July 2007

Cyprus

The wife will probably be going back to Hilton Head at least once more this year to visit her friend that lives there and we will most likely be visiting her when we go to Parris Island in September as well. At some point later this year, as soon as she sells her business as a matter of fact, she and her children will be moving to Cyprus. The only thing I know about Cyprus is that my brother flew through there on his way back from living in Israel back in the late eighties/early nineties, so I decided to look it up as I am sure to be hearing about it from the wife sooner or later.

According to wiki, Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean and one of the most popular destinations in the Mediterranean particularly among Europeans. It was a colony of Britain until 1960 and formed it’s own Commonwealth republic in 1961. The Republic of Cyprus has also been a member of the EU since 2004.

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Judging from the picture above and the other ones that I have seen Cyprus is an extremely beautiful country and I wouldn’t mind visiting at some point. DialAFlight has cheap flights all over the world and right now I can get a flight to Cyprus from Heathrow Airport for around $900. Not too shabby, although I could probably fly into a different EU airport and get an even cheaper flight from them.


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A Survey

Found this by way of Memphis Steve

1. Were you named after anyone?
Yes, my two grandfathers.

2. When was the last time you cried?
The last time I sat down to watch a damned sappy movie..

3. Do you like your handwriting?
I write painstakingly slow so that it is legible. Mostly I type now.

4. What is your favorite lunch meat?
Taco or the elusive bearded clam.

5. Do you have kids?
Other than the ones that I post pictures of? Anything is possible.

6. If you were another person would you be friends with you?
Yes. I would probably want to have sex with me as well.

7. Do you use sarcasm a lot?
Never. Maybe a little.

8. Do you still have your tonsils?
Nope.

9. Would you bungee jump?
Would you let me rip out your scrotum? I don’t even like to get on airplanes so why the fuck would I jump off a perfectly good bridge?

10. What is your favorite cereal?
Crunchberries and beer.

11. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
Nope.

12. Do you think you are strong?
More quick than strong.

13. What is your favorite ice cream?
Chocolate.

14. What is the first thing you notice about people?
Boobs.

15. Pink or red?
It doesn’t turn red until it’s been used for awhile and then it’s sort of a purply color.

16. What is the least favorite thing about yourself?
I am too nice at work.

17. Who do you miss the most?
My two best friends in the world. One of them is worm dirt and I haven’t heard from the other since I got married.

18. Do you want everyone to send this back to you?
Not particularly. Just killing time right now

19. What color pants and shoes are you wearing?
Right now I am wearing khaki shorts, no underwear, no shoes. I just rode home from work in 90+ degrees with no air in the car.

20. What was the last thing you ate?
Double Cheeseburger and hashbrowns. What the fuck do you expect, I run three restaurants.

21. What are you listening to right now?
The clicking of my keyboard.

22. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Purple.

23. Favorite smells?
Is bearded clam a smell? No? My ass I suppose.

24. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
My wife who is swimming with the girls.

25. Do you like the person who sent this to you?
I stole it! He seems OK.

26. Favorite sports to watch?
The lights fighting behind my eyeballs or quite possibly waitress boxing. If you remember, I had to fire a couple of them for duking it out last month.

27. Eye Color
You color what?

28. Do you wear contacts?
Nope.

29. Favorite food?
Pizza

30. Scary movies or happing endings?
Scary movies. I enjoy watching horror flicks because once you see the tits you know she’s gonna die.

31. Last movie you watched?
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

32. What color shirt are you wearing?
Flesh colored. Don’t get all hot and bothered, it’s more of a pasty sort of hairy flesh color.

33. Summer or winter?
Winter in some warm place.

34. Hugs or kisses?
I prefer head. Skip the foreplay.

35. Favorite dessert?
Banana Pudding.

36. Most likely to respond?
Not a damn soul, although if I were actually going to send this out Chickie would probably do it. Consider yourself fucking memed already.

37. Least likely to respond?
Most everyone else hates these as much as I do, particularly with so many irritating questions.

38. What book are you reading now?
Trouble Magnet

39. What is on your mouse pad?
Underneath the coffee spills and dried up spew? A blue wave.

40. What did you watch on TV last night?
Burn Notice

41. Favorite sound?
My own farts

42. Rolling stones or Beatles?
Both

43. What is the furthest you have been from home?
Southern California.

44. Do you have a special talent?
I have a drinking disorder. I drink 8 or 10 beers, throw them back up and drink some more.

45. Where were you born?
Georgia Baptist Hospital.

46. Whose answers are you looking forward to getting back?
Everyones. Send me a track-back or comment if you dare take me up on this meme.

Use Less Power With Google Shadow

I may have posted about this once or twice before but I just came across it again and thought it was a pretty cool idea. Did you know that White and bright colors such as what I have at TheAppDotNet use up to 20% more power to display than dark colored sites such as Shadowscope? Googleshadow is the dark colored web search engine. Unfortunately it appears to be having problems right now as I just did a search and got an error, but I may just have to change the background colors on my sites that aren’t already dark.

Democrats Expect Delay In D.C. Vote Bill

Messing With The Wrong Person…

Making sexual remarks to a twelve-year-old is just not the way to impress me. This guy just thinks I am a dick he has no clue to what is going to be hitting him next week. I’ll give it fourteen days tops and I won’t have to worry about it any more. Scumbag

The Outer Banks

I love going down to the Carolina and Georgia coast. Although we have been to several different places over the last few years for our vacations we always seem to return to the East Coast. While it’s not quite as warm as the gulf and the seas are a bit rougher, I really love the weather as well as all of the surroundings and people in the area. Next year I think that maybe I would like to go a bit farther north and go to the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Thursday Thongs

After last week’s Thursday Thongs I figured I had better post the real thing…

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Google PR Chain

This is another of those chain things that are going around like the Z-List and some other ones I have taken part in to get backlinks.

** Start Copy Here **

We all know how important getting link backs is and with this chain, you can get the ball rolling! You don’t have to be an established blogger to take part in this chain.

Here are the rules:
1. Copy this post from the point where it says “Start Copy Here” to the point where it says “End Copy Here”
2. Add yourself and 5 of your favorite bloggers to the end of the list.
3. Post this on your blog

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I Don’t Wanna Work…

I just wanna bang on the drums all day…

Actually I could spend some time catching a few Z’s but unfortunately the bills don’t like to wait. I didn’t sleep worth a crap last night. I suppose that’s obvious from the posting I did a couple of hours ago. I am currently attempting to suck down a cup of coffee and the remnants of my Dr Pepper from earlier and hoping the caffeine will be enough to get my sleepy ass moving this morning. I’ve got two stores to look after today and a meeting this afternoon but I have as yet to finish my paperwork for the meeting. I’m hoping that I will have the opportunity to get it done at some point this morning.

The Capo’s Mistress

Back in March I wrote a brief review of The Capo’s Mistress by Richard Harris. At that point in time you could read some of it online and the audio book was also available for download or you could listen right there online. For a brief recap you can search for “The Capo’s Mistress” in my sidebar or go straight to Richard Harris’ home page and see what the fuss is all about there. The book has finally been released and you can order it over at Amazon.

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There is also another way to get a copy if you are patient unlike myself. The author is giving away ten signed copies of The Capo’s Mistress in a drawing as well as a note from the author on September 30th, 2007. Just head on over and sign up at the website. Or you could be impatient like I am with new books and order yourself a copy and sign up to win the signed copy as well. I’m not sure what is is but I have a thing for first editions and signed copies of hardcover books.

There are also some other links at the site that may be of interest such as one page that has dates, times and locations of upcoming book signings. Right now there is only one listed, but as they become available more dates will be added. You can read a bit about Richard Harris there as well in his biography.

If you listened to the audio book earlier in the year or read the three chapters that are online at The Capo’s Mistress web site leave a comment letting me know what you thought about it and whether or not you are going to order the book.


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