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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-30Filed Under: Twitter Posts

All the guests have left. It’s time for intrawebz, and to attempt to figure out the problem with my WYSIWIG java editor. #
Damn it, I really hate Blu-Ray playback on the PS3 without the remote. I may break down and buy one. #
WTF? Which ending of “I Am Legend” is better. I liked them both, and can’t decide. I think the theatrical one has it’s edge. #
Time for bed. Lots to do tomorrow. Office in the morning, and then moving and what not. Also trying to visit with dad some more. #
I think I’ve decided I need to take Tues off of work. I will be off Wed for court as well. Then office all day Thurs and home office Fri. #
@Diana172 Nope, just moving around rooms in the house to get ready for the baby. Need to get the nursery setup. #
@Diana172 My vacation was supposed to be to take care of all that stuff, and spend time with my dad. But I’ve been working as well. #
@TheOddLinguist Video Games come after tire, sounds good to me. My desk is now crazy with 5 x 22″ monitors. I feel Claustrophobic now. #
@Diana172 Very cool. I have two wallpapers now from “Pirates of Silicon Valley” I may have to change that now. #
Out of work. Had a Drs appointment with @SaraPercival for the pregnancy. Heading to Tommys for pizza and wings. #
As of tomorrow Tommys Pizza Corner is non-smoking. This is glorious news. #
@Twev1701 Nice mod. I may try to do that to my Nuvi 200. #
@Twev1701 Yeah, seriously. I use the British female voice so I feel like Bond, James Bond. #
@Diana172 Never saw your message before. It is actually two computers with dual 22″ monitors, and a laptop using a 22″ monitor. #
@Twev1701 We really should hang out with Sheila again in the near future, she’s probably getting lonely. Puma too. #
Updating the MacBook to 10.5.4 #

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30 Jun 2008 11:59 PM
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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-29Filed Under: Twitter Posts

Wife isn’t too happy that the Mets – Yankees game is on, and not COPS right now. She is a die hard cops watcher. She hates baseball season #
Using Hand Brake to prep a copy of PIrates of Silicon Valley for my iPhone. #
Game is over, COPS is on, wife is happy. As soon as Hand Brake finishes I will be switching over to XP and slinging some code. #
@Twev1701 Play Diablo II, or play some GTA IV online? #
@Twev1701 Haven’t played Raven Shield in forever. I could possibly do that. Depends on what time. I have to do a little coding. #
@gwpeaches @Twev1701 Agreed with the hunger meter rising. I could go for a nice trip to Texas Roadhouse now. #
The custom Content Management System is almost coming to a close. I just wish I had more time this week to do my coding duties. #
The only thing I have to implement is a wysiwig editor for the textareas. That shall be a task for tomorrow. For now it’s bed time. #
Awake and barely able to move around. Something is pinched in my back. Not good considering we are hosting a cookout for 25 people today. #
Oops: Batman kills innocent civilian. Well he was trespassing. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25431893/ All for a stupid hat. #
Well I’m off to the store to buy what shall amount to about 60 lbs of various meat. Taking Junior along to help me hobble around. #
@h3llobeautiful Why so scared? Don’t like flying? It’s actually easy, and fun. Have a good trip. #
The cook out is going well. We still have a ton of food left. We need hungry mouths to feed. #
Second round of food is done. Hanging out with my brothers-in-law. My dad is playing Wii. He loves it. #
@Diana172 He’s been enjoying Boom Blox and Wii Sports: golf. #
Half of our guests have left. The food is finally gone after 6 hours and a little begging. Good times have been had. #

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29 Jun 2008 11:59 PM
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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-28Filed Under: Twitter Posts

