[L] Fire Urban Meyer?

I was wondering what the Gator fans on this blog thought about this site.

I know it hasn't been a good year, but this site seems extremely ridiculous.

Wango Tango

This is probably the greatest campaign picture ever. Ted is a friend of a supporter of ours. They hunt together. Bad Ass is all I can say.

ugh...

...so it's half-time and scoreless. it's been a while since we've had one of these seasons. congrats to the noles, it's hard to turn the ball over that much and come out ahead but you pulled it off. also, wtf alex? i'm not used to seeing that kind of scoring come out of au. congrats on the highest scoring regulation game ever in the sec.

anyway, i'm secretly hoping for a shut-out so that we can finally ditch adazio. i'm going to start taking a shot after every score, my guess is i'll be stone-cold sober at the end of the game.

Another Round

Well the great thing about college football is every weekend seems like a crucial weekend. For FSU it is to see if we can beat a inferior opponent after having a huge victory last weekend. Sadly FSU has not won 5 straight games since 2005 (last time we were relevant). For UF it is a chance to bounce back and right that ship. While the offense still seems to be in a funk the Gators still control their own destiny in the SEC. Last but not least well we know what is at stake here for Auburn SEC West crown. While I think each team in the SEC West will have at least one loss this game is big because while Auburn did win they had no business in being in such a close game last weekend.

FSU @ BC - FSU teams of the past 4 yrs would have dropped the ball on this one I don't see that happening now that we have a real coaching staff and better players. Plus BC is not as good as they have been in previous years. Might be a little close at half, but I expect us to keep our streak of 20 pts victories going and extend it to five games. FSU 38-13. Rolling into a huge Thursday night game at NC State....

Miss St @ UF - While State is better then years past I just can't see UF dropping three straight. Then again I ever would have thought a UF offense would be ranked near 100th in the nation. None the less I expect UF to keep there SEC hopes alive with a victory, hey any win is a good win. UF - 23-17

Akansas @ AU - This game figures to be great and I will be honest my pick is purely going off home field advantage and the fact I want Auburn to win haha...I do expect Cam Newton to do is thing and Mallet to melt down again in the 4th Qtr...AU 31-27

Heading to Tally this weekend to take in my second home game of the year...god I love being back in the state of FL...GO NOLES.

Nick to the D...

[L] Netflix on PS3 goes disk-free

Good news for the PS3 owners out there (me), as Netflix streaming has gone from disk based to an installable app. It's now the only device to offer streaming at 1080i and 5.1 surround.

Vegas Pics

We didn't take too many pics but here's what we have...

Longevity

I am not now nor have I ever been an active poster, but I am an active monitor of this site. I do occasionally post items as occurences of an interesting nature occur, and I am able to frame them in an interesting manner for consumption. I think the highest price paid for the Internet is that any idiot with a keyboard can write anything under the protection and guise of anonymity. I like that fact. The best part of news articles on the Internet is reading the paranoid, racist, homophobic, ignorant, and downright silly comments that follow. The Internet is the proper place for idiocy, it is inocous. I like freedom of speech, but not when it interferes with private personal ceremonies. In this instance I refer to that walking billboard for moonshine abatement that stages protests outside military funerals to spread their message. Being stupid and crazy is not a crime, but doing so at a time when a father is in the process of burying a son used to warrant a brick to the face and police officers looking the other way. Where did human decency go?

Big time CF Weekend

Well all three of our school's have late night prime time games. This weekend will go along way to help determine what type of team FSU and UF have. Luckily for both of us our "division" in our conference blows so making the conference championship game remains a real possibility even with losses this weekend and to be very honest we both should make it that far. However, losses this weekend will probably drop UF out of the rankings and FSU definitely out. I F'N hate Miami and cannot wait for this game...I

FSU @ Miami: Well this game is huge for obvious reasons. I don't even want to over analyze it and tell you what needs to happen for FSU to win, but the main thing will be forcing JOKEery Harris into throwing those INT's that he so loves to throw. We are two very evenly matched teams who straight up hate each other. For FSU this is our chance to show we are a top 15 team deserving of some accolades. This game will very exciting to watch as our all FSU v U games, I expect this game to come down to the last drive. Both of our defenses have shown great signs of life after getting embarrassed in week 2. FSU leads the nation in sacks and I expect us to SACK Harris. FSU 27 - 24

