Women drivers

My personal favorite:

Hey Alex -

Send me all those pics. Loganbeal at gmail dot come

My first "mod"

I did my first motorcycle modification, for reference here's a good shot of the old turn signals & tail light.

I picked up an aftermarket tail-light w/ smoked plastic (rather than red) and integrated turn signals.

Here's a shot of the clear/smoked cover:
Here's a shot of them on (they glow brighter when the brake is applied):
Here's somewhat of a shot of the left turn signal on:


Here's a short super-high res clip of it in action:

Billy = Show Me the Gators!

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/gators/orl-bk-billydonovan060307,0,5225925.story?coll=orl-home-headlines

Billy's back!

What the Crap

This is the single most depressing article I have read in years. So long Loonie, oh How I have loved you and all that you brought to the table.

Donovan = Show me the money

Wow now tell me that is not one of the biggest F jobs I have ever seen. Donovan just did UF over nasty. Better hope all these recruits he got do not jump ship. Well your AD is going to have to use his skills now to find a replacement because most of the other spots have been filled. Wow I thought he signed a 7yr extension with UF. Whats the consesus pissed off or happy for him??

PS I would be absolutely livid and would root for the magic to go 0-82

Calling out AMANDA...

Don't know if you watch So You Think You Can Dance, but....

I was watching it last night and towards the end they had this pretty little young woman named Janet from Tampa who happened to have one arm, big hair, and is now a medical sales rep in Tampa. Anyway, is this Golden Girl Janet from FSU? It HAS to be!

BTW, she made it to Vegas!

New Shoes...

Since I am terribly bored at work today, I'll post some pics of my new rims. I needed to get tires about a month ago, so I figured I would go ahead and get rims too. I turned around and sold my stock rims and tires to cover some of the cost, and ultimately got my new rims for basically free. Anyway, enjoy.

News / Video bar worthwhile?

How many people use the News and Video bar on the right side of the page?

I added a random tshirthell.com tshirt to the side-bar. If you buy a shirt through that link, I get $4.

Gold Mine of Embarrassing Pics/Videos

Just had to post these embarrassing videos of my sister at her boss's son's graduation party. She had 3, 4, maybe 12 drinks tonight and I managed to get these before she passed out. If you're wondering why I was there, she and the rest of the rowdy drunks called me over. So anyway, on with the incriminating evidence... (sorry for the bad quality, it was my cell)



















A little Dancing Queen karaoke



Breakin' it down!



More Baby Got Back



Even more Baby Got Back



And some Thriller if that wasn't enough

Quadruple Feature

Just watched the 3rd star wars prequel on Cinemax (which I never got around to seeing in theaters). Turns out their also showing Episodes 4, 5, & 6 back to back to back.

I'm gonna give watching them all a shot...

Cool Website

This website ancestry.com has compiled somewhere in the range of 45 million military records dating back to the revolutionary war. It is free to use until June 6th then they charge you to use it much like the rest of the site. You can actually view draft cards and such things like that. Tells you when the person was born along with date of birth and in some cases even which unit they served in. Pretty cool if you have a relative that helped serve the US of A.

Nick D

GO CAVS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Update: Ahoy!

Well I am no longer interested in this pirate's booty and I hope there is a long lost relative of the person whose treasure this is. To understand my dismay, read this:

Link

Ahoy!

Logan, you have to get your sea-faring expertise in on this business. Who knew cool stuff could happen in Tampa??

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_on_re_us/treasure_ship

New OS

I installed xubuntu last night which is a variant of ubuntu running on a less demanding desktop environment.

The install went amazingly smoothly. There is a nice GUI for setting up your partitions and it even sets up your grub.conf for you. It found my Windows drive and set it up so I can dual boot.

The install found all my hardware and my speakers even worked right off the bat (which I haven't had much luck with other linux distros).

My only gripe is the lack of `su`. You have to do all admin work through sudo.

I haven't gotten to do much with it yet, gotta go to work and all.

