tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12616472576954432382008-08-26T13:13:52.459-07:00Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03784838842401656512noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261647257695443238.post-54386916158636721402008-08-26T13:12:00.001-07:002008-08-26T13:13:52.474-07:00

I’ve been waiting in the shadows ready to pounce on the housing market for the last couple years. However I’ve been taking my time due to the declining housing prices and the flood of available properties on the market. I started to get serious about shopping a few months ago as the market seems to be close to bottoming out, and I can buy twice the house for the price compared to last year.

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Went outside at lunch time and saw this "inventive" motorcycle parked out front with the rest of the employee's bikes. This thing has a keg for a gas tank, and combination ammo box / rusty farm tractor seat. Unfortunately I didn't get the opportunity to hear this thing fired up. This guy should hookup a deal to include it in a viral marketing campaign for the next Mad Max movie!

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My son decided to start his extreme sports career last night by riding my friend’s daughter’s scooter down a steep driveway, only to crash at the bottom and impale the handlebar into his chin. Fortunately the daughter was nearby and did the right thing by walking him out of the road and running to get me. When I heard, I initially thought ok, no big deal, small scraps and tears. However walking

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My cousin bought me and the rest of his wedding party BT-4: Combat paintball markers as groomsmen presents. We plan to take them out camping this next weekend for some RL FPS frag action, w00t! (Am I show my geek colors enough?) I haven't had the chance to do any paintball'ing yet, only the occasional laser tag event. So I decided to stock up on supplies and talk to some people who know their

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03784838842401656512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261647257695443238.post-69052638106480983942008-05-19T17:23:00.000-07:002008-05-19T17:47:04.712-07:00

Finally had an excuse to create another panoramic image. This time I utilized an application called Autostitch. Pretty cool application. Saved me a lot of time. In the past I've manually stitched my panoramic images together. That took forever. This does it quick and painlessly. I'll definitely start creating more. (Note: All pictures taken with my iPhone, pretty sweet huh?)

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I made this custom anklet for my cousin to wear during his bachelor party get away this last weekend. He sounded like a ghoul roaming the castle dungeon whenever he moved around.

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I know it's a blogger cliché, but I have been too busy to post lately. In fact my "internet life" has been nearly non-existent, which in turn is making me feel very detached and isolated. Damn, doesn't that sound contradictory? Mostly it's all due to me starting a new job at MotoSport, Inc. I happen to have joined their IT team in the middle of a busy shopping season, and while their doing

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03784838842401656512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261647257695443238.post-25140418309353196182008-03-31T12:04:00.000-07:002008-03-31T14:56:22.826-07:00

Put together a small video for my friend Sarah the other day. She wanted to film her schnauzer doing all it's crazy tricks to submit to some "smartest dog" competition airing on Oprah. I'm pretty happy with the video, esp. considering I only spent 1 hr filming & 4 hrs editing the video with no clear plan. You can watch the video below, let me know what you think.

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We went out to the Oregon coast for my birthday, and experienced some crazy weather. It rained, hailed, snowed, and was even warm and sunny at times. All mixed together. I started to wonder if there was some crazy global phenomenon occurring that we didn't know about. Check out the pics below: Woke up to snow Friday morning Sunny and Warm on Saturday morning Hailed like crazy on the drive

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While out grocery shopping the other day I ran across the new "Budweiser Chelada". I instantly did a double take, rubbed my eyes, and took a picture as evidence. I enjoy a good hangover curing "red-beer" as much as the next redneck. I however would never use clamato, I just don't enjoy clam broth as much as some I suppose. Have people really become so lazy that they can't mix their own drink? Or

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---- Success!! I published took this picture and published it to my blog from my iPhone. This will give me another tool to add content to my blog. Especially from the road!!

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I've been an avid bowler for years. It was the popular weekend night activity to do back in high school, and the only entertainment available after midnight when I got off swing shift from my warehouse job back in college. Over the years my skill has improved and seasoned. In the last couple years I've been paying close attention to my throw style and working on fine tuning it. It's become

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03784838842401656512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261647257695443238.post-11010837080601003292008-01-02T11:18:00.000-08:002008-01-04T16:11:55.062-08:00

Got myself a new present for the holidays, a brand new Xbox 360 Elite. I now have all of the top tier consoles out on the market right now (the others being Sony Playstation 3, and Nintendo Wii). I've been having a lot of fun playing on Xbox Live with the new Call of Duty 4. And of course I've been spending a lot of time killing zombies in Dead Rising. Check out my gamercard! Put your gamertag

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03784838842401656512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261647257695443238.post-12399717550867167772007-12-02T22:46:00.000-08:002007-12-08T12:07:32.085-08:00

I'm converting my custom content management system over to blogger. It was fun while it lasted, but I don't have the time to keep up with the management and upgrades necessary to keep it running. Time to relent and let someone else worry about the fine details. I'll be converting the old posts & content over to here in the short future.

