Various Rants and Such

12/11/04 - I'm very sad that such a great guitarist was lost to a total nutjob. On Wednesday Dec 8th, DamagePlan, a group including ex-Pantera members Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul, were to perform at a club in Columbus, OH. They took the stage and began their set when some nut got onstage and began shooting. He shot Darrell to death then killed a member of their security team and a few others before being killed himself by a police officer who was able to get inside before more were killed. The killer had apparently made claims that Pantera had stolen lyrics/songs from him and he was even more upset when the band broke up and Darrell and Vinnie, brothers by the way, joined this new group. They formed Pantera back in 1982 and were a huge driving force in it's music. Why do the nuts always seem to end up killing the greatly talented people and others, who should be put out of OUR misery, are still around? I won't name any names, although no one probably reads this anyway, but there are just a few male and female "singers" who need to GO! DAMNIT! The events going on around the world have meant nothing to me since I heard of this. I bought Jess a new computer for Christmas, it rocks! I will surely be getting one of my own in time, just need to get her's setup right then I will work on mine.

11/27/04 - Thanksgiving has come and gone once again and now it's only a few weeks until Christmas. This year just flew by, but that's alright. It's not like it hasn't happened before, it seems to happen every year so I guess I'm kinda used to it by now. I got to work some overtime this weekend up at our Torrington plant, it was cool. Today I was loading the trucks, busy busy. Life is good, news sucks, time goes by, ho hum...........gee, nice way to sign off huh???

11/04/04 - NADER WINS! NADER WINS! This would have been the ideal headline in my little utopian world that I often live in. But, it didn't happen, George W. Bush was re-elected to a 2nd term, much unlike his father would couldn't do it. It looked like it was going to be a hard fought battle in the courts, fighting for each vote to be counted and re-counted, but John Kerry realized that he just didn't get enough of the vote and he gave up. I must say this though, the Electoral Collage sucks! I can understand the point of it when it was originally created, but right now it doesn't make any sense, let the people decide, Popular Vote should be good enough! It just goes to show that your vote really doesn't count, look at the 2000 election. Al Gore won the Popular Vote and he ended up not being President, which I'm happy about, but I think if he won more votes, he should get the position! I mean, what would have happened if the series between the NY Yankee's and Boston Red Sox worked under the same system. The Red Sox won the series, but I believe there are more Yankee fans in the country so the Yankee's would have advanced........or maybe not, I have no friggin' clue. The Red Sox did win the World Series though, which was awesome, first time in like 86 years or something.......good for them, now how about all the other teams who have NEVER won a World Series, who cries for them??? And all you Yankee fans who were sad and/or mad that the Yankee's lost all I have to say is this, THE YANKEE'S SUCK! If the Expo's had the bankroll the Yankee's did, they would be a great team. Yassar Arafat is in a hospital in France for some unknown condition, he's 75 and today it was announced he was dead but then they said he wasn't, just in a coma. No one is saying definitely what is going on, but he is currently alive, although ailing. I guess that's all for know......I wonder if anyone even reads this anymore......hello?

09/27/04 - Well, it's been over a month since I've updated this I although a good deal has occurred, I will simply scratch the surface since I'm too lazy to go on and on with details like some people I know. Well, Florida was just hit by a fourth hurricane in about 6 weeks, Charly, Frances, Ivan and now Jeanne have struck the state and done lots o' damage. Glad I live up here! We got 2 guinea pigs a few weeks ago and their super cute.....they make a great addition to our growing family, and no Jess is not pregnant. Work has been crazy busy the last 2 weeks, we're making up for some year end stuff. I'm almost done scanning all my family slides, I have just a few boxes left, but so far I've scanned almost 900 slides. I never thought it would be that many, but it's been worth it. The news sucks as always, the presidential race is coming to the election day and debates begin this week. Both candidates are unimpressive, good thing we have a 3rd party candidate to vote for! I really wish more people would pay attention to other candidates rather than the 2 that are shoved down our throats without end! As much as I would prefer Bush over Kerry, I really think there are people better suited for the job.

