Dear Rebecca

I Am Not A Dick, but I play one on the Int3rtr0nz. In fact, I've been doing that for 25 years, come September. I do it quite well if I do say so myself (and I do).

Sincerely, I wish to help. I luuurve  Gawker Wonkette almost as much as Breaking Bad, so hopefully you will understand the gravity of this utterly untenable situation.

I'm not The Dick who wrote you about HNTP.com, but I could have been on the right day. I think I have an innate aversion to purple pixels, unless they're on a Ubuntu desktop wallpaper, where they are naturally, just fine. But, this is not the crux of the biscuit.

No Secret. I Wanna Flocculate!

... and if all goes well, I'll be hired to work here, soon. I have an interview, Friday morning, thanks to BadBadIvy.
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pleaseohpleaseohplease

I submitted two slogans for trying to get people to drive less to the freewayblogger's contest. I could sure use the baksheesh.
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Five One Dolla Footlongs

Any-Anytober!

Now it's too late for you to play any of these numbers, and dilute my sure winnings!  Mwahahahah!

The story: No, I don't spend $5 on a lotto drawing. I sometimes spend $1, as I did this time. The ditz working at Mapco just happened to give me this ticket. I guess she had four already dialed in, or something, but neither of us caught it.

Now, someone at Baby Blue said a recent Big Winnar asked for a MegaMillions ticket, and got a Powerball, instead... and it was the winner. So maybe accidental tickets are the extra mojo.

Anyway, it would be nice. I only yesterday paid the last half of the rent for last month, and it is due again this Wednesday. I have $40, and a little food. I know this is unrealistic -- the realism is here. At least Scooter Family has an unheated basement garage I can live in, if and when...

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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

I don't often play the lottery, but when I do have an extra buck, I play the big money, long-odds games, Here, you see my largest winning ticket, ever: $7.00 (matching 3, 11, 48).
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Could One Of These Sweet Kymcos Be In My Future?

Bet & Win 250, Interstate machine! I like the charcoal/silver better than the red/silver... how about you?

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I Want This

2005 model. 2K miles on it. Garage kept, all service records. Trade-in on a Ninja-style Yamaha. Oooooh, so sweet.

$4200.
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The Start Of Something Big And Wonderful

Yes, this is my old, crappy desk, turned on its end. The cats thought it was entertaining running in and out of the bottom section, so that gave me an idea...

It works well as a divider between the dining room (currently full of swap spot junk) and the living room, and as you can see, can be used for storing books and media. I think this will be the launching point for the overhead catwalk maze I want to install. A climbing pole will work for LarryElvis, and I'll do a set of staggered, moderately-spaced, carpeted shelves that will stay empty, and act as cat stairs, using this as the near-floor level beginning.

What say ye? $50-100 this first payday towards material, including the condo's first LiveActionCatcam...

UPDATE: A couple of sketches, one from the normal perspective, looking at the end of the wall that separates the hallway from the galley-style kitchen. The second is a view from above.

UPDATE II: Crappy isometric drawing , hastily done. It's been a while since 10th Grade drafting class! :) Anywhoo, you might get the idea. The closet opening isn't there, yet, but easy to do. I'm guessing 3/4" birch plywood for the Catport. It takes paint pretty well, and will be sturdy. It'll take about half a sheet, leaving half for other platforms.

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iLust

It's a kickass, cellphone-style WiFi phone which can place and receive Skype calls -- no computer required. Works anywhere that there's WiFi signal... which for me, these days, is just about 99% of the time.

I must have it, but at $250 ($220 after rebate), it's still a few weeks or months away.

UPDATE: I think this may actually be the geekiest non-Crackberry™ phone in existence, today.
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Apple

Vanderbilt, like the entire academic world, has a discount deal with Apple. So, I see a MacMini in my future... I need to get up to speed on the latest OS and just see what I can do with one. Plus, should curlytech remain a going concern, it might come in handy for those rarest of all creatures -- the Mac support call. :)
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Most Coveted Thang EVAR.

I always
said
that if
I ever
roll in
the
big dough
again, this
will be
the first
big-ticket
item I buy.
I slept on
one of
these when
I did my
last polysomnogram, and it was like Heaven On Earth. I swear, I'm glad I wore underwear when I did the test, 'cause I'm sure I shot my load while I was asleep. :)

Seek out a hotel that has one, and try it for one night. I swear by the FSM, you'll thank me!
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