But this could be the start of a renewed friendship between my home life and linux (we just linux at work).

Eric's dream workday

Nerdy Shirts

Thought some of you nerds would like these =)
www.nerdyshirts.com

They are a client of ours (the computer company)

Dinosaur Fishing

So we have been catching some Dinosaurs lately. This one is was the biggest. About 120lbs or so. The others were is the 80-100lb range.

That's my buddy Tim's first tarpon. Thats my first mate with the stupid hat on.

(for size comparison, that gaff has a 4 inch gap on it)

On our charter yesterday, we caught the very unusual.....

A Turtle

Seven years later

I officially became a doctor on May 8th. So, I am finally done with school and actively searching for a job. I am going to interview with a few clinics in North Georgia this weekend, and I may head to B-town for a few days after. So, let me know if y'all are going to be in the FL.

Worst Web Design... Ever

Just take a look at this website and you'll see what I mean. My boss got a link to this website in a newsletter from ExpertsExchange that was describing what not to do when designing a website. Some of the terrible design choices on this website include: 29 scrolling marquees, 1.3mb of plain text, justified text with no padding, titles too long for the navigation buttons, animated gifs, a terrible color scheme, a static 1200 pixel wide layout... and I could keep going. Not to mention the fact that you have no idea what this company does by looking at or even browsing through the website! I would be interested to know if someone got paid for the design of this site.

The PS3 Song...

A Tribute

Feliz Cinco De Mayo

Happy Cinco De Mayo everybody(almost). This gives us a great excuse to go and drink some corona's, dos equis or some el presidente. While enjoying some great mexican food. Hope everybody is doing well and I wish everybody a fun day tomorrow. Rory I expect you to dress up like Speedy Gonzalez.

PS Jae I expect you should take full advantage of this due to your promixity to the border.

Jimmy Johns comes to town

Just stumbled upon a new Jimmy Johns that is coming in just around the corner from our house. Now all we need is a McAlister's Deli and a Subsational and I can die a happy man.

Turkey Tom here I come.

MY NEW PUPPY

Here is our new monster, pay special attention to the size of her paws. Her name is Jilly Bean, she hails from the Wal-Mart parking lot.

NFL Draft

Well ladies and Gents the NFL draft is this weekend where we can sit there and dedicate nearly a whole weekend to sitting on our ass and watching names pop on a screen and of course gaucking at Mel Kiper's hair. So be sure when you are sitting on your couches watching your big screen's (in J's case his hand held TV) sipping on your fine Busch Light with a hefty portion of Nachos and Pretzels, be sure to keep one eye open for me. I will be one of the few idiots dressed in BROWNS gear cheering/booing for the picks on saturday. I will gladly cheer or boo for your favorite team if they dont pick who you want just let me know.

Details: Start handing out tickets at 6AM able to get in line at 5AM. So will prob be leaving the apartment at 4:45ish. Doors open at 11 with the line starting at 10. It will be held in Radio City Music Hall. I plan to stay for the entirety of the first round depending on how board I get maybe the whole first day. And the price of admission....the wasting of a full day on nothing. FREE!!!!
Now the price of food and drink while in attendance I would rather not think about.

Home video taken for Jen's bro, excuse the mess

Quality of the video isn't great but it'll have to do for now.

Car Downgrade, Cashflow Upgrade

Used Civic Hybrid? ... check.
Lower payment? ....... check.
Lower insurance? ...... check.
~50 mpg? ................... check.

Some may even say this is an upgrade from my previous car, considering its green nature. I got it on Thursday but I'm just getting around to taking pictures of it today. I've driven it all over the place the past 3 days, putting about 300 miles on it using only a half a tank of gas! Not to mention I can finally get regular gas, my old one was premium only. So I'm the first one to go hybrid, what do you guys have to say about that?

