Update to Laca 1.5

Greetings Earth Creatures!

Hope the new year is finding you well, (or at least keeping your head above the water). Things have been rolling along here.

Made it through the holidays, with my bestest present being my new neighbor and girl freind, who made the big move so we can spend more than a weekend a month together. So far it has been great having her here, the cat, not so much (I keed, I keed). This year has started out and looks to be pretty busy, between maybe attending my first NASCAR race in Vegas (if I can get everything planned), to a trip to the homeland for a week during "spring break".

Anyway, that's about it. I jumped on the Twitter bandwagon, so you can catch me there @itsbeer30here and check out some of the people I am following. Later Alligators!

How Many Goats Are You Worth?

Click here to see what your net worth is in goats. I was 8 out of 10 goats. SCORE!

Random Thoughts and Other Stuff Rattling in the Head

*How long is it going to take for anarchy to break out after January 20th when Obama-your-mama gets inaugurated and the crazy libs have total power. With gas prices, food prices, and utilities prices jumping like Mexican Jumping Beans, it just feels like a pressure cooker.

*I wish people would learn how to empty the paper shredder. The bag is like a foot away from it. Then again, it's fun to watch the monkeys keep flipping the switch. Stupid monkey.

*What's with flip flops? Do people like the sensation of holding their shoes on by their toes, and making that annoying "WHAP! WHAP! WHAP!" sound? I would imagine it would make the soles of your feet numb.

"I Don't Think I Have Ever Seen A Truck Stuck Like That"

Have you had a day like this? This is my work truck high-centered in the middle of a field.


The truck was pulled off and escaped with no damage, but I'll get to hear about it until the next stupid human trick. (Click on pics to see bigger versions)

Pandora's What?

Greetings all!

Well, things might just be getting interesting here at the 'land. After listening to the lambe-macaco-taco-monkey girl crybaby whine for the millionth time (okay maybe just 5), I gave him access to post. We'll see how it takes for him to figure out how to post, and when he does if it is anything readable. My apologies in advance.

The 17 Worst Bar Shots Ever Created

If you've ever wanted to get back at someone, or just get your friend completely plastered for their 21st birthday ... take a look at this list of awful tasting shots that are sure to lay anyone out.

As I was reading this list of truly disgusting concoctions, actually feeling my liver wince and head hurt, I was happy I no longer was in college and was expected to try and down disgusting mixes. One good thing about having a birthday during college's summer vacation was that my 21 run was pretty calm, I only had to down a cement mixer and brain hemorrhage (something like the abortion from the article.) Check out the list and see how many you have had the (dis)pleasure of trying.


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New Feature!

Hello True Believers!

Has it been a month since I last posted anything? Time flies when you're having fun I guess. I have also had the opportunity to learn how to live without running water, since a thoughtful ex-neighbor decided to turn off his heater when he moved out, freezing the pipes solid in this sub-zero siberia. Ah, Alamosa, where utilities are luxuries. I'm starting to have enough of the valley's shenanigans.

Anyway, I did some tweaking today, threw a new template up, looks a little different from the old. I also added an RSS feed of my Netflix Queue. I usually keep 20-25 movies on it, which is good when you want to kind of pick and choose, but some movies just kind of fall to the bottom, so I am trying to go through all of them before I add some more. If you have any suggestions, leave me a comment, and you might just see it on the list.

Hasta Leugo muchachos!

IA ORA TE NATURA, E MEA AROFA TEIE AO NEI

A two for one link special today!

The first was more serious in nature, so I figured a fun one is needed to keep the balance.

It is Friday, the end of summer is here, the weather here has been rainy and all around gray. With the onset of colder temps and snowfall, so it's nice to make sure you have somewhere to get away.

So today's "free" link is... drum roll please...... Margaritaville.

If you're not a parotthead (yet) and never been here, it's the center for everything Jimmy Buffett. You can buy a blender, learn lyrics so you can sing along, check out the discussion boards, or tune into Radio Margaritaville. So you can tune in, sit back with your favorite drink, and enjoy.

While on the topic of Radio Maragritaville, I decided a few weeks ago to join the nation of satellite radio subscribers in the area. I chose Sirius because they have the NFL, NASCAR, Radio Margaritaville, and Howard Stern. I have installed both a car setup and home setup, and combined time to do both is just over an hour. If are in the market, I would recommend you check it out.

Anyway, here's to the weekend. CHEERS!

Free Link Friday

A fellow blogger named Panhandle Poet steered me to his blog, Common Sense Agriculture, Conservation and Energy, a collection of articles about current energy, conservation, and agriculture issues. Check it out if you are interested in any of those areas.

