Dust Gathers Here

Last night I met up with my grandparents after work. Me and granny came back to my apartment so I could wash up a little before we went to eat. She hadn't seen my previous bachelor pad.

For dinner I suggested Nino's if it was open. It was. I knew I was eating escargot again just not sure of main course. I ordered my escargot and G & G had mozzarella sticks as an appetizer. For our main courses:

Who ate what for dinner

Me	linguini Bolognese
Gramps	cannelloni
Granny	Italian salad

Okay this works but I don't know why it skipped a bunch of lines

Next time I think I'm going to try the cannelloni.

There's something about Mary is on TV. Edited of course.

I think the yellow French making a card deck of 'most dangerous' U.S. leaders is a very bad idea.

Hollywood supporting the hunt for Sadam

listening to : Aerosmith : Get a Grip audio CD

For lunch today I did 7 - Eleven. I hadn't ate there in a while. Last time they were basically doing the Big Bite and taquitos and a few other small things. I now know toasted ravioloi is BIG in this area. This 7-11 also had corn dog bites, popcorn shrimp, chicken tenders and much more in the area of the hot dogs. I was able to get some ravioli, a jalepeno mesquite hotdog and a Big Gulp® for less than 5 bucks.

A nice thing around here is the lobby on the banks are open until 6. Where I've been I'm not sure I've seen one open past 5 and even here they are open for 3 hours on Saturday. I'm gonna try to get to Sam's Club tonight and go to the bank and get a new account tomorrow, also I think I'll either try a local pizzeria for dinner or go to Ozzie's again and try something else or get a full serving of that delicious ravioli. :)

listening to : Miss Independent by Kelly Clarkson on the radio

The source of the forces holding gage blocks together are thought to come from:

Air pressure from the surrounding environment as the air is squeezed out when the blocks are slid together.

Surface tension from oil that remains on the gage blocks or water vapor from the air that acts as an adhesive to hold them together.

Molecular force caused by the interchange of electrons between the atoms of the separate blocks when two very flat surfaces are brought into such close contact with each other. This force will remain even in a vacuum or if no oil or water is present on the blocks.
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Well I performed two more first time calibrations today. Both quite easy once you figure out the correct setup. Despite some of the physical dimensional I can't stand I like gage blocks. I'm gonna get a link to some here and what "wringing" is if I can. The new items were a digital protractor. This one was +/- 45 ° with a low resolution of only .1 degrees. The other item which I've seen alot but never done is a digital caliper. The outside calibration was easy. The inside calibration took some thought and playing as I was not familiar with the accessory kit. Very easy once you get it started. The range was 0-6". There are models that get much bigger but I think it is unlikely to see any at this location as the available gage blocks won't cover the range unless there are more I'm not aware of.

listening to : The Album : Disc 2 track 2

I calibrated some stuff today I hadn't done in 4 years and was still considered the expert. I also did my first dial indicator.

I got some excellent mileage that one time. The best so far since I've owned the vehicle.

Here's the other thing I've been trying to send but keep getting it bounced.

I bought a loaf of "vienna bread" today. It is a sesame seed bread and very
good. It appears that toasted ravioli is either a St Louis thing or a new
craze. I even saw them in the deli and frozen food.


I may post again later if I get some reading done.

Geez this costly new computer chair is a pain. Dad if you read this tonight send me an e-mail if any of mine make it through.

I get home and check my e-mail and I've got some returns, a worm of course, and somebody I sent my resume to almost a month ago now wants to talk. Nice when somebody wants to talk they all do but after you've already started a job. I still want to talk to everybody cause the market is tight.

Maintenance came by and fixed my lamp, storage closet access ( last person had dogs from the looks), and gave me a towel rack behind the bathroom door (I had to ask :-]). Now I can have a little space around the sink.

I'm opening up the electric skillet while I watch SG-1 monday on SCI-FI so I can make Hamburger Helper in a bit. I'll post a follow up in a few more minutes with the info I was trying to get to some family. My miles per gallon info isn't that special that I don't mind sharing it. Since I don't know how to do a HTML table a copy and paste will have to do.

