Happy holidays, everyone! I hope that everyone is enjoying this time of year.
Stacey and I had a great Christmas with our almost-human cat, Tasha. We even had a bit of snow in Raleigh on December 26!
What's next? Well, it looks like it is going to be 70 degrees on New Year's Day. What a great way to start 2005! Hopefully I will be back running by then!
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Thursday, December 23, 2004
My First Half Marathon!
I successfully ran my first half marathon (13.1 miles) on Saturday, December 11 at Kiawah Island, SC! The temperature was in the 50's during the run, about 25 miles southeast of Charleston (just north of the Georgia border).
My official time was 2:02:30, which put my rank at 859/1931. I had hoped to come in under 2 hours, but I had a really bad leg cramp around mile 10. I didn't know if I would be able to keep running, but I pushed my way through it. Despite ending up with a sprained hamstring, I am glad that I completed the run and see it as a significant milestone for me personally.
Here is my "official" photo crossing the finish line!
My official time was 2:02:30, which put my rank at 859/1931. I had hoped to come in under 2 hours, but I had a really bad leg cramp around mile 10. I didn't know if I would be able to keep running, but I pushed my way through it. Despite ending up with a sprained hamstring, I am glad that I completed the run and see it as a significant milestone for me personally.
Here is my "official" photo crossing the finish line!
Kiawah Island
Our trip to Kiawah Island, SC was to run my first half marathon.
Stacey and I drove down on a Friday afternoon to our villa at the private golf resort. The drive there was very quick and non-eventful, as we have made the journey down I-95 several times in the past. Without holiday traffic it's easy to go 85-90 mph the whole way and make great time. We made the 320 mile trip in a little over 4 hours, including two short stops.
Upon arriving at the villa, we ate dinner and just relaxed with Matt and Shannon, and Jingles (the Chihuahua) who we split the two bedroom condo with.
The next morning, I ran the half marathon (in a little over two hours). I had a bad leg cramp ant around mile 10, and consequently sprained my hamstring, but all in all I was happy with my performance. The island was beautiful to run on, and I think I'm going to start looking for our second home (condos there are $650K and homes are only $1M-2.5M+)!
After cleaning up from the run at the villa, we decided to head into Charleston for the rest of the day for dinner and some much needed walking. We ate dinner at T-Bonz on the Market and walked the streets and market of the historic district. After grabbing a much needed Peppermint Mocha from Starbucks for dessert, we headed back (me in pain) to Kiawah for a good night's sleep before our drive back to Raleigh the next morning.
Stacey and I drove down on a Friday afternoon to our villa at the private golf resort. The drive there was very quick and non-eventful, as we have made the journey down I-95 several times in the past. Without holiday traffic it's easy to go 85-90 mph the whole way and make great time. We made the 320 mile trip in a little over 4 hours, including two short stops.
Upon arriving at the villa, we ate dinner and just relaxed with Matt and Shannon, and Jingles (the Chihuahua) who we split the two bedroom condo with.
The next morning, I ran the half marathon (in a little over two hours). I had a bad leg cramp ant around mile 10, and consequently sprained my hamstring, but all in all I was happy with my performance. The island was beautiful to run on, and I think I'm going to start looking for our second home (condos there are $650K and homes are only $1M-2.5M+)!
After cleaning up from the run at the villa, we decided to head into Charleston for the rest of the day for dinner and some much needed walking. We ate dinner at T-Bonz on the Market and walked the streets and market of the historic district. After grabbing a much needed Peppermint Mocha from Starbucks for dessert, we headed back (me in pain) to Kiawah for a good night's sleep before our drive back to Raleigh the next morning.
New Orleans
Stacey and I spent Halloween weekend and the first week of November in New Orleans. It was out first trip to the Big Easy and we had a great time!
We traveled to New Orleans for the Macromedia MAX 2004 conference (an IT conference relating to Macromedia products). For more on the conference, check out my MAX 2004 blog posts.
