The Post of Destiny

Ah the magic of the cinema...
Yesterday, after work, I received a phone call from a buddy of mine. He asked me if I was interested in seeing a free movie. Someone that works with my friend gave him 4 passes to a sneak preview screening of "Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny". He asked my wife and I to go. So I said "sure, why not, it's free". The movie stars Jack Black and Kyle Gass and tells the story of their attempt at rising to fame. Now, I went in to this movie expecting something terrible. And in the end, I was amused by the movie. Would I be willing to pay $8 to see it, probably not, but for free, I was not dissappointed. There was stupid, crude humor, a lot of language (as in naughty words like shit and fuck), and drug use. So if any of that bothers you, don't see it. So, all in all, I would say rent it, or wait for it to come out on a movie channel and see it.

Life at the office...
Well, not much new here, I'm meeting with my mentor for the first time today, I'm anxious to see how it goes. I'm looking forward to it.

Let's hit 1.21 gigawatts at 88 mph...



The next point in my list of things to catch up on is my brother going off to college. Now this is cool for several reasons. First off, he is at the University of Missouri - Columbia, or Mizzou for those who are in the loop. He is majoring in business finance, and Mizzou's business school is one of the tops in the nation. Second, he joined Sigma Pi Fraternity. Guess what, I am a Sigma Pi. So now when I go back and visit, I get to see the house, and hang out with my brother. Very nice. Lastly, he was just recently elected to serve on the house Executive Board as Treasurer. Congratulations to him. (BTW, I was also Treasurer). Now I have to admit, it's kind of weird knowing that my brother is in a Fraternity at college. I was just there, and he is 7 years younger than I am. That is quite a gap. I mean he's always been my little brother. Now he's off on his own at college, and having a great time and doing well. So kudos to you brother man.

Picture time...
One of my all time favorites

166 days...

That's how long it's been since my last post. And let me tell you, A LOT has happened. I won't be writing about everything in this post, but I will be making a list of things that have happened, and then over time writing about them. So here we go...

I will put these in chronological order, starting with the oldest and working to the newest...

1. I started a new job
2. Got accepted to grad school
3. My brother started college
4. We went to Las Vegas
5. I started guitar lessons
6. We went to Chicago
7. I went dove hunting in Mexico
8. THE CARDINALS WON THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!
9. Mid-term elections/Britney files for divorce from K-fed (happened on the same day, i know, what a day)

Those are the major things, I'm sure there are things in between those that are worthy of my mentioning, but I can't think that far back right now.

I'll start with my new job for today. June 9th was my first day at The Boeing Company. I was hired on as an Engineer/Scientist. Ooooh, fancy. For the record, I am now a Systems Engineer due to the recent reorganization of the company structure. Man was I excited to get on at Boeing. I had been trying for 2 and a half years to get on there. I finally did. Coming from a company of 4 people to a company of 15,000+ (that's just in St. Louis. Worldwide, Boeing has 150,000+ employees) took a little adjusting, but I am doing just fine. And just so you know, I won't be talking about my job much because I'm not supposed to do that, I don't want to divulge company secrets :). They have nice benefits, which brings me to my next point, my acceptance to grad school.

Boeing pays for 100% of tuition if you choose to go back to school, so I took the GMAT and applied to Washington University for the Professional MBA program. It starts in January and lasts for 3 years. I will graduate with an MBA and an MIM (Master's of Information Management, it's with the Engineering School). I am pretty excited for all of this, it's quite a change.

I think that is good for today. Speaking of today, I tried to give blood and was defered because of my hunting trip to Mexico, I guess I could be carrying Malaria. Yeesh. It's possible that I won't be able to give blood for the next year. That's a long time, thanks alot Mexico.

I will be headed out this weekend to kill me a deer. It's very Neaderthal of me, killing a deer to provide for my family. Heck, it's so easy a caveman could do it.



Hopefully I get one, because the meat lasts us for a very long time.

Ok, that is all for now. I'm going to stop posting a link at the end of every post. Instead, I'll post a picture. Enjoy.

Unfreakinbelievable

Well, I had quite a lengthy post about random crap, but the browser crashed and I lost it. I thought blogger autosaved, but I guess not. So here is my post for the day. Enjoy.

