Get Back to Work!

Well I finally broke down and brought my laptop back to Best Buy for service. I think I told you the monitor had been flickering in and out and seeing that the warranty is about to expire I wanted to get it in there fast. It’s going to take 2-3 weeks!

Ugh! How can one live without their laptop for that long?

So when I got home from Best Buy, and my Open House was over (more on that later), I trudged up to the attic and nearly got a hernia taking down my old Windows 98 machine. What a behemoth! So here I sit, in my office, and not within the confines of my comfortable bed, typing away with a monitor that could kill a caribou and fills the room with so much light that I’m probably signaling in 747s from Logan.

The Open House went. I can’t say it went well, can’t say it went badly. It just went. She left the guest list on the kitchen table by accident. There were 5 visitors, 3 of which we’re nosy neighbors wondering “what did those gay guys do with the Smith’s old house?” So with 60% of the prospects wanting a walk through of the set for Queer Eye for the Straight Suburban Housewife and with no substantial bites, I’m not overly thrilled. I just have to keep remembering that it’s only been on the market for 3 weeks.

On another note…

In an analysis of Bandit Talks' peak visits from you all (yes, I’m speaking to both of you), I’ve discovered that Monday’s tend to be the most popular readership day. And on the weekends very few people (that wouldn't be the two of you) read it. So with that, I’m asking you (two) to be sure and read Saturday and Sunday’s post. I think you’ll find them amusing, especially Saturday’s, and informative. So DO YOUR HOMEWORK and read them! I’ve listed the links below for your convenience:

How to Move Ahead Working 9 to 5 without Singing Like Dolly Parton

Rainin’ Dykes and Fags in Washington

Hope you enjoy.

Oh, and also there has been some spirited debate (i.e. comments!) on my writings as I re-post them on Gather.com. Apparently the two of you that read me here don’t care to readily comment on BanditTalks.

If you’d like to know how to comment, take a gander at what people have to say about my pathetic musings on Rick’s Gather Page.

No, I still haven’t called the Yahoo! Personal’s guy. To be quite honest I completely forgot about it.

But I just got an updated e-mail of all the new miserable queers out there, like me, searching for love. Supposedly they are perfect matches based on some survey I filled out back in 1956. So who was in this morning’s e-mail? No, not myself (funny though one e-mail I got from Yahoo! actually did - no wonder I’m all alone.) No, this new e-mail had a guy I used to work with at my old building. I always thought he was adorable assumed he was gay but we never really talked beyond the occasional polite chatter. I’m going to have to subscribe so I can say hi.

Over and out…

Rick

P.S. This lack of writing from bed is going to be a drag: You wouldn’t think an 18 lb. dog on your lap is all that heavy. At least him lying next to me on the bed doesn’t make my foot fall asleep. Man, I need a refill on the coffee and need to disturb the poor little Bandit. Sorry pup, but this queer needs his caffeine!