Back on the net

So we finally got internet and tv back after almost a week without. I know, I know... some may call me a hero battling the forces of evil. I say I am just a man who had to move and, therefore, go without tv or internet for a week. Hall-of-fame worthy... maybe, legendary not quite.

Anyway we are officially moved into the new house as of last Friday. We have successfully unpacked most of the boxes and done about half of the painting that will be done. We are getting furniture delivered today so that will hopefully make it seem not so empty.

I will probably be taking a video to show the parents, so I'll post that when I get it.

NickVille lives on

Per the request of a certain individual i have dug up the site I created as freshman with the help of you guys. This site should be visited by males only. Dont worry gentlemen our dream lives on. I cant believe they have not taken it down yet. Yes its juvenile but I still think it can work.

New Whip, now New Job

As some of you may know, I am leaving Capitol Hill and the office of Congressman Buchanan for greener pastures running a House of Delegates campaign in NOVA, Northern Virginia for you non-beltway types. I am really excited, we have a great team of consultants, a great candidate, and it is going to be a super tough election. My philosophy of "When in doubt, go negative," will get great use this year. The election is in November.
I am switching back to primarily using my personal cell phone. If you do not have it, I will be sending out a mass e-mail on Friday and that e-mail will have the number.

bored...

it's actually quite amusing:

--Okay.

--Go to Google.com

--Click on Maps.

--Click on Get Directions.

--From New York, New York

--To Paris, France.

--And read line # 23.

My Blog (again)

Like a pheonix rising from the ashes, a lame blog is reborn. Except this time I'm hoping I can keep it interesting and fresh, at least to the tech-minded. I need suggestions for potential names and styles, I'm trying to think of something professional, maybe even something that could fly as a company name, in the event that I use the root directory of the site to advertise web design services. (Yes Jae, if that were the case I would switch to a real host / domain name.) Anyway, leave comments here, there, both places, it doesn't matter.

Link: http://emoose77.dyndns.org/blog/

Fo' Shiz, I remember most of these

Happy Birthday

Adam, Happy 25th. Good Luck with your mid-terms this week and I am really looking forward to seeing you this weekend.

You Damn Right...!

Some additions to the Blog

On the right side you'll see two new things:

News in your area, it pulls articles from google news given a list of searches. I figured a good thing to put would be each state where one of us lives. If I forgot any states, let me know and I can add it.

Random Video Clips, given a list of search words it will show a few youtube & google video movies. Right now I am searching (college football, basketball, fishing, florida, college, funny, motorcycles, action). If you can think of anything else to search, let me know.

Now you can spend your days at work doing even less things constructive!

Interesting Article

Article - "Pi is Wrong"

Came across a link to this article on digg today, and I thought it was pretty interesting. In short, this guy isn't saying the actual value of Pi is wrong, but that Pi should have been defined as 2Pi. In other words, instead of Pi being the ratio between the circumference and diameter of a circle, it would be the ratio between the circumference and the radius. It would have cleaned up the factor of 2 that appears in many formulas that use Pi. I especially like the analogy early in the article comparing radian measure to a clock, that is really the main point of the entire article.

Crazy Obstacle Course

This is an impressive display of athleticism, I'm convinced this guy is a professional gymnast and not a fisherman. As stated in the description, this guy is only the second to finish the course out of over 500 attempts. I don't know where they come up with these game show ideas, they must have built this course just to watch people fall and hurt themselves.

Where's the bunny?

Happy Easter everyone!!!
Hope everyone gets to enjoy the day...
unlike me, I will be working 2pm-1am....again. Yipee.

New blog name contest

Let's hear some ideas for a new blog name / catchphrase.

For reference, past ones have been:
I almost - close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades... and man love
Google *this*
Beavers and Bananas shouldn't date
This is > Eric's blog

I think there was one more, but can't remember. I'm expecting some creative ideas, especially from you Josh.

Happy Birthday......to ME

Happy Birthday to me on Sunday. 25 for some reason sounds substantially older then 24. But i suppose I am just that much wiser. My thunder is being stolen this weekend by a certain man named Jesus. But being the good person I am I will take the back seat to him this weekend.

