November 2006 Archives

My Dad and I have this ritual we started about 3 years ago....basically, we go and buy stuff to upgrade his computer every "Black Friday." Last year, we picked our store (NOT Best Buy) and were rewarded with a nice 19" LCD monitor for an obscene price. This year we picked our store and the goal was wireless keyboards. Again we prevailed.

It doesn't hurt that we picked a 2nd tier store and arrived by 5:15 am for a 6:00 am open. I was surprised to learn there were people in line with us that had come from Kohls and their 5:00 am opening. Then as 5:30 rolled around, all those poor saps who couldn't do some simple math from the Best Buy ads (minimum 10 per store, with 50 people already in line on Wednesday morning) start showing up after they realized about all they would get is 1/2 price CD's and DVD's.

We also hit Sears and picked up some 1/2 price tools with an extra 10% off, but this was after the mad ruch for a $10 gift card and someone sale TV's, we didn't even have to wait for a cashier.

Then we went to breakfast.....not at Ihop, like the folks who thought it wouldn't be crowded because of all the shopping.(HA) We drove out to the Warfield Truck Stop fro the Trucker's Breakfast (ok, it's marginal) but there was no crowd and we could talk.

I like doing things with my Dad.....and as I hear of those who have lost theirs, I cherish it more and more.

I find it hard to believe that I have had my own domain and blog for 10 months now. Not really a long time in the world of blogging, but considering most people let them go after a few months, not too bad.

In reality, I never really wanted a blog for the purpose of contributing my own vision of my life and thoughts to the world (or the three people that actually read this thing). No, I did it because I read political blogs, and I have almost from their inception. I also comment on blogs, alot. I needed a place to sitck stuff.

I currently contribute to a dying blog project (The Deadpool) and a "respectable" local blog (Jessicas Well). Not to mention my frequent visits to the Midland Reporter Telegram's Open Forum. I actually owe my comments in MOF and Jessicas Well to getting the offer to be on the JW masthead.

This medium seems like my place...perfect for one who has almost never known a day without a computer and an adulthood without the internet. Born square in the middle of what most consider to be Genereation X, so I'm not young anymore, but nor am I old.

Often I ponder, why don't I blog more?