Okay, time to embarrass myself here...

I'm sure everyone's seen this poor bastard. (See, kiddies, this is why you don't leave your webcam on. In fact, this is why you buy one that has a shield over the lens when its off. So you know when it's off. This is important for future ability to pass in public without a bag on one's head. You have been warned.)

Can anyone point me to the song? I rather like it. It's got that Eurotrashsynthpop feel that sucks me in every time.

Okay, time to embarrass myself here...

I'm sure everyone's seen this poor bastard. (See, kiddies, this is why you don't leave your webcam on. In fact, this is why you buy one that has a shield over the lens when its off. So you know when it's off. This is important for future ability to pass in public without a bag on one's head. You have been warned.)

Can anyone point me to the song? I rather like it. It's got that Eurotrashsynthpop feel that sucks me in every time.

Jason and the Toiletnauts, Take 2

The Toilet From Hell was acting up again. It would flush, but then the bowl wouldn't empty all the way, and after a while a certain funk was beginning to be emitted from its, er, bowels. I suspected a break somewhere inside the tank innards that was breaking a suction, and lo and behold, I found one. A crack in a piece I had wrestled with on the last attempt, I must have broken it. Some steel epoxy leak filler, and that was done, but then... I couldn't get it back together.

I should have read my last post about the Evil Turlet, because it was the same damned problem - the seal on the bottom has to be put on the pipe after the pipe has been placed through the bottom of the tank - which requires taking the tank off. Again.

So, I get it all apart, get it all together, finally get the leaks taken care of, and... realize that it's never quite shutting off. Somehow, in all of my jiggling and juggling in there, the old original inlet valve washer gave up the ghost. *sigh* I pull it, and... I can't figure out how to get the washer out. I mean really, this is stupid - every washer is replaceable. I just can't figure out how to get this one out of the assembly.

Off I go, feeling sheepish, to the plumbing store. Guess what - the old original part was made so that you couldn't replace the washer. This falls into the WTF? category. Big brass piston, widdle biddy washer, have to replace the whole damned thing. Fine. $11, but a new part.

It works now, and oddly enough, the new part doesn't fit quite right... but that's okay. Because the misalignment means that I can set the tank float to use 1/2 the water it was before, and *still* empty the bowl and get it clean. Woot! I've been trying for three years to set that water level lower, but it wasn't going to let me do it. Now I can. Huzzah.

Jason and the Toiletnauts, Take 2

The Toilet From Hell was acting up again. It would flush, but then the bowl wouldn't empty all the way, and after a while a certain funk was beginning to be emitted from its, er, bowels. I suspected a break somewhere inside the tank innards that was breaking a suction, and lo and behold, I found one. A crack in a piece I had wrestled with on the last attempt, I must have broken it. Some steel epoxy leak filler, and that was done, but then... I couldn't get it back together.

I should have read my last post about the Evil Turlet, because it was the same damned problem - the seal on the bottom has to be put on the pipe after the pipe has been placed through the bottom of the tank - which requires taking the tank off. Again.

So, I get it all apart, get it all together, finally get the leaks taken care of, and... realize that it's never quite shutting off. Somehow, in all of my jiggling and juggling in there, the old original inlet valve washer gave up the ghost. *sigh* I pull it, and... I can't figure out how to get the washer out. I mean really, this is stupid - every washer is replaceable. I just can't figure out how to get this one out of the assembly.

Off I go, feeling sheepish, to the plumbing store. Guess what - the old original part was made so that you couldn't replace the washer. This falls into the WTF? category. Big brass piston, widdle biddy washer, have to replace the whole damned thing. Fine. $11, but a new part.

It works now, and oddly enough, the new part doesn't fit quite right... but that's okay. Because the misalignment means that I can set the tank float to use 1/2 the water it was before, and *still* empty the bowl and get it clean. Woot! I've been trying for three years to set that water level lower, but it wasn't going to let me do it. Now I can. Huzzah.

Curse you MemeMan!

1. Total amount of music files on your computer?
Laptop: 2917 songs; 9d, 14h, 19m, 56s; 15.82GB
Server: At least that many.
You know, I really should consolidate those two libraries.

2. The last CD you bought was...
CD? A *physical* CD? Oh jeez. Um. Wow. I can tell you the *first* one off the top of my head (Berlin, Love Life), but even after looking at the shelf, I can't tell you the last one. Man, that's pathetic.

3. What was the last song you listened to before reading this message?
We Will Become Silhouettes, The Postal Service

4. Write down five songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you.
Only five? Crap, I could give 20 easy. Okay, random five, not top five.
I'll stick to personal meaning on these, not listening frequency.
New Order: True Faith
Depeche Mode: Knocking on Death's Door
Jane Siberry and k.d. lang: Calling All Angels
Oingo Boingo: Skin
Johnny Cash: Hurt

Oh yeah. I'm a peppy little bugger.

5. What 3 people are you going to pass this baton to and why?
Let's get a west coast: retcon, a heartland: flinx and an east coast: new_apostasy. Represent!

Curse you MemeMan!

1. Total amount of music files on your computer?
Laptop: 2917 songs; 9d, 14h, 19m, 56s; 15.82GB
Server: At least that many.
You know, I really should consolidate those two libraries.

2. The last CD you bought was...
CD? A *physical* CD? Oh jeez. Um. Wow. I can tell you the *first* one off the top of my head (Berlin, Love Life), but even after looking at the shelf, I can't tell you the last one. Man, that's pathetic.

3. What was the last song you listened to before reading this message?
We Will Become Silhouettes, The Postal Service

4. Write down five songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you.
Only five? Crap, I could give 20 easy. Okay, random five, not top five.
I'll stick to personal meaning on these, not listening frequency.
New Order: True Faith
Depeche Mode: Knocking on Death's Door
Jane Siberry and k.d. lang: Calling All Angels
Oingo Boingo: Skin
Johnny Cash: Hurt

Oh yeah. I'm a peppy little bugger.

5. What 3 people are you going to pass this baton to and why?
Let's get a west coast: retcon, a heartland: flinx and an east coast: new_apostasy. Represent!