Legends who have passed so far

Legends who have passed so far
Originally uploaded by blgbadvv0lf.

Chuck did a good thing - He composed a Flickr photo showing all the legends that have passed...

The Mole is back, but I hate Adobe and ABC...

Ahh.... The Mole.

My favorite show is back - and the deception is on.

BUT (and this is a HUGE BUT), for some insane reason, ABC choose Flash 9 and an in-house (I'm assuming) codec in order to play full episodes on the ABC website.

But why make it so damn difficult to get the video up and running?

It took me an hour and a half to get the thing up and running so I could catch last night episode of The Mole. It was such a Pain in the Ass. Now that I got it running, I'm happy.. but because ABC is so paranoid that honest people are going to steal the shows, the make it way more difficult to actually view the video...

Stupid ABC....

I'm impressed

Uncle Sam actually gave me $600!

The last "Economic Stimulus Package" the government put out, I got about $200 bucks - the norm was about $500. So I was not expecting any more than $300 to show up in my account.

But on Monday I was pleasantly surprised when $600 was present in my checking account.

So I did what Uncle Sam wanted me to do - spend it.

I bought 12 new work shirts ($140), 3 new pairs of pants ($60), A Bluetooth iPod Transmitter ($80), Bluetooth Headphones ($50), an iPod Charger ($25), 3 movies a couple comic books and a nice dinner for my co-workers. And I still have money left over, which is good, because I'm going to see Narnia this weekend and Indy 4 next weekend.

And Speed Racer was great - incredible special effects, and a decent story. Acting was kind of wooden (but then again so was the anime it was based on), but John Goodman made up for it. 8.5/10 from me.

Tony Stark FTW...

Iron Man rocked!

It's probably one of the top 5 action movies I've seen in years, and an awesome comic-book adaptation to boot.

SFX were... unbelievable. Incredible CGI, believable physics (not comic-book cartoony physics), and really funny.

I went into the movie with absolutely NO background info on Iron Man, Tony Stark, or the origin story (with the exception of the fact that the Iron Man suit was really really cool). And I absolutely enjoyed every minute of it.

Worth the $8 I paid for the tix, and I'm DEFINITELY picking the DVD up when it comes out.

Buzzed!

Well, it's done.

After letting my hair for at least 18 months (as far as I can tell I haven't had it cut since at least September of 2006), I finally had Heather do the honors of cutting it for donation to Locks of Love.

So now I hope to grow it out again - so I'll be posting photos of the growth this time. I'll use my webcam so it'll be easier to get the shots to look the same.

Trip Post-Mortem...

Well.

I took a 2 week vacation to Florida earlier this month, and I had an absolute blast. It only rained 2 days out of 14, and was at least 75 degrees every day. Ahh, warmth....

I FINALLY after 3 visits made it to....

And what a day that was - finally rode some decent rollercoasters (the Hulk coaster was worth the wait). And just had a fantastic time.

Also I went to a concert - which I wasn't planning at all - and had a blast. Get Back is a Beatles tribute band, and they sounded great.. HUGE thanks to Shane and Amanda for getting the tickets for us.

And just hanging around Daytona was pleasant and relaxing. Got some great photos of the beach and an INCREDIBLE orange sunset.

Bought a bunch of books and comics, and a fun card game called Fluxx.

But for the most part, I relaxed, listened to books, played videogames, and watched movies.

And I ate. A lot. Great food in Daytona - they have a huge variety of restaurants that we just don't have up here in Maine. Tijuana Flats (awesome chimichangas), Deck Down Under (awesome seafood), Checkers (best fast food burgers on the planet), Ruby Tuesday, Cici's Pizza, and Sonic. All great places to eat in Daytona.

All in all - a great trip!

80gb of iPod goodness, Florida bound, and a battery backup...

Well my old Zen MP3 player broke a few weeks back. So I took some of my income tax refund, and purchased a 80gb iPod. I was hesitant at first (I didn't want to get locked into iTunes). but after downloading iTunes and organizing my ENTIRE library - I decided to go ahead and buy an iPod.

I can honestly say I love it. And I wish I had bought one a year ago. Sadly, a year ago, the 80gb iPod was much more expensive.

I'm Florida bound in March. I can't wait.

And my battery backup actually works. The weather here has been absolutely atrocious lately. And my UPS has pulled it's wait. My power fluctuated a few times and my back up either shut down my computer or gave me a chance to see what happened.

Awesome...