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After entering my room at the Hilton a few years ago while on vacation/business in Vero Beach, I became stuck on the perfect bedding choices for sleeping. It always seemed to be the best sleeping when I stayed at a Hilton or Hampton Inn that touted their fine beds. The problem is, what makes a bed so much more comfortable than anywhere else? My first item was a Goose Down Comforter. The solid

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I was buzzing through my Google Reader the other day, trying to shorten the load of close to 433 new posts from an assortment of blogs and other news sites that I like to follow. Autoblog had an article on the new Ford Ranger being offered in the European market. I instantly was interested in the article because we have been cursed with the same Ranger in this country for what seems like a

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I can remember looking through the issues of my first Road and Track magazine at the wonderfully tempting ads of those sophisticated little boxes with lights and buzzers that would forever protect you from the dreaded speeding ticket. I could only imagine that anyone reading such a magazine obviously had some kind of cruise missile sitting in their perfectly organized garage. The kind of missile

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I watched the keynote address from Macworld which was given by Phil Schiller. The excitement revolved around a new release of iLife, iWork software, the expected release on the uni-body 17" Macbook Pro, and long over due DRM free iTunes music. Everything was pretty, but nothing candy coated the fact that this would be the last Macworld that Apple would be directly involved with. Although this

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Just wanted to update my blog with a quick post. Be on the lookout for new things around the corner. I wish I could update this thing more often. I am chilling at BAM tonight with my Sis. We decided to have a few nights out a week away from the Mom and Dad. We are doing the internet thing. We had a little snafu when we first arrived trying to get on the free Wi-Fi. After several phone calls to

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I have been a fan of taking pictures for quite some time. I have wanted to move past the typical point shoot models that I have used for many years. The hang when deciding on buying a DSLR is the cost of lenses. I have been using high-end point and shoots that are often referred to as hybrid or high zoom models. In order to duplicate the lens range of these cameras you would need to invest in

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My girlfriend recently won an all expense paid vacation to stay at the Trade Winds Resort in St. Petersburg for 2 nights before the end of January. The hotel was fairly booked for the rest of this month. We had to settle on a Sunday and Monday night that we could work out between our two schedules. We arrived in St. Petersburg yesterday to be greeted by some incredible weather. The temp gauge in

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In case you haven't heard. I finally got rid of my gas guzzling Land Rover for something I have wanted for a long time. Actually I still own the Land Rover but it sees more time on the inside of the garage than out on the road. I purchased an Audi A4 Wagon. The wonderful 4 cylinder turbo engine gets around 30 mpg. This is a huge improvement over the Land Rovers 11 mpg. I will try to post pics

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This may seem to be a little but of an odd question, but it came to me this morning as I sat in the chair at JC Penney’s hair salon getting my hair cut. I was immediately relaxed as Becky (my haidresser) started to cut my hair as I usually do. This led me to think about other things that create a very relaxing feeling in my body and mind. In fact the first thing that came to my thoughts was the

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I recently decided to take on a project at Dina's in the form of some renovation work. Dina had some Pergo floor that she had ordered for one of the spare bedrooms quite some time ago. The kids had finally moved out of that area of the house, so it was time to enjoy a nice new floor. I volunteered to take on the project along with one of her daughters boyfriends who enjoy taking projects on with

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As everyone knows the Apple iPhone was released yesterday at participating stores near you. You can stand in line to pick from two choices of iPhones that offer 4gb or 8gb of storage space. I have only the information on the web and other media resources I use to have any understanding of what the iPhone is capable of doing. It is certainly a beautiful product that Apple always manages to pull

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I recently went to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean. I have been a big fan of the Pirate movies since there inception, this is partly do to my family obsession with Disney World. I really enjoyed the movie but realize that it was much different than the previous releases. Many people have ridiculed the plot line not offering more excitement. I am always entertained by a movie so I don't like

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I just decided to try out a new web browser that I am using on my Powerbook. Its called Flock and one of the many features it offers is lots of extensions related too all the Web 2.0 stuff we do. ie: blogging. I can press a button for new blog and it opens a simple text window and posts it directly to my blog. Wow! It has many similar features to this for photos and other services. I know the

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I apologise with the lack of new posts, but I have been consumed with all these new Web 2.0 products that I have been learning about in my podcasts. The theme of the web is communication and these new ventures are exploiting this communication to the fullest! I have been dabbling with Jaiku. What a weird name, right? Well this is the example of Web 2.0 in the form of micro blogging. It allows you

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I really wanted the time from beginning to end to be a bit quicker but I can't complain because its over. I have officially completed and passed the 2006 CompTia A+ Certification objectives. This basically indicates to an employer that I have a competent knowledge of computers. It covered areas in hardware, operating systems, laptops, printers, networking, security, and ethics. My next step is to

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Well I have taken on a new project. I have always wanted to learn the Apple line of Mac computers. I haven't been exposed to these computers very much, so there is definatley a learning curve ahead. The reason: just to broaden my abilities for future jobs I wanted to learn the basic ins and outs of the operating system. The easiest way for me to make this happen is to get my grubby hands on one

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I was hopeing to get a little information about everyones cell phone service. Its funny how cell service is one of those things that can still hold you prisoner with things like two-year contracts and expensive equipment without service sign-up. I wish cell phone companies had to compete the same way many other services do in our lives. Who would have there oil changed if they had to sign a

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This confirms why I am a huge Volkswagen Fan!!!