Let the birthday bash begin....WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO

For those of you that have seen 300

http://community.livejournal.com/randompictures/2209617.html

Happy Easter

UF owns OSU

What a game, OSU must hate us. Football and basketball taken from them in the same year.

Much like Logan, I have a new Whip

Last night I purchased a Mazda CX-7. As soon as I have pictures, I will post them, but that probably will not be until this weekend. Here is a link to my car. I am sad though, I had to trade in Debbie. Here is the link.
http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/displayPage.action?pageParameter=modelsSpecs&vehicleCode=CX7

The car is true metallic silver, with black interior, AWD and the preferred equipment package.

Might just be the funniest thing ever!

http://www.devilducky.com/media/58827/

Fill in the blank

N_GGERS

Got a new whip....do they say that anymore...Whip?

2006 F250 Diesel and yes Jae, I do have the train horn!

Planet Earth

Did anyone else watch this show in HD? Cause it is badass!!

bball opinions

So now that we've made it to the final four and everyone has had a chance to see each of the 4 contestants play, what does everyone think?

more pics

Bahamas pics

Nick told me he wanted more pictures of guys with their shirts off.
Here are some pics of fish and other stuff from Bimini.

Fully domesticated farm animals

It has been a long and arduous process, comprised of over 5 months of active searching, terabytes of MLS listings, probably near 40 homes walked through, and 3 offers but we finally have moved onto the second phase of the home ownership process.

We are currently waiting for a counter-offer which will serve only to increase our earnest money (money that eventually goes towards your down payment but is given to the sellers' agent before entering escrow and can be forfeited if you back out of the deal). Once received, we will accept the counter offer and enter into escrow on Monday on 4146 E Wading Pond Drive. The next step is a 10 day inspection period. We will wait until after the inspection to do the real celebrating but this is definitely a big step in the right direction.

For those of you who are curious, here is a link to the MLS listing.

We'll try to keep everyone posted on the goings-on as best we can.

-J & J

Happy Patty's Day!

Happy Patty's Day everyone!

May those who love us, love us.
And may those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts.
And if He cannot turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles,
So we may know them by their limping.

Before you drink gallons of Guinness, be sure to start a nice base with plenty of corned beef and cabbage. This is the one day of the year that I forget my Italian heritage and celebrate my Irish side. What an awesome holiday.

Asimo, more like awesome-o

Congrats FSU

On missing out on the tourney once again. There's something to be said for that kind of consistency. Just kidding, that really sucks. I guess you'll have no choice but to cheer for that other florida team.

Three cheers for March! Hip hip... Hip hip.... Hip hip....

300

Just got back from seeing the movie "300" and I gotta say...UN-FUCKIN-BELIEVABLE!!!! You guys have to go see it. One of the best movies I have ever seen.

Pet Diaries....

Got this email from Kel, it had me laughing all day long......

"Excerpts from a Dog's Diary"
8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00pm - Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 pm - Milk bones! My favorite thing!
7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!


"Excerpts from a Cat's Diary"
Day 983 of my captivity. My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet.

Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a "good little hunter" I am. Bastards! There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of "allergies." I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage.

Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow -- but at the top of the stairs. I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released - and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded. The bird has got to be an informant. I observe him communicate with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe. For now...

Stupid Customer Support

So I spent over 1.5 hours online today chatting w/ customer "support" for turbotax trying to get a discount applied prior to checking out... The end result is that I was not helped at all.

