The Big DumpTruck

Oh my good God, if you haven’t ever had the seafood chowder at the Maine
Diner in Wells, Maine, what is your problem. Whole clams, big chumks of
lobster meat, scallops and shrimp. I think next time I’m just getting a
big bowl of that with their huge corn muffin and I will be a happy happy
girl.

I don’t know if this will work, but here is a photo of one of the clams
in my cup of the chowder.

Oh, and here is the step-daughter chasing birds. See, I don’t need to get a dog, we just let the kids go run on the beach. (Don’t let the pretty picture fool you – it was 45 degrees up there…)

My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Sister Pepper Spray of Warm Humanitarianism.

What’s yours?

Woo.

No? Okay.

WOO.

Junior has all next week off, and I have nothing planned for him. I’m only going to be home a couple of the days, and I’ll have to work if I feel like getting paid, but still, it would be nice to have something in the queue. I think maybe we’ll go bowling. Cause nothing says spring break like bowling!

I forgot to give him allergy medicine this morning. I have a feeling I am very much going to regret that mistake. I hope they don’t call me later today to tell me that his face is leaking uncontrollably.

So, dear readers, lets hear your suggestions for next week. Remember, I hate huge crowds, so think twice before suggesting the Children’s Museum in Boston. Or anything in Boston. It’s all, like, crowded and stuff.

Two notebook reviews:

• my WilsonJones View-tab(tm) notebook (3 subject 55091) – awesome. It’s way cool, because you can put pictures and stuff in the front slot to customize the cover. The covers are hard plastic so you can use it on your lap. And the paper is really thin so after you write on a page it makes that awesome crinkly sound I adore. Thumbs up. Three thumbs up.
• My HP dv4030us – Love it. Love it more now that I went to the Netgear website and downloaded the firmware upgrade for my router so that it will actually talk to the built-in wireless card. Heads up to people who buy computers with Centrino processors who are having trouble with an existing Netgear wireless network – this firmware upgrade specifically fixes problems between the two. (Remember kids, the dv4030 is the retail store flavor/configuration of the HP dv4000 line. If you got here from Google because I’m one of only two hits for hp dv4030, go back and search for “hp dv4000” and you’ll have more luck.)

Oh, and my goal of trying to not load any Microsoft software on this system unless I actually need it and like it is going well. OpenOffice seems to be doing the trick (although I’m still getting used to it) and I’m getting more comfortable with Firefox. (So no IE or Office for me so far. And yes, I know I need to get the new security patch for OpenOffice.)

Over in the Wicked Good message boards, Adam posts some pictures of available Real Estate in Newstead Montegrade. I’m considering putting in a bid for the castle. I’m just not sure it’s going to have enough closet space. Or a roof.

(I just don’t get tired of this Newstead Montegrade stuff, I swear.)