NO LINK FOR YOU!

2 for 1 Special!

Well, since I did not post yesterday, I will post today with 2 days worth of stuff!!

I hate to sound like a broken record, but Britney Spears is just plain stupid. She almost dropped her baby...again! This time it was caught on film. I can't wait to see this video. That's all I'm going to say about that.

I don't really have anything else to say, so I'll just post the workout/food stuff, followed by a video. Man, that wasn't much of a 2 for 1 special, was it?

Workout for 5/17/2006
None (should have been cardio)

Diet for 5/17/2006
2041 Calories
Protein - 27%
Carbs - 33%
Fats - 23%
Alcohol - 17%

Workout for 5/18/2006
Leg Extentions - 12x95, 10x105, 8x115, 6x125, 12x115
One legged squats - 12xBody Weight
Leg Curls - 12x45, 10x50, 8x55, 6x60, 12x50
Lunges - 12x95
One legged calf raises - 12x10, 10x10, 8x15, 6x20, 12x15 (dumbbell in one hand)
Angled calf raise - 12x95
Hip Raises (abs) - 12x0, 10x5, 8x10, 6x15, 12x10 (held a dumbbell between my feet)
Crunches - 12x0

Diet for 5/18/2006
2009 Calories
Protein - 33%
Carbs - 45%
Fats - 18%
Alcohol - 3%

What is Jack Bauer doing??

Baseball is fun

I attended the baseball game last night in which the Cards lost 8-3 to the NY Mets. Normally I wouldn't be very happy about that, but I absolutely had a blast last night. There was a 1 hour and 41 minute rain delay in which 98% of the attending crowd decided to leave. Did we leave, not a chance. In fact, after the delay, we were able to move to the first row behind the Cards dugout. Mulder threw a handful of Bazooka Joe gum on top of the dugout for the fans, and my buddy got a baseball that Jimmy Edmonds threw into the crowd. So all in all, it was a good night.

I am also going to the game tonight and I am taking a buddy of mine because it's his birthday.

Well, I'm short and to the point today, on with the regular stuff...

Workout for 5/17/2006
None (should have been cardio, damn baseball game)

Diet for 5/17/2006
1975 Calories
Protein - 15%
Carbs - 30%
Fats - 28%
Alcohol - 27% (yikes, damn baseball game)

A Comedy 3,000 Years In The Making

I'm Back In The Saddle Again

It's been a short hiatus from this here blog, but I'm back baby, I'm back!

First things first, I have some exciting news. I was offered a job at Boeing! I've been trying to get on there for about 2 1/2 years now. My persistence, patience, and dedication have paid off. I will be going in as a Level 1 Engineer/Scientist. I will be doing work that is similar to what I am doing now, just using a different technology. So I will be doing web based application programming. I am very excited. I have turned in all of the necessary paperwork to this point and I took my drug test today (keep your fingers crossed, I did stay away from the poppy seeds). My tentative start date is June 9th. I am receiving a substantial pay raise and Boeing pays for employees to go to school, so I will hopefully start school in the fall to get my Master's Degree. I'll keep everyone posted as the day's get closer.

Let's jump to entertainment. In the last week or so, I watched Mission Impossible 1, 2, and 3. I saw MI3 at the theater on Sunday. (Speaking of Sunday, Happy Mother's Day to all of the Mothers out there). I must say, I really enjoyed it. 1 and 2 were ok, but 3 was very good. I'm not a big Tom Cruise fan, but he did well in this. (I also think he did a good job in War of the Worlds). So if you're looking to see a movie, I would recommend this one.

The Soprano's has been good along with the best show on TV, 24. I will post more about those in the coming weeks, as their seasons are coming to an end soon.



My vote for Mother of the Year goes to Britney Spears. First, she drives with the child, excuse me, infant, in her lap. Then the baby "falls" out of a "broken" high chair and knocks his dome. Now, she's driving her convertible with the baby in the back seat and the car seat is facing forward. If you don't know, most states have a law that an infant must face backwards in a car seat. Not to mention, the baby's head is hunched over way too far, it doesn't look safe. Not to mention, I'm pretty sure a baby hangin' out in the California sun is not a very good idea. Between, Cletus, I mean Popo Zao, I mean K-Fed, I mean Mr. Spears, I mean Kevin Federline, and her, this child is in for a lifetime of therapy. I pray for that baby.