08/21/04 - I have 2 items to discuss, so this could be long. First, our trip to NC...I originally thought it was SC, but I was incorrect. We flew down to Baltimore, drove down there with her Grandfather and the house her parents rented was awesome. It had 4 bedrooms, 2 on each end of the house, a screened in porch and a platform on the roof to check out the stars at night. Now, living in CT, you might think that I am used to being on the ocean, well that's not technically true. Long Island blocks the ocean so all we have is Long Island Sound and it's not the same. We went down the beach the night we got there and it was amazing, the sand was soft and the water was SO warm! I was blown away. The next day when we went swimming, I fell in love with it......I felt like a kid again, jumping around in the water and just having a blast, care free. The rest of the trip was pretty much spent going between the beach and the house to rest. Jess' dad, brother, grand dad and I did get to go see the USS North Carolina which was cool because we got to crawl into the huge 16inch turrets and wander around down inside the ship, it was great. The trip home was an adventure, thanks to Hurricane Charly. We kept watching the news to determine it's path and when it may hit where we were, Sunset Beach. Friday morning we made the decision to leave that afternoon, which was fine since we were all getting tired out. We packed and left to drive to Jess' parents house in VA, which was part of the original plan, this way we were spending another day resting. So, we got there and unpacked what we needed then went to bed, since it was late. The next morning her Grand dad went out to move his car, since I parked it in the middle of the driveway. Well, the car didn't start at all, nothing. It had power, the lights were on and everything, but it wouldn't turn over, even with a jump, nothing. So, they called around and all the service shops were already closed......this was a problem since he was going to be our ride to Baltimore to catch our flight home. They had his car towed to a dealership and later found nothing wrong, some water probably had gotten the starter wet or something. The good thing was it happened at her parents house and not the middle of nowhere. So, after some discussion her parents rented a car for a day and drove us to Baltimore to catch our flight. We got to the airport and were early enough for an earlier flight, so we paid a little extra and got booked on that one. It ended up the plane was delayed and didn't arrive until later and we ended up leaving at the same time as our original flight. But we finally got home and all was OK. Wow, that was long...and I'm not done yet! The second thing was the scanner I bought. It was delivered when I was away and I didn't get to try it out until a few days after I got back. This has to be the best scanner I have ever had......well, it's only the 3rd, but still! I'm using it to scan slides and the quality of the scans are absolutely mind blowing! Not only are the slides highly detailed, and for the most part clear, the scanner produces beautiful renderings of them! It's an Epson Perfection 2400 Photo scanner and it has a special light in it's top that makes it possible for the slides to be scanned as well as they are! AWESOME!

08/06/04 - Well, it's official, Jess and I, as of the 2nd, have been married one year! We didn't do anything out of the ordinary, just went out to diner and relaxed while eating the top of our wedding cake, which kept amazingly well. Jess' mom wrapped it after the festivities that day and we were surprised how well it looked. After a year of being in the freezer, with food being removed and inserted all the time, it looked just like it did that wonderful day. I am in the early stages of scanning my families slides that I recently rediscovered. I knew we had them, it was just pulling them out and having some plan as what to do with them. I am working on scanning them and will then save the pictures to CD and can give them to family members without worrying about the originals being damaged. These are pictures of my Mom's parents, friends, and when she was dating my Dad. I've seen alot of black and white photo's and some grainy color one's, but these are crisp color pics. I have alot to do, but I'm working on it, I did buy a newer scanner off E*Bay for about $60, it's originally $130 so I did well. I read online about scanning slides and found that it helps to place a fluorescent light behind the slide to light it when it scans. I did a couple and they came out OK, but this new scanner is supposed to scan slides really well, so I'm excited about it. I'm also thinking of scanning documents and letters onto CD, but that's a bit ambitious, I need to work on the slides first, then see what happens. Jess and I are leaving for NC tomorrow morning, we're very excited. The plan is to fly out tomorrow morning and land in Baltimore, meet up with her Grandad and drive with him down to SC. Her family rented a beach house so it will be a great get away.....we need it before we get into the Christmas season. I don't know how busy she will be but I know it gets crazy at our place.....lots of shipping.