LSU @ UF: I expect this game to be pretty "boring" to watch by that I mean I expect both defenses to dominate. To be honest I don't know how LSU is undefeated thus far this year and ranked in the top 10. They look inept on offense and have horrible game strategy. UF's offense looked a lot like it did the first couple of weeks and it will probably struggle again against a very good D. Still I expect UF to pull this one out and finally give LSU the loss they have long been deserving this year. UF 17-13

Auburn @ UK: Auburn should continue to roll up the points and stick it to Kentucky. Kentucky will probably score a few points here, but this should be a pretty solid win by Auburn. AU 38-24

Colgate > Princeton 27-13

GO NOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vegas

Well for me it already seems like forever ago and I'm ready to go back. Apart from NY/NY bending me over the craps table and giving it to me hard and dry twice, I had a great time this past weekend in Vegas. I think we squeezed an amazing amount of the touristy things into the few days we had. Too bad the Gators couldn't pull it off because that would have been icing.

Time to start planning another group trip...

Busy

Hey everyone, I've been lacking on the blog because of these 70 hr weeks. Rory can attest to the hours.

Anyway, part of my job is to let as many people as possible know what it is I do.

I help people plan for retirement, plan for children's education, and reduce income tax liability among other things. If you ever have any questions about any of those, please let me know.

That being said, please shoot me an email with your address so I can send you a thank you note.

Most of you have my email address but those that dont, it's my first and last name @gmail.com

Prediction Time

Well last week both Auburn and FL played some good football as did FSU. This week FSU has a ACC road game, but should win and UF well I think we know who they are playing. I think Auburn is playing Colgate this week, but I am not to sure on that one. Anyway it was a good weekend of college football, this weekend should prove to be a little more interesting with some more Top 25 matchup's.

FSU @ UVA - Virginia looked pretty good in losing to USCsr 17-14, however there only two wins are against 1AA schools. I expect FSU to go out and handle business and get our first road victory under Jimbo Fisher. FSU 24-10....not a blowout, just a solid victory and our defense proves it is making extreme progress. FSU defense leads the nation with 19 sacks this year.....

UL Monroe @ AU - Ummm....Auburn wins handily and Newton gets some more Heisman buzz after another monster game 45-17

UF @ Bama - The game of the week folks this should be a good one. I honestly had a good feeling UF might pull this out, but with Demps possibly slowed a little it changes my opinion. If Demps is slowed UF might struggle to score some without him. I think this game is very close come 4Q and then Bama wears down UF's D with their two running backs. Bama 24-21...UF then will have the same record as FSU.....

PS This blog has about as much diversity as MHS did, over the last month 75% of the posts have come from me or J. Do we need to bus in some posts from other blogs to spice this up much like we bused kids in from Palmgetto??

Nick to the big D

College Football Weekend

Looks like we have some good games again this weekend, unlike last weekend. First just wanted to let you btown folks know I will be down watching the the FSU game with my dad and then I am going to hang around for the evening. FSU plays at 3:30 and I know Auburn and UF play later so I will see what you guys are up to. Let's get into some predictions:

FSU v Wake: FSU will win easily score prediction is 45-17. Wake has no defense and their offense is based off of rushing. It might be close at the end of 1Q, but I see no major problems here and FSU should have it's 2nd straight convincing win.

UF v UK: I expect this game to be much like the other UF games, but I think this is the best team you have faced all year offensively. I expect UF to win because it is at home and the defense is good. UF wins 24-21...close game prediction.

SC v AU: I hate to do this Alex, but I don't see Auburn pulling this one out after last weekend. I think this game is going to be awesome to watch just like Auburn's last game with Auburn coming up just a little short. 27-24.

Nick "Vin Diesel"

Rory I owe you a Bday drink sir......

Happy Bday Rory

I want to wish a Happy Bday to my arch nemesis....The only reason I am doing this is because you are now that much closer to 30 and I know that does not make you happy. Have a good one buddy!

PS I plan on being in btown this Saturday I will hit you up.

Halloween Horror Nights

Hey everybody if you are in the mood for some fun and a good scare we will be going to Halloween Horror Nights this year. As of right now we have decided that we are going on Oct 22nd, which is a Friday. Ticket prices are $49.99 with a coke can/FL discount and we have booked a room at the Doubletree Orlando - Universal Studios, which according to Danny is really really close to the park, as in we should be able to walk. We picked Friday because it was decently cheaper then going on Saturday and figured we could just leave after work and get there right on time. Come on folks make it happen!

