Rubik's Cube

Wow - I'd like to try this some time...

http://www.chessandpoker.com/rubiks-cube-solution.html

Wii ownership justification for adults...

http://jims-empire.com/main/?p=255

Yes - that must be the reason I want one - exercise!

It's sort of like that old shredded wheat commercial where the adult wants it for the health benefits, but the "kid within" wants it for the sugar coated side...

Hey, Wii-der! Strike up the band!

Wii would love to play... However, Wii cannot obtain a Wii because Wii don't think that it's becoming of a 28 year old with no children to line up in front of a Circuit City before it opens to snatch one up. Wii also are quite annoyed at all the folks who buy up all the Wii's for the sole purpose of selling them at a bloated amount on Ebay + exhorbitant shipping costs.

I'm really not quite sure why I want one of these so badly besides a bizarre desire to relive my childhood on an adult income level... I guess maybe because I didn't catch the iPod bug...

I also enjoy....

The sweet sound of everything falling properly into place on a Friday evening...

Or maybe that doesn't have a sound...

Dammit - I want a Wii...

Can a person fall in love with a single note?

There's something I've been wondering ever since the first the I've heard the song "Drinking Me Lonely" by Chris Young. It's a good song, but my absolute favorite thing about it is whatever note he's singing on the "lone" part of the word "lonely."

I'm trying to figure out why it is that I like this note so much? I mean, I could be driving along, not really paying attention to what's playing on my XM Radio, and then all of a sudden, there's the note, and it's like the greatest thing in the world... (And why should a sad country song make me happy? I think I'm a strange, strange person sometimes...)

Is it the the jump in range between the word "me" and the word "lonely?" Is it the voice of the singer? Is it the key the song is being sung in? For someone who has played music for so long, I really don't know much theory... (haha - the one time I tried to take a theory class, it was unfortunately being taught by a teacher who had previously had a stroke... Took the whole semester for him to figure out why if he wrote on the marker board with a hi-lighter, it would disappear...)

Maybe some mysteries will never be solved...

Inherit the Wind

I added the proverb that provided the title for the play "Inherit the Wind" to my blog description not because I have any sort of close affinity for the Bible. I added it because I have noticed that it is very often applicable in situations where people I feel close to do things that I do not think are right. Not that I necessarily should judge them, but I feel that as my mom always says, "What goes around, comes around."

Ever wish you could just do this all day?

Was going to try to write something meaningful, but meh.

Bed came in!

The bed's in and I like it. Got over my cold (finally!)

Bowling's tonight. It's time for us to start picking up. Hopefully Dad's new ball will help.

I bought a new bed!

Or as Ron likes to remind me, we spent $2,000. But I have 13 months to pay it off before the interest payments start, so we should be able to do that. It's a sleep number 5000 queen size. We needed it because I had a cheap mattress that started to feel like I was sleeping in a giant bowl. I am hoping that the investment is worth it and that I will not have to worry about anything mattress-related for about 20 years.

Other than that, I am recovering from being sick on Christmas. I am looking forward to the start of a great new year.

Christmas Time is Here!

Got my tree and decorations up over the weekend. For the first time in a long time, it wasn't rushed or cheap. I have a nice real tree, and my house smells like a pine forest. And my pets haven't tried to knock it down, yet either. Life is good.

Congratulations Billy and Erica!

Congratulations to my brother and his new wife! Their wedding ceremony was beautiful and the reception was tons of fun! I was very honored to have been one of Erica's bridesmaids, and I hope that Billy and Erica will have a long and happy life together.

Cool thought for a blog feature...

I think it would be cool if I could edit new blog posts on the same page as my blog... As in, you click an add button, a new box opens up, I type my text, hit the publish button, and the page gets magically updated and refreshed. Probably if I cared to figure it all out, I could probably make it happen... We'll see...

Back to the Treadmill!!

I have once again started another trek to lose weight. This time it's going to be at the gym at Vonage. We shall see what comes of it.

This time, I have decided I will work out in the morning, which I have never done before. So far so good. (It's been 2 days...)

I'm just tired of being lazy.

Gmail on my Blackberry!

I am in heaven! Gmail has an application that works great on my Blackberry!

CD's for Sale from the Brooklyn United Show

If you love alumni drum corps, this would be a good buy for the holiday season.

B.U. Fundraiser

Brooklyn United Presents
Music Under The Bridge

A 2CD Audio
Offered @ $25 including shipping.
Paypal @ www.BrooklynUnited.org
or
check payable Brooklyn United D&B Corps Inc.
Thomas Breen 7401 4th ave apt#3C
Brooklyn,N.Y. 11209-2542

CD#1
Bon Bons chorus
Quest Jr. Corps
Emerald Grenadears
Melrose Blackhawks
Selden Cadets Alumni
Blessed Sac Golden Knights
CD#2
Romeo Cadets
Brooklyn United Alumni
Wynn Center Toppers
The Brassmen Alumni Corps
Lambertville Volunteers
Skyliners Alumni

Both CD's for $25 including shipping.
Thanks for your support. Tom Breen Brooklyn United Alumni Director

Success!

Sale at Best Buy... I bought a 1GB USB flash drive for $20. On the second attempt, I got Puppy onto it and viola! I booted puppy from a flash drive!! BUT, I had no access to my ntfs formatted hard drive. No problem - I just had to put a file called pup001 onto the root of my C drive. So, looks like I am now able to play with Linux whenever I want, access my files without having to do anything to screw up my Windows installation. Life is looking good. :-)

Settling in

I really feel like I'm starting to understand a lot more things and am becoming less of a burden to my team. After my fleeting experience with a start up company, I am really glad to see that I am lovable and capable.

Except that I never got Puppy to work on my jump drive.. I think it's because it's a USB HDD as opposed to a USB Flash. Oh, well... It's still cool running from CD.

Oh, and my bowling team is tied for 5th place!

Feeling geeky!

Just loaded Puppy Linux onto a CD-ROM and started it on my PC. Next I'm going to put it on a pen drive. This is really cool stuff!

Personal Complaint Center

My dad's observation is that most folks use blogs as a place where they can complain about stuff and hope that other people agree with it... I guess that's true sometimes... I'm hoping not to do that too much here...

Played in the Brooklyn United stage show last night - it was a lot of fun. I hope that they make it an annual event. Even if our bus almost didn't go to the after party.. But if I told that story, it might sound like a complaint! ;-)

Happy Friday!

I will have to work late tonight, but at least I'll be able to do it from home... I think one of the most refreshing things about this place is that when people work crazy hours (which is a requirement of any IT shop) they are actually appreciated and rewarded for it... A certain other company I worked for that never stopped working for you just expected that you would do it out of appreciation for all the free stuff that you could have gotten anyway by doing your 9 to 5 and getting the hell out.

Not much going on - mostly just trying to get financially re-organized and getting used to my new job. I am doing a lot of documentation, which is really cool because it helps me learn what it is I'm supposed to be doing by letting others know what they're supposed to be doing. I'm also giving some presentations, which is pretty fun. It may just be time for me to try to work on a Linux system at home again so that I can learn things I wouldn't have access to touch at work...

My work comes in spurts, which gives me some time to keep up with things I wouldn't normally like Slashdot and update my blog. Neat-o.