Goodbye 1990s, hello Republic Wireless

As you all know, I just recently got texting a few months back when Verizon thrust them upon me when we went to upgrade the minutes on our plan.

You are probably not surprised to hear that they have grown on me and I find myself using them more and more.  Unfortunately, I have hit the 1990s technological limit when it comes to group-texting.  My phone simply falls well short in this regard.

So I would like to upgrade my phone, but I can't bring myself to shell out even more money every month to Verizon whose monthly bills are starting to add up to a small car payment (not really but I'm cheap).  Plus, since I can't take my phone into work with me I have a hard time justifying the cost.

Enter Republic Wireless a MVNO carrier riding on Sprint's network.  They offer a slightly-subsidized Motorola MotoX for $299 and no-contract plans starting at $5/mo and topping out at $40/mo.  They are a little different in that their phone uses WiFi first before using the cell network.  This keeps their data usage down on the rented Sprint network and allows them to offer cheaper plans.

I ordered my phone and signed up for the $10/mo plan which gets me Unlimited Talk/Text on Cell but no data (keep in mind everything is available when you're on WiFi).  I'm treating this mentally as an upgrade to my flip phone that adds group texting for 20 bucks less per month.

If this fancy phone stuff continues to grow on me I can upgrade to unlimited 3G for $25 or unlimited 4G (throttled after 5GB) for $40.

Sprint's coverage isn't stellar, but I'm banking on having WiFi most places that I stay.

I will post an update once I get my phone and have some usage under my belt.  I have 30 days to get my money back if I end up not liking it.

What is everyone else using for cellphone carriers?

Dangerous Gang

Saw this article on Fox News and it brought back some interesting memories of listening to ICP. Glad to see the Clowns are still producing music and still have their cult Juggalo followers. Man I still remember a ton of their songs and started singing them in my head. We should never forget those times of listening to their songs and our quake clan ICP names......

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/01/08/insane-clown-posse-sues-feds-over-dangerous-gang-label/?intcmp=features

"I eat monopoly and shit out connect-4".....

2013 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS...errr...Nick D I mean.....

Bowl Mania

Well folks one of the greatest times of year is almost upon us and it is known as Bowl Season (well except for UF...ZING) so let's do our best guessing in the below contest. Nothing like watching random teams play in a random city and taking interest in it. Perhaps it is great because we know college football is nearly over and we need to soak it in the best we can. So join up and guess away and just know that a few of your friends on this blog will become national champions this year....So depending on who you pick (FSU/AU) we will know who you like better.

I naturally will be putting FSU at confidence level 35 (the highest) in winning their bowl game :)

College Bowl Mania

Group: California Bowling.....

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

13-0>Rory

One vs 4

Okay, it's time to piss or get off the pot.  The new generation consoles provide a plethora of xmas gift ideas.  As someone who is usually hard to buy for, I am getting pressured to make a decision.  So that means I get to pressure the usual suspects to make a decision.  Are we staying Xbox or jumping to the PS4?

Play of the Year

[L] Motorworks Brewing

Jen just tipped me onto Motorworks Brewery on 9th in B-Town.  It's not clear from their website if they are open yet or not.  Anyone been there or have any more info?

Flo-rida

Sammy's rumor has it your move to Florida is a for sure go now. Found a buyer for your house and you have secured a rental in Florida, care to verify this news? If so that is awesome and hopefully you will be in town for Thanksgiving.

Nick D 9-0.....

[L] Movember - My turn this year

MoBro.co/jaes

Anyone else doing it?

Florida in November

Who is going to be around Bradenton Nov 2nd to the 5th?  I am coming into town for the weekend with the lady friend.  If people are around would love to see you folks.

Half way Point

So we are roughly at the half way point in the season and I figure we could do a quick recap of the season and of the big games we all have ahead.

