Three shopping days left until Christmas. That should be plenty of time for you to pick me up one of the following items:

Nike 2015 Hyperdunks – A.K.A. Air McFlys. This was supposed to be on last year’s list, but I forgot about it.

Hattori Hanzo Sword – This one might be a little hard to get. I’ve heard he doesn’t make swords anymore.

Steve Zissou Pinball Machine – As seen onboard the Belafonte.

Spykee Wi-Fi Spy Bot – Slap a laser on this thing and it would be like something out of Chopping Mall.

GoDogGo- My dog will fetch a ball until she passes out. I can’t keep up with her. Something like this could save me from a possible rotator cuff surgery.

Once again, I’ve managed to fall down the stairs.  These stairs are  death trap.  This time I fell backwards catching my lower back and both elbows on the edge of a step.  Then I slid about half way down the stairs, scraping my arms up in the process.  I actually landed on the step so hard that I moved it.  In the photo below you can see the outline of where the step used to be.

I spent the rest of the day with an ice pack on my left elbow to keep the swelling down.

This also gives me the opportunity to point out the widget I made over in the right column.  It keeps a running tally of days since my last injury.

There have been a few instances at work where the only vehicle available for me to drive was a manual transmission.  So out of necessity, I had to learn how to drive it.  I need a little more practice, but I’ve got the gist of it.

It’s that time again. Time for me to switch blogging platforms and do a complete overhaul of the site. I’ve always thought Drupal seemed a little sluggish. Here’s hoping WordPress is faster.

As far as the design goes, it started out pretty simple but after I made the new logo things snowballed quickly. It’s hard for me to stop messing around with Photoshop once I get started.

The migration to WordPress wasn’t flawless. Somewhere along the way I lost all the comments made over the last two years. There are probably a few broken links and missing images, but I’ll fix them as I find them.

I repaired my Xbox Thursday night and gave it an extensive workout over the weekend to test my work. About $3.50 worth of materials and a hairdryer was all I needed. I could probably make a little cash on the side by fixing 360s.

I’ve been having the worst luck with electronics lately. Last night I started a new game of Marvel Ulitmate Alliance 2 and halfway through the first level the screen started to go haywire. I rebooted my 360 and got the dreaded E 74 error message. Unfortunately, my 360 is out of warranty. If I want to send it to Microsoft to get it fixed, it’ll cost me $100. I might as well just buy a new 360 Arcade now that they’re $200. But before I do that, I’m going to attempt to fix this thing myself.

My mom and sister usually go to the Highway 127 Yard Sale every summer. I’ve only gone along with them once. I just don’t have the desire to look through other peoples’ junk in 90+ degree weather. But, being that I recently took up the hobby of record collecting, I decided to go with them Saturday to see what I could find.

While looking at a table full of old fishing lures in Dunlap, I heard the unmistakeable siren of Ecto-1 in the distance. I assumed someone nearby must have had some Ghostbusters toys for sale, so I looked around to see where the sound was coming from. The siren kept getting closer. Then I saw this station wagon rolling down the road.

We saw it again a few hours later around Pikeville. This time it was blasting the theme song.

I was carrying a 12-pack of Pepsi by the built-in handle, when the box ripped open and a cascade of 12-ounce cans rained down upon my bare foot. One can landed on my index toe, busting it open and splitting the nail down the center. For such a small laceration, I lost a surprising amount of blood. I believe I have a solid case against the Pepsi corporation.

My LCD monitor suddenly developed a vertical red line down the right side last week. I’m a little over 2 years into a 3 year warranty, so I shipped it off to Samsung to be repaired or replaced. In the meantime, I’m having to make due with a 17″ CRT. I feel like a caveman.

I decided it was time to finally put a stereo in my truck after driving around without one for over two years. I chose one that would give me some of the features of my failed truckputer, the Pioneer AVIC-F700BT.

The model with the DVD player was out of my price range. I plugged my Zune dock into the USB and A/V inputs so I can charge my Zune while playing music or videos, and control it with the remote.

Like most in-dash units of this type, you can’t watch video or punch in navigation destinations while driving. While searching for a way to bypass this, I discovered that the unit runs Windows CE. So it’s more like the truckputer than I thought.