Submitted for your approval (actually just to vent) is my conversation:

Vijaya K: Hi, my name is Vijaya K. How may I help you?
Jae: I am a USAA member and can get a 20% discount through USAA. See the following website: http://turbotax.intuit.com/microsite/home.jhtml?priorityCode=3468339893&requestId=&cid=all_usaa&_requestid=20516

I started my tax return through the regular turbotax website before knowing about the discount. How can I get the discount now that I am ready to pay?
Vijaya K: If I have understood you correctly, you want to pay the discount amount for the turbotax. Am I right and how are you doing today ?
Jae: Yes that's correct. I will be doing better once you help me out.
Vijaya K: I request you to pay for the product and get back to us we will process you the refund for the 20% discount.
Jae: I want you to apply the discount before I pay.
Vijaya K: I am really sorry to say that it is not possible. I request you to pay for the product and get back to us we will process you the refund for the 20% discount.
Jae: Who do I contact regarding the refund?
Vijaya K: Is there anything else I can help you with today?
Jae: You didn't answer my question. Who do I contact regarding the refund?
Vijaya K: you can call us through chat or through phone. I have answered this before.
Jae: I think that I am going to pay, and then never get a refund. Your answer is unacceptable.
Vijaya K: I can surely say that you will get your 20% discount.
Jae: The discount amounts to larger than the 20%. The price listed in the website I gave you was $11.95 for Turbo tax basic, and $20.75 for the state. The price I am seeing when I go to pay is $14.95 and $29.95 for the state. If you add it up it is more than 20%.
Jae: It is more complicated than me simply calling back and asking for a refund. Why can't you flag my account as being deserving of the discount so it will be applied when I go to pay?
Jae: If you are not allowed to do this, I want to be transfered to someone who can.
Vijaya K: I am really sorry say that no one will be able to provide the promo code for the 20% discount. I request you to pay for the product and get back to us we will process you the refund for the 20% discount.
Jae: I find it hard to believe there is nobody that can help me, my problem is not that difficult. It will probably take me hours and hours after-the-fact if I try to get a refund. I want to be transfered to someone with more permissions.
Vijaya K: I am really sorry say that no one will be able to provide the promo code for the 20% discount. I request you to pay for the product and get back to us we will process you the refund for the 20% discount.
Jae: Now you are just copying and pasting your previous responses. Can you transfer me?
Vijaya K: I am really sorry to say that you have to pay for the product first And call us back to get the refund for the discount amount this is how it works for all.
Jae: That is not the intended way for your user to get the discount. If I would have entered my information through the link in my USAA account, the discount would be applied prior to checking out. The problem is because I entered my information through the typical Turbotax.com website.
Jae: I need to talk with someone else to at least get the same answer from another person. Let me talk with your supervisor.
Vijaya K: Could you please tell mew that how much it is asking you to pay.
Jae: It wants me to pay $14.95 + $29.95 + $29.95.
Jae: It should be $11.95 + $20.75 + $20.75.
Vijaya K: I am really sorry to say that you have to pay for the product first And call us back to get the refund for the discount amount this is how it works for all.
Jae: Let me talk with your supervisor to get their response.
Vijaya K: our spper visor will say the same response.
Jae: I can't take your word for what someone else will say. Let me speak with him/her.
Vijaya K: this is the promo code 99RHPF3757FN

Vijaya K: Is there anything else I can help you with today?
Jae: That code did not work, it said it has expired.
Vijaya K: I request you to try this promo code 4LA3XYREAVUW
Jae: That one has also expired.
Vijaya K: I am really sorry to inform you that you have to pay for the product first And call us back to get the refund for the discount amount this is how it works for all.
Jae: Since you have been helping me, can I have your direct line so that I can call you directly to proceed with my refund after I pay?
Vijaya K: Is there anything else I can help you with today?
Jae: Since you have been helping me, can I have your direct line so that I can call you directly to proceed with my refund after I pay?
Vijaya K: I request you to make a call to this number---> 1-888-777-3066
Jae: What number is that?
Vijaya K: that is turbotax sales and service.
Jae: Ok, do you have something that I can use to refer to you personally when I call back? Like an employee number?
Vijaya K: we have a record that say USAA customer will get 20% discount on the federal and the state.
Jae: Do you have a promotion code for that?
Vijaya K: no. we dont provide the promo code.
Jae: So we're back to the refund then. I would like your employee number so that I can refer to who helped me when I call back and ask for a refund.
Vijaya K: I will e- mail you the reference number of this chat.
Jae: Can you paste it in the chat in case the email doesn't go through?
Vijaya K: I will be able to see the reference number once you disconnect the Chat.