UF: 1) Season has went how I thought it would, except for Miami
        2) Suffered some very serious injuries, although not sure the QB injury even hurt the team
        3) Still think UF is in store for 2-3 losses depending on how they play
        4) UF is really boring to watch on TV, except for Muschamps head about to explode on TV
        5) UF has the best defense in the country I think

Lastly I think UF picks up a nice win this weekend @ Missouri, they will be starting a true frosh QB whom I think UF is just going to eat up and UF gets the 2nd half of season off to a nice start 17-13.

AU: 1) The whole team looks much much improved
        2) I think Auburn scores a win over a good SEC team this year
        3) Not much else to say, except things are looking very good on the plains and this season still has a chance to be really good.

Lastly I think AU gives A&M and their non-existent defense a big run for their money this weekend. If this game was home I would predict the upset, but since it's not I think Johnny Football pulls it out.

FSU: 1) We have looked better than I thought we would this year
          2) Our QB Jameis Winston is a complete badass, best QB we have had since Weinke, a win this weekend and he will be firmly in the Heisman race and be all over TV in a very annoying fashion for people who do not like FSU.
          3) Defense is still a work in progress, but I like the direction

I think our game this weekend will be a great one, it is really hard to ever predict a win over the #3 ranked team on the road so I will not do it. That being said I really like our chances in this game and if we play well can definitely win. This would be a massive win for us and we would probably be #3 in the initial BCS standings. I can't even describe to you how EXITED I am for this team, season and game.

Best of luck to everybody this weekend

Nick D over and out (Rory is a punk)

JAMEIS WINSTON IS ALL THAT IS MAN

"Box - Projection-Mapping on Moving Objects"

For your enjoyment

I'm only about 50+ million views late to the party, but holy cow is this funny.

[L] Live feed of them pulling up the Costa Concordia

For those that missed it...

Week 3

Finally FSU plays football on a Saturday this year, unfortunately I will be in Texas and attending a wedding, but I should be able to watch the first half. Alex and this FSU fan are happy with last weeks result. I was not cheering for either team but a ranked Miami team helps FSU out. What really made me happy was how bad the game looked. If UF had any semblance of an offense in that game they would have won. Your D is very good but that offense is borderline awful. Sure the turnovers will not always happen and I think Driskell is better then he played, but there probably will not be much scoring in Gainesville this year. It's ok, you can still have a good team and good year without, just ask Les Miles. Nothing worse then a bye week after a loss either. 

FSU plays Nevada in our home opener, which would not normally be to exciting but I can't wait to see our QB play again. This game will probably not reveal much about our team but it should be fun fasr paced game. FSU wins 52-17.

Alex I am very intrigued by your upcoming game that I will not be able to watch. Winning against Miss St would be a good step in the right direction. Go get that SEC win!!!! Miss St is favored by 6, but I am believing in WDE 27-24.

We Johnny "pompous asshole" Manziel against Bama this wknd as well that should be interesting. I think it will be a good game with Bama edging out the W.

Nick "bad speller/Famous Jameis believer" D over and out....

PS this was done on a phone....

I know where Nick is going to be on 6/12/15...

Nick's Countdown begins...

Chi-town

Saw some pics on FB from the Bach. party in Chicago.  WTF, thanks for the invite bastards.  Looked like fun.

Week 2 battles

Well all of our teams got wins in week 1, which is all you can ask for. This week presents some interesting matchups for UF and Auburn. FSU does not play this week so we get to sit back and watch two of our biggest rivals play while we soak in the glorious performance of our new QB ( Mr. Winston). 

UF v Miami is one heck of a conundrum for FSU fans. Really I will not be rooting for anybody but just excited to watch the game. Probably would be better for FSU if Miami wins, but at the end of the day one of our rivals will suffer a loss which is good enough for me. Miami has an above average offense and just a average D. UF has a average offense and a probable great D. There won't be a huge home field advantage because Miami fans suck. Noon game helps UF I think. Final score 20-13 UF.

