More or less.

After having my laptop stolen last year I purchased a replacement at a local store in Olongapo. Techno-peasant that I am, I bought a piece of crap. I was bitching to a techno-savvy friend about all the issues I was having and he came over and had a look. When he pulled up the stats he was surprised that Dell would even market such a worthless conflagration of bits and bytes. He told me his son in Hawaii could order one built to my specs and needs and have it shipped. I was down with that. There were some fits and starts but it finally arrived yesterday.

The laptop is performing well so far, limited only by the degree of suckiness I’m encountering with my internet. I’m supposed to be getting a fiber optic connection “soon”. Well, I’ve paid for it anyway, we’ll see when the provider actually comes through. My only real complaint is that the new laptop is quite a bit smaller than what I am used too. I’ll adapt to it I suppose. The real issue has been the cramped keyboard. My big old clumsy fingers can’t seem to stay on the “home keys” I so diligently learned back in high school typing class. Especially my right hand. Very frustrating when I’m attempting to send a message or comment on a post. In fact, I’m writing this on a plug-in keyboard I bought some time ago. I’m still going to learn to type in my cramped quarters, hopefully soon.

The big news if you haven’t heard yet is that Kevin Kim is setting out on a marathon walk from Incheon to Busan, South Korea. And I’m going with him! Vicariously of course. As much as I enjoy my hikes that kind of distance walking is beyond my capacity for pain tolerance. He’ll be blogging daily about his experience so you can follow along too, here. Good luck, Kevin!

I’ve been a lazy bastard again today. Got my morning 10,000 steps in but haven’t done shit since. Well, I did get a nice massage from Nikole, bless her heart. She even took a shower with me before we started. And she really does a very nice, legitimate, massage. She’s also happy to make sure you’re happy at the conclusion.

I do have a crockpot full of meatballs stewing away in the kitchen.

I had intended to bake a cake as well. However, when I pulled the box of cake mix off the shelf I noticed some ants crawling about. Well, no big deal, the box was still sealed. Except when I opened the box, the ants were inside there too. How does that happen? But the real surprise was when I took a closer look at the mix ingredients still inside the inner plastic bag, I could see the little buggers swimming around in the powder. Nope, I like my cake meatless, thank you very much! Into the trash it went. Now, I will confess that the cake mix had been on my shelf for a few months, so my bad. Still impressed with the creativity and engineering skills of that breed of ant.

After my pal Jim helped me set up the new computer, we headed out to Mangos for dinner and beers.

Here’s a Facebook fact check I’d like to see:

Speaking of Facebook, this rings true:

Anyway, that’s all I’ve got for today.