I haven't seen the Roku remote in days. It isn't a big deal because I have the handy Roku app on my phone, which does everything the remote does. But I asked Mike about the remote earlier, and he accused me of losing it. (I rolled my eyes and went back to hoping it would turn up in the medicine cabinet)
....and then Mike got up to do something. As soon as he sat back down on the couch, the show he was watching paused. He looked at his phone to see if he had bumped it while the Roku app was on. Nope. Then the light went off - he got that look of exciting discovery, and started digging in the couch cushions. Sure enough - he was sitting on the missing Roku remote the whole time.
Monday, May 19, 2014
The Mike Stories, Pt. 58
On Wednesday of last week Mike's car mysteriously stopped working. It just wouldn't turn on when he tried to start it. The radio and lights worked just fine, so it wasn't a dead battery. We have a roadside assistance program, so we were able to get it towed to a mechanic on Friday without too much fuss.
The mechanic Mike chose had great ratings on Yelp, but (probably due to those great ratings) that particular mechanic was quite busy. They said they probably wouldn't be able to take a look at his car until Monday. Well Monday is here, and when I got home from work today Mike said he hadn't heard from the mechanic yet. He went ahead and gave them a call. He happened to have the phone on speaker, so I could hear the conversation. The polite gentleman on the other end of the phone told Mike several times that they most definitely did not have a Hyundai Accent waiting for service.
After giving me a horrified look that practically screamed "that bastard tow truck driver stole my car!" - Mike finally asked the guy on the phone if they were "Import Auto Repair" and gave the location for the place he thought he was calling. Turns out he had called the wrong mechanic.
[after he hung up, he called the correct mechanic and verified that they did in fact have his car. They're still trying to diagnose the problem].
The mechanic Mike chose had great ratings on Yelp, but (probably due to those great ratings) that particular mechanic was quite busy. They said they probably wouldn't be able to take a look at his car until Monday. Well Monday is here, and when I got home from work today Mike said he hadn't heard from the mechanic yet. He went ahead and gave them a call. He happened to have the phone on speaker, so I could hear the conversation. The polite gentleman on the other end of the phone told Mike several times that they most definitely did not have a Hyundai Accent waiting for service.
After giving me a horrified look that practically screamed "that bastard tow truck driver stole my car!" - Mike finally asked the guy on the phone if they were "Import Auto Repair" and gave the location for the place he thought he was calling. Turns out he had called the wrong mechanic.
[after he hung up, he called the correct mechanic and verified that they did in fact have his car. They're still trying to diagnose the problem].
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
The Mike Stories, Pt. 57
Me: Hey, we need to give Lacey a theme for some cupcakes!
Mike: Ooooh, lets do something with almonds. like creamy almonds, or almond filling.
Me: Like almond butter?
Mike: No, like Twinkies
Me: I REFUSE to ask Lacey to make Twinkies for me! I won't do it!
Mike: Not even adult Twinkies?
{I gave him the evil eye}
Mike: Ok, fine. How about like on those cooking shows where they give you weird ingredients and ask you to make something with them, like bok choy and a can of coke?
Me: You want me to ask Lacey for cupcakes made out of bok choy and coke?
Mike: Hmph. we're just throwing around ideas here - there are no wrong answers!
Me: Yes there are! Asparagus cupcakes, for example, sound totally disgusting. That is a WRONG answer!
Mike: You have a point! I still think you should do adult themed twinkies, like twinkies you would never ever give to a kid. you should have her put bubble gum vodka in the filling.
Me: That sounds gross.
Mike: Yeah, that does actually sound kinda gross. Maybe we should use powdered alcohol. and a cherry on top. I want a cherry!
Me: And I want something normal!
Mike: How about something for Cinco de Mayo... when is she making them?
....And that was the best idea that Mike has had so far regarding cupcakes. Lacey made some fantastic Mexican hot chocolate cupcakes for us last year for a Mexican themed movie night.
