Let's kick it
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Farewell TWIT @ AOL
As I sit here tonight - like I have 1,658 times before - getting ready to pour out my heart, soul and mind to you, my faithful readers, I just don't know what to think. It's hard to believe that on July 31, 2004, I started a blogging adventure called That's What I'm Thinking. And it's even harder to believe that faithful readers have visited TWIT almost one half a million times since it's birth. Believe me when I tell you that that makes me weepy.
You all have read day after day my ramblings about things at work, at The Compound, at the VFW and other parts of my life. You've left comments, have emailed me and have given me encouragement when I felt like I didn't want to blog anymore. You've given me awesome suggestions for journal entries, and you've become a valuable part of the TWIT family.
It still amazes me that other than the times I can count on one hand, I've managed to post to TWIT every single day since it's birth. It's not an an easy thing to do; other bloggers will back me up on that. Even though I'm the world's biggest procrastinator, posting an entry everyday in TWIT was something that I felt I just had to do. And I felt like something was missing on the rare, rare occasion when I was unable to post.
Enough of the reminiscing - now it's time to move on. Tomorrow night at midnight will mark Phase 2 of TWIT -- it will start a new adventure at it's new home at Blogspot. The first four and a half years have been on hell of a ride, faithful readers. I can't wait to see what's in store for us. I hope I don't let you down.
You all have read day after day my ramblings about things at work, at The Compound, at the VFW and other parts of my life. You've left comments, have emailed me and have given me encouragement when I felt like I didn't want to blog anymore. You've given me awesome suggestions for journal entries, and you've become a valuable part of the TWIT family.
It still amazes me that other than the times I can count on one hand, I've managed to post to TWIT every single day since it's birth. It's not an an easy thing to do; other bloggers will back me up on that. Even though I'm the world's biggest procrastinator, posting an entry everyday in TWIT was something that I felt I just had to do. And I felt like something was missing on the rare, rare occasion when I was unable to post.
Enough of the reminiscing - now it's time to move on. Tomorrow night at midnight will mark Phase 2 of TWIT -- it will start a new adventure at it's new home at Blogspot. The first four and a half years have been on hell of a ride, faithful readers. I can't wait to see what's in store for us. I hope I don't let you down.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Welcome, Sarah Palin
In a strictly bipartisan announcement, TWIT would like to welcome Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin to the 'Ville tonight. Actually, it's Jeffersonville, not Louisville. In case you're not from around here and don't know, Jeffersonville (aka Jeff) is just across the river from downtown Louisville.
Tickets were handed out earlier this week, and early reports say that there could be 30,000 people attend the rally tonight. I have to say that in all of my years of attending concerts, I can count on one hand the times when there were about 30,000 at a concert; it's pretty mind blowing to think that that many people would be attending a political rally tonight. But it's not just here in the 'Ville - political rallys have been bringing in humongous crowds like that for this election. I think that it's awesome that people care enough about their candidate of choice to fight the traffic and wait for hours just to get a glimpse of their candidate. If everyone felt that way, we would have a record turnout on Tuesday for Election day.
Tickets were handed out earlier this week, and early reports say that there could be 30,000 people attend the rally tonight. I have to say that in all of my years of attending concerts, I can count on one hand the times when there were about 30,000 at a concert; it's pretty mind blowing to think that that many people would be attending a political rally tonight. But it's not just here in the 'Ville - political rallys have been bringing in humongous crowds like that for this election. I think that it's awesome that people care enough about their candidate of choice to fight the traffic and wait for hours just to get a glimpse of their candidate. If everyone felt that way, we would have a record turnout on Tuesday for Election day.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Way To Go, Titans
TWIT would like to congratulate the Tennessee Titans on their win over the Indianapolis Colts last night at Monday Night Football. The Titans won 31 to 21, and kept their perfect record in tact. They now are 7 - 0 for the 2008 season.
It was an awesome game - it was the first complete Titans game that I got to watch in HD on the big screen TV. It was as if I could hear the rumble and feel the draft as the players were running on the field. The colors were so crisp and clear, not to mention big.
TWIT would also like to contragulate the Titans on their 10th season anniversary. It's hard to believe that it's been ten years since the Houston Oilers started an expansion team in Nashville. The rest is history.
It was an awesome game - it was the first complete Titans game that I got to watch in HD on the big screen TV. It was as if I could hear the rumble and feel the draft as the players were running on the field. The colors were so crisp and clear, not to mention big.
TWIT would also like to contragulate the Titans on their 10th season anniversary. It's hard to believe that it's been ten years since the Houston Oilers started an expansion team in Nashville. The rest is history.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Good Luck, Tennessee Titans
TWIT would like to with my favorite sports team the Tennessee Titans good luck tonight as they take on my least favorite team the Indianapolis Colts. The Titans are playing the Colts on their home field at LP Field in Nashville tonight, and you can watch the game live on ESPN. This is the first Monday Night Football game versus the Colts from their home field since 2004. The Titans are going into tonight's game with the only perfect record in the NFL so far -- 6-0; the Colts are currently 3-3. The Titans hope to keep their perfect record in tact by opening a can of whoop ass on the Colts.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Link Of The Week
This seems like an unlikely Link of the Wink to be posted by someone who doesn't cook, but here it is any way. This week's Link of the Week is brought to us by my dear friend, quasi-co-worker and faithful reader Big Mama. She's a busy woman, and I'm sure she uses her crock pot so she doesn't have to slave over a hot stove when she gets home from work. She found a great site that has a bizillion crock pot recipes. Well, maybe not a bizillion, but it has a lot. Visit http://www.50plusfriends.com/cookbook/crockpot/index-5b.html and get to slow cooking.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Flashback Friday
Power has been restored at The Compound and the surrounding area, so I'm bringing you Flashback Friday a day late. But better late than never.
