If you’re like me, you just read that headline and are now
slightly bee-bopping (perhaps even mouthing the words out loud) to this classic
early 90’s MJ classic.
You’re welcome.
This blog post of course does not refer to the song, it
refers to the phone…the one pictured on the left.
Please allow me to introduce my new window to the world –
technologically speaking anyways. I’m
back on the grid! Yes, we finally found
a wireless plan that works for us and won’t give us the urge to shoot ourselves
in the face every time we get the bill….thanks Frank (Marquez) at Verizon. Even with no US credit, Frank got me approved
with no deposit required and set me up with a shiny new WHITE iPhone4s – a
complete contrast (literally) to my previous (black) iPhone4, which is for now
a glorified music and gaming machine….until we sell it or trade it in for
credit.
Poor Siri has never been busier, what with the selection of
mundane questions I have been asking her…
“Siri, who let the dogs out?”
Answer: “Who, who, who, who, who…”
“Siri, sing me a song”
Answer: “You wouldn’t like it…”
“Siri, who’s on first?”
Answer: “Correct. Who
is on first.”
“Beam me up Scotty!”
Answer: ”Can you move a bit to your left? Ok, standy-by…”
“Siri, why am I here?”
Answer: “I don’t now.
Frankly, I’ve wondered that myself…”
And so it goes when you have little to do. Some of those questions (and plenty others)
can be found on a website featuring ‘97+ things to say to Siri’. Some of them are funny. Some are just sad. I leave it in your hands if you’d care to
pursue it further…
Ok, so….now that ‘we’ have a phone, here’s the deal. You can call us, we can’t call you….Kind of
defeats the purpose, right? Let me
explain…the plan we got allows us unlimited talk in the US and unlimited texts
(picture & video) to US and Canada.
We can accept incoming calls from Canada – they just count against our
minutes (which are unlimited so, no worries).
If WE call Canada, big ol’ whammo in el pocketbook. We could have gotten a plan that allows
calling to Canada – but it only allows us a discounted rate at a monthly price
($4.99/month to give a rate of $.09/min), NOT unlimited calling. Frank explained to us that NO company in the
US has ‘free’ calling to Canada.
What does that mean for you?
Well, if you don’t have a US/North American long distance plan on your
landline/cell phone, you should get one if you want to talk to us, or just eat
the cost and call. Some of you will call
so infrequently, it may be cheaper just to eat the cost every now and
then. Others, like our parents, will be
calling more frequently (we hope!) and so we would encourage them to look at
their long-distance plans. I think we
are looking at perhaps adding a landline when we get cable/internet wiring and
that WILL include calling to Canada – if I heard Terri right. That might be a month down the road
though….Until then, this is how it has to be.
Also, because texting to the US from Canada costs money, I
would encourage iPhone/Blackberry people to download an app called
‘WhatsApp’. It allows unlimited FREE
texting between smartphones (iPhone to Bberry, iPhone to iPhone, etc). There is also Skype (for audio and video
calls), HeyTell (voice texting!!) and FaceTime.
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**Stuff Update** - We talked to the moving company on Friday
about the arrival of our personal effects.
The date on our contract said on or before October 13th….ya,
they won’t be making that date.
Apparently, there is some kind of driver issue in Chicago?? (What’s that I smell?? Oh yes…bullsh!t…)
That means our stuff won’t be arriving until next Wednesday
– at the latest. Man, it will be nice to
sit on something other than the floor or the bed! Wednesday can’t come soon enough…
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For those wondering…yes, it is still hot here.
There was a cool breeze last night though. Chilled us down to about 80-degrees…We could
almost open the windows to cool things down…almost.
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Saturday night we will get to experience some of the Miami
nightlife! A girl Terri works with is
having her birthday party at a club downtown and so we are getting all dressed
up (via shopping tomorrow since our stuff is in Chi-town) and going
dancing! Should be fun.
We’ve also been invited to a Hallowe’en party….on a yacht…on
the 27th! Why did Natalie
Wood just pop into my head?? Terri’s Mom
will be arriving that day and so we figured we’d drag her along.
Costume ideas? I
thinking maybe ‘Three Stooges’? Better
yet, three CANADIAN stooges….Curlers?
We’re open to suggestions…
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Interesting sight alert – I tried to get a picture of this
last night…
So, we’re sitting at a light last night driving to Verizon…
“What’s that noise?” says Terri.
“I dunno.”
“Sounds like music….is that a ‘Roxette’ song?”
She looks over her shoulder and there is an older dude, on
his motorcycle, blasting ‘She’s Got The Look’.
“You’ve gotta see this,” she says to me.
Next thing we know, dude is alongside us, bee-bopping away
to ‘She’s Got The Look’ – loud as can be, mouthing the words and just having a
good time.
