Bits and Bobs
Jun. 2nd, 2006 08:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tinhuvielI took Aunt Tudi to the doctor about her back today. He's ordered up two weeks of intensive massage therapy for her back and physical therapy for her left knee, which is deteriorating at a faster speed from arthritis than the right one. She goes three times a week for two weeks. Now we've got to figure out how to get her there since I start work next week and won't be able to take her myself. Public transport isn't an option as we have none in our area. I'm thinking that Johnna could do it for us, especially if I warm her palm with fundage for gas and her time. It'll work out.
Aunt Tudi and I bought a new weather alert radio today. It's one of those radios that hones in and gives alerts for a particular area. This is a very good thing because, even though I don't harbour any malice for folks in the low country of SC and upper Georgia, I get a little pissy when the weather alert goes off and wakes me up in the middle of the night only to let me know there's a thunderstorm in Rabin-fucking County, Georgia. Now, when the alarm goes off, we'll know we're about to die and prepare ourselves accordingly. Werd.
On the way back from the doctor, I toodled down Rogers Bridge Road to see how far Lytles is from home. It's a half mile. BMG was 2.5 miles away and I felt that I'd never have it that good again. And I don't. I have it better. Going back and forth to work for a week will put 5 miles on my car. Five miles. I could walk to work on decent days and be there in 10 to 15 minutes. When I say "decent days," I'm talking about days where the temperature isn't making your skin bubble up and fall off your bones as you run, screaming, along the countryside begging god for death. When South Carolina's 3 days of Autumn and 5 days of Winter come along, I can walk to work. And, in the event of an ice or snow storm, I can can strap Chester and Riley to a garbage can lid and have them pull my Iditaroding arse to work. Ho ho ho!
Ohhhh, and I heard a hilarious news story about Sony BMG on CNBC earlier today whilst waiting on Aunt Tudi to get an X-Ray of her knee. In the last 12 months, Sony BMG's U.S. market share dropped to 26%, from 28% a year earlier, according to Nielsen SoundScan.. ::SNORKLE:: It's like watching what folks are left turn on each other for the purposes of cannibalism after they learned that their human sacrifices to the Great Music Biz Monster God (I'm among this lot) were of absolutely no consequence. They're forsaken. I am enjoying watching the decline of the music business as a whole. It's my wish to witness its utter destruction before 12/21/2012 arrives. Bwaaaahahahahah! My only regret is that many of my friends are still suffering under this tyranny and they don't deserve such treatment. Todd is one of them, although I can't help but wish he'd leave all that rot behind and just come home. But that's me being selfish.
We're in for a stormy night. I'm hoping I get to see Dr. Who before we either have to turn off and unhook everything, or we lose power. Otherwise, let it rip! We need some rain, we need some wind, and we need some cooler weather. I can't imagine what it's gonna be like in July since we're already having July's weather in late May and now early June.
Aunt Tudi and I bought a new weather alert radio today. It's one of those radios that hones in and gives alerts for a particular area. This is a very good thing because, even though I don't harbour any malice for folks in the low country of SC and upper Georgia, I get a little pissy when the weather alert goes off and wakes me up in the middle of the night only to let me know there's a thunderstorm in Rabin-fucking County, Georgia. Now, when the alarm goes off, we'll know we're about to die and prepare ourselves accordingly. Werd.
On the way back from the doctor, I toodled down Rogers Bridge Road to see how far Lytles is from home. It's a half mile. BMG was 2.5 miles away and I felt that I'd never have it that good again. And I don't. I have it better. Going back and forth to work for a week will put 5 miles on my car. Five miles. I could walk to work on decent days and be there in 10 to 15 minutes. When I say "decent days," I'm talking about days where the temperature isn't making your skin bubble up and fall off your bones as you run, screaming, along the countryside begging god for death. When South Carolina's 3 days of Autumn and 5 days of Winter come along, I can walk to work. And, in the event of an ice or snow storm, I can can strap Chester and Riley to a garbage can lid and have them pull my Iditaroding arse to work. Ho ho ho!
Ohhhh, and I heard a hilarious news story about Sony BMG on CNBC earlier today whilst waiting on Aunt Tudi to get an X-Ray of her knee. In the last 12 months, Sony BMG's U.S. market share dropped to 26%, from 28% a year earlier, according to Nielsen SoundScan.. ::SNORKLE:: It's like watching what folks are left turn on each other for the purposes of cannibalism after they learned that their human sacrifices to the Great Music Biz Monster God (I'm among this lot) were of absolutely no consequence. They're forsaken. I am enjoying watching the decline of the music business as a whole. It's my wish to witness its utter destruction before 12/21/2012 arrives. Bwaaaahahahahah! My only regret is that many of my friends are still suffering under this tyranny and they don't deserve such treatment. Todd is one of them, although I can't help but wish he'd leave all that rot behind and just come home. But that's me being selfish.
We're in for a stormy night. I'm hoping I get to see Dr. Who before we either have to turn off and unhook everything, or we lose power. Otherwise, let it rip! We need some rain, we need some wind, and we need some cooler weather. I can't imagine what it's gonna be like in July since we're already having July's weather in late May and now early June.
