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sircedric @ 2009-08-25T19:05:00

2009-08-26T01:07:35Z

So a while back I posted here asking about podcasts I should listen to. First, thank you to everyone who suggested podcasts to me. I've gone a bit crazy with them so I thought maybe I'd give a quick update to what I've been listening to.

Personal Finance Hour with JD Roth and Jim Wang
Buzz out Loud (Cnet)
Buzz Report (Cnet)
Ciderhelm
Cnet's Top 5
Cnet News Daily Podcast
Cranky Geeks
The Dave Ramsey Show
Gadgettes (Cnet)
The Gamespy Debriefings
NPR Planet Money Podcast
Official Disneyland Podcast
The Real Deal (Cnet)
Savage Love Podcast
The Skeptics Guide to the Universe
This American Life
This Week in Science
This week in Tech
Travel with Rick Steves
Wdw Today

Podcasts

2009-06-22T14:55:57Z

I'm looking for a few more podcasts to add to my ipod while biking to work. Anyone have any podcasts that they just love? I'd love recommendations. I'm pretty open on topics as long as they are interesting.

Thanks!

Mike

sircedric @ 2009-06-11T12:33:00

2009-06-11T18:33:44Z

Sort of a neat site if you want to sit at your computer and make a few bucks. I haven't tried it but I thought I'd post it.

https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome

sircedric @ 2009-05-20T09:38:00

2009-05-20T15:39:54Z

My next car....forget the jeep.

Persu Mobility Hybrid http://img2.imageshack.us/my.php?image=44r.jpg&via=tfrog

sircedric @ 2009-05-15T14:53:00

2009-05-15T20:55:17Z

Like folk music? I think it's about time to make a folk music mix tape. If I had any musical talent I'd love to do folk covers of popular music...sort of like richard cheese does with lounge music.

Anyway, I recommend this group...

http://www.myspace.com/slowclub

Mike

Summer Fun

2009-05-15T15:00:45Z

A few weeks ago Joelle and I attended a dance concert up at CU. While it was fun for me, she's not a huge fan of modern dance. Regardless, we started talking about our desire to see more theater. That got us talking and I ended up budgeting for some summer events we wanted to attend. I figured I'd post it here and see if anyone else is interested in attending some of these before we start looking at specific dates and buying tickets.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - It's being performed at the little theater of the rockies up in Greeley from June 17 - 21. I don't know ticket prices yet but I'd guess around $25? I know Shane was interested in coming to this.

Forever Plaid - Also up in greeley, probably the same price. Dates are July 29th - August 2nd. Last time UNC did this show it was amazing. It's the same director as before so I am guessing it will be just as good. I'd guess prices are around the same.

Big River - Performed at the Arvada center. July 14th - August 9th. Tickets are a bit more expensive to this one, around $45-$50.

Richard Cheese - August 29th at the Gothic. Tickets are $35. I've always wanted to see him in concert and this is his last tour because of vocal cord issues.

Anyway, if anyone is in interested in seeing some theater, shoot me an e-mail and we can figure out dates/times.

Thanks!

Mike

Happy Birthday my Love!

2009-03-09T16:40:32Z

Sending out a wonderful happy birthday to my sexy wonderful wife!

Lost my phone...

2009-02-26T18:00:29Z

Just FYI I lost my cell phone. So don't bother trying to call me. I should have a new one by tomorrow which means I'll probably need phone numbers again. :)

Mike

Good old lifehacker...

2008-11-10T18:36:18Z

I like this guy. He has some simple things to do to figure how to save money and get out of debt. I think everyone should at least check out his blog.

http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/

sircedric @ 2008-10-21T09:35:00

2008-10-21T15:36:03Z

From the website that recommended fantastic contraption...

http://www.kongregate.com/games/Pixelante/hunted-forever

Not as addictive, still fun though.

GBS tomorrow

2008-10-08T19:52:15Z

Anyone feel up to getting together before GBS tomorrow? Dinner?

