It was nearing midnight and...

We have it!!!!! We just finally got back from Borders with our lovely green copy of HP & the HBP! We arrived there at about 10pm.



When we went into the store, we immediately stopped at the sign-in table and got claim ticket 210. Unfortunately, you got a ticket number depending on when you came in the door, not when you got signed up as I presumed in my previous post. Doh!



That's the claim ticket and a 25% off any other item coupon in my hand. The lady in yellow behind me is the store manager who was emceeing by the way.



After a loooong wait and a lot of people watching on my part, we finally made it to the front of the line. Here's the scene of thousands of $$$ rolling into the Borders cash registers.

We trotted out to the truck and started reading at precisely 1:01am, July 16, 2005. Thank goodness for the return of Harry Potter!!!!!

HP Day!!!!!!!

I can't believe that it's been over two months since I wrote about Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince's release. Time has flown, thanks goodness! In 3 hours 57 ish minutes the line will start moving and we'll be getting ever closer to our copy. I hope we're near the front. We did reserve MONTHS ago, so I think we should be close to the top of the list. As soon as we get home, I'm going to post pictures of the release party we're attending at the Huebner Oaks Borders. I can't wait!!!

J.K. Rowling, we love you!

Tragedy (and awesome photo)

The Union Jack is reflected in raindrops on a car window from the electronic message sign at the NASDAQ Market Site in New York's Times Square July 8, 2005, which has been displaying the flag as part of a tribute to victims of Thursday's bombings in London. Explosions in London's mass transit system early yesterday killed at least 50 people and injured more than 700 during the morning rush. (Mike Segar/Reuters)

RS Withdrawrals

I haven't played RuneScsape in almost a week. I have the shakes. I have cold sweats. I'm biting my fingernails. I need some RuneScape!!!

Hehe. Just kidding. I really do want to play it, but I'm not breaking down physically yet. We've been watching movies since my mother is in town and staying with us. Watched the Aviator last night and night before. It's so long, that we had to split it over two days. Whew! It was great!

Mom rented a nice little car, which I want to post a pic of as soon as I get it off my phone...

Blackberry Tricks

This probably isn't going to be of any interest to anyone but me, so anyone might just want to skip reading it...

I've been playing with Nextel Blackberry 7520 lately, and I want to keep track of all the little tricks that I've learned so that I don't not have them when I need them. So, here goes with the list.

1) When in messages, press T to go to the top of the list, B to go to the bottom. If you hold CAP and scroll, it will highlight multiple items so that you can easily delete them.

2)Is it possible to see the display of the ‘signal strength’ in real numbers?

Yes. Rather than looking at the bars, you can change the display of the 'signal strength' to read in real numbers. While at the home screen (ribbon), hold down the half moon ALT key while you type NMLL. The bars should change to read numbers. For the 'signal strength', if you are in the 100 area (that means -100 dBm), you will be transmitting at maximum power (2 Watts), and since coverage is hit and miss at this weak a signal, you may end up transmitting many times before the packets make it through. This might help explain any poorer than normal battery life.

To get the bars back: While at the home screen (ribbon), hold down the half moon ALT key while you type NMLL again.

3) The Jabra BT250v works marvelously with the BB 7520. The bluetooth paiting was easy and it worked immediately (well, after one reboot of the headset.) Makes me wish my i275 had bluetooth. But I have a camera and I can't complain. BB doesn't have a camera model yet...

4) Type the first letter of an item in an options list or menu to jump directly to that item.

5) Hold the ALT key while you roll the thumb-wheel to scroll horizontally in any field where you can enter or view text. Hold the ALT key while you roll the thumb-wheel to scroll through a field to view options. Hold the CAP key while you roll the thumb-wheel to select multiple items in a list.

6) http://www.ibbug.org/


Maybe more to come as I find things...

London 2012

London to stage 2012 Olympics
This computer-generated image released by the London 2012 committee shows London's proposed Aquatic Centre. London won the right to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games after a vote by IOC members in Singapore on July 6, 2005, beating out Paris, New York City, Madrid and Moscow. (Reuters - Handout)

I wonder if I'll still be blogging in 8 years when my little son is 10 and I'm 37? I can't imagine...

They don't stop!

Here's more:

There are more churches in Las Vegas than casinos. During Sunday services at the offertory, some worshippers contribute casino chips as opposed to cash. Some are sharing their winnings - some are hoping to win. Since they get chips from so many different casinos, and they are worth money, the Catholic churches are required to send all the chips into the diocese for sorting. Once sorted into the respective casino chips, one junior priest takes the chips and makes the rounds to the casinos turning chips into cash.

And he is known as ..

Are you ready?

You're going to love this-

The Chip Monk!

And More!

They just don't stop. It was hot yesterday, so this was inevitable...

You Know you are in Texas in July When:
1. The trees are whistling for dogs
2. The birds have to use potholders to pull worms from the ground
3. The best parking spot is determined by shade, rather than distance
4. Hot water comes from both taps
5. You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a good branding iron
6. The temperature drops below 95 degrees and you feel a chill
7. You discover that it only takes alternating fingers to steer your car
8. You realize that asphalt has a liquid state