Since Arkansas has yet to allow a lottery, any time I travel I always try to pick up a ticket for whatever state I'm in.  One of these days I hope that the voters of Arkansas realize how much money we are giving neighboring states school systems instead of our own.  That, along with the gas, hamburger, and local taxes of everything we do in those states while we are there.  At the very least, I gave New Mexico education system another $1, not only at the expense of our own school system, but the $1 was taken out of Arkansas and spent in another state, removing it from our economy and community.

OK, so call me selfish.  I take a perfectly good Arkansas dollar and take it way away and spend it just for a chance to win a few measly dollars.  Sigh.  I'm such a bad person.

The people of Arkansas can rest easily and feel smug in the fact that my numbers, 14-22-26-51-52 and Power Ball of 23 was in no way similar to the winning numbers of 8-14-35-38-46+24.  So fine.  I lost.  I hope you are happy.

Just keep in mind that when I DO win, I'm spending the money in Jamaica.  So there.

OK, it's official.  Chili's fajitas are un-good.  The meat was marinated, but it was more of a teriyaki instead of fajita seasoning.  And fajitas are supposed to bite back when you eat them.  They are supposed to be strongly spiced (not necessarily spicy hot).  They are supposed to be well to medium well.  And served sizzling on a hot plate.  Darn.  Just got back and making myself hungry.

This is the first time I think I've had fajitas there, although I'm a big fajita guy.  The meat, which wasn't cut all the way through so it all strung together, was cooked and seasoned like a hamburger.  That was the consistency of the meat.  Just like a hamburger.  And not one of those lovingly done backyard hamburgers.  I'm talking fast food burger.  Zero love.  And faintly spiced.  At least it came out sizzling.

Not only did the meat (hello?  onion rationing, or what?) taste boring, the tortilla to wrap it in, was COLD!   We aren't talking room-temperature stuff.  We are talking refrigerated.  What sense does it make to bring out the grilled meat on a hot sizzling steaming platter only to dig it out and put it in a cold wrap?  Come on guys.  Think about these things.

Think.  Or get blogged.

As a computer consultant, I get to see all kinds of computer problems.  And since I've been in the industry for 27 years (Since 1977), I've pretty well seen them all.  Or so I thought.

True story:  I've actually seen a computer with two floppy disks jammed into the drive to the point that the drive had to be replaced.  Apparently when the computer said "Put in Disk 2" it should of been more specific.  (True story.)

I've seen a lot of times that the client would explain everything they are doing and you would walk them through this thing and that thing only to give up and go on-site.  When you get there you find out that they didn't actually have the printer cable hooked up, but they swore up and down they did cause they had it plugged into the wall.

Many times you'll find a computer with PEBKAC or ID:10-T errors.  Sometimes you'll find a customer that you just want to... ok, well.  You get the idea.

But in all of my years, I've never seen THIS.

A woman went out to a local computer store to buy a computer that her family wanted her to get so she can e-mail them. The sales person told her that they would deliver the computer, set it up and give her some pointers on using it.  If she had any problems later all she had to do was call their "Technical Support" they would talk her through it over the phone or come back to her house to find the problem. The sales person asked her if she wanted to purchase 2 years in-house warranty, the woman said yes.

A few months went by, she was getting good sending and receiving mail and checking the other web sites with only one call to tech support until one day -- She called tech support.

SUPPORT: Hello, technical support how can I help you

LADY: Last night my computer started making a lot of hissing noise at me so I shut it down. This morning when I turned it on the computer started hissing and cracking, then started smoking and a bad smell, then nothing.

SUPPORT: I will have a technician come over first thing this morning, just leave the computer just like it is so they can find the problem and fix it or change it out with another computer. Give me your address; phone number and the technician will be there just as soon as they can.

When the technician got there, the lady showed the technician where the computer was, said what happen to it, this is what the technician found wrong.