Nick D

Obama Strikes Again

We run everything through our credit card. We use a rewards card and pay the balance off each month. This has worked out great for us for years. We've maintained the same account with Citi for this entire time (at first because they used to have a pretty good rewards program, now it's mainly that the system is in place and is working).

Well thanks to Obama's incessant need to protect me from the big bad business, congress passed the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009. In response to this, Citi decided to raise the interest rate on our card. That's fine in theory, like I said we don't carry a balance. Apparently, though, consumers have to "opt-in" to any rate increases otherwise the account is allowed to expire.

Citi notified us about our rate increase, as I would come to find out, by mail a while back. We most likely thought it was one of the myriad of credit card offers that we get and promptly shredded it thereby "opting-out" of our interest rate increase.

Ignorant of all this, I called Citi today to ask about our replacement cards since our current cards are expiring soon. I was greeted by a nice enough man with a thick Indian accent who was happy to help me with my inquiry. After a few minutes of being on hold he returned and explained the above to me. Not wanting to go through the hassle of setting up a new account, I asked if we could now "opt-in". He couldn't do that for us so I went up the management-chain. After a few more minutes on hold, I got an account manager who was able to get us squared away. Clearly, Citi was not willing to lose a long-time customer in good standing.

So the end result is that everything is fine in spite of Obama trying his best to protect me, a.k.a. inconvenience me. If I wouldn't have called today we would have been in for a major inconvenience come October. FML.

No predictions this year?

Come on Nick, let us know about those noles. Drew, let us know who colgate plays.

UF over UT 28-14

And Then There Were Three

You guys might not know this, but I consider myself a bit of a loner. I tend to think of myself, as a one man wolf pack. Though when I met Jenny I knew she was one of my own. And my wolf pack, it grew by one. So there was two of us in the wolf pack, I was alone first in the pack and then Jenny joined later. And twelve weeks ago when Jenny introduced me to it, I thought "wait a second could it be?" and now I know for sure I just added one more person to my wolf pack. Three of us wolves running around the desert together in Tucson, looking for diapers and formula. So tonight, I make a toast!

PS: Hold off on any mentions on Facebook for a week or so as Jen hasn't informed her work yet.

[L] FDIC closes Horizon Bank

Ole, what does this mean for your mom and step dad?

Zinna got knocked the fuck out!

A couple of days ago Rory sent me a video text flicking me off, this is my rebuttal.

USF vs UF

Is anyone going to Gainesville for the game?

For those of you with "fancy" phones...

Finished My Attic Fan

Also put my photos together into this installation video...

Real Deal

Happy Bday old man river.....

AZ Governor, doh!

No, your speakers are not broken. That, my friend, is dead air.

Sign of our generation

Is it weird that I laugh when I see a man get his head kicked off backwards? Two gay gentleman sitting next to me at the movies were a bit put off by the fact I kept laughing during "The Expendables." Cristina thought it was funny too. I got to thinking what a person from the 1950's would say if he saw one of our modern movies. I think I am just way too desensitized to violence.

Another one down

I passed my Series 66 this morning! I am done with all my national licensing exams now! Off to St. Louis next week for training!

Greatest Endorsement for Candidate

There is not much more that needs to be said. My confidence is moving up every time I see this endorsement.

10 yr Reunion

Just want to see if anybody plans on going to any of the events? It is happening sometime in October and I keep getting messages about it and wanted to see if anybody planned on going? If others are in I would probably go to at least either the Friday night or Saturday night activities let me know your thoughts.

Success!

While taking part in my favorite weekend past-time (giving things away on craigslist), one of my would-be recipients sent me a text message that they would be late. *GULP* Now my stance on text messaging is well documented on this blog, and it was not this person's fault since they couldn't know that I did not carry text messaging on my phone. (If you are wondering I did not demand a quarter from them, I restrained myself)

I decided then and there that it was Verizon's fault that this random stranger could unknowingly cost me money via a few thumb-strokes; it was finally time for battle. I began seething in anticipation of reaming out their customer support while I demanded texting to be blocked on my phone. Having tried to cross this bridge unsuccessfully in the past, I was preparing myself mentally for a long drawn out convo full of asking for managers and throwing around whoppers like "long-standing customer" and "I'll cancel my line".

Having properly fueled up with a belly full of Panda, I phoned customer support. As an aside, has anybody ever called a customer support line and not received the "We are experiencing heavier than normal call volume" message? At some point the heavier than normal becomes normal, no? But I digress. My call was answered (in the order it was received), by Kristen.