Rapleaf

Hello Everybody!

Was googling myself today after seeing articles on How to Ungoogle Yourself, and found an entry on this site called Rapleaf. Apparently, the purpose is to give buyers and sellers a universal place to check out people they are completing transactions with. Anyway, I filled it out for me and my e-mail addresses, and I'll try to keep up on rating, and put my little rating here on the site.

Just Older

Hey, man, it's been a while
Do you remember me?
When I hit the streets I was 17
A little wild, a little green
I've been up and down and in between
After all these years
Can you believe I'm still chasing that dream
But I ain't looking over my shoulder
"Just Older"- Bon Jovi

I had a epiphany that has been been brewing for a few months. A family friend was injured a few months ago, and his family created a myspace profile to keep everyone updated on the latest. So one night I checked it out, and after reading about his progress, I looked at all of his "friends", some were people that I knew, around the same age as me, some parents of these people my age. As I looked at the list and some of the current faces of people long ago, it made me pause to think about what has happened 11 years since I left home and that world to enter the real world. Would me 11 years ago recognize me today? And if we were to meet in some time warp, what would 18 year old me ask 29 year old me? And would I believe it?

It's funny how much of the world and opportunities you don't know about when you are 18 and looking down that highway leading out of town. As for opportunities, it's all about Smiles, Cries, and Regrets (an improvement from the line in Training Day). I guess part of life is leaving physical locations and the people within them to enter new ones, and things in those left worlds keep plowing along (not that I didn't think they didn't). It's just interesting to take a step back and think how everything has changed as we all get older and grow up (well, some of us).

This whole train of thought made me realize that there is still that highway that is leading to new worlds more things I cannot imagine, but will experience. Well, here's to the next 11 and 29 years (hopefully).

My Obligitory August Posting

Now Here's The Latest...

* I spiced up the layout of the blog (template no. 265), it seems to be easier on the eyes.

* I have been frequenting my Yahoo! 360° page, check it out if are bored and want to read more useless information about me.

* I am flying back to "The Oasis of Nevada" in October to visit family and see the new dog, Fiona, as well as (hopefully) hooking up with some old friends.

* The night before I fly out, I am treating myself the night before to a performance of Spam-a-lot in Denver. I am totally psyched, Monty Python rules.
Update: My Ticket came in the mail today! SWEET!


Well, I'm going to enjoy the peacefulness known as an empty office. Later Days!

Funny thing happened to me today...

I remembered I had a blog. I was sending an e-mail, and went, "hmmmm, what's this Lacaland?"

Then panic set in. "What if someone has been checking every day for the cream of the crop from IMAO and Digg? Or even better, my musings?"

That was followed by uncontrollable laughter, which got me strange looks from started co-workers. What's that straitjacket for?

Anyway, I realized today that it's almost August. Where did the summer go? Have I really just set the cruise control and floated along for two months? Naw, couldn't be. Time is a funny thing, so damned fleeting. It's so damned easy to get into a cycle of work, sleeping, and paying bills, and a few beers with co-workers. Hopefully things will pick up, with Frontier Days and Ski-Hi, mom and my sister coming, and a week of vacation, if I ever get it planned.

Oh yeah I bought a Remington 700 SPS .223, so far I am happy with it, but I have only been out to shoot with it once, and that was spent sighting it in. I also been out fishing, but the fishing gods are mad, so I have been skunked. Just gives me an excuse to get back out there.

That's All Folks!!!!

Where do YOU Fit In A Galaxy Far Far Away?

Take this quiz, and figure out if you fight for the force or the dark side. Just Pray you aren't Jar Jar Binks.



Apparently, I'm more evil than I thought.

Update from the Big Blue Couch

Salutations!

Well, I survived another Monday, it was touch and go for awhile, but we pulled through. Just a quick update on life in the SLV. After temperatures that hasn't been seen in 10 years, the weather seems to be picking up. Work is still crazy as ever, trying to stay ahead of the curve and the wave of paperwork.

In blog-related news, there is an addition to the line-up. Digg has fixed the blog it link so that works with the new g-mail sign-in blogger. This means that now I can put stories from today's news that I find interesting here. To check out the stories, just follow the links at the bottom of the post. If you are interested in the stories I find interesting, check it out.

Anyway, I'm going to enjoy the rest of my Monday with a beer and a re-run of CSI:Miami. Check ya later!

Be Vewwy Vewwy Quiet....

AS SEEN ON FARK.COM.....

