Bummer...

Pay Day for the machine and that's about it...

My New Best Friend...

So I get home a couple of nights ago from work and I noticed that the house had been vacuumed. Did I do this while sleeping? No, I don't do it while awake so why would I do it when sleeping...Did Mac (Roommate) hire a service? No cause the rest of the place is a disaster. Did Mac do this? No, he's in Brazil...

But wait, I then suddenly realized that Mac last week had purchased the Roomba...The lazy man's vacuum. So I walk around the place trying to find the little guy and there is was in my room all tuckered out...Apparently he had run out of juice before he could make it back to his resting home.

If you don't like vacuuming but don't want your place to look like a dump, make the investment and do it...

I'm waiting for them to come out with the Coomba...Washes, folds and hangs up clothes...

Here's the little guy in his resting spot getting all charged up

Incredible....

Check out the video...You have to watch the entire thing though. Please trust me on this one. I get goose bumps every time I watch it...

Hotel Victor

Just got back from Miami and stayed at a kick butt hotel. I'm kind of a customer service freak and I really appreciate great service so receiving great service from a place that I'm patronizing I like to give kudos where kudos are due.

Most of the hotels in the Miami/South Beach area are pretty awesome but this one was absolutely first class. The coolest part was the jellyfish in the aquarium they had. Cool is all I have to say...

Check it out here...Pretty slick...

Holy Hawaiian Shirt Day!!

Tomorrow, could possibly be the best day I've had on earth thus far...No, not getting a raise...No, not eloping...Take another guess...

That's right, Hawaiian Shirt Day at Yamaha!!! Every once and awhile, Corporate throws us a bone and lets us wear jeans and tomorrow they're going deep into the "Keep the Employee Happy" handbook and allowing a Hawaiian shirt to be worn. This is monumental. I'm actually digging through my closet now trying to find the right outfit tomorrow to fully embrace the day...

The entire day will be dedicated to the author of "Hawaiian Shirt Day"...Bill Lumberg...

Here's to you Bill

World Series

It's playoff time for baseball and I'm a happy guy, especially since the Halos are in it. Anyways, with that being said, lets take a little vote on who's gonna win the World Series...On the right, a poll as been posted. Pick a team, let's see who's right...If you don't pick the Angels, consider yourself not my friend anymore...

On another baseball note, the ol' Yamaha team took 2nd place in the Monday night Men's Competitive softball league. Go team go...

If only I was granola and liked rain...

I greatly apologize for my lack of blogging over these past couple weeks. I know there are several thousand people that sit clicking refresh all day long just waiting to see what I'm doing...OK, probably not, but it makes me feel important if that was really the case...

Actually, last Monday morning I took off out of John Wayne airport and headed to the Northwest for work. I haven't been to the NW since I was a wee little guy when the family took a trip up to Peugeot Sound for Thanksgiving. And I was quite surprised at what a treasure this part of the country is...Lots of trees, high blue skies, rolling hills and squirrels.

The dude that I was traveling is a pretty cool guy that I didn't know very well before this trip. It was kind of awkward at first but we got through after I told him a few knock knock jokes.

Basically, I flew into Portland, we hit up Central Oregon, Oregon Coast, Portland again and ended in Seattle on Thursday evening. The weather throughout the week was perfect if you like 75 degree weather with not a cloud in the sky...I didn't see a cloud until we got to Seattle.

During our travels, we ate at some awesome roadside seafood places and I got to see from afar the University of Oregon (The Quackers), Oregon State U. (Beav Beav) and Washington U. (Wolf Wolf). After we got done on Thursday with accounts we messed around in Seattle for the rest of the evening. Great city. A lot more liberal and eclectic than I would have thought. I saw the first ever Starbucks too. And I saw Bill Gates throwing fish at the Seafood Market...Nope, but that would be cool...

Anyways, great week. Glad to be back home though hanging with my beautiful fiancee and getting back into a routine...

I'm going to get back into blogging a tad bit more as I have several little things I would like to share that may be joy to your life...

I'm out, I'm tired...Here's a few pics from the trip...

View from my Holiday Inn Express balcony...

The city of Roseburg at dawn...For some reason I was up way too early

Oregon Coast...

Great roadside seafood joint...Clam chowder, dungeness crab cocktail, Fish(halibut) and Chips and a Dr. Pepper...Way too much...But oh so worth it...

The world famous seafood market in Seattle where they toss fish around...I applied but they said I didn't have the arm strength...

Only clouds I saw all week...