One of the nice things about working where I do is there are fairly frequent giveaways, particularly around this time of year. Admittedly, not all the giveaways are particularly exciting, but it's nice to get things nonetheless. So far, I've gotten the first season of the Tudors on DVD and a decent ball cap from HBO. With luck, I'll actually win ( Read more... )

Well, the good news actually gets to continue ( Read more... )

There were several good deals on monitors today, so I finally decided to get a decent one. I 'settled' on a 22 inch widescreen LCD monitor. The expanded size of the monitor is amazing, as is the fact that the picture is a lot easier to see for me. I could never quite get the settings right on the last two CRTs I had, so a lot of things always ( Read more... )

Well, I did manage to get an NEW car over the weekend. It's actually NEW, not a used-by-someone-else-and-now-I'm-driving-it-because-they-don't-need-it-anymore-car ( Read more... )

The good ( Read more... )

I'm discovering a new facet to my love/hate relationship with bad weather. It's great to watch and listen to a storm when I've got at least a little shelter, but I hate having to drive in those situations ( Read more... )

Being the nostalgic type, I picked up FF Tactics:The War of the Lions for my PSP. The original was a very good game on the PS1, and I figured a turn-based game's a good way to kill dead time at work without having to worry about pausing when a call comes in ( Read more... )

Apparently I had someone who was so impressed by my service that they sent in a check with their monthly bill for 'Chris who was so helpful'. I actually think I remember who it was. It's the first time anybody's heard of that happening here.

Have I mentioned how much I'd missed having direct deposit? Not having to worry about when I get out of work or have to be at work on fridays is a wonderful thing I'd forgotten about. So much easier on the mind to wake up, know the money's already in my account, and not have to worry about making it to the bank on time.

I don't think I'll ever truly be a morning person. I enjoy staying up late far too much, and it's always a pain to wake up before the sun's even showing in the sky, much less head out to work before there's even a hint of pink on the sky ( Read more... )