I wish I could fly over to India and kick this person's ass. They only have a few billion people right, how hard could they be to find? The worst part which is not conveyed here is the incredibly long delays that I had to endure between responses. It was like they were typing with their f-in toes. I fucking hate outsourcing.

Grrr,
J

NCAA TOURNY

Come Sunday I will be creating a group on ESPN. I hope everybody engages in there competitive spirit and submits at least one pick. I feel like I am in flow this year and am ready to submit a bracket ohhhh i dont know in the 99.9th percentile. And by that of course I mean dead last. Lets make a pact. UF not root for but lets say would not mind seeing FSU to get off the bubble and make the dance and FSU will do the same for UF to get a #1 seed. Hey if we make the tourny maybe you will be able to get a win against us this year. Never Know. Bwahaha.

I will post the name of the group as soon as I can on this post. And when that happens spread the word for you only have a couple of days to fill out the bracket.

"chance favors the prepared mind"

Nick D

Just another day at the office

I'm off to the Bahamas. I will be back on March 11.

Have a great week and a half at work everyone, I know I will!

For the Gators...

This is pretty funny...enjoy!

Finally a Break

I just spent an entire hour reading up on everything I missed. I've been fishing about 8 trips a week for the last couple of weeks. Gotta make that dough!

Lots of good news goin on around here.
Amanda - congrats
Nick - about damn time (and by that I mean congrats)
Josh - always doin crazy stuff, congrats on the new job

I got good news too.
I just got a raise!
I have the next 3 days off
I am going to the bahamas for work on the boat on wed for 10 days! (someone has to get paid to drive the yacht around the bahamas)

Updates, and going down in a shower of beads

I went to Lake Charles this weekend, and let me just say that place is sweet. All gods creatures taste better deep fried and coated in Cajun Spices. I found a new Apartment near the casino, slash my job. I then decided to check out this Mardi Gras thing. Mardi Gras is sweet I love hurricanes from Pat O'Briens, I dislike getting hit in the head with beads after said hurricanes. Cristina agrees with me on this point. I am having a going away party on Friday the 23rd of Feb at my place in Tampa. Anyone who needs to travel feel free to crash at my place. I will have punch and pie, more people will come if you have punch and pie.

Slowly but Surely

Just found out I passed my second section of the CPA exam today. That leaves two more to go. I plan on taking the next one in April then the final one July. Weird thing is I am more motivated now to study then I was when was doing nothing in Tally. Dont worry soon enough we can think of ways to scam the goverment out of money. Dont wait around get your taxes done this week. I am sure everybody has already done them being responsible "adults". See I am doing something other then just spending a ton of money on drinking and having fun.

Nick D (half CPA) over and out

Spears shaves head bald, gets new tattoos

Somebody missed snack time...

I'm gonna make something of myself after all!!

I have officially been accepted to the University of Central Florida. (Specifically, into the College of Education's MA in Physical Education - Sport and Fitness program). This is not my first choice, and though I have been in contact with USF and they sound pretty convinced I'll get accepted, I do not have a letter in my hand just yet. So I'll be even more excited when I can say I'm going to Tampa... but until then I'm just flippin out to know at least I'm going somewhere! Finally! Just give me about 2 years and I just might have a job that does not involve retail! Freakin halleluyah!

The moment you've all been waiting for...

Nick, expecting post from you

How was working the Super Bowl? Did Nick Jr. make an appearance on South Beach as suggested?

Pan's Labyrinth

It's crazy. Go see it. Seriously.

