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One of my recent purchases was a Steyr M40 semi-automatic handgun. I had never heard of this brand before until a friend bought one. The company was started by a guy that previously worked for Glock. After doing a little research on the web about Steyr I found out that it seemed to be a pretty good gun for the price. It seems to be well engineered. It also has some good safety features built in. A detailed review of the Steyr M40 can be found here.

So I picked one up for myself a week or two back. BTW it is very easy to buy a gun in GA, I was literally out of the store in less than 15 minutes will gun an ammo. They take a copy of a photo ID, fill out some paperwork and do a quick background check… that is it. Gerogia is probably one of the easiest states to buy a good in. A fact that is both disturbing and cool at the same time.

So far I really like it. I have only shot about 150 rounds through it so far, so I am still trying to get accurate with it.

A few of my friends have asked me “Why did you buy a gun”. The answer is simple….because I can. There are many countries where you cannot own a gun. Why not take advantage of the rights and freedoms you have?

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Went to see Click last night with Adam Sandler.  The movie was actually a bit more serious than the previews had led me to think it would be.  While not a bad movie, it just can’t live up to the high standard of funny set by fellow SNL alum Will Ferrell in Talledega Nights.  I wasn’t necessarily let down by Click, or felt that it was a waste of time, but I definately thought it would have mroe comedy and less drama.

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Today marked one year since Joshua Dingler gave his life in the service of his country in Iraq. Tommy, Josh’s dad works with us at SafeBrowse. While I didn’t really know Josh other than as a passing acquaintance, I have never before been so close to a family that has lost a member serving in the armed forces.

I have to say it is a really strange set of feelings that even one year out I don’t think I have completely come to grips with. A mix of incredible pride and sorrow at the same time. I have seen this represented in Josh’s family time and time again. Josh, his little brother Samuel, his father Tommy, and his mother Karen are all American Heros in my book.

My buddy Ron knew Spc. Joshua Dingler better than I did, and has been keeping his memory alive online. I don’t care if you are pro-war or anti-war, take just a few minutes and read about Josh and his contribution to the freedoms you enjoy as an American. Because no matter what side of the fence you are on Josh paid the ultimate price to protect YOUR freedom.

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That’s right I’m selling my car. Pictures are available here. Although after being forced to drive around in a PT Cruiser rental car today, when I got back behind the wheel of the beemer at the end of the day, I must say I was having second thoughts. Someone needs to buy this thing before I change my mind….it really is an incredible deal. If you are interested you can get my email from the autotrader site.

Of course there is the question of what to get next. High on my list are the Nissan 350z, the BMW Z3 or another 3 Series. Definately NOT a PT Cruiser though….that I know for sure. If someone has owned the 350z and a BMW I would love to hear your feedback. I”m afraid the BMW has spoiled me. Even though I’m not crazy about the high cost of BMW maintenance…that all goes away when I get behind the wheel on a curvy road.

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I watched Talladege Nights - The Ballad of Ricky Bobby yesterday.  I have to say it is probably the most I have laughed at a movie since Rat Race.  Definately worth the time and money to go see this one.  I’m not going to spoil any of the humor for you by talking about my favorite parts, but it isn’t one of those movies that when you have seen the trailer you have seen all of the funnest parts.

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I used to think that the Wall Street Journal was a stuffy paper carried under the arm of bankers and investment types so they could feel “close” to the stock market. However, a few months back they ran an article about parental controls in which Safe Eyes was mentioned and I was quoted saying something extremely notable. However, still didn’t feel like it was a paper I could really get into.

Shortly after I was in the paper an invitation for a year subscription at a very discounted rate showed up in my mailbox. Excellent work by the subscription folks by the way as I never gave the reporter my home address information. Anyway, I decided to go for it. I have been getting the Wall Street Journal for several weeks now, and I must say, I’m into it.

Today there were several cool articles. One about how bad the new Verizon Chocolate Phone is, another about how soon you will be able to rent full length movies online with the blessing of Hollywood big wigs (something I have been looking forward to doing legally for some time). But the coolest article was about “3d Printers”. These bad boys are like replicators from Star Trek and can turn out plastic objects in 1-4 hours. I’ve gotta get one….anyone got $50K they don’t want? I’ll make you something cool with my 3D Printer.

So the long and short of this is that the Wall Street Journal is very relevant and I would say even leans towards cutting edge. While much of this news is available online if you dig around, I have to admit there is something great about the reading something that isn’t on the web…the smell of the newspaper…and the print rubbing off on your hands. Go ahead…give it a try.

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So out of the blue one day last year our business gets a long distance bill from Qwest Communications. They wanted $1640.00 for domestic long distance charged at a rate of 45 cents per minute. This is the first thing we ever got from Qwest. There was never a “Thank you for signing up with Qwest, we are happy you have chosen to pay 500% to much for long distance” letter. Thing is we never asked Qwest to carry our long distance, after all at 45 cents I would of had to be out of my mind to agree to that.

During that period our phone/data T1 was being provided by Nuvox Communications. This service included to fairly large bucket of long distance minutes (1500 I think) at a reasonable rate if you went over that amount, so we allowed them to carry our long distance.

So after talking to Qwest they couldn’t produce a contract binding us to any agreement to pay this amount…so we didn’t. They claimed that the amount was due because Nuvox had electronically made the change. I don’t have a signed paper with Nuvox to make that change either. The customer service guys at Nuvox couldn’t tell us when/how it happened, and insisted it was “impossible”.

So we decided to call the Georgia Public Service Commission. They contacted both parties and both parties agreed to review the case. After a few calls and faxing paperwork in all diretions to parties at Nuvox and Qwest things finally seemed like maybe we were getting somewhere.

Three months pass without a call, then we once again begin to hear from Qwest collections. They want the $1640.00 still for service we never agreed should be rendered. Now Nuvox Communications won’t respond, and the Georgia Public Service Commission says about the only thing we can do is get a lawyer.

So here we are stuck in the middle of two companies that can’t get thier computers to talk to each other correctly with collections wanting $1640.00 from us! Itsn’t technology great? What would you do? Anyone know the number for the CEO at Nuvox….I think I need to give him a call.

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