Mike: Ooooh, lets do something with almonds. like creamy almonds, or almond filling.
Me: Like almond butter?
Mike: No, like Twinkies
Me: I REFUSE to ask Lacey to make Twinkies for me! I won't do it!
Mike: Not even adult Twinkies?
{I gave him the evil eye}
Mike: Ok, fine. How about like on those cooking shows where they give you weird ingredients and ask you to make something with them, like bok choy and a can of coke?
Me: You want me to ask Lacey for cupcakes made out of bok choy and coke?
Mike: Hmph. we're just throwing around ideas here - there are no wrong answers!
Me: Yes there are! Asparagus cupcakes, for example, sound totally disgusting. That is a WRONG answer!
Mike: You have a point! I still think you should do adult themed twinkies, like twinkies you would never ever give to a kid. you should have her put bubble gum vodka in the filling.
Me: That sounds gross.
Mike: Yeah, that does actually sound kinda gross. Maybe we should use powdered alcohol. and a cherry on top. I want a cherry!
Me: And I want something normal!
Mike: How about something for Cinco de Mayo... when is she making them?
....And that was the best idea that Mike has had so far regarding cupcakes. Lacey made some fantastic Mexican hot chocolate cupcakes for us last year for a Mexican themed movie night.
The Mike Stories, Pt. 56
The weather today was amazing! And to celebrate the unusually nice weather, Mike and I went out to a local brewery with outdoor seating to enjoy a frosty beverage and watch the sunset. Shortly after we were seated, Mike told me that he had gotten a "warning" from his new Twitter account (@MikeStoriesFans) - an account he opened yesterday in his quest to become Internet Famous. He wrote some kind of algorithm to auto-post for him. (I asked him if he was just stealing other people's posts and re-posting them. He didn't really give me a straight answer, which I assume means "yes")
Eventually, he told me that Twitter warned him that his account would be blocked if he didn't "stop" whatever it was that he was doing (which he neglected to explain in a way that made sense). Upon questioning him about possibly being Twitter blocked, he fessed up that the he had already been suspended by Twitter, not just "warned" about whatever he was up to.
I told him he'd probably be blocked by the time he got home. He said "yeah, probably. My algorithm needs work!" I suspect the suspension had to do with his Twitter account being run by a robot instead of by an actual person. (to which he replied that he did have to enter Captcha information to prove he was a real person in order to remove the suspension on his account).
He claims that the suspension warning looked like the one below, but I bet the wording had to do with robots and spamming! At the time of this posting, his Twitter account - opened roughly 24 hours ago - has posted 1,020 tweets. Amazingly he has somehow gotten 77 followers already. Spamming with robots appears to be effective!
Eventually, he told me that Twitter warned him that his account would be blocked if he didn't "stop" whatever it was that he was doing (which he neglected to explain in a way that made sense). Upon questioning him about possibly being Twitter blocked, he fessed up that the he had already been suspended by Twitter, not just "warned" about whatever he was up to.
I told him he'd probably be blocked by the time he got home. He said "yeah, probably. My algorithm needs work!" I suspect the suspension had to do with his Twitter account being run by a robot instead of by an actual person. (to which he replied that he did have to enter Captcha information to prove he was a real person in order to remove the suspension on his account).
He claims that the suspension warning looked like the one below, but I bet the wording had to do with robots and spamming! At the time of this posting, his Twitter account - opened roughly 24 hours ago - has posted 1,020 tweets. Amazingly he has somehow gotten 77 followers already. Spamming with robots appears to be effective!
Sunday, April 27, 2014
The Mike Stories, Pt. 55
Me: What are you doing?
Mike: I'm trying to spell 'fan fiction' but I'm running out of characters and i can't get this Twitter account to work
Me: You're making a Twitter account?
Mike: Yes, for The Mike Stories Fan Fiction account.... if I can figure out how to spell Fan Fiction so it'll fit.
