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Carbon Belch Day

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I came across a great website today: Grassfire. It’s on the conservative, “correct” side of the Global Warming hysteria. More and more people are buying into the garbage that is global warming, and they only do so because they hear so much about it in the media.

More and more scientists are giving up on the idea that global warming is man made. Even the Czech President Klaus wants to debate ‘Algore’ over the fallacy that is global warming. Of course, Gore hasn’t taken him up on the offer. Of Course! Klaus has written a new book worth reading: Blue Planet in Green Shackles. Environmentalism and the belief in global warming has become the new faith of secularists and it is really sad.

The arrogance that it takes for one to believe that we can somehow destroy what God has produced in a planet we call Earth simply by living out our daily lives is beyond absurd. Michael Crichton has said it best, in my blog entry here.

Anyway, Grassfire is suggesting that on June 12th, we all participate in Carbon Belch Day, a day to leave some lights on, go for a long drive, and use some energy, for the sake of doing so. I love it!

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Software Updates

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Dear Tech Support:

Last year I upgraded from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0. I soon noticed that the new program began unexpected child processing that took up a lot of space and valuable resources.

In addition, Wife 1.0 installed itself into all other programs and now monitors all other system activity. Applications such as Poker Night 10.3 , Football 5.0 , Hunting and Fishing 7.5 , and Golfing 3.6.

I can’t seem to keep Wife 1.0 in the background while attempting to run my favorite applications. I’m thinking about going back to Girlfriend 7.0 , but the uninstall doesn’t work on Wife 1.0 . Please help!

Thanks,
Troubled User…..

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REPLY:
Dear Troubled User:

This is a very common problem that men complain about.

Many people upgrade from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0, thinking that it is just a Utilities and Entertainment program. Wife 1.0 is an OPERATING SYSTEM and is designed by its Creator to run EVERYTHING !!! It is also impossible to delete Wife 1.0 and to return to Girlfriend 7.0 .. It is impossible to uninstall, or purge the program files from the system once installed.

You cannot go back to Girlfriend 7.0 because Wife 1.0 is designed to not allow this. Look in your Wife 1.0 manual under Warnings-Alimony/Child Support . I recommend that you keep Wife 1.0 and work on improving the situation. I suggest installing the background application ‘Yes Dear’ to alleviate software augmentation.

The best course of action is to enter the command C:APOLOGIZE! because ultimately you will have to give the APOLOGIZE command before the system will return to normal anyway.

Wife 1.0 is a great program, but it tends to be very high maintenance . Wife 1.0 comes with several support programs, such as Clean and Sweep 3.0 , Cook It 1.5 and Do Bills 4.2 .

However, be very careful how you use these programs . Improper use will cause the system to launch the program Nag Nag 9.5 .. Once this happens, the only way to improve the performance of Wife 1.0 is to purchase additional software. I recommend Flowers 2.1 and Diamonds 5.0 !

WARNING!!! DO NOT, under any circumstances, install Secretary With Short Skirt 3.3 . This application is not supported by Wife 1.0 and will cause irreversible damage to the operating system!

Best of luck,
Tech Support

TobyLaura.com

Tulips

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Click the picture above to see a few more very pretty tulips that came up in our yard last week. Spring is here, but unfortunately, so are my allergies.

I thought I would escape this year, as last fall didn’t give me any trouble. But, last week, my eyes started itching, and I’ve been sneezing a lot.

I think winter and fall are my favorite times of the year simply because of allergies . . .

I spent most of yesterday out in the back yard, re-raking the leaves. Last fall, I was very busy with interview prep and working. I raked most of the leaves up around our house, but the backyard got left behind. I figured (incorrectly) that those leaves would just become nutrients for the grass the next spring. I’d have a beautiful lawn!

Wrong!

Instead, because of my error, a quarter of our backyard is dead, underneath the canopy of wet leaves that sat over it all winter. Whoops! We may spread seed or sod, but something will have to be done. Raking yesterday was not like fall raking. In the fall, the leaves just go where they are swept. Now, in the spring, they are hard, damp, and stick in the grass like paper-mache. Yuck. Lesson learned.

Enjoy the weather and sun!

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Our new iMac

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It was time to get a new computer for Laura. The days of fighting over one little laptop are now over, and I must say that I am pretty jealous. When I thought that my laptop screen was big and bright, now seeing the new iMac, I think my screen has dimmed over the last two years.

Setting up a new Mac is quite an amazing experience. It took me less time than it will take you to read this blog entry. It’s such a refreshing experience when everything just works. So much technology today is released before it is ready, but Apple, on the whole, is always ahead of the game.

The screen is 20 inches across — larger than the TV we had growing up. Some of the features we can do with the two computers are amazing enough, I don’t know how we lived without them.

We primarily got the second computer so that Laura could use a computer while I was in training in Hong Kong. Now, it looks as though she will be spending around half the time I’m there with me! But, we’re still glad to have the new computer.

With two Mac’s, we can “share screens.” If I’m on an overnight trip somewhere, and Laura is having trouble getting something to work and changed (impossible with Mac) or she just has a question, we can share screens. I log in to her computer, and then her computer screen shows up as a new window on my screen. I can take control of the mouse and lead her through the issue!

Each Mac has a built-in web camera and microphone (they are built into the top of the screen and would be hidden behind an eraser head) so video chat is a breeze. Even if I’m in Hong Kong and Laura is in Ohio, we can see each other and talk, for free.

Time Machine is the best upgrade yet. We’ve plugged in an external hard drive so that it can be shared by the two computers. But Time Machine is a program that backs everything up to that hard drive, behind the scenes, all the time. When you find that you’ve accidentally deleted a document you needed, just open Time Machine. The desktop disappears and it shows you in outer space, with all your files lined up by date. “Rewind time” until you see your file, click “Restore”, and your missing files is instantly back where it should be! 

I encourage anyone thinking about a new computer, PLEASE at least consider a new Mac. Option for option, my Mac laptop was $300 bucks cheaper than an equivalent Dell. People only think Mac’s are more expensive because they don’t sell cheap versions of their computers. Anyone can by a $500 dollar Windows laptop, but it will be stripped down. Again, apples to apples (no pun intended) Apples are often cheaper, plus they work! With Mac it’s plug-and-play, but with Windows, it’s: plug-and-PRAY! Sharing files between the two Mac’s is simple, and if you are an unfortunate Windows user, there are simple file transfer procedures to move your files over when you buy your new Mac.

You don’t need expensive anti-virus software that slows your computer down, and you have to admit it: iMac’s are sexy! One Mac is great. Two are fantastic as they talk to each other. And two Mac’s, with high speed internet, is second, only to heaven.

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