Archive for the Rants Category
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So in the process of selling my old laptop online I fell victim to a new internet/PayPal/CraigsList scam. Lucky me. I put the laptop on Craigslist yesterday morning and within a few hours I had a buyer. He requested my PayPal information so I logged in and sent a request for funds to my PayPal account. The account was listed as “Pending”. Then a few minutes later I received an email (I thought was) from PayPal, saying the funds will be released into your account once we have a shipping / tracking number for Express delivery. So I walked down to the Post office, sent it next day ($80) to the address provided. About an hour later I got a confirmation email saying the funds will be in your account withing 12 hours. This morning I was curious why the status hadn’t changed on my PayPal account yet then I received another email saying they overcharged the buyer by $800 and for me to Western Union over the money. Red Flag! What the fuck?! I still hadn’t received my initial $1000. I then called PayPal and they said “Pending” means that the buyer handn’t even verified they got the email,... Continue Reading
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A couple weeks ago my neighbor Anne convinced me to try her Yoga studio downtown above Duffy’s in downtown West Palm Beach. It’s hot yoga so right off I was reluctant. The instructor that day is a good friend of hers…but to be honest she’s a bit of a bitch. I’ve been doing Yoga for years and I normally just hold a piece of gum against the inside of my cheek while doing yoga so I don’t have to stop, get a drink of water and lose my breathing. I’m not chewing gum during class, it just keeps my mouth... Continue Reading
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As summer approaches it always leaves me wondering “what the hell happened to the surf”. We had a few good days this year but it seemed like when I lived in Delray my first year down here (2004-2005) we had so much more surf days. Months and months of at least two days at the beach, spending my evenings in the surf catching rides. My only consolation is the motorcycle. That at least gets me out and in the sunshine on an almost daily basis even if only for 30 minutes or so. A quick ride to the beach to... Continue Reading
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So, as you can probably tell by visiting the site in last week or so I’ve been quietly dealing with server issues. Most of which came about after updating to WordPress 3.1.1 and adding a plug-in called JetPack. Big mistake, especially when running a handful of WordPress sites on the same server cluster. Hopefully the issues have been alleviated but only time will tell. Thanks to the guys over at EZ-Web Hosting for getting it sorted out and rebooting my server when I couldn’t even get access to it. Just one more issue to deal with I guess. As you’re... Continue Reading
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After a pretty good morning, of course the day goes to complete shit. Got up early, grabbed breakfast at Panera and headed to the beach for a nice sunrise breakfast at the Wall. Got back to the office, worked for a couple hours and then, bam… no internet. My payment to Primecast was a bit late but it got there on the 1st of March. They had no record of it. My bank did but they, in their dumbass Alabama wisdom, didn’t. “Temporary cut off” is what they called it, and not only did I owe twice the bill, I... Continue Reading
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Yeah, you guessed it, when I don’t write it usually means I have nothing worth writing about. Right now I’m just tired. Tired of being broke, tired of my shit Land Rover, tired of worrying about taxes, money, long distance relationships, work, bills… just plain tired. You ever have one of those days where you’re just plain tired of being you? It’s pretty much been that way for a few weeks for so I apologize for the lack of postings. Not much around here to report. We had surf yesterday but I was only able to get in the water... Continue Reading
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Way to start the new year off right. The other day, about a bock from home I took a corner on the motorcycle, gave it some throttle and bam, a loud pop and the chain was off. When I looked down I saw fluid leaking from the engine. The clutch had no resistance at all… not good. It took a few minutes to get the chain back on and I pushed it home. After a quick conversation with my local bike shop they basically said it would more than likely be $2,000 or more to fix. Then, today when I... Continue Reading
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Ok so now I KNOW I’ve been in South Florida for too long. 34 Degrees this morning and I’m blown away. It was as low as 30 over the night last night. When the hell is the warm weather going to return (according to the forecast, sometime this weekend or next week). I can’t say I remember it ever being this cold around here. This is Palm Beach where 50 is considered freezing. I’ve surfed in 45 degree weather before but in the low 30′s? This is getting out of hand. I had to get out the flannel slacks and... Continue Reading
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It looks like there’s going to be even more surf on the way for this coming weekend, even bigger than last weekend. Unfortunately I was unable to make the last swell…I’m blaming Vince… and our taste for good tequila. I was hoping to hit it after work on Monday as there was still some swell in the water but damn Daylight Savings time said, “no…I’m going to make it too dark for you sucker so you can’t surf after 5pm”. Damn you Daylight Savings time, you get me every year. Everyone knows how much I hate you! And here. Now... Continue Reading
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