@Diana172 Congratulations to you both. #
@SaraPercival I’m sorry. Would you like to go away next weekend? #
@SaraPercival I take your feelings into consideration. I offered to stay home with you, and take care of you. Wherever you want. #
taking a heavy deuce before the cast starts. #
Those drunk fuckers from Growing Up Geek are posting tweets from my account. Sorry all. #
@SaraPercival It was @jerrwe My bad for walking away with my laptop open. #
The recording of Growing Up Geek has finally begun. We are honoring George Carlin. #
@SaraPercival Another party? When? Where? Love you #
@SaraPercival Damn it, I’m missing it. I’m sorry. Hopefully minja will be active when I get home. #
@SaraPercival I told her I would be there around 10:30 or 11:00. #
http://twitpic.com/2vew – @Twev1701′s kittens. #
Promoting @edweidow on Growing Up Geek. Buy his merch here. http://www.cafepress.com/independented #
@SaraPercival Yes we are still recording. #
@SaraPercival I will bring you something on my way home. Not sure when that’ll be. What do you want? #
@SaraPercival Yeah, I don’t think anything chinese is open. How about we go for chinese tomorrow? #
@SaraPercival OK, sorry. Some day next week maybe dad will watch the kids, and I can take you to Asian Cafe. #
@SaraPercival I know, we need to make sure Janeen gets her room cleaned. I also need to empty the computer room. #
@SaraPercival Yeah, he said send an invitation. She may not be able to come, depending on which weekend it is. #
@SaraPercival Got it for you. #
Finished getting everything broken down from this week’s recording of Growing Up Geek. Time to make the trek back home. #
Two weeks until iPhone 3G. Hopefully I can pick one up. I love my iPhone but welcome I more storage and speed. #
Driving home. “Who Needs Sleep” by the Barenaked Ladies is playing on my stereo. How fitting. #
Made it home. Spending some time with Sara and the baby. #
@edweidow No prob. Did you run the app? #
Why does my boss insist on e-mailing me about an issue in the middle of my vacation? I’ll take care of it, but why must I do his job? #
I think its time to head up to bed. Lots of things going on tomorrow. #
@TheOddLinguist Of course it’s Baker. I can tell you all about it on Monday. That is if I am working Monday. #
@hussywoman Looks comfy. I can see you playing Wii from there a lot. #
Off to West Pittston to look at a PC. Then home for a birthday part and then a graduation party. Oh, the joy. #
81 North and South between Wilkes Barre and Pittsfon are both backed up. #
This PC has become a victim of Vista Antivirus. Yet another fake anti-malware program. The client was charged $82 for a messed up PC. #
Just had a slice of 100% home made Italian pizza with fresh mozzarella and roasted red peppers. Not too bad. #
Drove by my old apartment right as “The Old Apartment” by Barenaked Ladies started playing on the stereo. Fun times were had there. #
@Twev1701 Not at all, it was complete random coincidence. It was crazy. I have an MP3 CD full of every album, and it’s just on random. #
Getting ready to start gutting the computer room. Anybody need CRT monitors? #
@Twev1701 I could do that. I think it may not be up to code though. #
Getting rid of all the empty computer component boxes from the computer room. There are a lot of boxes in here. #
@Twev1701 Major suckage. How bad is it? #
@Twev1701 @edweidow I agree. If its useless we try again. #
I’ve got about half the empty boxes broken down, and shoved into 2 much larger boxes. Computer room is 1% empty. Woo hoo. #
Now we have to go to a graduation party. I’d rather continue work in the computer room, but we need to be social. #
@TheOddLinguist I agree with you 100% My wifes relative is joining the NYPD. So its kind if a going away party. Free food can’t be beat. #
This is so boring. Everybody is talking about work. They are mostly in the same field. Unfortunately there are no fellow geeks. #
@Diana172 Yeah. Ziti, pork chops, chicken, potatoes, and about 20 other items. Big spread. I’m stuffed. Boredom continues. #
@Diana172 Yep. Thats exactly what I’m doing. #
@hussywoman What do you need to figure out? I may be able to help. #
Kids are getting out of the pool to dry off. We shall be heading home in a while. Then back to emptying the computer room. #
My offer for CRT monitors still stands if anybody needs them. I have from 15″ to 19″ all working. FREE to good home. #
@patrickgensel Oh they were teases heh? At least you got to see some nekkid ladies! #
Home from the police academy grad party. Back to prepping for the arrival of baby. #

