Archive for December, 2005
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Friday, December 30th, 2005 at 9:24 pmOur annual holiday stay in Washington state at my Brother-in-law’s was a bit shorter then usual due to a few less available vacation days. For that reason we didnt set up the 4-PC LAN and blast away at one another in Ghost Recon as we’ve done in years past. My nephews have a […]
Deep Thoughts
Thursday, December 29th, 2005 at 6:23 amToday is moving day, so a little levity is in order to keep me sane. Tonya gave me “Deep Thoughts” (as seen on Saturday Night Live) by Jack Handey, when I graduated from college. The book is subtitled, “Inspiration for the Uninspired.” I came across it early this morning as part of […]
Still Seeking Bowl Perfection
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005 at 8:30 amFor the last several years I have attempted to see some of every college bowl game played, but each year I come up short. I profess to be a huge college football fan, so what gives?
We could start with the fact that there are just too damn many bowl games. This year there […]
Heading Home
Tuesday, December 27th, 2005 at 8:28 amThe Florida portion of our vacation ends tomorrow when we start driving back to Texas. WIll be fun to get home. I love my family, but I can only stand them in small doses at a time. So every year we head off into the chaos that is Christmas and hope to […]
Damn Falcons
Sunday, December 25th, 2005 at 10:25 pmI was going to write about the Falcons yesterday (or earlier this morning), but being in the Christmas spirit I decided to give it a rest. I am not really in the mood to do this now, but it has to be said - the Falcons are a bitter disappointment this year.
It seems like […]
Merry Christmas!
Sunday, December 25th, 2005 at 6:11 amI wanted to take a couple of minutes to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. Once upon a time, we were allowed to say “Merry Christmas” without having to worry about offending (or excluding) anyone, but now days we also have to say Happy Holidays, or have a great Hanukkah (is that even the […]
Happy Holidays!
Saturday, December 24th, 2005 at 8:37 amI hope everyone is getting into the holiday spirit, whatever your holiday of choice may be. I’ve shifted my base camp from the Tampa, Florida area to Tallahassee, Florida. My parents have a fancy wireless network setup. The problem is that (1) they haven’t updated the firmware for their router in two […]
There And Back Again …
Friday, December 23rd, 2005 at 10:41 pmIt seemed appropriate to announce my return from Disney. I will have to write more later, but for now …
Why does beer cost $7.50 a pint at Epcot? Thunder Mountain Railroad and Splash Mountain made Nathan, my three-year old son “Want to go home.” - but he was a real trooper, got […]
Road Warrior
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005 at 11:47 amBeing a road warrior has been interesting this past week. I’ve been playing World of Warcraft and running my Out of the Park Baseball leagues courtesy of my Dell Latitude D810. I’m actually quite surprised that this is so easy to accomplish. I use a Logitech trackball mouse with my laptop. […]
Linksys
Monday, December 19th, 2005 at 12:03 pmI have to give Linksys kudos for their customer service. I arrived at my mother-in-law’s house to find that while she had a wireless router, she wanted me to set up the network. I followed the instructions, the internet connection kept failing through the router, so I called Linksys for help. Five […]
Disney
Friday, December 16th, 2005 at 9:43 pmI am going to be doing the Disney thing for the next few days. Hopefully when I get back we will be ready to move into my new house. Merry Christmas to all, and very safe travels (for those of you traveling).
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News & Notes
Friday, December 16th, 2005 at 5:31 pmI’ll be on vacation for two weeks, so my entries may be spotty. My oldest daughter is choosing a college over our break and we’ll be visiting every major university in Florida. We’re also going to Athens to visit the University of Georgia. As a former University of Florida employee, something about […]
Atlanta’s New Winning Tradition?
Wednesday, December 14th, 2005 at 1:13 pmIt may be hard to believe - actually it is rather shocking - but the Atlanta Falcons have never had back-to-back winning seasons. Rather sad and pathetic, but hopefully those days are coming to a close. Please God (I will not pray for my team if you do not pray for the Bears, […]
Free OOTP!
Wednesday, December 14th, 2005 at 9:49 amSports Interactive and Markus Heinsohn are giving away Out of the Park Baseball 5 as a free download. The ratings system is different than OOTP 6.5, but it does give you a good idea about the OOTP world. If you haven’t checked out this game before, there’s no excuse not to download it […]
Oil and Water; Japan and Xbox
Tuesday, December 13th, 2005 at 12:20 pmIt looks like the 360 is off to a slow start. I wonder if this is due to Japanese gamers being completely entrenched with Sony (and Nintendo), or if Japanese gamers really just do not like the games that are available for the 360. Or maybe they really do want to wait for […]
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