This is it ...

... the blog. THE blog that you have all been waiting for. The one where I tell you all how cool my new job is, how cool my new colleagues seem to be, how cool my spanking new laptop is. Well ... it is all very cool, so there you have it.

On another note ... Anyone else heard of The Foundry Park's new "Melting Point"? (NOTE: Melting Point not Melting Pot; I am not talking about fondue here). The Melting Point is the new large scale music venue attached to the Steam Company Pub. The info hasn't hit the website yet but, one of my new colleagues showed me a glossy of it and says that it is open. I hope this is not detrimental to the regular local Jazz and Bluegrass that has been there in the past but, I welcome a new venue for touring artists. I will let you know when I have seen it in person.

TTFN.

Chicago Tribune | Amid urban surroundings, Chicago opens "green" school with living roof

I love the fact that Green Roofs are begining to pop up in major metropolitan areas. Checkout this artice about a "green" school with living roof in Chicago.

To continue our quest for the best BBQ in GA ...

.. I encourage all of you to join me to sample the fare of Rooster's at the corner of Hiwasee and BLVD at some point in the near future.

Webcam Snapshot of Me

For all of you who missed the Webcam Snapshot of Me. Fear not it is back and now dynamically updated. If you don't like what you see refresh. If you still don't like what you see look at someone else.

Unfortunately though, due to the hack that I had to use to load the dynamic images my Blogger Profile image now has to be static.

Résumé of Charles Leggett

Checkout this link Résumé of Charles Leggett. Who's résumé do you think that he is talking about? For the record yes, I had to lookup "curriculum vitae".

Kung Fu and Junk Food ...

... if there is a better combination I don't know what it is. Thanks to EB and John Bryant (and others) for putting on the vet school's renegade movie night. I hope that you made some money on it. Kung Fu Hustle had us "boys" jumping around and acting the fool during our impromptu tour of the vet school. Had fun and can't wait for the next movie.

Of montreal rocked to unimaginable levels.

Feed Junkies be aware ...

... Google now offers News Feeds in both RSS (2.0) and Atom. There is even a customizable news feed search.

Insomnia and nausea

I had the worst night's sleep last night. Erin and I spent a long weekend in Gwinnett visiting her Family and celebrating Terry's birthday. I fell asleep fine but, I woke up around midnight and could not go back to sleep. My stomach was upset by the large quantity of pizza and wings that I ate at my folks house. I ended up dinking around on the net until around 2 and went back to bed only to wake up again around 3. I tossed and turned on the couch for the rest of the night. I feel like death rolled over. I will need a nap this afternoon.

On the plus side. My brother bought his tickets to Germany last night. This trip is going to be the bombsish (having the quality of being the bomb).

Popfest 2005 Official Lineup

The mystery guests have been revealed. Here is the full lineup/schedule:

August 9th Athens Music Museum Rooftop show FREE corner of college and
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Keith John Adams - 3 PM
Geoff Reacher - 3:30 PM
Marshmallow Coast - 4:15 PM
Shot Heard Around the World - 5:15 PM

August 9th 40 Watt Club FREE doors open at 9 PM
Scout Niblett
No Parachute DVD premiere

August 10th Little Kings
the Elks - 4:00 PM
Ryan Anderson - 4:30 PM
the Ether Family - 5:00 PM
Tracer Matula - 5:45 PM
Folklore - 6:30 PM
small intermission
Superfallingstars - 8:00 PM
Cars Can Be Blue - 8:30 PM
Louis - 9:15 PM
the Eames Era - 10:00 PM
Palomar - 10:45 PM
Keith John Adams - 11:30 PM
Summer Hymns - 12:15 AM
The Great Lakes & the Late BP Helium - 1:00 AM

August 11th Little Kings
Cocker Spaniels - 3:30 PM
Charm School - 4:00 PM
Mouser - 4:45 PM
Fabulous Bird - 5:30 PM
the Mega Hurts - 6:15 PM

August 11th 40 Watt Club
Pipes You See Pipes You Don't - 8:30 PM
the Instruments - 9:00 PM
Scott E Spillane - 9:45 PM
the Visitations - 10:30 PM
Human Television - 11:15 PM
Bunnygrunt - 12:00 AM
Tullycraft - 1:00 AM

