The Devil's River awaits!!!!!

Yes, a blog update may actually be in the making!!!!

A 4 day jaunt out to canoeing the Devil's River is on the schedule for this Monday, Memorial Day, thru Thursday.....so maybe something worthy of a blog post.....FINALLY!!!!!!

I know it's been a long time coming....but I just don't have the exciting life of....say a Frenchy.....that lucky bastard!!!!!

Stay tuned.....

Sacramento....blah.....Albany - sweeeeeeet......

So one weekend, Sacramento, CA.....booooooring......next weekend Albany, NY - SWEET!!!!!!

The trip starts with my continuing attempt at really cool shots out the airplane window....
Here's the DFW airport from directly overhead.....the place is friggin' hugantic!!!!!



And then Chicago from an aspect you could ONLY get from the air.....



Albany was.....work....as usual. But in me and Lance's constant attempts at having at least some fun while we are out traveling we got out into the Catskills Mountains to visit Mike Z's place for "Retreat Audio-Style". Willy-World joined us out in Z-Land for what can only be described as heaven for a south-Texas boy who misses the north!!!! And to top it all off "Z" is an incredible cook - I think we had an 8 course dinner, and when I woke up on the couch to a view of trees and snow, the smell of bacon and eggs wafted about.....sometimes I'm sure I haven't lived well enough to deserve this!!!!!

Team Audio....enjoying life.....



Z's place.......what a dream!!!!!



The drive through his neighborhood.......



Lance was tired at the airport afterwards....can ya tell....????



So, now I will have to make up for posting that picture of Lance in the next few installments.....that will be tough.....oh well. If he nuts up and buys a damn bike things will be all good....but he forgot his checkbook today when we went motorcycle shopping....what a maroon!

Party on, Wayne.....party on, Garth......

Pathetic....pathetic.....just pathetic.....

Yes, it has been a while since the last post....as pointed out by Blog King Frenchy....according to him the blog-rating douchometer on the Blogjam has pegged - and probably melted it's internal water/vinegar mixing mechanism.

Too much work and not enough play results in a lack of interesting things worth posting about....poop!

There was Christmas.....

Went to a Stars game on the 23rd....Stars 4, Canadiens 1....there was much rejoicing. Especially since we attended with some friends, Mike & Darcy Connelly - who happen to be Montreal fans....HA!!!!!!

There was New Year's Eve.....

Went to that game also (view above from our suite tickets - THAT's the way to watch a game).....the Stars didn't look so good...so I got drunk.....they lost.....I wore a funny hat....Dick wore an afro wig....we got drunker and I honestly forget what the game score was.

Just got back from Sacramento on the PBR tour....nothing of note blog-worthy from that.....boo.

Traveling to Albany Thursday for PBR there.....temperatures aren't supposed to rise above freezing and the lows are expected to travel near zero. We have some "get out and about plans" for while we are there, so hopefully something worthy of another post. Also, our house is presently under contract and we have no idea right now where we are going to live through 2008 until Anna finishes her degree program, so that will undoubtedly provide for some banter on the blog....and a few corporate rants for sure!!!!!

Trying to salvage what is left of the blog....bear with me.....must pull douchometer needle off of the +3 reading......will do my best.

Please welcome.......

The White Noize Blog Jam's official....

DOUCHOMETER!!!!!

Here shown with no reading.....a water reading.....no signs of douchosity.



The douchometer will be used henceforth to rate all manner of things encountered on the Blog Jam.

For example, the previously mentioned Sprint....here is Sprint's reading on the douchometer....



As you can plainly see, the meter is pegged.....HIGH levels of douchosity....pretty much straight up vinegar....signs of any "high quality H2O" are not obviously present.

Sprint has officially clipped the douchometer....in it's debut on the Blog Jam.

CONGRATULATIONS, Sprint!

I'm a Romo-sexual!!!!!

I'm beginning to realize that this blog gets updated around once every few weeks....which means I'm not doing enough interesting stuff.....hmmmmm.....I'll have to do something about that......one day.