Ah crap forgot something. trying this. ok didn't work first time.



listening to: Pink Floyd The Wall Disc 2

I'm having alot of trouble getting e-mail through to hotmail and yahoo addresses today. All these worms out now are screwing things up just by the traffic they cause. I've received them numerous times but I am not infected. Some people on dialup are getting royally screwed by them. I think alot of people are also getting a full box. It might take me a few more days to get back into reading articles. I've been getting alot of static zaps today too. If you know of a major retailer that sells the anti static carpet spray send it to me at this address

I met my new employer today.

I got my cable internet and TV connected this afternoon. Alas I am connected to the world again. My sanity returned very quickly. For dinner I decided to go to Westport Plaza. What a pain to find a parking spot. I didn't find one. They had a parking garage so I took that option. Two hour parking was free with validation. I wandered around and asked what was there. Most places are bars with food and some other restaurants. There is one true sports bar which is where I ended up. The place I ate is called Ozzie's (in regards to St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith). I got the appetizer sampler. They have a good fried ravioli.

Well yesterday I drove roughly 590 miles from one home to my new one. After I checked in to the hotel I went down to the Hooters that is adjacent. I ate a chicken quesadilla. Pretty good. I wanted to stay awake until Family Guy (hotel tv had Cartoon Network), but was very unable to. I fell asleep very quickly. Didn't sleep through as much as I wanted to but I did get enough in the long run.

Today (thurs) I got around and moved into my new apartment. I was able to get one of my new co-workers to help me unload otherwise it would have took much longer since my ground floor apartment is downstairs(a little pain in the arse). I made my way to the local Wal-Mart after cooling off some. I purchased an
inflatable air mattress to sleep on. I also purchase an electric air pump to save time and prevent from passing out from huffing and puffing all day and night. :)

The fridge of a bachelor has two bottles of wine, milk, OJ, a couple sodas, four frozen meals and that's about it for now. The weather here today was hot and near 90, a big change from where I came from. I am thankful for having a carport all summer now that I have parked outside for one day. After I got my stereo setup and waited on rush hour to pass I went for food. I ate at a Steak N Shake. After I got home I put sheets on the bed and completed the majority of my computer setup. I left some to do for tomorrow as I am simply too tired.

Well a few more hours and I'll pack it up down to a few things. I'm hungry now. Not sure what I'm doing for dinner but I suspect a local eatery within walking distance.

On Tuesday I'll pack up my laptop (this Celeron 400) and my networking stuff. I forgot what else I was going to put here as I went of on a tangent.

After watching a recent discovery show apparently its all blamed on the floor trusses. The massive impact caused some powder to fall making them vulnerable to heat.

As an update to my last post (or an edit since this should be below) be it noted that in question 6 Andrews AFB is non a fighter base.

An interesting note in question 8. "but the government had never put out an official story." - in regards to flight 93

The last part of question 12 is the keypoints in the other article i have a constant link to.

There is an article linked to from this one I'm going to read.

I intend to check this out Interesting Day

Well I've decided. I'm moving to Missouri next Wednesday. I'll get my cable hooked up on Friday. Charter is weird. If you don't have cable tv at all they tack on some fees to your internet and the price goes up. To fix that they have a $6/month cable plan which is , from what I gather just ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and PBS, and any other channels like public access. I'll start my new job on the 22nd.

listening to: a song from the Gone in 60 Seconds soundtrack.

I hope I did the image tag right.

I finished trying a 4 pack of Zantac to prevent or reduce the degree of the excessive acid and heartburn i've had the last few weeks. I'm surprised at how well it seemed to have worked. I can feel the acid trying to come up tonight but it's very minor. It has been minor or nothing for 4 nights now. I think next time I get in a bad period of acid reflux again I'll try
Tagament or one of the other OTC drugs. Somebody familiar with these things said there is 3 that do the same thing in a different way so as to avoid building an immunity or tolerance one can safely change as needed or periodically to keep the effects. I'll just go back to my calcium rich antacids for now and should I get another week or two where it's nightly I'll try something new.

Odd I managed to type one up. Well after I move I have some munchies to satisfy. I've got a honking craving for Oreos and milk along with more chocolate.