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28 Jun 2008 11:59 PM
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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-27Filed Under: Twitter Posts

@TheOddLinguist @Diana172 They could have at least called it Le Buffet or something, and tried to make it seem a little cooler. #
@Twev1701 Still haven’t figured out a solution? #
@Twev1701 Not the worst. If we wore the headphones around our necks we could still hear each other. #
@Twev1701 Sounds good. It would be nice to have the full setup that we want to have. #
@Twev1701 But what about Harry Plopper? #
Just finished moving some files around the network. I’ve upgraded the WHS box to 6.5TB of storage, will add more storage tomorrow. #
And on that note I am off to bed. I will be working from home tomorrow. Nobody to watch the kids, but it’s cool. Coding happens anywhere. #
@musicsly I think every geek has a man crush on the Woz. #
Thinking about going into the kitchen and having some lucky charms for breakfast. Probably my all time favorite cereal. #
I’m enjoying working from home today. The kids are behaving fairly well so far. New Blu-Ray’s came in the mail, hard not to watch them. #
@Twev1701 Have you made progress on a solution yet? #
Yay, twitter’s back up. But for how long is the question? Where is Jeff Bezo’s money going to go to? Infrastructure I hope. #
Well I think it’s about time I stopped working for the day, and started getting ready for tonight’s live recording of Growing Up Geek. #
I’m also loading up my iPhone with all my Carlin albums. We shall pay him a tribute tonight. #
@jerrwe You know it sir. #
@dogboi growingupgeek.net Also on iTunes, but we need to fix the feed. Had to switch hosts. Details for the live show are coming later. #
@Twev1701 I can bring a battery backup. Not going to help too much, but it’s an offer. #
Sara is home. She is not feeling too well. Now I feel guilty that I have plans for tonight. #
I have successfully filled my iPhone. I got a message on the phone saying to free space. Checked iTunes and it reported 0kb free. #
Over @Twev1701′s sadly we will not be streaming tonight’s episode of Growing Up Geek because of some technical snafu’s. We will work on it. #
@SaraPercival No, sorry. There will be audio, and video released eventually though. How’s things at the house? #
@SaraPercival Yeah, we are only going to record audio and video. Sucks to hear about Kristoff. #

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27 Jun 2008 11:59 PM
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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-26Filed Under: Twitter Posts

@Twev1701 Sorry to hear about your day. Relax have a few drinks and think about Fridays get together. #
Laying in bed enjoying the AC and coding on the MacBook. Not as nice as the 3 x 22″ LCDs currently on my desk at the office, but I’m in bed #
Log Me In saves the day yet again. My mother-in-law was supposed to email a file, and forgot. I logged in, and did it on her behalf. LOL #
Finally getting around to watching the entire Diggnation Live from Brooklyn that I went to. It was much better in person. Audio is so bad. #
@Twev1701 No prob. I will take it with me to the office in the morning. Just need to remember. How’s the setup going? #
@Twev1701 Sweet, everything is coming together nicely. I’ll text you when I leave the office tomorrow. I’m figuring around 1:00ish or so. #
Time to put the MacBook to sleep and pass out. Don’t have to go far. I’m already comfortable in bed. #
This day has not started out too well. I have a fresh grease stain on my pants from a McDonalds hash brown. Oh, well. Accidents happen. #
Just found out that 92.3 KROCK plays Opie & Anthony in the morning. Streaming it via iTunes at the moment. Too bad it’s not the XM side. #
@patrickgensel What innuendo? Nah, nothing wrong with sticky fingers. LOL #
Starting work on what basically boils down to my own Content Management System for use on client sites. Shouldn’t be too hard. #
@TheOddLinguist There is no time to sleep in Vegas anyway. Too much to do. Fun to be had. #
Doing some equipment setup, and testing with @Twev1701 for this week’s Growing Up Geek Live. #
Going to throw some burgers on the grill. Trying to have dinner done by the time the wife gets home. Then Janeen has all-star practice. #
Thinking about picking up Parallels via MacHest for only $49. Pretty good deal. #
Just watched Scam School live from Brooklyn. Good show. Why did the mic work for @shwood, yet Kevin & Alex had so many problems with them? #

