Wow. Where does one start with these ladies?

First of all, of the three Housewives shows, Atlanta is still my favorite. But the Jersey wives are just crazy. There’s Jacqueline, Theresa, Dina, Danielle and Caroline. Of the five, I think I like Caroline and Theresa the best. Three of these women are related (Caroline and Dina are sisters and Jacqueline is Caroline & Dina’s sister-in-law).

Danielle just scares me. She’s got some serious issues.

Dina is ok, but she’s a little high and mighty I think.

Poor Jacqueline is so caught in the middle of all the drama between Dina and Danielle.

Theresa just can’t seem to get out of the 80’s.

Caroline is (to me) a typical Italian mother who will stop at nothing to protect her children and family.

Tuesday is the season finale for RHNJ. All the previews are showing Theresa flipping over a table. Needless to say, as much as I really don’t care for these wives, I’ll be sitting there to “watch what happens.”

Last year some time, I had created a profile on Facebook with a friend of mine so that we could play some of the games on there together. I wound up with over 300 “friends” because in order to be in others’ clans or gangs or whatever for a game, you had to be friends.

So a few months ago, several people I went to highschool with found me on Facebook and asked how I’d amassed so many friends? I spent the better part of an hour removing the unwanted games from my profile and then proceeded to remove those “friends” because, well, they weren’t. So now my list consists of about 40 people, the majority of whom I know from highschool.

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Back in December or January, I purchased an existing online game called Sovereignty. The original owner of the game had pretty much completely abandoned it because of his work schedule and the immediate previous owner wasn’t as into it as an investment as he thought he might be. This is a game that I’ve been playing for at least three or four years. While there is quite a bit of strategy involved with this game, I choose just to have my character and do what I can and if I wind up in the top 10 at the end of an age, I’m happy. (click on the link at the left to see a larger screenshot in a new window)

Since I’ve become a little more used to using Javascript, JQuery, AJAX and other little programming tidbits, I decided that the time had come to give Sov a complete overhaul and facelift.

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I don’t know how many times I’ve thanked a person who was, or still is, in the military. I always keep in my mind that without them, I have nothing. I can’t write this post - probably couldn’t have the internet or even this computer. I’m not a fan of war, and I don’t condone fighting. But, the fact remains that for us to have what we have, as Americans, we need to support our military personnel.

So, today I’m checking BayNews9.com to see what’s going on in the area as I do several times a day. I come across this article and wonder how people live with themselves after such awful actions!     Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been a regular watcher of the Super Bowl since the Chicago Bears won in 1985. As a Bucs fan, every single second of Super Bowl XXXVIII had me on the edge of my seat. Most other games I watch just for the advertisements and sometimes even the halftime show.

I have to admit that tonight’s game was really kind of boring. In a previous post I had speculated that the game would finish with the Steelers on top 44-23. Well, I had most of it right…the Steelers did win, and the Cardinals did only score 23 points. The actual final score was 27-23. The Steelers set two records tonight…they are the only NFL franchise to have won 6 championships and James Harrison ran an interception back 100 yards for a touchdown. I was really beginning to think that the Steelers were going to walk away with the whole thing. It had been mentioned earlier in the game that Kurt Warner was a “rhythm” quarterback and that at that point (which I think was still in the first quarter), Warner had yet to find his rhythm.     Read the rest of this entry »

After a very long six months, a job finally found me. No, I didn’t write that backwards. As hard as I tried to find a job, from out of nowhere a job found me. I was contacted through my portfolio site to interview for a job with a church ministries group that has an extensive web application that allows churches and ministries to interact with families and individuals that are in need.

The site is http://www.meettheneed.org and its sole purpose is to bring together those who are in need with those who can provide.

These are very trying economic times. Forget the semantics of whether or not we’re in a recession or we’re in a depression or any other term you can think of. The fact of the matter is everyday people need something to believe in. Everyday people have everyday needs whether that need is food, diapers for their babies, or rent for the roof over their head.     Read the rest of this entry »

As you’ve probably learned from my previous posts, I have several opinions about how the Bucs have been run the past couple of years. The whole quarterback thing was ridiculous. However, I can honestly say that I never saw this coming.

It was announced yesterday or the day before (I know! I missed the actual announcement!) that head coach Jon Gruden and GM Bruce Allen had both been fired. Not that there was a mutual separation or that their contracts weren’t being renewed — FIRED.

Many of the sports reporters are saying that it was only a matter of time and that it should come as no surprise that Gruden would get dumped. Primarily because of his unwillingness to settle on a quarterback or going after quarterbacks that really just don’t want to play for the Bucs for whatever reason they have.     Read the rest of this entry »