We flew from Raleigh late Saturday morning and arrived in New Orleans early that afternoon. We went to the French Quarter that night after exploring River Walk, an indoor mall with a boardwalk on the Mississippi. Yes, all my elementary education has paid off - I spelled that right! We went to Preservation Hall for some live jazz that evening and it was truly amazing. I would highly recommend that place to anyone (if you can get in). It is so tiny that they only allow a few people in at a time. Bourbon Street was wild that night (as expected) but was especially insane because it was Halloween eve! There were people wasted out of their minds, along with people in outrageous costumes and in drag. Early the next morning, we headed back to our room for what we thought would be a good night's sleep. Little did we know that this drunk b***h on her cell phone would keep us up the entire night with her multiple loud conversations in the hallway. Despite several people telling her to shut her trap and threatening her with bodily harm, including hotel security, she would not shut her trap. Though the hotel wouldn't do anything for the inconvenience we experienced, Amex ultimately came through (as always) and credited us for the room. Thanks Amex!
The next day we checked into our hotel for the remainder of the conference, the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. We ate lunch at Riverwalk (Cajun Crawfish Po'Boys...yum!), went back to Bourbon Street after trying to check out St. Louis Cemetery (closed) and capped off the day with an evening dinner jazz cruise on the Mississippi. That was a great experience and we pretty much had the boat to ourselves.
The next morning the conference started, so our days were spent inside the enormous convention center. Highlights of our weeknight adventures include dinner at the Bourbon House, Gordon Biersch, Mardis Gras World, Mother's, and the Hard Rock Cafe. Cafe Du Monde was awesome for breakfast - their beignets were to die for.
Before returning to the Tar Heel State on Friday night, we spent our last day in New Orleans checking out the Garden District and Lafayette Cemetery No. 1. We took the walking tour that was recommended as the best by Fodor's and our guide did not disappoint. My only annoyance is that they only took cash (no credit card awards!) but the tour itself was great.
We traveled to New Orleans for the Macromedia MAX 2004 conference (an IT conference relating to Macromedia products). For more on the conference, check out my MAX 2004 blog posts.
We flew from Raleigh late Saturday morning and arrived in New Orleans early that afternoon. We went to the French Quarter that night after exploring River Walk, an indoor mall with a boardwalk on the Mississippi. Yes, all my elementary education has paid off - I spelled that right! We went to Preservation Hall for some live jazz that evening and it was truly amazing. I would highly recommend that place to anyone (if you can get in). It is so tiny that they only allow a few people in at a time. Bourbon Street was wild that night (as expected) but was especially insane because it was Halloween eve! There were people wasted out of their minds, along with people in outrageous costumes and in drag. Early the next morning, we headed back to our room for what we thought would be a good night's sleep. Little did we know that this drunk b***h on her cell phone would keep us up the entire night with her multiple loud conversations in the hallway. Despite several people telling her to shut her trap and threatening her with bodily harm, including hotel security, she would not shut her trap. Though the hotel wouldn't do anything for the inconvenience we experienced, Amex ultimately came through (as always) and credited us for the room. Thanks Amex!
The next day we checked into our hotel for the remainder of the conference, the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. We ate lunch at Riverwalk (Cajun Crawfish Po'Boys...yum!), went back to Bourbon Street after trying to check out St. Louis Cemetery (closed) and capped off the day with an evening dinner jazz cruise on the Mississippi. That was a great experience and we pretty much had the boat to ourselves.
The next morning the conference started, so our days were spent inside the enormous convention center. Highlights of our weeknight adventures include dinner at the Bourbon House, Gordon Biersch, Mardis Gras World, Mother's, and the Hard Rock Cafe. Cafe Du Monde was awesome for breakfast - their beignets were to die for.
