Robert and I went to Thrifty Auto for a crash course in Salesman chicanery and subterfuge. We got one half-truth from the guy...and that was how they decode the 4 digit number on all their vehicles into it's offer price, EG: 5011...transposed=1150. 1150*100 + 1,000=Top sale of $12,500.
Armed with that knowledge and a Kelley Blue Book, one can find the best deal on the lot!

Crawled out of bed this morning at the ringing of the phone. Robert came over and helped move me my step-brother in. We unloaded the truck, and he helped move furniture around so that the room could be properly populated with decades of Skip's belongings.

Got Back from San Fransisco last night at 10pm. 25 hours of nonstop driving. This has been a killer of a week, and I love it. What's bizarre is I just watched a movie called Insomnia with Al Pacino and Robin Williams. Pacino's in Alaska during it's 6 month day cycle. He's getting delusional after days of sleep deprivision. That would be me right now. Phone just rang. Gonna exchange favors with someone. I've had 16 hours of sleep Since Sunday.

Picked Skip up in San Fransisco. Lots of driving. Watch DVD movies on my laptop on the way (man, did that make the 12 hour trip FLY). The trip was beautiful! Seeing Skip after 30 years was quite a shock too. We loaded up the truck with all of his stuff and it reminded me of the Beverly Hillbillies somehow. I know it may be illegal, but having that laptop, with it's map software, and it's DVD player is the only way I'm going to travel from now on. Movies keep you alert.

I was thinking about my resume.
 I did everything I said I did on it.
When I was 12, I fixed a broken clock and put it back together again.
If I had to do it again, it would take time to figure it out.
If that was all I did for a living, I could do it quickly.
I've done 1,000's of things since then, much more diverse, much more complicated.
WHAT DO EMPLOYERS WANT?
Someone who can do anything, or someone who does 1 thing only.

Up at 5am. Pulled up SQL 2000. My goal is to import a database from Access. Create a veiw, a stored procedure and a Data Transformation Script.

Well now...it's been a very interesting day at the Cutlar abode. The world is turning! I've got some books for brushing up: "SQL 2000 for Dummies", "C++ for Dummies" and "Acting Intelligent for Dummies". That should be all I need to read to succeed. Memory jogging can fun!

Took Becky to the Culinary Union this morning to sign up. In the meantime, submitted a resume to Mariposa, and to a company in Denver. Tommorrow morning, it's interview time...yahoooo!!!

Expected to have company today, but got nothing but virtual guests. BBQ'd up some of the finest beef ribs, and the most scrumptious marinated steak I've ever eaten. Watched Spy Kids 3D(**), Insomnia(***) and Stargate(*****) just to blow off some time. Another week has ended with the resounding thud of unemployed butts hitting the couch. This next week will be about producing income.

  Ya know, these people from South Dakota just want to go to Wallmart and we went to Walmart. But we also went to a Chinese Buffet in front of it. They had whole shrimp! I've never seen that before. Great food, good prices, great company...my kind of night.

this is you as a Bouncing Baby Boy!!! Click here
And here's some more pics I thought you might like. Click here

Yeah, I visited y'al in 1974, I remember being quite elated about upcoming kindergarten but sad hearing the rumors that Ford may actually become PResident. You were damn close though only off by ten years.. I guess ten becomes like one after enough recalibration and experience.

Probably 30 years since I last saw you!!! KEWL

Renee, Dustin, Jennifer, Robert, Joy and Chuck came by yesterday. They say things are so much better since Becky's Brother and Mom kicked her out. I'm still pondering on exactly how that could be. Becky is the kindest, most giving person I know. And they yelled at her, stole from her, or crapped on her...and they used me. Jerry Newberry's advice to GTFO was absolutely best thing to do.

I guess my evil ways (eating spicy foods and drinking Pina Colada's) always catches up to me. Good ol' acid reflux has once again wrecked my sleep. Thankfully, Zantac is available with out a prescription.

Had a 3-way chat with my friend Allen (my buddy for 30 years) and my brother. So cool!

So, I guess nobody else is moving in here for awhile. My step-brother isn't moving in. I was hoping Chuck Sheppard would be moving in. It's hard to plan anything when the world is spinning at 1,000mph.

Made crockpot stew yesterday...mmm..mmm...mmm. Making Southwestern Jalapenio Bread today...mmm.mmm...MMM.mmm. Yummy. I've gotta get some new clothes cause living with Becky is making me a very FAT and HAPPY guy.