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26 Jun 2008 11:59 PM
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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-25Filed Under: Twitter Posts

On our way to Logans for dinner. Spending some time with my dad whom is in for a week. I don’t have family here anymore so this is nice. #
http://twitpic.com/2qff – The wooden shoe peanut shell. #
http://twitpic.com/2qfk – My dad and the kids. #
@e_man I have debated picking one up. I use MyNetflix (Vista MCE plugin) right now. Works well but a little slow to load and browse. #
@Diana172 I think you have a mixture of people like that at any casino. #
@Diana172 Your TV is broke? I think those three dollar rockstars should be complimentary rockstars for your trouble. LOL #
Well it appears it’s time to head up to bed. I’ve got to go to the office tomorrow, might not stay all day though. Must visit with father. #
@e4tmyl33t I thought that was pushed pack. Pics please. #
@amtrekker If you postpone the coal mine let me know. I will still help out if I am available. #
At the office, time to sling some more code. Should be leaving early today, but that just means I will work from home later. #
@e4tmyl33t That sucks. Upload some pics to flickr when you get a chance. I want to check out the new hotness. #
Why do I over complicate things? The code I was trying to do was simple, yet I tried to make it hard. Although now there are more problems #
Oops, I just deleted an entry in the database that shouldn’t have been. At least I fixed the problem with the code. Entry recreated. #
HBO is running a George Carlin marathon. I just set my TiVo to record all 11 shows. http://tinyurl.com/558cm8 #
Having PHP, Java Script, DHTML issues this morning. I am working on bending them to my will. #
Trying to figure out why the code I’m working on insists on displaying each picture from the database twice. If I crack that, it’s done. #
@TheOddLinguist Have fun you guys. I got my picture display all worked out. I just need to re-design the page. #
I have claimed victory over my photo script. It now functions to my liking. Time to go home for the day and visit with my father. #
Home from the office. Currently in the home office. Doing work that I could do in the office. LOL. Confusing much? #
@jerrwe Yeah, seriously. There is just too much work that needs to be done at the other job. We are taking on new clients daily almost. #
@amtrekker Sounds good. My friend @patrickgensel also knows how to make moonshine, and can probably help you out there as well. #
Trying a new seasoning on the shish ka bobs tonight. #
The new shish ka bob seasoning was a success. Dinner is winding down. Maybe a movie in a bit. #
@jerrwe Yes sir. It can’t come soon enough. Good times shall be had. #
Well it seems we have to go to some kind of meeting for baseball. They called at 7:00 to say we will have a meeting at 8:00. WTF? #

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25 Jun 2008 11:59 PM
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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-24Filed Under: Twitter Posts

Swimming party is over. Taking the kids out to Maureens for some ice cream. #
@e_man Windows Home Server works very well. I have one with 6.5 TB of storage. Other then that Drobo is fantastic. #
Home. Time to relax and maybe rock a little GTA IV online with @twev1701 #
@patrickgensel THIEF, THIEF So, how did Saturday night turn out? #
@Twev1701 I’m up for some action if you are good sir. Just let me know. #
One of my dads flights were re-arranged. So instead of coming in the morning, he is now coming in the evening. So I may go to the office. #
@Twev1701 Just powered up the PS3. Heading into the city myself. #
@Twev1701 Oh, no. A game udpate has been found. It has delayed my entry into the city. I’ll be there shortly. #
Just finished up some GTA IV online with @Twev1701. Game is much fun. Now I think it’s bed time. Lots to do tomorrow. #
Why does windows insist it can’t move a file. It says I’m out of disk space, but I have 274 GB free. WTF? #
@patrickgensel How’s the beach treating you good sir? #
@patrickgensel The same. So much to do, no time to do it in. #
@Diana172 Congrats. Have fun you guys. Bring back lots of cash winnings. #
My dad’s flight should be landing soon. Unfortunately Janeen has practice for All Stars. So that changes our plans a bit. Later dinner. #
@Diana172 See, this is where an iPhone 3G would come in handy. You could use loopt, or as I like to call it iStalkU. LOL #
Well it seems to be that the hot water in the bathtub is broken. I went to get cleaned up after yard work, and no hot water. Not happy. #
My dad is pulling up right as I am leaving to take Janeen to all star practice. #
@jerrwe Well that is a nice offer but your not the right gender for me. Sorry. #

