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Ah, the painting continues. In case I didn't share, my basement is on it's way towards becoming what I like to call "future world blue". I picked out three shades on the color card and am using all three in the basement. It's not quite as radical as it sounds and so far, I am quite pleased with the results... but jeeze-o-pete it's taking a while to do. Last night, I completed the stairway to the basement. Next on the plate is doing the final wall behind my big screen TV which is a Cobalt Blue to contrast with the other lighter blue walls. Pray it turns out well. Then, when I complete that, it's back around for a second coat. Honestly, I hate painting but like the results. I have also found that most paint jobs don't look right till you slap a second coat on and that I can't paint a straight line to save my life.

I almost forgot to mention... I ditched the idea of getting a smart phone. After looking at all the models offered, I decided only T-Mobile had one I was interested in (it was based on Pocket PC phone edition) and their network sucks. Plus, it wasn't worth paying $175 to terminate my current contract. So, I bought a Blackberry RIMM device. In the process, I think I am going to sell my PDA. The Blackberry can sync calendar and contacts and get email from a normal pop server. It's always on and also has a paging function. I think it's all I need for now and does what I wanted a PDA/Phone to do... pull my email when I am out of the office. Go America had a pretty good deal. You get the Blackberry free and the monthly unlimited service was $59. This contrasts with other providers who charge $39 a month, limit your data transfer (which is a big deal) and charge you $300-400 for the device itself. I figure, in a years time that cell phones will have advanced and the PDA/Phone combo may be a better reality. I'm just not going to compromise by switching to the Palm OS when I prefer the Pocket PC.

By the way, Gary is bumming me out. Why? Read this... "If I had any “buddies” that had time or lived near by, we’d go get beer periodically. But my old beer buddies are working on getting their lives set up...". I don't think I have any local close friends? The two pals I speak most with, I never see. Gary & Mike both live too far for a day trip which sucks. What the hell is wrong with me? How do you make a new best friend at age 36? Someone ponder that and get back to me will you?

By the way, the WebCams are back online...