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Please watch this video and share it!

This is a video that I did with my wife (sorry, not that kind of video) for a contest. Please share it with all of your friends so she will have a better chance of winning.

Embedded YouTube Video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sn2aNyGIBw

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GraphJam - pt 2

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GraphJam - pt 1

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Star Wars Tribute

Embedded YouTube Video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk5_OSsawz4

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Life Happens!

So, last night we noticed it was getting a little cool in the house so we checked the thermostat. The temp was pretty low and our heat was running so we felt one of the vents and it was blowing out cold air. I reset the unit, nothing. I then went outside and noticed a flashing light. I matched up the blinking code to the reference guide and basically the diagnostic was "you are screwed once again". We put the girls in our room, cranked up the space heater and went to bed. The service guy came out and ended up having to replace a motor.

So, I didn't sleep much last night. I am now out $475 and work is pretty dang slow coming in.

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Simple Math

I can do this math. Thanks to my 2 year old, I found out last week that when you have water spilt into a surge protector, you get sparks, fire and all kind of cool noises. The good news, all my equipment is fine, the surge protector did what it was supposed to, shut off.

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Words mean nothing!

Ok, I have a little rant so hang with me.

I have learned throughout my life that words really don't mean anything. Just yesterday I decided to order some business cards from Staples so I can pass them out to potential clients or friends to give to people. I got online and created my card, ordered them and went about my day. Staples states that the order will be ready within 4 hours for pickup. I ordered the cards around 1pm and was going to pick them up that night or today. After dinner, we got the hankering for some ice cream so I thought I would call Staples to make sure the cards are done and then pick them up while we were out. It's 7pm, 6 hours after my order which was supposed to be done in 4 hours(5 pm). I called them and not only was the order not done, they couldn't even find the order. It took about 10 minutes for them to find it and after finding it the guy told me they would be ready tomorrow afternoon (which is this afternoon). Even though I didn't need them yesterday or even today for that matter I just got pissed. I asked the guy about the policy and he said they were too busy and couldn't get them done. I then replied, "so, your 4 hour policy doesn't mean anything then?" and he said, "No, it doesn't" I was so pissed I wanted to cancel my order but they have no cancellation policy because as stated in their FAQs "Due to the speed of processing your order, we are unable to cancel it." It's really the pricipal of it all that pisses me off.

This is just one example of many where words don't mean shit. Maybe that is why I can't even brind myself to watch the political debates or read a politcal blog or even a news story for that matter. People are all the time saying crap that they really don't mean. Actions my friend are what matter, words don't mean shit.

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Glass half empty or half full?

Ok, yeah I am still pumped about my wife winning the contest but as they say, "easy come, easy go".

First: The night we found out she won, we ran the dishwasher (because it needed to be run) and went to bed. We got up to a huge wet puddle in our Kitchen. Upon further investigation, I found out that the door seal was worn out. I did some research and our dishwasher was so old I couldn't even buy a replacement part. So my butt went out to Lowes and had to drop like $400 for a new one and spent a couple hours installing it, not to mention I shocked the crap out of myself in the process.

Second: My car has been leaking anti-freeze slowly so I have been refilling it about ever couple of weeks. Over the weekend, my wife took the car out to a birthday party and when she came back she told me there was a huge green puddle under the car. I took it in today and it needs a new radiator. $500.

So, I can choose to look at this situation as negative or positive. I am going to choose to see the positive side of this. Had my wife not won, these things still would have happened and my stress level would be out the roof. Because she did win, we have a little extra cash to cover these unfortunate events. So my friends, in this case, the glass is half full.

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Way to go Wife!

So, as many of you know, my wife loves to cook and experiment in the kitchen. She also loves to enter recipe contest. Well, she has gone and won another one. This time is was the Kraft Eat Happy contest. The prize was $5000 in cash and $5200 (52 x $100) in Publix gift cards! Yeah wife. This is really a blessing because I am now self employeed and it is taking a while to get business built up. We shop at Publix all the time and its about 2 blocks from our house so this is a perfect prize not to mention cash is always nice. I guess I will keep her!

Here is a local article: Link

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Oops, did I say that?

Well, to set this up you first need to know something about my parrents. They are very conservative and have rarely uttered a bad word in their life. So, the other night, my 4 year old daughter went to spend the night with my parents. They had a splended time, Katie needed a nap because she stayed up late but overall it seemed to be fine. A few nights later we are at my parents house for my now 2 year old's Birthday party and towards the end of the party, my mom pulled me into a side room because she had something she wanted to "talk" to me about. Now, I am just imagining in my head what she wants to tell me. I am ready for the lecture about me drinking ("give me a break" I was thinking, "I am 37") or about me not going to Church enough (we typically make it 2 or 3 times a month, sorry if I am not there everytime the doors open) or could it be something else? Well it was something else.

