J. Palmer

Diana and I are the proud parents of a 5lb baby boy, Taron Hall Palmer. Diana gave birth to him at 0838 EST on this date, 22 Jan 04, in Georgetown Community Hospital, after 13.5 hours of labor.

Mother and son are fine. As of right now, both mother and son are in the hospital awaiting release after observation.

Futher posts to our respective blogs concerning the joyous occasion will be made at a time when we are all home and well rested.

-Jeremiah

That’s what we do, in order to keep our stock current.

One of my tasks for the day was to come up with a list of discontinued stuff that we could donate to various groups.

Took about an hour for me to prepare the list, which I typed up in a spreadsheet, and sorted according to retail, cost, and item number.

What else did I do?

I moved a few things around in the stock room. The place needs to be resorted now. I just don’t know how the boss wants it. So, I leave it to sit there until tomorrow. Unless I get bored.

What am I talking about? I’m bored right now.

“hear the voices in my head, I swear to God it sounds like they’re snoring. but if you’re bored then you’re boring.”

ARRRGH!

Damned Pop-Ups.

Bazooka says I have ClientMan.bho1, FreeScratchAndWin, and HuntBar.

X-Cleaner agrees with my having ClientMan.
SpyBot shows that I have ClientMan, yet hasn’t been able to rid me of it.
Ad-aware hasn’t even found it.

Oh well.

My darling wife just asked me to check her blog. She wrote me a poem. Here is what she wrote:

Anyhoo…. Jeremy this poem is for you from the bottom of my little heart

Your love is like a rollercoaster
I can always get a ride
no matter how hard i try
it gets faster everytime
I get dizzy from the speed
and ache within with need
you always try your best
and you stand up to the test

All i need is you embrace
and maybe a little taste
of your sweet affection
and the feel of your erection !!!

Now that I am completely embarrased, I think that I will quit blogging for now, and do a little bit of work before we close (about an hour away).

Baby Dill Pickles
Bread n Butter Cucumber Chips
Bread & Butter Sandwich Slices
Bread n Butter Slices
Bread n Butter Cucumber Spears
Dill Pickles
Dill Pickle Slices
Genuine Dill Gherkins
Genuine Dills
Good n Garlic Deli Dills
Good n Garlic Deli Halves
Good n Spicy Spears
Good n Spicy Dill Spears
Fresh Pack Kosher Style Pickle Spears
Fresh Pack Kosher Style Hoagie Pickle Slices
Hoagie Pickle Slices
Hamburger Dills
Hamburger Dill Slices
Kosher Dill Sandwich Slices
Kosher Dill Pickle Slices
Kosher Baby Dills
Kosher Dills
Kosher Dill Chips
Kosher Dill Spears
Large Whole Kosher Dill Pickles
Small Whole Kosher Dill Pickles
Spears Kosher Style
Large Quartered Spears Kosher Style
Thick Kosher Dill Pickle Slices
Thin Kosher Dill Pickle Slices
Old Fashioned Bread n Butter Pickles
Old Fashioned Bread n Butter Chunks
Old Fashioned Kosher Dill Halves
Old Fashioned Kosher Dill Chunks
Old Fashioned Kosher Baby Dills
Old Fashioned Sweet Gherkins
Old Fashioned Sweet Mixed Pickles
Polish Dills
Polish Dill Spears
Processed Dill Pickles
Sweet Salad Cubes
Sweet Gherkins
Sweet Midget Gherkins
Sweet Cucumber Slices
Sweet Baby Gherkins
Sweet Slices
Sweet Pickles
Sweet Pickle Slices
Sweet Mixed Pickles

and of course,

Stu
Drew
Lou
Tommy
Dil
Angelica

First, let me pick on myself.

I came to work early, as usual, and sat in the car listening to a CD of some of my favorite songs. The last song I listened to was Red Hot Chili Peppers “Love Rollercoaster”. I thought, “You know, you should write something nice and sweet for Diana in your blog, and use a line from that song.” then I thought “of course, she could do something like that and compare me to a rollercoaster, fun to ride, but lasts only two minutes.”

I can’t beleive that I shot myself down like that.

Anyway, my coworker for the evening, Matt, found an interesting product. Find it here:
Superior Communications.

Okay, I should get to work now.

