Panasonic DMP-BD45/65/85 1.43 Update

Well, it appears that the software geniuses over at Panasonic have rolled out a special update for Viera Cast customers just in time for Thanksgiving. If you upgrade the firmware in your DVD player from 1.27 to 1.43, you end up without Netflix. Isn't that great!? Just in time for having a house full of kids! SWEET!

I guess I know where all of the wankers from sprint's ION translation team (..ya know, the ones that used to roll out updates on Thursday nights and leave everyone else with a weekend of nightmares) all must have ended up.

Best News...well..in a long time

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2010/09/13/daily32.html

Open Windows

have allowed distant train horns and other neighborhood sounds and a 58 degree breeze to float through the house lately. This is the dreamy time of year here. Before the sweaters come out and the leaves fall.

CP has mastered two wheels after a week of sustained pedaling. We can no longer keep up with her on foot. She can navigate around picnic tables, crooked paths, and sometimes off into the grass. Brakes are still a bit questionable at times, but it'll come soon enough. For now, we're just enjoying the sight of her blasting down a path with a new smooth form of independence.

Neighbors

I hope that the house across the street sells to a family. Rumor has it that the primary contract guy now is a person who used to live in the house. That's great, but he's looking to put renters in it. We keep hoping for good neighbors like the folks who are selling the house, but it's a bit iffy for the home team right now. Good news is that he's low-balling Bank of America...pretty funny. Bank of America is hard enough to deal with on any house deal, so hopefully BoA will drop him and look at the backups.

203K Lead Based Paint

Our lead based paint inspector was just here and I hope that all turns out well. We've got quite a bit of money tied up in paint and when it passes, we look forward to not carrying that debt. Here's a bit of a rundown.

CP's been out playing a bit today and has been enjoying our NetFlix or RedBox forays during the heat of the day. Pretty much the same thing we did in Tucson except that summer and winter seem to close us in the house here.

Our trip to FL was good, but long. CP and my brother's youngest weren't exactly on their best behavior and we only separated them in the back seat on the way home. We should have done that from the start. They're close in age and I guess that always creates tension after 12 days or so. Of course, CP is asserting herself more now than she did a year ago too.

Best Decision Ever

You gotta leave me now
You gotta go along
You gotta chase a dream
One that’s all your own
Before it slips away

When you’re flying high
Take my heart along
I’ll be the harmony
To every lonely song
But you’ll learn to play

When you’re soaring through the air
I’ll be your solid ground
Take every chance you dare
I’ll still be there
When you come back down

Eight years ago, my best friend came back to me. I had watched her leave because she wouldn't have been the same person if she hadn't. She needed to chase things out west and find what was waiting..calling. On June 1st of 2002 we gathered friends and family under the guise of a dinner to celebrate our engagement, and were married after dinner, inside Union Station.

Dashed Again...

..out into the rain to go to the rental place to get a tiller. Only to have my hopes of FINALLY getting my garden tilled dashed by a downpour or two. Holy crap...I don't know how your supposed to get a garden started around here other than covering your plot with a tarp before every rain.

"Get your own damned tiller", you say? Well, the POS tiller that I left in Tucson because it wouldn't go in the truck (because I was hauling a friend's dirt bike back to the midwest)...it would sell for about $95 around here even in poor shape. It's insane! My dad's got two old tillers in AR that I can have, but I have to wait on him to bring them up here. Sure, I've got a trailer and a hitch on the Subie, but it's got a wicked case of Subaru piston slap right now and I don't really want to drive it any further than I can afford the tow bill (flatbed of course because of the awd). Of course, I could get a hitch for the superJetta, but that's almost $500 right there.....

Just. can't. win.