Now, in the wide world of sports, the Cardinals almost have the best record in baseball right now. I find that very impressive because they haven't seemed to be playing to the best of their ability. Albert Pujols is simply amazing. Barry who? Albert just set the record for most home runs in the month of April. Not to mention he has about 50 RBI's right now. It's MAY. Ridiculous.

Some of you out there might know of a man named Willie McGee. He played for the Cardinals in the 80's and is one of the most loved Cardinals of all time. There is a movement to have his number (51) retired. Click the banner below to learn more.



In my efforts not to be so soft and squishy anymore, I have been working out. I try to workout 6 days a week. 3 days of lifting weights and 3 days of cardio. In an effort to keep myself on track, I'm going to post my workout for the previous day along with my caloric intake for the previous day. The caloric intake will be broken down in to percentages of protein, carbs, and fats. My goal is to keep it at 40% protein/ 40% carbs/ and 20% fats. We shall see.

Workout for 5/15/2006
Bench Press - 12 x 105, 10 x 115, 8 x 125, 6 x 125, 12 x 105
DB Flyes - 12 x 20 lb. dumbbells
Barbell Row - 12 x 45, 10 x 55, 8 x 65, 6 x 75, 12 x 55
DB Row - 12 x 35 lb. for each hand
Front Shoulder Raises - 12 x 10, 10 x 15, 8 x 15, 6 x 20, 12 x 15
Side Shoulder Raises - 12 x 15
Standing Tricep Press - 12 x 25, 10 x 35, 8 x 45, 6 x 45, 12 x 35
Close handed push-ups - 7 x body weight
E-Z bicep curls - 12 x 25, 10 x 35, 8 x 45, 6 x 45, 12 x 35
Seated DB curls - 12 x 15 lb. dumbbells

Diet for 5/15/2006
~1599 Calories
Protein - 29%
Carbs - 44%
Fats - 27%


On a side note, our 2nd anniversary is coming up on June 5th. I'm not sure what we're going to do, but I'll post about it on the 6th.

I have not yet had a chance to watch the President's speech on illegal immigration, but here's how I think it should be handled. Send/train more border patrol agents to watch the border. Set up fences, cameras, and other security measures to stop the bleeding. As far as deporting everyone who is already here (I believe about 12 million), that would be a huge task that is just not feasible. I'm not sure what I think should be done about that. Maybe deport those who are caught by other means, but I don't think a "seek and destroy" type mission is the way to go here. I'll post more comments on this matter once I watch the speech.

So, to end this post in the normal fashion, I present to you The Evolution of Dance

Pujols for President

I had the privelage of attending yesterday's baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers. By the way, it was the home opener for the Cardinals in their brand new stadium. It was quite a day. There were probably over 100,000 people in the downtown area, with just under 42,000 in attendance at the game. Anyway, the new place in incredible, and I can't wait to go to more games. Now I will give you my case for electing Albert Pujols as President of the United States. Whenever there is a problem, Albert can mash a 450 ft. home run and when everyone says "Wow, that guy is the best player in baseball", they will realize that quarrelling over things like Social Security and health care are silly. They will come to an agreeance over all pressing issues and the country will be wonderful. The reason I say that is because in the game yesterday, Pujols blasted a home run that almost left the stadium. The only downside to the game was another disappointing game by the bullpen, especially Izzy. He gives up a meatball grand slam on Sunday giving the Cubs a win, and he almost blew the home opener. I don't know if it's in his head or what, but he better get his act together or else we should look for a new closer. The final score of the game was 6-4 Cardinals.

On a serious note, my sister-in-law's husband, who is a Marine, is currently serving in Iraq. The vehicle he was riding in was hit by 3 I.E.D.'s. For those of you who don't know what an I.E.D. is, it stands for Improvised Explosive Device. The insurgents use them to attack convoys and vehicles. Anyway, despite being hit by 3 of them, no one in the vehicle was seriously hurt. The driver hit his head, and that is the worst of it. I think the soldiers in that vehicle had some help from God on that one. So please, put him in your prayers along with all of the other soldiers serving in our Military.

