Stories of Mikistory

Found through my wife's blog at TurnedUpToEleven.Blogspot.com My best friend says...  things that get me in some odd predicaments People call me...  not a lot.  Mostly just text.  I hate talking on the phone. The best part of my day...  When we get home and I'm able to move from work clothes to lay about clothes.  My dog and I have a ritual where we "go crazy".  Which means I make her run through the house back and forth.  I really don't understand...  Quantum Physics.  But I'm close. I get really annoyed...  24 hour news channels . There's nothing like a...  getting something you ordered in the mail. Lately, I can't get enough...  Vinyl Records.  Its become really addicting. One thing I am NOT is...  a gun owner. I spent too much money on...  I never really feel like I spent too much money, usually just the right amount.  Bills aren't late, so I'm good. I want to learn....  everything. If I ever met  J ake

As I blogged before, I've done somethings this year that I've never done before (built my own computer) and quit some things I've been kicking around for a while: Facebook, Cable & Nail Biting. But I really wanted to do more and change more. 1. Explore new bands that I haven't really listened to before.     A. On Vinyl     B. From small or local Record Stores. I've decided to start experimenting with different bands that I've known about, heard great things about, but never really listened to before.  So, I started with Mudhoney and Sleater-Kinney.  Both of which, I've seen open for Pearl Jam. So, I bought a couple of albums on vinyl...and they had MP3 download codes with them.  Which is a big plus for me, as I like to keep all my tracks on Google Music to be played anywhere. I fell in love with both Albums. So, when we were at Grimey's in Nashville, I bought some more Mudhoney (and I Pearl Jam vinyl I've had my eyes out for.). I could

I stopped logging into Facebook just about a month ago, and last week, had to finally deactivate. Facebook became a chore. It was no longer fun to log in and see what my friends and family were posting.  It had become a hotbed for idiotic political posts. At first I had tried filters just to change what people posted, then hiding posts.  Then, just trying to let people know that what they were posting just wasn't true.  It became an exercise in futility.  I was getting angry with people that I spoke very little to in real life. I really want to like people that I don't associate with all the time, and their Facebook updates was making it impossible.  Facebook had been turned into FOX News but turned up to eleven.  (Sorry Kell). Kind of like how myspace had become some kind of glittery ghetto of Mtv. Then, the story I read about Facebook making Billions (with a "B") and not having to pay any State or Federal taxes, and even getting refunds up to 500 Million (

Been daydreaming a lot lately of spring time.  The winter hasn't even been that bad.  I don't know what it is.  I do know that I'm very ready for Kayaking and Camping, some daytime patio drinking as well. I'm really really wanting to go to the French Quarter and eat & drink my way through.  I love walking around down there during the day time when the weather is nice.  190 Octanes and a great restaurant on every corner. I've also been thinking about traveling over to the delta for the same purposes.  Eating and drinking.  I really like the concept of just walking around with a drink in hand, with multiple choices for bars and restaurants to pop in and out of.  It gets me all sorts of excited. Its like when I go on vacation, I couldn't care less about buying a bunch of stuff, but get really happy at the thought of dinners and cold beers and other alcoholic beverages. I think if the weather is nice this weekend, it may be fun to pull the furniture off

So far with 2013, I'm pretty happy with the way its turning out.  I'm doing things I've never done, and accomplishing tasks that I thought were impossible. 1. Cut cable.  This has been a much easier transition than I ever would have thought.  Currently I'm not missing it at all.  Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant Video, and local channels are making it quite easy. 2. Built my own gaming PC.  Something I figured I could do, but never tried.  So far, I'm loving it as both a gaming pc and media center. 3. Quit biting my nails.  This has been harder than quitting smoking, believe it or not.  But I'm making a damn hard effort not to start again.  The hardest times are during movies and car rides. 4. Leaving Facebook.  I got really tired of logging on and seeing dumb ass political post after dumb ass political post.  It was stressing me out just a little.  And I should never let something as dumb as a website get to me.  Then there's the whole tax thing

A while back I compiled a list of my top ten under, ten dollars favorite things to eat in and around Florence, Alabama.  They were in no particular order, as I love them all almost identically.  But I thought I would start with my good friend's Bar - On The Rocks. Their burger to me, is hands down the best around.  I love it.  Its a huge slab of burger, cooked just the way you ask for it.  I like mine med - med rare.  And that's the way it comes out.  Everyone orders theirs' differently, but I like mine with grilled onions, pepper jack cheese and bacon. If you haven't eaten their burger, or haven't tried it this way, I urge you to do so. I can't help but rush through mine, as ever second that I'm not tasting that burger, its a damn travesty. If you combine with their fries or the home made potato chips with an ice cold draft beer, you're gonna be in a very happy place.  And starting at $7.00, what's stopping you from going and getting one right

I took our cable box to Comcast today to cut our cable.  There's a certain satisfaction in knowing that $100 dollars of my money will not go to them anymore.  Especially when i watch all of five channels they provide. I'm a local channel - Netflix - Hulu - Amazon Instant Video - Internet streaming household now. There's a certain empowering thing to it as well.  Being able to pick and choose your entertainment sources instead of what's given to you.

I had decided to give up console gaming for the most part after I played Skyrim on the laptop my company gave me.  The freedom to download mods and change the game to how I wanted as opposed to the very locked version of what I had previously played on the PS3 made me very happy.  So, I tested the PC Gaming waters on the laptop, playing Guild Wars 2, Left 4 Dead 2 and Star Wars the Old Republic.  I felt that if I purchased a gaming pc, that I would love it infinitely more than traditional console gaming that I had known since the NES. So, this January I went to Newegg.com and ordered my parts.  Which I was pretty nervous about, seeing as though I had never built a PC before.  But it was quite simple.  As soon as I picked out my processor, Newegg instantly listed all parts that were compatible and parts that other people had purchased with that same processor. I built it, and connected it to the HDTV in what was known as the Record Room (as that's where the record player is stored