Rickenbacker

It's been a while

So it's been about two and a half weeks since my last post. I'm sorry. Here are some olive cheese balls I made for the Superbowl on February 1st. They're a little late now.

How do you get rid of snow?

Q: How do you get rid of snow?

A: Let it melt.
B: Haul it off in dump trucks.
C: Trick question. It doesn't snow where you live so you don't have to worry about it.
D: Snow isn't real. Al Gore said so in an Inconvenient Truth.

I just want my Phish tickets!

Evidently today was a big day for Phish fans. After the band recently announced they would reunite and play a summer tour, tickets went on sale today at 10AM for some shows. Two die hard Phish fans in my office were waiting patiently fingers clutched to their mice waiting for the clock to hit 10. And more waiting...and browser timeout errors...and live nation crashing... and what! One of them finally got through and chose the number of tickets and had to enter Live Nation's 'Security Check'. When prompted to enter the words he was dumbfounded to see what the first word was. WTF! How do you put that into the computer? He choose to have another word generated for him which was a smart decision. On a subsequent try he had the British Pound sign in part of the word. Does anyone know keyboard shortcut for the British Pound sign? In disgust he eventually gave up and surrendered to Live Nation ticketless. However, the other guy in our office came away with 3 tickets. Congratulations if you got tickets...you mastered the ability to type words correctly into a security check.

Dude where's my car?

As I was leaving work this evening, I couldn't find my car in all the snow. I crossed my path multiple times trying to decide which vehicle was mine. Don't worry. I eventually found my car and dug myself out.

Albany declared a snow emergency and we only had about 5 inches of snow. WTF! That's nothing. Even driving into work today people thought it was the end of the world. As a native Texan I thought people would be prepared and not treat it like the end of the world. This wasn't even close to the largest storm we've had this season (11.3 inches). SUNY Albany even closed school at 10:30AM after most people had arrived. If you ask me, this was all blown out of proportion and left much to be desired.

On another note, this is my 200th post! Yeah! I know I've been slacking recently, but I hope to get back to my regular routine soon. Thanks to all those faithful visitors and thanks to those who leave wonderful comments. I truly appreciate it.

Just a guitar

Sledding

This past weekend I went sledding for the first time this year. It was so much fun! If you haven't gone this season, now is a perfect time. Frear Park in Troy is a wonderful place with lots of hills.