That is not exactly a very good segway for this, but what can I do. I finally saw the movie "Team America - World Police". This movie was made by the creators of South Park. It done completely with puppets. Let me just say, it was an absolutely hilarious movie. I won't go into specifics, but I highly recommend this movie if you like South Park.

This whole link thing is getting difficult, but as I promised, here ya go.

A reminder from last year of the awesomeness that is Albert Pujols.

Birthdays, Baseball, and Buying Stuff

It's been a while since my last post, so let me get started...

First of all, April 5th is my wife's birthday. So happy belated birthday to you wife. The Saturday before her birthday, she threw a baby shower for her sister. Her sister came in town from California, and her mother and grandmother came in town from Memphis. I had an idea, I was going to throw her a surprise birthday party! By the way this was her 25th birthday. So I rented a few lanes at a bowling alley, got a cake, a present, and figured out what we would do after bowling. Fast forward to Saturday, the shower is over, I have a plan to trick her to the bowling alley. We decide to go to dinner, and from dinner I would get us to go to the bowling alley. Side note: my wife is difficult to surprise, she was very stubborn for some reason this day. Between that and the fact the restaurant was slow, we didn't leave until almost 9 p.m. when we should have been there by 8 p.m.. Finally we get there and I convince her that we should all go in. We walk in, she sees a couple of our friends and thinks, "cool, so-and-so is here". Then we walked down the stairs and BAM, family, friends, and bowling. Good times for all. I had planned on going to Bailey's Chocolate Bar afterwards, but it was too crowded, so some of us went to a friends house and that was that. Some other details, I got the cake from Coldstone Creamery (cookie dough delirium), I got her a personalized engraved keychain with an angel and a heart, and everyone had a good time. Man, it's a lot of work planning a surprise party, whew!

I had the opportunity to see the exhibition game between Memphis and Springfield at the new Busch Stadium. Wow, what a beautiful ball park. Opening day is Monday the 10th, and I am now more pumped than ever. Besides the long consession lines, everything was perfect. I will post pictures later.

I would like everyone to know that this is the inagural post from my brand new laptop! Woo hoo! It's an HP Pavilion zv6130us. Athlon 64 processor, 512 MB ram, 128 MB dedicated video card, it smokes. I can't tell you how excited I am to have this. I could spend all night on this thing getting it up to speed how I like it. But it's Friday, so I probably won't. (Crap, Derek Lee just hit a home run for the Cubs. NOOOOOOO!)

Well, gotta get back to work.

Daily Show goodness

Free Tony Soprano

I have a lot to talk about today, so hold on to your butts.

Let's start with the world of sports. Holy cow, the NCAA tournament is just incredible. George Mason?..in the FINAL FOUR??? Wow, that is why I love this tournament. I also would like to mention that I have a chance to win a substantial amount of cash in a bracket pool. So, root for UCLA and George Mason, with George Mason winning the national championship. By the way, I am also upset that Wichita State is out, GO SHOCKERS!!

My wife and I will be heading to the new Busch Stadium on the 4th of April for the exhibition game between the Memphis Redbirds (AAA) and the Springfield Cardinals (AA). I can't wait to see the new place. Six short days later...OPENING DAY!! I am so freakin' pumped.

Speaking of being pumped, I fell out of working out serveral weeks ago. I am back to it. I am excited, focused, and ready to stick with it. I will occasionaly post my progress on here.

On to politics. I don't want to get into a long winded rant about politics here, so I will just get to the point. Illegal aliens are just that, ILLEGAL. This crap with them protesting in the streets is ridiculous. Get some busses out there, load them up and send their asses back to Mexico. If you want to come into this country legally, I welcome you. You are coming into the greatest country on earth. But for you to come here illegally and then complain when you are called out for being illegal is absolutely ludicrous.

OK, on to TV. OK, it's time for more 24 and Sopranos talk, so SPOILER ALERT. Skip ahead if you don't want the show to be spoiled for you..

