Yes, I know, a little bit of a sensational blog post title, but it's true. I love Greg Barchard. I love his Rapidweaver plugins, and I love his customer support, and I love his genial nature when responding to our sometimes (frequently?) lame questions.
Regarding a recent suggestion for his first iPhone app from a list member, Greg Barchard said, "I would do a universal iPhone and iPad app. I don't like an app that sells multiple copies of itself on the store. It feels wrong." You go, Greg.
Buy Rapidweaver plugins from this guy. Seriously, you won't regret it. He answers questions quickly — even from his iPhone — his Google Groups mailing list is so helpful, and his plugins are cool and constantly being updated and improved.
Is it the first wife who took this guy back after she'd found evidence of his wedding plans with wife #2 on Facebook because he said he loved her and wanted to reconcile and that he wouldn't go through with the other wedding?
Or, is it wife #2 who knows this guy had another wife and child that he didn't mind cheating on and who was dumb enough to post her photos on Facebook, and who apparently believes that she is so special that he would never do the same to her?
Or, is it the scumbag husband who could possibly face criminal charges for fraud for filing taxes, completing insurance claims, etc., under the guise of a married man? [I can only hope.]
Maybe the kids should go live with someone outside of this group completely, someone who is not so stupid.
We try to do right by our kids, get them to eat the right things, get some exercise, stay healthy, and this is what happens when they spend a week with Grandma and Aunt Andy.
Yep, three doughnuts for breakfast from Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland, Oregon: one Cap'n Crunch donut, one mango filled, and one Butterfinger doughnut. If that isn't bad enough, after Voodoo Doughnuts, they got brown sugar cinnamon white chocolate mochas.
I'm not impressed with Jay Leno and I thought Conan O'Brien was funny, sure, but I couldn't concern myself too much with the late night wars when my favorite late night host was conducting business as usual. Maybe my humor is a little low brow — okay, for CERTAIN it is a little low brow — but I have had more tear inducing laughter in the past year of Craig Ferguson than I ever had watching Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien combined.
I'm a couple of weeks behind on my recorded Craigs, so I haven't even seen the new Robot Skeleton sidekick yet. What I did just see, though, was John Cusack's awkward pause. I have never laughed so hard at people doing nothing than I do with Craig Ferguson's awkward pauses. This one was especially funny because John Cusack wanted to do it in the middle of the interview [gasp], not at the end. Kind of threw Craig for a loop there. I may have to rank this awkward pause right up there in the top four, along with those of Kristen Bell, Simon Helberg, and Adhir Kalyan. The shoe-tying bit was good with Cusack, but Simon Helberg did the almost-leg-cross followed by the awkward smile. Then again, the entire interview with Adhir Kalyan was hilarious, including the awkward pause at the end. Yeah, good stuff.
For at least two years now, I have been screwing around with my disappearing login items. One day everything would open just fine when my computer booted up, and the next day, they were gone, just disappeared. I started keeping a list of my login items so that I could add them again whenever this happened, which seemed to be several times a month — often enough to make me NUTS! It was a time-consuming pain to keep re-adding the login items.
I tried creating login folders with Tiger Cache Cleaner, then Leopard Cache Cleaner, and MacPilot. I was even creating alarms in AlarmClockPro to open these files after my computer started up every morning. That worked, too, until the login item to start the starters would also disappear!
I Googled the problem and found people having the same issue, but no solutions. I hoped when I upgraded to Snow Leopard the problem would be solved. Nope. Still happening. Not major, in the grand scope of things, but hugely annoying.
Googling the subject again (and again), I found where several people suggested replacing the com.apple.loginitems.plist file. It didn't make a difference, BECAUSE [drum roll, please] it was the wrong file! It turns out it's the loginwindow.plist file, also in the Preferences folder. Once I got my login items the way I wanted them, I duplicated the file and started keeping a copy on my desktop. When I don't see all my icons in the menu bar that should be there, I replace the file in the Preferences folder with a copy of my "good" loginwindow.plist file, reboot, and all is right with the world.
I was reading posts in one of the Google Groups of which I am a member, and interspersed between legitimate, informative posts were some angry messages from a woman on her iPhone who, apparently, was also getting the emails. Of course, we know you don't get the emails unless you are subscribed to the group, right?
She sent these messages:
Stop sending me these emails!!!!!!!!
Please pardon errors--msg sent from my iPhone.
[her name], PhD, LPC
and
Stop these emails!!!!!
Please pardon errors--msg sent from my iPhone.
[her name], PhD, LPC
Okay, she doesn't want to get the emails, but look at her sig line. She has a PhD and is an LPC, a Licensed Professional Counselor, someone who "has advanced training, a graduate academic degree, clinical work experience, and has passed a state-certified licensing examination. Counselors treat all sorts of problems: from alcoholism and eating disorders to relationship issues and depression."
Sounds like a really SMART person, doesn't it? But not smart enough to just remove her name from the Google Group. [snicker]
Where does all the eggnog in the world go on January 1? I’m just wondering, because it seems to magically disappear from every grocery store, every Costco, every Sam’s Club. It’s not even discounted anywhere because the expiration date on the remaining 47 cases of eggnog is January 2 and they are trying to unload it. I would still buy it! I would buy it and freeze it and thaw it out and celebrate Valentine’s Day with it. Yes, I would. But it’s not there. It’s not anywhere. It’s completely gone. Why?
It says on the container that it’s a holiday classic. Why does it have to be a HOLIDAY classic? Can’t it be an EVERYDAY classic? I like to have it every day, that’s for sure. Right, it’s bad for me—I know that, but I want the OPTION of having it every day, and that option is being taken away from me. Eggnog lovers, unite! Let’s demand that we at least be allowed to buy the eggnog that is still … SOMEWHERE!
I bought 6 half gallons of eggnog on December 31 at Costco, and they had LOTS. The checker asked me if it was marked down. I said, “No, but I know if I come back in two days, it will be gone!” The expiration date on these half gallons is February 9. I don’t even have to freeze them! Between my kids and me, this will be gone long before then.
So, what gives? Where has all the eggnog gone? Why is the eggnog gone? I’ll ponder this subject while I drink my own eggnog right now. I lace mine with a little brandy and liberally sprinkle it with nutmeg. Some people like rum in their eggnog. It doesn’t matter what you like in it, though, if you can’t even get it. Bah humbug!
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