Move Along, Nothing to See Here

Just a quick post. Following the subject of my last post, I have no Xbox 360. Although I was told last week by the manager that I would have my system before Christmas, one of the sales "people" told my wife tonight that since I was dead last on the preorder list, I won't get one until after Christmas. Huh?! How much conflicting information can one store give?

Well, I've learned one important lesson: Never shop at Gamestop. The staff is rude, preoccupied, and (seemingly) deceitful. At least at the location I visit. Or used to visit once I get my money back from that pre-order.

Two Days

In two days, the Xbox 360 is released. I have, in some prior posts, written about how I would go about funding the purchase of this gaming console. Well, it is pre-ordered, paid off, etc. The only problem is that I won't be getting one at launch. I preordered my copy on September 3rd but, according to the automated voice from Gamestop that called me the other day, if I ordered it after May 23rd, then I can hang up any chances of getting it on 11-22.

Oh well. Maybe waiting for it has been more fun than actually having it will be. I am reminded of a quote by Oscar Wilde that I heard recently:

"There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."

I don't know about there only being two tragedies in all of life but you get the idea. Anyway, I'll be sure to report back in case I'm fortunate enough to pick one of these machines up before my vacation (which begins December 3rd).

Yes, I'm Still Around

I was wrong about blogging. For me anyway. Initially, I thought it could be sort of therapeutic; an emotional outlet of sorts. However, seeing how 99% of my posts are light hearted I think it's safe to say that if this were an "outlet" then what the heck is going on in the rest of my life?!

Seriously though, it really boils down to laziness. I've recently discovered the magic of RSS feeds (such as the one available on this website) and since I have just the news stories that I actually want to read delivered directly to my news aggregator (I love that word) I spend most of the time that I'm online reading news stories.

Since I'm on the subject of an RSS reader, let me make a suggestion. First I tried feedreader but it kept crashing my Windows98 machine. Then I tried rss reader and it was kind of bland. So I just decided to stick with the RSS Reader that is already built into Mozilla Thunderbird. I like it a lot.

Oh yeah, what was I supposed to be talking about? Oh, I'm lazy.

The end.

Things You Should Never Do, Vol. 4

You should never attempt to break up a fight between two intoxicated homeless people.

Aside from the obvious reason (i.e. endangering yourself), it is possible, and even likely, that the transient participants in said fight may actually want to fight until the finish. Naturally, I'm not implying that you allow one the fighters to be killed. I just propose you allow them to reach some sort of resolution. There could be a very legitimate reason for their fight. Perhaps the outcome will decide new territorial boundaries in the woods behind the furniture store. Or, maybe the winner will walk away with a (mostly)new pair of jeans.

Then again, how could you be totally sure they're homeless in the first place? They could just be rugged outdoorsmen with a score to settle. At least you can be fairly sure that they're intoxicated. I mean, I can smell them from here. Phew!