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Month: August 2008

Is it just me…or the weather?

Is it just me…or the weather?

Let’s see…I go to Green Bay, Wisconin in February…they got an ice storm and a foot of snow on top of it.

I went to New Hampshire a few weeks ago….a tornado hits the area where I’m staying about an hour before we get there.

Now I’m in Orlando, Florida…and we’re gonna get a frickin’ hurricane before I leave.  What gives?

Duckies

Duckies

On the road again for the next 6 days.  Hangin’ with wonderful VFW folk from all over the country and the world at the National VFW Convention in Orlando, Florida.  Will be spending some time at the Peabody Hotel. Of course, one of the draws of the Peabody chain is their trained ducks.  They got the right idea.  It’s hot and humid here so hanging out by the pool is the plan.  In their case, the “pool” is the water fountain in the middle of the hotel lobby area.

Man shot in my parking lot

Man shot in my parking lot

Holy Crap!!!

Just found out about this from a neighbor tonight.

That’s kind of freeky considering that I’m up at around 5 AM a lot of the time…just not that particular morning.  And I know the white SUV they’re talking about…it’s usually parked literally only a few dozen feet from my bedroom window.

Neighbor says they also got away with a few vehicles from a nearby complex as well.

This sucks.

Health Update

Health Update

Went to the docs for lab tests yesterday.  INR (blood thinner) level was 2.2 which is in range.  Blood pressure was 110/84.  Looks like I’m gonna live. 🙂

My New Toy

My New Toy

Motorola Moto Q9c

I got a new toy last month.  The two years on my cell phone contract had long since passed and with Verizon’s “New every two” deal, I had been watching to see what I could get for free.

So when this baby came up for free.  I jumped at it.  It’s a Motorola Moto Q9c.  Basically, it’s Motorola’s version of the Blackberry.  It plays games, gets my email, surfs the net, does text and instant messaging, plays games, does music and videos, takes pictures and videos and basically a lot of other crap I haven’t even discovered yet. It’s not a perfect phone as I’ve already come to find out, but so far I’ve been mostly happy with it.

I coupled it with unlimited voice and yesterday upgraded to unlimited data, so basically I can get connected to the net from pretty much anywhere.  As evidenced by an earlier post, I can even blog from the road.

Yes, I did get a Bluetooth for it.  But I’m trying not to become one of “those people” who has the damn thing stuck on their ear all day.

Sorry ladies, you can’t have my digits though.  🙂