Auburn gets a possible testy matchup against the school there new head coach just left. Overall I thought AU looked better then last yr all around but QB play needs to improve drastically for AU to really turn the corner. Either way I think Alex will have an exiting team. AU wins 38-24.

Famous Jameis over and out. 

Football week is finally here

Jenny got us started nicely, but now the games are so close we can envision ourselves joyfully (hopefully) watching. 

UF starts out with the Toledo Rockets a game which I am excited to watch. During this game I will be cheering for the underdog. Not that I ever need a reason to be happy with a rivals loss, but this time I have one as Jim D graduated from Toledo. I think it could be close for a half but ultimately UF pulls away and wins 30-13. *Note: I have them covering the spread. Rocket power!

Auburn starts off hosting Washington State. These two teams combined to win 6 games last year so it really can't get much worse for both teams. AU is favored by like 15 points so that must bode well for you Alex. I don't know much about either team right now but I have to figure AU has more talent. Best luck Alex. Any insights you care to offer?

FSU opens up on Monday night at Pitt. I do like the spotlight the Labor Day game has but it really sucks waiting until Monday might at 8PM to watch your team. FSU definitely has more talent than Pitt, but we are breaking in quite a few new coaches and players, add to the fact  a road game for our QBs first ever start and I am a little nervous. I think it will be close but we ultimately pull out a not so impressive win. Lets remember though that winning is really all that matters as evidenced by UF last yr. FSU 23-13

We have some good possible games this week starting on Thursday, so lets enjoy the year. May it be filled with wins and trash talking.

Nick D over and out.

To kick off the college football banter...

To kick off the college football banter

Go SEC, and more importantly, Go Gators!

Looking forward to watching some Gator games in FL this season :)

Fantasy Football

A couple of people have already signed up, but let me know if you are interested or just sign up, info is below. At best it will be a $20 buy in, but more than likely it will just be pride and the prospect of losing to Nick.

Yahoo Fantasy Football
ID: 501407
Name: Pride and Glory 13

Please like and re-post

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Thanks so much for your help!

Uncle Nick and Aunt Irene

Danny and Gina had their baby today, Nolan James Anderson. No pics yet he was in the nursery getting some breathing treatment. Time to dominate this uncle shit. *Archer voice: woohoo*

Double Dip....My computer is not allowing me to type in the body, so Happy Bday Jae and Alex

Almost Famous

There was a crowd around this guy at LAX so Jen figured he was famous.  We have no idea who he is :).  Any help?

5 mins of free entertainment, bless the iPad

[L] - Oops! FSU Player receives SEC Championship ring

Pretty funny

It's a sad time for Vegas craps

http://www.billslasvegas.com/bills-las-vegas/?

http://www.caesars.com/osheas/

Hernandez

Yes I have always hated this guy and thought he was a piece of shit for many reasons, but never thought he was this type of dude. I really can't believe that he is being charged with murder and 5 other counts of gun related charges. Dude is 23yrs old, just signed a $40M contract and was regarded as one of the top players in the NFL. Now it appears he either shot or planned an execution of one of his friends over some beef from a club???? What?!?!?! Obviously we shall see what happens in the case before fully judging him, but man this looks very bad. Nobody has hardly mentioned the other two guys that were with him so we shall see what plays out.

Hernandez = Urbans boy and Gator for life :)

Nick D over and out......

Poor Man's Roomba

[L] Tesla Unveils Batteryswap Tech

I've been saying forever that electric cars won't become mainstream until you can fill them up as fast as a gas tank.

Well now Tesla has done it.  From empty to full in 90 seconds.

What do you guys think.  Change anyone's opinion on going electric?

[L] Xbox One Reverses Course

Microsoft has done a 180 on the always connected and used game policy.

What do you guys say?  Is this enough to stick w/ the Xbox One or is it PS4 time?

Is this cause for alarm?

Sarasota Jungle Gardens ftw

Nick, can't believe you didn't think of this...

