http://www.toneparsons.com Now with retro appeal! Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:22:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First and foremost, thank you for all the comments and emails on my previous post. I really appreciate it! I was in full panic mode when I wrote it and have calmed quite a bit since then.  I'm going to let the appeal process run through it's course, and if ... http://www.toneparsons.com/2008/07/20/580/ For those who haven't been following along, let me give you the cliff notes for the past 8 years or so of my life.  This is a pretty long post, so I'm putting in a "more" tag (just click it to read the rest of the story). October, 2000 - I ... http://www.toneparsons.com/2008/07/17/im-fucked/ My eldest son turned 19 a few months back.  He's got a job and finally got his drivers license a couple of weeks ago (who ever heard of a teenage boy who didn't like to drive?).  The next obvious step was for him to save up money to buy his ... http://www.toneparsons.com/2008/07/09/some-serious-father-son-time-ahead/ As I mentioned in my last post, there was an issue with my disability insurance. They check my medical records once a month to see what my current status is.  Unfortunately, some bone head in the transcription department of my doctor's office made a huge clerical error.  They put someone else's ... http://www.toneparsons.com/2008/06/30/an-update-to-the-insurance-nightmare/ Sorry about the lack of posts. I just haven't been up to it as of late. Every day is exactly the same for the most part, so there's very little to write about. I shall now fill you mind with what little trivial crap has actually been going on. My ... http://www.toneparsons.com/2008/06/20/its-been-a-while/ I sold my motorcycle yesterday. We reduced the price and it was immediately snatched up by a guy who had been looking for that exact motorcycle (a Yamaha Royal Star Boulevard).  He took me to his bank and they gave me a certified check on the spot. When he showed up around ... http://www.toneparsons.com/2008/05/30/yesterday-was-exciting-a-little-too-much-so/ It's been a while since I've posted anything. Sorry about that, but I've been kind of busy (which is nice for a change!!) Last Friday, my old boss and his boss (aka: Mike and Paul) took me out for dinner. We went to the Bluz at the Bend here ... http://www.toneparsons.com/2008/05/16/the-obligatory-post-of-the-week/ Just in case anyone is interested, I've got a couple of motorcycles for sale: 2004 Suzuki Intruder 1400cc VS1400GLP: 849 miles (yes... that's all), windshield, highway lights, floor boards, hard mount saddle bags, luggage rack. $7,00 (on craigs list) 2000 Yamaha Royal Star Boulevard 1300cc XVZ1300A: 5,890 miles, windshield, highway lights, floor ... http://www.toneparsons.com/2008/05/05/there-comes-a-time-when-you-just-have-to-let-go/ Since the first one was fun to do... I thought I'd try again. Have patience with the quality, as I'm using microsoft movie maker (and it's crap!).  I'll look for a better program for video capture. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XDd7jwpy3Y[/youtube] http://www.toneparsons.com/2008/05/02/video-blog-2/ Ok... I've got a webcam and lots of free time, so I decided to play with video blog posts. Here's the first attempt, hopefully they'll get better over time. Enjoy! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X3NDsAQkTI[/youtube] http://www.toneparsons.com/2008/05/01/video-post-of-the-day/