Monday, December 31, 2007

The last monorail ride at Midtown Plaza



The girls had a chance to ride the Monorail at Midtown plaza last week on December 24th. The Monorail was shut down immediately after that and it looks like it was the last time they will have it at Midtown Plaza as we know it.

Maybe the next iteration of that area will have something similar in honor of this landmark holiday treat, or maybe it will just be a memory of another time for those of us who had the chance to ride it.

Thursday, December 20, 2007

A Festival for the rest of us!


Festivus greetings to you and yours!

I look forward to airing my grievances with all of you. I've been keeping a list all year!

I can't wait till the Feats of Strength! I'm gonna get good and liquored up for that... now where did I put my aluminum pole? Click here to get yours!

Here's a Wiki link to everything you ever wanted to know about Festivus!

Don't forget to give to the Human Fund - "Money for People"!

Sunday, December 2, 2007

I just don't get it...


I'm sitting at home trying to do some work and finally when I finish, I just want to shut down my Windows XP PC and close up for the night. Sounds simple enough right? Wrong!!! I have a brand spankin new Windows XP SP2 Compaq 2510p laptop with 2 gigs of Ram - plenty of horsepower to handle anything I can dish out, right? Wrong again! It seems that my timesheets and simple web applications were too much too handle for the poor thing and when it came time to close it's eyes for the night and go to sleep, it wasn't having any of it!

I have been using Windows and Macintosh since the early 90's and for the life of me, I still can't figure out why Windows remains so successful. I just don't understand why people put up with it. If this were any other appliance in your home, you'd be back to the manufacturer in a heartbeat wanting your money back in an instant. I understand that computers are much more complicated, but TV's, DVR's and Cell phones and the myriad of other technology we deal with is becoming just as complicated without the same perils. Cars are pretty complicated and if you went to turn it off and it decided not to, you wouldn't stand for it!

Sigh...

OK, I am going to go calm down now... this is quickly becoming my "why Mac is better than Windows blog". Not my initial intention.

Monday, November 12, 2007

iCal support on my iPod Touch - Finally!


OK, for those of you who don't know this about me, I am a super Apple Computer geek and I pretty much do and buy whatever it is that Steve Jobs tells me to do (and buy). It's worked out pretty well so far and I feel that I have the coolest, most creative, easiest to use and certainly most reliable Computer on the the block. As my iPod is an extension of my computer with all my electronic media on it, I of course had to get the latest version of the iPod called the "iPod Touch". Up to this point, it was merely the coolest iPod ever created with all of my music, pictures, movies, TV shows and podcasts all on one super elegant device. Oh, and did I mention full web browsing via Wi-Fi? It also has this new "Multi-touch" technology that lets you use two fingers (called the "pinch" technique) to zoom in and move your pictures around on screen, which may not sound all that cool, but when you see it in action it really is a one-of-a-kind feature at this point.

OK, ok... you get my point. My iPod is cool. The only problem with it to this point is that it did not have the ability for you to add iCal (Calendar) events on the device itself. You had to use the Mac to add the event and then plug the iPod in to transfer any calendar events over. This was very disappointing and for a moment, I actually considered not getting one of these. Well, I'm thrilled to report that as of today's new firmware update, I can now add iCal items on my iPod, which means that in additional to being the greatest iPod ever created (not counting the iPhone), it is also the coolest PDA on the planet!

And he lived happily ever after.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Okaaaaayyyyy, I'm not even sure what to make of this one:



This is what I saw in the parking lot of one of my customers today. I'm not going to say which customer it was, but I now fear for my safety and the safety of the public in general if nuts like these are responsible for the safety and administration of our public utilities!

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Happy Halloween!!!




Well, the girls had a good time Trick or Treating tonight and Sam made it to about 10 houses before she was ready to call it a night. As you can see from Alex's haul, she made it to a few more! I can just imagine the 1am wakeup from the kids with stomach aches. I can't wait...

Happy Halloween!


I'm sure there will be more pictures from Halloween, but I thought I'd start things off with this good ole' fashioned pumpkin gutting... yuck!

Saturday, October 13, 2007

We survived the sleepover, just barely


Well, Alex had her 9 school chums over last night for games, a movie and a sleepover. All but one slept over and I only wish it were the other way around. Most of them were good when bed time came, but three of them (including the birthday girl) wouldn't go to sleep. So at 1am, Dad did what he hoped he would not have to do. I separated the three "night owls" from the rest of the group and each other, then I sat there like a prison guard and waited for them to fall asleep.

Of course, they were all up at 7 ish for donuts. I think next year will be something other than a sleepover party!

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Trying to survive Birthday-thon '07


One more party to go for Alex and her 8 friends and then we can put the Levy girl's Birthdays to bed for 2007. A party for one side of the family, a party for the other side of the family and of course a party for all of Alex's school friends... whew!

I think I am going to need to celebrate the end of all the celebrations.

