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Well I just wanted to wish all my friends and family and unknown internet readers a very Merry Christmas. I know that this year has been tough for many so if you stop and think about it, chances are that the simple things you have in life put you well above the millions in poverty, homeless or with broken families today. And even though this day isn't different from others, it's a good day for reflection, whether religious or not. Well I'm terribly sick [...]

So we had our first real snow fall the day before and lasting through Thanksgiving. Luckily I did most of the outside work the week prior. Even then, it stayed really cold (sub 20 F) for a few days enough to really ice up the pavement. Anyways, this was probably the most crowded jumpy hectic Thanksgiving on file. Big dinner wednesday. Bigger dinner Thursday (the food literally evaporated). And a relative hosted friday. By that saturday I was totally spent. But to make matters [...]

I don't think anyone cares but I thought I'd list my personal account of which vehicles tend to be speed demons over the past year or so. Ford Focus - the smaller hatchback is probably the most common speeding vehicle I've ever seen. Chrysler Jeep Liberty - That 4.3L packs quite a punch, and this automobile has only recently been added to my list. Chevrolet Silverado Truck - This one's iffy. It comes close to the Dodge Durango or Dodge Ram. Honda Civic and [...]

It's quite disturbing how lately many people put up decorations for Halloween. The event is not a holiday and it is only a 2-3 hour event on one day! There's no season involved. In reality people are pretty foolish to fall victim to the massive commercialization of things like Halloween. So one day after yesterday, I'm coming home and flip the radio stations to listen for the traffic report on the highway. What greeted me? Some Christmas music! And it's not even near Thanksgiving [...]

We chose not to give out candy this year. I wish people understood the rules that no lights means no candy. Which means, don't keep knocking on the frickin door! Anyways, I didn't feel particularily festive this year and I wasn't in the mood to hop back and forth between the door and some cheap candy that I wouldn't enjoy eating myself. Oh well. For the most part my views from last year still hold. To parents: Don't force your 3 year old to [...]

I had a blast at the U2 concert. Granted I was totally exhausted, but in retrospect I really don't regret much. Back in January I was a little disappointed they picked a monday, but I decided that I would make accommodations regardless of work or other committments. So I took some time off, went home, got ready and left for the Palace with my brother, by about 4. Sadly most of southeastern Michigan is under assault by construction and we arrived there by about [...]

Feeling good about tomorrow. Need I say [...]

I've been doing some research about switching my wireless provider so when it comes to the end of my current contract I can seemlessly carry over to my new provider. So in preparation I called and verified what the process is. For any cellular/wireless provider "porting" is the term for switching your number from one provider to the next. In the technical section, I read that porting wireless-to-wireless should technically only take 2-3 hours. However it is fairly typical for it to take 1 [...]