Mercury Retrograde Is Really Biting My Ass This Time

Only during mercury retrograde can this kind of a cavalcade of misfortune befall one human.

http://www.astrologycom.com/mercret.html

Late last week my 1 TB external hard drive with over 800 gigs - 800 movies - of porn, died. When I took the hard drives out of the case, one had indeed crashed and one worked but all data was lost. I have been downloading and building my porn library for over 5 years and now 1/4 of it is gone. Never buy Western Digital hard drives.

So Thursday I get home from work with groceries in my arms. I guess I did not latch my security gate all the way. I have an evil Tabby who literally pushes against the gate on a daily basis to see if it will open. Well as I was taking a nap, apparently it opened. All 4 cats got out. I do not know if they were out for 5 minutes or 3 hours. I heard Pixel fighting with another cat but it was not coming from inside the house. This was my first clue. As I went to open my back door the handle broke off in my hand so I could not use the back door to get the kitties in. So I chase Chester back in and he is such a good boy he runs right inside. Pixel was having a screaming match with a young male from the neighborhood so he was distracted when I came from behind and scooped him up and threw him back inside. Then I saw FX then he disappeared. So I am walking around calling his name and he pounces out of the bushes and attacks my feet. He is excited and does not know if he is happy or stressed. As I grab him, he bites my left hand between my thumb and fore finger so hard that the puncture DOES NOT EVEN BLEED. It was so deep and so sharp it was a hole. The part where his lower jaw got my palm bled like stabbed pig. So 3 down one to go and blood all over me, my clothes and the cat. Well there is a reason only one of my indoor cats wears a collar and name tag. Once Cyber gets out, he stays out and will not come back until he is starving for food. I saw him lounging in the sun as I called his name, he looked at me and when I got near him he dashed under the house. So fuck him. He has been out for 5 days before. He will come back tomorrow. My hand started to hurt. Since it did not bleed it trapped the infected saliva in the puncture hole. And FX was out chewing on god knows what just minutes before he bit me.

The next day my left hand was like a pink grapefruit and the pressure from the swelling was killing me. Luckily I had some Keflex which is good for skin infections left over from my infected belly button debacle from March. So finally after 6 days of anti biotics the hole has a scab and the swelling is gone. Oh and the Keflex gave me diarrhea.

Cyber comes back Friday at dinner time when I called out for dinner just as planned. That night Cyber was cuddling with me in bed as he usually does and I guess he smelled like outdoor kitty because as we lay there Pixel jumps on the bed, turns around and sprays piss all over Cyber and my faces. Well he got out just a few drops and my foot sent him sailing across the room. Now this seems humorous now but to have your cat piss in your face as you are falling off to sleep can really piss you off - all puns intended.
Only during mercury retrograde could something like that happen.

Then I was on my computers downloading files on one and doing work and Internet on the other when my Internet connection started to only kind of be there. I was at WelcomeDriver.com doing stuff for work and the page disappears. Then I cannot even access the router via the browser interface. I ended up reformatting the router and reinstalling my Ubuntu Linux operating system. I was so stressed that I did not even go in to work Monday. TimeWarner is delivering me a new cable modem tomorrow. I did after lots of yelling at my computer hardwaare I got everything working but if I had to tell you exactly what I did I could not.

You cannot make this kind of shit up. I know I will laugh about this at some time in the future, but right now my nerves are raw and so is my left hand.

So how has mercury been treating you?

Only 10 more days..........................

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gn

Apple Nazis

People who use Macs do not know how to think for themselves. They allow Steve Jobs to make their computer related decisions for them. It is either Apple's way or the highway. Now don't get me wrong, Apple makes great products that work well. But once you buy one you have to operate within the limited confines of what Apple approves of or not.

They market Macs as easy to use, simple. So what they are saying is we make our products to be idiot-proof. If you are an idiot and you do not want to learn how to do anything for yourself, buy a Mac and let them do the thinking for you.

I understand why Steve Jobs had to take a 6 month leave of absence as CEO of Apple. He is a power hungry control freak and the stress of managing the lives of all his employees and everybody who has ever owned an Apple product has finally caught up with him. This is what happens when you try and play God.

And then there is the arrogance of Mac users like they are better than the rest of us. When a proud Mac user gives you attitude just pretend to be interested and ask them some technical questions about their machine and see what response you get. It is usually "I dunno, it's on the computer."

Have you ever tried to find personal data on a Mac? As a computer consultant and somebody who knows a fair amount, but not everything about Apple's operating system, I used to work on Macs too, but it got to be more work than it was worth. Apple does not adhere to worldwide computer industry standards and protocols. They are so arrogant that they feel they can do whatever they want for their own reasons and their minions will follow. Ask a Mac user where their iTunes music is stored or where their documents are and again you get the response "I dunno, it's on the computer." Ask a PC or Linux user, even the stupid ones and you will hear that is in My Documents.

Now nowhere here have I once mentioned Microsoft Windows. I do not like Microsoft either. They too are controlling and so big that they think they can do things anyway they please. I use only one Microsoft product and that is the operating system Vista. Microsoft should stick to what they are known for and do best, operating systems and stay out of the browser market or try and push their bloated Office suite on everybody who buys a computer.

But unlike Apple, Microsoft gives you unlimited customization and control of the programs and files you use. You see even though I am using Vista, I can CHOOSE not to use any other Microsoft product. They give me that option. They give me the freedom to not use them, Apple does not.

Now of course I am a big fan of Linux, specifically Ubuntu. It is free and open source. All software is free and you can customize and use it how you want for free. This is the future. Computing needs to not be a big profit endeavor, but something, like television or radio, that is free to anybody who chooses to use it with no corporate restrictions.

Apple is so arrogant that the technical support people in the Apple Stores are called geniuses. Yes you would have to be a genius to locate your personal data or god forbid save it to a different folder.

And then there is that god dammed iPhone. The thing has no buttons. I like buttons. My phone has a full qwerty keyboard surrounded by buttons. The iPhone has a virtual keyboard that for obvous reasons is always dirty because you are always touching it.

There is a reason that the iPhone is only available with ATT. Apple demands too much control for Verizon or Sprint. No other cell phone manufacturer demands a piece of your monthly service fee. And here we go again, if you have an iPhone you must have ATT. No choice.

I guess I should end with this. Most people are lazy idiots. Most people believe in some sort organized religon and do not question it. It looks like Apple will always have a fan base to sell to.

ZEIG HEIL !!