My favorite graphic during our Football season

This is my favorite graphic that was put up during our NFL season this year. It started out as a joke, and everyone loved it, so they used it during the broadcast. You may have to blow this picture up a little bit in order to see it, but it lists the temperatures in Greenland, Alaska, Moscow, and Green Bay. Yes, it was coldest by a long shot in Green Bay.

I caved....

Remember how not that long ago I was telling you that I was done with social networking? That I didn't need anything else? That I was putting my foot down and refusing to join Facebook? Well, I caved. I joined facebook. There are actually lots of things to do there, and to me it does seem much better than MySpace. I'm already on level 5 of MobWars.

Oops, my bad...

So I got back into my apartment this afternoon, and there was a foul smell. It wasn't that bad, but definitely noticeable. I went looking for it, and couldn't track it down. I emptied the garbage, made sure the dishes in the sink we clean and I didn't smell it. As I was walking around the corner into my living room, it hit me.

After my ATV tour in Aruba, I put my shoes in a hotel bag, and had left them there. I tracked down the bag and sure enough, that's where the smell was coming from. I put the shoes out on my balcony and threw out the bag. I may be able to wear them again, but I doubt it.

Here's a picture of me with the helmet on. Laugh it up....

Underwater Aruba photos

I used a cheap underwater film camera to take some pictures while attempting to snorkle in Aruba. Here's a few of the shots...

Random Picture of the Day

I may try and start posting a picture a day... we'll see how this works out....

A good deed

As no doubt you've seen, I took many pictures while I was in Aruba. I was really trying to capture the sunset, and I think that I did a pretty god job with that. One thing that photography requires, especially taking sunsets/sunrises/night time shots is patience. While waiting for the sun to go down the one day, I was watching as a couple got married on the beach of the hotel I was staying in.

The photographer had them walk along the water line for pictures, and I happened to take one of the couple as they were walking by. It came out really nice and I sent it to the concierge of my hotel with the hopes they would forward it on to the couple. I've heard stories about how long it can take to get official wedding photographs, so I figured that it would be nice if I could give this couple a picture relatively quickly.

The concierge did indeed pass the photo on (they printed it for the couple) as well as my contact information. Today I received a thank you from the bride and she asked if I could email to her as well.

I like doing nice things for people. This was something that took a total of 1 minute of my time, and brought a little joy to them.

Should I stay or should I go?

So I'm heading to Chicago this weekend. I had planned to leave on Monday to come back home. Then I got an email from DKM (Drop Kick Murphys for those who didn't know). I didn't realize but they are playing in Chicago on Monday Night. DKM is for lack of a better term an Irish punk rock band. They have a bagpipe player (Scruffy Wallace) in a rock band. It actually works and sounds good. You've heard them after the Red Sox won the World Series and they had a song featured in The Departed.

I've seen them live once before. It's really a high energy great live performance. I think I have to take advantage of my current situation, and plan on staying the extra day and go to the concert, right?