Here it is. She went on to tell me that the night that Katie spent the night with them, Katie went to the bathroom. My mom asked " Katie, do you need any help?" and Katie replied, "Nope, I am a big girl now and my daddy says and I am old enough to wipe my own fucking butt." My mom was flabbergasted and asked her to repeat it in which she happily did. Yep, she said it alright and my mom was not happy about me using language like that around my kids. As she was telling me this I was trying to hold in the laughter because it was funny as hell. Later when I told my wife, I could barely get it out I was laughing so hard.

Of course, I don't want my kids using bad language and of course I don't need to be using language like that around my kids but I am a grown man and don't reallly need my mommy telling me how to act.

I am pretty sure I didn't say that to Katie directly but I do think I said it to my wife and Katie most likely overheard it. On the positive side, ever since then, Katie has been wiping her own "fucking" butt.

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Watch my wife on TV

Sorry for the late notice but my wife will be on TV tonight at 7pm CST on the Food Network. Its the Food Network Challange: Pillsbury Bake Off. Her name is Sarah and she cooked the Tai Style Mexican Chicken Wraps.

All show times:

Sun, Jul 13 7:00 PM CST
Mon, Jul 14 2 :00 AM CST
Wed Jul 15 8:00 PM CST
Wed Jul 16 11:00 PM CST

More times also so check your local listing for time and channel.
http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/food-network-challenge/tv-listings/284623

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World of World of Warcraft - Check it out

'Warcraft' Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing 'Warcraft'

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Everyone's a winner, or at least that is what they say.

How many times do you hear that at a contest or competition? Well, if you haven't already figured out, my wife didn't win the million. Of course we were a little bummed but there truly were so many great recipes there that it was a long shot anyway. The only sucky/ironic thing was the one that I specifically said couldn't win, won! It was just a peanut butter cookie, little extra peanut butter and some cinnamon added to a premixed peanut butter cookie dough. WFT? Its not the lady's fault she won with such a simple recipe but that was pretty frustrating to everyone. The lady who won was in total shock.

If you want to read about the whole thing, my wife has blogged about it HERE. Warning, there is a lot of text so I hope you like to read.

We did have a great time and we really want to go back. Sarah had a blast being filmed so I will let everyone know when that will air. They said it would b e 3 to 6 months. She had a camera crew glued to here the whole time and was mic'ed up as well. After they announced the winner and the awards ceremony was over, I went up to her and said, "wow, that was ironic" and she mediated whispered, "shh, I am mic'ed." Oops!

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Going to the big D and I do mean Dallas

Well, tomorrow we fly out to Dallas for the Pillsbury Bake Off contest on Monday! We were a little nervous because of all the cancelled American Airlines flights but it looks like all but 3 planes have been ok'd and we are good to go. Hopefully on Tuesday, I will be able to blog about my wife winning a 1 Million dollars (in a Dr. Evil voice). If she doesn't win, it has still been great fun for her. She found out about a week ago that the Food Network is covering the competition. They are going to spotlight 5 people and she was chosen as one of them. The will follow her around and interview her and possible come to the house after its over. Hopefully they won't get my mug in any of the shots. She has also been on 3 TV appearances locally and a bunch of news articles. Who knows what will come out of it for her but I am so glad she is getting this opportunity.

Oh, and Yeah for me, I get to be off work for two days! My new job has been crazy busy. Its ok but unless things change, I will be blogging yet one more time about making a career move. There are some opportunities I am looking at now but I won't make any big move until the project I am working on is complete. I want to finish it for both personal and professional reasons.

Can't wait until Tuesday. We will be home mid afternoon from Dallas so I will immediately download the new Halo 3 maps and start trying them out. I am excited about "Blackout". It looks cool as do the other maps. We might even have to bring back Wrath Hog on Sidewinder, oops I mean Avalanche!

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Vote for my Wife and you could WIN $1 MILLION

My wife is a finalist in this years Pillsbury bake-off where she will compete against 99 others for $1 Million dollars. We go out to Dallas next month for the competition and like any sane person, I am really hoping she wins. Vote for my Wife's recipe because she is going to win and you could win $1 million dollars. Seriously, we really could use your votes because if my wife at least gets the most online votes, we will win America's favorite and $5,000. CLICK HERE to see the recipe and to vote.

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