Java Jitter

Turn out there is the guy DaVido that came up with a great song for Starbucks but well they didn't want it. DaVido was not a guy that takes no for an answer. He then makes a video called the Starbucks Rejection Tour. This is a real riot. You have to see it.

It's probably a instance of viral marketing. ( No it's not a computer virus! ) but whatever it is it's pretty good!

Correction...

From Mike......

There were EIGHT beers, not Seven.If you know which one you missed, I will save it for you.


Mike

Well, after 7 beers who can count to eight!

Great Party Mike!

Instant Kindergarden just add Kool Aid

Well at the dentist I had the same experience I had at the barbershop.

I was there reading a magazine minding my own buisness when three women walk in with two kids each and one woman with five kids. 11 kids under the age of 11 in the dentist waiting room waiting for check ups. Not one using their inside voices! I was lectured on the finer points of the transformers by one kid. Luckily my appointment came up mecifuly quickly.

To the Dentist

Gotta leave work early to get to the dentist for a cleaning today.

Out for a ride on Sunday

Marilyn and I went out for a ride on the motorcycle on Sunday. I tried to start the bike and the battery was dead. Ugh! After fiddling with the battery and adding the Bluetooth phone adapter ( The bike's audio system now can answer the phone like in the car. ) we got on and rode. It was a bit chilly and very clear, we went into Bucks County and around Nockamixon state park. The leaves were changing and it was a great ride.

Beer Party

Mike and Gail had their beer party this weekend. Seven brews were sniffed, sipped, swished, and guzzled! The sorbets that Jim made were a hit. The cheese table, wings, sushi and wee wieners were just indescribable. Just a great time and it was great to see everyone.

Home Lead Test Kits Unreliable

Looks like those home test kits that parents have been using to test their kids toys for lead paint are useless. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has a report saying that the test kits are unreliable.

Let's see, could those test kit be.....

MADE IN CHINA!

Jib Jab....

If you look way down at the bottom of the blog you'll find the latest in Jib Jab Movies. You might know the actors!

Good deed for the day.

Walking thru the train station parking lot I heard some car going "click click click ..... " Looked to my left and saw a dejected fellow commuter. I drove the car over and offered a jump. Two minutes and his car was humming. Tip of the day. With winter on the horizon check your battery connections for corrosion. It'll take you 5 minutes and save you time in a dark parking lot.

Broken toys dept.

I have Marilyn's Motorcycle mostly fixed. It failed inspection with a leaky fork seal which is now on order. The service manager said that it looked like a good solid bike not bad for a bike that's 25 years old. It's now in the storage locker.

My motorcycle is ready to go but waiting for the weather. I'll see if I can ride on Thursday.

The new sailboat motor is installed. They still have to hook up hoses and wires. We'll have to go down to see it and fire it up.

On Friday Marilyn is going to see the ballet Dracula with Meg.

And we are going to Mike's Beer Bash.... I mean tasting! on Saturday.

Missed connections

Well today I tought I had to go to the dentist. Good thing I looked at the calendar I have to go next week.

Marilyn forgot her Blackberry on the counter and I forgot my lunch.

I took Marilyn her Blackberry later in the afternoon I guess between her sessions.

Sunday Roundup.

Made a bunch of basil pesto. Harvested the last of the basil. The batch was just great and is now sitting in the freezer. We'll have some as soon as we figure out how to run the gnocchi machine.

Mike and I went to Mom's house and packaged up the hazardous chemicals. It be a quick up next weekend for the waste collection.

Marilyn went to the PRSA convention which is downtown Philly.

Weekend stuff....

Was working on Marilyn's motorcycle today. Changed the ignition coils and put on the new fender we had painted. It seems to be working OK. Going to have it inspected on Monday.

Tomorrow we are going to pick the last crop of basil and make pesto to put into the freezer. A gym workout is in order for the morning. I'm also going to Mom's house to pack up the hazardous chemicals for next weekend's waste drop off.

The weekend.

The weekend is finally here! I have to do some chores and I have to put a motorcycle away for the winter. So I let you know what we been up to.

