Here Comes the Big 3-0

I'll be turning 30 in about a week. To celebrate the occasion, I'm having a party at my house with friends and family. I've been trying to call and email everyone, but if I've forgotten anyone, feel free to drop me a line here and get all the details. It'l be a fun time, hope to see everyone there!

Congratulations To Me

I passed my final APICS test this Saturday. I passed the "Strategic Management of Resources" exam with an impressive 311. This makes me fully APICS certified, which is a badge of honor in the supply chain industry. After 6 months of classes and 5 of these 3 hour tests, I can finally relax a bit. And for those interested, my average score for all 5 tests is 309.2, respect. For those interested in what the hell APICS is, check out the official webpage at www.apics.org

Picasa 2.0 Out Now

The new version of the worlds most intuitive digital photo management tool was released this last week. Picasa is now up to version 2.0 and they have some new features that help out most everyone. The software organizes all your photos into albums sorted by date and displays them all for an easy management. It also has some simple tools for removing red eye, cropping, resizing, and blog posting. Picasa was bought out by Google and the new version makes it easier to tie into other Google tools like Hello photo sharing and Blogger personal online journal applications. Go an and check it out. All the cool kids are doing it.

I'm a Lumberjack, and That's OK...

Here in Kansas, we just got hit by one of the worst ice storms we have had in a while. All the trees have been breaking and tearing down power lines. I think about 80,000 customers were out of power at the worst of it. The storm started Tuesday and the news says that it might be a week until they get all the power restored. Take a look at the pic to see what we are dealing with. Funny thing is that it's supposed to be 60 degrees this weekend. Typical Kansas weather...

Stink Stank Stunk

Lucas' dank has the junk in the trunk that goes da-dunka-dunk-dunk

Eric Just Taint Right

Taint gonna get away from this one E :p

Happy Holidays

Another Christmas has come and gone. All in all, this has been a peaceful holidays which is always a nice change. I spent Christmas Eve at my parents for the 29th year, which isn't too bad of a tradition. I also spent Christmas night at the bar with friends, which is getting to be an even better tradition.
I am now in the middle of my week off work for the holidays, and I am trying to see how much sleep I can actually get in a day. Maybe it will be able to break this insomnia. If nothing else, it is a truly relaxing pastime :)
The new year is fast approaching and I am looking forward to spending it with friends. A whole clan of us are converging on KC for an evening of debauchery and drinks. It will be fun to meet up with friends that I haven't seen in years.
Well, I'm out for now. I have some video games that are in dire need of attention, and a pic for Eric that needs to get shared :)

Catchin' Up

Damn! It has been hectic as hell around here, so let's see if we can get everything back up to speed.

• It's almost Christmas and I only have to get 1 more present. I don't want to hear it, there's still 4 days left for me to be pissed at stupid people with credit cards. Now if someone would just come wrap them for me.
• Work is a bitch. For some reason, airplane consumers only like to buy airplanes at the end of the year. Both my bosses are taking vacation this last week and leaving me there so I guess that says something good.
• The divorce is now final. It's a tad bittersweet, but for what it's worth, I'm good with it. All I need is a bit of paperwork from her and everything is mine. For some reason, I don't think she realizes that all she got was her freedom and whatever she took with her when she left. Maybe that will teach her to take a trip to Cali when the divorce is defaulting to a final decree. Anyways, it's over, and I can now move on to better and nicer women I mean things... yeah, things.

Well, that's the high points for now. Things should be getting close to normal again so it should be interesting around here for a change. The poetry is starting to flow again now that there is a lot less pressure in my life (Imagine that! Guess who's going to be missing out on that?) and I'll have that up here for all to enjoy. So happy holidays to everyone, and talk to you soon.

Oh yeah... I got a surprise for you E. And it's gonna be all over >:-)

Just In Time For Christmas... Vampie Slaying

This one caught me from out of the blue. It seems the third movie in the Blade series is about to open. The first time I saw the trailer was on Thanksgiving day, and my cousin hadn't heard anything about it either. Blade has always had a good story, and the movies have conveyed that pretty well. If you really want to enjoy it, I'd suggest you read the comic.

Sorry about the lack of updates... real life kinda sucks right now.

Target is Dealing Now

Damn, you know our economy is in bad shape when retailers are stooping to this... At least it's free shipping if you add a lighter and papers. Hell, since they won't show a picture, it's probably not worth it anyway :)