Me: ....so you can write fiction stories about yourself?
Mike: No. So the fans can add their stories.
Me: Right. And how are they going to post their stories to your twitter account?
Mike: you shhhh! I haven't figured that out yet. Maybe if I spell "stories" with a "y" it'll fit. I'm going to be more internet famous than you!
Mike: I'm trying to spell 'fan fiction' but I'm running out of characters and i can't get this Twitter account to work
Me: You're making a Twitter account?
Mike: Yes, for The Mike Stories Fan Fiction account.... if I can figure out how to spell Fan Fiction so it'll fit.
Me: ....so you can write fiction stories about yourself?
Mike: No. So the fans can add their stories.
Me: Right. And how are they going to post their stories to your twitter account?
Mike: you shhhh! I haven't figured that out yet. Maybe if I spell "stories" with a "y" it'll fit. I'm going to be more internet famous than you!
Sunday, April 20, 2014
The Mike Stories, Pt. 54.2
Mike has continued his quest to become Internet Famous. I caught him Googling "How to become internet famous" - see below:
He found a video that told him to:
1) sign up for social media accounts (he has since created Facebook and Instagram accounts for "The Mike Stories Behind the Scenes" or, as he likes to call it "The Mike Stories BTS"
2) start using loads of hashtags. He's now in the middle of adding billions of hashtags to a photo he took of me while writing The Mike Stories.
As a side note, Mike has set his phone to all Spanish all the time, and it took him about 10 minutes to figure out how to login to his new Instagram account on his phone. GPS directions in Spanish via Google Maps on his phone has also made our recent car trips a little more of an adventure.
He found a video that told him to:
1) sign up for social media accounts (he has since created Facebook and Instagram accounts for "The Mike Stories Behind the Scenes" or, as he likes to call it "The Mike Stories BTS"
2) start using loads of hashtags. He's now in the middle of adding billions of hashtags to a photo he took of me while writing The Mike Stories.
As a side note, Mike has set his phone to all Spanish all the time, and it took him about 10 minutes to figure out how to login to his new Instagram account on his phone. GPS directions in Spanish via Google Maps on his phone has also made our recent car trips a little more of an adventure.
The Mike Stories, Pt. 54
Today in the car:
Me: Guess what?
Mike: What?
Me: The Mike Stories has an Instagram follower that isn't somebody we know! (Here's lookin' at you cali_chucks_on!)
Mike: Oh! We should look up how to be internet famous!
Me: haha! I see where you're going with this..
Mike: Yeah! Then you can be internet famous. You'll be the wife of The Mike Stories guy!
Me: You mean the AUTHOR of The Mike Stories
Mike: Same same! ....you should publish a book and then William Shatner can play me in the movie, so I can get more followers
Me: I'm pretty sure it would be easier to publish if we have more fans first.
Mike: Yeah. You should post more often. You have to post photos like every day
Me: You'll have to do funny stuff more often then.
Mike: Or you could make stuff up!
Me: No way! I don't have to make stuff up - The Mike Stories are TRUE!
Follow The Mike Stories on Instagram
Me: Guess what?
Mike: What?
Me: The Mike Stories has an Instagram follower that isn't somebody we know! (Here's lookin' at you cali_chucks_on!)
Mike: Oh! We should look up how to be internet famous!
Me: haha! I see where you're going with this..
Mike: Yeah! Then you can be internet famous. You'll be the wife of The Mike Stories guy!
Me: You mean the AUTHOR of The Mike Stories
Mike: Same same! ....you should publish a book and then William Shatner can play me in the movie, so I can get more followers
Me: I'm pretty sure it would be easier to publish if we have more fans first.
Mike: Yeah. You should post more often. You have to post photos like every day
Me: You'll have to do funny stuff more often then.
Mike: Or you could make stuff up!
Me: No way! I don't have to make stuff up - The Mike Stories are TRUE!
Follow The Mike Stories on Instagram
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