JnM Family Blog

2008-10-06T17:50:40Z

I just wanted to throw up a link to our new family blog. - http://joelleandmike.blogspot.com/

I've got the pictures of the wedding on there but you probably have seen them from ellie's LJ. Also I threw up all our honeymoon pictures but I haven't gone through them at all.

Enjoy!

Mike

sircedric @ 2008-10-05T06:42:00

2008-10-05T12:43:50Z

What a morning....

The sun is slowly rising..no one else is awake...and here I am sitting my patio on Ellie's skychair enjoy a nice game of WOW. :) I swear all I need to do is figure out a way to make a hard mousepad for this chair....

sick...

2008-09-27T01:06:42Z

So I'm convinced disney world is one large cesspool of germs :)

Ellie and I got back and on the way back from the airport we started to feel sick. By wednesday it had really taken hold and this morning I didn't want to move. I'm glad though that it happened after the honeymoon and not during.

To all of our friends, we miss you lots and once we feel better we really want to spend some quality time with all of you. :)

Mike

Disney Bus is the best birth control...

2008-09-23T02:04:50Z

Taking the bus back from the Magic Kingdom after a fireworks show is the best birth control one could hope for....

Imagine a bus full of tired children of all ages that are wet and tired from a long day at disney. Then realize if you are one of these children and you never want to leave the magic kingdom but your parents are making you.

Yep..a bus full of that makes someone never want to have kids. :) There are magical times here that I wish my friends could experience...Rayn, Owen, Wendy....I'm sure they would really love it here. But for me I'll bring my friends kids here everytime. :) I don't need to have my own kids to do that....

Mike

sircedric @ 2008-09-19T22:03:00

2008-09-20T02:07:41Z

I wish I weighed myself before this trip...

I swear..the food at disney, most of it is not the best for you. But they do have some good options....apple slices rather than fries, more hummus here at the Animal kingdom lodge than you can shake a stick at. But more than that, the walking...oh the walking...

Tonight running from the Fantasmic show to the bus I think I did myself in. The rest of the week I've been fine but my flip flops are not the best to run in. Joelle had a bad day on Wednesday and her feet have blisters on them. Since then we have been taking it fairly easy.

Overall, I'm sure I've lost a few pounds, but I'm actually rather curious to the actual number.

On a good note, my dad went through surgery yesterday. They think the got all the cancer which is wonderful news. His lungs are still filling up with fluid which isn't good but it does sometimes happen. Hopefully he will be out of ICU by tomorrow.

MIke

Disneymoon!

2008-09-17T19:11:35Z

Well we are here. Just making a quick post, I'm going to work on uploading some pictures later. Disneyworld is alive and kicking. Joelle and I have been having a great time. We just got back from the Magic Kingdom and are taking a quick break before heading back out in the humity. So far, it's been a blast. The only downside in my opinion is how fucking humid it is. I'm just not used to it.

Anyway, hope things are going well for all of my friends. Like I said, I'll try and get some posts up later.

Mike

Cute!

2008-09-09T07:56:20Z

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1053574/Pictured-Giant-panda-cubs-hand-reared-researchers.html

Big time waster...

2008-08-05T21:09:59Z

I started playing this and then realized I don't have time to even look at this...

http://FantasticContraption.com/ - Game

http://www.bflsite.com/index.php?action=printpage;topic=5692.0 - Check out some of the solutions after you are done...

sircedric @ 2008-07-24T08:52:00

2008-07-24T14:52:50Z

If you have 15 minutes to wait on a very strange short movie....

http://www.vimeo.com/1398188

GBS coming to CO

2008-07-07T19:14:12Z

http://www.tickethorse.com/EventDetail.aspx?eid=163&vid=3

I think we will probably go..but Ellie is still thinking about it...

Mike

I'm a bit confuzzled this week....

2008-07-02T18:27:46Z

Things are weird. Don't ask me why....

1. Fairie Tale - Rereading this book to get in the mood to finish All's Fairy. AWESOME BOOK. Wow what a great read. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it. I think I'll be ready to work on All's fairy once I'm done with it...

