tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29325145665123995112024-02-20T02:11:55.399-08:00ch6rmand3r = f|R3 P0k3MonSlammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-55661367463825356482012-01-07T21:37:00.000-08:002012-01-07T21:41:14.992-08:00The Twitter<span style="font-family: arial;">So, I appear to be at about 1 blog post per year... I'm at about one tweet per day, though. Mayhaps when I have more useful things to say, or perhaps a theme, I'll have more to put here... Until then, find me here:</span><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.twitter.com/samnotes">@samnotes</a>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-27104487038689829202010-04-01T17:13:00.000-07:002010-04-01T17:26:17.255-07:00Things I Wouldn't Eat as a Child: AsparagusI tried asparagus once before I was 10 years old. It was from a can and mushy and had a horrible smell. I decided to never eat it again.<br /><br />In high school I heard that asparagus makes your pee (among other things) smell/taste funny. Seemed like a detriment to trying to attain a physical relationship with a girl. Another strike against asparagus.<br /><br />Upon moving to Oregon, I was offered asparagus in many forms (all of them fresh, not canned) and turned down the first few offers. After some further prodding, thanks to my lovely wife, I gave asparagus another chance. I believe the first asparagus dish I tried was chopped asparagus sauteed with bacon in a shoyu sugar sauce. I was very tentative and took only a couple of peices of inch-long asparagus with some bacon. I thought it wasn't bad for asparagus.<br /><br />After a few more dinners over a period of months with the same dish, my servings became bigger and bigger until I finally had to admit that I really liked it. So, new asparagus dishes were tried on me, with a pretty high success rate. So, now I have to admit that I honestly like asparagus. I prefer it with a pork product closely coupled with it, like the bacon/asparagus dish. Grilled prosciutto wrapped asparagus is also an excellent side to a meal.<br /><br />I have a feeling this will be the first of many posts about "Things I Wouldn't Eat as a Child," as there were many many things I wouldn't eat... But there are now many of those things that I gladly welcome to my digestive tract.<br /><br />What do you eat now, that wouldn't have as a kid?Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-44061535910121633062008-12-09T09:21:00.001-08:002008-12-09T09:21:52.873-08:00Slumdog Millionaire<span style="font-family: arial;">See it. It's good. More later....</span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-64338925177968205732008-11-05T10:12:00.000-08:002008-11-05T10:14:05.553-08:00Happy Guy Fawkes Day<span style="font-family:arial;">Yet another reason for celebration...</span><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night</span></a>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-28678640684470142762008-11-05T08:04:00.000-08:002008-11-05T08:31:57.475-08:00Congratulations Indiana!<a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.npr.org/#/president?view=race08">NPR</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> has you going for Obama!<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrw_TadAevb3KzxBG13x4T-fhj9c0S_T3IhDsuwUDv1t1J4hSWOviA9W_9g-oorJ0vBPgVejSDYWrId_0s_BHFm8xj1TK9d4luzdNdIKe-b4D19_b9jkW2lYlsNVm6aena35OSOA9JAUd/s1600-h/npr_election_results.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrw_TadAevb3KzxBG13x4T-fhj9c0S_T3IhDsuwUDv1t1J4hSWOviA9W_9g-oorJ0vBPgVejSDYWrId_0s_BHFm8xj1TK9d4luzdNdIKe-b4D19_b9jkW2lYlsNVm6aena35OSOA9JAUd/s320/npr_election_results.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265207466084254034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> I guess C</span><span style="font-family:arial;">NN hasn't woken up yet today. Even the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/us_elections_2008/7697829.stm">BBC</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> has declared an Obama vict</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ory in Indiana.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVG0ZJzhPzjGbnJrCB23r21-HzCs2ItFzJyzzIc_LqBx-SLqfN9s6fFR-uryqCHvXj4eSWBYc5942gu-lqMttqb7Qxdi4ERpFBFVeLUY1fUfCvRwH-fmR4E1ERXr19ocoNtVyTyhgD5GQI/s1600-h/bbc_election_results.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVG0ZJzhPzjGbnJrCB23r21-HzCs2ItFzJyzzIc_LqBx-SLqfN9s6fFR-uryqCHvXj4eSWBYc5942gu-lqMttqb7Qxdi4ERpFBFVeLUY1fUfCvRwH-fmR4E1ERXr19ocoNtVyTyhgD5GQI/s320/bbc_election_results.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265207811316807666" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Absolutely fantastic job!