Before returning to the Tar Heel State on Friday night, we spent our last day in New Orleans checking out the Garden District and Lafayette Cemetery No. 1. We took the walking tour that was recommended as the best by Fodor's and our guide did not disappoint. My only annoyance is that they only took cash (no credit card awards!) but the tour itself was great.
Monday, November 29, 2004
Foo?
For all those that have wanted an in-depth background on foo, here is all you need to know...
foo
/foo/ 1. interj. Term of disgust. 2. [very common] Used very generally as a sample name for absolutely anything, esp. programs and files (esp. scratch files). 3. First on the standard list of metasyntactic variables used in syntax examples. See also
bar, baz, qux, quux, corge, grault, garply, waldo, fred, plugh, xyzzy, thud.
When `foo' is used in connection with `bar' it has generally traced to the WWII-era Army slang acronym FUBAR (`Fucked Up Beyond All Repair'), later modified to foobar. Early versions of the Jargon File interpreted this change as a post-war bowdlerization, but it it now seems more likely that FUBAR was itself a derivative of `foo' perhaps influenced by German `furchtbar' (terrible) - `foobar' may actually have been the _original_ form.
For, it seems, the word `foo' itself had an immediate prewar history in comic strips and cartoons. The earliest documented uses were in the "Smokey Stover" comic strip popular in the 1930s, which frequently included the word "foo". Bill Holman, the author of the strip, filled it with odd jokes and personal contrivances, including other nonsense phrases such as "Notary Sojac" abd "1506 nix nix".
According to the Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion Holman claimed to have found the word "foo" on the bottom of a Chinese figurine. This is plausible; Chinese statuettes often have apotropaic inscriptions, and this may have been the Chinese word `fu' (sometimes transliterated `foo'), which can mean "happiness" when spoken with the proper tone (the lion-dog guardians flanking the steps of many Chinese restaurants are properly called "fu dogs"). English speakers' reception of Holman's `foo' nonsense word was undoubtedly influenced by Yiddish `feh' and English `fooey' and `fool'.
Holman's strip featured a firetruck called the Foomobile that rode on two wheels. The comic strip was tremendously popular in the late 1930s, and legend has it that a manufacturer in Indiana even produced an operable version of Holman's Foomobile. According to the Encyclopedia of American Comics, `Foo' fever swept the U.S., finding its way into popular songs and generating over 500 `Foo Clubs.' The fad left `foo' references embedded in popular culture (including a couple of appearances in Warner Brothers cartoons of 1938-39) but with their origins rapidly forgotten.
One place they are known to have remained live is in the U.S. military during the WWII years. In 1944-45, the term `foo fighters' was in use by radar operators for the kind of mysterious or spurious trace that would later be called a UFO (the older term resurfaced in popular American usage in 1995 via the name of one of the better grunge-rock bands). Informants connected the term to the Smokey Stover strip.
The U.S. and British militaries frequently swapped slang terms during the war (see kluge and kludge for another important example) Period sources reported that `FOO' became a semi-legendary subject of WWII British-army graffiti more or less equivalent to the American Kilroy. Where British troops went, the graffito "FOO was here" or something similar showed up. Several slang dictionaries aver that FOO probably came from Forward Observation Officer, but this (like the contemporaneous "FUBAR") was probably a backronym.
Forty years later, Paul Dickson's excellent book "Words" (Dell, 1982, ISBN 0-440-52260-7) traced "Foo" to an unspecified British naval magazine in 1946, quoting as follows: "Mr. Foo is a mysterious Second World War product, gifted with bitter omniscience and sarcasm."
Earlier versions of this entry suggested the possibility that hacker usage actually sprang from "FOO, Lampoons and Parody", the title of a comic book first issued in September 1958, a joint project of Charles and Robert Crumb. Though Robert Crumb (then in his mid-teens) later became one of the most important and influential artists in underground comics, this venture was hardly a success; indeed, the brothers later burned most of the existing copies in disgust. The title FOO was featured in large letters on the front cover. However, very few copies of this comic actually circulated, and students of Crumb's `oeuvre' have established that this title was a reference to the earlier Smokey Stover comics. The Crumbs may also have been influenced by a short-lived Canadian parody magazine named `Foo' published in 1951-52.