First, the Sopranos. I'm not sure what to think about the whole dreaming/dying thing with Tony. I can't figure out the significance of the name Kevin Finnerty, if there is any at all. Vito is really being a douche about Silvio being the boss while Tony recovers. If doesn't watch it, he's gonna get "Big Pussied". Paulie reminded me last week why he's my favorite. He goes in with Vito to collect some cash, and they get attacked. He gets kneed right in the nuts. It was a hilarious scene. Now for 24. Memo to everyone: Jack Bauer is a bad ass. He will choke and interrogate his own "girlfriend". Awesome. The crazy chick who came in and actually helped save the day, is crazy. She's out looking for a sexual harassment suit. Buchannan says "nice job" and pats her shoulder. She gets a crazy look in her eye and says "He shouldn't have done that". What a bitch. Buchannan is a good man, people like her should be taken out back and shot. She's looking for attention or something. I'm beginning to wonder what the big picture is here. If the nerve gas was destroyed, what else are they going to do? There is about 8 hours left. Damn I love that show.

Link time...

Remember how exciting it was to open presents at Christmas?

March Madness!!

March Madness is here (and 2 rounds through). A time of year when people who only casually watch college basketball glue themselves to the TV for several days at a time, cheering on teams which they have no idea about. Why? Bracket pools. I'm guilty, I do the exact thing I am talking about. Do I know anything about Northwestern St. or George Mason? Of course not, but they did somewhat screw up my bracket. By the way, I have correctly picked 11 of the sweet 16. So here's to another weekend of basketball.

Is it odd that on St. Patrick's Day I had sushi for lunch and Indian food for dinner?

The next commissioner of the NFL...Condoleeza Rice. I think Tagliabue did a good job. But it's Rice time.

I have a question for God...do you know that the first day of SPRING was yesterday? I only ask because it's snowing like mad all over the Midwest, not to mention the cold temperatures. Just asking.

I found a new artist that I enjoy, Coheed and Cambria. It's different from the crap that is on the radio today. Give it a try.

20 days until the Cardinals home opener!

That's all I have for now...linky time

Monkeys are always funny

Happy Hump Day!

Let me start by saying that i forgotten how great The Sopranos is because it has been so long since I had last seen it. Like I said, almost. It took me a few scenes to remember everyone's name, but about 10 minutes in, I was right back where I had left off.
WARNING, SOPRANOS AND 24 SPOILER ALERT!!

First off, having Carmine die as he's ratting out Tony is brilliant, just brilliant. I would also like to say that Meadow is looking mighty fine. (if you've seen the episode, you know what I mean). AJ is going for a rock star look with the long hair and attitude. Uncle Junior is completely losing his mind. In fact the ending of the episode, when he SHOOTS TONY, is a jaw dropper. That's right, senile old Uncle Junior yells something in what I'm assuming is Italian and shoots Tony right in the gut. Great stuff. As far as 24 goes, damn, when will they stop killing important people, this week they killed Lynn and Tony. Robocop (Henderson) fought through the interrogation process and stabbed Tony with something that just killed him, and Lynn went out a hero by saving everyone. Jack is going to lose it, everything around him is completely collapsing. Kim doesn't want anything to do with him, his best friend is dead, along with 40% of CTU, and he has no idea where the nerve gas is. Damn.

Back to the blog...

I am currently building a website for my fraternity, which will be at www.mizzousigmapi.com. (The site is not currently active). You should check there every so often to see it. Come back here and let me know how I did.

The wife and I will be heading to Memphis for the weekend, actually a three day weekend, Friday-Sunday. Hopefully I'll go out Friday and drink me some green beer and/or Guiness in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.

For those of you with MySpace, go to my page, and add me as a friend. That's all I have to say about that.

Link time...

Blooper Reel

I LOVES me some fried chicken!

Let me tell you why I LOVES me some fried chicken. We went to Hodak's last night and had the best fried chicken in St. Louis. If you have never been there and you live in St. Louis, go. Now, tonight, tomorrow, the next chance you can. If you do not live here and you visit, go there. You won't be disappointed.

So far, this blog has mainly been about me (Dave) and my opinions. In my selfishness, I neglegted to mention something that Brittany did last week with her work. As you may or may not know, she works for her Sorority's (Pi Beta Phi) headquarters. Last week, she went to the airport along with several other Pi Phis and handed out Dr. Seuss books to children who were flying on Southwest Airlines. This was part of their national philanthropy. The day they were doing this was Dr. Seuss's birthday. This took place at several major airports throughout the country. So if you know someone who got a Dr. Seuss book last week for flying Southwest, that was the doing of the Pi Phis.