<br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE</span><br /><br />CNN now has Indiana going Obama! Word!<br /></span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-80657835975030843662008-11-04T22:04:00.001-08:002008-11-04T22:05:32.159-08:00President Barack Obama<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" >YES WE CAN!</span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-32123218039784928982008-11-04T10:20:00.000-08:002008-11-04T10:29:46.582-08:00I Can Haz Vote!<span style="font-family:arial;">I don't know how you people who have to physically go to a voting booth do it. It took me 2 or 3 hours last night to vote. We had 10 measures + a bunch of other things to vote on besides people running for office. If we had to do this in a booth, it would be ridiculous.<br /><br />I did see an awesome graphic about voter turnout in Oregon so far:<br /><br /></span><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/_mail_and_dropoff_ballots.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 687px; height: 149px;" src="http://blog.oregonlive.com/news_impact/2008/11/vote.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm not overly confident, but this is definitely a good sign. Especially considering not all Republicans are going to vote for McCain.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I really want this to be a decisive victory for Obama.</span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-73914061305722480802008-10-28T14:56:00.000-07:002008-10-28T15:10:31.353-07:00My September Indiana Trip<span style="font-family:arial;">It was fun. Glad to see everyone... Even though Ramona thought I was boring.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.yelp.com/list_details?list_id=h9kOgbwexriat9zrjeUYuQ">Here are reviews</a> I wrote for all the places I went:<br /></span><br /><!-- Begin Yelp Badge - get your own at http://www.yelp.com/bling --><br /><div style="line-height: 1px;"><div style="overflow: hidden; width: 350px; height: 40px; line-height: 100%; background-image: url(http://static.px.yelp.com/bling_borders?color=C41200&width=350&BGcolor=CCCCCC&position=top&height=40);"><a href="http://www.yelp.com/"><img src="http://static.px.yelp.com/static/20081007/i/new/p.gif" style="border: medium none ; height: 20px; width: 40px; margin-top: 2px; margin-left: 155px; margin-right: 155px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.yelp.com/list_details?list_id=h9kOgbwexriat9zrjeUYuQ" style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12px ! important;">Indiana 2008</a></div></div><iframe src="http://www.yelp.com/blogbadgemap?v=2&userid=KKzXZBxK03rAqFeghSHpzQ&width=350&height=295&uicolor=C41200&textcolor=FFFFFF&type=list&speed=10&list_id=h9kOgbwexriat9zrjeUYuQ" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" height="295" width="350">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</iframe><br /><div style="width: 350px; height: 15px; text-align: center; line-height: 100%; background-image: url(http://static.px.yelp.com/bling_borders?color=C41200&width=350&BGcolor=CCCCCC&position=bottom&height=15);"><a href="http://www.yelp.com/bling" style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12px ! important;">What's this?</a></div><br /></div><!-- End Yelp Badge - get your own at http://www.yelp.com/bling --><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I'll try to have pictures and perhaps more info later. Had a great time working the Obama booth at the Fall Festival.</span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-61508165825914034952008-09-29T14:14:00.000-07:002008-09-29T14:20:04.950-07:00Reprehensible!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2851180686_91f0c7b3f1_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2851180686_91f0c7b3f1_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This is an horrendous act and I am appalled that it has happened anywhere, but especially that it happened in the American Midwest:<br /><br /></span><h2 style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/28/203016/697/536/613742"><span class="diaryTitle">Muslim Children Gassed at Dayton Mosque After "Obsession" DVD Hits Ohio</span></a></h2><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It is unfathomable to me that any newspaper would willingly distribute hate speech in such a manner. This is truly a low for America. </span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-83252166017584879152008-09-19T07:32:00.000-07:002008-09-19T13:40:24.085-07:00Photovoltaic Cell Anyone?