...or maybe you did and Irene vetoed it

Website question

This question is for Jae/Eric or anybody who might know. We are trying to refine some of our estimates for our business plan. Just wanted to ask you guys what you think would be a reasonable cost estimate for website design and occasional maintenance (excluding the domain name fee). The website would be sort of your typical retail site but would not need any online ordering capabilities. We would definitely want an active blog/contact system though. Thanks for your help.

Nick to the D

[L] Interesting Infographic on Proposed Budgets

This is an interesting infographic on the proposed budgets of some different groups from the right to left.

I find the debt projection particularly interesting (and scary).

Proud UF alumni and an embarrassment to America

It really pains me that this guy is going to be our biggest male swimming star next Olympics as I am not sure I can cheer for him after watching 30 seconds of this. There is absolutely no way I will be watching this show as it will probably cause me to hate him and myself. After hearing interviews of him last year I was pretty confident in the fact he was borderline mentally retarded and a big douche, but this video pretty much clears it up and confirms it. Do the Gators on here like to claim him as a alumni or is it one of those cases where you just hope it does not get brought up? (Both of our school shave plenty of those people). Pretty sure this guy single handly devalues a degree from UF a couple of notches and I find some sick joy that he is a UF grad.

(View at your own risk)  Jeah.....

Tournament Time

Alright everybody I have created a group on ESPN that we can all put our brackets in for free. The group name is below and it has no password so go ahead and pass it around and get people in it. May the odds forever be in your favor.

Everybodys Guessing

PS In an attempt to revitalize some blog activity and because he is my ultimate frenemy I am issuing a challenge to Rory. Whomever has the highest scoring bracket (2 allowed) will get to do something to the other person, which we will video record and post on the blog. My leading suggestions are:

1) Punch in the balls
2) Open faced slap on back or chest
3) Other suggestions are welcomed

If you accept please let it be known on this forum....

Blog Question

Does anybody know if there is an App for this blog? I think if there was it would really help me and probably others to remember to keep up to date with it.

New House

Brandy and I finally found a new house! Should be moving in late March/ early April. Be ready for a house warming party! Pictures here On another note, I'm probably going to rent my current house so if any knows of someone looking for a place, let me know!

Music Video?

Offered without comment.

Uncle Nick

Well folks I am pleased to finally be able to announce that Gina and Danny will be having a baby this year. It has been challenging not slipping up and saying something since we have known for a while, but you know how it goes. Anyways here is to hoping the next 6-7 months go smoothly and we have a healthy addition to our family. I already told Danny it might be weird when he says yea Nick is watching Nick, but told him he would get used to it :)

Jae it was funny because your mom asked as she was leaving the Xmas Eve Party if she leaves now will she miss any news we might be breaking. Surely she was thinking of Irene and I, but I was like this woman has like a 6th sense or something because we literally found out the day before haha...We all got a good kick out of that.

I have to say this because I don't want to incur any "wrath of Gina", but if you feel the impulse to post a congrats on facebook please wait until you noticed my sister posted something about it. Just don't want to trump her.


Baby Anderson > Rory....via having a blood line to Nick.

Great song, really funny

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop - feat. Wanz

This song quickly jumped to #1 on Spotify's top US tracks, so I gave it a listen.  Didn't know what it was b/c I listen to alternative radio.  Check it out, it's really damn funny.

just ran a mile in 7:48

that turns out to be about 7.7 miles per hour, which according to this link means i couldn't even outrun a mouse...  sad

on the plus this is only 18 seconds off my fastest mile time when i was 18

Nick D

Are we making sausage this year?

For all you beer lovers....

So whose Christmas List is this on?