Kristen came on the other end of the line with a cheery attitude and a friendly greeting that led me to believe she was either really good at her job, or at the start of her shift. Either way, I felt like Kristen can and would be helping me today.

After failing to identify myself via some "phone password" numerous times, I eventually managed to scrounge up enough random information to make Kristen believe I was me. She maintained her cheery attitude throughout this charade and so I was quick to pounce before her mood changed.

I launched into it, "I would like to block all text messages on my phone." I braced myself, ready for the disappointed. But alas it did not come! Without hesitation came, "I would be happy to help you with that today, do you mind me asking you why you would like to block text messages?" I was home free! I refrained from explaining to Kristen my true thoughts on text messaging as she no doubt could care less. Instead I simply said that I did not want them.

I'm not sure what changed (maybe more crazies like myself complaining), but when we last tried this it was "impossible". Now, a few magical keystrokes later, I am officially (and happily) off the texting grid. Thank you Kristen!

Saturday - Bradenton (Area) Folk

Hey just curious to see if anybody wanted to come up to our place Saturday afternoon. Figured maybe come up in the afternoon have a few drinks and some snacks at my place for a while then maybe go out and have some fun in South Tampa. Let me know what you guys think or if anybody is interested.

"Feel the rhythm feel the rhyme get on up...it's bobsled time"

Nick D

Veterinarians in Auburn

Alex this could have been you. And easily a top 5 worst political spot of 2010.

Following the Trend

Well folks me and Irene have followed in the footsteps of Logan and Aman-duh and gotten a dog. He is currently a 12 week old male boxer puppy who seems pretty relaxed to this point. I do not plan on sleeping much in the next week, but check him out. We ended up naming him Bernie Lomax from spawned from Weekend at Bernies. Check out the dude below. You guys need to bring you puppies up sometime soon and we can do a BBQ and chill.

Texas Style Truck {L}

This is what I am talking about I have a feeling they may sell a few of these in the south.

"Why would I want a gun rack? I don't even own a gun none the less many guns that would necessitate a rack"

Nick D > Rory < Logan = Jae 1/2 Alex = 1.5 ( Eric\Christina) = Amanda

1 down, 2 to go

I passed my Series 7 today. Series 66 and insurance to go.

Best Movie Ever?

What happens when you combine the two best movies ever?! THIS HAPPENS!!

Follow-up Video

Jae

Wasn't your birthday this weekend? If so, Happy Belated. We had a party for you at Alex's yesterday. You didnt show though.

Fantasy Football

In lighter non (B&E) news if anybody wants to play a little bit of fantasy football the info is below. I am not doing it for money, but something far more precious,bragging rights. Plus it gives everybody the chance to beat the ever living sh*t out of Rory which is something we all dream about doing on a nightly basis. Hope to see you all there for a fun season of trash talking and competitive banter.

Nick to the D

League: American Football
ID: 178209
Password: football

Josh wakes up to find intruder in his bedroom(answers in the form of machete)

2:35 Is very early in the morning, and I am a man who enjoys his sleep. They say pets develop traits of their owners and my dog enjoys the soft tap of the snooze button as much as I. So when my dog decides to go apeshit crazy like an amalgamation of bacon chicken and puperoni fairy all rolled into one is at the front door, I decide to take notice. On first inspection the house appeared normal all doors locked and dead bolted all exterior lights shining bright, but my dog is not one to cry wolf so I made a pit stop to my offices repository of garden tools and baseball bats and selected my yard axe and my 27" aluminum bat as worthy plan B's and returned to bed.

2:51 Is even earlier into the morning or later in the evening depending on which shift of humanity you belong. The bacon-chicken-puperoni fairy appears to be making his encore performance, so I again start to rise, but this time I reach under the bed and my hand finds the handle of my yard axe. I am in the process of removing the comforter when a gentleman with a shaved head and arm sleeves enters the room. Now many phrases come to one's mind, full of eloquence and class, but my tongue settled on "Who the fuck are you, and what the fuck are you doing in my house?" The invader now startled, having forgone the electronic riches of my living room, decides a handful of women's clothing and my work shoes will make this b&e worth the risk. Yard Axe in hand I pursue the thief into my hallway, noticing that my machete wielding likeness has startled the intruder into dropping his cell phone. Spoils of battle left behind. The pursuit leads to my front door where I notice the thief is without shoes, aside from the ones in his hand. I demand he drop everything and he complies, again as a reminder I have a yard axe in hand and have been twice disturbed from restful slumber, I no happy. Cristina forms the reserves armed with heavy firepower in case my forward assault ends badly, but as many a tree limb will attest, I am a force to be reckoned with when wielding a machete. Would be burglar successfully run off, I take inventory. One thief's cell phone, one thief's pair of shoes and a giant surge of adrenaline later, I phone the police. Point of entry was my front window popped from its latch, but as I write this the intended target of the break in was unknown.