The highlight of today was when my brother told me he was writting a comedy about Aliens who love our CRAP, and their CRAP is healthy for us. It starts when aliens are invited to a restaurant, use the bathroom and they think it's the buffet! HILARIOUS!!! This guy has some great ideas!

Another busy day I guess. Had to fix most of my wooden fence (I hate those things). Installed a 20gig hard drive on my sublaptop. Installed a webcam on my brothers computer. Did more house decor.

Up at 5:45am, futzing with this website. Never do today what you can put off until tommorrow.

Sunday, February 29, 2004 at 19:48:10 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Busy day. Shampoo'd 1000 square feet of carpet here, hosed down the guest bathroom, hung pictures, installed IIS 5.0 on my XP Home Edition laptop (not supposed to be able too) and installed Active-Perl. I just love to play. It's been quiet here. No phone ringing, no knocks at the door. Becky and I did swing by to see Sharon Sheppard last night (which was very interesting).

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Saturday, February 28, 2004 at 18:32:49 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Cool Mikey! Glad to hear things are going well at Northrop. May the farce be with you Lukewarm Flywalker.

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Saturday, February 28, 2004 at 16:59:28 (PST) <Mikey>
Jimmy. Sent you an email on CutlarEnterprises.com

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Saturday, February 28, 2004 at 13:10:01 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Now...after reading half a perl manual...I think I understand a lot of this weird language

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Saturday, February 28, 2004 at 08:27:31 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Ooops..does my perl program have a problem?

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Friday, February 27, 2004 at 20:29:54 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Set up 2 bedrooms for rent today. Becky vacuumed, helped me rehang some pulled down curtains and throw away ruined linen. For the life of me, I'll never know why people rent rooms, but still I go on doing it. Videoconferenced Sonny today and cooked up a wonderful bouillabaisse!!! Saffron is definitely the most expensive spice on this planet: .06oz @ $16 = $267 an ounce. You would think the Columbian's would be harvesting it!

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Thursday, February 26, 2004 at 21:26:25 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
I hooked my brother up on the net: set him up for dialup/wireless/outlook/hotmail/msn messenger/pogo/games.com/msn zone...you name it. He's lvSonny now. We kicked back and played games...even had a video conference. He's hooked!

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Thursday, February 26, 2004 at 15:06:04 (PST) <Sonny Cutlar>
Hey Jim...I'm on the net!!! YEA!!!

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Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at 06:15:56 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Gay marriage...now, is that really an election issue? Marriage laws have penalized some couples and helped others. It is a legal contract between two people. Marriage in some states say couples don't even have to be tax payers..go figure. But all in all, marriage is not a religious thing...remember separation of church and state, it's a political thing. Its how we are classified for taxation and vote mongering.

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Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at 03:01:14 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Its been 57 days since Rob took his life and I still don't know how to think about his death. I see my aging face in the mirror. The past is gone, but its etched itself into the wrinkles of my smile. And as I float through time's boundless regions, I still ask the question: "Why all this? Was anything that has happened in my life really necessary? And if so, for what possible purpose?"  Rob got his answer with one shot I suppose, but I'm gonna hang out for the end of this incredible ride. And maybe, on somebody else's face, I'll be etched into a wrinkle of their smile. I guess that's as good as any purpose in this incredibly short life.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2004 at 18:46:12 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Just a note about the Nevada State Contractors Board ---> doh! They said my roof contractor was a BAD MAN, guilty of all kinds of things...and if he paid $200 for the $100,000+ worth of bad roofs he did, he could have his license back. Can you believe that? The hearing had several parties all screwed by him. Oh, and that wonderful $40,000 Bond they put up to get their license...forget about it! Its a junk insurance bond, nobody gets it.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2004 at 07:39:11 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Tuesday morning. Phones don't work here and it's the wiring somehow? Today is a good day to wire. I'm a witness at a hearing today. It's taken the Nevada State Contractors Board 6 years to have a hearing on the roofer who put shingles on my flat roof. So, Buyer Beware. Who cares if your contractor has a license or not? It didn't help me with my 3 ceilings and 2 walls semi destroyed by leaks. Roof technology is at least 3,000 years old. I would have been better off tieing palm leaves to my roof.

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Monday, February 23, 2004 at 01:31:02 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Back from LA. I gave Mike a nice send off. We ate at the Gladstone restaurant near Marina Del Ray (I think). The food was excellent. Mike moves out and Becky moves in. Next week, my Step-brother is coming. I'm so very tired. It's going to be a busy day tommorrow, and here I am after driving 12 hours. I've got to move the furniture I moved into Becky's house, back into this one, then straighten up for my brother-in-law coming, and get Becky squared away for work.

