Jan. 20th, 2004

prowler1971: (prowler)
But let's start with last night. I brought [livejournal.com profile] scullerywench to the airport to head to Ireland. We thought the plane was leaving at 8:45pm. So when we were making stops to get some last few things, I kept telling [livejournal.com profile] scullerywench that we had plenty of time to get to the airport. And we did, in fact, get to the airport in plenty of time for an 8:45 flight. The plane was, however, leaving at 8:10pm. Oops. I don't think either of us realized this until she got through the security checkpoint at which time they annouced, "final boarding for Aer Lingus flight 134 with service to Shannon." Not sure it occured to her at the time, but it sure occured to me. Since I did not receive a call from her from the airport, I assumed all was well. She called about 6:30 this morning and asked if I had a calling card to call her back.

Spent about 2 minutes looking for my calling card before chucking it all and just getting another one online. Yay online purchasing. Makes it real easy to spend too much money. But it's worth every penny.

Except when you can't get through.

Dialed the access number, the pin, and the number I was calling and had apparently misdialed. Called again got [livejournal.com profile] scullerywench's voice mail. Called again and apparently misdialed. Called again and hit send after typing the pin. Called again and got voice mail. Called again and got "all circuits busy". This was the theme for the morning. Finally we talked a little bit and [livejournal.com profile] scullerywench was heading off to sleep and I was heading to work.

Got to work and managed to delete all my AIM contacts. So if you see me online and want me to be able to chat with you, just send me an IM and I'll readd you.

I feel like a tool today.
prowler1971: (cylon)
Stolen from [livejournal.com profile] broken_gizmo who stole it from someone else. Note, I'd seen this YEARS ago but thought I'd put it here anyay. Number 6 applies to SOOOO many things. Dancing, singing, telling stories. It's all about having fun. Anyway...

FIFTEEN THINGS I've learned in Life, by Dave Barry


  1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
  2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be..."meetings."
  3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
  4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
  5. You should not confuse your career with your life.
  6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
  7. Never lick a steak knife.
  8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
  9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
  10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
  11. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.
  12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender,religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.
  13. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.
  14. Your friends love you anyway.
  15. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.


FINAL: Thought for the day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
prowler1971: (cylon)
So Thursday night, I got my old passport from my mother in preperation for applying for a new passport. Now, my old passport is 30 years old so it's hardly sufficient for anything. But I thought it was funny so I decided to get it.

Today, my friend [livejournal.com profile] broken_gizmo posted a MEME about the countries you've visited. She mentioned she wasn't older than 12 when she visited most of these countries. I've got her beat. I wasn't older than 2. I turned 3, apparently in Europe.

There are, as best I can tell, four stamps in my 30 year old passport and the information on this map is compeltely based on my ability to read them. So I could make out two and I'll update the map when I get more information from my folks.

World Map behind the cut... UPDATED )

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