Friday, September 28, 2007

Ooooo, Spooky!


Since the leaves are changing, I decided to bring my camera in the car with me for work in case I catch some good scenery. On my way back from Geneva on "Country Road #4" I spotted this gem of a dilapidated old house and had to grab a shot.

I'm also a sucker for cheap effects (hence my Las Vegas fascination) so I "sepia toned" it up a bit to give it that extra old and creepy look. Enjoy!

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Fedex Ground Truck Crash in Texas


A spectacular FedEx Ground truck crash in Texas. I hope no one got hurt! Click here for details.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

I'm not really sure how this happened...


OK, so on my recent trip to Las Vegas with the boys, I somehow ended up wearing the flight attendants apron and went up and down the aisle collecting garbage. That pretty much set the tone for the entire trip.

Here's a link to some of the pictures from the trip. Please note, these pictures may (do) contain imagery of mild alcohol consumption and vulgar hand gestures. Viewer discretion is advised.

Friday, September 7, 2007

Hippie's unite!


Something old is new again! Sirius satellite radio just launched the Grateful Dead channel which plays all Dead - all the time! I know it isn't for everyone, but I'm loving it. Thank you Sirius!

Now where did I put my tie die jump drive?

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Love at first sight!


Apple announced the new iPod touch today and I am completely smitten! When they announced the iPhone earlier this year, I was not excited at all since mobile phone service isn't something that I worry about (thank you FedEx). I kept saying that I just want an iPhone without the phone. My prayers have been answered! The iPod Touch has built-in wifi and the same state-of-the-art interface as the iPhone. It comes out at the end of the month and I am going to be the first kid on the block to sport one!

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Seabreeze 2007


Took the girls to Seabeeze last Saturday for a little fun in the sun! It was a little too chilly to do the water rides, but Alex and Sam had a great time on the rides. Sam even went on her first "big kid" ride, the Teacups!

Check out the rest of the pictures here.

Monday, August 6, 2007

FedEx Wheels


Here's a shot of me with the FedEx car. It was driven in one of the races in Phoenix last year. I'm not a NASCAR fan, but when they started that thing up, it was quite impressive!

Click on the picture to see it full size.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Sung to the tune of "Green Acres"


I was out in Rushville checking on the restoration progress of a friends home and I just couldn't pass up the chance to need a tetnus shot!

Click on the picture to see it in all it's rural goodness!

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

If I were a simpson's character...


www.simpsonsmovie.com let's you create your own avatar that looks like, well... whatever you want it to look like! I tried to make mine look a little like me. What do you think?

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Just like Daddy!


Now Sam and Daddy will have matching scars on our chins! Sam took a spill at daycare and had to have 7 stitches in her chin. The fall was bad, but she was ok after a few minutes and an ice-pop. Having the stitches put in was another story... it was an experience she will likely forget, but Mom and Dad will not for quite a while!

Saturday, June 23, 2007

Don't Mess with the NYS!!!


OK, so I was going a couple miles-an-hour over the speed limit in the 20mph EZ Pass lane and the NYS Thruway Authority suspended my EZ Pass until August! I was going 24 in a 20 mph lane... big deal right??? Well I guess it is because I got a letter from NYS telling me I had to take my EZ Pass out of my car and drive through the ticket booths now like a shnook! Grrrrrrrrrr

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Lemonade Stands Still Exist!

Alex talked me into helping her set up a lemonade stand a few weeks ago and I have to say, it was a smashing success! She must have made 6 dollars that day, which just abut covered the cost for the lemonade, but she had a lot of fun doing it! The neighbors seemed to get a kick out of it too.


Thursday, May 3, 2007

Heyyyyyyy........


My cousin Laura got a chance to hang with the Fonz! I haven't gotten the whole story from her yet, but they certainly do look chummy! Now that's cool!

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Wine Podcast

Just wanted to post an informative and a very nutty Wine educational site that I am currently enjoying.

Go to tv.winelibrary.com and see what craziness is going on this week!

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Those April (Snow) Showers...

I thought we'd be over the snow by now, but here are a couple shots from early and mid April to dispel that misconception!



Saturday, March 31, 2007

On the road...


I saw this broken down house coming back from Albion so I grabbed a shot of it. Click on it for a larger view.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Sanjaya

OK, so I voted 3 times for Sanjaya on American Idol last night! What's the big deal?

Yes, he's horrible, but he's so entertaining and the sad truth is that even the good ones on the show this season are terrible. No, I don't think it's going to skew the numbers overall in the show and cause the better singers to suffer. If they are good, they will still win. It's just nice to at least have something (Sanjaya) entertaining on the show!

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Blogger test


Just wanted to see how this site worked and if this was any better than the Apple software... so far so good! I just hate the word "blog" so I'm going to just say "log".

Here's a shot of Sam from Dress up day to test the image uploading feature.