07/31/04 - Today Jess and I went to see Metallica: Some Kind of Monster. I read reviews before seeing it that even if one wasn't a Metallica fan that they would still enjoy the film. It follows the band over the course of about 2 years while making their latest album, St. Anger. They had just lost their bass player of 15 years, Jason, and were struggling to keep the band together after years of seemingly avoiding many personality issue's. It all finally comes to a head when James enters rehab and they, as a group, start discussing issue's with a performance therapist. It may all seem kinda lame to anyone not familiar with the band, but I have followed them for many years now and I felt like I got my monies worth when I walked out, which is more than I can say for other films made these days. I found it very interesting that at one point in the movie Lars sits down with Dave Mustaine who was the original guitarist back in 82-83 when Metallica first started. They kicked Dave out because of various issue's with his drinking and he finally got to just tell Lars how it felt. Awesome stuff. I got the new Van Halen cd, called Best of Both Worlds. It's another greatest hits album, with 3 new songs from Sammy, who is now back in the band. The interesting part is the order in which the songs are on the CD, they alternate between songs from David and Sammy.......it's an interesting mix. At the very end are 3 live songs from a live CD they released......all I have to say is this, Sammy singing songs that Dave sang just doesn't sound right. I have no problem with Sammy, he has made great music with VH, it's just not the same.

07/09/04 - Why am I home on a Friday?? Well, the Chrysler at Carlisle car show is this weekend and we're leaving today to drive down there. I'm so excited, after missing it for a few years do to various things, you know...moving, wedding......that kinda stuff. I am now officially a Godfather, Sam, my nephew/Godson, was Baptized on June 20 and it was a good time. I'm very excited about the whole thing and it's an honor in the first place to be asked to do such a thing. Life is good. Jess and I have been slowly starting to plan on house shopping, I'm excited yet worried since it's such a huge purchase. But we were able to buy our condo 2 years ago and I was worried about that too.......Jess just has a better feel for this stuff I guess, I don't know. I turned 29 on the 2nd.........yeah for me. News is on and off, I have been trying to follow the Cassini-Huygens information, that's the Nasa probe sent to explore Saturn and it's moons. Other than that I could care less if John Kerry picked the Cookie Monster as his VP choice, I still won't vote for him......nor any other Republican or Democrat. At the rate I'm going I will never actually vote for anyone who makes it into office of President of the US. As Homer (Simpson) once said "When will people learn, Democracy simply doesn't work!"

06/10/04 - A few days ago Ronald Reagan, 40th President, passed away at the age of 93. He is currently lying in state at the Capitol before being taken home to California to be laid to rest. Today Ray Charles passed away, he was 73 and had liver disease. It's odd how these things always seem to happen together, usually in 3's, so we'll see what happens. Work has been busy, I'm now in the Mail room by myself and it is rather busy and stressful. As the lone man there, I'm responsible for making sure all the shipments for the Post Office, for example, are ready to be picked up when they arrive to get the stuff. Today was crazy because we are shipping out alot of items because Father's Day is just around the corner. Guess I have nothing else to say, later.

05/26/04 - Work has been good lately, I'm now training at a newer position. I will still be working on the line, like I was, but some days I may be working in the Mail room, which is kinda cool. It's alot different from the line, but I like it.....so far. I just read part of a story on the Time website that I need to comment on. The story is about Ralph Nader and his attempt to be added to the November ballot under the Independent banner. To do this, he needs to meet many criteria, including getting a certain number of signatures in certain states. The Democrats are trying to stop him because they feel like a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush........don't ask me why it wouldn't be a vote for Nader, what do I know about anything. Here is a blip from the story: "Our first objective is to keep him off the ballot. This vote is about George Bush and John Kerry, and we think it distorts the entire electoral process to have his name on the ballot." What??? Doesn't this sound a little bit anti-democratic??? I mean, if someone is eligable and meets the criteria, then they should be allowed on the ballot, no matter what the high and mighty Republicans and Democrats think! How does it distort the process to have someone else's name on the ballot? Isn't this country about choice? This is a government of "WE THE PEOPLE" not "We the people who know how to distort the political process"! Statements like that make me want to vote for Nader more than 100 times if I could and it makes me never EVER want to vote for ANY Republican or Democratic candidate!!!!!!!!

