Shooting From the Hip

Well, hopefully I'm doing a decent job keeping you kind e-readers out there somewhat entertained. I thought that I'd take a quick moment to share a few notions, links, what have you to get this blog filled up a bit more. So here you go - and who knows, maybe there's a link or two you might be able to use or a quick little quip you might chuckle at:


As most of you know, I'm a graduate of Texas A&M University ("Whoop!"). This past December the Aggie football team was unfortunately kind enough to get outscored in just enough games to have them receive an invite from the San Diego Holiday Bowl commission and bless their souls, the Aggies came with all the hoot and holler that you'd expect a raucous state of Texas team to bring. As it was, however, after a successful yell practice held underground (the 1st ever, according to the Yell Leaders) in San Diego's Convention Center parking structure the midnight before, our beloved Aggies didn't quite show up for the game and essentially had their you-know-whats handed to them on a plate. Bugger, I know.

Essentially, it all lead me to conjure and ponder a question about the current state of the world: Has the world not turned totally upside down when the Aggie Football Team is ranked lower in the polls than the Aggie Basketball Team?? Have you seen those guys play? They're freaking awesome! Final 4, baby, yea!

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Traveling internationally anytime soon? Here's a couple links to help you out:

*http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/............What time is it there? *http://www.xe.com/ucc/..................................Currency exchange link
*http://translation2.paralink.com/........................What did they say? Free online translating.
*http://www.eurorailways.com/...........................Everything you ever needed to know about riding the European railways.
*http://www.liveabroad.com/links.html..................Network w/ the ExPats!

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Everybody has a few saved funny photos they've collected from whereever:





The last one was taken in Peru last February. Perhaps more about this trek into the Peruvian Amazon a bit later.

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Gotta love being Numero Uno on Google!

My web design instructor gave us a little "designer" secret one night: If you have/own a website, when you "title" your index page, include your business phone number. That way, when people bookmark your site as part of their "favorites", when they look up your site using their "favorites" button, your phone number will be listed as part of the title, thus saving them time in finding out how to contact you. As you can see with my Google listing, the same holds true.

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Well, it's getting a bit late and Survivor's coming on. Yes, I have become the quintessential reality junkie. Just can't get enough of those shows...


Until next time!