wrist hurts from using computer daily

My right wrist hurts off and on from using the mouse on my computer. I switch back and forth from using a regular mouse and the keyboard mouse to try and mix things up so that I'm not repeating the same motion day in and day out.

It's not working.

There's got to be a better way to prevent carpel tunnel from happening.

I've tried different keyboards, different mouse devices.... so far I haven't found anything that prevents my wrist from acting up.

The search continues........

Girl with a pearl earing - confused guy's movie review

This movie was pretty good. I think. Actually, I'm not sure.

It wasn't bad, and it wasn't good. It just was. Does this make sense?

The ending sucked. It was as if they didn't have an ending for this movie and the director just said.... OKAY - IT'S A WRAP.

We never find out what happened to the girl. The movie simply ended.

Many times during the movie, I couldn't understand the message of the scenes. I'd look at my wife, and go... HUH? WHAT'S THE MEANING BEHIND THAT SCENE?

Then my wife would look at me and go.... (shrug) DUNNO.

** UPDATE ** My wife just reminded me that she did figure out some of the scense. However, the end is still a big QUESTION MARK.

Ben Affleck wins a poker tourney

Hey hey.... Affleck took first play in a poker tourney and won $356,400 and a seat to the world poker championship tourney in April at Binions.

There was a $10k buy in for the tournament he won at the Commerce Casino in California.

One day I'm going to go for it and buy into a big tourney like that and give it a go.

don't stare into the halogen lamp

There was an odd burning smell in our house this evening. I asked my wife what it was, and she said it was the halogen lamp in the living room. Since that is the only lamp in that room, I left it on so I could see what was going on, and climbed onto the chair next to the lamp so I could have a look see. I was expecting to find a bug or a fly that had landed in the lamp which was being cooked by the hot halogen bulb, thus causing the bad smell.

I did see a dead lady bug in there. It wasn't on the halogen bulb itself, but it was close enough to cook it up, I guess.

Anyway, I must have stared into the halogen lamp for too long because when I looked away, all I could see was a bright reflection everywhere I looked.

On my quadra air cleaner in the room is a green light. When I looked at it, the green light looked orange. I couldn't see the color green. I asked my wife what the color of the light was on the air cleaner, and she looked at it and said it was green.

Amazing. It looked orange to me.

My kids were watching the RUGRATS on tv, and the cartoon kids looked like they were blue.

My vision was messed up for 10 minutes. I can see colors normally again, so that's the good news.

I won't ever look directly into a high powered halogen lamp again, without sunglasses...... that's for sure.

Next time you smell something burning from your halogen lamp. Do yourself a favor, and turn it off before looking at it. If it's the only source of light in the room, then unplug it and bring the lamp into another room with lighting so you can have a look see.

The last thing you want to do is to permantly damage your vision.

I wonder if there are cases where people have permanently damaged their eye sight with those halogen room lamps.

Pistons won

By now everybody knows that the Detroit Pistons won the Championship Series against the Los Angeles Lakers.

DETROIT BASKETBALL !!!!!!!!!!

The Pistons are going to take it

Well well well. The Detroit Pistons sure are kicking the Lakers' asses.

It seems that the Lakers rely on Shaq to carry the team. One man can make a big difference, but the Pistons have shown that it takes a team and not just one person to win games.

So far no team has come back from a 3-1 deficit to win the championship. It will be interesting to see if that statistic holds true for the Lakers... who have been very dominant in the past.

My take on it is that the Detroit Pistons will be the champions. They have been able to shut down the Lakers thus far, and have a lot of momentum. Game 5 is in Detroit territory which makes it even that much tougher for the Lakers to pull out a win. Detroit just needs to win game 5 to take the championship, and they are going to want it to do it at home.

Game 5 is going to be a huge battle. I can't wait until tip off time.

poker site is addicting - had to uninstall the program

This past week, I've stayed up late every night/morning... playing no limit texas hold-em poker. It's free, and I wasn't actually gambling real money - so that's the good news. But man oh man.... it's so fun to play poker with people from around the world. Too fun, actually.

I just uninstalled the poker program from ultimatebet. I had to! I found myself playing online poker from midnight to 6 a.m. everyday this week!

Okay, I will admit that I have an addictive personality. But I have the poker bug out of my system now.

If you like poker, you should check ultimatebet.com .

My biggest gripe is that with the free games, people play hands they would never play if they were using real cash. In other words, people go ALL IN with nothing and hope for the best. That's not poker.

If you want to play against people (for free) that take it more seriously and generally play right... then enter the freeroll tournaments. You will still come across dumb asses that go all in with nothing, but not like at the regular free tables.

Another good poker site is partypoker.com. I can't figure out how to enter a free tournament at party poker, but the graphics are a little better than ultimatebet.

My main problem with playing poker is that I don't have the patience to wait for a good hand. I play marginal hands and get beat all the time. However, I did play a tournament this past week and decided to play patiently. Out of 800 people entered, I made it to the final table and finished 3rd. So patience really is the key to playing poker well.

