Rain-drenched 5/15/2008
We’ve had quite a bit of rain lately and our plants are loving it. The flowers on my new clematis plant took a real beating during a storm earlier in the week but I managed to get a picture before it was totally demolished.
Last Night’s American Idol Show
So did you happen to catch Fantasia’s performance?
If you were watching, you probably saw Simon’s “WTF was that?” reaction written all over his face. Mine as well, but I couldn’t stop watching her!
I kind of liked it!
Aiiiieeeeeiiiiieee!
Booking Through Thursday
This week’s topic: Manual Labor Redux
Following up last week’s question about reading writing/grammar guides, this week, we’re expanding the question….
Scenario: You’ve just bought some complicated gadget home . . . do you read the accompanying documentation? Or not?
Do you ever read manuals?
How-to books?
Self-help guides?
Anything at all?
I have no less than three (!) manuals for my Nikon DSLR camera but I haven’t read any of them in their entirety. I refer to all of them quite frequently though, usually because I’m doing something stupid like not resetting the camera settings from the last time I used it or forgetting to take the lens cap off.
One night this week I had to drag out our refrigerator owner’s manual to look up, once again, whether I’m supposed put the fresh asparagus in the low humidity or the high humidity crisper drawer. Leafy veggies go in one drawer and veggies with skins on go in the other, and for the life of me, I can’t remember which is which. And, by the way, is asparagus a leafy vegetable or did I just ruin dinner tonight?
When I bought my new desktop computer for home, it came pre-loaded with Vista. I don’t have a manual for Vista. I am totally winging Vista, rebel that I am.
The last manual that came with a new contraption I purchased is the one that came with my Black & Decker Grass Hog. It basically just said to (1) insert battery into charger; (2) plug charger into electrical socket; (3) insert charged battery into Grass Hog; and (4) operate Grass Hog by switching the “ON’ button. That’s about as much information out of a manual that I refer to when I buy something. I’m more of a hands-on kind of gal. Just give me the gadget and I’ll figure it out eventually.
Except for the toaster.
I think I might need to read that book again ;~)
American Idol Prediction Night 5/14/2008
I’m going out on a limb here I know, but trust me on this - Syesha will be going home tonight and we’ll be left with The Two Davids, one of whom I actually text-voted for in multiple successions last night. Of course, I’m being facetious when I say that since every freaking news rag in the world has already decided her fate.
By the way, is anyone still watching the show other than me? Because every time I read the news, I keep seeing how AI keeps losing millions of viewers.
I’m not ready to give up on it yet, but if David Cook doesn’t win this might be my last season.
