He would have been 15 in May.
RIP Opie!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Sad day at the Beal household
Opie went to doggy heaven yesterday. Mom found him floating in the bayou. He has been in and out with his senility the past 6 months or year. He was deaf and had poor eye site. Dad had him on some meds but took him off as he seemed to be worse on them. After a month of him wandering off and falling in the bayou, his time was up. Mom says he had a wonderful day before falling in. He played chase a few times with Peppy, he slept in the warm sun, and had a few snacks.
He would have been 15 in May.
RIP Opie!
He would have been 15 in May.
RIP Opie!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
This is awesome
For some reason I can only think of Josh
There goes a minute of your life that you will never get back, damn puppies.
There goes a minute of your life that you will never get back, damn puppies.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
First snow since 1989
It is not as bad as what Drew got hit with in DC, but we have not had snow here since 89. It was a solid couple inches after it was a done snowing and it was pretty cool to see the palm trees covered in snow. I thought I moved from NYC to avoid this crap....global warming my butt.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Greatest Headline
How awesome is this headline.
Also, I have been home bound for the last few days. God, I hate snow. And DC for having 25% of their plows broken.
Also, I have been home bound for the last few days. God, I hate snow. And DC for having 25% of their plows broken.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
[L] "Beer Enthusiasts"
At least you weren't in the printed paper, Rory. Your buddy Eric T. is featured in the fourth picture.
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Commence shadiness
UF defensive coordinator leaves one day after signing day. Gee I wonder if Urban and everybody knew about this a while ago and if it would have affected a player or two choices?? Nah never....yea right
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Randomness
So I am doing some spring cleaning (in January) by trying to remove my old web presence on plaza.ufl.edu. This required me to resurect my old login by getting my password reset (thought to do this last time we were in gville visiting debbie). It also required me to find the little sheet of paper that my new password was written on. Found this today while doing some actual cleaning.
It's pretty funny what all I had on the plaza.ufl.edu ftp site. Found some old programs that I wrote way back when. One of them was a flash game to play beer pong that I never finished (link). Another was a program that would pick winning lottery numbers by going out on the web and grabbing past winning numbers to help predict (link). Man, this guy had some ambition way back when what happened to that guy?
Also found a bunch of SimCity screenshots that I apparently thought were worth saving for some reason:
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jsammy/simcity/startingMap.JPG
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jsammy/simcity/arcologies.JPG
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jsammy/simcity/budget.JPG
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jsammy/simcity/cityWide.JPG
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jsammy/simcity/popedhealth.JPG
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jsammy/simcity/startingMap.JPG
Weird...
It's pretty funny what all I had on the plaza.ufl.edu ftp site. Found some old programs that I wrote way back when. One of them was a flash game to play beer pong that I never finished (link). Another was a program that would pick winning lottery numbers by going out on the web and grabbing past winning numbers to help predict (link). Man, this guy had some ambition way back when what happened to that guy?
Also found a bunch of SimCity screenshots that I apparently thought were worth saving for some reason:
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jsammy/simcity/startingMap.JPG
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jsammy/simcity/arcologies.JPG
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jsammy/simcity/budget.JPG
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jsammy/simcity/cityWide.JPG
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jsammy/simcity/popedhealth.JPG
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jsammy/simcity/startingMap.JPG
Weird...
Friday, January 29, 2010
The World's Strongest Beers - Food
The World's Strongest Beers - Food & Drink - FOXNews.com
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Figured you beer lovers would like this. Alex, the last one is on the list. Need to locate it!
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Figured you beer lovers would like this. Alex, the last one is on the list. Need to locate it!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
GAYnesville?? =====>(L)
Something I always thought to be true...sure explains a lot about all you guys......
Nick D (Hetero) > Rory (Homo)
Nick D (Hetero) > Rory (Homo)
[L] Ahahahaha
I couldn't help but laugh at this article, mainly because I'm pretty sure I've heard these exact words come out of the mouths of several of you. It's a cautionary tale though... clearly not meant to be said in a public forum.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Rented Toyota Yaris 1 - Costa Rican Jungle River 0
It has been a great while since I have posted on the blog so I have a backlog of happenings to share. Today's post concerns my Costa Rican Adventure.
The above picture is what happens when a bridge washes out and you need to be on the other side of the river. I had purchased full insurance and felt my rented yaris would make it across, or be light enough to push out should the river prevail.
What they do not mention in the tour guides is the easy availability of liquor of all kinds even far removed from civilization. Alcohol reminds people how much fun go fish can be at 4am in the middle of the jungle. It also gave me ample ammunition to try and scratch an item from my bucket list to R. Kelly a monkey in a foreign land, but sadly alcohol also makes the aim poor and the sight hazy.