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24 Jun 2008 11:59 PM
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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-23Filed Under: Twitter Posts

@musicsly Sounds like a wonderful plan. I say go for it. #
@jerrwe I am from one job. So I work 40 hours at the other job. Its still a vacation. 80 hours of pay for 40 hours of work. #
@Twev1701 We are slowly making our mark on the intrawebz. #
Just played some GTA IV. I blew up a police helicopter with a rocket launcher. My night is complete. #
Nice storm is rolling through. I took a break from the PS3 for a while. Listened to Growing Up Geek Episode 13 while I played. #
Every fire truck in Nanticoke just blew by the house. Hope everything is OK. #
Heading up to bed. Gotta get up for work tomorrow. Only one job though since I’m on vacation from the other. #
Getting ready to go to work. Very saddened to learn that George Carlin has passed away. He was a great comedian. R.I.P. George #
@lrac Don’t do it. Retail sucks. Plus Circuit isn’t doing so well right now. #
@edweidow I was there as well as @Twev1701. It was a great show. Still hard to believe that he is gone. #
@Twev1701 We must pay tribute to Carlin on Friday. #
@Twev1701 If you go out anywhere let me know. If your free I could probably meet up with you on my lunch break. #
http://twitpic.com/2o4q – I’ve done a little upgrading to my work area. #
@Twev1701 No prob. #
@patrickgensel I’m sure sitting in traffic in that big truck doesn’t make you very happy either. Down with traffic. #
Just downloaded 110 windows updates. Why, because SP3 breaks the sound on almost every computer. This one won’t get SP3. #
@Twev1701 I will throw you a text later when I am able to join up wtih you in Liberty City. #
It seems HP is really going toward the connected home. They announced the new IQ500 touchsmart series, new mce extenders, and WHS solutions #
At the YMCA in Wilkes-Barre for my nieces birthday party part 2. Today is a swim party. #

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23 Jun 2008 11:59 PM
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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-22Filed Under: Twitter Posts

http://twitpic.com/2ltd – @patrickgensel and his new corporate provided cell phone. #
@growingupgeek I should be home by then. Don’t really have any subject matter. Nothing new there. #
@Diana172 It took me a bit. But I finally figured out what that message was. My first comment on a twitpic. Woo hoo. #
retweet for @growingupgeek Looking for participants for tonight @ 10:30pm EST. Mail trevor@growingupgeek.net with topics and Skype ID #
Getting ready to record this week’s episode of Growing Up Geek. That is if we have enough people. If not PS3 may be in order. LOL #
@jerrwe Don’t you want them to play Stairway for you? #
http://twitpic.com/2m3v – Some of the new machines at the office before installation. #
This episode of Growing Up Geek is going very well so far. #
@e4tmyl33t Play games. Games are fun. I wanna play some GTA IV after we finish the podcast, but it’ll be too late. Meeting tomorrow. yay #
@jerrwe Sounds good my friend. Hopefully you shall score and have a better night. #
@e4tmyl33t Hey, I’m on vacation as well. I’m still going, figure I can get a few hours of pay. Less vacation time I have to use. #
@e4tmyl33t Yeah, I have to do all that as well. Plus move around bedrooms and get ready for the baby. Too much to do. #
@e4tmyl33t Nice, so when is the geek house warming party? #
The meeting is over. Now back to vacation mode. We are hosting a cookout today for my neices 3rd birthday. #
Helping the wife straighten up in preparation for the cook out later today. Hopefully the weather will hold out. #
@patrickgensel We are doing it on Friday this coming week. It’s the live show. Will you be back by then? #
@patrickgensel Sounds good. We shall see what this coming week has in store. I told @twev1701 to add you to his follow list if he wants. #
@patrickgensel You still havn’t left yet? #
@patrickgensel Ahh. Forgot about that. Have fun. #
@edweidow Isn’t that how it always is? #
@e4tmyl33t She is female. Thats the way it works. #
@christianwilson Going to pick up anything special? #
http://twitpic.com/2n1b – The kids are having fun in the backyard. #
@e4tmyl33t Casinos are great. As long as your winning. They suck horribly if you are losing. #
@h3llobeautiful I bet its suspenseful. #
@h3llobeautiful Congrats. You will be an awesome BBY Mobile sales associate. #
@growingupgeek @twev1701 The cables have been shipped. I paid for UPS 2nd day air. They should be here shortly. #
@Twev1701 Just let me know when you want to make our test run. #
@Twev1701 I work until 5:00. I can come over after work if you want. Its right on my way home. #