2. Money - I'm stressed about it. Yep. Bought a new digital camera for our wedding/honeymoon. Plus my dentist office finally figured out things with my insurance. I know I'm getting out of debt but right now money sucks. Oh well..tis life.

3. Work - It looks like it's I will be able to work from home one day a week coming up. This is pretty exciting but I'll need to work on clear goals for the day once I start this.

4. Price of Peace - It was a great IFGS game. Turned out very well. I just got done with my final receipts and such and I came in under budget. The only problem is we got less players than expected so I'm sure I'll lose money. Still, I'm happy with how it went.

5. WOW - My guild is really letting me down atm. I'm not sure if this is the place I want to be in the long run. Some of us colorado people talked about this the other day....I think I'll give it some more time but eventually I may have to leave.

6. Me - I'm in a strange place atm. Not good, not bad, very introspective.

I guess that's all the rambling I'm going to do today...

Fark spam

2008-07-01T15:40:20Z

http://www.cracked.com/article_16449_7-people-from-around-world-with-real-mutant-superpowers.html?fark

NLL Dispersal Draft

2008-07-01T15:07:42Z

As NLL Insider broke to you last week, the National Lacrosse League did schedule and hold a dispersal draft today, in a draft that largely went under the radar - not announced by the league until late Friday evening, June 27.

The expansion NLL Boston Blazers held the first overall pick in a two round draft.

Check the results after the jump.

FIRST ROUND
1. Boston - Dan Dawson
2. Edmonton - Andy Secore
3. Chicago - Scott Self
4. Toronto - Craig Conn
5. Rochester - Lindsay Plunkett
6. Calgary - Bruce Codd
7. Colorado - Bruce Murray
8. San Jose - Mike Grimes
9. Philadelphia - Rob Blasdell
10. New York - Jamie Rooney
11. Minnesota - Chris McKay
12. Portland - Derek Malawsky
13. Buffalo - Greg Hinman

SECOND ROUND
14. Boston - Peter Veltman
15. Edmonton - Chris Seller
16. Chicago - Brad MacDonald
17. Toronto - Mike Attwood
18. Rochester - Matt Brown
19. Calgary - Pass
20. Colorado - Matt Ward
21. San Jose - Pass
22. Philadelphia - Luc Pinder
23. New York - Pass
24. Minnesota - Brad Dairon
25. Portland - Kyle McEwen

Stay tuned for more analysis, information on potential trades, the new NLL Boston Blazers’ Expansion Draft and 2009 NLL Entry Draft. And talk up the Draft on the NLL Forums!

The Arizona Sting were one of the league’s more successful teams on the floor, but struggled at the box office ‘going dark’ in 2008 before deciding to completely suspend operations in 2009 after the franchises was on the market for several months.

Arizona and Boston both used a nine-day work stoppage caused by Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) negotiations as an excuse to ‘go dark’ in 2008. (On Oct. 16th, the league cancelled its 2008 season when a deadline to reach a new CBA with the player’s association was not met. On Oct. 24, a new seven-year CBA was reached.)

The clubs were provided with the option to re-enter in 2009 by participating in an Expansion Draft or to receive back their rostered players from 2008. Arizona chose to reclaim their dispersed players for the 2009 season, while Boston was allowed another Expansion Draft. Boston players selected in last year’s Dispersal Draft have remained with their current clubs.

Boston was awarded a new NLL franchise in May of last year, after a 10-year hiatus from the league. The NLL held its initial Expansion Draft for the club on July 31, 2007. Partick Merrill was taken No. 1 overall by Boston and then selected with the No. 2 overall pick by New York in last year’s two-team Dispersal Draft. No date has been provided yet for the Boston Blazers new Expansion Draft.

The NLL Entry Draft was held on Sept. 1 last year and is expected to be held around the same time this year. Jordan Hall was the No. 1 overall selection to the New York Titans in 2008.

I sent this to shane and then I thought others might want to see it.

2008-06-24T19:19:52Z

http://gizmodo.com/5018990/lego-secret-vault-contains-all-sets-in-history

It's the lego secret vault....