Monday, July 30, 2007

Key West Sunset

Edie & Sharon are going to Key West in a few days and I was telling Edie about the sunset:

It feels as if time is standing still and you can almost hear the sizzling when the sun drops into the ocean. The Key West sunset is the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. I’ve seen lots of sunsets in lots of places, but none were quite as spectacular. I think it’s because everyone stops whatever they are doing to enjoy it. You know how they say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder? Well, I think there are so many people beholding the sunset at one time that it multiplies the beauty of it.

Wow. I just went there for a few minutes in my mind. It was a great trip; therapeutic even.

Someone should write a self-help book and call it:
Let Your Troubles Set With The Sun: The Key West Relaxation Method.

Friday, July 27, 2007

TGIF

This has been one long, miserable week and I'm glad it's over.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

You can't change the past

"You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future." --source unknown

Sometimes I wish I could change the past, but I don't allow myself to devote too much mental energy to that topic. I do spend a good bit of time worrying about the future though. I think it's safe to say that I never worried about the future before having kids. Now, I worry about their future well-being & happiness, paying for college and saving for our retirement just to name a few. I guess it's all part of being grown up. I have to remind myself occasionally not to ruin the present.

Monday, July 23, 2007

One Day at a Time

"I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once."

Debi sent this to me. It accurately describes how I feel about Mondays.

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Spyware shmyware

Somehow over the course of the past week, we've managed to get our computer infected w/ some really vicious spyware that's like your crazy Uncle Joe at the holiday party -- it just won't go away.

So you're thinking, "wow, is this some new bionic spyware that can get past a modern anti-virus/anti-spyware/firewall applicaiton?" No, it's not. I'm an idiot. We werent' protected. We've been practicing unsafe computing. Now you're thinking, "Scott, YOU? Didn't you know better??" The answer of course, is yes, I did know better, but I procrastinated.

When I replaced our primary hard drive a few months ago, I couldn't find the old anti-virus application and was anxious to get the PC back up and running, so I skipped that step thinking I would get back to it in short order. I didn't.

It's pretty amazing that we went this long without any problems really. Once infected it's nearly impossibly to get rid of spyware. I decided my time was best spent reformatting the hard drive versus trying to eradicate the evil monster. It seems I have reformatted the hard drive so many times that I've pretty much got it down to a science now. So, I'm in the process of getting everything reloaded and reconfigured. A pain to be sure, but not nearly as much of a pain as the ULTRA-ANNOYING spyware.

The moral of this story boys & girls?? Don't compute unprotected. Get yourself a decent anti-virus/anti-spyware/firewall application. It's worth the money.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Home Repair

It's really unfortunate that stuff has to break at your house. I know owning your own home is smarter financially, but I sure do miss the days when I could just pick up the phone and tell the landlord the ice maker is busted, please send someone to fix it right away.

Dilbert