August 12th Little Kings
Lake Holiday - 3:30 PM
the French Horns - 4:00 PM
the Smittens - 4:45 PM
Fishboy - 5:30 PM
Col Knowledge & the Lickity Splits 6:15 PM

August 12th 40 Watt Club
Dan Deacon - 8:30 PM
Kiddo - 9:00 PM
Poison Control Center - 9:45 PM
We Versus the Shark - 10:30 PM
Casper and the Cookies - 11;!5 PM
the Marbles - 12:00 AM
Pylon - 1:00 AM

August 13th Little Kings
Good Lord to the Devil - 3:30 PM
Lil Kickers - 4:00 PM
Vetran - 4:30 PM
New Grenada - 5:15 PM
Ceiling Fan - 6:15 PM

August 13th 40 Watt Club
the Love Letter Band - 8:30 PM
Galactic Heroes - 9:00 PM
Red Pony Clock - 9:45 PM
Elekibass - 10:30 PM
the 63 Crayons - 11:00 PM
Circulatory System - 11:45 PM
Of Montreal - 1:00 AM

See http://hhbtm.com/popfest/ for more information.

V i d e o g a l l e r y of bike messenger races

Check out this v i d e o g a l l e r y of bike messenger races. Crazy Shite!

That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane ...

...It's the end of the world as we know it.

Apple has released the Mighty Mouse (not to be confused with Mighty Mouse) the first Apple branded multibutton scroll mouse. Hockey Puck eat your heart out.

In Soviet Russia Trivia Owns You.

Played Jigsy's Trivia again Wednesday night. It was the first time that we finished "off the podium" in the three weeks that I have played. It was a good night none the less, I had a coupon for a free milkshake from Chick-fil-a and $15 worth of Jigsy's Pitchers thanks to last weeks 3rd place finish. My vote is to move the trivia train to the next venue. Jigsy's has been done.

Dreams of Snausages and Bier are dancing in my head.

So, I was playing around with Google Earth and though to myself I wonder if I can find the park that Oktoberfest is held in. Sure enough after I flew to Munich it took me about 3.4 seconds to pan around and find it.

System Administrator Appreciation Day

This year, in conjunction with Dirty Herb's birthday, I am celebrating System Administrator Appreciation Day (Friday July 29th 2005) by taking the day off to go camping.

The scrolling message mug

I am going to Oktoberfest this year with a group of friends. I think that we each need a scrolling message mug.

Free Online Motorcycle Repair Course

I have found a Free Online Motorcycle Repair Course. I am on the first page and I have already determined it to be link worthy.

Tired

I have been exhausted at work the last few days. I have been running myself to the edge. For the past month or so I have been working out almost every weekday. Running in the morning Lifting in the afternoons (sometimes both in the same day).

Yesterday, despite Mother Natures best efforts to stop us, a group of us went out to the intramural fields for a little bit of the old toss around (aka. Softball). We played catch and took turns hitting before retiring to Sons of Italy for a bite. I thought of it as an off day from working out but, I am left tired and sore today from it.

I will rest when the wifer and I go "off the radar" this weekend for a little R and R.

Sssh ... I have a secret

Had a PostSecret party over at EB's last night. It was very cathartic. Got a good secret off my chest and, thanks to the no peeking rule and the honesty of the group, I am fairly sure that my anonymity will be preserved when and if they post it. If nothing else I learned definatively the age you are at which you are 18 and that you can also get carpet burn on your elbows.

After we straightened up the billions and billions of magazines scattered across the floor (sorry EB), we took a trip up to the midnight release party of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince at Borders. The Erinses got their copies and I got some good people watching. The costumes were not as plentiful as I had hoped but, there were a few.

Up early this morning to help Dirty H and A move. I can't wait to party like its 1999 in their new abode (or at least like the summer of 1998). The Sun and I have a date.

P.S. All apologies for falling off of the blogging horse. Back in the saddle.

PopFest and Surprise Guest Musings

My cash (well, credit) is on the barrel head for the upcoming PopFest music festival. There are some cool bands in the lineup. I didn't get out as much as I would have liked for AthFest and I am not going to be able to return to Austin City Limits (this year) so I am hoping that these shows will make up for it.

Also, I found out that one of the two surprise guests is likely Pylon, which is not as cool as I had hoped but, there is still one special guest to be announced.