Author Archives: Randy Peterman

Voted

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I voted. I voted for the candidates that I figured best represented my view of the world. I did not vote a party line, I did not vote for Obama, and I did not vote for McCain. I feel better about my vote simply because I voted for a representative and not a party.

If anyone tells you, “A vote for * is a vote for #.”. Where values of * and # are political figureheads and don’t represent your views tell them that the last time you checked this was still America land of the free to vote for whomever you choose. If Obama represents your ideals, vote for him. If McCain represents your ideals, vote for him. If you are not represented by either of them then do yourself right and pick a “3rd party” candidate who had the guts to run in the face of the genuinely oppressive Dems and Reps. Show the two bigger parties that bullies are not appreciated. Clearly neither party has stopped the 10,000,000,000,000.00 debt.

Don’t just do something, sit there. Don’t let the masses move you. Sit and think. Figure out who is your representative. The Internet gives you access to a number of resources to help you learn about the representatives you have to choose from. Vote with your conscience and not with the flow.

Happy Nevada Day

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Today is Nevada day, just in case you don’t live in Nevada or were unaware of it over all.  Have a happy one.  In Jr. High and Highschool I had to march down Carson City’s main drag with some form of percussion strapped to me playing some cadence or song.  It amused me that the rest of the band got a break, but we drummers/percussionists/morons had to play the whole length of the road.  At least we were cool.

I’m thankful for growing up much of my life in Nevada.  I learned a lot there, I met my wife there, I met many friends there, and I have family that still lives there.  I hope this Nevada day or all saints-eve-eve finds you well.

The View From Here is Amazing

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Today I installed Windows Vista Premium 64 bit edition on the family computer.  Good golly it took me long enough to get everything working and happy (including buying a new wireless card) that I could have made the switch to Linux (Ubuntu of course).  The good thing is that now we should be set to make the switch to cable from satellite and use the DVR features in Windows Media Center for good instead of evil.  The view in vista, once I got accustomed to things, was an improvement.  I don’t regret putting the upgrade off, but I’m glad that I have finally jumped the shark and moved to Vista.

Of course there are things that make upgrading frustrating, but for the most part, its a good change and I’m hoping that the 64 bit OS will maximize most of my experience.  Of course I also haven’t installed iTunes, which will be the most important switch since the family’s music is hiding in the backup folder… oh the zoo-manitee.

Consistency

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Every time someone brings up a vacuum and mentions it not working I am 99.999% likely to make a ‘that sucks’ joke.  In which case its not funny, it is entirely predictable, but I can’t leave it alone.  It is like my daughters and the knock-knock jokes.  They tell the same joke over and over and yet its always funny.

Or why did the chicken cross the road?  Pretty much any answer will do, they just laugh and laugh.

Twitter

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I am on the twitter.  You should be, too.

Follow me at http://www.twitter.com/randypeterman

For those of you wondering: Twitter is like slow-motion instant messaging out in the open.  Kind of like your dreams about being naked in school (that was awkward, wasn’t it?) mixed with that weird slowed down ‘dream weaver’ music that they always play in the flash-back segments of movies.  You get 140 characters to say whatever you want… but since its 140 characters, you have to be terse.