<span style="font-family: arial;">So, <a href="http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/17/12-year-old-boy-invents-new-type-of-solar-cell/">some 12 year old kid </a>-- in Oregon, no less -- has developed a 3-d solar cell that absorbs both infrared and visible light that could provide 500 times more absorbtion than current commercial models.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.applegeeks.com/blog/2008/09/18/can-i-get-a-do-over/">Ananth at Applegeeks had some good stuff to say about it.</a><br /><br />It really makes you feel inadequate, ya?<br /></span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-31410080432547624722008-09-16T12:05:00.000-07:002008-09-16T12:09:50.639-07:00Obama's Presence in My Family<span style="font-family: arial;">It may come as a shock to most of you, but everyone I've talked politics to in my family has said they prefer Obama over the other candidates. It surprised me. Pleasantly. I'd rather not discuss their reasons publicly (as they're not mine to disclose), but give me a ring and I can tell you. It's interesting how very against Palin some of them are... Like she's a wolf in sheep's clothing.<br /><br />Anyway, good news from the Hoosier state.<br /></span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-87165511742242539832008-09-11T12:12:00.000-07:002008-09-11T12:15:55.756-07:00Barack on Lettermanhey, did you see obama on letterman last night. dave slammed mccain and palin in his opening and then sat and interviewed obama through at least 3 commercial breaks. i don't think he even did the top 10 last night. it was weird and cool.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wiXLzRFX3Rc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wiXLzRFX3Rc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />it also made me miss hawaii a lot. i didn't expect that reaction. it also made me peeved that people on the mainland still don't consider hawaii to be a state, or treat it like it's some crazy foreign culture... i'm just going to throw this out: hawaii is perhaps one of the most patriotic states in the union if not the most. it's a state. they eat a lot of spam. get over it.<br /><br />anyway, it was really a great interview.Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-36115504963145064482008-09-10T12:06:00.000-07:002008-09-10T12:07:40.697-07:00Sick = SadI hate being sick. The nose blowing. The pressure behind my eyes. My eyes feeling like they're on fire. Feeling like a zombie. Gah. Sneeze coming on. Out.Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-88351415865775480672008-08-15T10:08:00.000-07:002008-08-15T10:16:50.119-07:00Hustle and Flow<span style="font-family: arial;">We saw <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410097/">Hustle and Flow</a> last night. It was pretty good, thought I'm not sure I like the final message: if you almost kill somebody and get put in jail, it will help you make the big time. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026364/">Anthony Anderson</a> put on a surprisingly good performance. I like him more and more as I see him in stuff, whether it's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418279/">Transformers</a> or <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098844/">Law & Order</a>. Terrence Howard was also pretty solid, though about the least violent pimp I've seen portayed on film.<br /></span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-57898581478814928002008-08-05T13:19:00.001-07:002008-08-05T13:21:39.338-07:00For Friends Who Like Baseball<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.megatokyo.com/rant/928"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.megatokyo.com/rantimgs/0928.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You actually don't have to care about baseball to like this rant on megatokyo about Japanese baseball:<br /><a href="http://www.megatokyo.com/rant/928">http://www.megatokyo.com/rant/928</a><br /></span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-19268080100902996522008-08-05T11:03:00.000-07:002008-08-05T11:07:28.935-07:00I'm not Impressed<span style="font-family: arial;">I warned him! Now <a href="http://stuckeyspalt.blogspot.com/">he's</a> in my blog.<br /><br />Now, here's a Jonas Brothers' video:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ScXLHgPcZuc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ScXLHgPcZuc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I'm not Impressed.