Soooooo......

[Alex]

Ugh, I'm an idiot and that was a massive brainfart. I have Vista at home, I've never had Windows 7 (though I'll be getting it here at work in the next few days).

Still very happy with Vista.

[Kevy Baby]

You are one of the few people I know (actually, only) that have said that. It wasn't a total and complete failure, but my experience with Vista was that I spent more time dealing with OS related issues (stability and performance) than I should have; I heard similar complaints from others.

[Alex]

I don't think I've rebooted my computer other than to install updates in the last three years. Certainly have never had it crash that I can remember.

I don't think I stress it all that much from a performance perspective but it plays games fine and no problems with Illustrator.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Vista's problem was spotty hardware support. I had Vista on two different systems. One was rock solid stable, the other was constantly having issues.

As a general rule (no 100%, but true of most of the anecdotal evidence I saw), it had a much harder time with notebooks than desktops.

[Kevy Baby]

I think I found where €uromeinke likes to do his grocery shopping.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Lost out on an awesome nature photography opportunity today (admittedly of the cell phone variety, so I don't think I blew my chance at a pulitzer or anything).

Went to my car at lunch and in the space next to mine I caught sight of a lizard out of the corner of my eye. One of those little lizards ubiquitous to SoCal, maybe a few inches long, 4-5 inches including the tail. (Incidentally, I have NO idea what kind of lizards those are? Anyone? Kevy?). I see them all the time and am in no way afraid of them. But before I even got a good look at this one, something triggered me to be startled, some subconscious indication that this might be weird.

After a bit of a jump I got a better look. What I had recognized was that it was stock still and looked like this guy's mouth had been impaled on something. Something blue and stick-like. My first thought was, "Oh sh*t is that lizard choking on a q-tip?!" Like I said, I'm generally totally comfortable around, and pretty fascinated with, these little lizards. However, any animal in distress tends to freak me out. Mostly because I feel like I SHOULD do something to help, but do not possess the wherewithal to do so. "Oh sh*t, I feel bad for the thing, and it's probably within my capability to help, but the though of touching it is freaky and gross - cause what it it's dead, or bleeds on me or some sh*t. But I feel bad!"

So yeah, all that was going through me head...until I finally registered that the blue stick sticking out of its mouth was in fact the tail end (still firmly attached to the front end) of an ex dragonfly. This little dude wasn't in distress, I had just interrupted lunch time. The meal was easily as big, if not bigger, than the little lizard. Chow time!

Sadly, after I got my phone out of my pocket and started the camera up, I took half a step to lean in for a good shot. That finally spooked him and he bolted, leaving the prize behind.

Now I felt bad that I scared him away from an awesome meal. Sorry little dude. (Or dudette I guess, I didn't ask it its gender).

[Nephythys]

Ah, nice to see I can still find my wedding dream-tini recipe....wow it's been a while since I checked in

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

Ah, nice to see I can still find my wedding dream-tini recipe....wow it's been a while since I checked in

Hi!!

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Hi!!

Hi!! Hope all is very well for everyone-

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

One of those little lizards ubiquitous to SoCal, maybe a few inches long, 4-5 inches including the tail. (Incidentally, I have NO idea what kind of lizards those are? Anyone? Kevy?).

At that size, probably just a Fence Lizard. You can check here