From a post I just made on my travel and outdoor recreation website: Our thoughts are with those in New Orleans, and their families, as
Cat 5 Hurricane Katrina approaches.
I’ll take accidentally washing my expensive cellular phone over evacuating my home and posessions ahead of a hurricane, any day!
I got a little desparate to disassemble my drowned Razr, on the off chance it might be salvageable once it’s fully dried out. True to form, I couldn’t find a Torx screwdriver small enough to address any of the screws holding my water-logged cellphone together, so I made a plaintive call to Dad. Thank you, Dad, for allowing me to scurry over and involve you in my cellphone hell for the afternoon!
I’ve been productive this morning. Watered the lawn, refilled the bird feeders, got the trash out to the curb in time for the garbage pick-up, hopped in the car and dropped off my original Razr v3 cellphone now that I’d gotten my replacement configured, came back and did some laundry …
The laundry.
I washed my #(!@!~$# new cellphone in the washing machine! It was in the back pocket of a pair of jeans, and I just grabbed an armload of jeans and dropped them in the washer. It didn’t occur to me until Justin called on the home line and I wondered aloud, “I wonder why he didn’t call my cell? Wait… where is my cell — I thought it was here on my desk!”
A headache and allergies make Shan a dull geek gal …
In case there’s any doubt, here are the highlights of the last couple days:
My new bookshelves arrived and are in their proper places. They’re currently half empty, with the other half comprised of clutter (read: stuff that was piling up on my desk).
Cingular’s “warranty exchange program,” for when your flashy new cellphone decides to go haywire, is actually painless and functions as advertised — imagine that! I received my replacement phone in less than 48 hours, delivered to my doorstep complete with a postage paid return mailing label and instructions on how to set up the replacement phone.
** FYI: The replacement, at least for the Razr v3 (Gawd, it has a Wikipedia entry!), doesn’t ship with a battery, SIM card or battery compartment cover.
For those interested in the origins and history of wiki’s in general, and Wikipedia in particular —
It’s a Wiki, Wiki World {Time Magazine, June 6, 2005}
Sorry, I have nothing more to write. Maybe after my respiratory system stops over-reacting to chenopods and elm pollen.
What the hell are chenopods, anyway?
Wikipedia still needs a chenopods entry, so it’s Dictionary.com to the rescue: Spinach and beets are related to pigweed, and all three are chenopods? So why am I allergic to pigweed, but not to spinach or beets? I guess I should feel fortunate that I don’t break out in hives or sneeze every 2 minutes when I’m near a salad bar, eh?
Overheard in the Office — A website featuring snippets of conversations overheard by people at work. (Yes, you can submit your own.) They’re not all funny/Dilbert-esque; in fact, a lot of them are pretty sad, but here are a few bits:
