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Thats right folks Christmas came a little early this year. Thanks to Paul's Dad for finding the 73 VW that is now sitting in front of the garage. It will be a great edition and give me the parts I need to finish the 71.
Too bad i looks like it will be after Christmas before I can actually play with it!
So I have been asked a lot lately on how I keep up with friends blogs and the news with such ease? Well my friends I am hear to tell you that its quite easy. First check out the article that was in the first issue of Money & More written by our friend Paul.
My process:
1) Download latest and greatest version of Firefox
2) Sign up for a free account at BlogLines
3) Visit friends blogs or news sites and look for the rss indicator located on the right hand side of the web address bar.
4) Click on the button and subscribe to the feed.
5) Make your BlogLines account your home page.
6) Everytime some body updates his/her site the feed will be right there for you to read!
Stay Informed, Stay Connected!
We are having a kick ass Christmas Party this year and you are all invited.
Waccamaw Lanes Bowling Alley
Fri. Dec 22nd 6-10pm
Free Bowling and Pig Pickin
Just bring a new, unopened unwrapped toy for Toys For Tots!
Hope to see you there!
It now looks as if all I post about is tv and movies. Well to be honest I have always watched a lot of movies and it is of recent that I have found some things that are interesting to write about.
Such is the case for Hot Chick, Hot Rod, & Stoner BBQ. By no means is it a great movie and by my standards would probley be a better "net" movie or "net" tv series. It however was pretty funny and awesome at the same time.
The premise: Take a red neckish, hot rod, pot smoking girl and make a BBQ cooking show out of it. While stuff is cooking away, jump to other hot rod butchy (but cute girls) who show you how to change your spark plugs oil etc. Now throw in some shots of everybody smoking pot and there you go. Not really much there but it did combine my passion for cars and BBQ into one movie, so what's not to love?
It is almost like another "net" show that Emerson and I were working on at one point. Build a show out of a 50's style pin-up girl slash girl next door and good old home made cooking. Noting really fancy as far as cooking goes just simple "country" cooking. Go over the top with stylings of the girl and the kitchen while staying simple with the cooking. I still thinks its a really good idea but I am just too lazy to do it. Maybe I should start pitching the ideas to Revision3.
Not really but with the advent and push for more and more on-line content it sure has made it a lot easier for me to watch shows I would otherwise miss. I have never watched that much TV but with me having to work late and needing background noise I have found myself turning on CBS. They have a new thing called InnerTube.
InnerTube is CBS (and the first network) attempt to draw online viewers to watch their shows. You can pick from a variety of shows to watch. They have full episodes of most and snippets of others. I have watched all episodes of CSI, SHARK (I love this show) and Numb3ers. The real gem of this is I have been turned onto a show called SMITH with Ray Liotta. Its great so far and I still have a few more still to watch. InnerTube still has commercials but its only one and its only every 12 mins. So far I am pleased with this version of online viewing. I have experienced a few problems with their system but nothing to bad.
Now it also looks as if NBC is trying to get in the mix. From now until the second half of the season starts in mid January you can catch up on all of the Hero's episodes. Since I haven't watched but one it should be good to get caught up.
A quick recap on some other things I have been watching:
TV:
HOUSE MD Season 1,2 & 3
Las Vegas Season 4
Shark
Smith
Movies Of Notable Intrest:
Casino Royale
--Best Bond Movie of my time
Lucky # Sleven
--Great movie, a little more polished and less kaotic than Pulp Fiction or Usual Suspects (not as good as those two either but on par)
Christmas Vacation
--Great Christmas Film
Stick It
--Laugh now but it was really good.
On the way to work this mourning I heard on the radio that an airport decided to take down 7 christmas trees cause someone asked if they could also place a Chanukkiyah up. They said if they did that then they would also have to put all other sorts of religious stuff. So instead they just took everything down.
I am not an advocate for one religion or another, however what do Christmas trees have to do with any religions? If anything they are a pagan in nature.
Is it because its called a "Christ"mas tree?
Most people know I am a very jaded person. I hate a lot of things. While I am quite use to this, I now know that it can leave me somewhat close minded. However I do have a great person that helps me open up my eyes every now and then: My Wife.
For the past three years Heidi and I have been talking about going to see The Night Of 1000 Candles at Brookgreen Gardens. For the previous two years we haven't made it. This year was different.
You see I hate going to Brookgreen Gardens. At least that is what I thought. I haven't been there since 8th grade. However I hear people talking about it all the time.
This talk is all the same AND I MEAN THE SAME. "Brookgreen is so perfect for a date." "The most romantic spot to take a date." "I went with (enter any name here) on our first date." And so on.
This is what I thought was so pathetic and cliché. I am pretty sure every girl in Horry County has been taken there for some kind of date. How uncreative. This is for the most part why I have swore it off. I think Myrtle Beach has so much to offer and Brookgreen Gardens is just one of the many things. Heidi and I have focused on other things of interest and have never been to the gardens together.
That was until last Saturday night. That was until I opened my eyes and saw what everybody else was missing. Brookgreen is an amazing place. It isn't amazing because of its romance, it isn't amazing because its such a great date place. It's amazing for its sculpture and artistic quality. It's amazing for its natural animal preserve and conservation efforts.
I am still a jaded person but I have shifted my hate from Brookgreen itself to the uncreative, unimagtivative people that state its a place for dates.
When is the last time you heard that the Louver is a great place to take a date. The Louver is known for its art as well as Brookgreen should be!
So most of you know that I have been working on a 71 VW for a little while. You may also know that one of my friend and his dad have been working on varrious car projects as well. However few know that we have formed a gang. No not actually, but due to our nature of often getting together to tinker around on each others cars we have formed sort of a bond. Thanks to Paul's Dad for coming up with the name I was sent forth to come up with an identity. I took some elements that we all seemed to like and came up with the concept. From there I left it up to a good friend of mine and one hell of a tattoo artist to illustrate. This is how it came out.
"The Pistoffs: Cause Its Better Than To Get Pissed On"
Just got in some new Pez. These are from Europe and were never released in the US. I know they make Heidi happy cause they are all characters that Heidi really likes.
So it seems as if everybody is an artist these days. Everybody has photoshop and everybody still from the web. I am no different. However I do understand the principals behind it all and how to provide artwork in the manor that other will need it in the future. I really wanted to stay away from doing stuff for other people because then they start to expect it from you, but I see that it could also bring in a little sticker business. So here goes something I did for a fellow Volksrod member:
