Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Tired of Cake

Wow. Unemployment benefits are the enemy? Not the offshore tax havens? Not insider trading? Not no-bid contracts? Not war profiteering? Not the Wall Street upheavel that paid billions to the culprits, then got bailed out, then got re-bonused? You're killing me. You want to blame the poor? Unemployment? Wake up elite. We're sick and we're tired. Sell some homes, or follow Mr Buffets gesture and donate your wealth. After all, 5% of Americans own 95% of the countries wealth. And this is not by hard work alone. Not that you're all guilty, but the system is twisted and for whatever reason you have all done well. Your billions can't be spent when the people are tired of cake.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

New iPhone

Look, it's hard not to get excited about the iPad or iPhone. It's fricking Christmas and new stuff is getting opened afterall.

So I'm excited for you folks getting an iPhone. Without doubt. Hooray and can I see it?

That said. It is all the things I dislike about Apple.

SO, For you folks who are Scrooges, I agree: Bah Humbug.

You can easily enough Google why to like, hate, or sit on the fence about the iPhone. (I might add links to easily Googled sites, but should I have to?)...

But bottom line, unless you're the guy who went from Android back to Blackberry, (why man why?) - what do you care? You're either on a phone phone (phone-phone is now licensed by casio) or a smart phone running Android. Or a couple other things that are just wondering how they missed this boat.

So I think and could be wrong pending litigation.

Anyway, I've said nothing and will continue to say nothing other than "You should get an Android device."

If you can.

If not: At least set your search engine to something other than bing. Otherwise, you'll just eventually go back to blackberry.

bing*

Monday, May 3, 2010

MAWA Weekend




My nephew wrestled this weekend at the MAWA Nationals and he rocked the mat to a 2nd place finish. I'm pretty sure he has many first place finishes ahead of him, but as for this weekend I was amazed by his grit. He never gave up and bridged out of some sure pins. Despite being down points and likely exhausted, he never gave in to what would have been less painful, a pin.... For me,  it was better than a win, it showed real guts and perseverance even in the face of defeat. I'd take having his moxy over 1st place anyday.


Tuesday, April 6, 2010

BWI - Hey, That's My Luggage!

Loading and unloading luggage has got to be tiring after a few flights. Plus, if you get a little break between, I would tighten up and it would hurt every time, lol!

Getting Ready to Leave Chicago.



Fun watching them load luggage, lol. Had a Sam Adams in Chicago... apparently the airport bar didn't have the items to make Barack's version of the Americano... said I could get it at the coffee bar, but we were short time and I don't really know what's in his version or if answers.com had it right... So I beered it. :)

DIA



About to get some coffee, about 45 minutess til our flight.

Flying Home in 3, 2, 1



A few clouds and some wind showed up at the airport to see us off... expecting snow/freezing rain this afternoon so we'll be getting out just in time, I suppose. They put the chain law into effect in the mountains so we just got out of there in time too ;)

Monday, April 5, 2010

Impressive!



iPad... big screen, easy on the eyes, some really neat tailored apps like NPR/Pandora make this really desireable!

Cyanogen 5.0.5.7



Smoke-esqued...

Every Android phone should have the freedom for the owner to run with it...  Motorola and Verizon started out on the right foot, but have apparently lost track of the consumer with 2.1. I don't know officially... perhaps Verizon really is courting Apple, because if you're going to use a locked down big brother device, you might as well go with the iPhone... it's kinda pretty, at least.

My Droid DOES. (1 of many: Wireless tether for my iPod Touch)

Colorado: The Spice of Life



I forget what I was going to say here.

Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery




Beer Heaven, CO

 Website 

Shopping on Pearl Street



Boulder, CO

Last Full Day in Colorado



Heading into Boulder. Love these views. Gonna try to find the Cellar! Couple on map, will hit 'em both, I guess...

Sunday, April 4, 2010

This is how The Birds Started, Right?

Craft Center Project



So we spent one morning at the YMCA Craft Center. It was great for the kids and I had a good time painting this teapot.

Wooooooohoo. Back in Erie.




Central City, CO  ... Dying gold town revived via casinos.

Some more pics of drive, Blackhawk and Central City.

 http://picasaweb.google.com/m/viewer?fgl=true&pli=1&gsessionid=03LseGPxgnRp7gJvaDAvQg#album/ricinoc/5456425368340854273 

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Test Image Upload: Blogaway for Android



Just testing, not even sure what image I'm going to use...

Heading into Town for Some Grub



So anyway, we snagged some pizza and sandwices then went sledding again. The weather got too snowy to snap pics today though, so maybe some tomorrow on our way back to Erie. We're stopping by a really tall hill that has a moving sidewalk type lift... Oh, that's after we pick up our ceramic crafts we left for the kiln... lol, I painted a teapot for Jenny, it was fun! The kids painted and made wooden ships. Anyway, will take a pic of that too, tomorrow...

Friday, April 2, 2010

9 Mile Trail

Snow Mountain Park, YMCA of the Rockies



9,612 feet... about a 600 foot climb. Gonna sleep well tonight! Going sledding now :)

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Variety, the Spice of Colorado

Sunny and warm an hour ago, scaling a mountain 15 minutes ago, and now passing high plains with horses with limited visibility.