OSX and XP working happily together

Lately I've been playing with the new beta version of Parallels (a program that runs virtual machines) and I was so impressed with the new feature, called "coherence", that I had to post it here. Instead of running XP in a window on my OSX desktop or in full screen, I can now run the two together seamlessly. There is full drag-and-drop and copy-paste functionality between operating systems, and folders can also be shared between them. For those of you asking why, this is great for testing newly developed websites on all possible browsers, and also allows you to run programs that are only available for windows on a mac without having to switch between operating systems (as was previously the case with parallels before this feature).

Moving On

I have officially resigned from my post at Wachovia, I am not sure if they will let me stay for tomorrows work day. If they tell me to pack up and go home tomorrow I will not be so SOL. I have made a list of how best to fill my time, but if anyone has any ideas I am open to suggestion. Keep in mind the weather is very non-Florida.

Super Bowl Predictions

Yeah, so I know its a few hours before game time, but if anyone checks this, lets seee who has the best prediction.

The winner will get an all expense paid evening with Pam Divincenzo....courtesy of Nick. Good luck fellas.

My prediction: Bears 29-27...yeah i'm going high scoring. By the way, this prediction is based on no research whatsoever, haha.

Miami

Just wanted to let everybody know I will be (livin la vida loca) this weekend down in Miami. I will be attending the super bowl and hopefully going to some swanky clubs down there. Lets just hope I come back alive. Let me know if you want me to accomplish any tasks for you while I am in mini cuba. Somebody TIVO the good commercials for me. Valamos I know you will be jealous, and remember let the rythm take you over.

Nick D

AAARRRRRRRRRRRRRREEBBBBBBAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bomb scare in Boston, Mooninites to blame

Check out this article I found this morning, I know at least Jae, Josh and Chris will get a kick out of this. It's crazy that people overreact so much over what was just a simple advertisement. Another description of the event with more pictures can be seen at the bottom of this Wikipedia article.

This is what you do when its cold and you want to go fishing anyway

Found this that JB and I made last year. I started laughing my ass off again.

http://homepage.mac.com/dafcpa/iMovieTheater13.html

BTW, if anyone can get that file off the website and send it to me that would be great.

Loganbeal (at) gmail.com

Nut Found by Blind Squirrel

Just thought I would share some good news! I passed my national and state board exams, so as long as I finish the school year, I am done...which would make me a doctor!

By the way, the minimum score to pass the Alabama State Board exam is a 70, and I scored..............70! Woohoo! Gettin' by with the bare minimum!

K-Fed commercial...

So here is a "Life comes at you fast" Nationwide commerical featuring the one and only K-Fed aka Fed-Ex. I have to say...at least he has a sense of humor about the whole thing, and I think this commercial is pretty funny; It will be aired during the Super Bowl.

http://www.nationwide.com/nw/featured-ads/index.htm?hpAdClick=teaser

Success

I have nothing good to say or add to the blog at this present moment. I just wanted to have the 300th post. Jae I would like to compliment you on the success of the blog. I was skeptical at first but it is entertaining and a good way to keep in contact with all you peons. As Johnny Drama would say VICTORY!!!!!!!!!.

Nick D....(the 300 man out)

Yeti

Well I know these are not the best quality pictures. In fact, they are awful but what do you expect from a lousy camera-phone? Regardless, this is what I look like on my walk in the morning when it is freezing cold. I thought you all would get a kick out of it. I was toasty warm during my -16 degree walk with this gear on!

And you thought your morning commute sucked...

Back on the net

We got internet back today after cancelling our cable at the apartment last week. We have officially moved into the new house as of last Friday night and the DSL got hooked up today. Still have boxed to unpack, furniture to be delivered, more painting to be done. When all is presentable I will take a video and you-tube it (mainly for the 'rents but for your viewing pleasure as well).