3:02 Police arrive in force and use the recovered cell phone to obtain the identity of the intruder, he will not be called thief, because he did not successfully rob me of any tangible item aside from precious sleep. Last night was Tampa's Police Night Out, a special tour de force where police patrols were especially heavy for reference. Police officers determine that the man who entered my home was a south Tampa resident, specifically living a few blocks away.

3:15 Police determine that I am in possession of the coolest cat ever and proceed to entertain said cat with a laser pointer to distract her while they gather finger prints. TPD was amazing in their wee hour efforts.

4:15 Police have captured the suspect and take me for a drive by ID'ing.

4:30 Coffee maker purrs to life with the realization that a distant morning sun is no longer some far off instant in time, but a very real and disturbing truth. My bed will go wanting for the rest of the evening.

6:00 As a cruel reminder of the sleep not slept my alarm clock sounds.

[L] And this is different than Greece how...?

It's a wonder the dollar hasn't gone to zero already. Is it November yet?

Free Dive

For those on the boat this weekend...here is that free dive video I was talking about...

Woman wakes up to find intruder in her bed

Colt McCoy's wedding song (L)

The whole song is actually pretty funny but make sure you watch the part about 1:40.

In the end we will win

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[L] - New Kindle Models, $139

Sorry Jae... new form factor, better screen, $10 less than woot. I'm tempted. I might get one for the Vegas flight.

[L] Travel Zoo Deal for Vegas

We're thinking about this deal for Vegas, looking for input from anyone else who is planning on going.

another attic project

not sure what it is about the tucson summers that gets me into the attic, but i started another project today...

this time i'm thinking of putting in a solar attic fan (this is the one they sell at lowes : lowes - mftr)

i crawled up there today and took some initial measurements, the existing gable extended back into the attic too much so i needed to buy some 2x4s to frame out the gable by another level of 2x4s. this was a few hours of work mainly of me figuring out not to cut 2x4s with a plywood blade on my circular saw. i also had a great idea to pre-nail the boards before crawling back up into the attic with them. only had to make one minor mod in the cramped attic and that was a notch i had to cut in one of the board due to a 2x4 that i didn't take note of.

then i took some more measurements for the plywood backing that will seal up the gable except for the hole for the fan thus forcing the air out from the attic. i spent the rest of the afternoon measuring this out and getting it cut. i figured out the right and wrong way to try and cut a straight line w/ a circular saw, luckily more right than wrong. i still need to do a few more cuts, namely i don't have a jig saw so can't cut the circle and a small notch.

that's where i got today, will post again when i get to work on this again.

So I got a puppy!

Adam in Vermont

As some of you may know it has been rather hot up North on and off over the last month. Well Dr. Fasoli's new house does not contain A/C and I think this picture would have been a good
idea for you Adam.



Picture provided by Pam D

Outdoors: Always be ready to adjust when fishing - Fishing/Boating - BradentonHerald.com

Outdoors: Always be ready to adjust when fishing - Fishing/Boating - BradentonHerald.com

Free Redbox Rental

You can get a free dvd rental by entering the promo code "dvdonme" at a redbox kiosk. As far as I know it's only good for today and I know it works because I just used it!

Eric's Game System on Crack

Saw this and thought this was pretty ingenious. Eric you should consider revamping your system to house this addition.

[L] Electric Motorcycle

not some gimmicky expensive one-off bike, and not some hobbyist bike, but an honest to goodness production bike with a decent range, decent price, and sweet style. me likey. seriously considering this one.