In case you haven't paid much attention to some of my journal entries over the past four years, I love going to concerts. My parents took me to my first big time concert when I was just a kid and I was hooked. I would save my allowance, babysit, and offer to do chores to earn money for concert tickets. With the way ticket prices are now, at times I still need to babysit and offer to do chores to pay for them. But I digress. Buying a concert ticket is downright nerve racking these days. With scalpers, I mean "ticket brokers" on eBay and their own websites, it's almost impossible to go to an actual store or outlet to buy tickets for decent seats these days.
Concert ticket buying has a lengthy evolution. Back in the day, the process of buying concert tickets was almost as exciting as the concert itself. Record stores (another good topic for Flashback Friday) and the concert venue were just about the only place you could buy the tickets, and if you wanted good seats you would just go there a few hours before the store opened up and waited in line. As time went on, people would get there earlier and earlier and it wasn't uncommon for some people to get in line the night before the tickets went on sale.
Next was Ticketmaster. In Louisville, Krogers grocery stores added Ticketmaster outlets in some of their super stores, and you could go and get your tickets at the grocery or call Ticketmaster and order your tickets over the phone when they went on sale. Many a time my fast fingers and a case of good luck were able to get me good concert seats because I was able to get through on the phone a few minutes after the tickets went on sale.
Along came the lottery. This cut out the need to wait in line for hours. In case you're unfamiliar with this process, as you got in line you would get a ticket with a number, and a few hours before the official time of ticket sales, someone from the store or venue would draw a number and that lucky person would be the first in line. Then everyone would line up behind them according to their numbers. Personally, I hated the lottery system. If a person wanted good seats for a concert and was willing to wait in line all night long to get them, then by golly they should have them.
Then came the internet, and concert ticket buying will never be the same. You don't even have to leave your house or make a phone call - you can buy tickets through Ticketmaster or you can go to "ticket brokers" and pay 3, 4, or more times the face value for good seats. Why, just minutes after tickets go on sale you can go to eBay and usually be able to find front row seats for a hefty price. I'm not being extravagant or trying to sound uppity, but my concert rule has always been if I can't get seats in the first ten rows, I won't go, no matter how much I love the artist. Now thanks to eBay and ticket brokers, I can peel [lots of] my hard earned cash and get good seats. The older I get, the more I'm willing to pay for convenience.
In case you haven't paid much attention to some of my journal entries over the past four years, I love going to concerts. My parents took me to my first big time concert when I was just a kid and I was hooked. I would save my allowance, babysit, and offer to do chores to earn money for concert tickets. With the way ticket prices are now, at times I still need to babysit and offer to do chores to pay for them. But I digress. Buying a concert ticket is downright nerve racking these days. With scalpers, I mean "ticket brokers" on eBay and their own websites, it's almost impossible to go to an actual store or outlet to buy tickets for decent seats these days.
Concert ticket buying has a lengthy evolution. Back in the day, the process of buying concert tickets was almost as exciting as the concert itself. Record stores (another good topic for Flashback Friday) and the concert venue were just about the only place you could buy the tickets, and if you wanted good seats you would just go there a few hours before the store opened up and waited in line. As time went on, people would get there earlier and earlier and it wasn't uncommon for some people to get in line the night before the tickets went on sale.
Next was Ticketmaster. In Louisville, Krogers grocery stores added Ticketmaster outlets in some of their super stores, and you could go and get your tickets at the grocery or call Ticketmaster and order your tickets over the phone when they went on sale. Many a time my fast fingers and a case of good luck were able to get me good concert seats because I was able to get through on the phone a few minutes after the tickets went on sale.
Along came the lottery. This cut out the need to wait in line for hours. In case you're unfamiliar with this process, as you got in line you would get a ticket with a number, and a few hours before the official time of ticket sales, someone from the store or venue would draw a number and that lucky person would be the first in line. Then everyone would line up behind them according to their numbers. Personally, I hated the lottery system. If a person wanted good seats for a concert and was willing to wait in line all night long to get them, then by golly they should have them.
Then came the internet, and concert ticket buying will never be the same. You don't even have to leave your house or make a phone call - you can buy tickets through Ticketmaster or you can go to "ticket brokers" and pay 3, 4, or more times the face value for good seats. Why, just minutes after tickets go on sale you can go to eBay and usually be able to find front row seats for a hefty price. I'm not being extravagant or trying to sound uppity, but my concert rule has always been if I can't get seats in the first ten rows, I won't go, no matter how much I love the artist. Now thanks to eBay and ticket brokers, I can peel [lots of] my hard earned cash and get good seats. The older I get, the more I'm willing to pay for convenience.
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