Now, back to me...

I added links on the right to our MySpace pages. So any of you out there who are in MySpace land, add us as friends, otherwise, just go and check it out. FYI, Brittany's is still under construction. I put up some goofy stuff just to fill the page.

For anyone who is a reader (I am trying) librarians all over were asked what are the essential books every person should read. Here is the list (somewhat long)...

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee


• The Bible


• The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien


• 1984 by George Orwell


• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens


• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte


• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


• All Quiet on the Western Front by E M Remarque


• His Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman


• Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks


• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck


• The Lord of the Flies by William Golding


• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon


• Tess of the D'urbevilles by Thomas Hardy


• Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne


• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte


• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham


• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell


• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens


• The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger


• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold


• The Prophet by Khalil Gibran


• David Copperfield by Charles Dickens


• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho


• The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov


• Life of Pi by Yann Martel


• Middlemarch by George Eliot


• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver


• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess


• A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzenhitsyn

So far I have read a total of 0 (zero) of those books. I am currently in progress on 2 of them, Pride and Prejudice and The Bible. I read To Kill a Mockingbird in school, but I don't remember a single thing from it, so I'm not counting it. Leave a comment below of how many you have read.

And now, the link...

Boom Goes the Dynamite

I love 24

I've decided that 24 is the greatest show ever to air on television. The storyline is amazing, they do things that you would NEVER expect, and it keeps you on the edge of your seat...literally.

SPOILER ALERT!!! Do not mouse over the black box unless you want to read about this season of 24.

So far they have killed President Palmer, Michelle, most recently Edgar. They almost killed Tony, and every time they get close to finding the terrorists, the lead they have dies. It's enough to make to crazy. One thing I do find amusing is the fact that President Logan is a bumbling idiot and now that the VP has shown up, it appears as if he is the one who truly runs things. HMMM...sounds like something I've heard before. Anyway, 24 rules, and if you don't watch it, go buy (or rent) the previous seasons on DVD.

and now on to the world of music...

I heard a new song by a group called Coheed and Cambria called "Welcome Home". What a great song. It's incredible, and newer group with actual talent they doesn't have to be sampled from an 80's song. Speaking of sampling, 3-6 mafia won an Oscar!! WTF?!?! There is something seriously wrong if "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" wins an Oscar. It bears repeating, WTF?!?! I would be on the lookout for floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, locusts, and frogs. I believe this is another sign of the apocalypse.

moving along to sports...

ALERT!! ALERT!! Barry Bonds is on steriods!! OMG, I had no idea!! Captain Obvious must be out doing some sports reporting. If Barry Bonds wasn't such a jerk, I probably wouldn't really care, but he is (apparrantly), so I hope he goes down. Mark McGwire was most likely on the juice as well, but he was a decent person, so I'll let it go. I'm not advocating steriods, but MLB had NO policy in place to stop it. So shame on MLB.

and finally, the link...

I love him, but this is funny

What a weekend

This weekend, Brittany and I went to Columbia, MO for my fraternity's Founder's Day celebration. We took my brother along with us so that he could meet the guys in the house and see if he would be interested in joining since he will be there in the fall. Well, we partied, we had a great time, and my brother ended up signing the fraternity. So all in all, it was a great weekend.

Baseball season is upon us. I am so freakin' excited I can hardly hold it in. They have their first Grapefruit League game on March 2nd. Most importantly, opening day is on April 10th. I cannot wait to be there for that.

Today is Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, whatever you want to call it. I'm not sure what I'll be doing, but I'm sure it will be exciting!!!!

We had an exciting afternoon at work today. A garbage truck caught fire and part of it exploded! I was in the bathroom and I thought someone drove into the office, but it was the explosion. No one was hurt and there was no damage besides the truck. The fire department showed up to put out the fire, the street was closed off, it was quite exciting.

Well, I'm going to wrap up this incredibly boring post and give you a link...