Good on’ya buddy!!
But, man was that funny.
We followed him for a couple blocks but couldn’t get close
enough to snap a photo…The only thing that would have made that better was if
he was wearing a motorcycle club patch (a la Sons of Anarchy).
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While we're discussing interesting sights, I almost got to witness some dumbass lose her life
in a horrific crash Friday morning.
Let me preface this story by saying that drivers in Miami
are ridiculous. Cutting you off, no
signals, barging into the lane, stopping halfway into an intersection…it all
happens regularly here. It is
infuriating!!
So, I’m coming back from ‘Turgit’ (miss you Kristen Wiig!)
and coming off the Palmetto Expressway, it’s four lane traffic down 74th Avenue (two in either direction) with a center lane used for turning vehicles only. I’m in the far right lane and some jackass in an
Escalade (aren’t all Escalade drivers
classified this way?) goes speeding by me – as many drivers often do. Now, this area is somewhat industrial and
there are heavy trucks ahead, behind and in the oncoming lanes.
About 100-yards in front of me is one of these semis with his right turn-signal on. To get ready for the turn, he moves left and straddles our two lanes of traffic. Escalade Jackass decides she is going to pass the semi by simply going into the centre lane – a turning lane by law – because she is so crafty.
About 100-yards in front of me is one of these semis with his right turn-signal on. To get ready for the turn, he moves left and straddles our two lanes of traffic. Escalade Jackass decides she is going to pass the semi by simply going into the centre lane – a turning lane by law – because she is so crafty.
As she is right next to him, semi veers sharply into the
center turning lane to make his right-hand turn, driving her into oncoming
traffic – oncoming traffic being two semis headed this way. Escalade Jackass manages to BARELY get across
the lanes – avoiding the oncoming semis - and into a small parking lot.
As I’m saying ‘Holy sh!t!’, this lady has likely just taken
one….
Now, I’m not sure if the semi did this on purpose, seeing
her trying to be all cute with the pass, but if he did, dude is psychotic and
semi drivers ain’t to be messed with. I
saw it, I learned from it… I bet that lady
won’t be speeding past any semis anytime soon. I know I won't be!
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Speaking of death, I’ve found what is going to kill me – in
small doses.
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Target has these mini chocolate chip cookies that are unreal
moist and I swear have some kind of addictive property to them. Terri and I have polished off two boxes of
these bad boys in a week.
My rollerblades cannot arrive soon enough dammit…
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Keeping me occupied these days (some via downloads prior to
arriving here)…
-Just finished seasons 1&2 of ‘Downton Abbey’. What a freakin’ glorious show this is! If you haven’t seen it, get on it –
especially if you like ‘Coronation Street’ and English series of that ilk. I’m now a big fan of this show – Terri, you
were right!
-Got caught up (barring this past week’s episodes) on ‘Sons
of Anarchy’ and ‘Boardwalk Empire’. SOA
is unbelievable this season. Kurt Sutter
is hitting it out of the park and I think this season (five episodes in) will
be considered the best of all. I don’t
want to spoil it but – wow. “Boardwalk
Empire” is moving a little slow this term…
-“New Girl” picked up right where it left off –
hilarity-ville. Glad to have you back
Jess! There was a pseudo-battle between
her and ‘Whitney’ last term on TV. Glad
to see the best girl won…Whitney Cummings, I keep reading you are funny but I
have yet to see it in a ‘not sad’ way.
-“Hell On Wheels” was ticking along pretty good but has
slowed in recent weeks. I’m feeling some
repetition in some of the story-telling and that is worrisome. Glad to see the romantic 'will they or won’t
they' is now solved, now it’s time for someone big to die or for something
significant to happen if you want me back for season three.
-I also sampled ‘Revolution’ and while I love the nonchalant
killing NBC is allowing in this show, the story REALLY needs to pick up some
steam. Giancarlo Esposito (formerly Gus
Fring on ‘Breaking Bad’) is one of the bad guys and so far he is the only one
keeping my attention. I like the
concept, but ‘Lost’ you are not, so stop trying to be.
-I keep hearing (and reading) good things about ‘Star Wars:
The Clone Wars’ animated TV series so I bought season 1 and will report
back. As long as George Lucas is kept at
a distance, it should be fine. Speking
of Georgie, check this story out…
-And finally…I’ve hyped this on my Facebook every podcast
they’ve done…Jay & Dan from TSN. If
you watch ‘Sportscentre’, I implore you to download and listen to this
podcast! It has the same goofy hijinks
they have on the air and it is also interesting and topical. It’s gotten a little ‘blue’ for my taste at
times, but is still funny. Check it out.
-Spanish lessons are coming along...an hour a day so far! I know some things!!
-Spanish lessons are coming along...an hour a day so far! I know some things!!
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