Passed, gas boycott, mystery

After about a week and a half of prep I took the first of the 2 tests I need to upgrade my MCSE to the 2003 designation. I passed. I didn’t pass with flying colors but it was good enough. I have gone over about 450 practice questions for this so I was ready to get the damn test out of the way. Studying for these tests is extremely boring for me but a necessary evil in the IT field.

The signs leading up to the test were bad. I was almost late after getting stuck in bad traffic due to a rollover accident. Then when I got there, the girl behind the desk was filling in for someone and did not know how to administer the test. As a result I didn’t start until a half hour late. The test itself wasn’t so bad as I had seen the majority of the questions on the practice exams I took. However I have to believe that a lot of the answers given on the practice exams had to be incorrect else my score would have been higher.

No big deal though, 1 down 1 to go. I will probably give my brain a week or so to relax and then cram for the second exam.

Did you boycott buying gas today? I got several emails regarding not buying gas today as a protest against the oil companies raping us at the pump. I highly doubt that enough people got word to make a difference but it would be cool if it actually hurt those bastards a bit. Over $2.20 a gallon down here for premium and climbing.

Someone I know actually bought this thing off ebay! You would immediately assume it was the furry gnome since he has such back hair problems, but you would be wrong! I mean ok, I guess the concept is legit, if you have a hairy ass back, you can’t reach it all conventionally so this may come in handy. But 20 BUCKS?????????!!!!!!!!!!! All it is, is a piece of molded plastic that probably cost a dime to make. The revelation that this individual bought this changed my viewpoint about him forever. Oh I forgot to mention 7 BUCKS shipping! So close to 30 bucks was dropped on this. Unbelievable. This could be equated to the government paying 300 dollars for a screw driver, it is a rip off of the same magnitude.