The most recent "cool thing" on the agenda was the Redskins @ Cowboys game - 11/18/07 at Texas Stadium - 5th row.....at the endzone that T.O. decided to visit THREE times!!!!!


Two classic lines I heard yelled by rabid Cowboys fans at the game:
-"I'm a Romo-sexual!!!!"
-"I've got 3 words for ya....'How 'bout them Cowboys?!?!?!?!'"

OK....."I'm a Romo-sexual"?!?!?!?!?! Is that a good thing...??? Does that involve the blue & silver or all colors of the rainbow????
And the "3 words"......that one speaks for itself.

The game was a nail-biter!!!! There was pre-game tail-gating....

Pyro....

Half-naked chicks.....

And some football.....


But the end result was as expected......


This installment's WNBJ Corporate Rant: Northwest Airlines.....if you dick me around, the LAST thing I want is some sort of voucher for more of your shitty product......if a BK Whopper puts me in the E.R. with food poisoning, I don't want the "King" bedside with a coupon for a life supply of burgers.....call me crazy, but I doubt my stomach will handle it!!!!!

Speaking of a good rant now and then....and just good all-around reading, I highly suggest a blog by a good buddy of mine and avid motorcyclist (and fellow audio dude), Frenchy...check it out at:
http://frenchysrant.blogspot.com/

Go STARS.....3 to zero over Team Hollywood tonight......6 to 1 over the Avalanched the other night!!!!! YEAH!!!!! What up, Sherold?!?!?!?!

Welcome home....to Texas....?????

With the ESPN Breeder's Cup show in New Jersey complete.....in the rain.....real rain....east coast rain.....argh, the memory of it alone makes me stutter....I am finally home for a while. No pictures of said event as I was in no mood to take pictures.

I arrive back in San Antonio to find the weather just perfect - a rarity down here. To take advantage of it, I decided to hop on the faithful steed (still no nickname) and hit some of the killer roads that the Texas Hill Country has to offer. My only mistake in the endeavour, was my choice of riding partners:

THIS.......


Plus roads that require this sign:



Equals: only ONE opportunity to see this:



Yeah good ol' Dave and his Hayabusa - which apparently translates from Japanese roughly into something like "crotch-mounted-missile". If the Japanese had made their military vehicles as well as they build a rice rocket, we would all be eating sushi and drinking sake right now - and not by choice.

But it was a good ride - including some tasty frito pie in Wimberley - no charge for the bees. I have a saying about bees........the Devils' River crew (DR's) knows it well.

We headed home on what is called the "Devil's Backbone" - which is a fine metaphor for it.....unless you are riding behind Dave and attempting to keep up.....in that case it would more aptly be called something like the "Wrenched Sphincter".

Either way, it was a great time and Dave helped me refine my speed skills in the sweeping corners - which as long as you keep the sticky side down is a good thing.

Well, now Spurs season begins - so we'll see what that brings around this year.

My corporate rant for today (of which I've decided to display here on the blog jam) will be directed towards Sprint. And this particular rant will be short and sweet......Dear Sprint, You SUCK. The up side to this edition's rant is my new iPhone - from AT&T.

Bite me, Sprint.

The "Hip" Happened!!!!

Well, the "Hip" happened....and it was sweet.

Some tailgating....pre-game.

And the show....with a camera we probably weren't supposed to have in the club:

Interesting....the lights are red and white....just like the Canadian flag....coincidence???? I think NOT!!!!!

And Zooby and his girlfriend had some drinks.....proof:

Well, working now - in New Jersey....yippee (sarcasm). But I did get to head over into the Pocono Mountains to visit where my grandmother used to live....and it is just GORGEOUS out here right now:

It was great to get out to where I was lucky enough to spend a bunch of time as a kid - a bit of a reality check, really. Everything seemed so much smaller than I remembered it.....the street, the house, the church, the town....everything. Growing up sucks.

Well, this installment ends on a somber note....maybe something cool will happen worth talking about soon......like a STARS win....YEAH!