Day 294

Most of my blog readers have never seen this video...It's from the past...
But, My buddies in college loved it so much...that when Janet and I got married...They sang That's Amore' for us during the reception...
Too good not to post...and remember...

Day 293

Some people I know do this thing where you can pick squares and then whatever the scores are during a particularly SUPER cool sporting event happen...different people...may or may not win pretzels...or something...

Well, I found this chart that lets you compare your square numbers, with the probability that those scores will happen to end a quarter...

Apparently my best odds...are during the 1st quarter with the Steelers having 14 and the Cardinals having 7...(Having happened 60 times during the regular season 2006-07)

Days 291-292

I've become addicted to Facebook....Well, for that matter, so has Janet...We've taken a liking to hunting out and finding friends from our past...So far...I'm leading the friends race...but...she steals all the ones that she knows anyways...so, it'll even out eventually...

The coolest thing is just finding someone you haven't seen or heard from in 20+ years...Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Panama City Beach, Stuart, Orlando and back to Baton Rouge...What a long strange trip it's been...

Oh...and for nostagia's sake...that's the old man-cave...the room under the stairs...about 40 square feet of awesomeness...

Day 290

Here's my $30 room service french toast...

Once again...not worth the money...

That bacon in the lower right corner...that's $1.75 per slice...

Seems a bit much....

Yesterday when I got home...we had leftover flank steak...and today was Grilled Brats...

2 meals that were infinitely better than all but one New Mexico meal...

Day 289

Food in New Mexico is HORRIBLE...

I believe in the 4 days I was there...I maybe had 1 decent meal...
and the locals are kidding themselves...When you take their suggestion for where a good place to eat...and you get the same suggestion from multiple folks...You start to figure...that they know what they are talking about...

Either that, or it's the big conspiracy...to keep the tourists in the crummy restaurants...

Day 288

At the conference yesterday during the mid-afternoon break...there was a Trail mix and smoothie bar...It was pretty cool...

This 'little' guy's name is Winston...

He's a 7 week old, 18 pound Great Dane puppy that my brother's family just adopted...

I can't wait till Dean and Daniel can saddle him up and ride him...

Day 287

I flew to Albuquerque, New Mexico today for a Smart Growth Conference...It's a pretty arrival into the city...but...once you are on the ground...there isn't really anything that distinguishes it from Anywheresville, USA...

I asked my Cab Driver what the 1 can't miss thing to do or see was in town...and he suggested a ski lift ride to the top of the mountain just to the east of Town...so we may try to go do that on Saturday...

Days 285-286

I've had all these grand plans about waxing nostalgic about growing up in Lafayette, and spending a couple of days there last week...But I haven't been able to get the photos from the trip to my home computer...yet...

So...Here's a picture I did get...

It's the house where my Grandmother used to live...I remember having to steer around that shrub next to the driveway on my big wheel...

They've closed in the carport which made me drive by the house the first time by...

It's quite wierd to spend some time in a place where you haven't been for 20 years...and your last memories of that place are when you were a child...

This is the house where, I believe, I developed my love of high-fidelity audio, Aquariums, and Minitures..(My Grandfather was a really neat guy that left us too soon)...

I can remember tying a rope around his hand built Wire Control airlplanes...and dragging them around the back yard...What I wouldn't give to have those planes today...

Days 281 - 284

So, Janet returned from her 'weekend getaway' trip with her good friend Tara....to Atlanta to see Celine... (See, I didn't type her last name right there...That's because I know Adam loves it when I refer to my favorite female pop singers by just their first names...cause, I mean come on...I say Celine...do I need to say Dion...People just know...sorta the exact opposite of when Adam says..."Nobody puts baby in the corner" I had no idea what he was talking about...)

This is how Boudreaux welcomes Mommy home...He sleeps in her open suitcase...

Day 280...

I realized that photographic evidence of how horrible our room at the Tropicana was would be helpful in defending my case...

This is how they repaired some kind of carpet defect...

Day 279

So...I'm at the State APA (American Planning Association) conference in Lafayette...Let's just say the hotel isn't as nice as the Venitian in Vegas...

The first photo is what I saw when the elevator opened to let me out on the wrong floor...

The second photo is what I saw when the elevator opened...

The Hotel is undergoing some major renovations...but...it just doesn't seem ready to host this many people...When it let me out on the 1st floor...there were no lights on...and I was ducking and dodging stuff hanging down from the ceiling...Very classy...

I do think that the room is nicer than the room Justin and I moved to in Vegas at the Tropicana...now THAT place is a dump....with NO remodeling going on there....

Day 278

Seriously...
A friend at the office accused me of having less hair now than in the photo...
He's not very nice.

Another article...

Days 273 - 277

I'm officially.... Utterly... Overwhelmed...
Overwhelmed... I say...
Who'd a thunk it...but...I received 17 responses to the RFQ that we issued to help us do some work here...and I'm supposed to choose my top 5...(The other 6 folks in the group will select their top 5 then we'll meet to discuss and select a top 3)
I have no idea where to start...on my first blush...11 of the 17 received a check mark...and 2 received a check plus...
I don't know what my system means other than...13 of the 17 firms that responded would be good for the job at hand...
Now I just need to figure out which 8 of those aren't the best...and I'm done...

no problem...

Again with Day 272

2 days in a row with 2 posts...I'm CRAZY!!!
I finally got around to taking photos of the gift Janet got me for Christmas....
It's quite the show stopper in our guest bedroom...I've finally collected something Janet isn't completely embarassed of...and she gave me a Curio Cabinet to display them in...Now my dollies have a special place....

Day 272

I was sent one of those chain mails with a cool picture attached...
and I had to check out www.snopes.com to see if it was true...and lo and behold...it was...and there was a link to a website with a bunch more similar photographs....from the World War 1 era...That is 25,000 soldiers posed as the Liberty Bell...

Day 271 again

It's crazy...2 blog posts in one day...
This was on the evening news tonight...
It's goatee'd me on TV

Day 270

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard
I dare you not to laugh...

Days 268 and 269

Getting back into the swing of things again at work...
It's amazing how much I didn't miss during my week off...It's like...nothing is going on...
I'm heading to Lafayette, LA next week for the state APA conference...and then to Albuquerque, NM in 2 weeks for a National Smart Growth Conference...
Quite the jet setter...
This is Daniel attempting the Wii fit hula hoop...it's funnier than it looks...

Day 267

Poor Stupid Nick Saban...man...it's easy to root against him...
Here's another video I made...on the road..

Days 263 - 266

So, after a short/long/quick/tiring/yet still fun trip to Florida... We are heading back home...again.. It's weird making this trip going the opposite way that we had for the past 12 Christmases...
It was good getting to see everyone that we got to see and I'm sorry that we just didn't have time to see everyone...
So, I'm blogging in the car from my stewardess seat, catering to every "I'm hungry" & "Movie's over" beck and call... Hopefully this is some sort of sign that I'll continue to stay on top of it... Thanks to all the loyal readers!
Geaux Tigers!