05/14/04 - I know it's been about a month since I last updated this, but that's life. Jess and I went down to VA for a week and it was great. The driving was a bit much, I ended up driving almost 2000 miles, but it was worth it. We got to relax and also we went to see Natural Bridge, some caves, and went to the Peaks of Otter as well....we did that for Mothers Day. The weather was gorgeous although a bit hot, but that's the time of year so we dealt with it. While we were away, the news broke of the man in Iraq being beheaded. The incident was filmed and posted on a website. This, of course, sparked widespread outrage at the violence of the act itself. As soon as I heard what happened, I said to myself, well, it was bound to happen after those photo were released of American soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners. It was only a matter of time before it happened. Now, I'm not saying it was the right thing to do, not at all, I think they need to be caught and brought to justice. I think the main reason this is being so publicly decried is because so many people saw it.....I have not. Daniel Pearl was also beheaded on video some time last year or so, but it wasn't posted on the internet, the tape was sent to the government, and thus never got out. There was outrage, but not as much as this time. It's very odd somehow.

04/20/04 - This one may surprise people.......I recently discovered websites, not one but a few, stating that people actually believe that the events of 9/11/01 were a HOAX! That's right, somehow they have come to a conclusion that the current Bush administration intentionally destroyed the WTC and attacked the Pentagon with the purpose of justifying going to war. They obviously acknowledge that the buildings were destroyed, or damaged in the case of the Pentagon, but they don't believe that planes were used at all or that any planes even crashed into the buildings. From the sites I surfed, most of their "evidence" is compiled from poorly shot, grainy, badly magnified images. I'm sure that they were working from better images, like those from TV or something, but the one's they present on the web for viewing are absolutely laughable. A number of times they refer to Time stamps in pictures or on video's as being wrong, like that's such a big deal. Not everyone set's their time right, if at all for goodness sake. They refer alot to images and video of the second plane striking the WTC and makes it seem like it has been faked because of various reasons, like the shading being wrong, the planes color looks off, etc. They also make a huge deal out of how fast people can zoom out of a close up, making it seem like it is humanly impossible to do what they did, so it has to be fake. I know that everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I respect that, I'm sure I have beliefs that others may find just as funny, if not more so. Even after all these years, some people still doubt the Holocaust happened or that man walked on the moon in 1969. All I know is this.......I know what I saw on TV that day, I know what I heard and I know what happened and no one is going to make me think otherwise.

04/17/04 - I must say, I had a great day today. The weather is finally cooperating and I was able to work on my car for the first time in a while. I rotated the tires on Jess' car then changed my oil and did the tires on mine as well. It was great! A few days ago I finally got our computers networked so I could enjoy the speed of the Cable Modem that was hooked up to Jess' computer. It's awesome, although I quickly discovered the reason for a firewall. It took about 2 days but I all of a sudden had about 20 little programs scattered all over my hard drive that I didn't want or even install. So, after cleaning them all out I installed a firewall that came with the router and life has been good ever since. Guess that's all for now, nothing of much news I suppose.

04/03/04 - I seemed to have forgotten to upload my last Rant so when you read this one, check out that one as well, sorry bout that. I need to discuss the Passion of the Christ tonight. This movie was released a few weeks ago and has done very well at the box office, it's brought in like $400 Million or something like that. The movie depicts the last 12 hours of Jesus from his betrayal in the garden to the crucifixion. The talk about the movie has mainly centered around two items, the graphic nature of the abuse leading the cross and the treatment the Jewish leaders gave Jesus. Now, this all took place over 2000 years ago, or there about's, and times were VERY different than today. The Romans crucified people on a regular basis so this act alone was not special, although it is quite brutal. Jewish leaders at the time held positions of high and influential power in their communities and it had been this way for a long time. Then along came Jesus, a man in his late 20's early 30's proclaiming to be the son of God. Although I don't believe he ever actually said that, it was widely understood through his actions and his speeches. If someone approached you today and told you he was the son of God, would you take him seriously? I doubt it and neither did the Jewish leaders of the time. He was seen as a threat to their power and influence and the Romans saw this too. They couldn't have some guy walking around like that who could easily threaten the Roman empire by causing an uprising. It's very easy for us to look back on the events and pass judgement on those who caused it, but times were very different. Of course we wouldn't crucify someone today for saying he was the son of God, but we would probably lock him up in some institution somewhere if he was threatening to do something bad. Look what has happened to some of the cults of the last 20 years or so......Jonestown, Waco, TX, etc. It's not like the events of the crucifixion should be of any surprise to anyone, it may not be well documented in the Bible but it is well known to just about any Catholic. BTW, Jesus was Jewish so it wasn't like they were killing someone of a different religion.

