License Plate Observation Thing

This is a stupid title, but oh well.  A couple (or few months) ago I wondered how many states that I could see license plates from where I currently am.  I seem to have a difficult time identifying some license plates on moving cars (this would also be easier if states didn't have so many variations on their plates). 

Dog is Watching You

Obligatory Snow Pics

Someone out there wants pictures of snow.  i have a few.  Snow storms here are so depressing, they make it sound like there will be a decent amount and then it doesn't happen.  Well, by the standards of the place i grew up in, this is a veritable blizzard.  One of the branches did have an altercation with a cable line (worse when internet and cable go through the same line).

i know i have a Flickr account, maybe i should use that someday.

Websites: Has Loading Them Always Been This Bad?

i have been thinking for a while that the internet (i know lumping too much together) has seemed to have gotten worse lately.  Well, maybe not worse, but definitely slower.

Slower, you say.  Maybe you have a slow connection?  65 Mbps doesn't sound that slow to me. Could it be a slow OS?  Maybe, Windows 10 does not exactly run fast (and it hangs way more than i would like).

The real problem i see is with websites.  They seem to be loading to much crap that i don't want to see.  Internet Explorer crashed a bunch most likely due to this.  Pages don't need all of the embedded social networking, video ads, etc that are currently plaguing them.  i miss the good old days when you were loading the page/story not the excessive ads (and the sloppy scripting).

 i don't want a video to load unless i tell it to.  The pop-up/pop-under ads are a major annoyance too.  No, i don't want to click the stupid "x" to close out an ad that i never wanted to see in the first place in order to load a site (or read it) - also applies to "hover over ads" though they like to load even if i don't hover.  

Xmas 2015 The Interior Decorating

Usually, i start decorating for Xmas near/on Halloween.  Last year, i didn't decorate at all.  i was a little slow this year (by a half a week or so), but i have a couple of things up.  Apparently, i don't have all the right pictures yet

There are a few things i would like to add and some lights that i need to figure out how to use.  If i could ever win the lottery (with a decent net amount and collect), even the Griswolds would freak out at how over the top i would go.

It Came

So, I decided that I needed an Amazon.com shipping test before Black Friday.  Luckily for me, one of my favorite movies of all time has just been released on Blu-ray (finally).   Also luckily for me, Amazon price matched Best Buy.  Without further ado....

Loser Post of Loserdom: Lose Harder (June-October)

i saw a few movies, shows, etc during this period of June to October 2015.

At one point i had 6 season of show from the library to watch in a two week period. October was a month where i went a little crazy with Blu-ray purchases.  Once again, I can't remember most of these movies.