[L] #spendingistheproblem

http://www.flickr.com/photos/speakerboehner/8269146227/

Bowl Pick'em

Well college football regular season is officially over (mostly) and now it is on to bowl season. Auburns bowl season is a coaching search while FSU and UF get to play in BCS games. Admittedly both of our matchups are not exactly high profile, but oh well we both had good years and deserve the big stage. These bowl games are definitely important for both of our schools. For FSU it means that when conference realignment starts back up again FSU can finally claim they are ACC Champions and a top 10 for the first time in a long time, which makes us all that more attractive to the Big 12 or SEC. FSU has not had a lot of good wins this year, but not much we can do about that a 12-2 record would make me very happy. As for UF well they have had a really good year and some good wins but have zero hardware to show for it. Should UF lose the Sugar bowl they will have nothing of substance to show off what a good year it has been for them ( you guys like that little dig?? Bwahahah)

Bowl Mania

Group Name: Orange Sugar

http://games.espn.go.com/college-bowl-mania/en/frontpage

PS A prize will be provided to the winner courtesy of Nick D

By the way...

What's with the backwards 'FSU'?  Is this a thing or did this lady just have a mirror fail on national television?

Mirror fail?

FSU v UF

Well this might be the first blog post of season for college football and it rightfully so is about FSU and UF. For the first time in I don't know how long (10 yrs) this game matters for both our teams in terms of having a shot at a national title. Although in all honesty since FSU is not in the SEC and have a weak schedule to date we still need some help, but hell we have a shot. This has been a great year for both of our teams and one team will end the regular season at 11-1 and with big time bragging rights and a top 5 finish for sure.

Most places have FSU favored by a TD, which I feel is pretty accurate. In all honesty I am pretty confident in this game, but have a feeling it could be a bit ugly. UF has a really good defense and specials teams, but the offense is a different story heck they have only scored 2 offensive TD's in the last two games, against bad competition. Now FSU has a really good defense and halfway good special teams (our FG unit is awesome, while our punting unit bad) and our offense is above average to good, especially at home.

If this game were at UF I would be very nervous about it because obviously FSU has struggled on the road some this year. UF has beat some very good teams this year home and away so I know UF will come to play. I could throw out some analytic's but prefer to go with a score prediction. This score prediction takes into account the typical UF defensive or special teams TD that they seem to get.....

I think FSU wins this thing 24-13.....

Post for Eric

Eric, we ended up making a better mob spawner in the End and so this was the fate of our old one last night... (we each took a screen grab)

Plans for X-Mas break

Let me know if you are interested in taking part in a group trip/activity this X-Mas break.

I'll put together a group email of interested parties so we can plan.

Humble Bundle for Android 4

There is a great Humble Bundle offered today. It includes 6 really good Android games (also playable on Windows, Mac and Linux) and their full soundtracks. You have to pay at least as much as the average donation to get the 6th game, which at the time of this writing is $5.70. I paid $7.00. Go to http://www.humblebundle.com to check it out.

Movember

Eric can you post the link to your page on here?? I would like to check up on your progress and after your first good shave where the mustache is visible a donation shall be headed your way. Make your father proud Valamos...

Closer and closer to Skynet

Bradenton Riverwalk

 

Today was the grand opening of the Bradenton Riverwalk and we decided to check out the festivities after work.  It's spans the riverfront between MMH and Rossi Park and it's really nice.  Amenities include a boat launch for kayaks / rowing teams, a skate park, 2 sand volleyball courts, a playground, a fountain/water park for kids, many covered benches and swings, an amphitheater, a fishing pier and a large dock with 20+ boat slips.

New Addition

We have a new family member!  Wanted to give Chandler a brother and figured we'd better do it now before the wedding planning takes over the world.  He's a pure-bred lab and is just as sweet as can be... although I may be singing a different tune when he eats the coffee table.  Everyone, meet Griz :)

{rant}

rules of the road

1) every time you drive like a d-bag because you are reading/writing a text, God drowns a puppy

2) if i honk at you about 1) and you flick me off, you have cemented your d-bag status

3) when the light turns green, it means go.  it doesn't mean slowly roll forward while finishing text, then go

4) if i miss a green light because of 3) you better as hell hope i don't catch up to you at the next red light

5) if you swerve out of your lane and i get up along side you and see you continuing to shove your nose in your phone, i am within my moral rights to beat you to within an inch of your life with a DMV handbook

{/rant}

Huge Game Trade-In

If anyone would like to give me trade in value for any of these games let me know.  Otherwise, they will be the property of Amazon in the near future.