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03784838842401656512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261647257695443238.post-44610980430780647932007-11-01T18:12:00.000-07:002008-01-07T08:44:25.518-08:00

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03784838842401656512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261647257695443238.post-59433576784717894432007-10-02T17:00:00.000-07:002007-12-09T16:45:15.127-08:00

I've wanted to get into home brewing for a while. The influence of my many home brewing friends has only increased my desire. I had plans to start last year, and brew some hard cider to hand out for the holidays. So I finally cracked and went out and bought a home brew kit, and decided to brew that hard cider for this holiday season. I shopped around for the best starter cider I could. I was

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03784838842401656512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261647257695443238.post-70100861401323916382007-09-14T15:00:00.000-07:002007-12-09T16:16:34.220-08:00

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the Marlboro Hot Laps at Portland International Raceway. It was a great time. I got a ton of freebies, rode shotgun in a Panoz Esperante GTS around the road course, and again in a new Ford Mustang Cobra on the drift course. Click Here: To see the gallery from the event.

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03784838842401656512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261647257695443238.post-13656370431038057532007-09-05T05:00:00.000-07:002007-12-09T16:33:01.899-08:00

Another successful year at Burning Man. The trip down & back was thankfully uneventful this time around. Our geodesic dome was a success! We made lots of friends, saw some cool sites, and had a great time. Click Here: To see the gallery from the event.

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A few months back I purchased a 30gb video iPod to transport my music from home->car->work->gym instead of my old method of burning mp3 CDs and playing them on my mp3 CD discman. In doing this it was necessary to upgrade my truck's radio, shopping around I settled on a JVC KD-HDR1 and the KS-PD100 iPod interface adapter from Crutchfield. Side note, Crutchfield is awesome, I will always buy my

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03784838842401656512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261647257695443238.post-26347642261415225042007-06-14T17:01:00.000-07:002007-12-09T16:02:04.081-08:00

I ran across an interesting article today, Hand Me Downs. It contains a list of things that a father should pass on to his children. I think this is definitely a good read for anyone who has an influence in a child's life. Could be your kids, nephews/nieces, etc. A couple things I would add to the list: Favorite Song/Album: "Music is the soundtrack to life", leave behind your soundtrack. Respect

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03784838842401656512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261647257695443238.post-66382287466141996912007-05-31T15:55:00.000-07:002007-12-09T15:59:39.726-08:00

I ran across this article today, it describes a new endeavor by Regal Cinemas to improve it's theatre experience by giving audience members the ability to inform management of problems without leaving their seat. Supposedly the device is given to a "random member of the Regal Crown Club Loyalty Program who's attending each movie". Sounds like they finally have a perk worth joining their club...

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03784838842401656512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261647257695443238.post-47753004306806182842007-02-02T17:04:00.000-08:002007-12-09T15:50:27.200-08:00

I've mentioned my love for cinema before, so attending Sundance has been on my "to-do" list for a number of years. Due to all the time I have lately with my recent "retirement" I decided to attend this year. My friend Trieste, a fellow movie aficionado, took vacation time to attend too. Neither of us had been to Salt Lake City or Utah before. We knew that the city was the HQ for the Mormon church

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03784838842401656512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261647257695443238.post-40950600583010883042006-11-22T12:31:00.000-08:002007-12-09T15:37:55.824-08:00

It's been a while since I've posted a blog on here. That's because I've been busy enjoying my retirement! Well that's what I've been telling everyone anyhow. I got laid off work last month after nearly eight full years with my company. It was a great ride! I have no complaints. I will miss certain clients and coworkers that I have had the opportunity to grow close too. I wish them all the best. I

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03784838842401656512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261647257695443238.post-52449532871291246612006-09-18T14:50:00.000-07:002007-12-09T15:28:21.099-08:00

Last Sunday we took the kids (Evan, Sophie, and Logan) to see the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. I've never been to the circus before, and neither has Logan, so this was a good opportunity. We all met up early and took the MAX train to the rose quarter from Lloyd center, the kids enjoyed the train ride. We made sure to get to the Rose Garden early so we could see the pre-show

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03784838842401656512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261647257695443238.post-5571659396923111532006-09-12T16:38:00.000-07:002007-12-09T15:21:35.715-08:00

After work one day last week Darci and I were trying to think of somewhere new to go eat dinner. Darci remembered that the new Big Al's bowling alley was now open, I immediately made an executive decision to go there. I was amazed by the size of the place, the large vaulted ceilings really made the place feel inviting. A big difference from the traditional low ceiling bowling alley that makes you

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