Ok. Nothing is ever as easy as it first seems. Aparently when a bracket says “includes everything needed to mount an Epson projector”, it doesn’t really mean everything. So, it’s back to the drawing board to figure out what I should do about attaching the projector to the ceiling mount bracket I now have. Grrrr. Once I figure that out, I’ll get some pics up here… really.

Yay! The ceiling mount bracket for my digital projector came in today! Woohoo!! Looks like tonight’s project will be mounting the projector and testing out our new home theater setup in the basement. I’ll post some pics of the setup this weekend.

Well, not really. There is never enough time to get things done. I’m the type of person who finds it difficult to go to bed at night before projects I’m working on are complete. We’ll come back to this.

Hello. I get bored really easily. I need to be doing 15 things at once, otherwise I get sick of doing the same thing and become unproductive. Ok, basically that’s just an escuse for how easily I get distracted. I’ll start writing an email, get halfway through it and log in to my Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Baseball league to see how I’m doing (I’m 1.5 games out of first, btw). While typing up this little post, I’ve sent IM’s to people, sent a few emails, and checked out weather and headlines. If I don’t keep track of what I need to be working on, I’ll reach the end of the day with 10 new projects, in addition to the ones I should have been working on.

Ok, back to the original point. So much to do, so little time. I keep starting a bunch of projects and want to get them all done, but between working, eating, and sleeping… I don’t have any time! Aarrrggghhhh.

Damnit. I’m bored.

Those northerly neighbors sure got their ship together. Tonight we went to the Burger King in Manchester, NH for dinner. I picked up a copy of the official rules for their current Star Wars promotion and read a few sections. Aparently, unlike in the United States, up in Canada not just anyone can walk up to the counter at their local Burger King and redeem a winning “free food” game piece. Oh no. It can’t be that easy. The official rules for the Burger King “Choose Your Destiny” game make it impossible for certified morons or 1st graders to redeem winning game pieces in which food is a prize.

Check out the highlighted passage from their official rules (full size available):

My question is this. Can any Burger King employee validate the answer to the mathematical question, or do you have to be in management to be able to do that? Now if only the United States would hold its Burger King employees to these high standards!

Can you imagine walking into a Burger King, coupon in hand, only to get your testing sheet back with a big red F at the top? Sorry, no soup for you.

By the way, in case you were wondering… the odds of winning the $1 million prize or the $100,000 Sony Shopping Spree are 1:152,024,297. Void where prohibited or when you can’t figure out which train arrives at its destination first.

My new riding lawn tractor found its way home yesterday. Woohoo! I was actually excited to go out and mow the lawn, but instead we ended up going shopping. So, I had to wait and mowed a small section of our back yard today after work. It was hot outside so I carefully placed a tasty beverage in the mower’s convenient cup holder and I was on my way.

I’ve never been on a riding lawn mower before and I must say, it was a lot of fun. A go-kart with blades. I wasn’t too impressed with the LT2000′s ability to eat up long grass and weeds, but it the rider sure saves a lot of time. I kept finding numerous blades of grass that were getting missed right down the middle of where I was cutting. That’s probably because my grass was about a foot high, but still. When I’d turn, the cutting deck seems to lean to one side, creating a very uneven cut. I found myself going over my old tracks time and time again just to make sure I got every last blade of grass.

Hopefully next time, I won’t let the lawn get a foot high and the LT2000 will behave a little better. I’m just glad I don’t have to walk around my yard for 3 hours following the ol’ self-propelled walk-behind Toro.

Now if it would only start snowing! I need an excuse to head back to Sears and get the snow blade for this thing!

Sorry, this isn’t about music from The Cars, it’s about the elusive AMF Magic Triangle (aka The AMF Pindicator). After years of looking for one of these, I finally stumbled upon a bowling discussion forum and figured I’d post a message asking if anyone out there had one of these triangles. Sure enough, a great guy named Jim from Kansas wrote back saying he had some lying around. He sent pictures (that’s his restored one in the picture) and provided tips on how to strip off the old paint and restore them.

Well, my triangle finally arrived today! Woohoo! Thanks to another bit of magic, the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, I was able to clean up the plastic backing that holds all of the light bulbs – for something that is over 50 years old, it almost looks new! My next task is to strip the paint off the metal grill and re-paint it. Then it’s off to re-wire the triangle, make all the lights work, and hang it up in the game room. I have a picture of what my triangle looks like (minus the white backing).

I’m not sure what’s stranger… the fact that I have a magic triangle or the fact that there are other people out there who have done the same thing I want to do!

Come help Leanne celebrate her 30th 4th of July!

When: Sunday, July 3, 2005 starting around 2:00pm until…

What: Big BBQ, drinks, games, movies, billiards, pinball, and skydyving (across the street).

Where: Our House!

Wanna come? Bring a guest or two (or three) and please RSVP by sending us an email. We have plenty of sleeping room (2 beds, a couch, a futon, 3 air matresses, sleeping bags, tents, and plenty of floors) for those who wish to spend the night.

We’ll have plenty of food and beverages available, but if you’re in the mood for something specific, bring it on over. Kids are welcome, too (this means you Conner, Jason, and Arianna!).

Everybody’s doing it. Why aren’t you?

These days it seems like everyone and their pets have blogs. It’s amazing what random crap people will write about, and I’m no exception!