Auburn is bad, but this is horrible

http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=images&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=672&tbm=isch&tbnid=P58Vk8zBUGu3pM:&imgrefurl=http://www.squidoo.com/auburnvsgeorgia&imgurl=http://i1.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/250/draft_lens1597157module7858608photo_au_logo.gif&w=128&h=112&ei=cBdEUPaiHaLc2AXn7IHIDA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=845&vpy=245&dur=1537&hovh=89&hovw=102&tx=86&ty=66&sig=113964616478789947173&page=1&tbnh=89&tbnw=102&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0,i:115

bingiton

http://www.bingiton.com

this was kind of an interesting exercise

basically microsoft is letting you do a blind comparison of 5 search terms of your choosing between bing and google.

my result was a draw, 3 ties, 1 bing, and 1 google.  an interesting marketing idea to try and jolt people out of their usual habits.  my results weren't astonishing enough, though, to stop my fingers from mindlessly typing google.com

crazy bank robbery

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/national_world&id=8798628

i swear i've seen this movie before.

Football is BACK

What a wonderful time of the year.....

FSU rolled over its pansy of a opponent this past weekend. These games are worthless and tell you next to nothing about your team, but at least our O-Line looked better than last year. This week we have an even worse opponent thanks to West Virginia canceling the game we had scheduled. In other bad news FSU lost our starting DE to a season ending injury. While we have good depth at this position losing a 1st/2nd round pick is not something you can just cover up...big bummer.

I watched some of the UF game and was not terribly impressed, but UF won and has named a starting QB and I saw some nice runs from your RB. As I did not watch the game play by play I don't really know how you looked, but I heard it was not great.  Should be an interesting game against Tex A&M this week I have no idea how good A&M will be after losing their starting QB. Should be an interesting game for sure and could really help propel one team or the other off to a good year.

Alex I was really pulling for Auburn in that game as I hate Clemson. What do you see as Auburns biggest issue this year? Did Auburn just play poorly or will they be about as good as last year?

New FB like button

I added some code that puts a FB like button below each post.  Thanks to Ashley for the idea.  Let me know if it works or not (can't test it since I am FB free since '93)

Cool Egg Trick (Ignore audio)

Not sure how old this vid is, but it shows a pretty cool way to separate out your yolks...

Anyone playing Minecraft?

Due to a lack of new stuff on X360 and COD burnout, I've recently started playing Minecraft and I'm curious if any of you guys are playing it as well.   I avoided it for a long time because I didn't understand the appeal. Random web browsing directed me to the "X's Adventures in Minecraft" youtube series and after a few videos I was pretty interested.  Now that I'm pretty addicted and beating single-player to death I'm thinking about multi-player.  Let me know in the comments.

Thoughts on Ryan

What does this largely right-wing audience think of putting Ryan on the ticket?

For me it has taken me off the fence since Ryan seems to be the only cat in town willing to tackle the debt issue head on.

I'm sure Drew will have an interesting take on the matter.

Passing of a great Italian American

My dads father Giovanni "John" DiVincenzo has passed away this weekend. He has been in at home hospice for a couple of months now so this has been a few months coming. He was in peace and it was just his time and to be quite honest necessary so we could all kind of move on and celebrate his life. Just wanted to let you all know since most of you have met him or at least heard the stories during sausage makings. Anyway we will be flying up to Cleveland in two weekends or so. Talk to everybody soon hope all is well.

Nick D.....

