Why is the apostrophe necessary? Diff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122rent Strokes used it! Why didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Happening use it? bah. i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m getting off track. the purpose of this blog entry was to update my adoring fans as to what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been up to. Well, fans, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s see. first off, today, I just FAILED my 70-643 Microsoft exam. Egads! Oh well, it happens. I could blame everybody else, but would that be the right thing to do? Yes, yes it would be. It is everybody else\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fault except mine. However I forgive you all, and fully plan to re-schedule the exam within a week or two\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time. I shall probably order some ancillary study materials. Just don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let it happen again, OK, world?<\/p>\n
Mia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hitting the stage where her cognitive skills and personality are beginning to develop rapidly. Her vocabulary increases at breakneck speed, and she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s starting to get a little bit of the terrible two syndrome. Yes\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 soon, the supernanny in me will have to start coming out. The Brat Whisperererer. Only, I probably won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t whisper. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be more like, the Brat Yellererer. It is 25% her fault I did not pass my exam.<\/strong><\/p>\n I got a bag of sun chips here, and guess what: There is still a surmountable bunch of caloric intake with sodium and partially hydrogenated vegetable oil that is going to be consumed during the crafting of this missive.<\/p>\n Speaking of writing, I have discovered a wonderful new world of fiction. The author is Terry Pratchett, and he writes fantasy novels. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Whoah, whoah, whoah! I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like elves & shit!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d well, too bad. you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re reading MY BLOG. so GTFO if you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like it. The \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Series\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, I suppose you might call it, is the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Discworld\u00e2\u20ac\u009d universe. But, let me tell you: Beyond that, it bears less resembalance to a tradititional Tolkein-like fantasy, than to say, Douglas Adams\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hitchhiker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s guide\u00e2\u20ac\u009d series. If you like Douglas Adams, you will like Terry Pratchett. But, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t start with the first book. from what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve heard, the fist couple books sucked. I was recommended \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Guards! Guards!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a> but I have not read it. I HAVE read \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Going Postal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Making Money\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and they are pretty good. It is 12% Terry Pratchett\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fault I did not pass my exam.<\/p>\n Sigh, I must prepare a sippy cup of milk for said brat. An additional 2%.<\/p>\n BACK! so i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been getting a lot of cd\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s from the library and ripping them. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got like nine George Carlin CD\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, and I also just got about five Richard Pryor CD\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. Rodney Dangerfield, Lenny Bruce, Stephen Wright. Also, music. A co worker has turned me on to the Kinks, so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m exploring that vast musical ROOT of ROCK now. I had no IDEA the Kinks went back to the 60\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s! I just don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand how they stayed under my rock & roll Radar for so long!! George, Richard, et. al, plus the kinks, are 5% to blame.<\/p>\n MMmmmm. Sun Chips. 2%.<\/p>\n We continue to be debt free, build up the nest egg, and look to the future through the scope of a high-powered .38 caliber rifle. The Future is TOAST! I will PWN the future!! I will forgive the Future its blame for my failing the MS exam, as it is never really here.<\/p>\n We will be in CHina for the better part of February. Actually Jan 30 through about Feb 20th or so. THREE WEEKS! The People\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Republic of China is also 6% to blame for my certification debacle.<\/p>\n We of course had a great thanks giving up in Hebron\/South Haven\/Portage\/The Dunes. We had a full house, and I saw my grandpa, my parents, my mom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sisters and their spouses, and my cousin erin and her spouse, my sister and her friend. Collectively, you all hold the greatest responsibility for distracting me away from my studies, and you ought to be ashamed of yourselves for tempting me with such good food, heartfelt family love, and awesomely fun game playing in Origins and Outburst! God, I love family game holidays!! They are so much FUN!!! 30% of your Daily Allowance of Why I failed my Exam. <\/p>\n my Comcast rebates are finally in, so\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I guess it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to cancel the cable. *sniff* it was fun while we had it. But I cannot justify an extra $60\/month just to get DVR recordings of a few shows, the most important of which, are available streaming online. Hoarders, Survivor, Barney, Thomas the Tank Engine, those three shows constitute about 80% of my TV watching. Survivor alone is probably 5% to blame.<\/p>\n Speaking of which, Hoarders is now half over\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 so, if I start watching now, I can >> through ALL the commercials! HA HA Ha ha haaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Why is the apostrophe necessary? Diff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122rent Strokes used it! 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