<br /></span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-12016456245959034042008-08-04T15:23:00.000-07:002008-08-04T15:28:00.352-07:00Dark Knight 2.0<span style="font-family: arial;">We saw "The Dark Knight" once again last night, and it definitely holds up. It's a truly amazing movie that will be the standard for adult superhero movies. Since this was the first time we saw "The Dark Knight" outside of IMAX, it was also the first time to see the previews before it. I read an interview w/the director/writer of the new "Watchmen" movie and i thought it seemed like it could be good enough to be in league "The Dark Knight." Now that I've seen the preview for it, I'm pretty sure it will stand on equal footing w/the "The Dark Knight."<br /><br />Stick that in your cap!<br /></span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-53137735433476774002008-08-02T02:16:00.000-07:002008-08-02T02:25:35.214-07:00Whale Talk<a href="http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/imageDB.cgi?isbn=9780440229384"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/imageDB.cgi?isbn=9780440229384" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You could have told me I'd be crying at 2 in the morning trying not to shake the bed with my sobs. I should have known a quarter of the way through the book. What tragedies fear brings. What triumph does forgiveness. Thank you for this journey.<br /></span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-45918488657791690672008-08-01T09:17:00.000-07:002008-08-01T09:22:16.248-07:00Amazing<span style="font-family: arial;">I saw a deer today on my way to work. It was just after I dropped Akemi off at her work. It sprinted out in front of my car as I approached a stop sign. It came out of this 1 block sized park and was headed up towards Washington Park. It was beautiful. Thankfully it wasn't injured and seemed to be heading the right way. It's weird, but I feel a very strong connection with that deer, like it was my friend. I am definitely in awe at the odd happenings of my life.<br /></span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-37866405716968726232008-07-20T08:53:00.000-07:002008-07-20T08:54:53.815-07:00Dark Knight Followup<span style="font-family: arial;">The Dark Knight. It was more than awesome. I would tell you more, but you would kill me.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">See this movie!</span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-18167745243530511672008-07-18T20:13:00.000-07:002008-12-09T15:02:44.361-08:00Dark Knight: IMAX!!!<a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_E-8Ot9G7tkwyILkipEq_azcHcCc4m8n7-4ups5N7uQm0uxn97YvB-MnkwB54FM0eUCaP_94l_Eany4ynxVyN8k37Co_rH6vPcVYzq6-zOojAklCsNE0-k19itL1q0I_X8SobodGRIwR/s1600-h/dark_knight_joker.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_E-8Ot9G7tkwyILkipEq_azcHcCc4m8n7-4ups5N7uQm0uxn97YvB-MnkwB54FM0eUCaP_94l_Eany4ynxVyN8k37Co_rH6vPcVYzq6-zOojAklCsNE0-k19itL1q0I_X8SobodGRIwR/s200/dark_knight_joker.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224559286775432850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We stopped by the theater on our way home to pick up our 9am Dark Knight IMAX tickets. Shows were sold out all the way through 5am. We'll report how awesome it was tomorrow!</span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-87869933962184438892008-06-09T15:32:00.000-07:002008-06-19T11:17:00.133-07:00What the #@&%!<span style="font-family:arial;">Do you remember Beetle Bailey, that old comic strip about a slacker army guy and his sergeant. Remember how the sergeant used to swear up a storm, but in those ambiguous character swear words (#$@%@^!@)?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Well, I've been noticing the funky swear words popping up in comics all across the spectrum. From For Better, For Worse and Mutts to Pearls Before Swine and Get Fuzzy. Oddly enough, or perhaps not odd at all, I hear actual swear words when reading the comics now. When I was a kid, I just heard grumbling (like stuff you'd hear Yosemite Sam say, "rickrackfrackfrickin"). It surprised me when I realized this.<br /><br />Now that I'm 30, it's just weird to know that there's one more piece of innocence that I've lost.<br /><br />Does anyone else hear the f-bomb when they read the funny pages?<br /><br />note: i was gonna add images/links to this post, but don't have time. maybe later.<br /></span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-84935515295954594192008-05-30T10:14:00.000-07:002008-12-09T15:02:44.506-08:00Where have I been?<span style="font-family:arial;">First off, here's a deal:</span> <a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://whv.warnerbros.com/WHVPORTAL/Portal/homepage.jsp">http://whv.warnerbros.com/WHVPORTAL/Portal/homepage.jsp</a> <span style="font-family:arial;">Warner Bros is have a 20% all dvd titles until Saturday May 31. If you're looking to jazz up your dvd collection, it's actually not that awesome a deal...