terpfan1980

Reply to This is why mass mail-in voting was a bad idea in Politics JoeUser Forums

(Visiting again for the first time in a while. Nice to see you still writing occasionally)

Reply to This is why mass mail-in voting was a bad idea in Politics JoeUser Forums

/applaud to all of what you have written here.

Reply to Not so fast there President Obama in Current Events Stardock Forums

[quote] I was surprised at just how much that revenue increase came out of my pocket. I make well under 50k and I now get $30 less per paycheck that I'll never see again, going straight to Social Security... so that will totally help the regular budget. I guess it used to be this way?[/quote] Yes, it used to be that way and sadly because of the desire for a short-term boost to the economy, it was changed temporarily with a "holiday" on the employee's porti

Not so fast there President Obama in Current Events JoeUser Forums

In the current news cycle, we have this headline: Obama: Not raising the debt ceiling 'is absurd' . Oh, but I agree on that thought completely - not raising the debt ceiling would be stupid, idiotic, moronic, and a host of other names that s

More do as I say... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I had wondered, along with everyone else of course, what the NRA's response to the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting (in Newtown CT) was going to be, as they sat back quietly. Would their response be cautious and reflective, or would it be arrogance? Would they make bold moves towards reigning in gun violence, or would they point the finger at others and deny that guns are possibly part of the problem? Days later, of course (as I took a little time after their resp

Reply to I sooooooo want to say something, but... in Politics Stardock Forums

Tova7 said: [quote]Unless they live in a bubble, they know.[/quote] Heh, as it turns out, over the last few weeks, the persons that I had knowledge about were apparently pulled in and informed that their jobs were indeed going to be gone, but, as it also turns out, at least one of the individuals -- one that I think I'll most hate seeing gone -- is apparently living in a bubble or at least he's putting on a great public face as he had been going around telling other team members

Reply to Cameras sure have gotten good in Photography Stardock Forums

Very nice photo. I've gotten some decent pictures off my cell phone cameras but then again have had a few pictures come out poorly because the lens had been dirtied up or oiled up by my grabbing the phone to pull it out of the pouch that I keep it in. I'm not a cell phone in the pocket kind of guy, but if I was, that would likely be just as bad with me pulling the phone out of my pocket and grabbing it wherever I could to get it out of there. I think cameras in general are

Reply to I sooooooo want to say something, but... in Politics JoeUser Forums

That is exactly the position your coworkers are in....so why stress about them? Because of this thing called compassion ;) I feel for my co-workers. I would hate to have a co-worker know something that would impact me in such a way not actually tell me what they know and give me a chance to be better prepared for what is coming, and I hate not being able to tell my co-worker(s) t

SHOUT IT, SHOUT IT, SHOUT IT OUT LOUD in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Yeah, I'm borrowing the old rock n' roll lyrics. SHOUT IT, SHOUT IT, SHOUT IT OUT LOUD. That's what I think the GOP should be doing about the Fiscal Cliff situation. Too bad that even if they did take my advice here, the treasonous co-conspirators in the mainstream media wouldn't do anything about it. What do I mean and what do I want? I want the GOP to start making as much noise as possible that President Obama and his team WANT to take us

Reply to I sooooooo want to say something, but... in Politics Stardock Forums

Philly0381 said: terpfan1980 I wonder what the chances are that one of your co-workers might be a member of the community here? Did you just not consider that possibility? I know the situatio

I sooooooo want to say something, but... in Politics JoeUser Forums

Argh! Double Argh even. I so want to say something, but I really can't, at least not to the parties that I'd like to say it to. In this particular case, knowing some sensitive information leaves me so wanting to pass it along to some folks, and yet, well, I can't. I'm sworn to secrecy and for business reasons, I really do need to keep things that way, but it doesn't mean that I don't want to and don't feel the need to tell someone else t

Christmas cards are in the mail... in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

The Christmas cards that my family is sending out for Christmas 2012 are in the mail. Whew! Roughly 120 - 130 cards addressed, stamped, stuffed (with a very short "newsletter" this year) for most of them (wife 2.0 may not have stuffed all of the cards that she sent out, but that is her prerogative) -- in the last few years I've put together and sent out a holiday newsletter that went in all of the cards I sent, going back to 2009, when wife 1.0 was killed in the car wreck

Reply to Quick, someone help me find the BigTen network on my TV in Sports & Leisure Stardock Forums

Just heard a rumor yesterday that UVA is thinking of bolting as well. While the core of the ACC is NC, Virginia is still well within ACC country (so much so that local stations carry UVA over local teams). They bolt, they can kiss a lot of support good bye. I thought it was interesting that there is talk of UVA leaving. UVA was pressured to get Va. Tech into the ACC. If UVA leaves, it leaves Va. Tech in a (pretty much) dead conference

