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.