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Saturday, February 21, 2004 at 08:41:20 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Its a rainy day in Vegas. It seems like it's raining all over the world.

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Friday, February 20, 2004 at 20:08:26 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Well, Becky's living with me now. Becky's family is not as loyal as most I guess. We'll pick up the rest of her stuff later. It seems so cold, that her own Mom, out of pure self-interest, would get her brother to team up with her to kick her out. Becky kicked in over $1,200 a month to that household. Her Mom's not going to kick in a single penny. After her Mom heard Becky's son's girlfriend was pregnant, she used the excuse to kick Becky out because Becky "Didn't walk her kids to school". The school is 2 blocks away. Non of any of this makes 10 IQ points worth of sense to me. Unless her mom simply wanted to move back closer to her job. I think I've had smarter house plants!

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Wednesday, February 18, 2004 at 11:05:06 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Thanks for the EMail Mike. I guess I'll be losing you as a roomie this weekend. I'll be hanging out at the house for the rest of the week.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 at 19:17:54 (PST)
Jimmy... I sent you a email today. Please read it.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 at 17:10:24 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Another fun day! I helped someone who locked their keys in a car get in...by popping out a window (took 5 minutes). It took 10 minutes to put it back in.

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Monday, February 16, 2004 at 11:05:16 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Happy President's Day! It's a great time to think about Mr President..1..2..3.., there, I'm done. I am glad he doesn't think of me. He might destroy my house because I have mustard, chlorox and fertilizer. Hmmm, now where did I put that plutonium?

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Saturday, February 14, 2004 at 18:27:47 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Happy VD! I had Becky, her kids, chicken wings, shrimp tails, chili cheese dip and the Pirates of the Caribbean for VD!

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Friday, February 13, 2004 at 06:50:17 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
I just learned my Ex's brother Jon died last week in Forest, MS. He was only 43. Jon lived here for about 6 months or so.

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Thursday, February 12, 2004 at 20:10:13 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Well, it's been just another day in Paradise here on Walton's Mountain. Mikeboy got a job in the big city of LA, I think he starts in a couple of weeks. He's been shacking up here for a couple of years, now. I'm gonna miss the ol'boy. On the other hand, I'm gonna put my TV BACK in the bathroom when he moves out!!! Gotta restore some sanity to this place! lol.

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Thursday, February 12, 2004 at 08:38:07 (PST) <Becky Spurling>
Good Morning Jim We talked on the phone last night it was after 10pm. I will be calling you at 9am today. I have an appointment at Neveda Partner's at 11am. The wind is blowing like crazy over here this morning it's 8:35am. Luv Ya becky

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Thursday, February 12, 2004 at 07:46:36 (PST) <Larry Lewis>
Hi Jim, new site looking good. Sounds like you been having a little fun with it and learning some new stuff. Maybe you can teach me someday. Take care.

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Thursday, February 12, 2004 at 01:18:30 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Uh Oh. I told Becky I'd call her around 11pm. Since then, I've had visitors, and I've talked to Mike about him leaving in 2 weeks or so and about his rent. Dang, it's late now! I hope Becky's not mad at me for not playing online pool with her. :(. Jeese..the way things work sometimes is so unpredictable.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 17:42:08 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Well...I guess I've done a good job on this website. At least noone's told me any different. It's been nice grabbing technology by the balls and shaking it around a little. :)

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 11:47:42 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
This is GREAT! Chuck Sheppard is moving back to Las Vegas next week. He'll be 4 doors down from me!

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 11:07:38 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Talked to Jerry Newberry this morning. He broke his leg on an ATV..OUCH. Those things are so picky...guess you never put you're leg down while making a turn. It's instinct but the wheel sucks you right down under it. He's laid up for awhile.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 10:34:07 (PST) <Becky Spurling>
Good Morning babe. I read your messeges I'm glad that u had fun visting Sonny he is a great guy. Love U Becky

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 09:24:10 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Point to Ponder - Is the model of the Statue of Liberty wearing underwear? Well, some things we'll just never know.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 09:05:03 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Its funny how ya notice things. Like Mike, my roomie. He's collecting his stuff from around the house, and as usual, he's not paid me rent. What a guy! He hopes he's gonna get this job in CA, and he's gonna tell me another story about how he just forgot the rent money. What are friends for?