An old-time member reports that in the 1959 "Dictionary of the TMRC Language", compiled at TMRC, there was an entry that went something like this:
FOO: The first syllable of the sacred chant phrase "FOO MANE PADME HUM." Our first obligation is to keep the foo counters turning.
For more about the legendary foo counters, see TMRC.) This definition used Bill Holman's nonsense word, only then two decades old and demonstrably still live in popular culture and slang, to a ha ha only serious analogy with esoteric Tibetan Buddhism. Today's hackers would find it difficulty to resist elaborating a joke
like that, and it would be hard to believe 1959's were any less susceptible. Almost the entire staff of what later became the MIT AI Lab was involved with TMRC, and the word spread from there.
Source: Jargon File 4.2.0
foo
/foo/ 1. interj. Term of disgust. 2. [very common] Used very generally as a sample name for absolutely anything, esp. programs and files (esp. scratch files). 3. First on the standard list of metasyntactic variables used in syntax examples. See also
bar, baz, qux, quux, corge, grault, garply, waldo, fred, plugh, xyzzy, thud.
When `foo' is used in connection with `bar' it has generally traced to the WWII-era Army slang acronym FUBAR (`Fucked Up Beyond All Repair'), later modified to foobar. Early versions of the Jargon File interpreted this change as a post-war bowdlerization, but it it now seems more likely that FUBAR was itself a derivative of `foo' perhaps influenced by German `furchtbar' (terrible) - `foobar' may actually have been the _original_ form.
For, it seems, the word `foo' itself had an immediate prewar history in comic strips and cartoons. The earliest documented uses were in the "Smokey Stover" comic strip popular in the 1930s, which frequently included the word "foo". Bill Holman, the author of the strip, filled it with odd jokes and personal contrivances, including other nonsense phrases such as "Notary Sojac" abd "1506 nix nix".
According to the Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion Holman claimed to have found the word "foo" on the bottom of a Chinese figurine. This is plausible; Chinese statuettes often have apotropaic inscriptions, and this may have been the Chinese word `fu' (sometimes transliterated `foo'), which can mean "happiness" when spoken with the proper tone (the lion-dog guardians flanking the steps of many Chinese restaurants are properly called "fu dogs"). English speakers' reception of Holman's `foo' nonsense word was undoubtedly influenced by Yiddish `feh' and English `fooey' and `fool'.
Holman's strip featured a firetruck called the Foomobile that rode on two wheels. The comic strip was tremendously popular in the late 1930s, and legend has it that a manufacturer in Indiana even produced an operable version of Holman's Foomobile. According to the Encyclopedia of American Comics, `Foo' fever swept the U.S., finding its way into popular songs and generating over 500 `Foo Clubs.' The fad left `foo' references embedded in popular culture (including a couple of appearances in Warner Brothers cartoons of 1938-39) but with their origins rapidly forgotten.
One place they are known to have remained live is in the U.S. military during the WWII years. In 1944-45, the term `foo fighters' was in use by radar operators for the kind of mysterious or spurious trace that would later be called a UFO (the older term resurfaced in popular American usage in 1995 via the name of one of the better grunge-rock bands). Informants connected the term to the Smokey Stover strip.
The U.S. and British militaries frequently swapped slang terms during the war (see kluge and kludge for another important example) Period sources reported that `FOO' became a semi-legendary subject of WWII British-army graffiti more or less equivalent to the American Kilroy. Where British troops went, the graffito "FOO was here" or something similar showed up. Several slang dictionaries aver that FOO probably came from Forward Observation Officer, but this (like the contemporaneous "FUBAR") was probably a backronym.
