So much new technology, so little time. I've now spent a week with my new TV. For super basic stuff, I'm getting used to it. I found the on/off button on the underside, so I don't need the remote to do that. One thing that was annoying to start off with was that it would go to a start screen whenever it was turned on. That's great if you do ( Read more... )

Our power went out twice yesterday. It was kind of weird, really; there was no obvious reason for that to have happened. It was rainy and a little windy, but definitely not stormy. The first time it happened, we'd just gotten back from shopping and dad was putting food in the fridge. You can bet we hurriedly finished doing that so we could shut the ( Read more... )

It's been a week since I added a clock to my bathroom. I have to say, it's at least gotten me to be more aware of what I do in there. I appear to take a solid 12-minute shower. I'm not entirely sure how I can shorten that, but now I'm aware of that length. The thing is, once I turn the water off, I tend to just stand in there for, well, another 12 ( Read more... )

Late last year, my old alarm clock decided to become a paperweight and stopped doing its appointed job. My dad and Laura both gifted me with replacement clocks and I knew I wanted to keep both. I ended up putting dad's clock in my room and it works great. But what to do with Laura's ( Read more... )

Happy New Year ( Read more... )

( It's been a stressful week around here. )

I have a backlog of notes that I haven't written up. Now seems like a good time ( Read more... )

Wow! I've hit #100! Anyway.

( Medical--Nose )

My TV has been resetting itself. For the past two nights, when I've checked the time (I set the sleep timer as well as the alarm...*much* better than my regular alarm), I've discovered it's several hours off. Then, when I go to fix the time, I discover it's suddenly April 2002 ( Read more... )

The clock on the upstairs computer is two hours off somehow. The journal may say 4 AM and change, but God no, I am not up that early!