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I was looking at some of the domain names I own through registerfly.com the other day. I haven't done anything with these sites but have decided upon there renewal I will be transferring them too godaddy.com hosting. I have heard many good things about the company and enjoy there affiliation with IRL racing league. In case you don't know, they sponsor the car that Danika Patrick drives in the IRL

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It has been almost 3 years since the last release of Spider-Man. So when tomorrow the doors open to your local theaters we will have the opportunity to step back into the streets of New York City. The new Spider-Man 3 places our hero into the middle of even more super villains and a true battle with himself. This new mega film has surpassed the production of each super budget Spider-Man film

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I broke the seals on two new flavors recently released by Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. It isn't uncommon for me to rush out and try new flavors when they are available at my local store. It was in these few moments that I remembered a fond memory of my father and grandfather. It seems just like yesterday that I can remember loading up in my fathers Suburban and heading over to pick up my grandfather

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>I have personally witnessed the popularity of a weird little shoe move too international size interest. I was working at the local pool store when we received our first shipment of the unusual shaped shoes. I can remember thinking I wonder how the public will take to these. The first example was from the other employees. Everybody hated these crazy clogs. I had come from a history of culinary

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This is a quick post. Nobody reads my blog so it doesn't really matter. I have been without an iPod for approx. 7 days and it really isn't fun. I had become use to getting through my nights at work with the podcasts that I regularly listened too. Now at work the nights go by slow and I sort of feel alone. Its interesting how we become dependent on something so quickly. No worries though, my iPod

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After leaving Books a Million, I decided to wander into Big Lots for some super glue gel that I needed for some coral propagating I would be doing later. After making my way through the endless isles of junk, I realized how fooled as consumers we can be by the idea of big savings. I found super glue gel near the office supply isle. After checking out the specs on the package I noticed at the

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As many of you know I am into podcasting. One of my favorite shows is the Buzz Out Loud CNET podcast. I always run into some pretty interesting things on this show. So I will share with you one of the more interesting finds recently. Everybody has heard of the new Sony Playstation 3 (PS3). Well its a big fancy super fast gaming rig with loads of power. In fact it blows away your computer for any

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Here are pics of the tank!! The first pic is of the whole tank. (Its very difficult to get good pics of an aquarium.) I also include a pic with two of the gouramis. The large one with the better paint job is Dudley. The smaller one with fewer stripes is Minnie. You will also see a couple of pics up close of the two rocks that my tank has, a white one and a red one. They create nice caves for

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As some of you may know I have reenlisted myself into the wild world of hobby aquariums. I remember having a 10gl tank in my room when I was quite young. It eventually turned into an opaque green box of water, I even think there was a hardy angel fish that survived all the new found fungus. Since then I have been the proud owner of a few tanks. I started with a 6gl eclipse which was setup in my

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It has truly been too long since my last posting. I wish I could force myself to sit down each day and post at least a few notes on my blog. I'm sure this is the type of dedication we are all looking for, so I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir. This will be a fairly brief update but I will continue this throughout the week. It's always amazing the type of people and new experiences that you will

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I know it has been quite sometime for me to make a posting. I haven't been motivated to hop on here and think up some great topic for my blog. A lot has been going on since my last post. Too much to list here, and if your family you probably already know about it. So I'm not going to waste time with a bunch of boring history.Mom and Dad purchased a trailer last week. This was the fisrt big

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Well, we have been waiting for what seems like forever for my sister Tracy to arrive. She came into the newly built Ft. Myers international airport last weekend. We had a fun time as always when a family member visits. We ate a lot of great food, played cards, and saw some movies. As always we took our land bound friend to see some of the ocean. Boca Grande was especially beautiful while she was

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That's right, I am back at school. I started my classes this week at Edison Community College. I was taking three classes for the summer term. As follows:1. College Algebra MAC11052. Composition I ENC11013. Micro-Computer Skills Unfortunately at the last minute my college canceled my micro class, due to lack of entries. Hopefully they will be rescheduling this for the second half of summer. I

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I was playing around the other day on my google homepage when I noticed a topic at the bottom about geocaching. I had heard of this new activity quite some time ago, but never really looked into trying one out. I guess it is a cross between modern day treasure hunting and scavenger hunts. Its pretty popular all over the country (maybe world), I confirmed this after checking on my area of

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I posted a couple of ads in the classifieds for some things that I have acquired over the years that are taking up space in my storage building. The first items to go was windsurfing gear that included 2 boards, 6 sails , 2 handles, and 1 mast. The funny thing was the gentleman that purchased the items wasn't a windsurfer at all, he was going to use the boards to work on a "craft" that he had

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Well I guess I'm going to attempt to have a blog. I'm not sure what will end up on here but keep checking back for more entertainment. As I am sure this thing will change formats from time to time.

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