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22 Jun 2008 11:59 PM
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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-21Filed Under: Twitter Posts

@Twev1701 I think I may just order everything from that one site. They are a little more pricey, but I want to pay for expedited shipping. #
@Twev1701 Check your GRuG mail, and double check the cables before I order. #
@jerrwe I think it’s to get all of our audio into the mixer, and then the mixer out to the system for the skype call and or live stream. #
@Twev1701 @jerrwe @edweidow I finally got my outgoing mail fixed on my iPhone. It just sent a mail from almost a month ago. #
@jerrwe It’s cool. Maybe we can con you into buying the food and drink. LOL #
Ouch $14.98 for cable, $21.48 for shipping. But it’ll be 2nd day air. That way we can make sure we are good to go live. #
Cables have been ordered and hopefully will be here Tuesday or Wednesday. #
First few hours of vacation have been great so far. Tommy’s wings and maybe later a little GTA IV. #
@Twev1701 No problem. Glad I could help out. It’s going to be a blast attempting a live recording. #
@jerrwe Well if I get in any trouble t’ll be in GTA IV, and I will go down guns a blaze. So no need for bail. Thanks for the offer though. #
@Twev1701 Yeah, I saw the pic earlier and sent you a message saying we need to rack mount it. #
@jerrwe @twev1701 What day are we recording again? Friday or Saturday? I forgot. Either way I will be free for either. #
Thinking about installing Final Cut Studio 2 on the MacBook. #
@Twev1701 Will do. I may hope on soon myself. The kids are just about to go up to bed. #
@Twev1701 I’m signing in right now actually. The cable it’s going screwy. So that means game time for me. #
Watching TV inside GTA IV. So much hilariousness lies within that virtual boob tube. #
@Twev1701 I didn’t have my headset setup yet. I heard you fine. I started a new chat. #
Well you can tell @twev1701 and I tried to play an online game. We are having audio connection problems as usual. #
Uh oh another digital picture frame on the woot-off. This one must have the Insignia virus, because it doesn’t say it’s not included. LOL #
Finally playing some GTA IV online with @Twev1701 #
http://twitpic.com/2jzh – @twev1701 and I flying over the city in GTA IV. #
http://twitpic.com/2k5e – The car took a hell of a beating in the subway system. #
This isn’t good. I have a muslce spasm in my leg, and I can’t move. Hopefully it’ll go away soon so I can go to bed. #
Trying to figure out what to have for lunch before I go out and cut the grass. So far vacation has been a blast. #
Had some cereal for breakfast. Now its time to cut the grass. Gotta find my armband for the iPhone and crank some tunes. #
I had to remove a whole bunch of plate glass from the grass before I cut it. Not an easy or safe task. #
Man vs. Banner Ads. Hilarious video. http://tinyurl.com/5fay3a #
The grass is all trimmed up, and no plate glass has been embedded into my shins. I take this as a success. #
Dude tries to jack a guys iPhone on a bus. Insane http://tinyurl.com/63m4w9 #
Just spent the last few hours helping the wife straighten up our bedroom. We are starting to prep for the baby’s arrival. #
Just finished up some pizza @ Nello’s. Then heading home to put away all the cook out supplies for next weeks family get together. #