More Shiny-ippets…

Just a few tidbits on the “State of the Shiny…”

* I’m still quite new to blogging on my own site — I’ve been at it for just about a month now. I know that some of you are getting thousands of page-views per day, but I’m proud that yesterday I hit my all-time record on the site: 94 page views (not counting myself)! I guess I can thank my most recent list of hot male celebrities to generate traffic. But seriously, folks: Thank you for reading. And for commenting. I’m happy that I’ve found a community of bloggers with whom I feel a good connection.

* Interesting tidbit: Sunday’s post elicited hits from people searching Google for “3 way gay pictures” and “anderson cooper pictures.” If I could turn back the hands of time and get Adsense running retroactively I could have made, like fifty cents! Oh well…

* A follow up to the deadbeat eBay seller issue I blogged about a week and a half ago: Still no mouse. And it’s been 32 days since I sent payment — and since he said he had received payment and would drop it in the mail. Since then I’ve heard of his issues with a lightning storm — thus losing his email connectivity and making me contact him by phone and a “substitute” in his post office who wasn’t able to check on the package when he originally went in to inquire. A week ago yesterday he left me a voicemail saying that they were holding the package at his post office because he mistakenly failed to include my correct zip code, and that it would be going out in the mail the next day.

That was a week ago. Priority mail from Pennsylvania to Virginia shouldn’t take that long.

I left him voicemail last night asking for a response with some sort of action. Twenty-four hours later I opened a case with PayPal to document this debacle. I’m not going to leave negative feedback until I see how this all turns out — but I’m at least relieved that I’m covered for the amount of my purchase since it is well under $2,000. Even if this guy’s streak of bad luck continued and a pack of wild yaks ambushed the mail truck or something…

* Tomorrow, I shall be the subject of 20 Questions by The Absurdist. I have to admit — she asks some amazingly, kick-ass questions. It should be a good read, and *SPOILER* you’ll get to learn a bit of Hebrew as well! Stay tuned…

* Work: Work sucks. Well, I suppose “sucks” is a bit strong. I suppose I’m lucky to be doing a job which, on the most part, I enjoy doing. But today was the climax of a situation where it was made quite apparent that management really screwed the pooch on something, chunks of which are cascading down on myself and my team. At least now they acknowledge where the problem lies, so maybe that’s the point where things will get better. But it very well might be an issue of “too little, too late.” We’ll see what happens…

* I know you’re all probably wondering: Shiny — what did the swimming pool in the backyard of your grandparents’ home in Connecticut look like? I’m glad you asked! You see — in an interesting twist of events after my grandfather’s death in 2005 as his children were trying to sell his home, a location scout happened upon it and found the perfect filming location for the swimming pool scenes of an upcoming Uma Thurman film. After some renovations and negotiations, the filming took place. And the movie comes out this weekend:

(Direct link to the “Life Before Her Eyes” site for all you RSS folks…)

I’ll be completely honest: I would only see it for the several minutes of swimming pool footage. I guess it’s something to continue to hold onto in my head…

* Also from a past Shi-nippets: Remember how I mentioned my wife, socKs making pajamas which are half Toy Story and half Cars? Viola…

The quilt on the bed is his “guitar quilt” — also made by socKs. She’s pretty frickin’ amazing.

* A la Turnbaby: Here is my Six Word Memoir:

Funny. Just not too fuckin’ hilarious…