TC the Terrible

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Or something along those lines. I’ve been busy working and missed a couple of milestones recently. My car rolled over 90,000 miles a while back and I missed watching that by a couple of miles. (Sort of like I missed when it rolled over 50,000 – 60,000 – 70,000 – etc.) I totally forgot to make a big deal out of hitting 500 posts on this blog. I had meant to give out some kind of prize to visitor number 10,000 but forgot to do that too. And I screwed up and deleted SPAM comment number 500 before highlighting it in a special post.

For the record it was an add for penis enlargement supplements. Those SPAM comments no longer bother me, because I got used to that particular situation years ago. I am becoming concerned over the number of breast enhancement e-mails and comments that I’m getting lately. How large should a 42 year old man’s breasts be anyway?

One event that I hope I won’t miss is getting my first check from Google for my AdSense account. Like that’s ever going to happen. I’m glad that some people are able to make a living by just maintaining a web site and that was going to be the future for all of us a couple of years ago. But you can bank on the fact that 98% of the web sites out there will never make a dime. My buddy Halibut has had her kick ass entertainment site on line for almost four years now, and despite having a shelf-full of awards for it has still never made any money. Guys like the ones profiled in the Post today are the rare exception.

Any way, still no news on the big news from yesterday. Stay tuned for that one.

July 28th, 2006 Posted by TC the Terrible | Blog, Geek, Random Non-sense | no comments

Impulse Blog

You know the big thing that I mentioned in my first post today? Well, it didn’t happen. Looks like the first of next week before I have anything to report on that. Sort of the way the government works around here.

It’s hard to watch when the ultra-powerful have to come back down and join the masses. AOL crushed a lot of good companies on their way to ISP dominance over the past decade and now it looks like AOL may be paying for their sins. The so-called media giant is getting out of the ISP side of the dial up business and probably even going to give away all that exclusive content for free. Not that there was ever anything special sitting behind AOL’s protective fencing to begin with. (Could it be this is what they get for destorying the once-Holy-Grail called Netscape?)

The biggest prize in all of this should be a reduction in the amount of SPAM e-mail making it around the globe. Because 90% of the time when some piece of crap hit my mail box, the originator was an AOL user. I can be sure of that because none of them ever figured out how to cut all the header information out of a forwarded e-mail.

If there are 50 million blogs out there to monitor, and only 10,000 of them are getting more than six visitors a day, then why the hell are we even trying to keep up? Is there even any point in trying any more? Shouldn’t everyone just start their day with my blog and go from there?????

BTW, NEW GUY’s wife and new baby are home from the hospital.  Everyone is doing well, thanks for caring.

July 27th, 2006 Posted by TC the Terrible | Blog, Geek, Random Non-sense | 4 comments

Express Lane. Again.

If I had any friends you might get the impression that one of them works as a blog reader for the Express. This is the fourth time in as many months that they’ve clipped a quote from me. Pretty soon I’m going to have to send flowers or cookies to their office as a thank-you gift.

July 27th, 2006 Posted by TC the Terrible | Blog, Random Non-sense | 2 comments

Free Tickets + Cold Beer = Quality Family Time

Twenty years later and one thing still hasn’t changed. Cinderella is still the worst metal band to ever get out of their momma’s garage. When a six year old chants “BORING” you know the show can’t get much worse.

Thank the concert Gods for Poison. These guys may have found a way to hang on to all that goodness that made them so much fun back in the day. The long-teased-up hair is gone and the band could pass for a pretty hip looking country act, but they still kick major ass on stage. Nissan Pavilion is not the greatest venue in the world but the crowd got hot quick and stayed that way through the final songs.  One of the fun parts of the night (and there were several) was watching the old style music videos on the back drop screen as the band performed.  It was almost like going to an amped up class reunion.

THE WOMAN had a blast showing FDSM and SDSM how to sling their hair around their heads gaining much more stree cred with them. Of course THE BOY tried to get in on the act, but even his coolness went right out the window when he tried to dance. He does make a hell of a ‘sign of the devil’ and screamed “Rock On” right up to the point when he passed out.  I had to play evil step-dad (like that’s a change) when some punk tried to put his dance moves on FDSM.  For once she was glad to have me around.

It might not be what some Southern Baptists think of when they talk about quality family time, but we all enjoyed the living hell out of the night. The only real downer was some bitch kicking my beer over during “Every Rose” and having to carry 45 pounds of sleeping kid across the parking lot. Yes, THE BOY slept during the last half hour of the show and the entire trip home. His ability to sleep through “Unskinny Bop” had the drunken frat boys around us in sheer awe.

Big events are going on here today. I’ll clue you guys in a little later on that.

July 27th, 2006 Posted by TC the Terrible | THE WOMAN, Kids, DC Life, Random Non-sense | 2 comments