I just can’t wait until we (Diana and myself) can move out of here and into our own home. Oh, to be in our own home again, it will be so wonderful. I don’t know how much longer I can put up with her mother.

Her mother can be so mean at times. Not towards me (not yet anyway). Linda (Diana’s mom) is just so bossy, and constantly has a chip on her shoulder. She’s mean to the grandkids (makes me feel uneasy about having our son around her) and her own children. Terrible.

In other news:

If you’d like to find out what’s been going on in my hometown, here’s some stories pulled from the local press:

Officer files grievance against mayor for public criticism of department

Man wanted for $73,000 money order deception

Went to the hospital last night. No BIG problems, so don’t worry. Here’s how it went:
Diana wasn’t feeling well yesterday, from the moment she awoke. Around 4pm, she called me at work, and asked me to take her to the hospital. She had called up the hospital, told them what was going on (she was seeing spots periodically, and had a headache all day), and they asked her to come in to be checked out. She, and the baby were fine. So, after being observed, we came home and settled in for the night.

I’m just glad that she’s okay.

Right now, I’m writing this off-line. I had to disconnect so that someone could use the phone.

I got disconnected rather.

Mark, Diana’s brother, is using the phone, trying to get in touch with his girlfriend, Amber. Amber left him last night. They apparently had an argument over her income tax return, and how it was going to be spent. So, she left, took their son, and presumably went to her mother’s. Their daughter is at school.

Mark and Amber have been together for a few years. Haven’t been married as of yet, and we don’t expect them to be. They don’t live in that nice of a world, and it’s sad that one of the children is exposed to it every day. “Bubby”, the son, is two and stays with Mark during the day, at his father’s until Amber gets home, then Amber watches over “Bubby” for the rest of the night. “Sissy” stays here through the week for school, and goes home on the weekends.

Mark is a pothead and a drunk. Mark Sr. (my father-in-law) is a crippled drunk, and watches “Bubby” when Mark is to drunk or high to do so.

In a month or so, when Diana and I are back out on our own, I plan to report Mark and Amber to social services. It’ll probably start a fight on that side of the family, if it’s found out who reported it (which, in a small town, it’ll have to get out). Diana’s on my side, so I know that there won’t be a disagreement between us. She’s wanted to report that mess for years, but hasn’t been able to do so, for the fact that they are still family.

I wonder if Mark is done playing with the phone yet. When I went downstairs to get a fresh cup of coffee, he was dialing, letting it ring a few times [presumably until the TAD (Telephone Answering Device – RadioShack jargon) picked up], hanging up, waiting, then redialing.

I’m not in a tremendous hurry to be online again, it’s just that I would like to go ahead and post this entry before I leave for work.

And now, something completely different:

I checked my email and got the notification for renewal on HarrisonEMA.com. So, now I know when that account expires. I’m planning on switching hosts for that site. I’ve been using Your-Site for the past two years. I have no complaints about their service; I’m just looking for something cheaper. The company I’m thinking of going to is Pinchpenny. From what I’ve read and seen of their services, they are a good host, and have very nice rates. I can get a few more features, plus 50MB more of space for $50 less.

I lost my cigarette lighter (no big loss, ’twas just a Bic) and have been using matches. I have only one match left now.

Let’s see, what else can I write, while I wait for an open phone line?

Since I’ve already told you a few times that I’m a cigarette smoker, why don’t I tell you my brand? (as if you’re really interested) Until recently, I smoked Marlboro Ultra Lights (then I became poor and cigarette prices went up). Now I try to keep with locally grown and manufactured (and cheaper too!). Kentucky’s Best – ultra lights. And, since I have mentioned tobacco on a site, which can easily be accessed by children, I feel obligated to type the following:

SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Cigarette Smoke Contains Carbon Monoxide.

SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Smoking By Pregnant Women May Result in Fetal Injury, Premature Birth, And Low Birth Weight.

SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, And May Complicate Pregnancy.

I’m pretty sure there’s one more warning that I am forgetting, but I can’t find any packs with a warning different than those.

Just went back downstairs. Mark finally got a hold of somebody. He’s laying on the couch, talking on the phone.

Fred offered to fry me up some eggs. Fred is a nice guy. He offers to fix me something to eat just about every time he sees me. He hardly ever sees me eat.

Diana just woke up from her nap. She’s so cute when she looks sleepy.