Alamosa is staging a hunt to thin deer herd

Glad to see my street greenlighted on fark. The basic jist is that there is a herd of deer that lives on the golf course just north of town. The poor little Bambis have been treated to delicious treats by the townsfolks, then cussed when they are in the middle of the street with.... well..... (wait for it) a deer-in-the-headlights look. The city's solution is to oopen up a hunting season for 30 people on the front 9 of the golf course. I can't wait to see these Elmer Fudds out there chasing their prey through the sand traps and maybe get lucky, then killing and dressing out the carcass on the 5th hole tee. I wonder if ladies get to shoot from the close tees? hmmmmmm.....

Is it cold enough yet?

Happy New Year, plus some......

Well, apparently somebody pissed off ol mama nature, and she decided to show us that winter is all about. The low this morning in the San Luis Valley was somewhere around negative 30, and all that is in the news is cold, ice, and things breaking, from pipes to cars. I saw this clip from Portland, Oregon which shows why some people should not be allowed to drive-

"Bumper Cars" Collide On Icy Streets

Here's a clue, if your neighbor runs into 5 or 6 cars as they slide down the street, doesn't mean you have to as well. And don't park on the street, cuz there a ton of those idiots out there.

Not Quite 8 Miles High.....

4 Days and Counting.....

Okay, I think I'm over the trauma, now I can talk about it. I experienced what many people in the Rocky Mountain area are going through right now...... Airline cancellations. Luckily I made it safely, and made it to my destination of Reno, NV. My journey started Monday with me driving halfway to Albuquerque because the weather report was saying that New Mexico was going to get slammed by a winter storm. I soon learned how big of a relative term that is. Here's the rundown.

TUESDAY
I beat the storm in, park the truck at the hotel, shuttled into the airport, and cleared the hurdles to make it to the terminal, where I wait 6 hours to be finally told that the 6 measly inches of snow has befuddled the fine citizens of Albuquerque, and they shut the whole town down, including the airport. I ended up scrambling, and thanks to Frontier Airlines I get another flight booked for the next day with American West with has a Phoenix connection instead of Denver (this plays a major role later), and snagged the last room at the Holiday Inn Express, where my truck was residing, and even lost and recovered my cell phone. I am figuring I have used up all my luck, and find a bite to eat and hide from the world.

WEDNESDAY
Flight leaves Albuquerque at noon, and I originally schedule a shuttle for 10:00. After a night's rest, I decide I better get to the airport early, which was good because they were running an hour behind. I get to the airport (finally), and find the ticket counter at American West totally empty. Find out Denver is closed down due to the massive blizzard that dumped on them. WHEW! Go through the hurdles again, back in the terminal. A little over 2 hours, listening to cranky people, and a gate change later, the wheels on the plane I was strapped into left the ground, and we were Phoenix bound. From there, it was smooth sailing, and I kissed the carpet at Reno/Tahoe airport.

So now I sit in my childhood home, enjoying the end of my first day of vacation. If anyone happens to be sitting at DIA with their flight cancelled, I have 2, wait, make that 3 things to tell you:
#1- HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! NANNNER NANNER NANNER.
#2- Seriously, I feel your pain, the airline staff feels your pain (As the flight attendant on my flight from Phoenix to Reno told me). they are trying their best, so cut them some slack.
#3- Run to the nearest rent-a-car booth, get a car, and drive like crazy, because unless you are one of the lucky few, you ain't going to get a flight out by X-mas.

For the rest of ya, Happy X-mas and a Merry New Year if I don't see ya!

Happy Christmas!

Well, first of all, looks like Cutler and the Donkeys are going to win the football game. Now I have to hear about it tomorrow. Bedsides that, not much else going on. Playing a new online game which is a cross between risk and yahtzee called kdice, and I'm getting by butt kicked. No snow here, but sounds like snow back in ol' Nevada, which is where I'm heading Tuesday. I am taking two weeks off, and the big office party is tomorrow at lunch, meaning that work should be minimal tomorrow. Looking forward to going home, not excited yet, I don't think that'll happen until tomorrow. The flight home and back is a little crazy, getting tickets was a challenge. Plus I have to drive to Albuquerque, which is about 4 hours. Well, hope ya'lls holidays are good!

Why Do Bright Lights Make Me Sneeze?

Check out this post "Why Do Bright Lights Make Me Sneeze?". It was pretty intereting, kinda wird to think you body misfires signals. hmmm.

On another note, I know I have been quiet for the past month, I have been swamped at work, and the stress level has been high, and energy has been pretty low. Hopefully I will have the time and energy to write soon.