Anyway, enough about poker. I'm done with it for now.

boycott stuff made in France if they ban SUVs in Paris

Okay, the French are starting to piss me off. They don't support the US actions in the war against terrorism. They didn't help out in Iraq. Now they want to ban SUVs in Paris? Is this an anti-US ploy, targeting our automotive industry?

Sales of luxury vehicles, big trucks, and SUVs lead the sales gains for most automakers.

Looky here Frenchy... your way of life is good because the USA liberated your country in 1944. So don't you forget it.

If Paris bans SUVs, Americans should boycott the purchase of any goods imported from France. Besides wine, cheese, and no political support.... what else does France send our way?

dallas police show pics of the johns who got busted - doh!

Okay, you're out looking to score a little somethin' somethin'. You know... me love you long time sort of somethin' somethin'.

Just think twice before looking for a hooker in Dallas. If you get busted by the Dallas police, they will take your picture, post it on their website along with all of your info. Name, date of birth, city you live in, height, weight, date you got busted, and the vehicle you drive.

Talk about embarrasing!

The people posted on the site were busted for allegedly soliciting prostitution. They haven't even had their day in court yet. I don't agree with this. They should only post the pics and info of people that have been convicted.

Kimmel's show pulled in Detroit after making a joke about how the city would burn if the Pistons win

ABC late night talk show host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel made a joke about Detroit on the NBA finals game 2's half time show, that upset a lot of people in Michigan.

“They're going to burn the city of Detroit down if the Pistons win.”

Kimmel's show was not aired in Detroit in protest.

Kobe Bryant rape case - not guilty

I think that Kobe Bryant is not guilty and that the woman that is accusing him of rape is looking for a big payday.

Come on, Kobe doesn't have to rape anyone. There are countless women out there that Kobe could hook up with if he wanted to. This is a load of bull.

For all of you super star athletes out there.... protect yourself by video recording the woman stating that she is going to have consensual sex with you. That way later on, if she pulls a Kobe on you.... you can show the video of her stating that she agreed to consensual sex. Use your video phone to take the video recording, and email it to a private email account that only you have access to. This way you don't have to store the video on your phone.

Under Colorado law, a rape can still occur if the victim consents to some sexual activity, but later withdraws her consent or refuses to give consent to other sexual activity, including intercourse. Sources said Bryant's trial could boil down to a battle of medical experts from the defense and prosecution over whether the young woman's injuries indicate nonconsensual sex.

Okay, now this is where it gets sticky. Under Colorado law, what happens if you are in the middle of having intercourse, then she withdraws consent while you're in her??? So you pull out. Has rape still occured?

The video taping of the agreement to having consensual sex wouldn't hold up then, because she could simply say that she said NO later.

So... really, the only feasible way to protect yourself from a rape charge would be to video tape the whole thing. I doubt that the women that go back to the hotel rooms with super star athletes will have a problem with being video taped. So just do it, and protect yourself from bogus charges from money chasing biotches.

Or just don't have sex... PERIOD. I bet Kobe is wishing that he just said NO to sex.

Okay, Kobe is married and committed adultery. He's guilty of that and admits it. But rape? I doubt it.

Honor guard around Reagan's casket

I wonder if the Honor Guards that are standing watch around President Reagan's casket have live rounds in their rifles.

The casket weighs 700 pounds. It took three sets of bearers to carry President Reagan's casket up the 120 steps of the Capitol Dome.

President Ronald Reagan

Rest in peace, President Reagan.

I'll pray for you.

who I am is not important

I decided to start up a blog for my own benefit. Whether anyone reads this or not... doesn't really matter. It's therapy. It's an outlet for me.

I'm in my mid 30's. Married with children. Self employed.

I have multiple businesses online, all very profitable, and we live very comfortably. Am I being modest? Hell yeah I'm being modest. I make a shitload of cash. Straight up.

At the rate I'm going, by next year... my daily profits will be at $10,000+ per day.

No brag. Just fact.

It's not a big deal really. I've made and lost small fortunes a few times in my life already. Remember when the stock market tanked and the tech stocks went into the shitter? I lost $500,000 . Live and learn.

smoking sucks - it's killing me

I don't smoke a lot, but I do smoke. I probably smoke about 5 cigs per day. But I've been smoking for 20 years now. If I go out to the bar and drink, then I'll smoke a lot. I don't smoke in front of my kids, nor do I smoke in the house.

Wife knows I smoke. The kids see me smoke a cigar now and then, but I don't let them see me smoke cigs. I think the oldest one knows though. We just don't talk about it.

Lately I've been coughing. Smokers cough? Probably.

Problem is, I continue to smoke anyway.

Tried the nicotine gum and also the patch. Relapsed.

I did quit a for a few years. One day I just decided to quit... so I did. I was ready mentally. I'm not sure what it was. I was just able to quit.

Then one day about 5 years ago, I picked up the habit again.

I'm weak. Lack will power right now. Sucks.

I'm going outside to have a smoke. (sigh)