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 09:01:21 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
GMorning. Its a crisp 51 degrees outside here in Las Vegas. I went by and visited Sonny last night. Talked to Allen and some girl he was hitting on in a chat room. Talked to Jimmy Leavelle. Now, I was drinking beer...but it seems funny how the pots often call the kettle black. lol. Whatever, I had a fun day. Brought little Jennifer over a 9 drawer dresser she so desperatly needed too! And that was a good thing.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 08:47:58 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>

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Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at 19:54:38 (PST) <robert>
hello jim u an dmom like to play games huh lol. ur website is the coolest i learn a lot from it and tons of stuff to do wow i am never bored!!!. it takes many screws to buils a crib but only one nut to fill it

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Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at 10:16:06 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Thanks Becky! I'm glad you updated your widow's with DerectX. lol.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at 10:13:48 (PST) <Becky Spurling>
Good Morning Babe. I had to update my window's I had 17 critical error's. so I updated my widow's to derectx.9.0 spent 53 mintues downloading. But the good thing about this is that my window's are working alot faster. Yea!!!!!! Kiss'es

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Monday, February 09, 2004 at 19:11:40 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Becky! Since Msn Messenger is down...we can use this area to figure out where to meet to play pool...kpish?

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Monday, February 09, 2004 at 13:24:31 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Morning everybody. It's 63 degrees with blue skies outside.

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 23:04:15 (PST) <Becky Spurling>
What would u like to play?

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 23:00:57 (PST) <Becky Spurling>
Hi there lover. Want to play with me?

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 22:59:08 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Hey babe...this Note area could be a chat room if it reloaded every second!!!!

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 18:55:17 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Hey Becky! If you are there? I bought Pirates of the Caribbean tonight! You and your kids should watch it over here..yahoo!

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 18:26:42 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
It's been over a month since Rob Allred shot himself. He was my best friend up to the end. I hope I never get over those memories we shared. Rob, my Mom, and my stepdad's legacy's to me were the memories we shared. And as long as I'm alive, I'll tell people about them: their good thoughts, their good deeds, their good hearts. I hope more like them will come to exist. THANKS YOU GUYS!

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 18:10:57 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Ya know, I always hoped computers would come up with one language to control them, maybe ENGLISH. I studied Cobol, Basic, and now I'm learning C, Javascript and Perl. It takes intimate knowledge of 5 languages to write ONE APPLICATION these days. While computers have pretty much the same instruction set as they did 20 years ago, people have come up with different instruction sets to be compiled into the same computer instructions and it's a frigg'n mess.
It's like, current programming technology was created by a one figured typist that was INSANE! ROTFL!!!

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 18:06:05 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
As if anyone reads this anyway..lol

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 18:04:11 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Sorry, I always get silly after a beer.

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 18:03:19 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Ever notice that people always go all out for what want, but once they have it, it becomes ordinary. All girls give the best head in the beginning. After that, they sit on the couch, watch TV and scatter popcorn everywhere, then they blame the mess on you. LOL.

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 17:47:01 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Another idea...ever try to find a laptop station for you car or truck...$300 to $500. Well, that's insane. All you need is a swivel, like a music stand, that pulls up or inserts with a docking station on it.

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 17:40:44 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Hey Allen...want an invention. Invent a door log, a sign in sheet for anyone that comes over when you're not home...What the heck, we have answer machines for the phone.

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 17:38:15 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>
Oops...I changed my note software..hoping this looks better

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 17:35:35 (PST) <Jim Cutlar>

Just finished watching XMEN 1.5...now its 2.0 time!!! YEA! It's been a Sunday at the movies here, watching my 60" TV!!!

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 14:36:15 (PST)
From: Jim Cutlar <jim@cutlarenterprises.com>
Kewl...Allen just visited

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 12:24:14 (PST)
From: Jim Cutlar <jim@cutlarenterprises.com>
test

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 09:27:08 (PST)
From: Jim Cutlar <jim@cutlarenterprises.com>
Oh, I should say sorry to everybody who's notes I wiped out updating this website. I need to find a better method of updating this site.

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 07:46:13 (PST)
From: Becky Spurling <beckoala1004@hotmail.com>
Good morning!

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Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 07:33:28 (PST)
From: Jim Cutlar <jim@cutlarenterprises.com>
Goodmorning. It's another wonderful Sunday out there! It feels like a good to go yardsale shopping.

