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September 9, 2003
simmer down or I'm stopping this car
People stop being bitchy and stop fighting on your blogs. Use this tool for good, not evil. Now go to bed so you get your sleep so you can be cheery tomorrow.
Love,
Mom
Sex doesn't hurt either. Last night I got an extensive lecture and demonstration on XML and XHTML after a romp on the sheets. Geeks are sexy.
Yesterday I was informed at work I have 8 days of vacation leave available. This is a historic event in Jimbo time. Never before have I accumulated so much vacation leave. I almost always use it up for short weekends and 'jimbo days'. I laughed at the kid at school with perfect attendance. Part of the reason I didn't use it up was because we couldn't use it the first 6 months, and part of it was that there simply was no opportunity to use it...I was actually too busy. It's too bad my last day is Monday, however. I do get the vacation days back in $$$ though. Still a little nervous about whether or not I get unemployment. My sweet dark Irish coworker assures me I'll get a job soon. It's amazing how others have faith in you when oftentimes you don't. From what I read lately, I'm on the right track in looking for jack-of-all trades work. Things are bleak, but only half as bleak as last year. I have seen a rise in openings for web project management, user interface design, and multi-discipline work around DC.
Yesterday I got my teeth cleaned while I still have insurance to cover the service. Smiles, smiles everyone! He really got down there under the gums, and I bled all over the place.
I'm going out to the 'burbs tomorrow to see Bubba, who's in town for business.
Seal will be on the Today show this Friday morning. I've been a fan for years, ever since the huge promotion machine that you couln't ignore if you were in Europe in 1990. The black and white imagery for his debut album was everywhere. It was a great album, and I still listen to it today. I saw him in concert in 1995 when I was living in Portland. He came off as a bit arrogant, but the music was tight, and his opening act Des'ree was very endearing.
Can anyone tell me how to clean out a stanky sink garbage disposal ('In-Sink-Erator')? It doesn't seem to have a grease trap, and just reeks like rancid grease. I tried the ice cubes trick to no avail.
Posted by jimbo at September 9, 2003 10:38 AM
Comments
The only time I ever dissed anyone on my blog, apparently someone blabbed to him, and he wrote about it. Which is fine, but he made stuff up to make himself look better. First, he said I sent him hate mail. Which is not true. Second, he said a long time ago I send him a "hey, you're hot" email, which is also not true.
And after reading his blog again recently, I still stand by my original assessment. He's an ass.
Posted by: stebbins at September 9, 2003 11:25 AM
oh, throw a lemon down there...it will make it smell better AND kill the bacteria
Posted by: stebbins at September 9, 2003 11:27 AM
Of course I'm now curious as to whom Jimbo and Stebbins is referring too.
For the disoposal you could also try running it while pouring boiling water down it, and then dumping in a box of baking soda and letting it sit overnight.
Posted by: Burl at September 9, 2003 11:37 AM
Run through baking soda and a few drops dishwashing detergent. Scrub the gasket thingie at the top and the inside with a (new!) toilet brush and baking soda/detergent solution. Be prepared to be grossed out and throw away the brush, so buy a cheap one. Drop in lemon slices often (<---an excuse to have cocktails).
Posted by: einerlei at September 9, 2003 1:55 PM
I was referring to the vividblurry-bickering, not the jackal-yakking, but it still stands: enough war in the world...Peace y'all!
LOL...I guess I should have expected a landslide of domestic tips from queens on how to clean a sink disposal unit. But thanks! It seems the most popular items to comment on are, in this order: a.) hot guys; b.) pets; and c.) domestic tips.
Posted by: jimbo at September 9, 2003 3:06 PM
Try lemons or limes - it will help in the short term, until the plumber comes by to clean your pipes.
Posted by: Bob at September 9, 2003 11:01 PM
Jimbo-
Pour a small box of baking soda into the disposal. then, pour in about 1 liter of White Vinegar. It will bubble back out, like a science project volcano-but will soon subsist. After about 20 minutes, run some hot water through...a nice, Earth-friendly way to de-stank the skanky disposal.
Posted by: Brian at September 10, 2003 1:47 AM
My cure for sink stink: a little bleach (not too much -- the bleach fumes will burn your nose hairs off) down the drain followed by warm water.
Posted by: Fredo at September 10, 2003 8:07 AM