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Why Greg Walsh is The Best Guy Ever

Many girls say they have the best guy ever.$ I do.$ I really do.$ If you know of a better guy than Greg Walsh then I challenge you.$ Prove it.$ If he really is better I will buy you a milk shake at Mcy D’s.$ True that.$ And Challah to MK in UK!

Dealing with idiot neighbors

From the “I’m not angry, just disappointed” file as written by HJC:

I had a little run-in with one of my neighbors.. Apparently, 1 Lemoncello Martini + a couple glasses of wine = liquid courage. It was around 10:30...when I saw both of my suspected foul mouthed neighbors that told off Mo, I confronted them and "hey, did you have a discussion with one of my friends who accidentally parked in front of your house on Sunday?" they said that they were frustrated and had missed their nephew's birthday etc... No cursing was really used in our discussion and they were pretty calm, so I apologized for the confusion with a caveat that I didn't appreciate the way it was handled, especially the language. I told them that next time feel free to knock on doors to find out who's car it is, they said they had already called the city for a tow, but they were taking forever to get there, so then that pissed me off, welcome to the city assholes, where there are lots of people and lots of cars! It ended with HJ giving them a big disappointment lecture and letting them know that I was ashamed to have them as neighbors, and their behavior was completely unacceptable...They said that I didn't need to worry about being ashamed of them, but I said I still was.

They don't make them like they used to

The more I play with my Apple IIc and DosBox, the more I realize how a relatively limited machine can still be fun/useful. Some tools only exist on those machines and I find myself using them more than I should. For example, Disney’s Stunt Island is a very fun game that only works on DOS.

This article covers Lotus Agenda, a DOS-based productivity tool that has a following and is being reborn into a modern OpenSource app.

It's not the heat...

Wow. It’s hot. It’s been hot for a few weeks but this week is really hot. I didn’t remember it being this hot since I moved to Maryland in 1998 but then I read this in today’s Baltimore Sun:

For example, the summer of 2002 saw 44 days of 90-degree-plus weather at BWI from June 1 through Aug. 31, including one unbroken stretch of 11 August days with temperatures in the 90s. It was among the worst heat waves in recent memory.

The next summer, 2003, saw just 14 days in the 90s.