again. The other problem is my subdomains are currently defaulting to my root folder.
If you are loading blog.mobius.name or sfmoby.us you get bounced to my home page url. I’m waiting for my ISP to fix the problem. In the meantime, the full blog link www.mobius.name/blog/ is on the home page or you can load it manually.
Sorry for the confusion.
Nothing like a little dirty talk to stimulate the blog numbers. lol And I can report after 3 nights in a row of shenanigans, Mr. Happy has insisted on a break.
In other news, it is FRIDAY! My work day hasn’t even started yet however, I’m glad the weekend is upon me.
I also heard a dirty rumor about my buddy brettcajun. I can neither confirm nor deny the accuracy of said rumor however, I heard my fellow cajun might have ‘been served’ during his last tennis competition. I fully expect Brett to give me his unbiased response. *G*
It is my Monday. I have yet another trainee at work. I hate training back to back. Due to an overlap in schedules, I did get a week in between this time. With the exception of a couple scheduled posts, I won’t be blogging much during the next 4 weeks. Training takes a lot out of me and I tend to just be dead on my feet when I get home at night. And if I wanna stay on track at the gym, something has to give.
I’ll still be on twitter obviously. So much easier to update a quick blurb there vs a full blown post here. Maybe I’ll do some random photos to keep everyone visually entertained. lol
OH and I’ll try to keep up w/everyone via RSS feeds. Anyway, duty calls…
Yes, I’m still alive. It has been a busy ass week for me at work. Lots of Union drama. [1]well that and I’ve got two new games on the xbox I had to sit it on a Skelly hearing yesterday for an employee. The department tried to throw the book at her for a very minor infraction. Said employee decided to hire an attorney so I acted more as an observer. [2]We both can’t represent her, there has to be a lead
Anyway, it was a very empowering experience. One, because the attorney didn’t come up with anything I hadn’t already covered. That made me feel competent in my abilities. I admit it gave me pride knowing I had covered all the bases. Two, seeing the attorney bring the force of her experience to bear on the situation was exciting. While she didn’t come up with anything new, she did deliver it with the force of someone who knows their shit and knows they are going to win. I like confidence and she had it.
In the end, management agreed to reduce the requested punishment to just a written admonishment, which is what it should have been in the first place. I was glad it worked out so well even if it did cost the employee $1500 bucks.
Speaking of, our chapter elections are coming up this month. I do not plan on re-running as an Officer. Someone else’s turn. I’ll still be an acting Steward though. This will give me more time to focus on employee complaints vs being up management’s grill on a daily basis. hehehe.
Like a dolt, I’ve managed to misplace my mailing list for last years Christmas cards. I think it got lost in the dead hard drive I wiped at the beginning of the year.
Anyhow, if you’d like an Christmas card from me this year send me your info again [1]Even if you got one from me in the past Click the little globe icon (lower left column) of the ole blog and email me your mailing address. If we already chatted on twitter about this year, I still have your info.
I’m such a ‘tard I know but you gotta love me right?
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Been a bit distracted lately so no posts. I’m back.
The past weekend w/TFA was nice. No natural disasters this time so we got to spend some quality time bonding and getting to know each other more. We skipped all the touristy stuff. We got to the beach one day, movies the next but mostly we spent quality time at home relaxing and enjoying the down time. I made the mistake of telling him the one ticklish spot on my body. He spent the whole weekend tickling me every chance he got. [1]My voice tends to go up several octaves when I’m being tickled.
In work related news, I got notice today that I am being sued by a previous trainee. [2]She is suing quite a few people in the dept as well. I am not in the least bit worried. The dept. bent over backwards to not only accommodate her but also gave her an incredibly lengthy extension beyond what anyone else has ever received. I am dismayed she simply refuses to accept the simple truth the job function was beyond her abilities.
The xbox is finally back! They sent me a new one as promised. So far, it is working like a dream. I haven’t had much time to play but I did get a couple hours in yesterday playing Bioshock. Excellent game. Given a choice, I have to say the xbox still beats the PS3. Sorry Sony, you dropped the ball.
Well, I was tinkering w/the blog comments but I immediately didn’t like the way the plugin worked so I axed it. Same reason I won’t switch to haloscan, it takes my comments outside my own server and I’m left relying on the speed of another’s network.
Speaking of, for the life of me I can’t get my comments to open in a pop-up window instead of reloading a page. I’ve inserted the appropriate tag where it says I should and still no luck. Any of you PHP’ers out there w/insight, drop me a note.
Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I’ve been extremely busy doing absolutely nothing. lol
I’d planned a bunch of stuff to do with TFA but since he had to go home early that is all moot. I’m more than a little disappointed but not the least bit angry. If it had been me, I’d have gone home too. Thankfully, his place didn’t get caught up in the fires.
Of course, my vacation has drastically changed now. I was thinking of going to Ft Lauderdale but the flights were hella expensive for last minute so I’m just hanging at home. The time off is enjoyable enough. I’m thinking of going for a long ride up the coast today. It has been very warm this week and would be awful to waste potentially the last warm days of the season.
I also got word today a buddy is having a little bit of domestic troubles. I’m sad for him. He is a good man. He is someone I’m honored to call a friend so I hope it all works out. He deserves to be happy. I’ll keep my fingers (and toes) crossed it does.
Anyway, I’m off to the gym to work my ‘muskles’. Later
If you missed my twitter update, my Xbox 360 promptly died again yesterday. Needless to say I was furious. I spent 45 minutes on the phone this morning chewing MS a new asshole. The first rep had the audacity to sound annoyed that I wasn’t willing to wait 3-4 more weeks to ship it back again.
After promptly reminding him how much I spent on the console and the lack of service, I asked for his supervisor. Said person was equally unhelpful. Another 20 minutes later, he tells me they will send me a new one but only after I wait for them to ship me a return box for the old one. I’m leary of that happening however, with no other recourse, I’m stuck waiting. He did say he entered an official complaint to MS at my request. I doubt that will go anywhere.
MS got huge points for their XBL [1]Xbox live service however, their tech support rivals that of Sony. Unproductive, uncaring, and a flat out waste of time. If it weren’t for so many games jumping over to the MS camp, I’d probably give it up after my experience today.
I got unlucky enough to get one of the defective batches. MS has already corrected the error in newer models however, it does nothing to make me a return customer.
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I totally fucked up tonight and corrupted my categories. Actually, I corrupted the entire blog but managed to fix it. However, I have to start over an reassign categories to all my posts! What a fraking nightmare.
If anyone knows of a plugin that allows you to batch add categories please let me know.