"Yeah Yeah...Merry Christmas..now pass me a brownie would ya..."

Well friends, another Christmas is here. It's been one hell of a year to say the least. I for one am looking forward to next year and seeing where the tumbleweed is going to roll. Happy Holidays to you and yours! Be Safe, Eat lots and Have Fun! Now I'm going to sit back with Sushi, watch High School Musical 2 for the fifth time and eat some Christmas candy.

Merry Christma-hanu-kwanza,

Carl
aka "Charlie Brown"

Cooties

Please...get inoculated today...

Lola eating crabs

This is for my Pinoy people out there. Those of you who are not Philippino but have spent time with my people know why this is funny.

Enjoy da craab!

TONY JAA

This is for the Anime and martial art fans out there. That's all. Enjoy...

Butter Boy

Here is another fun gift idea that will not break the bank! It's also one of those products that make you say, "damn why didn't I think of that!" or "I invented that when i was a kid except I used to use a tennis ball can!" In case none of you knew, I did invent "aqua-fresh" toothpaste at the age of 9. BUt that besides the point...

Check out this link for a great sub $10 gift...


Butter Boy - Kitchen Gadgets - Kitchen - Improvements Catalog

V W future camper

For those of you who know me, you remember "Mary" my old VW Vanagon. I used to think that nothing could ever replace that van. That was until I saw this Vid of a concept VW Van of the future. Very cool.

Eatmecrunchy Bowl

Happy Holidays!

This year, Agi and I agreed that gift giving would be simple, creative and most important...inexpensive. At the end of an incredible year, we wanted to get back to basics and remember what the Holidays are about...having holiday fun with family and friends. So, in the spirit of a fun, creative and AFFORDABLE holiday season, here is a holiday gift idea that fits all of that criteria!

Click the link below for more details on this ingenious item.

Eatmecrunchy Bowl

The Ring of Death

For those of you who game, you are probably saying "DAAAMMMMNNN!" or "Oh that sucks!" or maybe even "I told him to get a PlayStation 3". Well regardless what you are may have been thinking in your head, I have thought of worse if not the same things. One thing for sure is that I added a few more expletives, mostly starting with "F" and ending in "K".

For those of you who are not gamers, what you see above is what Microsoft imaginatively refers to as "Three Flashing Red Lights on the Xbox 360 Ring of Light" or what gamers have more concisely termed "The Ring of Death."

Xbox officially describes the cause of the ROD to be a "hardware failure". The customer service representative (who apparently had a wicked cold cause he kept sneezing and sniffling as we spoke on the phone) informed me that a common cause for this "failure" is due to overheating. He informed me that if my Xbox is plugged into a surge protector or extension cord, this could cause the console to overheat. So his suggestion was to plug the Xbox console directly into the wall and consider an cooler for the console.

This quick diagnosis was promptly followed by a service request number and he informed me that Xbox will repair and/or replace my system free of charge. Easy as that, no questions asked. Thanks Bill! If only everything were so easy!

So all you Xbox-ers out there, make sure to unplug your consoles from your well intentioned surge protectors. I'm going to look into getting an intercooler (nyko has a good one) once I get my repaired console back in about 3 to 5 weeks. Until then, see you on the PSP!

Still stuffed

Well it's two days after Thanksgiving and I am still feeling the effects of the tryptophan. It's all good though. I figure every blogger out there is posting a Thanksgiving thing so I decided to wait a couple of days before putting in my two cents. It's Saturday morning now and everyone is still asleep. My niece is getting sick and I think she is getting me sick. Oh well. It's worth it. That's my girl. I'm hoping that Agi and I can get in some bike riding today. Like I mentioned earlier, the food is starting to take effect and I'm feeling it in the gut. It's sort of like delayed "-itis" as Dave Chappelle used to call it. The worst kind. The kind that makes you watch "High School Musical" 1 and 2, followed by re-runs of the Kimora Lee show...ALL DAY. Keep in mind, all of this is accompanied by leftover sandwiches, ice cream and pie and lots of soda. Yeah I know it sounds good at the moment, but damn...

So I hope everyone had a great holiday and I wish you all a great weekend. Thanks for checking in on my blog from time to time. Until next time!

for more info on the dangers of tryptophan...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryptophan

on sale now!

At publix this evening, I found the necessary ingredient to every balanced diet. At a great price to boot!

maybe this wasn't such a good idea...

http://www.emotionaleater.com/

diabetes alert!

http://www.diabetes.org

ice cream run!

What better way to end a healthy day of working out, bike riding, and a wholesome dinner than with ICE CREAM!!! Agi got a Reese's pieces sundae and I am enjoying a classic pralines and cream on a sugar cone. NOICE! If it counts for anything...we did ride our bikes there.

http://www.baskinrobbins.com/

beautiful sculpture

I saw this sculpture at the Edgezones Gallery in the Wynwood Art District in Miami, Florida.

www.edgezones.org

my view...40 hours a week

This is my desk at work. Exciting huh!

So now what?

Well, I am actually doing this out of curiosity. I guess most people start new things out of curiosity. The internet is getting quite boring quite honestly and I thought I should try this out. The social networking sites (i.e. facebook, myspace, etc) turned me off real quick, so my hope is that a blog will somehow renew my interest in the net.

I do enjoy writing and journaling. Although I haven't written regularly for quite a while. At the same time, I have never let anyone read stuff that I have written let alone comment on the stuff I write.

So I guess I'll just write, post pics and vids and see what happens.