Link Of The Day

Cheney's Got a Gun

<sarcasm> I'm not sure if anyone else saw this story earlier this week, but apparently Vice-President Dick Cheney was hunting and shot a fellow hunter right in the face! Can you believe that, what kind of idiot shoot someone in the face with a shotgun when hunting birds? Birds are in the air and humans are on the ground! </sarcasm>



I finally got my car back yesterday after having it repaired from my accident. All I can say is thank God for insurance. Final total: $1100. Sweet Jebus! There was hardly any damage. Oh well, only cost me $500.

We bought a dining room table and 6 chairs on Tuesday. Bassett Furniture had a big President's Day sale. 50% off most expensive item, and 30% off everything else. Speaking of Tuesday, I believe it was Valentine's Day. I sent Brittany flowers at her work, then we enjoyed a dinner at Maggiano's Little Italy. That place was fantastic, everything was awesome except for the house salad. If you don't like bleu cheese, I would stay away from the house salad.

Let me tell you why NBC is screwing up the Olympics. There coverage is crappy and they are showing things that are about as exciting as doing your taxes. Ski, Ski, Ski, Ski, Stop, Shoot, Ski, Ski, Ski, ZZZZZZZZZZZ. Come on, stick to snowboarding, downhill, moguls and events with excitement. Also, the cut-ins to talk about things every 5 minutes become very annoying. I also saw that good ol' Joe Micheletti will be doing some men's hockey coverage.

And now teh funnay...

Silly Reporter (Clip is safe, but the site may be NSFW)

Breaking News

Quin Snyder is out

Writer's Block Party

Well, nothing crazy going on in the news, nothing new and exciting for me or my wife to report on...what thrilling people we are.

I did become aware that I had a setting turned on that required you to have a blogger account to post comments. I turned that off so that anyone can post comments, even anonymously. I do ask that you not do that though. If you're going to post a comment, say who you are. If I don't like/agree with a comment and it is anonymous, I will remove it. If I don't like/agree with a comment and you say who you are, I will leave it.

In the news of things that matter to me, I am (again) attempting to learn how to play the guitar. I have a different approach this time. Instead of starting with the basics and numbing my head with simple chords and the such, I have picked two songs to learn, one easy and one more difficult. I have chosen Extreme's "More Than Words" and Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven". More than words seems pretty easy and repetitive, I'm pretty confident about that one, and Stairway is easy enough in parts and repetitive enough that I'm hoping I can get through the difficult parts and learn it.

I cannot come up with anything else to talk about, I'm either boring or it's writer's block. Oh wait, it's Friday and I'm ready for the weekend.

And now for the link...

Censorship

Oh yeah, it's still winter

As I speak, the snow continues to fall. Mr. Weatherman said 1/2". He was so close, I'd say it's up to about 2". I wish I could get paid to guess. (Note: I respect weathermen. It is a tough job based upon science that comes down to estimation. There's no way of knowing what God will do with the weather.) I shouldn't really complain about the weather, this is the first time this winter it's really been cold for an extended period of time.

In response to the events that took place at the Coretta Scott King funeral, shame on you Rev. Lowery and President Carter. What you did and said was a classless act at a FUNERAL. I refuse to acknowledge any more of what you did. I would then be no better a person than either of you. R.I.P. Mrs. King, enjoy eternity with your husband. I also offer my prayers and condolences to the King family.

I don't really have anything else to say today, so I will give you a link to enjoy. (By the way, this is going to be difficult to do every single time I post.)

Interesting facts about Chuck Norris

Deepest Sender Test

This is a test post from a firefox extension called "Deepest Sender". It allows me to post to the blog from inside of firefox. Well, here it goes...

Update:
It worked! I am now editing from the extension.

Now that I have this working, I'll go ahead and make this a true post.

Yesterday I stopped by Concord Auto Body on my way to work to get an estimate on my car for the repairs necessary after my little accident. Total cost...(drumroll)...$820 (most of which is labor). Dayum, good thing for insurance. It's amazing how a little damage really adds up. So on Monday of next week, I'll drop my car off for a few days so they can fix it.

