Monster Toad!

Remember when you were a little kid and when you caught a toad, it peed on you? I bet that thing could hold a lot of pee. Eww.

Here's a video - check it out

http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=F87D9992-952C-4432-8203-27C059B9D08B&f=00&fg=copy

Texas Update

So, I talked to the boss man down in Texas and here's the skinny on the move: I'll be in Knoxville for another 4 to 6 weeks. That will put me in Texas in late April/early May. I just did a little research and here is what I will be expecting, weather wise, when I am moving in. The average high temperature for May is 83 degrees, so that's not bad considering it is about that temperature right now in K-town. I swear, where did spring go? It was nice for like 3 days, then BAM! 80 degrees. I hope it cools off a little before summer starts. Anyway, for your reading pleasure, here are some more facts about Fort Worth:

• Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the 19th-largest in the United States.


• Currently Fort Worth stands as the 9th safest U.S. city among those with a population over 500,000.


• The bus service is know as "The T"...haha


• Texas is a strong center for recreational cycling as well as racing. The largest ride in the U.S. is the "Hotter'n Hell Hundred" (August in Wichita Falls, TX) drawing 11,000 riders annually, half of which are from the Fort Worth / Dallas Metroplex. My boss told me his sons did this ride on single speeds.


• Billy Bob's Texas - World's largest honky-tonk with a 4,800-sq.-ft. rodeo area, 600 feet of bar rails, a 1,650-sq.-ft. stage for country/Western entertainment with top stars, shops, games, and restaurants


• ~35 miles of paved bike trails pass through Fort Worth, allowing riders to traverse the city without ever crossing a road at grade level.

Bring on the honky tonk.

Nevada Lottery Bill Advances

What!!?? Nevada doesn't have a lottery? For real?

'Tis true. For the 25th time since 1975, a proposal that would allow the creation of a state lottery has been introduced to the state legislature. If the proposal is approved by the legislature this year, and again in 2009, voters would have the final say on whether to allow the lottery in 2010.

So, I just wanna get this straight, Nevada, right? The same Nevada that legalized prostitution? The same Nevada that makes almost 1 billion dollars a year from taxing casinos? WTF?

O' Canada (part1)

Here you are Mo, lots and lots of pictures from the trip. Click on the picture at the bottom of the page.

For those of you that don't know (and I can't imagine there are many 'cause I told anyone and everyone that would listen) Christie Elwin and I took a little trip up to British Columbia and had ourselves a damn good time.

Traveling was the most interesting part of the trip thanks to rain, complete lack of road signage, one badly placed flag, and the lady who works the night shift for the condo company.

On our way to Whistler, we got to see a large section of downtown Vancouver while aimlessly driving up and down the streets trying to find a sign for Highway 99N. We found signs for 99S a couple of times but no 99N. We crossed the bridge that connects the airport and downtown 4 times - one time following a cab driver that claimed he knew where we needed to go...doubtful. On the fourth time across, we figured out why we couldn't find a sign for 99N - it had been covered up a flag. You know those flags that cities put on light poles for decoration? Yeah, one of those. That's how small the sign was on a major bridge going away from the airport. Oh well, we got on 99N, good for us. The time was now ~2AM eastern time.

After driving a couple of hours on some pretty sketchy roads, we get to Whistler Village. The village is cute, there are some shops, a Starbucks, a grocery store, and some restaurants in a little shopping area connected to our condo. I printed out the instructions for getting into the main lobby of our building before we left Knoxville. Now, normally, you go to the lobby, check in the with person there, get your keys and go to your room. This place was different. If you arrive after hours, which we did, there is a number you call to get the main lobby code. So, I call the number and get the code, and I ask the lady "Where do we get our keys and how do we get into the parking area?" The lady says "Well, I'm not sure. The code for your room is either *** or ***. The garage should open once you pull your car up to the gate." We pull up to the gate, it doesn't open. I call the lady back and tell her we can't get into the garage and she says, "Well, I don't know. Do you want me to wake up the owner of the condo and ask him?" I tell her no and I get off the phone because it's super later, and I'm about to lose my temper. Christie and I decide to park the car and go to our room to see what the deal is. We get to the door and find out that there is a lock box outside our door. We punch in the code and look inside. One key. We think that maybe the key works for the door and the garage so we go downstairs to the car, drive up to the garage, put the key in the keyhole and nothing happens. Crap. I figure maybe we can open the door from the inside, so I get out of the car, go into the building, get into the garage and search for a way to get the door open. I try to open it manually, I look for a button, I even hopped on the rubber hose on the ground that opens the door for that cars that are leaving (yeah right, like I weigh enough for that). Nothing. So Christie comes into the garage and we try the same things over again. Nothing. We get out of the garage, go back to our room, and Christie calls the lady and asks for the owner's phone number. It was almost 5am our time, so she was going to wake his ass up. We find out that a garage key was supposed to be in the room next to the phone, but the owner forgot to leave it for us. He tells Christie that if we both dig our heels into the rubber hose sensor at the same time, the door should open. I have my doubts that it will work, but we go downstairs and try it anyway. What do you know, the damn thing opens. So we pull the car in, unload our stuff, and get some much needed sleep.

Next up...snowboarding 101

Whistler

Hey! I blogged!

Hey! Look at me! I started a blog! Now I can tell everybody my opinions about anything I want.....yes!

Seriously though, the blog came about after almost an entire week of playing on the internet/sleeping/watching tv at work. Yeah, you read that right, I took a nice little nap in my big comfy office chair today, AND I watch tv on the internet on almost a daily basis. I should really just stop watching shows at home all together so I have something to do when I go to work. Anywoo, since I don't have much to do most days, I figured if I find something on the internet worth sharing, I'll blog it...dammit. So, here goes nothing...enjoy.