http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/ A place for my stuff 2007-05-18T15:52:38-07:00 http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2007/05/movements.html So I'm all moved. What was estimated as a four-hour job for two guys that would use half a five-ton truck took eight hours, filled a third of a semi, and needed six guys at the end to finish up.... Phil 2007-05-18T15:52:38-07:00 http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2007/05/here_we_go.html It's finally here. I have an appointment in a little over two hours to go sign paperwork for the purchase of my new condo. I haven't talked much about what's going on, partly because everything was so up in the... Phil 2007-05-10T10:18:28-07:00 http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2007/03/epiphanies.html I came to an oddly comforting realization the other night: Everyone is messed up. Everyone. One of the silver linings in my recent life change has been the opportunity to reconnect with old friends and develop new ones. I've spent... Phil 2007-03-07T10:18:01-07:00 http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2007/02/post.html “So,” I said. “How are you?” I almost didn’t stop driving. The urge was so strong. To take a right and hit the highway. I had a full tank of gas and my MP3 player. I didn’t even want to... Phil 2007-02-28T15:13:41-07:00 http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2007/02/dreams.html One of the side-effects of the deep sleep encouraged by my CPAP machine is dreaming. I very rarely used to slip deep enough into sleep to experience dreams, spending most of my night close to awakeness. Now I have them... Phil 2007-02-16T10:30:13-07:00 http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/12/the_dell_saga_c.html When last we left off, I had just sent my service tag numbers to Dell's Executive Support Office so 'Bob Frank' could investigate and see what they could do for me. Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 12:45:39 -0600 From: Bob_Frank@Dell.com... Phil 2006-12-12T12:12:13-07:00 http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/12/dell_update.html When I learned about Dell's new Customer Advocates had been reading blogs online to proactively combat some of the bad press they'd been getting -- actually seek out complaining people and try to make them happy again -- I was... Phil 2006-12-08T10:47:44-07:00 http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/11/off_the_scale.html Got my results back. I'm pretty messed up. I was left alone in the doctor's office for about five minutes, so I had time to poke at the results of my sleep test, which were displayed on his screen. My... Phil 2006-11-23T11:12:33-07:00 http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/10/sleeping_wired.html It doesn't make sense to me that when a person is diagnosed with some sort of sleep disorder, that the first thing they do is wire you up to a machine, stick tubes in your nose and tell you, "Try... Phil 2006-10-19T11:46:22-07:00 http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/08/poker_i_hardly.html A simple $35 buy-in each and there we were: seated and ready to play our first ever poker tournament. My Texas Hold 'Em experience is extensive. I mean, I must have played the game, like, twice, and managed to win... Phil 2006-08-23T15:20:36-07:00 http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/07/selfindulgent_c.html Okay, I'm turning off comments on this one because I am NOT looking for feedback. I'm about to use this space to bitch and complain and I don't want "helpful" advice or suggestions or even commiserations. But if you want... Phil 2006-07-12T10:02:42-07:00 http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/06/back_and_forth.html "Hello and thanks for calling Dell. For service in English please push 1." Beep. "If your computer is not working, please press 1. For support of other Dell products, press 2." Beep. "Please enter your Express Service number. If you... Phil 2006-06-28T08:53:29-07:00 http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/05/a_little_rr.html We took a week off to recharge our brains. A much-needed rest, and we took advantage of every moment. We did karaoke twice. We're now known as the 'cool table' in the bar, the table where everyone came by for... Phil 2006-05-03T10:29:54-07:00 http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/04/time_passes_so.html Why is it that I cannot get sick without getting sick? I've heard talkes of something called a mild cold, but I have not personal experience at such. When I'm down, you might as well just wrap me in blankets... Phil 2006-04-12T12:46:35-07:00 http://whatisaw.wiredweirdness.com/archives/2006/03/and_then_i_kill.html Day 1 (Wednesday) "Hello?" "Phil! The computer crashed! I was just transferring songs to my MP3 player and it crashed! It won't reboot, it just keep giving the same error message!" "No problem, hon. What's the error?" "It flashes the... Phil 2006-03-22T15:09:08-07:00