The McGuffin is Online
Well best in show from my pics that I took. I have broken it up into 6 categories. First being the Booth Babe category, then hottest chick, followed by the ever popular Really you dressed like that?, followed by the WTF?!?! category, the final two categories being most creative and then overall Best. I chose a number of pics but boiled them down tot he top three in each category. So lets get on with it!
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Tue, July 27 2010 » Internet » No Comments
I must say that Preview night was nice, but I think the organizers could have handled it better. Three years ago when i went to preview night, I got my registration and walked into the convention hall and was able to do what I needed. This year after getting my pass, along with my daughter, I got corralled into this massive line that literally encompassed the entire outer rim of the upper level. I had to go down this huge hall and sit and wait for twenty minutes, move 6 feet then wait another 15, then slowly but surely we followed a path all the way back to where the registration area was before we were ushered towards the escalators to the main convention floor. Why this was needed was beyond me. It cut into our time at the preview night tremendously and did nothing but irritate the fuck out of me.
Once on the floor we searched out the TokiDoki booth and bought some stuff for Molly and also for Jocelyn. I headed over to the COH booth and got my Ghoul card and then wandered around the rest of the convention floor as time was passing by too quickly. Molly and I left shortly after that.
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Wed, July 21 2010 » Family » No Comments
Ok, I will preface this by saying that I work for One Reverse Mortgage, a Quicken Loans Company. Yes, the same Quicken Loans that is owned by Dan Gilbert, who also owns the Cleveland Cavaliers.
I do not know Dan Gilbert personally, I have met him a grand total of one time while he was out here in San Diego a year or so ago. He talked to me directly, seemed like a really nice guy. He had a charisma about him that I would assume billionaires would have. After his “letter” yesterday after Lebron decided to trash the city of Cleveland in a prime time hour long train wreck. I have gained much more respect for the man. I am proud to work for someone that has the fire and the passion that he exhibited in the “letter.” I am use to the comic sans emails that he sends out every now and then to the family of companies, he is a solid motivational writer and I must admit, I have drank the Kool Aid. I am fired up by it. It almost makes me want to shed the Clipper fan moniker and jump over to be a Cavs fan.
What was Lebron thinking? Actually, what was anyone thinking in regards to this live one hour special? ESPN loved it, they were not going to get much bad press (even though they basically mortgaged their credibility) over it. This was all going to be on Lebron and his marketing group. How can one of the most likable guys in the NBA fall so flat on his face. He fell so hard that his face went through the ground and he buried himself. This had nothing but bad written all over it.
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Fri, July 9 2010 » Sports » No Comments
2.9 miles
550 calories
334 lbs
Mon, June 28 2010 » workout » No Comments
740 cal
3.4 miles
238 lbs
Sun, June 27 2010 » workout » No Comments
It is no secret that I love South Korea. There is no secret that I follow South Korean sports internationally. But I am an American through and through. After watching the Landon Donovan reaction video below, it just shows you that no matter where you are, no matter what your background is, Americans stand by one another, when it comes to the red, white and blue, national pride is probably why the rest of the world hates us. Sometimes we can be arrogant, I can attest to that, but sometimes like in the video above, it just shows you that we care about the stars and stripes and this great country.
As I write this, Ghana is up 1:0, but I know, we’ll be back. USA, USA, USA, USA!
Enjoy the video
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Sat, June 26 2010 » Sports » No Comments
Over the last 6-8 weeks I have wrestled with whom I would vote for today. It really came down to Steve Poizner and Meg Whitman on the Republican side of things. These were the two most viable candidates being forced down our throats on the Republican ticket.
On one side, you have the former eBay CEO and the other side is another multi millionaire. Both are using a huge amount of their own money to campaign, and I mean an obscene amount of money to possibly become the Golden States next Governor. I am not even joking in regards to how much of their own money we are talking about. I think Whitman spent like 70+ million of her own money and Poizner something a little less than that. That is obscene and almost makes me want to vomit right there. I mean really, who would spend that amount of money to take a public service job, unless they know for a fact that they will recoup that amount of money and even more in the long run. That right there makes me highly suspicious.
These two have been going at each other almost non stop, trying basically to out Conservative each other, when in fact they are both fairly moderate. This turns me off as well. Why not just go out and say, hey, I am a moderate, I am not some right wing lunatic? No, both of them are grabbing on to the reigns of being a “conservative” and that makes me sick as well. We do not need conservatives, me need moderates, we need people that will reach across the aisle and make compromises. Conservatives will not do it, nor will Liberals. We do not NEED more gridlock, the California government is almost as bad as the 405 freeway at the peak of rush hour right now. By filling our government with more people on the opposite ends of the spectrum, the less and less will get done. So already, there are two strikes against both of the candidates.
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Tue, June 8 2010 » Politics » No Comments
233.5lbs
20 minutes
200 calories
last three days been eating cottage cheese, honey and fruit salad pretty much, though had some chicken wings today… like 5.. but still.. been keep the calories off… hopefully if I can get down to 220 my blood pressure may fall back into check and I may not feel short of breath all the freaking time.
Thu, June 3 2010 » workout » No Comments
239lbs
30 minutes
3 mph
255 calories
Mon, May 31 2010 » workout » No Comments
How is it that my hearing goes kaput when I am taking an American Sign Language class?
Granted, I can still hear, but it is probably at about 75% of what I normally could hear at. It is annoying listening to people on the phone and it is like they are talking through a wet towel. It became highly apparent today during my one on one with my team lead and I honestly had issues. I could hear what she was saying, but it was very muffled to say the least.
Over the last two weeks I have had to listen very closely to what people have said, when they talk really low it is a crap shoot as to what they have said. I smile and giggle a little bit, or I move closer towards them to listen. It has been interesting to say the least. Jocelyn is annoyed beyond belief.
The doctor said that it has to do with some tubes behind my nostrils that are not working properly, they are letting things in, but they are not letting them out, basically clogging my ear canals. The suggestion is to get permanent ear tubes placed into my ears. This would eliminate me from being able to swim pretty much unless I used those heavy duty ear plugs which would in affect render me almost completely deaf while in the water.
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Mon, May 17 2010 » Family » No Comments
