This is a fantastic album! You can listen to every song on this album. They sound like The Verve, James Blunt and Jet all rolled into one. They will have a new album out on February 18th entitled Join With Us.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
What I Am Listening To
This is a fantastic album! You can listen to every song on this album. They sound like The Verve, James Blunt and Jet all rolled into one. They will have a new album out on February 18th entitled Join With Us.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Down With The Sickness
I'm sick. Little cough, throat, runny noise cold thang. I don't get sick very often. The last time I remember getting sick (that was not alcohol induced) was June of 2005 on the way back from my Sister's wedding in Arizona. I was feeling better yesterday but today I hit a road block. I'm stuffy, coughy and sneezy.
-MikeyB
-MikeyB
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Son of a Biscuit!
This is not the way I wanted to start off my day.
I wake up around 8:30 am and 5 minutes later the carbon monoxide detector goes off. I run down stairs and remove the batteries so I can move the detector to a different location. 5 minutes later it goes off again. I give Center Point Energy a call and they said they will send someone out to take a look. I gather up the dog & cat and put them in the Cherokee. I figure it will be about 15-20 minutes before they show up. I head over to the BK Lounge for some breakfast. What I wanted was 2 sausage, egg and cheese croissants. What I received and must have ordered was 2 sausage, egg and cheese biscuits. I get home and the Center Point Energy guy shows up. He checks out the place and all is good. It's more than likely the detector is bad. So it's time to bring the pets back in the house. As I am bringing the cat back in she started to freak out and using her back claws tries to jump away from me. In the process of this happening the cat rips a 1 inch cut in to my new Marmot down jacket. Son of a BITCH! Frickin' A!
Me not so happy.
-MikeyB
I wake up around 8:30 am and 5 minutes later the carbon monoxide detector goes off. I run down stairs and remove the batteries so I can move the detector to a different location. 5 minutes later it goes off again. I give Center Point Energy a call and they said they will send someone out to take a look. I gather up the dog & cat and put them in the Cherokee. I figure it will be about 15-20 minutes before they show up. I head over to the BK Lounge for some breakfast. What I wanted was 2 sausage, egg and cheese croissants. What I received and must have ordered was 2 sausage, egg and cheese biscuits. I get home and the Center Point Energy guy shows up. He checks out the place and all is good. It's more than likely the detector is bad. So it's time to bring the pets back in the house. As I am bringing the cat back in she started to freak out and using her back claws tries to jump away from me. In the process of this happening the cat rips a 1 inch cut in to my new Marmot down jacket. Son of a BITCH! Frickin' A!
Me not so happy.
-MikeyB
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
A Long Day
3:45 am - Wake up. Take a shower and have some breakfast.
4:15 am - Leave for the airport. Aimee half awake in the passenger seat.
4:30 am - Arrive at Lindbergh Terminal. Tired as all hell I now get to take my shoes off to go through the security check point. Success I'm not a threat to national security. They didn't even question to why I had license plates in my bag.
4:45 am - Arrive at my gate. Little early since the plane was to board at 5:30am.
5:40 am - I get to my seat. Middle seat...suck. If you take a Boeing 737 you want seat 9. These are the exit seats over the wings that have all of the leg room.
6:00 am - Take off. I now get to enjoy old man breath from the guy to the left of me. He is enjoying his book while listening to air traffic control at 100bd on the headphones provided by the airline.
7:13 am - Flight lands at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Call up my brother to pick me up.
7:40 am - Get to my parents house. Get the new (used) Cherokee warmed up. Chat a little with my brother.
8:30 am - Leave Elmhurt, IL for MN.
8:33 am - People from IL drive like maniacs.
10:45 am - Just about to get to Madison and I am craving some Taco Bell for lunch.
10:50 am - I see a Taco Bell sign so I take the next exit. Fricken A! It's a Taco Bell express.
10:53 am - U-turn and get back on I90.
11:30 am - Starving! Get off at a Dells exit. You know the one with the water parks. I begin my search for food.
11:35 am - Culvers it is. Thankfully my stomach agreed with Culvers afterwards.
1:30 pm - 10 miles from Lacrosse and it begins to snow.
2:00 pm - Roads are wicked slick. 45 mph I will go.
2:45 pm - Rochester. Now there is snow and wind. People do not get the hit and at flying by me going 65-70 mph.
3:00 pm - I see these people in the ditch and rolled over in a cornfield. I hope it was worth it.
4:15 pm - I arrive home. Tired! Tired! Tired!.
The Jeep worked awesome and is in great shape. I ordered some new rear leaf springs and I will be bring it back down to the stock height shortly. I also picked up some new wipers and lights. Tomorrow I'm going to head to U-pull in search of some stock rims and misc parts.
BTW I name the new Jeep "Little Red"
-MikeyB
4:15 am - Leave for the airport. Aimee half awake in the passenger seat.
