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I know you guys would like a report on the weekend, but as they say, what happens in Ft. Myers stays in Ft. Myers. Except for the countless people I drunk dialed repeatedly throughout the weekend. Remember kids, don't drink and use technology.

Oh and that hurricane really fizzled out. I am so annoyed at weather forecasters (as I've discussed here numerous times). At this point it is my belief that when a hurricane is more than a day or two away, the safest place to be is where they say it's going to hit. It NEVER actually goes right where they think. They are about as accurate as the redneck I overheard saying that if he was New Orleans, he'd be dumping ice cubes in the Gulf of Mexico as fast as he could.

Two forces of nature are set to collide this weekend on the west coast of Florida. Those forces are Tropical Storm (maybe soon hurricane) Katrina, and DR's bachelor party. When the dust settles, there will only be one survivor. And I guarantee it won't be my liver.

Something amazing happened four days ago. That was when I realized I have nothing left to say, and also I got a picture phone. That means you will soon see amazing shit, as soon as I apply the seem hack to this crippled phone.

Ok, I still have many interesting, or at least inane and inappropriate things to say, but since I am no longer confined to a cubicle farm, I am not near the computer when I think of them, and sadly, they are soon forgotten.

I'm starting to feel bad. I'm now on the 8th year of continuing to use the evaluation version of the software, something I'm reminded of every 5th time I click save. Why not plunk down the $30? I really think it's just laziness. Or it could be cheapness.

Fucking scammers. I was goofing around checking prices on flat panel TV's that I can't afford, and I came across this site that appears to be a neutral comparison shopping website. They list 5 different vendors and the prices they charge for the TV - and even identify for me which one is the cheapest.

But then I checked the domain registration information for the 5 sites (amphotoworld.com, prestigecamera.com, bwayphoto.com, digitalliquidators.com, preferredphoto.com) and found out that they were all registered anonymously within a few days of each other last march by the same registrar.

Be careful out there folks.

After a couple hours of wrestling 185 lbs of top quality Chinese manufacturing, and a considerable reconfiguration of my plumbing situation, I am happy to say that I no longer need to horde quarters.

I always thought it was a little gross, but apparently Chinese doctors are now trying to stop people from using the same chopsticks to eat and to serve themselves. Their proposal: serving chopsticks.

Choice quote:

"Doctors say the risk of passing along diseases with chopsticks is probably low, although lots of ailments, including herpes, flu and the common cold, can be spread through swapped saliva."

Mental note - stop taking prostitutes out for Chinese food.

Choice quote 2:

It's not the first time Chinese authorities have tried to clean up the way people eat. In 1984, reformer Hu Yaobang, general secretary of China's Communist Party, launched a campaign to get diners to eat with knives and forks -- "in the Western way," he was quoted as saying. "By doing so, we can avoid contagious diseases."

I hate how the communists are always trying to get people to be more American. By the way, why is their top position secretary?

Thank you for saving me the time it would've taken me to figure out I don't like you, by getting a vanity license plate.

Steve Robinson's To Do List - Aug 3 2005

1) Wake up, get on exercise bike
2) Call boss in Houston
3) Go outside and repair shield separating me from 20,000 degree plasma
4) Have drinks with co-workers

There is a lot of potential across the middle of the United States. I say that because New York is so positive and California is so negative.