Forty years later, Paul Dickson's excellent book "Words" (Dell, 1982, ISBN 0-440-52260-7) traced "Foo" to an unspecified British naval magazine in 1946, quoting as follows: "Mr. Foo is a mysterious Second World War product, gifted with bitter omniscience and sarcasm."
Earlier versions of this entry suggested the possibility that hacker usage actually sprang from "FOO, Lampoons and Parody", the title of a comic book first issued in September 1958, a joint project of Charles and Robert Crumb. Though Robert Crumb (then in his mid-teens) later became one of the most important and influential artists in underground comics, this venture was hardly a success; indeed, the brothers later burned most of the existing copies in disgust. The title FOO was featured in large letters on the front cover. However, very few copies of this comic actually circulated, and students of Crumb's `oeuvre' have established that this title was a reference to the earlier Smokey Stover comics. The Crumbs may also have been influenced by a short-lived Canadian parody magazine named `Foo' published in 1951-52.
An old-time member reports that in the 1959 "Dictionary of the TMRC Language", compiled at TMRC, there was an entry that went something like this:
FOO: The first syllable of the sacred chant phrase "FOO MANE PADME HUM." Our first obligation is to keep the foo counters turning.
For more about the legendary foo counters, see TMRC.) This definition used Bill Holman's nonsense word, only then two decades old and demonstrably still live in popular culture and slang, to a ha ha only serious analogy with esoteric Tibetan Buddhism. Today's hackers would find it difficulty to resist elaborating a joke
like that, and it would be hard to believe 1959's were any less susceptible. Almost the entire staff of what later became the MIT AI Lab was involved with TMRC, and the word spread from there.
Source: Jargon File 4.2.0
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Amex Promotion
I am trying hard to get my BMW via the www.mylifemycard.com American Express promotion. Sure, there are only 3 available, but that won't stop me from trying.
Shelling out a mere $5K for a $42,500 car doesn't sound like a bad idea to me.
Go ahead, try your luck, too:
My Life My Card
Shelling out a mere $5K for a $42,500 car doesn't sound like a bad idea to me.
Go ahead, try your luck, too:
My Life My Card
Saturday, November 13, 2004
One Month Til Kiawah
It is less than one month until the big half marathon at Kiawah Island (SC). I really need to get back to training. While I was in New Orleans last week, I managed to work out 4 out of 5 days during the week at the Hilton Riverside Fitness Club (awesome facility).
This week, however, I only ran once at the Duke Cross Country Trail, since I have been fighting a cold all week. It is still not gone, but I really need to hit the trails and get back in my routine.
I blame the 3 hours of leaf raking last Sunday for making me sick....yeah, that's it! This weekend, the lawn will need to be mowed I think.
This week, however, I only ran once at the Duke Cross Country Trail, since I have been fighting a cold all week. It is still not gone, but I really need to hit the trails and get back in my routine.
I blame the 3 hours of leaf raking last Sunday for making me sick....yeah, that's it! This weekend, the lawn will need to be mowed I think.
Friday, November 5, 2004
Final Day
Today was the final day of MAX. It was a long day but the sessions today were very good.
We started off the day with breakfast on the Mississippi at Cafe Du Monde, and had coffee and beignets...yumm!
I was able to get into the Flex application building hands-on session first thing and that was awesome.
With the survey all filled out, and MAX 2004 drawn to a close, we headed to Mother's restaurant for a giant po-boy and closed the night with a trip to Harrah's Casino. (yep, we lost $$).
We started off the day with breakfast on the Mississippi at Cafe Du Monde, and had coffee and beignets...yumm!
I was able to get into the Flex application building hands-on session first thing and that was awesome.
With the survey all filled out, and MAX 2004 drawn to a close, we headed to Mother's restaurant for a giant po-boy and closed the night with a trip to Harrah's Casino. (yep, we lost $$).
Thursday, November 4, 2004
Mardi Gras World
Today was special event day! Mardi Gras World was awesome, we had a great part there and all of the diverse floats were very cool.