Bachelor Night!

Marilyn is in Washington tonight. So I did some exciting stuff. I went to Ralph's in Glenside for a haircut. Also, I stopped at Yanni's diner for dinner. Not that exciting you say..... Hmmm Guess your right.

New Blog Look.

I was getting tired of the old blog look. This one has some new features. Like a map of where I am or where I wish I were! Click on it it may have current pictures. Also, I may have a poll question from time to time. So look around and see how you like it.

Clean out

For the past two day I've been cleaning out Mom's house. It's been a real nasty business as a lot of stuff has to given, donated or thrown away. Mom and Dad kept EVERYTHING! I found stuff that was brand new just 60 years old. Mom was on the Catholic religious soft touch list. She had all the junk mail sent to her for all those fund raisers. A lot of those envelopes has cheap medals that were just all over the floor. Also, I'm trying not to bring everything I see home. We have no room as it is. I don't need a museum of Mom and Dad to sit in the basement for another 60 years. Well it's coming to an end just one more truckload and it'll be done. I'm glad as it is hard work and an emotionally draining experience.

Busy Week Sort of....

Well been busy all week but I don't know where all the time has gone.

One thing is that I'm FINALY going to the gym. I'm haunting the Y after work on Tues and Thurs. I'll Park down at Ft Washington to take the train so I have to pass the Y to go home. That's a pretty good reminder.

Last night Marilyn and Meg had a girls night out and went to dinner and the Ballet. I visted Mom and went to a diner for dinner.

Tomorrow is the day from hell. I have the junk guy and the plumber at Mom's first thing in the morning and I have a contractor coming to our house at 5pm.

Now if I can just get thru today......

New engine on the way.

Ordered the new engine this morning. It will be in the boatyard on Wednesday. The cost ... Well let just say it in the OUCH range. It be worth it.

Gym this morning

Going to head out to the gym this morning. See if I can get back into the habit. Well I've been paying for it mind as well go! Today I think it will be better to workout inside in the air conditioning that outside in the humidity.

Sailboat out of the water

I went to Rock Hall to see the boat. It's now out of the water in the Swan Creek boat yard.

The boat was parked next to a bone yard boat that was due to be crushed up soon. I was hoping that it was not an omen for our boat. BTW, if you know someone who may want a Ericson 34t as a project boat let me know, maybe we can save it from the crusher.

I talked to the yard owner and the engine will be out of the boat this week. I'll order a engine from Moyer and I think that this engine business will be finished in short order.

I bet I'll be talking about this engine swap all winter and it may just be finished by spring!

Is anybody out there?

Last night Marilyn, Meg and I went to see the 1812 production of "In Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe" First we had dinner at the Caribou Cafe it's a nice bistro type of restaurant. Good food great service a good pre-theater stop. The play was in a small third floor theater in the Walnut. Its a one woman play that Lilly Tomlin won a Tony award for in the 80's. The actress, Jennifer Childs, does a great job with all of the characters. The play revolves around a bag lady who can "look in" other peoples lives. Mostly those lives are completely dysfunctional and somewhat interconnected. It has some laughs but some sections were just too long. But on the whole a pretty good night out.

Robert Ballard

Last night we saw Dr Robert Ballard at the Kimmel Center. They have a lecture series of interesting people. Dr Ballard was fun! I could listen to him all night long. I was just captivated by his adventures at the bottom of the sea. Dr Ballard is best known for locating the Titanic but he has changed thinking in the field of biology, astrobiology, geology, and cartography with his discoveries in the Mid Atlantic trench. Today he is creating remotely piloted deep submersibles that can be commanded from control centers in any location in the world. He is beaming that information and experience not only into universities but into middle schools around the country to help foster and develop the next generation of researchers, scientist, engineers and dreamers.

Titanic Night Ahead

Tonight we are going to the Kimmel Center. They are having a lecture series and tonight's speaker is Dr. Robert Ballard. He is the oceanographer who directed the team that located the RMS Titanic, battleship Bismark, and the carrier USS Yorktown. This should be an interesting evening.