Month: January 2007

Gonna Miss Ya, BP!

Definitely sad news last week when it was announced that ol’ “BP”, Benny Parsons, passed away. It has been a sad month in the NASCAR world. BP was a one of a kind stock car driver as well as a broadcast personality. He made the races more enjoyable and was very personable – someone you would like to invite into your home. I always looked forward to when NBC/TNT did the NASCAR races so that I could hear BP give his vast knowledge and insight to NASCAR. No one can ever top BP when it comes to announcing a NASCAR race.

Benny Parsons

MacWorld San Francisco 2007

After a 2 year absence I attended MacWorld SF this year.  It was amazing how many different vendors peddled anything under the sun for the iPod.  The Apple iPhone (or whatever it will be called after the Cisco lawsuit) was absolutely incredible.  If this widescreen design makes it onto the iPod video I will be sold!  This year I went with my boss and a colleague and we had a blast.  We also had a lot of good food while we were down there.  There’s just something about the city that I love, yet at the same time I am always glad to be back to Humboldt County.

1/8/06 – One Year Later

It’s been exactly one year since I was giving my “relationship” walking papers. I don’t miss the drama and the constant ups and downs that the relationship had. However, I do wish her the best and happiness with her life.

As for me, I’m continuing to work on improving myself. This exercise thing has been working out well so far and I feel pretty good after the workouts. I feel less winded when walking on campus and doing normal chores. Can’t beat that! :) Now if only work wasn’t so insane day in and out.

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Gotta love Scrubs! :)

It’s paying off so far!

Working out seems to be paying off so far.  I haven’t really lost any weight yet (a few lbs. here or there), but I definitely have more energy.  The only problem I’m having right now is that I am becoming lightheaded due to my blood pressure medication.  The good news is I took my blood pressure today and it was 106/76.  Wow – this is a big improvement over my highest BP of 160/110.  I am very happy.

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO KEEP IF YOU’RE A NERD

16. I resolve… I resolve to… I resolve to, uh… I resolve to, uh, get my,
er… I resolve to, uh, get my, er, off-line work done, too!

15. I will stop checking my e-mail at 3:00 in the morning… 4:30 is much more practical.

14. When I hear a funny joke I will not reply, “LOL… LOL!”

13. I will stop sending e-mail, ICQ, Instant Messages and be on the phone at the same time with the same person.

12. I will try to figure out why I *really* need 9 e-mail addresses.

11. I will stop sending e-mail to my roommate.

10. I will not buy magazines with AOL disks bound in just to get another 1.44MB disk.

9. I resolve to work with neglected children… my own.

8. I will answer my snail mail with the same enthusiasm I answer e-mail

7. When I subscribe to a newsgroup or mailing list, I will read all the mail I get from it.

6. I will stop using, “So, what’s your URL?” as a pickup line.

5. No more downloads from alt.binaries.*

4. I resolve to back up my new 400 GB hard drive daily… well, once a week… monthly, perhaps…

3. I will spend less than five hour a day on the Internet.

2. I will limit my top ten lists to ten items.

1. I will read the manual… just as soon as I can find it.