<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7LfHJROX86tUsHIrVAjApJQn0TnRHA3ilVQDHWEzTb32lDVfMYIqLuVmRC1SSnCvNcFQ9o6rUR3XmMpu7OeBO8rNOf8OFHhcPZmr2gi2SxPCf6pDuS4qQdhg7UokB1nMAER0063HAz1iW/s1600-h/mariokartwiiwallpaper3-200x150.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 25px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7LfHJROX86tUsHIrVAjApJQn0TnRHA3ilVQDHWEzTb32lDVfMYIqLuVmRC1SSnCvNcFQ9o6rUR3XmMpu7OeBO8rNOf8OFHhcPZmr2gi2SxPCf6pDuS4qQdhg7UokB1nMAER0063HAz1iW/s320/mariokartwiiwallpaper3-200x150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206224073392100034" border="0" hspace="10" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">I've been busy for a few reasons and not in the mood to blog...<br /></span><ol><li><span style="font-family:arial;">I've been <a href="http://ch6rmand3r.yelp.com/">yelping</a> a lot. It's quite ridiculous actually, as last week, one of my "lists" was featured, and in this week's Portland newsletter I was a "Top Yelper".</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">I picked up a contracting job helping a friend set up an online store for a magazine. Should launch on June 1.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.mariokart.com/">Mario. Kart. Wii.</a> The controls are awesome and it is super fun!<br /></span></li></ol><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm sure there are other reasons, but now I just want to play Mariokart. Peace out.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-17319383451643596212008-05-09T11:21:00.000-07:002008-05-09T11:32:59.999-07:00Yelp!<div style="line-height: 1px; float: left; margin-right: 10px;"><div style="width:200px; height:40px; overflow:hidden; line-height: 100%; background-image : url(http://static.px.yelp.com/bling_borders?color=C41200&width=200&BGcolor=CCCCCC&position=top&height=40) "><a href="http://www.yelp.com"><img src="http://static.px.yelp.com/static/20080424/i/new/p.gif" style="height: 20px; width: 40px; margin-top: 2px; margin-left: 80px; margin-right: 80px; border:none; "/></a><div style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=KKzXZBxK03rAqFeghSHpzQ" style="font-family:arial; color:#FFFFFF; font-size: 12px !important; ">The Greensburg Trifecta</a></div></div><iframe frameborder="0" width="200" height="295" scrolling="no" src="http://www.yelp.com/blogbadgemap?v=2&userid=KKzXZBxK03rAqFeghSHpzQ&width=200&height=295&uicolor=C41200&textcolor=FFFFFF&type=list&speed=10&list_id=DrSuWIcmkCVzdey5RejqKg"><br /></iframe><br /><div style="width:200px; height:15px; text-align : center; line-height: 100%; background-image : url(http://static.px.yelp.com/bling_borders?color=C41200&width=200&BGcolor=CCCCCC&position=bottom&height=15) "><a href="http://www.yelp.com/bling" style="font-family:arial; color:#FFFFFF; font-size: 12px !important; ">What's this?</a></div><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So, you've probably noticed the map gadget in the margin of my page... I've gotten in to this site </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.yelp.com/">Yelp.com</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, that I think is pretty cool. Basically it's like what city search should have been. Rate and review cool places you been to or eaten at. There's a social networking side that I've not really gotten in to, but I never seem to do that anyway...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Find me here: </span><a style="font-family: arial;" rel="nofollow" href="http://ch6rmand3r.yelp.com/">http://ch6rmand3r.yelp.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I've reviewed the Greensburg Trifecta, but none of the restaurants have pictures... so, you guys still living there, please post a picture if you get the chance. See you there.</span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932514566512399511.post-60256787057897942252008-05-03T09:13:00.001-07:002008-05-03T09:14:47.434-07:00Free Comic Book Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.freecomicbookday.com/includes/fcbd08_Gold_Sponsors/DarkHorseFreeComic01.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.freecomicbookday.com/includes/fcbd08_Gold_Sponsors/DarkHorseFreeComic01.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It's a little late notice, but today is </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.freecomicbookday.com/">Free Comic Book Day</a><span style="font-family:arial;">!</span>Slammin' Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009359617311519214noreply@blogger.com1