This was a huge improvement over Salt Lake City. The Olympic Oval was nice, but SLC cannot compare to the vibrant city of New Orleans!
The sessions today were great, as was the special reception held for Education and Government customers at the Hilton Riverside courtyard.
This was a huge improvement over Salt Lake City. The Olympic Oval was nice, but SLC cannot compare to the vibrant city of New Orleans!
The sessions today were great, as was the special reception held for Education and Government customers at the Hilton Riverside courtyard.
Wednesday, November 3, 2004
All Day Session
Today was the all day hands-on session on Blackstone.
Despite some minor technical difficulties, the session provided some great information on the new featues of the next ColdFusion.
For dinner, we went to the Bourbon House after the sponsor reception at the convention center.
Despite some minor technical difficulties, the session provided some great information on the new featues of the next ColdFusion.
For dinner, we went to the Bourbon House after the sponsor reception at the convention center.
Tuesday at MAX
Today I had some great sessions all day as well as an awesome general session this morning.
At the end of the day, drinks and appetizers were provided and there was a raffle provided by the user group coordinators. I WON! Yes, I was the first winner called and I won a very nice Macromedia bag.
After leaving the conference, we went to dinner at a brew pub called Gordon Biersch across from the hotel that was very good.
At the end of the day, drinks and appetizers were provided and there was a raffle provided by the user group coordinators. I WON! Yes, I was the first winner called and I won a very nice Macromedia bag.
After leaving the conference, we went to dinner at a brew pub called Gordon Biersch across from the hotel that was very good.
Monday, October 18, 2004
Fall in Virginia!
Stacey and I just returned from our annual trip to see the Fall color.
This year we traveled to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, about 4 hours northwest of Raleigh. It did not disappoint! We typically head to the Blue Ridge Parkway or the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Due to all the sotrm damage from our multiple hurricanes this season, however, we opted to head further north this year.
We drove to Charlottesville Saturday morning, through the rolling farm country of the NC piedmont and southern Virginia foothills north of Durham along US 501. In Lynchburg, we picked up US 29 north to Charlottesville.
We had never been to downtown Chalottesville before, but this time we stayed right across from U VA, in an area called "The Corner" on West Main. We ate at the C&O Restaurant Saturday night, which came recommended to us and I would gladly recommend to anyone. The Charlottesville outdoor mall was also very cool to spend time checking out on a nice Fall evening.
On Sunday, we headed out to Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive, about 30 miles west of town. There were some amazing views along the drive into the valley below, though it was very windy with a temperature of only 48 degrees!
After leaving Skyline drive, we headed west to I-81 and proceeded southwest to Roanoke. Along the way, we stopped at Natural Bridge for a break and some more amazing pics. Then, south to Greensboro it was, followed by a short trip on I-40 east to home.
Total round trip approx. 530 mi.
This year we traveled to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, about 4 hours northwest of Raleigh. It did not disappoint! We typically head to the Blue Ridge Parkway or the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Due to all the sotrm damage from our multiple hurricanes this season, however, we opted to head further north this year.
We drove to Charlottesville Saturday morning, through the rolling farm country of the NC piedmont and southern Virginia foothills north of Durham along US 501. In Lynchburg, we picked up US 29 north to Charlottesville.
We had never been to downtown Chalottesville before, but this time we stayed right across from U VA, in an area called "The Corner" on West Main. We ate at the C&O Restaurant Saturday night, which came recommended to us and I would gladly recommend to anyone. The Charlottesville outdoor mall was also very cool to spend time checking out on a nice Fall evening.
On Sunday, we headed out to Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive, about 30 miles west of town. There were some amazing views along the drive into the valley below, though it was very windy with a temperature of only 48 degrees!
After leaving Skyline drive, we headed west to I-81 and proceeded southwest to Roanoke. Along the way, we stopped at Natural Bridge for a break and some more amazing pics. Then, south to Greensboro it was, followed by a short trip on I-40 east to home.