Have you heard of BPL?
BPL is “Broadband over Power Lines”. A great concept. The idea is to allow highspeed information, primarily computer communications (Internet), travel across power lines. (Notice how I restated the obvious there.)
Advantages: Hicks, such as myself, living in the middle of BFE (Bum F**ked Egypt), can have an always on, high speed connection to the Internet.
Disadvantages: Possible Interference with radio communications above the FM spectrum, primarily in frequencies allotted for amateur radio operators (like myself).

For more information on BPL, check out the following links:

The REACTer. This is a magazine for members of REACT. An article on BPL is on page 10.

ARRL. Information from the Amateur Radio Relay League on BPL.

eHam.net Article & opinions on BPL.

Well, time to get ready for work. Later.

Daria rocked.

Speaking of, I just want to say that “the N”, a run of programming for young teenies on Noggin, scares me. I am also sickened that they are running episodes of Daria that seem to only deal with relationships. They also have edited a few episodes to fit the age group, which, in my opinion, wouldn’t be able to truly understand and catch all of the sarcasm in the show.

I’m getting tired, and it’s late, and I’m rambling, and I need to go to bed, and I am starting to annoy myself for saying “and” so much and creating a sentence which fails to end, and so I think I’ll stop writing and go to bed.

Um. I don’t know. Just sorta sitting at home in front of the PC and can’t think of anything.

I would like to thank Heather for suggesting Lavasoft’s Ad-aware 6.0 to rid me of the problems I am having at work. Unfortunetely it isn’t doing the trick. Neither is Spybot Search & Destroy. (Both of those programs usually do a great job, however what I got can’t be removed by them just yet.)

Also, I would like to thank Heather for showing me that people actually do read these things.

Um. So now I really don’t know what to say. Ran out of thoughts. Sucks really. Can’t even write a complete sentance. Writers block.

So, did I tell you that I’m living in my mother-in-law’s house? Just checked. No I didn’t. Haven’t really told you anything about myself. ‘Cept that I’m married [to the most beautiful woman in the world (‘course what man wouldn’t say that about their wife, especially if they know what’s good for them)].

Okay, I think I may have some stuff I can link you to. I started to try a blog thing a long time ago, never got anywhere, and then picked the idea back up. I had a geocities site I was playing with before I got the blogdrive account. If you’d like to see the half-hearted attempt at blogging prior to this, click here.

Um. What else?

I’m just writing a paper on the PC, and it was like beep beep beep beep beep beep beep, and then, like, half of my paper was gone. Wait, that wasn’t me. That was Ellen Feiss.

Um. Okay. Diana’s reading over my shoulder now. Afraid that I have an obcession for Ellen. Nope. Just Geena Davis. Loved her in Beetlejuice.

Crap. Now I gotta go downstairs. Arrgh.

Be back to write more later.

They’re back!

Well, the uninstaller didn’t work. Found manual removal instructions, and, so far, there haven’t been any more pop-ups or redirects. Yay!

I’m bored.

If you’re an RS Franchiser, using RSPOS, and don’t already know this, you can have a customer’s L/U Referance differ from the printed name. This can be a fun trick. Before RS picks up a Name/Address file, change the customer’s first & last name to whatever you want. When RS sends a flyer, it will be addressed to the fake name at the real address. This works only if the customer shops your store only, otherwise RS may use information given from another store.

Example: I used this trick on another employee. When he got his flyer for the month, it was adressed to the fake name. (and confused his parents)

Not a big trick. Sorry.

Most other tricks and bugs that could have been taken advantage of (to mess with either co-workers or customers) have been taken out, or I just haven’t found them.

In RSPOSICS 4.00.10, you can create an interesting inventory report. Goto Inventory Adjust/Audit. Run a report at avg Cost. Look for skus without an avg cost. (remembering number in stock) change qty to zero. Change back to original quantity. Do this for every sku without an avg cost, and the report will tell you an inventory value much less than what you have. This does not effect your inventory, or value, it’s just a glitch in the program.

Why I am sharing this info, I don’t know.

Are any of you reading this in the RS Franchise scene?

Are there any people reading this to begin with?

I know that Diana reads this stuff. Like she really cares about a buggy point of sale system. Oh,well.

Interesting news: all of the prices of our wireless phones are dropping! We’re putting Cingular’s suggested two year prices on one year commitments! Wow! I am so thrilled! I have no idea how to convey sarcasm in text!