I'm going to step up onto my political soapbox for a moment here. I find it sad how the so called "religion of peace" is rioting out of control over cartoons of Muhammed. Now, I do understand that creating images of him is forbidden in the Koran, violent riots is no way to handle the situation. The truly unfortunate part of this is that it is the radical Islamists doing the rioting, which is the minority of Islamists. The minority is ruling the majority, making headlines and giving them a bad name (hmm...sounds familiar [cough] Ted Kennedy [cough] John Kerry [cough]). I believe that Islam is truly a "religion of peace", but the radicals are out of control. I hope this opens peoples eyes to the fact that we need to change the hearts and minds of the radical types, or this will never end. If we can't change their hearts and minds, well, war will result because that is the only language they understand. If that's what it takes to make the world a safer place, then so be it. To those of you who serve in the military and protect this country and world, thank you. I could not do what you are doing, and I am grateful for your service.

Another thing that bothers me about all of this is the fact that if Jesus or God are made fun of in some way, it's not a problem, heck it's just accepted, yet when all of this happened, CNN wouldn't show the cartoons that were causing the problem because they are sensitive to their religion. Here's another article to enjoy. Ughhh...my head asplode.

I'm going to step off of my soapbox now, and get back to work.

And as I promised, a link to enjoy...

The always classy Kevin Federline

Why I love Conan

Neo then 

Trinity then 

Our cats now

Par for the course

Judging by the way the last couple of weeks has gone, not posting for a couple of weeks is simply par for the course. Where to begin...

First off, my accident. That's right, I was involved in a little "fender bender". No one was hurt, and the damage was minimal. It happened merging northbound onto highway 141 from I-44. Since not everything is done with the accident (estimates, repair, etc.) I will not divulge any more information than I already have.

The 60 hour work weeks are over, YEAH!! Back to a normal schedule where I don't feel completely wiped out all the time. Unfortunately, due to the increased work load, I got off of my workout schedule, and I haven't been eating very healthy either. I haven't been living off of fast food or anything, but I could definitely do better.

The most exciting development is the last couple of weeks has to be our trip to Australia and New Zealand. We sat down with my parents and brother and worked out a possible itinerary for the trip. Holy crap. It is going to be a non-stop, action packed vacation with everything from white water rafting and jet boating to climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge and taking a hot-air balloon ride. We are so excited.

I am currently contemplating returning to school. And not for anything computer related. I am considering getting a degree in Psychology. I am incredibly interested in it, and I think I would really enjoy it. I have a lot more research to do before I make that decision though. Amongst other things, there is a possible job opportunity that might sway things. Details about that will come at another time.

Well, lunch time is over. Back to work.

I think whenever I finish a post, I'm going to link to something I found to be funny, interesting, and/or entertaining. So, to start things off...

"Lazy Sunday"

First Post

Well, the first post. I'm not sure how long this will last, how often I will update it, or if people will even read this, but what the heck, I'll give it a shot.

Where to begin...things have been crazy lately. I'm working 10 hour days during the week, and I'm working on Saturday. I've been averaging between 55-60 hours of work per week. The reason for this is we wanted to start the year off with a big push to get the finances in the black at work. So far, it is working. Another reason is to finish the Virtual Health Coach. I will go into details about that some other time. Anyway, we are really getting close to finishing it and getting ahead, so the satisfaction is nice. Unfortunately, due to spending so much time at work, I have not had time to tend to my house. I have a stack of papers on my desk to sort through, I need to do my taxes, and I need to create a brochure for a friend of mine who owns a car detailing business (Shameless plug for him: His company is 'The Detail Shop'. He is located on Gravois road. If you are interested, leave a comment and I will send you information.).

Now besides all of that going on, this week has been absolutely insane. Let's see...Brittany's car has a flat tire in our driveway, I spent several hours last night attempting to fix a computer/iPod issue (to no avail), I gave blood on Monday, and tonight we are going to a wake for a friend's grandmother (Our condolences to him and his family). Also, this weekend, I'm going to help my father hang drywall. Yeah for non-stop insanity!!

In the midst of all of this, we are also trying to work out six nights a week. The last few days we haven't done it, but hopefully things will settle down and we can get back into a routine.

I could probably go on for a very long time, but I'm writing this during my lunch break and I need to get back to work.

So long for now,

Dave