Please, just hit it right back up the middle in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Headlines today: Obama plays hardball with GOP on fiscal cliff (which then goes to article with a less caustic headline: First Thoughts: A laughing matter? ) My response: please GOP, just hit it right back up the middle. If President Obama and his side want to play hardball, then go for it. As much as I don't want to see th

Reply to Are phones and pads the beginning of the end? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Seeing Draginol's article ( Why Kindle will fail as a device, succeed as a format ) bumped and brought back to life, it sent me into looking for this old article to see how well my own predictions had (been) perhaps coming true. Was my original article on the mark? You tell me folks. I know I wasn't as early in my predictions as was Draginol with his older article, bu

Frustrations with Verizon Wireless and firmware upgrades in Mobile Tech JoeUser Forums

I'm finding myself frustrated with my "friends" at Verizon Wireless. Example #1: My Samsung Galaxy SIII phone. Owners of this phone on the Sprint network are currently enjoying the goodness that is Jelly Bean for their phone firmware. Having used Jelly Bean on the Google Nexus 7 tablet that I had (and since sold to a co-worker, having bought that device from another co-worker that often plays musical chairs with his tech devices, fire-selling them to myself and others

The answer isn't "more" in Politics JoeUser Forums

A couple of articles are showing up in the current news cycle, though these are not really "new" in the content within: {Washington} Examiner Editorial: If top 5% paid 40% of taxes, what is their 'fair' share? The Millionaires Who Pay the Highest Tax Rate In answer to the first question (

Hostess and the bakers union in Politics JoeUser Forums

Let me start here by saying I am not a member of the bakers union, have never worked for Hostess, and really don't have any inside information and only a little of the history of the situation, but I find myself completely mystified by the lack of ability for the union(s) that are involved with Hostess, and the company itself, to find a solution to the problems the company is having. Yet again it seems that the union is dead set on watching their members lose their jobs rather tha

Reply to Quick, someone help me find the BigTen network on my TV in Sports & Leisure Stardock Forums

Apparently I need to apologize to my commenters above. I have the channel and can tune it in just fine, I just have never (previously) bothered to even check it out. With no teams there that I cared about, it was just another channel that I tended to pass over while looking for something to watch. With Maryland moving to the BigTen in just a few years, now I'll need to know where the channel is as I try to find my favored team playing games against their new opponents.&nbsp

Quick, someone help me find the BigTen network on my TV in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

I keed, I keed... I know where it is, even though I've never seen a reason to tune into the BigTen network on my TV before now. Now though, now that the Terrapins of the University of Maryland will apparently be moving to the BigTen network (which will wind up, at least temporarily, at 14 teams), well, now I need to figure out how to find my favored team playing their games on my TV. Apparently the gods at Verizon FiOS that determined which channels needed to be offered in m

It's time for psychological warfare in Current Events JoeUser Forums

OK, I know that the powers that be are supposedly meeting regularly now, trying to negotiate a solution to the fiscal cliff. Good for them. Hopefully they'll come to a solution that doesn't wreck the economy and push us all back into a deep recession. Too bad I just don't have that much faith that they'll find such a solution. I know that the stock market rose this past Friday on optimism and hope that a solution would be achieved, but I think the marke

A hopeful coffee addict tries to make Espresso at home in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

I got the honor of reviewing an KRUPS XP601050 Espresso machine for home use, compliments of Amazon. Unfortunately, I was less than completely impressed with the machine. Read the linked review for full details on the issues I had with it and why I can't really recommend it for purchase.

Reply to Most likely not seen by the parties addressed, but... in Home & Family Stardock Forums

Thanks for the kind thoughts Tova7. My aunt passed away in this last year, also a victim of cancer. In her case it was breast cancer. She'd had a 10 year reprieve between his first battle with it and then the recurrence that just couldn't be beaten. She wound up going almost 13 years between the first diagnosis and her last breath, but in the end, cancer won. In my mother-in-law's case, the treatments were most definitely not easy. My sister-in-law is, to

Most likely not seen by the parties addressed, but... in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

My spouse (whom I refer to frequently, at another site or three... as wife 2.0, since she's my second wife) does not frequent this site and would be highly unlikely to stumble upon it if I didn't point her in the right direction. I think I've sent her here in the past to read some of my previous rants and thoughts, but she just hasn't been that interested, and really, until recently, I wasn't all that talkative here any more so it probably didn't matter.

Nice projector (for those looking for one) in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

I've been lucky enough to be on a run of reviewing projectors that I've gotten via Amazon. One of the nicest is the one I'm linking to here (Epson PowerLite 1761W Projector (Ultraportable WXGA 720p Widescreen 3LCD, 2600 lumens color brightness, 2600 lumens white brightness, HDMI, wireless, app compatible, rapid setup). If you g