Scooter ride 5¢

Fired up the old scooter today for the first time this year. Lots of wonderful blue smoke came pouring out of the exhaust after I got her going after a few kicks. Getting the scooter down my ice ramp of a driveway was a bit of trick, but i didn't lay it down so that counts for something. It was a short ride down past Liberty park and down 5th east for a bit, but man, it was sooooo needed. This winter has been a bit on the harsh side, and having temps above 40 is a nice break from the ice queens grip.

Felecia and I are headed down to Vegas next weekend for the rally, and I cannot wait. I only have 4 days to work next week and it is going to be a real bugger to get through.

when I post again after the rally, hopefully I will get some choice pictures.

Cheers for now.
--AB

There is no God, Only Chelada.

Yes, I am a consumer whore. If I see some New, shiny, something-er-other I just have to get it/try it. Although, I think after this experience I will be a bit more picky.

God made Beer, or more precise God gave man (and woman) the ability to make beer and it was good. God also told man how to grow tomatoes and how to harvest clams. I have it on good authority that God never EVER told ANYONE to put all three together. So, I can only assume that the devil had his hand in the futuristic beverage named so lovingly "Chelada" or Budweiser and Clamato.

So without further ado, let's get down to sampling this fine beverage.

step one: admiration.
Look at that fine advertising on that can. woo mama.





hmm... gonna drink that whole thing...


Here comes the pour!!!





Oh yeah... let's see if it passes the sniff test... seems ok...





...uhhhhhhhhh......



OH DEAR LORD!! NO!!!! WHY?!?!??!?! <*YACK*> >HEAVE<







HOLY SHIT that is nasty!! Please.. Please. PLEASE DO NOT EVER DRINK THIS!!! I have suffered enough for everyone.

Ok, that is enough for now. I am going to go rinse my mouth out with Killians.

Cheers to GOOD beers.

-_Andy
certified Beer expert

2008 aspirations

I refuse to set resolutions, so I am working toward aspirations in 2008. (aspirations won't leave you feeling empty and sad when you fail to accomplish them)

#1 top of the pile is to continue exercise regiment, I kept everything in check over the holidays and managed to drop a pound! I am also going to bring my drinking level even further down. for most of the past 3 months I have only drank on the weekends, which is good, but I want to further refine that down to only drinking maybe once a week and only moderately. I am getting way too old for hangovers.

#2 Complete home improvements. We kicked it up a notch and have almost finished our crown molding project, I just have to punch the nail head past level and DAP the holes. I suspect come summer our hacienda will be fit for sale.

#3 I want to log about 30+ miles of actual hiking/biking/snow-shoeing/x-country skiing every month in 2008. that will get me close to 360 miles in the year. I have some catch up to do...

#4 Career oriented aspirations will be set once I figure out what is going to happen w/ certifications and SQL server 2008. 2005 ushered in a new set of exams more geared toward different areas of the DB world. so, I am really curious what is going to be next. I am also gearing up to finally learn me some ASP.net and C#. I have the basics down, but I need the guts and glory to be more proficient. I am going to work up a bunch of admin pages at work that should give me a lot of practice, course, these will have to come second to my real work load which currently is growing steadily and shows no signs of slowing. fun.

well, that should keep me busy for another 365.

get on up.

Here comes part deux of my winter vacation, and it only now feels like vacation. I have been running around doing the Christmas thing for days now. Today I had to work, but really there is not much to do in these final days of Q4 2007. So, Tomorrow I am planning to do some snowshoeing, really my first real snowshoeing trip in about 10 years. Woot. we have had just a ton of snow recently, so I am hoping to find some nice powder higher up. I will take pictures and post them tomorrow.

well that is about all for tonight.

Kin Dang Mao farok ding.

winding down 2007 away from work.

Shit, yes, my peeples. I am offically on vacation till next year! can I get a what what? fo shor.

What, you ask am I going to do in my time off? Well, let me fill you in on the grand plan.

12/22 -- Hiking to the Avenues Twin peaks, Movie possible w/wife, an evening with Jeremy/Amanda.

12/23 -- Church, City Creek walk, SISTER COMES IN TOWN ZOMG!!!, dinner with the folks, then bar w/ da sister.

12/24 -- Emigration canyon walk, Dinner w/ family, sleeping over at Felecia's Parents house, and possible present openings. I CAN HOPE!

12/25 -- XMAS time! w00t! morning at Felecia's parents house, then the long road to Tooele to my parents house. Should be a full day of food/presents/boozahol.

After that I will probably fritter my days away in the snow and outdoors. If I do anything super exciting, I will be sure to write it down.

well, that be all for now.

Cheers and Merry Christmas!!!

Explore the abyss

I found a really cool website today called "Explore the abyss" (URL: http://www.exploretheabyss.com/). My whole life I have been fascinated by the creatures of the deep, so I have been spending a lot of time looking at the photos. It's pretty interesting that we have only really explored a mere fraction of the ocean, makes me wonder what cool creature we will find next.

keep it real Argyropelecus

been a while

Wow, I haven't update this is quite some time. Here is a quick refresh of the last 6 months.

New Job. Left iBahn, went to Mediconnect (Same area, different building)

New desire to shed the beer belly and get back outdoors. went on less hikes than I thought I would, but still did more outdoors in the last 6 months than I did all of last year. Also, I have a good exercise routine down, which is really going to help during the dark months of winter.

Sister moved to Seattle, which sucks, but I am happy she is in a bigger better city w/ BF and new jorb.

I have been actively learning new Database stuff lately, esp. w/ the new job I have had to come up to speed on Oracle, Analysis Services, and SSIS. I have really come to dislike SSIS, it just seems to be as kludgey and crappy as DTS. but that's a whole separate blog.

Other than that, Felecia and I have been staying busy with work, hiking, and general fun.