Magic Landing - Like it or lump it

I have been given some new leads as to what happened at Magic Landing so many years ago. I still don't have a timeline of events, but there are some things brewing that I am now directly involved in and will be updating Blank Media with what I have found. I need to verify some accounts of what happened, I am starting to get an idea on what happened in the parks brief, yet memorable history.

I am correct when I say the park opened July 4th 1984.

The deadly rollercoaster now has a name. The Wild Cat stood from 1984-1990, operated from 1984-1985, was dismantled after the accident but NOT DESTROYED, sold to a Mexican amusement park and is still in operation called Montana Rusa. I am somewhat outraged by this.

There were at least three incidents of accidents and mishaps at the park, not including the trains tracks getting washed away a few times. I will save that information for another day. So when people think its strange I think for these things, there are others that follow suit. IM not crazy, IM insane, there's a difference. Insanity is genius gone wrong.

Joe will appreciate this one

Since buying the Dell a few months ago, I had retired my desktop to light duty as my dad's new computer. However, it had sat unplugged and was collecting dust for some time. I was asked to set the computer back up for my dad to use. I wanted to take the second hard drive out of it, because I still haven't eliminated the thought of using it as the laptop's second storage drive.

So, I opened the case and took out the second drive, pieced it back together and placed the system restore disk into the CD drive. Funny thing is, nothing was responding. Tried again, nothing. I opened the case again, checked the switches on the HDD (I had changed the original drive to a slave and forgot to change it back) and tried again. Nothing. I put the second drive back on it, nothing.

The damn computer wasn't even loading its BIOS program. I started to get slightly concerned, because I didn't feel like flashing the BIOS chip. Finally, after fumbling with the stupid little switches, I got the drive to work, and reloaded the old Windows ME back onto the computer. Fresh with DVD and CD burning capabilities, they are there, but doubt they will ever be used.

I wasted 2 hours on that stupid thing. I just shudder when I realize I have a Linux format on the second drive I removed, IM going to need something to reformat that sucker when it comes to that time...

Do you trust your co-workers?

I work in radio. I trust some of them, not all of them. Mainly we trust each other because we work so closely with each other, so issues about leaving wallets, cell phones and such are almost an every day occurrence that we (in radio) don't think there's going to be anything malicious that will happen to our property.

Like I said, I do trust some of my co-workers. I remember my friend at the Sunny FM station has asked me if she could borrow my building entrance card, and I mistakenly heard her ask to borrow my car. I handed her the keys to my car (which was my old Cavalier) and my other co-worker looked at me with total shock that I would loan her my car. Its all a matter of trust.

I soon stopped trusting my own co-workers when I started a change cup in my personal box. It was loose change I had in my pocket left over at the end of the day that I would save in case one day I didn't have spare change for the vending machines. There was one point where I pooled the spare change from my friend Eddie as well. We had something close to $5 in change in this cheap, Styrofoam cup that was well labeled.

Well, as time went on, we noticed all the quarters were gone. In time, all the dimes. Soon, we were left with only pennies. Someone would come, steal our change, never put it back and left. Moving to a new building, I thought I would try the same thing only with Tylenol. I bought it myself and kept it in my personal box. Soon, my full bottle became empty, and the time I needed my own supply, it was gone. I had wandered the building asking people if they had Tylenol or something to take away the headache, and one person from one of the radio stations I DON'T trust told me that there was some Tylenol in someone's box in the DJ prep room. I looked and it was mine.

Later that week, I took pebbles from the parking lot and placed them in the bottle with a note taped to it in tiny lettering, bitching them out for taking all of my aspirin and never once thanking me, or repaying me. I used several cuss words and held nothing back. I noticed the bottle was missing from my box after one weekend.

I now have a stash of aspirin under lock and key. I also have a stash of pens and post-it pads, the remote control for our television, and several blank, but valued cassette tapes in this locked drawer to which there are only two keys. I carry one key on my key chain, the other is hidden in the room. I don't trust my co-workers. Do you trust yours?

Productivity

No, I can never leave it alone. I dumped SuSE Linux for Mandrake Linux, found it didn't work, so I went with Red Hat Linux, it didn't work either so I went back to SuSE. It kept me busy the past two days.

I had been putting off getting the inspection sticker on the Mustang for a while. I guess I figured if I ignored it, it would solve itself. I know, it never happens. With no wait at a local business in town, I got the sticker replaced and had lunch at the same time.

Right now I am reading an interesting book of sorts. Amborse Bierce's The Devils Dictionary. If you don't know what I am talking about, go to Barnes & Noble and order one. You will not be disappointed.

STRANGE FINDINGS FROM THE INTERNET LXIII

*the WTF edition*

Just as a word of warning, this update will get strange, fast.

I've gotten speeding tickets. A total of three. None of them in either of my convertibles. I didn't fight the tickets, I was guilty, even though one of them was questionable. How many did this guy get to learn from it and write everything down?

You will thank me for this one, while cruising the web I found Cartoon Fridge. I am watching cartoons whenever I want from my laptop at work, and loving it. The cartoons I am watching are classic Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life and Futurama. DEFINITE HIGH SPEED CONNECTIONS ONLY.

Now, here's everything you need to know to survive a zombie attack. So many questions, none have answers that would satisfy the logical mind.

I wish I was making these headlines up. MSNBC had that headline "Thar She Blows" when that whale exploded in Singapore or some other place like that a few months back. This Harpers magazine's article title is "We Come In Peace". I don't need to hold your hand on that one.

IM a Trekkie. I am not, however, someone who dresses as a Klingon and runs out onto a battle field (mock, or otherwise) and aide in mock war exhibitions. Well, someone did. They look ridiculous, yet look as if they are trapped in a hollodeck.

I've said it once, I will say it again. I am envious on how some people are able to take photographs. An Atlanta police officer took these and they are beautiful. He's been added to my sidebar of photographers.

I don't think this needs any other description other than their tagline - "Check out the hot Action-Man-On-Action-Man Action!". DEAR GOD WHAT THE FUCK!!?? THAT'S NOT RIGHT!!