Total round trip approx. 530 mi.
Friday, October 1, 2004
Debate #1
Wow, Kerry definitely won last night's debate without question! Bush is definitely not a public speaker. It will be interesting to see what happens in the upcoming debates and how pulic opinion is affected in the weeks ahead.
Quote of the night:
"Of course we're after Saddam Hussein"
-George W. Bush
Quote of the night:
"Of course we're after Saddam Hussein"
-George W. Bush
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
iPod
I just wanted to say how much I love my iPod. I have had it for a while now, but I must say that I grow more and more attached to it each day.
I use it at work all day and in the car as well. It is so nice to have such a large library of songs at my disposal.
I would highly recommend an iPod to anyone and if you are looking for a good case, check out the Iskin Evo 2!
I use it at work all day and in the car as well. It is so nice to have such a large library of songs at my disposal.
I would highly recommend an iPod to anyone and if you are looking for a good case, check out the Iskin Evo 2!
Tuesday, September 7, 2004
Happy Labor Day!
I hope that everyone had a great long weekend!
Stacey and I went for a bike ride Saturday on the trails at Umstead State Park and spent the rest of the weekend just lounging around.
It looks like it is going to be a wet week, with the remnants of Hurricane Frances moving in. Hopefully, Ivan doesn't effect anyone.
Stacey and I went for a bike ride Saturday on the trails at Umstead State Park and spent the rest of the weekend just lounging around.
It looks like it is going to be a wet week, with the remnants of Hurricane Frances moving in. Hopefully, Ivan doesn't effect anyone.
Tuesday, August 3, 2004
Alex
Well, it's a very gloomy day here in NC. Hurricane Alex is sitting just offshore near Cape Lookout. There have been bands of heavy rain associated with Alex here in Raleigh over the past two days.
Check out this awesome sattelite pic of Alex!
Check out this awesome sattelite pic of Alex!
Monday, July 12, 2004
Rain and Fire
I hope that everyone had a great weekend.
On Saturday night, Stacey and I took in a Durham Bulls vs Buffalo Bisons game for an old hometown rivalry. The weather was interesting for the game with frequent lightning and heavy rain for a while, but it made for a more memorable experience!
On Sunday, we went to see Fahrenheit 9/11.
With all the publicity the movie has been getting, we had to check it out for ourselves.
While it is expectedly slanted, most of the events did actually happen and can't be disputed.
I would highly recommend that everyone see this movie to judge for yourselves where things stand in this country and how they got to this place before voting in November.
On Saturday night, Stacey and I took in a Durham Bulls vs Buffalo Bisons game for an old hometown rivalry. The weather was interesting for the game with frequent lightning and heavy rain for a while, but it made for a more memorable experience!
On Sunday, we went to see Fahrenheit 9/11.
With all the publicity the movie has been getting, we had to check it out for ourselves.
While it is expectedly slanted, most of the events did actually happen and can't be disputed.
I would highly recommend that everyone see this movie to judge for yourselves where things stand in this country and how they got to this place before voting in November.
Tuesday, July 6, 2004
4th of July...
I hope that everyone had a happy 4th of July! Stacey and I had a great weekend overall. Since our fence is finally installed, I took care of the yard on Saturday while Stacey worked inside.
On Sunday, we headed out to meet Matt and Shannon for the concert and fireworks at Regency Park in Cary. The display was great and the weather even cooperated!
On Monday, we again met up with Matt and Shannon to spend the day at Topsail Island. I picked up a body board on the way and we had a great time in the sun.
On Sunday, we headed out to meet Matt and Shannon for the concert and fireworks at Regency Park in Cary. The display was great and the weather even cooperated!
On Monday, we again met up with Matt and Shannon to spend the day at Topsail Island. I picked up a body board on the way and we had a great time in the sun.
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