It's not a good idea to bring a DVD with close to 5,000 pictures on it, each taken from a 5-megapixel camera, to a Costco store to upload and print them there. I waited and waited and finally cancelled the application and went shopping instead. I guess will have to try to fix whatever is wrong with my computer that prevents the uploading of pictures to Costco.com. Didn't think I bought that much but it cost me $200 at the checkout. I picked up a Seville Classics 8-cube set storage shelf.

Got my 3 CDs of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 beta 2 in the mail today.

I and Larry went to the Wells Fargo branch on highway 121 and Josey to add Larry as an additional signer on our church's accounts before had breakfast together at the IHOP next door. Chatted with our banker and learned that this young man is really someone with conviction. He would not shop at Walmart because of the cut-throat business practice that they have with their vendors, most of who basically have a 5-year contract with Walmart but only make profit the first three years and selling products to Walmart at 30% of cost the last of their 5-year contract. The numbers sound really bad but I could certainly believe it. I myself wouldn't encourage that kind of business practice, if it is true, but that's free market. I would encourage the consumers who certainly have every right to exercise their freedom and act upon their convictions the way this banker is doing. Anyway, he shops Target, which I do no longer since they kicked out the Salvation Army bell ringer last Christmas. I found out that he also boycotts Starbucks because the company would not allow franchise.

Got an oil change on my truck afterward and then headed to the Farmers Branch Manske Library to return and pick up some books. While I was there, we had a power loss because of the storm outside and there was this one lady, who lost her works and then kept sitting there, mumbling louderly all the curse words you can ever imagine. First, you were stupid enough not to save your work often, then you acted as discourteous as possible to the people around you, what a loser! And we are not talking about someone who is young and didn't know any better. This lady was in either her later 50s or early 60s.