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Saturday, February 07, 2004 at 19:55:38 (PST)
From: becky spurling <beckoala1004@hotmail.com>
Oops babe I met Hugs& kiss'es

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Saturday, February 07, 2004 at 19:44:29 (PST)
From: Becky Spurling <beckoala1004@hotmail.com>
Hi babe This is good. Kiss&Hugs

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Saturday, February 07, 2004 at 19:32:05 (PST)
From: Jim Cutlar <jim@cutlarenterprises.com>
Testing

 Shampoo'd 1000 square feet of carpet here, hosed down the guest bathroom, hung pictures, installed IIS 5.0 on my XP Home Edition laptop (not supposed to be able too) and installed Active-Perl. I just love to play. It's been quiet here. No phone ringing, no knocks at the door. Becky and I did swing by to see Sharon Sheppard last night (which was very interesting).

 Glad to hear things are going well at Northrop. May the farce be with you Lukewarm Flywalker.

...I think I understand a lot of this weird language

Ooops..does my perl program have a problem?

 Becky vacuumed, helped me rehang some pulled down curtains and throw away ruined linen. For the life of me, I'll never know why people rent rooms, but still I go on doing it. Videoconferenced Sonny today and cooked up a wonderful bouillabaisse!!! Saffron is definitely the most expensive spice on this planet: .06oz @ $16 = $267 an ounce. You would think the Columbian's would be harvesting it!

I set him up for dialup/wireless/outlook/hotmail/msn messenger/pogo/games.com/msn zone...you name it. He's lvSonny now. We kicked back and played games...even had a video conference. He's hooked!

Marriage laws have penalized some couples and helped others. It is a legal contract between two people. Marriage in some states say couples don't even have to be tax payers..go figure. But all in all, marriage is not a religious thing...remember separation of church and state, it's a political thing. Its how we are classified for taxation and vote mongering.

I still don't know how to think about his death. I see my aging face in the mirror. The past is gone, but its etched itself into the wrinkles of my smile. And as I float through time's boundless regions, I still ask the question: "Why all this? Was anything that has happened in my life really necessary? And if so, for what possible purpose?"  Rob got his answer with one shot I suppose, but I'm gonna hang out for the end of this incredible ride. And maybe, on somebody else's face, I'll be etched into a wrinkle of their smile. I guess that's as good as any purpose in this incredibly short life.

Just a note about the Nevada State Contractors Board ---> doh! They said my roof contractor was a BAD MAN, guilty of all kinds of things...and if he paid $200 for the $100,000+ worth of bad roofs he did, he could have his license back. Can you believe that? The hearing had several parties all screwed by him. Oh, and that wonderful $40,000 Bond they put up to get their license...forget about it! Its a junk insurance bond, nobody gets it.

Tuesday morning. Phones don't work here and it's the wiring somehow? Today is a good day to wire. I'm a witness at a hearing today. It's taken the Nevada State Contractors Board 6 years to have a hearing on the roofer who put shingles on my flat roof. So, Buyer Beware. Who cares if your contractor has a license or not? It didn't help me with my 3 ceilings and 2 walls semi destroyed by leaks. Roof technology is at least 3,000 years old. I would have been better off tieing palm leaves to my roof.

 I gave Mike a nice send off. We ate at the Gladstone restaurant near Marina Del Ray (I think). The food was excellent. Mike moves out and Becky moves in. Next week, my Step-brother is coming. I'm so very tired. It's going to be a busy day tommorrow, and here I am after driving 12 hours. I've got to move the furniture I moved into Becky's house, back into this one, then straighten up for my brother-in-law coming, and get Becky squared away for work.

 It seems like it's raining all over the world.

Well, Becky's living with me now. Becky's family is not as loyal as most I guess. We'll pick up the rest of her stuff later. It seems so cold, that her own Mom, out of pure self-interest, would get her brother to team up with her to kick her out. Becky kicked in over $1,200 a month to that household. Her Mom's not going to kick in a single penny. After her Mom heard Becky's son's girlfriend was pregnant, she used the excuse to kick Becky out because Becky "Didn't walk her kids to school". The school is 2 blocks away. Non of any of this makes 10 IQ points worth of sense to me. Unless her mom simply wanted to move back closer to her job. I think I've had smarter house plants!

Jimmy... I sent you a email today. Please read it.

Another fun day! I helped someone who locked their keys in a car get in...by popping out a window (took 5 minutes). It took 10 minutes to put it back in.

 It's a great time to think about Mr President..1..2..3.., there, I'm done. I am glad he doesn't think of me. He might destroy my house because I have mustard, chlorox and fertilizer. Hmmm, now where did I put that plutonium?