When we moved out of our house in July, we packed everything in such a hurry and didn’t really think about the stuff we would be needing when it got colder, like heavy jackets. Well, last night we went to the store and bought warm jackets for Bay, Koa, and myself and now we are all set! And it’s just in time, since today the temperature started out at about 50°F, and should drop down to 36°F by lunchtime, and 32°F by quittin’ time. And a hard freeze tonight! But we will be nice and warm with our new jackets! (This post is for you, Mom!)

I received my replacement bolt a couple days ago, and spent an hour putting my C70 back together. It has been sitting on a block, the front wheel off, with no legshield. I put the new bolt into the suspension arm, then put on the red fender, then the wheel, attached the speedometer and brake cables, then attached a red front badge I got off of ebay, and finally the legshield. The battery is all charged up, and I was ready to go for a ride last night. Too bad it was in the 30’s. I stayed inside… Anyways, it feels better to have the C70 back together and road-worthy. I might just take it out to take some artsy night pictures of it. It definitely won’t win any awards for being the prettiest scooter… it’s red and blue, for goodness sakes!

In other news, the bike is still not registered. I am waiting for the previous owner to sign the bill of sale. It’s a frickin pain in the ass. I keep calling his assistant, who is seldom there, and never returns my calls. The last time I talked to her, she said the documents would be signed on the 28th… I am thinking of giving up, and trying to get the bike titled some other way.

Tomorrow is the day that NintendoWiFi service. The only lame thing is that my router (which is an awesome Belkin 802.11 g with print-server) is incompatible with the DS and its wifi system. I will need to buy a little wifi USB adapter that hooks into the USB port on one of my networked computers. I ran the little wifi tester on the Nintendo site, and it said that my computer configuration would work.

Update! I got an email from Gmail Support. They have reset the account, with my name and secondary email address that they had on file. Woohoo! The only problem is that the verification email will go the secondary email address which is my old work address. I need to contact the Network Admin at my old workplace and ask them to reactivate my old email so that I may get my new (temporary) gmail password. It looks like my last (nasty) message to Gmail Support was read and responded to. 🙂 Still… no word on how my account was compromised. Oh well, we will see how it goes.

So, this past weekend someone hijacked my gmail account, and I have sent Google support screenshots and pleas for help to get back my email account, which I have had since June of last year. Here is the latest I got from Google:

Hello,

We have investigated this issue, but because the results were inconclusive, we’re not able to provide further assistance.

Gmail takes the privacy and security of our users very seriously. For this reason, we can’t reveal any further information about this account.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, and thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

The Gmail Team

Looks like I am S.O.L. Goodbye to all my saved mail from this account. Just imagine if all of a sudden, without warning, your email account just vanished. And your email company said, “sorry, that’s the breaks”. That’s pretty much what Google did to me. Isn’t it ironic that Google says that they take the privacy and security of their users very seriously, and that is the reason they cannot help me? Go figure…

I guess I shouldn’t be too upset. It was a free service, after all. But I won’t be using it any longer. It really has made me sour about Google. The search engine is great, GoogleEarth and GoogleMaps are nice, but their Gmail client is crap.

The Dodgers suck. Last year was their second worse since coming to Los Angeles, and what is crazy is that they had just won the NL West the previous year. It’s amazing to think that the McCourts were handed a team that was a contender, and have totally destroyed it. Not only the team, but the organization. There is dodgerblues.com:

Unless a guy grew up in Echo Park and fantasizes over playing within walking distance from grandma’s house, why would anyone choose to play for the Dodgers (assuming, even, that the Dodgers are willing to spend big money, which they aren’t)? The team is a wreck, the owner is dumb and pompous, and Jeff Kent is surly. Choosing to play for the Dodgers (with what’s been going on lately) would be like walking into a Carrows Restaurant for dinner after seeing people walking out with puke running down their faces.