4:30 am - Arrive at Lindbergh Terminal. Tired as all hell I now get to take my shoes off to go through the security check point. Success I'm not a threat to national security. They didn't even question to why I had license plates in my bag.
4:45 am - Arrive at my gate. Little early since the plane was to board at 5:30am.
5:40 am - I get to my seat. Middle seat...suck. If you take a Boeing 737 you want seat 9. These are the exit seats over the wings that have all of the leg room.
6:00 am - Take off. I now get to enjoy old man breath from the guy to the left of me. He is enjoying his book while listening to air traffic control at 100bd on the headphones provided by the airline.
7:13 am - Flight lands at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Call up my brother to pick me up.
7:40 am - Get to my parents house. Get the new (used) Cherokee warmed up. Chat a little with my brother.
8:30 am - Leave Elmhurt, IL for MN.
8:33 am - People from IL drive like maniacs.
10:45 am - Just about to get to Madison and I am craving some Taco Bell for lunch.
10:50 am - I see a Taco Bell sign so I take the next exit. Fricken A! It's a Taco Bell express.
10:53 am - U-turn and get back on I90.
11:30 am - Starving! Get off at a Dells exit. You know the one with the water parks. I begin my search for food.
11:35 am - Culvers it is. Thankfully my stomach agreed with Culvers afterwards.
1:30 pm - 10 miles from Lacrosse and it begins to snow.
2:00 pm - Roads are wicked slick. 45 mph I will go.
2:45 pm - Rochester. Now there is snow and wind. People do not get the hit and at flying by me going 65-70 mph.
3:00 pm - I see these people in the ditch and rolled over in a cornfield. I hope it was worth it.
4:15 pm - I arrive home. Tired! Tired! Tired!.
The Jeep worked awesome and is in great shape. I ordered some new rear leaf springs and I will be bring it back down to the stock height shortly. I also picked up some new wipers and lights. Tomorrow I'm going to head to U-pull in search of some stock rims and misc parts.
BTW I name the new Jeep "Little Red"
-MikeyB
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
We Don't Need No Stinkin' Paper Money
The vending machine company just installed a credit card swiper and pay pass for the vending machines here at work. I have a feeling their business will pick up since a lot of people don't carry cash anymore as we turn into a digital paperless world. I think I'm going to test it out right now.
Speaking of credit cards...why do people still write out check at retail locations? It drives me nuts when I'm behind someone and they break out the ol' check book. I understand maybe writing out a check for a bill to mail-in but come on peeps, get with the times. Step into the NOW. Pretty much every restaurant doesn't take checks these days.
-MikeyB
Speaking of credit cards...why do people still write out check at retail locations? It drives me nuts when I'm behind someone and they break out the ol' check book. I understand maybe writing out a check for a bill to mail-in but come on peeps, get with the times. Step into the NOW. Pretty much every restaurant doesn't take checks these days.
-MikeyB
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Glacier Here We Come
We are starting to planning our trip to Glacier National Park in August. Currently the only thing we have set in stone is the first 2 nights at Many Glacier Hotel. I have to check into the backcountry permit and sites. We would like to hike to Cracker Lake for the night and also up to Granite Park Chalet for another night. Day hikes to Ice Berg Lake and Hidden Lake are also on the agenda. We were also thinking about some horseback riding but we will have to see if we have enough time.
The last time we went was back in August of 2003, the west side of the park was closed because of wildfires. We managed to do a day hike to Otokomi Lake which is inspiring us to do more backcountry hiking this time around. I'll keep the blog up to date with the planning of this years trip.
-MikeyB
The last time we went was back in August of 2003, the west side of the park was closed because of wildfires. We managed to do a day hike to Otokomi Lake which is inspiring us to do more backcountry hiking this time around. I'll keep the blog up to date with the planning of this years trip.
-MikeyB
Deep Thought By MikeyB
Do you ever like to bite off the head of a Gummi Bear and replace it with a different flavored head? Then it turns into a Robo Gummi Bear that fights crime.
Haribo macht Kinder froh und Erwachsene ebenso
Haribo macht Kinder froh und Erwachsene ebenso
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Jeepless
As of 4pm today I am officially Jeepless. It was hard to see it go but it was time. Getting 12 mpg with a daily driver is not very practical. BUT I will not be Jeepless for very long. Next Friday I will be flying out to Chicago to pick up my Brothers Jeep Cherokee. This Cherokee will be staying stock.
Bye, Bye Jeep. Enjoy your new owner & New Jersey.
Bye, Bye Jeep. Enjoy your new owner & New Jersey.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Hey Foxy Lady!!
We have a Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) living out side our windows at work. Foxy showed up a couple weeks ago spending most of his/her day sleeping in the snow. There was a Eastern Cottontail outside our windows a month ago but I have a hunch that Foxy made a meal out of that wabbit. There are also a lot of plant life for Foxy to feed on and I'm sure he/she will be around until spring.