No Moose, one otter and several hockey fans eh

I got off a plane in the land of our friendly neighbors to the north in a town called Toronto, and I was immediately greeted by a chorus of hey buddy your bags are on carousel nine. I made my way into a shuttle that would take me to the Marriott in downtown where I would meet up with Cristina and have a much deserved beer, but little did I know said beer, of all the fine beers produced by Canadian hands, would be a Labatte. It is bud lights retarded little cousin, it is friendly, but you still have to cover the light sockets when he comes to visit. I drank tequila shots from then on, Mexico and Canada are both our neighbors who cares if I currently resided in the wrong cardinal direction. Hazy as the night had become my two female companions brought my attention to the fact that the women in this place had all been born with extra equipment, and that the man with the dog collar offering to buy me drinks was in fact interested in entertainment I wanted no part of. I decided my liver had been properly exercised making up for the 7 hour delay in Houston, I had better call it a night before someone decided to climb everest. Morning came all too quickly and I had a rental car waiting for us, destination Niagra Falls. I was informed that the bar from last night was a last minute substitution for a bring your own bud comedy club; easiest job in the world has to be comedian for a bunch of stoned canadians. The drive to niagra was interupted by a stop at a Canadian mcdonalds because they always have the weirdest food am this trip was no exception; Thai peanut chicken sandwiches on mini toasted French bread loafs, perfect. We made are way to the falls staying 20 floors above the natural wonder in a suite featuring a jacuzzi. My couch needs to be replaced by a jacuzzi and Mr. Bubble. The shock of the falls is that next to a one of a kind miracle of nature is the most dissapp
ointing city. It is a caricature of what people think Americans want and need; Applebees, tgi Fridays, and every other chain restaurant known to man. Set in the center of this jewel is the skylon tower a restaurant featuring $60 plates of mediocre. The view trumped it, but we needed to see an idealic Canadian town, and niagra on the lake fit the bill. Vinyards and gardens nestled amongst the mountains, paradise with mulleted townsfolk. After a trip to a winery and several glasses of wine later, it was helicopter time. Flights over falls are awesome. The night ended with a Canadian who looked like art garfunkels older brother, but sounded like Bon Jovi. It was a good trip!

Drink it, you assholes!

What's the matter Nick...

...too heartbroken to post anything on the blog about your man-crush? I hope you haven't turned all "woman-scorned" and started burning jerseys. I don't know why this was such a shock to cavs fans, let me think... Skyline chili... or South beach thongs. I guess it's back to oblivion for Cleveland, huh?

[L] Crackdown 2

Red dead is great and all but it mainly shines in single-player mode. As some of us experienced this past weekend the new "co-op" missions are total crap (when they even work).

Crackdown 2 is where it's at.. designed from the ground-up as a four player co-op game.

Just so you all know

I think most of you remember Mandy's boyfriend Will Archer from Adam's wedding. Well he popped the question and they are now engaged. Wedding will be next year sometime.

Bringing me waaaay back

A few smash bros. glitches

SYTYCD

I know there are some SYTYCD fans on here... how about that last routine? Nappytabs killin' it! Crazy good, but I don't know how fair it is since Alex is pretty much a pro. It was nice to see Twitch gettin' back in the game though.

For those who haven't heard

I am no longer getting married. I called it off last week... the more I thought about it I just didn't think we were right for each other. I don't want anyone to feel like they have to comment or anything, I'm doing okay... I just wanted to make sure you all knew.

According to the weather channel. "Alex is slowly strengthening over the Bay of Campeche"

Is this some new work out Alex or is this some new type of sexual act that I need to know about?

Yes it is a Monday morning and I was a little bored at work......

Those clever Italians

Something to do

I want everyone to google search "get the greatest blog" and scroll down to the 9th entry... we rock.

America...F Yeah!

Vegas this Fall!

Jae and I are going to Vegas this fall since Southwest is having a great deal on flights right now...if anyone is interested and has a particular weekend in mind, give us a reply. We are pretty flexible, but October or November would be best (weather-wise and time-wise).

Viva Las Vegas!!!

[L] US Advances

Well we squeaked through in Cinderella fashion but my heart can't take much more.

After watching the past two games I have come to realize why it has taken soccer so long to gain momentum in the states.

It boils down the that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when a single call by the referee totally changes the outcome of the game. And I'm not talking just about losing momentum; I'm talking about turning a W into an L.

Soccer fans worldwide seem to covet this experience as "part of the game" and we Americans just don't understand the emotional aspect of the sport, but it seems to me that refs should be there only to enforce the rules of the game as objectively as possible. And in a day and age when technology is so ubiquitous, why not use everything at hand to make this possible?

It is an insurmountable task for one man make every right and wrong call in such a fast-moving and subtle sport. But we should just swallow that lump in our throats and throw it up "part of the game" when another one almost slips through our fingers?

[L] Britain Unveils Emergency Budget

A step in the right direction for a country where half of the jobs are on the public payroll. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm a little jealous that England has the cojones to pull the trigger on this and our politicians don't...

I also find it funny that this came right after Obama was telling all the other G20 countries not to go crazy trying to bring down their deficits too fast. Since, you know, we're the ones who should be doling out financial advice.

Adam Explains the Banned Mythbusters Episode (Crazy)

The Oatmeal

For those of you who have enjoyed checking out The Oatmeal.

Definitely not what I had pictured for the guy, 4.5 million hits per month though!

3D you say Eric? (L)

My Dad just got the TV in that link. It's really pretty cool. I can't wait to see some soccer in 3d

Wine in a plastic "glass" (L)

Wish I would have thought of this!

[L] Thoughts?

A new 360 and the new Kinect, anyone tempted enough to upgrade?

Website Suggestions

Hey guys I have a question for you and I am not sure if I have asked this before, if so sorry just deal with it and answer again. So Irene is looking to get a website up and running to try and help promote her side business of designing wedding dresses. Now in terms of functionality it does not right now need to be a full blown business website. For her the most important thing would be to display and protect her portfolios/pictures and perhaps have the ability to have a little bit of freedom within the pages to try and be creative. She also needs the ability to have a section describing her background and tell potential clients what she can do for them. Also, since she is not trying to go all out on this right now cost is obviously a concern.

Just curious to see if you guys have came across anything or might have any suggestions..thanks for your help.

We also plan to have a section dedicated to making fun of Rory...so that should help.

Nick D

Jewish Movie Mogul {L}

If that article is accurate I am definitely going to see it because Ben Stiller is awesome and this character was hilarious. It would actually bring Tom Cruise up a couple of notches in my book.

Nick D > Rory

Ixtoc (L)

Gulf Oil spill is tiny compared to the Ixtoc spill. Pretty interesting article.

In the spirit

Most of you already know, some of you don't but I gave notice where I work. I did it today, so its OK to make it Blog official now.

I'll be starting with Edward Jones on July 6th as a Financial Advisor. I'll be doing a lot of training and studying to get licensed. I'll be officially licensed in October. So be expecting a call from me about November! ;)

Hey Guys...Remember Me?

Classy! (Link)

Rory, hopefully you get to prosecute

[L] Meyer's Health Problem Diagnosed

I'm glad we didn't end up losing him over something that is easily treatable with medication.

Developments

I figured that this is the best way to tell everyone this. On Thursday morning I put my 2 weeks notice in at my job. June 11th will be my last day at my current job. Essentially promises were made and they were not kept. Not 100% sure what I am doing next but I will figure it out. Kind of scary to leave a job with no job but I think it was the right thing to do. I will of course let everyone know what my next move is. I hope everyone is enjoying their memorial day.

(L) Awesome!

Mach 6

Faster than a speeding bullet!

I hope y'all find this as frustrating as I do

Another move

Well with Nick posting his news of moving, I figured I would post my latest news. I am now a Vermonter! I'm not moving from Boston for another few weeks but we had to get Allie a car and there was no sense registering it in Mass. Therefore we drove up to VT and got all the cars registered. For those who haven't heard, I am graduating school in a few weeks and starting work with a small group in Middlebury. It is great to be going back to Allie and my alma mater and I am excited to finally make some money! I hope that some of you can make a visit someday!

Moving (literally) On

Well as some of you may know I went on a job interview in Tampa and as of today I officially accepted the job. I tried my hand in sales in a tough market and it was not going great so I started looking elsewhere when this job came out of nowhere. It all happened pretty quick I went on the interview last week and got the job offer yesterday. I will be going to Tallahassee beginning of June for a couple of months of training then after our lease is up July 31st will be moving to Tampa as they just opened a office there. It is a insurance company named Star and Shield specializing in selling insurance to first responders (Fire rescue, Police and EMT). There is some risk involved as this company is still young, but they have been very successful and are ran by people with tons of insurance experience and have some great financial backing from some well respected insurance companies. If things continue as planned it will allow me to be on the ground floor of a company that is looking to be a multi state company in the next year or two with huge growth potential.

Also, good news is Irene already has a job interview at Nieman Marcus, but if that does not workout she will probably just find a 9-5 someplace and really concentrate on being a independent bridal designer. She will also still probably still do some designing and consulting work for the boutique here in Charleston as the dress she designed for them has been selling really well. So if you know anybody who wants a chance at a custom made wedding gown on the cheap don't be afraid to ask ( hint hint Amanda haha no pressure for real)

So there ya go ladies and gentlemen I will be seeing most of you a lot more frequently, which is awesome and will be able to fly out to the North (or West) much easier now. Peace out.

