First/Second Rounds in Orlando 2004 NCAA Men's Basketball .

Today was officially Christmas lights and decorations day. Eric helped David with the outdoor lights, then helped Betsy put up the tree, the rest of the decorations, and of course the Lego train around the tree!



Everyone is starting to look forward to Christmas! And the presents and the dog are already under the tree...

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

Lots of folks attended Thanksgiving this year. 21 served.



22 lb. Turkey took 5 hours on the grill. And the weather turned out O.K. too.


Who drank all the Baileys? Somehow a whole bottle evaporated right in front of this group.

President Bush secretly spent Thanksgiving in Baghdad today! DRUDGE REPORT 2003®

Here is a source for all the various computer and electronic related advertised specials that are out there. Coupons from FatWallet.Com save you money!

Well, Thanksgiving is almost here...

Very good article here on wireless networks. 802.11b is great for internet, inadequate for streaming video: PCWorld.com - Warp-Speed Wireless: "While even 11b is faster than your broadband connection to the Internet, 11g's extra throughput lets you more easily transfer large files across office and home networks and even stream video from computer to computer"

About this blog:

This is the primary method I use of communicating interesting stuff I find on the internet. As I surf around and find stuff I like, or interesting reading materials, I blog it here. So it is full of stuff I want for Christmas, a funny joke or two, other interesting links, and an occassional really good political article.

(Hint: any time you see a different colored, underlined word or phrase it is a link to another site. Merely click on it and it will take you there.) Betsy occassionally contributes, and I'm sure will do so more often.

There are permanent links on the right hand side that I enjoy looking at every day.

Hope you enjoy what you see here.

Here is the Mozilla site. For a little history, this is the team that created Netscape Navigator which made the world wide web accessible to the masses. Microsoft then used its OS monopoly to capture 90% of the market. Naturally, once they captured the market, M$ stopped developing new features in their Internet Explorer browser. The Mozilla project is open-source development, and they have created a really enjoyable to use browser.

I am currently using Firebird, which is the browser component of Mozilla. Mozilla 1.5 includes newsreader and E-mail as well. It's a great package. Read about it here: mozilla - home of the mozilla, firebird, and camino web browsers

A Day in the Life of a Puppy

12:37 AM: Thought I heard something outside so I barked and barked and barked until Betsy was awake to check it out!

1:19 AM: A shadow moved across the window! It could be an attack! I howled and barked for 5 minutes straight until David told me to "shut up!" See if I warn him again! I hope whatever is out there eats him! =(

2:58 AM: Definitely heard something that time! Barked at top of my lungs until both of my owners woke up! I could tell they were awake because my David threw a shoe at me as a reward! I chewed on it for 30 minutes before I fell asleep. And I thought he was mad at me. I have a lot to learn!

4:11 AM: Lots of rain and really loud noise outside with bright flashes of light! I cried and whimpered and jumped in the bed!

6:02 AM: My owners are awake and they're taking me outside! Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! I jumped around everywhere to celebrate! I came that close to wee-weeing right there on the floor because I was so excited. But I didn't because I'm a good boy!!!

6:59 AM: They gave me food! They gave me food! They gave me food! They gave me food! Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! Jumped around to celebrate!

11:42 AM: Betsy bent down to pick me up and I licked her in the mouth! I thought she would taste like chicken...but she doesn't =(

12:13 PM: They locked me up in the laundry room and everybody left =( Maybe they're never coming back =( sniff, sniff, sniff

12:14 PM: Hey, there's all kinds of fun stuff to play with and eat in this rectangular toy chest! =)

3:36 PM: I thought I heard them coming! Barked for 15 straight minutes! But it wasn't them =( =(

4:02 PM: Ooooooh that's them for sure! It is, it is, it is! Barked for 15 straight minutes! But it wasn't them =( =( =(

5:15 PM: They're back!! Hooray! Hooray!! This is the best day of my entire life!! They're back!! They're back!! Jumped and barked for joy!! Hooray =D

5:24 PM: They're taking me outside! I didn't think it could get better...but it did!!

5:28 PM: I pooped in the yard and Betsy said I was a good dog!!! I'm the best dog...ever!!!!

6:30 PM: They gave me food! They gave me food! They gave me food! They gave me food! Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! Jumped around to celebrate!

6:41 PM: The boy left his Legos on the floor. They sure are crunchy! Why is he always yelling at me. =( =(

9:01 PM: Ran out of water in my bowl but found another source!

9:33 PM: Realized I hadn't chased my tail once today! I wondered where the day went as I chewed on the curtains.

10:19 PM: I get to go outside...AGAIN!! I can't believe it! Jumped around and barked because I was so happy!!!!

10:25 PM: It was raining outside! I got all wet and muddy! So I jumped on the couch and shook myself dry! David called me a bad boy =( =( =(

11:02 PM: I tried to make it up to him by licking him on the eye! He told me to "stop that" so I tried to lick him on the mouth instead. He said "Ugggh" then. What does it mean??? What does it mean??

11:48 PM: They're going to bed! They're going to bed! They're going to bed! I love to sleep! It's better than pooping and licking myself in front of company put together!

12:37 AM: Thought I heard something outside so I barked and barked and barked until Betsy was awake to check it out!...

Too Smart To Be So Dumb

Ceramic Smoking Baby

We are currently expecting 18 for Thanksgiving, with an outside possibility of 23 including Betsy, David, Eric, Connie, Larry, Betty, Bill, Randy, Bruce, Vicki, Susan, Janie, Steve, Jim, Cindy, Thomas, Dianne & Betsy's other Sister.

That's 16 set, 2 possible, and the Nix family could make it 23!

UPDATE: According to Betsy, her other sisters name is "Polly"

More Dean wisdom about the South
Tallahassee Democrat | 11/05/2003 | Graham on 'short list' for VP spot: "Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean said Tuesday that Southerners must stop basing their votes on 'race, guns, God and gays' and forge a multiracial coalition that focuses next year's presidential election on jobs, health care and a foreign policy reflecting American values."

On Dean and the South Tallahassee Democrat | 11/06/2003 | Howard Dean's Northern condescension is showing

The press releae on the camera. It's available in a couple weeks. EIGHT MEGAPIXELS JUST PART OF THE PICTURE WITH SONY

David's next digital camera Sony DSC-F828 Hands-On Preview: Page 1. Introduction [Digital Photography Review]

Sail Expo in St. Pete this weekend
Thursday through Saturday 10 to 6
Sunday 10 to 5
SAIL AMERICA

Florida Keys Web Cams: Cam-munity, Key West, Florida

Looking forward to that Hawaii vacation... Shark bites off surfer's left arm