Throwing Little Thought Pebbles at
Your Windshield November
8 , 2001
Mac and Cheese
I am on a quest to make the same creamy macaroni and cheese that they serve at the Ponderosa and Wendy's. Ya, I know it's crap, but every once in a while, you need to eat it. And if my physician is reading this, I know I'm supposed to be lowering my cholesterol by avoiding foods like Macaroni and Cheese.
We did discover a product that is crap in the bad way. Land O Lakes Mac and Cheese. It looks good, and you ooze the cheese out of a package, but then, nothin. I gave some to Mr. Dump, and he and I agreed: you keep eating it because you think 'THIS bite will taste good.' It didn't taste like anything at all. Except maybe the packaging.
And so the quest continues.
Fireplace Screen Saver Searchers
Now that people aren't finding my site when searching google for a Halloween costume, they seem to be coming in droves looking for a fireplace screen saver. They're getting my site as a hit because I was crabbing on that topic last year. Well here you go, readers!
The BEST source for fireplace screen savers, according to me, is at Duraflame. Of course, I'm still not all that thrilled with what they have, but some are pretty nice. It looks like the links I found last year are all broken. I couldn't even get the URL to work. So go to Duraflame until I can find someone to make me the screensaver I've been dreaming of.
Http://www.duraflame.com/hotoffers/screensavers.cfm
For the record, I built the first fake fire of the season on the 4th, while I worked on my novel. It felt positively Dickensian.
Other Key Search Terms
I'm always fascinated by the search terms that people have used to find me. Last week there was "foot cam" and "donuts in china." If I'm not mistaken, the donuts in china thing was probably hitting a Dump where I wished they had real china at Dunkin Donuts, but don't quote me on that.
Right now, the big hitters are people looking for toy dumptrucks, so I've linked to two over on the right. I may pick up the green one for Mookie.
I assume that's what the visitor from Iran was looking for. Oh, and would the person searching for "Burchstead genealogy" drop me a line? I am always willing to find out if I'm related to someone, and it's probably not obvious from this site that yes, indeed, I am a Burchstead. (At least that's what my mother claims.)
If You Know What's Good for You...
This section of the Dump is reserved for the laptop we use at home. Yes, we know you are old. You are hopelessly out of date. Your a: drive makes whirring noises for no reason at all, even when we aren't using you. But so help me, if you die, I'm going to be SO ANGRY. There. That should take care of that "cannot write to drive" error I got last night.
p.s. Anyone trying to unload a laptop for cheap? Like less than $300? Or want to exchange it for free advertising? Anyone working for Tivo want to exchange advertising for a new machine cause mine needs to be fixed?
Amazon Wish List
Someone asked me why I don't link to my Amazon wish list here on the Dump, and I think my reply was "I can do that?" or something similar. But I don't want to appear like I'm begging for CDs. I figure if people want to support the Dump, either buy buying some advertising, donating goods, or hell, sending cash, all the proceeds should go to the upkeep of the site. It's time to renew the domain name again, so that's $70. Why ask someone to buy me a Game Boy cartridge when they can feel they have helped The Big DumpTruck exist for another two years?
What I will say, is that anyone that hard up to view my wishlist can do a search for me. And once again, if Bill Gates is wondering what to get me, the big ticket item is a Canon Digital Elph camera.
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What I'll Miss Most Now That It's November
- Having the sun out after work
- Leaves. Green ones that rustle in the wind
- Being able to go to work without having to warm up the car.
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