{"id":1444,"date":"2009-05-25T20:14:19","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T00:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/05\/25\/closing-out-the-holiday-weekend\/"},"modified":"2010-12-29T21:35:04","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T02:35:04","slug":"closing-out-the-holiday-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/05\/25\/closing-out-the-holiday-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing out the holiday weekend."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few completely random posts for your reading pleasure.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>When game reviews mattered<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nTalking about a blast from the past.  I do not remember exactly how I came across this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/game-talk\/archive\/index.php\/t-275.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/game-talk\/archive\/index.php\/t-275.html', 'site\/post');\" target=\"new\">site\/post<\/a>, but those were the days.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Wine of the month<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPoured a bottle of Juan Gil 2005 (Spanish Jumilla red wine) last night with some delicious ribeye steaks that I had to cook on the Jenn-Air (thanks to the rainy weather).  Steaks were delicious, and the Juan Gil was to die for.  Is there a better bottle of moderately price wine under $15?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Georgia GMT info \u2026<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nOn a website I frequently visit, I noticed the time was an hour off, so I went to set my profile and noticed it was GMT-5.  A lot of sites have profiles that account for Daylight Savings and Standard Time, but not this one.  I did a quick google search to make sure my profile should be at GMT-4; it was obvious that it should be GMT-4, but call me Thomas.  At any rate, I came across this <a href=\" http:\/\/wwp.greenwichmeantime.com\/time-zone\/usa\/georgia\/\" target=\"new\">site<\/a>.  Not sure why it amused me so much.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cGeorgia was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution.  Georgia was the last of the thirteen colonies to be established as a colony. It became the fourth state after ratifying the United States Constitution on January 2, 1788.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Sexting 101<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nNot sure if this should be amusing, educational, or something else, but Fox 5 TV in ATL posted an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxatlanta.com\/dpp\/news\/fox_5_links\/Top_50_Text_Acronyms_Parents_Should_Know_052009\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.myfoxatlanta.com\/dpp\/news\/fox_5_links\/Top_50_Text_Acronyms_Parents_Should_Know_052009', 'article');\" target=\"new\">article<\/a> titled \u201cTop 50 Text Acronyms Parents Should Know\u201d \u2013 things go downhill from there.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Good NFL read<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nI came across this <a href=\"http:\/\/adamjt13.blogspot.com\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/adamjt13.blogspot.com\/', 'site');\" target=\"new\">site<\/a> a while back when I was researching the NFL Compensatory Pick process, and how picks were awarded.  Specifically, if Atlanta was going to get a hill of beans for any of their departed free agents.<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, when the site is updated, it is worth a read.<\/p>\n<p>Be brave.  Only four working days until the weekend!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few completely random posts for your reading pleasure. When game reviews mattered Talking about a blast from the past. I do not remember exactly how I came across this site\/post, but those were the days. Wine of the month Poured a bottle of Juan Gil 2005 (Spanish Jumilla red wine) last night with some &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/05\/25\/closing-out-the-holiday-weekend\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Closing out the holiday weekend.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-1444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3333,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions\/3333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}