Opera is free for a while

Opera is another web browser that is loaded with features. The only problem with it is that they charge money to use it or they have a free version with an ad-bar at the top. Well they're throwing a party since they've turned 10 years old and the best part of it is that they're offering free codes to get rid of the ad-bar that comes with the free version. I've used Opera in the past but I didn't like the ad-bar. Now that I can get it with no adbar I'm going to probably switch to it. One of the best features is the ability to shrink or expand any web page without distorting the page. If you're interested in it here's the link.

http://my.opera.com/community/party/

A funny worth blogging

This is a conversation using Net Send between Joel and I after the AC stopped working.

Me to Joel - The fans turned off for a couple minutes. You could actually hear yourself think.

Joels Response - bet it was pretty quiet over there in your cube eh?

My Comeback - Yes it was. My thinking machine is so efficient it requires 1/100 of the processing power of the average human.

Back from Orlando

Jen and I met her family visiting from MN in Orlando. We hit the Magic Kingdom and both Universal parks. It was a good time. Sunday evening I took them to Honeymoon Island and Clearwater Beach. Fun stuff, I think they like the area. Now if I can only get Jen to want to move here permanently.

Some hurricane clouds. 

Pic of the Jens Mom, Sister, and Brother. With a big wave in the background.  

Hanging with the Famdamily at Clearwater beach. Major waves for the gulf with Katrina running through the gulf. 

Nesting?

I got home today and our condo is super clean. The cleanest it's ever been since we moved in. I thought the nesting thing was kind of silly but maybe it's true. We'll see. The count down is on.

Last Expense Report

Today I turned in my last expense report to get reimbursed for Septembers rent. Wow, I can't believe it'll be my last month here in September. Time has flown by so fast. Before I came down here I treated it like a vacation, but work can make time fly by so fast. I wish I could take the Palm Trees back with me.

But on a lighter note. I have a couple rotational opportunities in MN. I'm quite happy that I don't have to worry about a position when I get back.

The Lightening Capital

Last night was proof that FL is the lightening capital of the world, or at least the US. We had a storm last night and the flashes were no longer then a half second apart. Followed by huge thunder. I've never heard or seen anything like it in my life. I wish I would've taken some video of it. I talked to people at work that live by me and nobody slept through it. In fact many were asking the same question "Did you hear that friggen storm last night?"

31st Birthday

Well my 31st B-day has come and gone. It wasn't quit as bad as my 30th. I guess I'm just resigned to the fact that I'm old and I'm going to only get older. I did get a free meal from the Kobe Japanese restaurant. I also got a card from a girl here at work that said "You're only as old as you act" so I'm guessing I'm about 21.

Happy 70th B-Day Dad

Have fun at your party. Wish I could be there for it.

93x Half Ass Morning Show

Moving to FL meant leaving the 93x Half Ass Morning Show. Probably one of the things I miss most about living here is not having a kick ass show to listen to in the morning. I finally found a show down here that wasn't to bad. Cowhead and Brent on 92.5 or something like that. Well I turned it on this morning and the show was replaced by some Jamacan music crap. I was mad. So I checked out the 93x web site to see if they had some kind of feed and I found one. Awesome, so I'm back in business. ROCK ON!!!! The Ass Man from Kare11 in the mornings, what more could you want.

Weekend Happenings

We hung out with the new OLDP's on Saturday for a while until they headed to the bar. It's kind of weird that we have 4 new OLDP's, for the longest time it was just Jen, Joel, Pardeep and I. Now it's a whole new crew down here.

We ate dinner at our neighbors, Lee and Breanna, last night. It was cool to finally hang out with them. They're about 25ish and both of them are still going to school. We were talking about having baby's in the future when Lee made a good point. If someone actually develops a teleport machine then why not give birth with teleportation. Something to think about.

And this morning Jen and I got up a couple times to listen for the shuttle's sonic boom . The first time we flipped on the news and found out it was delayed for 90 minutes or so. Then we got up again and found out it was canceled. So much for sleeping. I guess we'll have to try again tomorrow.

Later Due Date

Jen has decided to keep holding on to the baby for another week or so. At least that's what she claims the doctors told her. I think she's continuing to be selfish. Either that or she doesn't want to go through the labor thing after taking a class on it and actually witnessing what the some of the other moms went through. So now the due date is September 7th instead of August 30th for those of you keeping track.

31st B-Day coming up

Jen asked what I wanted for my Birthday coming up on the 13th. I said I wanted my baby already and that she should quit hogging her.

Other than that it's a slow news day.