03/17/04 - It's St. Patrick's Day and it's snowing outside. It has been snowing for the past few days now, not that much has stuck to the ground, but it's snowing. Spring starts this weekend, Saturday the 20th, and the snow won't stop......I love it. Why is it that some people seem to have no sense of their surroundings at all? I ask this question in relation to drivers who are stopped or parked along the side of the road and when a car is driving in their direction, they decide to open the car door all the way in the path of the on coming car. This has happened to me a bunch recently and even today while driving home. I'm driving along like I always do and once on a road close to home I spot a mini van on the side of the road with it's flashers on. I figure they are waiting for something or on the phone, who knows. Just as sure as I am approaching them, the drivers side door opens all the way so that I have to shift over in my lane to avoid ramming into it and hurting someone. This really pisses me off, even more so when someone is getting in their car, looks right at the approaching car, then opens the door anyway! Why is it so difficult to wait 3 or 4 seconds for the car to pass before opening the door???? I always figured it was a common courtesy, but I guess I must have missed the memo telling a portion of the driving population to act like complete morons and endanger the lives of everyone around them so that they can get to Starbucks 5 seconds faster for their crappy mocha chocka enema!

02/24/04 - I need to discuss two political items, foreign born American citizens running for President & gay marriage. First, the other day Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California made a statement that he thought foreign born citizens who have lived in America for 20 years or more should be able to run for President. Now, according to our laws, this is not possible because you have to be born in America to first qualify. There are other requirements, but I feel that this is a big one. I realize that many American citizens have served our country over the years, Madeline Albright is one who comes to mind. She was Secretary of State during the Clinton administration and served well, but was born in Europe. I feel that to be the President of a country, you should have been born there, not moved there at some point and then become a citizen. I'm confident this law will never be changed. Now the issue of gay marriage is getting to be a hot topic, especially since it's an election year, odd how that happens. The mayor of San Francisco recently made it legal for men and woman to marry their partners, although the state constitution bans it. Thousands have flocked there to get married and it's been a huge news event. Let me say right now, I am totally for gay marriage, if they want to get married, let them.....whats the big deal???? Alot of people say it's wrong and that God doesn't approve it, but if that's the case then God will made the judgement when they die and are judged. The fact that the government is stepping in and saying what's right and not right in the respect of marriage, in my mind, is crossing the line of separating Church and State. Marriage is between 3 people, the two getting married and God, although it could be more if you believe in polygamy. President Bush said today that he would support a Constitutional Amendment that would define marriage as being between a man and woman only. The one major statement I always hear them say is that this will "protect the sanctity of marriage", basically they are scared of having gays and lesbians using the same religious institution as they have. Here are some comments bush has made: "activist courts have left the people with one recourse. If we're to prevent the meaning of marriage from being changed forever, our nation must enact a constitutional amendment to protect marriage in America. Decisive and democratic action is needed because attempts to redefine marriage in a single state or city could have serious consequences throughout the country." It's a damn good thing Ralph Nader has decided to run for President, I now have someone to vote for, just hope he is able to get on the ballot on CT. I would have been happy if Bush was re-elected up to this point, but now he went too far.

02/06/04 - I have been thinking about this for some time and now I'm gonna write it down. Jess and I just passed our 6 month anniversary and it made me reflect back on that wonderful day. But I must start a few days before the wedding to properly set the story. As time approached the big day, there were weather reports that the day would be rainy and overcast, weathermen aren't always right, but I was still a bit worried. Jess was more worried about the church not being finished, either way both things we had no control over and had to deal with what we got. The day before our wedding I drove to see my grandfathers grave, it brings me comfort and I wanted to be there before the biggest day of my life. I prayed a little and sat and thought about the events about to unfold and hoped all would go well. The next day, I woke up and the sky was clear and beautiful. I couldn't have asked for better weather, not really hot, no humidity and the sun was shining. I don't know if there was some divine intervention there or just good luck, but I have a very strong opinion on the matter :-) That's all, later.

