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Droid, GPS, and Voice

January 11, 2013July 25, 2011 by Ruth

So a couple weeks ago I upgraded my cell phone to a Droid 2 Global, I didn’t really care about the “global” part, but I did want the slide out keyboard and Android OS, so that limited my choices.

So the other day I was headed for the house of an acquaintance, who’s residence I’d never actually been to, I knew vaguely where it was, but that was it. So I figured instead of printing out directions from online I’d just use the nify GPS directions thingy on my new phone to guide me there. Not that I followed its directions exactly (much to its apparent annoyance….), but that’s besides the point. I did however have to pull over till I stopped laughing at one point. Seems the programming that handles the voice over part of the directions has some area’s that were neglected. In this case: Syracuse. Traditionally pronounced “Sear-a-kuuz” the phone pronounced it “Sigh-rack-use.” It took me a minute to stop laughing.

Politics

Michele Bachmann

January 11, 2013July 25, 2011 by Ruth

Ok, I’ve not bothered to follow the whole media hoopla, I am aware that supposedly her doctor weighed in on her headaches. I don’t really care if the media exaggerated the severity thereof or not. I get stress headaches. It takes one hell of a stressful situation, and even then they don’t qualify as “migraines” unless I end up with a visual migraine, but let me tell you something, a headache brought on by stress, no matter how minor a headache, DOES impede your ability to function. It might be only a minor impediment if its a minor headache, but it DOES get in the way.

Honey if you are already aware that you get stress headaches then the White House isn’t a job you need. Every single president I can think of has walked out of the White House, at the end of his term, looking 10years older than he did when he walked in. And that’s at the end of the FIRST term, those that served two terms generally looked closer to 20years older. That is a job that is stress personified. You’re going to have a constant headache, the real kind not just the figurative kind, and it’ll only get worse not better. Don’t do that to yourself or your country.

Books

Book Recommendations, in addition…

January 11, 2013July 24, 2011 5 Comments by Ruth

I posted a bunch of Urban Fantasy book recommendations not to long ago. Realized today I’d forgotten a series.

The Trickster Novels by Rob (short for Robyn, female) Thurman. Now I don’t care for Thurman’s Cal Leandros series, but the two Trickster books have caught my attention. Trick of Light, and The Grimrose Path, are the two titles, they’re a deliberate mix of Christian, Norse, and Native American (and probably a bunch of others) mythologies, done up with a twist or two. No idea how long the premise will hold up (I’m thinking that it won’t hold up for to many more books, but we’ll see), but I’ve enjoyed the first two anyway.

And of course Helene mentioned S.M. Stirling‘s Change series. For the people who wanted to know just how society would manage if suddenly electricity went away. Just a note of warning for anyone who picks up a Stirling book, in his older stuff especially, but still to some degree in his new stuff, he LIKES making his bad guy a GRAPHICALLY sadistic, intelligently evil, person. You have been warned. Don’t come back complaining about the blood, rapine, and slaughter.

Dog, Politics

Update on Kapone

January 11, 2013July 22, 2011 by Ruth

Previous post here.

According to the Where’s Kapone Facebook page the reward has gone all the way up to $11,000 thanks to donations from a variety of sources.

The Animal Control Officer who picked up Kapone and Jersey has been arrested on charges of Animal Cruelty and falsifying records. Infact its currently standing at 2 counts of Animal Cruelty. After the warrent had been issued the ACO was out picking up another dog that had been supposedly hit by a car, someone at MAS warned her the police were waiting for her, so instead of bringing the dog right back she drove around for a couple hours, till the police were gone. By the time she got back to the shelter the dog in her truck was dead, and the attending Vet says the cause of death was heat stroke, not the injuries from being by a car. The charges of falsifying records appears to stem from the very incident where Kapone went missing. According to her testemony and the shelter records she went out to pick up two dogs reported loose. She reported verbally picking up two dogs, but instead of returning directly to the shelter she went home for an extended period of time. She then returned to the shelter, and filled out paperwork for a dog matching Kapone’s description, but there is no record (including video) of her bring a dog into the shelter at that time dispite this paperwork. She then went back out and drove around some more before returning to the shelter and doing paperwork for Jersey and bringing her into the shelter. Please note that Memphis does NOT have GPS tracking on its ACO’s vehicles, infact a company offered to donate them a while back and MAS refused stating they didn’t need them, so there is no way to confirm exactly where this ACO and her vehicle were when they were not at the shelter.

Guns

Letter

January 11, 2013July 22, 2011 by Ruth

The letter to the judge asking for waiver actually arrived on Wednesday (which doesn’t actually surprise me), the return delivery confirmation hasn’t been triggered yet, but sometimes they don’t, so we’ll see.

Guns

I almost forgot

January 11, 2013July 21, 2011 by Ruth

On Tueaday I mailed out my request for waiver of the rule that requires my references be from the same county as me. Put it out priority so I can get delivery confirmation on when it arrives (I’ll check it tomorrow), and I included a SASE, also priority so hopefully I can track when they mail the response. We’ll see how long it takes.

Nothing Much

Visitors to this blog

January 11, 2013July 21, 2011 by Ruth

I’ve had fun the last couple weeks watching the visitors to this blog via SiteMeter. I’ve gotten to “know” the regulars, but its always interesting to see where the remainder of folks wander through, from and to. I have to admit to some surprise when I checked today and discovered that over the last couple days I’ve had hits from two different military establishments (the one from the Army Corp of Engineers actually spend some time too!) which I’ll admit is cool, but then this afternoon someone from a Law firm in MI stopped in briefly! Well, I guess someone’s been following links!

Apollo, Dog

Apollo and the wildlife

January 11, 2013July 20, 2011 by Ruth

He’s been fascinated by the birds since he first saw them. His attempts to stalk up on the robins are totally worth the laugh.

He saw his first wild bunny a couple months ago and was very puzzled “wth is that? Hey! It moved! Does that mean I can chase it? Cool!” By this time he no longer hesitates when he see’s the wild rabbits, he just takes off after them. So far they’ve always gotten away, but I have to wonder for how much longer, he’s FAST!

Yesterday he saw his first baby bunnies, and was very peeved when I wouldn’t let him give chase. The babies are to cute, and he might actually be able to catch them.

Today he was so busy searching for baby bunnies that he completely missed the turkeys at the back of the yard in the shade near the stream. To bad, I’m looking forward to the mutual reactions when he spots his first wild turkeys. I can’t promise video though I’ll try, I suspect I’ll either be laughing to hard, or running to save him from the big birds!

Apollo, Cats, Dog

Wait, what??

January 11, 2013July 16, 2011 by Ruth

Watching the news tonight and saw this.. Srsly folks?? Ipecac syrup?? Honey, if your daughter is making herself puke to the point of death then there were an awfull lot of signs and symptoms that you, as the ever loving mother, were oblivious too and where you could have stepped in, and didn’t. Stop blaming the rest of the world for your failure.

Edited to add: If they can charge parents with cruelty and endangerment for refusing medical treatment for a child, how in hell do parents in situations like this avoid charges of at LEAST endangerment?