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

On Tuesday a Nintendo Wii was purchased for our apartment. With the purchase of an extra controller it came to about $300 which includes the Wii sports package of 5 games (bowling, tennis, boxing, golf and baseball). I was skeptical at first but this thing is simply amazing. The response and sensitivity of the "controllers" are incredible. Graphics for this sports package are minimal at best but it makes up for it in pure fun. Tennis is simply amazing and boxing is pretty damn hard. You have the ability to round house, jab (body or head), uppercut, protect yourself all with movements of the controllers no buttons needed. Bowling is pretty damn funny we take up the whole living room by taking a few steps and doing real bowling motions. After playing for 4 hours last night I was sufficiently tired. Video games and a bit of a workout you cant beat it baby. I cant wait to play this thing after a couple of cold ones.



Nick to the big -----------------D

Check out this fog

It was a clear, beautiful day here in Bradenton, but it quickly changed to a dark and dreary one in about 5 minutes as this ridiculously thick fog rolled in around 4:30 this afternoon. This is a picture from my office window, taken just before the fog reached the building. Normally you can see the new condo construction and the Civic Center along with most of Palmetto, and as I'm typing this all I can see is the fog, not even the trees in the bottom of the picture. Pretty wild, I've never seen fog this bad in the middle of the day like this.

2 mins of Ohio State fans crying, I love it

The background music is awesome.

Apple finally reveals iPhone

Check it out here: http://www.apple.com/iphone/. It will be available in June. Complete with iPod, phone, email, and web browser functions, wi-fi, bluetooth, mini-OSX w/ widgets, multi-touch widescreen display, accelerometers, proximity sensors... needless to say it's loaded. This is a groundbreaking piece of technology, watch some of the demos to get an idea of what I'm talking about. It's on the top of my wishlist, the only problem is it will cost the same as a PS3, $499 or $599, and that's with a 2-year contract! Oh well, I guess it'll have to stay on my wishlist...

National Champs!

If there was any confusion on what constituted a beat-down from a previous post, the game last night clarified that issue. OSU average yards per game: 410; OSU yards last night: 82. Troy Smith: 4-14, 35 yards, and a beating c/o our defensive line. The gameplan was perfect, getting rid of the ball quickly and getting it to our playmakers in front of OSU's weak zone they played the whole game, in turn not stressing Leak enough to make bad plays. The 41-14 victory was the 3rd most lopsided in championship game history, behind only UF's 1996 championship and some game in the 70's. And to top it all off, we're the only University to ever hold the men's basketball and football titles in the same year, quite an accomplishment by Gator athletics.

BCS

I really just have one thing to say: GO GATORS!

For FSU folks

Well guys it is official we just signed Jimbo fisher as our OC. This is awesome news look how good LSU has looked over the last couple of years. I give bobby big time credit because he pretty much went out and got the top guys on his list for the positions he wanted. There must have been some big time incentives in there because Jimbo's base salary is way below bama's offer. Ah man I am so fucking exited for next year. This should be a big help in recruiting as well. If this dude bring's just a spec of what he brought LSU it will mean good things for us. Maybe we will actually have an offense to compliment our D. Wow what a novel idea. That a boy BOBBY. GO NOLES BABY!!!

Leprechaun stomp

How about the beat down that LSU laid on Notre Dame. I can't say I didn't see this coming but wow, 41.. really? 41?... I don't think Russell will be coming back next year.

Fantastic Game

If you did not catch the Boise State v Oklahoma game last night you missed out on probably one of the most entertaining games I have ever seen. I am sure it will be a instant classic so if you can watch it you should. Or at least from about 2:30 left in the 4Q then overtime. The score was 28-20 with that much time left and ended up being 43-42. It involved some ballsy calls, awesome trick plays, and some bad defense. It was awesome watching a team that had absolutely nothing to lose play balls to the wall. This is another reason why we need a playoff, why not let a 13-0 team who can clearly hang with the big dogs get a shot. Oh well never going to happen but that game was da shiznit.

The official quote for 2007 is..."Chance favors the prepared mind"

Nick D...version 2007 over and out