PS. If anybody wants me to pick up some memorabilia from Cleveland just let me know :)

Making Moves

So for those of you that don't know, here's an update on what has been going on! I have accepted a new position in Charlotte, NC and am in the process of moving. In fact, I'm being loaded up today and will be leaving Jax in the morning! I resigned from CMC July 16th, so I haven't been working for about a month now....which in reality has been driving me crazy, so I'm excited to get back to work. This is a HUGE opportunity for me and I'm very excited about it! One of my professional goals was to make a certain amount of money @ 30 years old, and this job accomplishes that goal! I'm living in a beautiful area of Charlotte called 'Elizabeth,' and the apt complex is Elizabeth Square. I'm in the heart of ACC country, so no excuses not to come visit! Until next time, Bryan

Happy Birthday to Me

Google Fiber

http://fiber.google.com/about/

Jared turned me on to this today.  Google is offering a pretty amazing service to people in KS.  Check out their pricing.  Ridiculously cheap for what you're getting.  I hope this is successful and gets rolled out to more cities.

Trip to NYC

We spent one night in NYC on our recent vaca to CT.

Checked out the status of ground zero...

Visited Wall Street, NYSE, and the bull...

Lady Liberty in the background...

Jen used her fancy phone and I navigated with my iMap...

Got some delicious Korean for dinner, thank you Urban Spoon...

Stayed at The Times off Time Square...

Checked out the Today Show the next morning...

What's on Ceelo's lap?

Good times, good times.

Glad I brought the SLR

Shot this guy on our vaca in CT... posting it full-res for all to enjoy :)

Juggalo's

Last night Tosh.0 supposedly had Juggalo's on his show, I did not get to watch it but I recorded it. I had no idea that ICP still made music and they still had super fans around. It is slightly embarrassing that I have like 5 of their CD's oh well it was "fun" music to listen to. I can't wait to see all the jokes he makes at the expense of the Juggalo's. I will report back after watching or if anybody has watched just let me know.

Attention non-Facebookers!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks

Just wanted to thank everybody who made it out to our wedding. Me and Irene had an great time and we appreciate everybody who took their time and money to get there. Sorry we could not chat more, but those of you have been married know how crazy the weekend is. Thanks for helping us having a great night. Hopefully we will be seeing all of you soon.

Nick D = Locked Down

DEA major fuck-up

An apology *so* doesn't make this right

BO2

Got this in my inbox today... I don't even recognize this game.

The blog is dead, long live the blog

Does anyone know how to post videos to Blogger from an iPhone?

I don't have any spare cycles anymore to post to the blog regularly but Jen has some good videos of Braden that I wanted to post as long as it was easy (which I imagine it has to be).

Just curious, what's the tally as far as iPhone users vs Android users for those of you who still check the blog...

Happy Birthday...

Nick D.

P.S. I'm in town til Thursday

Braden

So is he pretty much a walking machine these days?? If so be sure to baby proof that liquor cabnet that Jae keeps fully stocked, don't want him getting his hands on anything he shouldn't..Focker!

Hello

Sanka you ded ma'aan??

"Yea ma'ann the blog is ded"

Tourney Time

Well it is that time of the year again where we all try and guess who the heck is going to win some basketball games. I created a free group on ESPN so we can compete against each other in a friendly manner. This year I am actually trying to contain my excitement after FSU won the ACC Championship for the first time ever and was awarded a #3 seed. This should be a crazy tournament this year, filled with lots of upsets. Time to go dancing.

Site: ESPN Tournament Challenge
Group: Pick'em and Weep
Password: powers

Go Noles!!!!

It's Official!

No, Allie and I are not having a baby, but we did buy a house! It is right in downtown Middlebury, very close to the college and very close to my office. It is a major fixer-upper so we are not moving in for a few months. We are completely gutting the house. New plumbing, new electric, new siding, new windows, new floor plan. I am going to walk through the house with a video camera tomorrow and try to get it online. Anyway, it is exciting stuff! And once it is done, there will be plenty of room for visitors!

0.5 Js in 21st Century

Jen got her b-day gift yesterday. A shiny new iPhone 4S with the data plan to boot. I was still able to weasle out of paying for texts by getting her setup on Google Voice.

Let the Words With Friends addiction begin...

