Archive for March, 2006

Mar 31

March Madness Found

Astrovision now has channel 53 working again. It is still CBS but is being fed from a different city. The previous was from Erie, Pennsylvania and the new one is from New York. The good news is that since it is till a CBS affiliate, then March Madness should be available.

Mar 31

My Spam Response

Dear Barrister William Legro,
I am deeply saddened to learn of Mrs. Walter’s condition and I understand her need to find a person with devout faith in which she can entrust her husband’s wishes.
I can’t tell you how timely Mrs. Karen Walter’s letter is. My flock and I are currently in a major crusade to aid [...]

Mar 31

Are There Creative Writing Courses For Spammers?

I just received the following email, which was identified as spam by my email host. I think I will set up a special email address and respond to the email.

Mar 31

March Madness Missing

Well, it appears that my channel 53 with Astrovision cable is not transmitting. This is the channel that I have used to receive CBS and the March Madness basketball tournament. For several days this channel has been displaying a warning periodically that it was switching to digital on March 30 and to contact my representative. [...]

Mar 30

El Instituto Nacional de Cultura y Alterarte (Translation Test)

I just received the following email:
El Instituto Nacional de Cultura y Alterarte
Presentan
Curso de Dramaturgia
Biblioteca Pública de David
Sábados 1, 8, 22 y 29 de Abril
9:00a.m. a 4:00p.m.
Para más informes llamar al 774-1851 o 66115754
o escriba a: José Montenegro jpopom@hotmail.com

Well, my cut at the translation would be something like this:
The National Institute of Culture and Art
Presents
A Course [...]

Mar 30

Wouldn’t You Just Know It!

Yesterday, I decided that the new PC had been online long enough and I could take my older PC and turn it into a Linux box. When I did the install my hard drive started failing. I could hear a slight squeak every time it moved the access arm. Before I was able to complete [...]

Mar 30

When Does The Straw Break The Camel’s Back?

After posting the last post on VistaPages, I guess I need to set myself a deadline to re-evaluate whether continuing with VistaPages is better than switching to another host. I know VistaPages is a small provider. They are also a priced very low, which at the time I signed up was very important. While my [...]

Mar 30

VistaPages and Customer Service

VistaPages (my web host for Chiriqui Chatter) is certainly not doing anything to instill confidence in me in their ability to provide consistent uptime and high quality response time. Over the last few weeks I have had several instances when I have not been able to get into this website (either the blog area or [...]

Mar 29

TexMex Mexican Food

By Don Ray Williams
March 29,2006
Gimme some of them enchiladas, filled with onions and cheese and covered with chili.
Refried beans and Mexican rice, and salsa so hot it makes me silly.
Gimme some of them bean and cheese nachos, with lots of jalapeños on the side,
Gimme some guacamole dip, and tortilla chips freshly fried.
Gimme some steak and [...]

Mar 29

TGIF Progress

If I am correct, this is going to turn into a TGI Fridays restaurant one of these days. I have no estimated date yet, but my taste buds are hoping it won’t be too many more months.
Here is the TGIF Menu. Now it says “Item availability may vary during lunch and by location.”
Which ones do [...]

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