So I sat down tonight to make a quick post because I’ve been a little lax on the posting duties as of late, but an hour later and I am finally getting around to actually typing something. The root cause of this delay is Paint Shop Pro … in particular Paint Shop Pro Version 7 – a.k.a – the former efficient, productive and simple graphics package until they decided to be like Adobe and SCREWED it up. All I wanted to do was draw the Target symbol to put the devil image on. In the previous version, which I considered myself a master on, I would be able to crank that task out in less than a minute. But thanks to apparent idiots at JASC, they decided to start converting their product into the cumbersome (but agreeably top notch) competitor Photoshop. So after getting frustrated enough to actually go to the help manuals, failing in getting an answer there and then finally Googling it I was able to make three FILLED circles which I layered to generate the rings (two reds, one white in the center). This required me to take the selection tool, change it to a circle, create an appropriately sized circle, then go over to the spray paint tool, re-pick the color – because the stupid color choice stays with the tool and not as an overall default – and then proceed to fill the selection. I have decided to go ahead and install Photoshop now since I might as well use a quality tool if I have to go to that much trouble to make a @$%@$% circle. Note, I even tried to simply set the line color and size so it would basically make a thick line making the process even quicker since that would only require two steps….. but of course, that did not work either. Sigh – all that and I produced a fuzzy picture.
Sorry for the vent, it torqued me pretty good. Now back to the “quick” post I wanted to make. All of this effort was to simply comment on a situation my wife and I had outside the local Target store. A week or so back, I was walking down from the Peoria PetSmart to look at a TV Target had on sale. As I approached the store, a sneeze came over me. Fortunately, I kept my eyelids closed so my peepers stayed in their socket. Upon opening my eyes, I noticed a lady had exited the store and was staring at me. She responded with “Bless You”. Preparing to respond with the standard thank you, she followed with “Oh sorry, just a habit” Pausing mid-step I looked at my wife in complete surprise to see if she had heard the same thing. Never before has anyone apologized after wishing something positive. This ended up being pondered the entire time I was in the store. The conclusion I have come to is she either decided I was really the anti-christ or is so beaten down by the liberal media that she is ashamed or afraid to publicly acknowledge being a Christian. If this is true, it is very sad. Although I am not the most religious person I know, I am clearly not a Satan follower and not about to get mad at someone for a passing blessing. Note, if this extends into any form of trying to preach to me, then we are on a whole different level with a different opinion.
Unfortunately, I was so surprised I didn’t have the chance to really respond that it was okay. Anyway, I thought it was intriguing. Oh, on the limited posts so far in March .. the truth of it was I’ve been stressing through a potential temporary layoff at my place of employment. Good news, I made it through this cut. I better never get my hands on a bank lender at the root of this global economic downturn.
Life Intrigued 