Happy Birthday Jenny

Goodbye 20s and hello 30s...

Great Time-lapse Photography Video

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Sean got his picture taken

Super Bowl Party?

I haven't heard anything about a Super Bowl party so far. Is anyone planning anything? Anybody interested?

Calling All Erics & Jaes

Hello everybody! So... I'll be moving to GA this Saturday, and anticipate being out of work for at least a few weeks (hopefully not too much longer than that though!). In my downtime, I'd like to start up a fitness blog, and therein lies my question. Can somebody help me get started? Never created a blog before - only contributed mindlessly to existing ones :)

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Free Hotel & Flight Option

Hey everybody I just thought I would post this and see if anybody is interested. My parents are staying is this place called The Shores courtesy of the Canales family. They had some time shares that they had to use and this place was able to accomodate them so they gave 2 of them to my parents. Now my parents will be staying in this place Friday night through Sunday night, then the rooms will be unused the rest of the week. It is not really the nicest place kind of has that old school feel to it, but it is free (It is nowhere near as nice as The Island on our website). So if anybody was going to hang around after the wedding and wanted to possibly stay here we can work it out. Obviously there would be no cleaning service that would come in after my parents left, but I am sure they could throw some sheets in the washer or something. There is no cost to you or for that matter my parents. It becomes available Monday night if anybody is interested let me know.

Also, just wanted to say for anybody flying out of Tampa make sure to check Southwest as they don't show up on all of the classic search sites.

Catch you on the flip side.....

Nick D > Rory * 2

Update on Wedding Plans...

We ended up booking a 3 bedroom condo at the Lake Travis resort with Ramdin, Brenda and Jared since they will be meeting us there Thursday-Sunday too. It was a little pricier than the hotels but the extra amenities (living room, kitchen, pools, views, jet ski rentals, etc.) seemed worth it. They still had two more 3 bedrooms and a bunch of 2 bedroom condos available so hopefully we can make this the place to hang.

P.S. - Brenda has offered to babysit any little ones if you end up staying in the condo place...:)

Repub Primaries

Risk Legacy

This game was mentioned in a blog that I read regularly. The author is a fan. I did a little reading about the game and it sounds so awesome that I feel compelled to play it. In short, it is Risk reimagined. Rules are made and changed during gameplay, the board is phyically altered and decisions made in one game affect all future games. The catch is that the game is designed to be played 15 times and the same players (up to 5) have to play all 15 games. After 15 games the rules are set and it becomes vanilla Risk more or less. Any takers?

Football vs Baseball vs Basketball

I cooked up this little chart today in Google Insights...

Wedding Plans...

Just wondering if anyone has started looking into lodging for Irene and Nick's wedding. Jae, Braden, and I will be flying in Thursday night, and leaving Sunday. Their website shows 3 nearby hotels and 1 condo-type place that I believe is even closer. Have any of you booked anything? And if so, where?

P.S. - The title links to their website.

Ummm...

Believe it or not, this is for real. What ever happened to just putting on pants?

Sausage Making

Anybody who took some photos and or videos of the sausage making could you kindly post them at your earliest conviencence. For those who could not attend it was a fun event and we absolutely ate ever single piece of sausage made, for a first time ever, which left us with no leftovers...booo. We had to incorporate a bunch of new people into some skill positions, but we manged it ok. Adam as others can attest too I was a very poor sub for your role in casing the sausage. The two I made turned out flacid and not up to par. Others like Logan and Alex stepped up and filled in admirably though. Thanks for coming everybody it was fun!!

Nick D

Redneck celebrity [L]

Just thought everyone might want more reasons to root against the updykes tonight. However, I will not be watching the game considering I saw it the first time. WDE

New Address

Happy New Year and Happy Holidays everybody! In typical Bryan 'The Nomad' Leighton fashion...I moved this weekend. New address below...

8450 Gate Parkway West Apt 502
Jacksonville, FL 32216

Please update your records accordingly.