01/24/04 - I don't really have too much to say tonight, but thought I would update it anyway. News has been boring lately, John Kerry won the caucus in Iowa last week and now the Democratic candidates are in New Hampshire for the first primary......WOOHOO. I so hate this whole election process but since it is shoved down my throat by every news media in world, I can't help but have some basic idea what is going on. I just wish they would spend the same amount of time covering the other hopefuls, independent leaders who wish to have a shot at the big office. I guess I can always hope.....look what happened to Tucker. Big guy is always out to squash the little guy....I won't mention any software companies. NASA lost decent contact with their newest rover Spirit for a few days, but did begin receiving some data recently from it again. They are trying to figure out what's going on. NASCAR has finally revised it's points system after almost 30 years. With 10 races left to go, anyone within 400 points of 1st place will have their points changed, first place will have 5050, second 5045 and so on down in 5 point increments. This will make the duel to the end more exciting I think. Also they will now get 5 bonus points for winning a race, something they should have had a long time ago. I'm sure most racers won't like it, they don't seem to like much change, but I believe it will create better racing at the end of the year since more people will actually have a shot at the title now. I realized something weird tonight, when I was working at the Hook 'n Needle on the computer all day, I couldn't wait to get home and work on my own, even just talking online. Now that I'm at MBI I get home and usually don't have time or energy to sit here and do stuff. As a result, I don't get anything done on my sites. Now, I don't have any reason for this before, but it's a good reason now. Guess that's all, take care.

01/10/04 - I have two things to talk about today that have been bugging me for the last week or so, but I've been too lazy to write about them. First, Britney Spears 55 hour marriage to her High School friend. They were in Las Vegas and, on a whim, decided to get married at one of those all night places. They got a marriage licence and got married. Then, shortly after the news came out of this whole thing, they decided it wasn't a good idea to be married and filed for an annulment. Britney claimed she didn't understand the implications of getting married, or some crap like that. Now, first off, I don't like her at all, she has a decent voice, but that's all she has, I've seen better looking women than her. My big problem with her, and all people who get married then try to get it wiped out, is that by doing so they are making a mockery of the sacred institution of marriage. I got married in August and the ceremony was very sacred to me. I stood before God, the church, my family and friends and vowed my eternal love for the woman I would be spending the rest of my days with. To have someone like Britney get married and then turn around and say she "didn't understand" makes me think people like her should not be allowed to marry ever again! The second issue I need to discuss is Pete Rose. He has finally admitted that he did indeed bet on baseball after denying it for the last 14 years, even after being banned from baseball. Now that he has admitted it, the debate that is raging is two fold.....should he now be allowed into the Hall of Fame because he is the all time hits leader and should he be allowed back into baseball, to possible manage if the position or team wanted him. All of the high and mighty journalists who have rung in on this, that I have heard, say that he shouldn't be allowed back because he has lied about it for so long and it has taken so long to admit what he did. But they mainly have a problem with him betting on the game while he was involved in it....this makes no sense to me what so ever. The last I knew betting was something that just about EVERYONE does, especially around events like the World Series, Super Bowl and even the Kentucky Derby. Why else do the horses have the odd of them winning listed by their names as they are flashed on screen hours before they even race! People have pools in work as to who may win the football games each week and so on. So what, whats the big deal??? We currently have athletes playing in sports who regularly take ILLEGAL drugs to enhance their performance, cheat on their wives and some have even killed! Do we ban someone like this from the sport they play in for life????? Of course not, that's stupid.....but Pete Rose, oh well he lied about it......his career record doesn't matter anymore because he lied. Shame on him......yeah, right. I think all these journalists who sit in so-called judgement of Pete Rose should turn that mirror around on themselves and ask how many times have they lied about something. I don't care how long the lie lasted or what it was about....and the betting, I'm sure they all have pools running in their office as to who will win each week, heck, they show them on their pre-game shows, how well each announcer is doing each week. Let Pete Rose into the Hall of Fame solely on the basis of his career and let the whole thing rest, the guy has been put through enough, mostly because he waited so long, but also because of the high and mighty, sit in judgement of all press! Would we remove Mark McGwire the record books if it was discovered 14 years from now that he used performance enhancing drugs to from help him belt those 70 home runs??? I don't think so.

01/01/04 - Well, another year has come and gone, see ya later 2003. We went up to the casino last night with the intention of staying until midnight to bring in the New Year. But, it was so crowded and hot that we ended up staying only a few hours, then coming home. After midnight arrived, we went to bed and slept for about 12 hours. It's nice to be able to relax after the holidays are all over with. Today is our day of rest then tomorrow we will probably go to the Aquarium in Norwalk then we go back into NYC on Saturday, which should be fun. I guess that's all for now, I will have more when the time is right.