Costa Rica is more than just failing infrastructure and peed upon monkeys it is also crazy scenic, where a drive across country has many wonders to behold. Upon my return to the states and my place of employment, I was told it by a co-worker that it reminded her of Arkansas. I have not had the chance to set foot in the state of the razorback and Clintons, but if it looks anything like Costa Rica, I would never make an inbred pig caller joke again because they would be some of the smartest people in the world to keep something so beautiful a secret by pretending to be extras from deliverance.
While in Costa Rica I picked up a surf board, mainly because I thought it might be hilarious to visit a Costa Rican ER, but to my surprise being tall and completely uncoordinated do not hamper your ability to surf. WII has given me impressive balance skills that lend themselves nicely to surfing. No pictures were taken during our surf excursion so you will have to take my word on my long board skills.
In our little jungle surfing community we met some expats both of the feline and crazy variety. A grown woman at a bar who speaks only through her lamb chop puppet is completely acceptable in my book, but then again I enjoy people with some freak on them. I also shared my $6 dollar lobster with a cat that hopped in my lap, at $6 dollars I can afford to share my lobster. The spiny lobster is proof of the unfair nature of the universe, you are made delicious and accompany butter perfectly, but have no claws or defense mechanisms with which to spare yourself from the boil.
It was a good time and a land where normal hangover rules do not apply, because apparently you can drink as much costa rican beer as you want and feel no ill effects, unless you happen to be a monkey casually walking through the jungle who just happens to pass below my balcony, then my friend you will feel an ill effect of a whole different variety.
The above picture is what happens when a bridge washes out and you need to be on the other side of the river. I had purchased full insurance and felt my rented yaris would make it across, or be light enough to push out should the river prevail.
What they do not mention in the tour guides is the easy availability of liquor of all kinds even far removed from civilization. Alcohol reminds people how much fun go fish can be at 4am in the middle of the jungle. It also gave me ample ammunition to try and scratch an item from my bucket list to R. Kelly a monkey in a foreign land, but sadly alcohol also makes the aim poor and the sight hazy.
Costa Rica is more than just failing infrastructure and peed upon monkeys it is also crazy scenic, where a drive across country has many wonders to behold. Upon my return to the states and my place of employment, I was told it by a co-worker that it reminded her of Arkansas. I have not had the chance to set foot in the state of the razorback and Clintons, but if it looks anything like Costa Rica, I would never make an inbred pig caller joke again because they would be some of the smartest people in the world to keep something so beautiful a secret by pretending to be extras from deliverance.
While in Costa Rica I picked up a surf board, mainly because I thought it might be hilarious to visit a Costa Rican ER, but to my surprise being tall and completely uncoordinated do not hamper your ability to surf. WII has given me impressive balance skills that lend themselves nicely to surfing. No pictures were taken during our surf excursion so you will have to take my word on my long board skills.
In our little jungle surfing community we met some expats both of the feline and crazy variety. A grown woman at a bar who speaks only through her lamb chop puppet is completely acceptable in my book, but then again I enjoy people with some freak on them. I also shared my $6 dollar lobster with a cat that hopped in my lap, at $6 dollars I can afford to share my lobster. The spiny lobster is proof of the unfair nature of the universe, you are made delicious and accompany butter perfectly, but have no claws or defense mechanisms with which to spare yourself from the boil.
It was a good time and a land where normal hangover rules do not apply, because apparently you can drink as much costa rican beer as you want and feel no ill effects, unless you happen to be a monkey casually walking through the jungle who just happens to pass below my balcony, then my friend you will feel an ill effect of a whole different variety.
Growing Up - Step 1
So now that I am in a serious relationship again and bachelor life appears to be over, I decided to re-focus on the long-term and make some changes financially. The most obvious change being reducing my $600 car payment on my Evolution. After about two months of removing/selling parts and finding a car, I finally made the deal this weekend.
From $36k 2008 Mitsubishi Evo GSR...
To $18k 2005 Subaru WRX STI...
Obviously I was crazy upside-down in the Evo, but I was able to sell all my aftermarket parts for about $6k, so I was able to get out cleanly...which is a miracle considering I owned it 1 year in January.
Step 1 Complete.
From $36k 2008 Mitsubishi Evo GSR...
To $18k 2005 Subaru WRX STI...
Obviously I was crazy upside-down in the Evo, but I was able to sell all my aftermarket parts for about $6k, so I was able to get out cleanly...which is a miracle considering I owned it 1 year in January.
Step 1 Complete.
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