LadyCrimson

At least it wasn't a 1500+ score!

@Rosbjerg - I've seen that test site before. That's a 90? It is pretty off by individual squares, but you did get the general scaling concept. eg, no bright pink square next to a starting purple square, so I think you could still tell a gold wire from a turqouise wire. Just not a blue-green wire from a green-blue wire. I usually get a 0/perfect on that website (in the past and just now), but I did get a 4 once. Some of the gradients (especially on a monitor) cause a bit of a color illusion.

I'm not normally all that into paintings, but I like that one.

Wonder if I can convince hubby to take a drive down to Saratoga for the Peter Frampton/BB King concert at the Mountain Winery. I know he'd love the concert, but getting him to do anything with crowds is always a challenge. But BB King might not be around much longer...we saw him a few times at the Circle Star, when it still existed. He's the man. The Monkees are also playing this summer ... but just wouldn't be the same without Davy Jones. And when did Jeff Bridges start doing country music? I'm not into country, but it's still tempting to go see Jeff play/sing. Heh.

"Passionate Plea!" ...hahaha! That was great.

Those pics make me think of the rec room scene in Tremors.

Oh? That's interesting/amusing. I wonder which episode...I'll have to look it up, thanks.

This guy is cameraman. I was expecting some beefcake pic of the bald guy but I was a bit disappointed. Sadly, I think that pic was just a bit too "cheeky" for even a non-embedded link. Dem pesky rules.

Spent the last few hours trying to figure out mic's vs. distance+keyboard clatter+breathing vs. NR settings vs. my tendency to mumble. *shakes fists* ... I could still use to try to find a better microphone setup I suppose. Never know how to shop for such things...

The "Fan response" ... omg the expression on the Obsidian stick figure is hilarious.

Da awesome! Thanks for posting that. ::jealous::

What?! Why are these things never held near where I live? Did you get me an autograph from M.B.? Huh? Huh? Huh? Or candid pics? Or a piece of his shirt? Or .... sigh.

Could the shoulder/chest be posture/sleep related? Pinched nerve? I'm glad it doesn't seem to be the heart, tho. Hope it's figured out/gets better. Today I started to think I have a ghost in the house. The vertical blinds on the sliding glass door haven't stopped moving all morning. Seriously. They're in the "shut" position but keep riffling back and forth just a bit, like those metal ball "endless motion" clackers. Normally, could be the cat...but it's been hours. So either they're stuck in perpetual motion, or it's a ghost!

Watched a few of the Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett (1980's). I've known of it, just never got around to watching it. (if I had seen some before, it was years and years ago and I don't remember...) Mixed feelings...on the one hand, it's fairly faithful to the stories. On the other hand ... it feels a bit dull. Not the fault of the acting, however. Holmes and Watson are great. It's just the execution of the mystery dramatization feels a bit off to me. When they switch to Sherlock's "client" POV for storytelling purposes, I feel like I'm watching History channel re-enactment segments, if that makes sense. Still....certainly one of the better Sherlock/Watson depictions.

So much post nasal drip I have to take drugs before bed to prevent chest congestion, again. Blargh. ...but I had a good afternoon out with my friend, browsing bookstores and shops and having a snack at an eatery while gabbing. No alcohol or mud wrestling was involved, but it was fun anyway. Need to figure out the local summer events and see what I can drag hubby and others to - I feel a need to do something a bit more interesting than "the usual" weekend stuff this year.

Now there's too much sky and it's breaking the rule of thirds! ... j/k

Haha @ the pool party vid! Also:

I need to stop watching movies like "Ghost" at lunchtime, just "because they're on", since I then go around the rest of the day in a semi-sad state of mind. Off to a buddy's house. We're going window-shopping, maybe see a movie. Air-conditioned mall, baby.

The motherboard could also fry (or connectors break, or whatever), meaning you'd have to replace a potentially still-working CPU, not just the motherboard. Not something that happens to many people I suppose, but it's still annoying to me that if one thing goes, you'd have to replace the whole "unit." I don't think that makes sense at all ... unless the "unit" ends up being cheaper than buying those things separately has been, so you no longer care too much that you're paying for some aspect that isn't actually broken. But then, I'm still annoyed by how difficult it's become to just replace a part in anything vs. buying a whole new "unit." Disposable and more disposable.

For some reason, in many of those otherwise interesting Defiance shots, my eyes keep gravitating towards the ponytail sticking out of the baseball cap.

...the end knife fight in this "silent film" version of Under Siege is particularly amusing.

Using Netflix to watch the 1st season of Law and Order. I'm not sure I've ever seen those, doesn't seem familiar. I've only seen the Law and Orders in reruns/syndication so the 1st couple season aren't something they play much anymore...kinda interesting. Michael Moriarty is rather awesome. As usual I struggled to remember what else he was in and then remembered Pale Rider, one of my fave 80's Eastwood movies. Heh. It ended up being too slow for me, but what I watched, definitely had some moments. It's possible a 2nd season (which I think is forthcoming) could improve it.

It doesn't sound like anything I'd be excited about, in terms of price vs. (desktop) performance. Really? That would ... suck ... so I'll hope it's a rumor that proves unfounded. Not that I often drop-in upgrade CPU's anyway (vs. just building a completely new rig), but that's not the point. If it seems like that's the way it's going to go, I may build a new rig sooner than I thought I would. And buy a garage full of spare parts.