Nick to the D

PS Rory I am working on letting you move up to Tampa and live with me and Irene..stay tuned....

Amazing!

[L] Chalk one up for fiscal conservatism

Rand Paul wins KY. primary. Woohoo.

Memorial Day Weekend

Christina and I would like to get everyone together Memorial Day Weekend for a cookout. The current plan is to have it on Sunday the 30th. Leave a comment if you'll be in town, let me know if you're interested. Homebrew, arcade, lawn games and food for all.

[L] Portal is free!

2007 game of the year and one of my all-time personal favorites, Portal, is available for free until May 24th. If you haven't played this game, you owe it to yourself to download it and check it out. It's quite challenging, funny, and overall not very long, so you won't blow too much time on it. Check out the 'instructional' video after you click the big red 'get Portal now' button.

The cake is a lie.

Italy Pics

We boiled our over 500 pics down to these 152...

New Game

Hey guys,

So I saw a trailer for Red Dead Redemption. Any thoughts? I am definitely a western fan and it looks cool. Not sure what the multiplayer will be like. Let me know what you think.

Return of Personal Websites?

Lifehacker.com was taking a vote today for the best 'personal landing page' and while going through the comments I noticed flavors.me was getting the majority of the votes. Curious, I checked it out and I was impressed with what I found. They provide a single page, customizable with a very simple (limited) interface, that essentially aggregates your social networking and media accounts into a central hub for people to access everything 'you'. I think this would be pretty cool to throw onto a business card. Check out my new page at http://flavors.me/emousseau.

Back for a bit

Hey all,

I'm back home for a week. Just flew back in from Whidbey Island (where is was like 50) to Tucson (where it was like 90), ugh. Going to try and get some pics posted from Italy in this upcoming week.

Since its been slow....

I thought you guys might be interested in this. This company uses satellite, and infrared imagery to predict hotspots for fishing. They are working to help with the oil spill. http://www.roffs.com/deepwaterhorizon.html

You can see the past pictures and what not as well.

Out with the old...

So after years of owning a desktop, I finally got sick of having to deal with that giant mess. Since I am graduating from school in about a month, Allie and I are moving up to VT and I didn't really feel like dealing with moving the desktop. After looking at different options and really thinking about what I use my computer for, I decided I really do nothing more than surf the web. So... I bought a cheapo netbook: Acer Aspire One D250. It is actually really cool and I like it a lot so far. It only has 1GB of RAM but it does have a nice 250GB hard drive. Surprisingly it has almost the exact specs of my desktop.

The shitty part is that it came loaded with Windows 7 Starter. For those not familiar with Starter, it blows ass. It is so stripped down it doesn't even allow you to change your background image! And to update Windows, it is at cheapest $70. Seeing as the netbook only cost $280, that is ridiculous. So I am now officially operating on Linux. It isn't as weird as I thought it was going to be. The only down side is that I can't get Skype to work. Oh well. Anyway, thought some of you computer guys would be interested. Any thoughts on improving Ubuntu, let me know.

Impressive Feet {L}

What's up people?? The blog has been quiet so I figured I would post this amazing accomplishment by this intoxicated gentlemen.

Yo Btown people I will be down for Memorial Day weekend hopefully everybody will be around.

Nick D > Rory

Hand Turkey

Since I am stuck and bored in the Dallas airport I have a few minutes to post. The blog has become pretty political as of late and I would like to offer a warning on hitching your star to the tea party movement. The movement has been hijacked by crazies, not your run of the mill crazies, but tin foil hats, minorities are the enemy crazies. I for one enjoy ethnic food, but I have only myself to blame when Indian food goes bad. If Palin is your banner carrier you have issues. IPhone tried to change palin to palindrome; note palin spelled backwards is alaskan beauty queen with no business in politics. In Alaska sometimes a walrus places in the beauty pageant, so winning is like being the prettiest girl in the burn ward. I was by the four seasons yesterday and both ex-president Bushes were hanging out with the king of Jordan, or so the bartender told me. It explains why there were secret service people locking down the taco diner.

[L] Tea Party Poll Results

A good read on a recent poll regarding the Tea Party movement. I found it pretty interesting.

J's

I remember Alex says you were coming to town soon. When is that?

Who is Peter Schiff?

Pass along to anyone you know in CT. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxiXg_RP8B8